The Happy Loser | Mediocre Dry Fly Fishing Film by Tingsong Lan

I've made a 47-minute dry fly film about the desperate chase of happiness and the trout of my dreams.
It's a film that can be considered "mid" due to my poor overall video making skills.
This movie contains some winter scenes, white-throated dippers, spring mayflies, trout-filled creek, Swedish mountains and the damn grayling.
It's like every other fly fishing movie out there, but it is not quite so good as the other movies!
This film is filmed between 2021-2022 and heavily inspired by ‪@RolfNylinder‬ and ‪@JazzAndFlyFishing‬ movies.
Presented by ‪@lemmel-kaffe‬ & ‪@podsolflyfishing8670‬

[@RolfNylinder]

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[@tingsonglan]

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[@huntercoaching5841]

"perhaps my happines has peaked for this year..." saddest quote of the year.

[@tingsonglan]

Haha yes but is also very true 😅

[@huntercoaching5841]

@@tingsonglan then it's time to slay some inner demons maybe😉

[@BIG-ES-]

This is not “mediocre” my friend. Great video

[@tingsonglan]

Haha thanks!❤️❤️ You should watch rolf nylinders and jazz and fly fishings movie they are much better 😁

[@coreyjbeats1357]

Far from mediocre. Thoroughly enjoyable. Got my sub fosho

[@tingsonglan]

@@coreyjbeats1357 thanks ❤️🙌🙌

[@MattMooreE9C]

Loved your artistic approach man. I was laughing so much at the part where you were getting caught in the trees, and getting so mad. It happens to all of us! The Dipper footage was super cool as well.. Cheers!

[@tingsonglan]

Haha thanks mate! It happens all the time 🤙😄

[@flyfishingphotoproject]

Agreed this part was so raw and authentic and hilarious. Frustrating and real!!

[@tingsonglan]

@@flyfishingphotoproject Thank you🤙❤️

[@jordanm8915]

I'm only 3 minutes in and I've never felt something so accurate to my life. I suck at fly fishing, I suck at skating.

[@tingsonglan]

Haha then we are two thatfeels the same way! 😄🙌

[@mikolhan1]

Mediocre? You’ve got to be kidding us. Amazing!

[@tingsonglan]

Haha thanks! I think is decent 😅❤️

[@martinlawrence8427]

Love it…great camera work. You Swedish boys make fab fishing vids!

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed it! The swedish boys will try to make more videos in the future ❤️🤙

[@davebeningfield]

After watching for a few minutes I thought, "This is great - sorta like Jazz and Flyfishing." Well done! It was 'Eternal Summer" that inspired me to try making videos.

[@tingsonglan]

The jazz boys have been a big inspiration for this movie! They are awesome! 🤙🔥

[@johnbaxter5698]

Superb cinematography! You, Rolf and Harvard are great story tellers…all very similar in style.

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks! I really enjoy to make this kind of fly fishing videos. Ill probably will make more videos like this the future 🙂❤️.

[@damienobrien7016]

Really enjoyed that, lots of different moods, it was depressing, uplifting, funny, serious and hopefull all in one. That's fishing.

[@tingsonglan]

Haha yupp that is right, thanks 😃❤️

[@johnnyalexandersson8836]

Otroligt fin film! Mycket jobb med den ser jag! En riktigt komplett film med allt en flugfiskare får uppleva Tack❤

[@tingsonglan]

Tack så mycket för att ni tittade! Ja det tar en stund att få ihop en film men mer filmer kommer i framtiden❤️🙌

[@hardcorepescatore7448]

Anything but Mediocre, I love everything about your film.

[@tingsonglan]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙏❤️

[@greyglider6229]

This is stunningly good! And the audio is spectacular. Please continue this great work.

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks, ill try to make more videos when I'm on my next adventure ❤️🙏

[@thomashead656]

Oh my. This is gorgeous. You, sir, elevate KZbin.

