SIGHT FISHING to WILD Trout in the WILDERNESS [New Zealand]

This week I steal a bike and head off into the hills in search of trout...my mission - To catch a fish on a Cicada Fly!!
It's a tough place to get to but it can be very worth the effort and today ends up being exactly that. I also go into just why I think fishing barbless is the way forward...Hope you enjoy!
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[@barbless_hook78]

Thank you for always being an advocate of barbless hooks!!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Chur bro, just makes sense doesn’t it..🤷‍♂️

[@idie4dyes]

Do you make them yourself once u buy barbed hooks or order barbless?

[@jarrettlandreth285]

You’re the reason I started pinching all my barbs! You paint a perfect picture of why it’s worth doing, because if you truly care about the fish it’s a no brainer!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

I love that you have started doing that man, good on you!! Now you get to spread the word yourself by being an ambassador for barbless and hopefully inspire other to follow suit 🤙

[@southflyfisher]

5:50 in for the best description I've heard of as to why fish barbless. Great stuff, Alex. Let's look after the fish, people.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks bro! The more we can do to look after the fish, the better aye.

[@MrCardrona71]

Hay Alex, another seamless video, great viewing, beaut fish👍you get into some really nice spots, I'm envious of your didymoless rivers.... 😎🎣

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Yeah bro, super lucky we don’t have that up here. Long may it last!!

[@toddphillips9989]

Awesome video, Alex! Love the conversation on going barbless and I wish more people would do it.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Me too bro, me too. Will keep spreading the word regardless 🤙

[@susanneferril3178]

Love watching you fish and your great videos! Thanks for the respect and care you give the trout! I have learned tons watching.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

That’s awesome to heard. They deserve nothing less than just that aye. 😊

[@carlchambers617]

I just love those big trout in those little rivers. I’m glad to see your subscriber count jumping up there. You deserve more exposure for some of the consistently best fly fishing videos on KZbin. And thanks for the barbless advocacy. Who wouldn’t fish barbless.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thank you bro 🙏 Really trying hard to push things along with the content and with growing the channel 🤙

[@chalesnu]

Beautiful water. Love this adventure.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

🤙🤙

[@JAR2.0]

Another excellent video with fantastic production quality. Your story telling elements are at their best!

[@ddeboy002]

NZ is awesome for fishing. I praise the waters of NZ-it's beautiful and I need to go back.

[@derrickhicks9561]

Such an awesome video and absolutely beautiful fish, Alex! I always fish barbless as well. It's the way to go! Thanks for advocating for it.

[@maxraj5366]

Love your videos man! 20 yo angler from Colorado. These videos keep me going through the cold winters!!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Cheers man, appreciate it! Thanks for watching🤙

[@jeffbrooks8288]

When this video has had another 100k views then it will be reaching its intended audience. Your cinematography and narration have reached a new zenith! Superb! Absolutely superb!!!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Mate, that’s so good of you to say and thanks so much for supporting and watching my channel. I only hope it gets another 100k views..!!

[@Rackelhane]

Great film again! Barbless yes! Thanks a lot!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks bro!!

[@JP-dz7zu]

Your channel rocks! I’m planning a trip to New Zealand to fly fish as soon as the Covid thing is over. All I have until then is KZbin videos.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks heaps man. Stoked you enjoy them💥

[@davidfreudenberger9390]

Great footage, fine editing, nice music and love your enthusiasm after so many rivers and fish! Thanks for sharing, dreams for next summer.....

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks heaps!!

[@jeremyvelkoff1487]

Thanks for sharing your experience with the lines..looking forward to seeing more videos

[@gregb8824]

I'm a little jealous, all your talk of very 'summery' weather while over here in the true north strong and free, we are enduring -30°celcius. All good our spring is just around the corner!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Yeah we have to enjoy summer while it’s here!! It will be gone all too soon!!

