Rutland Water - Big Brown Trout and Rainbow Trout from the bank - May 2018

[@MrMartinzx13]

A brilliant session, thank so very much for filming and posting. This video has inspired me to take up fly fishing once again, thank-you!

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Thanks Martin - Great to hear that - Good luck taking up fly fishing again - its a great sport. Happy new year!

[@lawrencemacd63]

Great video stunning Broon Troot buddy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐟🎣😁

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Thanks Lawrence, glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching. That was one of several big Browns I had during the Spring that year, all on Buzzer tactics. Rutland at it's best. Cheers and tight lines.

[@chrisgoochstuff]

Great vid, but can I ask why you kept holding the reel when playing a fish? Was your drag broken?

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Hi Chris, the drag on the loop reels I use is great, but I don't like to have it wound too tight in case it leads to a snap off with a sudden lunge, so I'd rather have it set looser and use palm pressure to control the fishes run. When I use the same reels for bonefish, I have them set to the strongest setting as I am using much heavier tippet that will not be broken with a heavy lunge. Thanks for watching and tight lines 🐟

[@martindonnelly775]

Great fishing m8 can I ask what length your droppers are

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Hi Martin - thanks for watching! I usually have my droppers at about 5 to 7 inches. Any longer they seem to tangle more often. You can go even shorter if you want, the trout don't care, but it means if you change flies often, you soon run out of dropper!

[@tonywand1]

Great footage mate. Looked like a great day. See you soon bud

[@leighpond5928]

nice one Nick great angling and great film really enjoyed it

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Thanks mate - glad you enjoyed it.

[@HighcountryFlylife]

thanks for the sub mate Leigh Pond 👍👌

[@JimmyLeed]

Nick what set up do you film with and what do you edit on? It's very clear footage you get and nicely edited too. I'm wanting to start filming some of my trips out. Thankyou for producing and publishing excellent footage for people to watch!

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Hi James - Thanks for the complimentary comment. I use a Go-Pro Hero4 which is chest mounted and I use Apple iMovie to edit the footage. Good luck with your filming and tight lines!

[@user-ib1op7sz4l]

I have never fished before but it look realy interesting and would love to start. I was wondering that if i catch the fish can i take it home for a bbq or do i have to release it back in the lake

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Depends where you live and what type of water you are fishing. Usually you are OK to take a fish or two for the table though.

[@user-ib1op7sz4l]

@@FanaticalFlyFishing what are the rules at rutland water as i intent to go there

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

You can take 8 fish at Rutland

[@lawrencemacd63]

What was the rod that snapped on you 🐟🎣🤔🙁

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

It was one I had been asked to test for a rod maker, so best kept under my hat really :-) It was really good, right up to the moment it snapped. I may have over-stressed it trying to get the big brown over the net.

[@tomcrawford8326]

What flies were you using? Can you recommend any smaller flies for big browns? Great fish btw. 👍

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Hi Tom - I was using buzzer patterns and Diawl Bachs. I had a FAB on the point to make their descent slower and act as a controller fly. Took a couple of fish on the point but most took the nymphs. Tight lines - Nick.

[@matthewedgar4489]

great fishing mate. Was that a wild brown or stocked?

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Hi Matthew, that fish would have been stocked at about 1.5 pounds and grown on to that size, so although it was initially stocked, it has effectively become a wild fish as it will have been in there for about 6 or 7 years to get to that size. There are no wild fish in Rutland, they are all stocked.

[@troutriver8659]

That’s a sea trout in the thumbnail

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Yeah, cos there are loads of them in Rutland Water, that's the massive lake in the background! The Brown Trout in Rutland water are all sorts of colours, a lot of them look just like Sea Trout and have very silver sides. Others are butter yellow and darker.

[@bobturner8323]

Hi Do you sell any of the damsel boobies with the yellow eyes? Just watched your video, absolutely brilliant. Cheers Bob.👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣

[@FanaticalFlyFishing]

Hi Bob, thanks for watching and for your comments. I don't sell them but you can get them from Fulling Mill Flies. See - @t Thanks again and tight lines!