[@tingsonglan]

Thank you for your kind words sir! ❤️😁

[@day5759]

Magnificent ❗❗❗ ONE are the best videos movies documentaries I have ever seen you deserve an award...BRAVO❗❗❗❗❗

[@tingsonglan]

Haha thanks it is a decent movie i guess ❤️😄

[@robinwangdahl4]

verkligen superfin film. Om ett par månader så är det dags igen, fan vad man längtar!

[@tingsonglan]

Haha tack så mycket! Japp speciellt nu efter denna soliga fredagen! ❤️😁

[@Cherbanov]

underbar film, vad jag känner igen mig på den där grenen som alltid är ivägen och fisken som vakar medans flugan sitter i träden. fortsätt med dina underbara skildringar utav vår underbara natur

[@tingsonglan]

Tack så mycket!! Jaa det är klassiskt att det är nått ivägen när man ser ett fint vak! Jaa visst kommer det fler filmer ❤️🙏

[@dfw1092]

The footage of the grayling catching mayflies is wonderful

[@tingsonglan]

Haha thanks It was pretty cool to film the rise in slowmotion 😁😍😍

[@rkkflux4394]

1st 6 mins…..I am dead impressed. Great art work, sound effect and bgm. Fine editing work indeed 🎉🎉🎉proper job!!

[@tingsonglan]

Haha thanks for you kind words! Ill try to make more videos like this in the future ❤️🙏😁

[@ciaoneh_32r49]

this is in the top 5 things I've ever seen on youtube

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks alot ❤️🙌. But i think rolf and jazz and flyfishings stuff is easily much better then my stuff. You should check them out if you haven't 🙂🙂

[@ciaoneh_32r49]

@@tingsonglan thanks for the advice,i will

[@fireprooof101]

Quality stuff my friend.

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks much appreciated ❤️🙌

[@OscarOverlanding]

Beautiful!!! Thank you!

[@tingsonglan]

Thank you for watching! 🙌❤️

[@Fishing_Stefano]

Thank you for making this video, im going through the same struggle and im so glad you made a video about it

[@tingsonglan]

Thank you for watching! I guess in life sometimes the fish feeds from the surface and most of the time they feed under the surface. But they will rise eventually and we need to have some luck and good timing ❤️😁🙏

[@MacSociety]

Great stuff friend. You made a fine movie!

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it ❤️🙏

[@-andy-rocketman8025]

I really love this way of making fly fishing video ...I follow another guy from Finland that is on the same style and I have to admit it is the most spectacular and soul healing way that I know. Love it. Keep up like this

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks mate❤️! Who is the finnish guy? I might have missed something😀

[@-andy-rocketman8025]

@@tingsonglan sorry mate I was mistaken, the other guy is from Sweden and his name is Rolf Nylinder, thank you for answering I look foreward for your next adventure

[@tingsonglan]

@@-andy-rocketman8025 Ah Rolf he is a legend! Ill try to make more videos like this🙌

[@-andy-rocketman8025]

@@tingsonglan actually started to follow u in instagram just a minute ago and saw that u know each other, beautiful! I would really love to meet u guys. If u come to north-est Italy let me know, it would be a pleasure to bring u fishing here arround👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@tingsonglan]

@@-andy-rocketman8025 Thanks for the offer! When visiting north-est Italy ill let you know on IG 🤙

[@jlreuvers]

Such a good and enjoyable film. Really conserves the feeling of fly fishing. Keep on making fly fishing films :)

[@tingsonglan]

Thank you! I will for sure make more fly fishing films ❤️🙌😁

[@sjohnson4882]

Actually, this video is better than most.

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙏🫡

[@flugisfiske]

Underbart filmat och beskrivet DoD 😍

[@tingsonglan]

Tack så mycket! DoD😁❤️🙌

[@SimonDavis-s3p]

beautifully filmed and narrated. Great work. Be proud of this piece of work mate !