[@sputnick66]

Thanks Alex, great video as usual. Agree completely about barbless hooks. Yes, they do just drop out of the fish mouth when in a net. Only down side is occasionally they will penetrate so deep the fish bleeds. When this happens I try and put pressure on the bleed spot for 15 seconds or so and try and stop the bleeding. Always think about how to maintain a good healthy fishery.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

I guess all we can do is do our best to have as little impact on the fish as possible aye. Good on you bro🤙

[@rhyssandles433]

Awesome video! River season for trout opens in 2 weeks here in Wales and this video has got me so excited to get out and chuck some dry flies on the river.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Almost there bro!!! Hope you have a great opening day!

[@markm668]

Outstanding as always Alex, i must admit these uploads are the highlight of my week!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Stoked you dig the content brutha

[@michaelrutherford5138]

Amazing love watching your videos. One day I will head out to New Zealand that is a dream come true. 🎣 Well done great fish

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks heaps!! Glad you enjoying the content!

[@nealstretch3619]

Well done. Your photography just keeps getting better

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Cheers bro, much appreciated 🤙

[@FishingForeverFilms]

Best fishing content on KZbin mate, the editing and angling is something wicked. Cheers for the content, keeps me entertained while in bed crook as a dog!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks brutha!! Hope you are on the mend man,

[@FishingForeverFilms]

@@TrippinOnTrout might be a trip into hospital unfortunately 👎🏻

[@TheGbarber69]

Great vid again,by far the best trout films on the tube,keep them coming 👍🥃

[@TrippinOnTrout]

THANKS SO MUCH!!

[@imraduin]

Great video as always, glad your first cicada bite of the season was such a beauty!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks bro!!! Took me Long enough!!

[@michaelkissane6138]

As usual, very nice work, thanks for brightening up the winter for us near the Arctic! Back in the day, with barbed hooks the main deal was just keeping the rod tip up, but with barbless, there's the angle thing. Could you maybe do a Friday filler on that, and what to do if you get a jumper? Might be good for those starting out or converting to barbless.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Good idea there mate. I’ll add that to my list of subjects 🤙🤙

[@sopuck1]

Excellent videos! I visited NZ in my youth in the 1970s and these videos bring me back to the amazing country, great folks and great fish. Re: barbless, our jurisdiction (Manitoba, Canada) has been barbless for about 25 years... and we still catch our share :).

[@TrippinOnTrout]

I only hope that nz moves in that direction one day. I fished for channel catfish and walleye in Manitoba years back. I was staying there for a few months in Winnipeg and it was the only thing that kept me sane while I was there!!

[@sopuck1]

@@TrippinOnTrout Did you try fly fishing for our channel cats? That is a hoot!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

@@sopuck1 No I didn’t - just regular methods. I have wanted to go back and do just that ever since...!!

[@sopuck1]

@@TrippinOnTrout It's a blast! Cats up to 25#, caught drifting flies through 3-5 feet of riffle water. The odd one even jumps :). As exciting as it is, your rivers, your wild places, and your utterly amazing trout, have to be at the top of the charts for every fly fisher. Forty years later, I still remember being blown away by the idea, and the presence, of tree ferns :) Nothing like that in these parts....TIM

[@johnpincombe5589]

Crushed barbs reminds me, 20 years ago fishing wet grasshopper under dry hopper. hooked 1kg fish on dry, on landing, fish slipped and wet went into finger, not nice when fish pulling barbed hook further into finger. Another great video.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Nope that would suck for sure!!

[@AnEm_Fishing]

Yeah yeah ... another great video. Thanks for sharing mate. Cheers ...

[@TrippinOnTrout]

All good bro, hope you enjoy this weeks episode!!

[@frankvandoorn]

Funny to hear you talk about the heat of your summer while I’m watching this in my winter with -30C falling to -35C overnight and -25 during the day! The miracle of modern tech that I can watch you cast Frank.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

I know it’s crazy aye. To think that when I started fishing as a kid I could barely find a magazine to read about it!!