[@tingsonglan]

Thank you for your kind words mate! Cheers❤️🍻

[@fatzyfatzy8322]

bästa fiskefilmen på youtube!

[@tingsonglan]

Tack så mycket❤️

[@jamiewaring8296]

Great film and so many thoughts are the same that go through fishermans heads . It's always the way you find a feeding fish and you got your rod tangled in a tree or a bush and snap hour leader and the fish is gone 😂 Great work , thanks

[@tingsonglan]

Haha that is life! Thanks for watching it! ❤️🙌

[@daviddowd9083]

You did a fantastic job looking at this from dry fly perspective loved it!

[@tingsonglan]

Haha thanks dry or die ❤️😄🤙

[@Joshtreds]

Really enjoyed this mate

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Ill try to make more in the future ❤️🤘

[@JigMasterJC]

Excellent job, watched every second and learned alot. You are very good at story telling and editing, you should give yourself more credit. Keep on making content like this, you WILL do well.

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks mate! I will try to make more videos like this in the future 🙌❤️

[@JigMasterJC]

@@tingsonglan Good, ill be waiting on the next one! Goodluck on finding that next MONSTER Trout

[@janbobrowski2474]

Brilliant!

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks!! ❤️

[@andrewgibson7666]

You’ve got yourself a new subscriber! A masterpiece, keep up the good work! Tight lines from Scotland! 🎣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@tingsonglan]

Thank you for subscribing❤️❤️. Ill make sure to make more movies in the future 🤙😃

[@dennyterrio1942]

Underwater shots of birds?! I cant' even get shots of the crow on my trash can. Great stuff!

[@tingsonglan]

Haha the underwater shots of the dipper I must credit Rolf😄🤙

[@dennyterrio1942]

@@tingsonglan yes..I saw as the credits rolled

[@kenmartin1211]

Very well made film... I also Fly Fish and Dry Fly Fishing for Trout is my #1 way to go, nothing like it... Fly Fishing is a time to Let Go of all Expectations and Ego... for it's about so much more then the fish we catch... Thank You Looking forward to more...

[@tingsonglan]

Well you are right sir! Im not sure if it is still about catching the fish anymore or just the other stuff around the fish, a rise far away, adventure, mayflies, nature and wildlife ect... it is complicated to be a fly fisher sometimes, but I will try to make more movies when I'm on my fishing adventures 😄❤️

[@fishhandsfranky]

Stunning story

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks really glad you liked it, I thought that the story was weak😆❤️

[@everyfishcounts]

Fantastisk film !

[@tingsonglan]

Tack så mycket!!! ❤️❤️🙌

[@fin1493]

Don't be so hard on yourself! You've made a beautiful relaxing video, really loved it

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks alot! I'm glad you enjoyed it! ❤️❤️

[@onceandaway]

Otroligt vackert, roligt och igenkännande!! 👏

[@tingsonglan]

Tack! Kul att ni känner igen er. Då vet jag att jag inte är ensam haha ❤️❤️

[@jacksonmiller5361]

Great film!! Fantastic job and keep at it!!

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks!! Will try to keep at it 🙂❤️

[@Aftertrout]

Underbart 😍👍

[@tingsonglan]

Tack ❤️❤️🙌

[@JazzAndFlyFishing]

Love it!❤️

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks you for your movies and music, they have inspered me and it means alot to me 🙏❤️

[@CNylundPhotography]

Mycket snyggt filmat 👌 Jag är definitivt ingen flugfiskare men gillar verkligen din filmning framförallt klippen av strömstaren👍

[@tingsonglan]

Haha tack så mycket! Kul att du tyckte om filmen ändå även om du inte är flugfiskare. Ibland så handlar flugfiske om allt omkring fisken. Vackra vyer, natur, fåglar, ett vak, att vara på äventyr... 😄❤️

[@CNylundPhotography]

@@tingsonglan jag fiskar mycket med andra metoder, har nog något flugspö också som dammas av nu som då men mest på skoj. Diggar även den poetiska filosofiska twisten på filmen. 👌

[@ryanj1262]

The swarm of the orgy 😂

[@tingsonglan]

😁🤙🤙

[@patrikrugolo6973]

Amazing!