[@frankvandoorn]

@@TrippinOnTrout yes! I’m a week shy of 65 and fly fishing the Bow River when I was a kid was wild country back then. Most of my favorite spots are parts of suburbia now sad to say. I think I figured out why your fish are so big compared to ours. Winter. You really don’t have any when the rivers freeze over and the fish go dormant for 4-5 months. Your fish feed all year round, the only things changing are water volumes and perhaps what they feed on, cicada season for example. Any, love your show.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

@@frankvandoorn Yeah that makes a lot of sense mate. Will def have a lot to do with it I’d say🤙

[@adamcorey5783]

As usual beautiful river, beautiful fish and You make it look like you have a full production and editing team👌

[@Paul-yv5yj]

I love these videos...keep em coming!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

I will!!

[@bolykkeberg]

Yet another very motivational video. Looking good with Annette on your back, she does looking like she's feeling blue though,,

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Oh good one Bo...👏👏😄

[@johnweiskopf722]

As usual, great video. Thanks!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Cheers bro

[@intoflyfishing]

A couple of feet of 4x. That'll be heaps brew! 🐳haha. Another awesome video. What a secluded spot. Great answer to the barbless hook question, and wow! Some beautiful fish taking flight at that pool.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Haha, good impression there!😆 Thanks for watching man👊

[@s.t.houtdoorsnz.1454]

Great vid mate, definitely an advocate of barbless hooks, as long as you can find strong ones and have the right angled dry hooks for the dry dropper otherwise the dropper on the dry ends up contaminating the waterways.👌

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Yep sometimes finding strong ones is tough. I never have an issue with losing the dropper off my rigs tho..🤷‍♂️

[@easttnflyfreak2870]

love it BRO ...Keep them coming !!!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Cheers man, will do🤙

[@richardfleming4850]

Earning the experience! Love it!

[@robertdavidson5155]

Good day! I saw a video a couple weeks back and you had a little bit of equipment that you put your tag ends and scrap fishing line into. Anymore information on that tool please my man. Bigg up for the fantastic videos you create man! I sit back in the evenings and just chill and watch! Thanks man.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks heaps bro. It’s called a trash fish from smith creek products. Great bit of kit!

[@johnandpennyrichards9256]

Another great video, awesome video and another great drone hookup - these are just getting better and better - So good.

[@johnandpennyrichards9256]

Also because of you I am also pinching the barbs or buying barbless flies

[@TrippinOnTrout]

I love this and good on you bro👊👊 Stoked you like the content and have switched to barbless!!

[@Bocker67]

Another great video Alex,thank you.One more reason to use barbless is that they are easier to get out if you happen to stick yourself with the hook.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Very true!!!!

[@brentrichardson3366]

The Planes return , hell yeah

[@TrippinOnTrout]

They never really left!!

[@kaelenmcneight5670]

Such beautiful fish. I can’t wait to make my dream fishing trip happen and go to NZ. Thanks for the great content!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

It’s a pretty cool place alright!! I hope you make it here!!

[@BlackCreekOps]

G'day Alex, another top watch mate. Always entertaining. Keep it up. Regards, Colby.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Nice one Colby, thanks man. Hope you are getting out into some of that cool water of yours🤙

[@josephwaynedry509]

I love you and trout hunting nz videos i just started fishing for trout two years ago and switched to the fly rod a year ago. I love this sport and all the people. I hope one day ill get over to new Zealand an catch some of those monsters

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Cheers man, appreciate it! Thanks for watching🤙

[@ernsthorn2788]

Good comment re; barbless hooks. Another point I'd like to add as a former Alaskan fly guide, barbless hooks penetrate much better. You can easily demonstrate this by pushing identical hooks into a piece of cardboard, one with the barb crushed. When you get to the part where the barb widens it takes a lot more pressure to push it through. Also in conventional hook production, the barb is used to assist in the bending of the wire.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Great point to add there bro. Thanks for chiming in🤙🤙

[@craigng4483]

Brilliant days fishing man

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Yeah was way cool!

[@Timoonetheflynz]

another epic one Alex! what always gets me is your lack of sandflies up north! i get murdered everywhere i go down south!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Yeah it’s weird, zero sandflies up here!!

[@colinbailey5505]

Barbed hooks also require harder hooksets to drive the barb through. This means you need heavier leader to prevent breaking off on the strike. Alternatively, if you don't strike hard enough with a barbed hook, you get a really poor hook hold and are likely to lose the fish. Either way, the barbless hook will catch you more fish

[@timothyruiz1144]

I have no clue how I haven’t been subscribed to this channel!? My wife and I always look forward to your videos! Thank you!!(:

[@TrippinOnTrout]

THANK YOU for subbing!! Really helps me grow the channel!🤙

[@timothyruiz1144]

@@TrippinOnTrout New Zealand has been on our bucket list from day one, I’ll let you know if it ever happens!!✊

[@pdr6900]

Love all of your videos! Can't wait to get to New Zealand for some of that action!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks man, stoked you enjoy them!

[@chrisperia3920]

I love your videos! Are there any small trout in New Zealand? Wow!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks man, yeah there are small trout around!!

[@gabberdim]

Barbless = Pro! I liked the explanation! Greetings from Greece!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks heaps man!! Appreciate you watching and commenting🤙🤙

[@timkeir6467]

Great shot of the blue ducks cool man Tim

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Such cool birds aye 🤙

[@denisevanwyk3312]

Yay!! Another video from Alex ✌🏻✌🏻🎣🎣🎣

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Hope you like this one Denise🤙

[@hans-jurgenwilke6675]

great video again, huge thanks mate

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Chur bro. Nice one🤙

[@constantinogomezmarquez9102]

Me gusta la bicicleta!!! Jajajaja felicidades por el video como siempre un placer disfrutar de tus videos.

[@warrenmeerestomei9348]

Glad barbless is the law here!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Will never stop pushing the barbless vibe!!

[@pierevojzola9737]

Hi Alex, beautiful flying trout. Agree with you 100% on barbless hooks, after all if you are not hunting for Kai it makes for easier release. Harera

[@TrippinOnTrout]

All round better aye bro. 🤙🤙

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Great vid as always mate 👍

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Wikid bro. Thanks heaps!

[@markhalpin995]

Awesome video👌🎣🎣🎣

[@TrippinOnTrout]

🤙🤙

[@GreenHorn61]

I must say that I'm a little bit jealous of you, living in Trout paradise New Zealand. Your advice to fish barbless is super. I saw another video with you where you were taking other fishermen hard for throwing away their liners, I liked to hear that very much. But, now it comes dude, in a way you should grab your own nose, though you snip of your liners that you tied and leave the snips right where you are. Out in nature. Sure no animals can or will be trapped in your small parts, but they will dissolve and become microplastic, or even fish food. You who look so much to do everything perfectly, there is that tool called Monomaster which you can buy online. I would be happy if you take my advice and get one of those and if not please don't snip off your liners and leave them out in your fantastic Country in front of your Camera. Take care dude and thank you for your videos.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

I’ve been making an effort to drop those tag ends in my hip pack more and more for exactly that reason🤙 Thanks for watching bro!

[@leighcook5088]

Thgis was a really great video well done bro I absolutely enjoyed a NZ fush rising to a dry

[@OneArmedB4ndit]

sick video! great editing and music choices, subbed!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks for the comment and the sub!! Welcome to the TEAM!!!

[@schmoonkie]

I have a couple of more reasons to use barbless hooks: 1) I've had sudden gusts of wind blow the hook into my skin and 2) wind gusts blow the hook into my fancy fishing shirt. In such cases it was far less damaging to remove the hook.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Exactly man, no reason to have a barb at all!!

[@shaunalsworth-elvey4717]

Loved the "Definitely don't go down there... Shit" haha Thanks for yet another awesome video

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Haha, good times for sure!!!😆

[@waynenaylor5734]

Cool piece of water there Alex with some great fish! You know I’m a barbless convert 💯 🤙

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Yeah bro. Sick place and I love that you have turned..!!!!!👊

[@nickgough2993]

With you all the way on barbless Alex. Probably bring more fish to hand now than when I fished with barbed hooks. Who cares if they get off anyway. The fun is in the hooking. Did you notice the first brownie had it’s adipose clipped?