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks!! ❤️

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Fantastic video

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks! ❤️❤️

[@mikeyifanwang7832]

Really nice film. Hats off to my fellow country man🤩. Btw i'm a chinese fly fishing man live in Sweden as well. Maybe we can catch upp sometime and have som dry fly session together in the future.

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks glad you enjoyed it! Surething just shoot me a message on ig🙏🙂

[@mantismamba]

Brilliant film!!!!

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks I appreciete it 🙏❤️

[@jonmullenax778]

Great video... very well made.

[@tingsonglan]

Haha thanks alot! ❤️🤘

[@oaklindphoto]

Magiskt 👌👌

[@tingsonglan]

Tackar! ❤

[@boxingstarcmbballer8797]

Always can nymph when trout aren’t rising buddy. Even throw streamers for the big brown .

[@tingsonglan]

Yes indeed you probably catch bigger fish with nymph or streamers as well. But the peak of happiness is greater when catching a trout on a dry fly 😁❤️.

[@markhoffman9655]

Unique!

[@tingsonglan]

Haha I suppose thats good😁!

[@anubius81]

Uh someone is Rolf big fan....

[@tingsonglan]

Yes indeed!

[@richardaarseth1226]

PerPålshålet/200m ovanför Halvfarsströmmen.. känner till varje meter av de platserna.

[@tingsonglan]

Ert hemma vatten? 🙏❤️

[@phutthakarnhanbang1222]

Niceeeeee❤❤

[@tingsonglan]

Tack bästa putte! ❤️

[@jasonehredt968]

Excellent filmmaking. Mediocre skateboarding 😂

[@tingsonglan]

haha thanks ❤yes indeed! 🤙

[@Comrade_Akimov]

Dude, the movie is rad, but I hesitated for 2 days to click on your video, because that "drunk-siberian-face" thumbnail sucks! Change the thumbnail! I'm sure you designed several.

[@tingsonglan]

haha thanks! I like the "drunk-siberian-face" it's the new style when chasing trout in swedish mountains :)

[@huntercoaching5841]

I see you struggling and I know the feelings. All you need to do to enjoy flyfishing so much more is to take 50% more time before you start casting. Look around, find that googd angle, visualise the cast before you start...

[@Roolis77]

❤

[@tingsonglan]

❤️❤️❤️

[@peterh4446]

Christ’s path gives hope, faith, and joy. Eliminate your burden of melancholy.

[@holmenadventurecamp]

Recording himself in 4k slow-motion. Yea, pretty cool look. thanks for the video. All the best, Holmen.

[@tingsonglan]

Thank you Holmen for watching! ❤️

[@PatrikForssander]

Fortsätt precis som du gör! Vackert filmat och du, precis som de du inspireras av, fångar definitionen av vad flugfiske är för mig och många fler.

[@tingsonglan]

Tack för dom fina orden ❤️. Kommer definitivt göra mer filmer i framtiden 🙂🙌!

[@ugsisr]

Dry Fly Fishing is about many many things other then the fish we pursue... Never Mediocre...

[@tingsonglan]

That is very very true 😁🙌

[@maxoutdoorswales1857]

Lovely video. You got some beautiful images of the Trout and Grayling, it's very impressive. And your love for Fly Fishing really shines through. I am a Dry Fly Fisherman myself, from Wales, so I completely understand the long winter blues. But, I'd like to make one thing clear. You're not a loser. You are human. Just like the rest of us. Sometimes we are happy, and sometimes we are sad. Just like how sometimes the fish are feeding on the surface, and sometimes they are feeding below the surface. It is all part of the sweet and sour nectar of life. Keep fly fishing dude, and keep making videos, great quality.