[@TrippinOnTrout]

That’s more likely to be a bite from either fish fighting and perhaps an eel trying to get a piece of him. All wild fish there you see so clipping isn’t really a thing🤙

[@m00nchildblues]

New Zealand's Steelhead!

[@peirules154]

Love the content. All the way from Alberta Canada.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Awesome man, big love from NZ!!

[@roryantrim]

think this is your best clip yet aye wicked

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks man!

[@tomwait7900]

Been watching your vids for a while. Honestly man, these NZ rivers look amazing. Absolutely beautiful. This river in particular is perfection. Can I be cheeky and ask which river this is. or which area of NZ it's in. Its stunning. Plus your stance on barbless hooks is cool. ( I'm from UK and fly fish lakes and occasionally rivers in Wales, Scotland)

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks man, appreciate the support. I won’t name rivers sorry, it’s in the North Island and that’s about all you will get from me! The good thing is that, pretty much every river has fish in it here..:just gotta go look🤙

[@joziflyfishing]

Videos never disappoint✔️✔️✔️ Agreed on the Barbless topic, they're also safe for the angler in case of an unwanted body piercing😂

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Good point!! Thanks for watching

[@mojondro]

I have a couple of those and one of them with a treble 4x strong,a real nightmare to cut the tham thing

[@jasonguild287]

Legend video.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Chur bro

[@peace-yo4no]

Awesome 👌 ,, thanks for the great video,

[@TrippinOnTrout]

🤙

[@johnrachcoff6928]

Summer on the river no Snakes I love NZ back country. The Aus/NZ travel bubble needs to happen before the back country rivers close .

[@jonclay1563]

In some videos it looks like your tying a double Davey knot but what knots do you like? Love the bids and hope some day to be able to fish in NZ.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Yep that’s a double Davy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eYvZYXp9app1ZtE

[@brucewaller7680]

Wearing the Waller tartan on the legs I see, we of English descent never really got it did we! Enjoyed the vid Alex thanks.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Hahaha, the Waller tartan - I like it!! Just bought another pair yesterday actually😆😆

[@clevo12]

Hi Alex. Do you fish all sizes of the barbless hook? I fish barbless as well but for hooks size 16 or 18 I still use the barb.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

I crush any barb on any size. Has no negative effect at all.

[@kenlloyd5195]

high alex have picked up you are using a 7ft poly float leader then adding tippet, whats the advantage over buying tapered leaders your opinion on pros cons greatly appreciated

[@TrippinOnTrout]

It really help when using very long leaders (15ft +) to turn things over. Especially with wind and wind resistant flies etc. don’t really need one if using leaders under 13ft or so

[@ericstephenson145]

Awesome

[@paulstevenson5006]

Cool video as usual and nice fish, another pucker brown! The bike in good idea to cover ground and save time Alex...did I plant that seed🤔

[@kevinihintz]

Great video mate

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thanks so much 🤙

[@destinationfishing1308]

Barbless is the way to go - especially if you hook your ear on the cast.... just ask Glenn!!! Great vid bro

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Hahaha, the Nymphmaster has spoken!!

[@jakeskipper43]

Always love the vids man. We enjoy turning on your channel and watching them every few nights! What line/leader setup are you using at 7:50? I looked in the link but one of them was broken. Anyways. Thanks again for what you do!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Looks like I need to sort out my links! Thanks for the heads up. 5w infinity smooth from SA, Orvis floating poly leader to a tippet ring and then make my leader whatever length I need off that

[@briljantje9583]

Great footage again! I just wondered: how did you find your bike back in that wilderness?

[@TrippinOnTrout]

I know that area pretty well now so it was easy🤙

[@AboveWorryLevelFlyFishing]

Another great clip Alex. What was the water clarity like (looked okay)? When we were up there the other day (plan B) it had a bit of colour, and maybe running a tad high judging by the tide marks on the rocks. Nothing working on the surface.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Hey Chris! YepX much the same that day - up and some Colour and nothing much going on up high in the water

[@PHARRAOH]

great video

[@jmichaelperez1575]

Just a couple of observations. #1: Nobody eliminates the competition like you do. #2: Reason #27 to fish barbless is that when you stick it in your ear or your face[or heaven forbid someone else's] it comes out way easy.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

And let’s face it, we have all hooked ourselves or someone else!😆 Good to hear from you MP!!

[@jeremyvelkoff1487]

Alex, really enjoy your videos, seeing NZ and those incredible trout is really special for someone who fishes in Pennsylvania. My question is the type of line you use. In the Videos you say SA's Infinity Smooth... but in your link, It's SA's MPX line... I know SA's lines either the Infinity or the MPX are really great lines but which one do you actually use...

[@TrippinOnTrout]

My bad there bro, looks like forgot to change it. I use the infinity smooth all the time now (although over winter here, I may switch back to the MPX as I’ll be Nymphing with heavy shit more)

[@jeremyvelkoff1487]

@@TrippinOnTrout thanks for getting back to me so quickly... makes sense MPX being the rig most suited for throwing heavy objects... do you find the infinity line works well for streamers and poppers ...thinking small mouth Bass to Pike, Muskies ... living up to the infinity uses for the line..

[@TrippinOnTrout]

@@jeremyvelkoff1487 Yeah it would deal with them ok but if that’s gonna be the mainstay of your fishing, I might go for the MPX. As an all rounder though, the infinity is the way forward

[@davidg-m1768]

Good ol Frank does it again. You must be so fit, that looked like hard work... but the reward was worth it.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Frank the Tank!!! Pretty big day that one yep!!

[@marklamude2355]

Also barbless hooks have a narrower point profile so hook penetration is better........yup i said it penetration is better, TWSS epic film as usual. peace.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

TWSS!!!! Love it. Good point you make there too

[@dreamstreamdreamer]

Yeah I was reading "Fly fishing the South Platte" by Roger Hill.. He talks a lot about how you'll hook more fish with barbless. He said many times the fish will have themselves hooked before you even know what's going on. Great old book

[@simonbyrne7074]

Hey Alex. Another good reason to go barbless is a selfish one.… anyone who’s ever accidentally hooked themselves, their mate or their guide will enjoy the unhooking experience way more barbless!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Absolutely mate. It’s a no brainer!

[@gillespatrice8947]

You sent me dreaming Bro, about being back to NZ, flicking a line ... beautiful stream, I just can't wait!

[@daguy808]

I completely agree with barbless hooks. One day I was fishing a small stream with dry flies and could not tie a fly on for the life of me, the knot wouldn't hold. Lost a fly 3 separate times, but because of the barbless hook the fish were able to spit the fly out and I was able to get the fly back all 3 times.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

That’s awesome man and a great example of how well it works!

[@thewonderwok]

staunker- is that spelled correctly : )) Alex another wonderful trip Cheers!

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Hahaha, I think you nailed it Greg!!

[@thewonderwok]

@@TrippinOnTrout you've got some great names for your trout!!! : )

[@thewonderwok]

@@TrippinOnTrout cant wait to get down there!

[@rodjarvie7639]

As usual out standing

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Thank you brutha🤙

[@canyonbuschbacher1584]

as far as barbless hooks, how do you do the double rig? my liter always slides off my hooks.

[@TrippinOnTrout]

Same Way as Normal bro. Never have a problem with it. Maybe just make sure the knot is good and tight🤷‍♂️

[@canyonbuschbacher1584]

@@TrippinOnTrout alright, i guess i’ll be trying all my drys on barbless now!

[@finnallen5981]

I’ve hooked a fish on a barbless hook and snapped it off. The next day caught the same fish and the barbless hook fly was still in its mouth. But I bet most of the time they drop out and less damage is done for sure.