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks for your kind words sir! Also that is a accurate and great analogy about begin human regarding trout feeding from the surface. I love it! 🙌❤️

[@toddwoody6387]

Beautiful video. Thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end ❤

[@tingsonglan]

Thank you for watching!❤️🙌

[@gscotty311]

2 min in and I'm already subscribed🤣

[@tingsonglan]

Haha thanks for subscribing I hope you enjoyed the movie! 😄❤️

[@marcburrows5783]

Love it! Super unique and creative.

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks man appreciat it! ❤️

[@jeffreyrosanelli]

this is so good keep it up

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks❤️😀. Ill try to make more in the future!

[@joerobinson1060]

Bravo!

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks! 🙌🙌❤️

[@Vincent-vs8hx]

Nice!

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks!!

[@TheArtOfAlex]

looser filming troutprn 4k in slomo.. made my day :-)

[@Adipper]

Tingsong: You captured in great detail and beauty the natural world 47:00 and magical tug that draws the fly fisher into depths of Trout/Grayling. I admire the passion and dedication of your trout adventures. Just one more cast!!

[@tingsonglan]

Thank you! I just want to share what we all feel like as a dry fly fisher 😁❤️🙌

[@lasseblomqvist9378]

I must disagree with you. There is nothing mediocre about this film, instead it is actually quite great. Loved the story of the Dippers. Great work! 👍 The sections from the southern part of Sweden, is that Västra Götaland by any chance? Reminds me of the landscape where I grew up, I now live in Skåne which is beautiful in other ways but man, how I miss these forests.

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks for watching ❤️. I was abit afraid that the dipper Chapter where abit to slow. But I like the dippers so I left it in the movie 🙂

[@riksstad9326]

Thanks for taking the time and effort to make a fantastic fly fishing move, I specially enjoyed the angels of some of the underwater release clips. No doubt where you draw the inspiration from, will the Padawan become the new master 😁👍👍

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks for watching ❤️❤️! Haha think I will still remain a young padawan and let the masters be the masters 😁

[@jonasangler6051]

Fin film! Visst letar man alltid efter större fisk, (dumt nog!) Det är nog jakten i sig som är viktig...

[@tingsonglan]

Jaa precis! Det är som Håvard säger! 😅❤️❤️

[@imraduin]

Tycker det är fantastiskt att du tar efter Rolf och Håvards stil av filmatisering 🙂 och du gör det bra! Det behövs mer av detta i världen. Bra jobbat med denna rulle ❤️

[@tingsonglan]

Tack så mycket ❤😀! Ja man försöker kopiera dom men originalet är så mycket bättre 🤣.

[@toolb0x_]

feels a little like a jazz and flyfishing production :D

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks! I love thier stuff too ❤️😁

[@stanokeefe2713]

Watch your vid, reminded me why I fly fish. Even if I go for 2 hours and catch nothing, I still have the enjoyment of nature, the calmness of standing in a stream, the quiet, the piece of mind of being one with your surroundings. You are not a loser, you win every time you go. The Experience of going is what drives me. You have reminded me of that, thank you. And best of luck to you in your next dry fly experience.

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks man! Yeah I totally agree! Begin out in nature by the river is already a win 🙌❤️

[@liamwild666]

Loved it! Thanks.

[@tingsonglan]

Thanks for watching it 🤘❤️

[@aru3d]

Veldig bra håndverk og historie! Lyd og klipp var bra!

[@tingsonglan]

Tack så mycket!!❤️❤️ ska försöka göra mer filmer i framtiden 😁

[@TroutHunterWa]

Great title!!

[@tingsonglan]

Haha thanks! I'm not really good at titel or naming stuff. But I'm glad you liked it 🙏❤️

[@TroutHunterWa]

Clever and got me to watch

[@HjalmarTuresson]

Fantastisk!!

[@tingsonglan]

Tack för att ni tittade ❤️