Some weeks ago I landed a number of trout with damaged
gill plates; this trout today had a red nick on its outer gill plate.
The videos below sums up the action for the afternoon; trout landed about every 10 to 15 minutes. I started the trip without my
Contour Video camera, but the action was so good, I decided to walk by to the truck and
get it. I lost a good 20 minutes of fishing time, but I made up for it after I got
back to the gorge and started landing rainbow again.
Sorry the sound didn’t record for this video, don’t know
why---I added some music that I thought might complement the action of this
trout.
This video is a little long because it took me quite a
while to land this rainbow. I was using a 6X tippet in the super clear water. This
fish is one of the best I’ve ever landed on the Sipsey. One will land more
trout here if they use a lighter tippet. I hope you guys enjoy it!
Nice bend in the rod! Congrats on a great day. I had a similar day yesterday which I'm writing about... So much fun. You hate to leave the fish not caught on these kind of days... Haha.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the great outing! Those are some very nice rainbows for sure.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the videos Bill. Those look like some nice healthy trout. Any idea what the gill problem is?
ReplyDeleteBill that first one is a real leaper....so full of energy.
ReplyDeleteWell done buddy.
RD
ReplyDeleteThe action stopped when the horn sounded telling me the wall of water was coming my way. Thanks for the comment
RM
ReplyDeleteSome the best I've taken there--thanks for the comment
Alan
ReplyDeleteDon't you just love it when you tie into an active trout that is determined to win the battle. Thanks for the comment
Howard
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoyed the show--game and fish is in the process of checking on the gill plate problem. If I find out anything I will let you guys know. Thanks for the comment
That water is crazy clear. Looked beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat is one beautiful fish Bill and I really enjoyed the vids..
ReplyDeleteKevin
ReplyDeleteBeautiful water for sure; but with clear water comes more of a challenge, such as trout seeing you which dictates using extremely light tippet. I use a 6X most all the time, enabling me to land more trout as oppose to others who go with bigger tippets. Thanks for the comment
Pen
ReplyDeleteGlad you enjoy the footage; I'm still learning the mechanics of the Contour. I'm going to try to do more filming in the coming months, so stay tuned. Thanks for the comment
I don't know if you've seen this or not Bill but guess who's back?
ReplyDeletehttp://melsfishintimes.blogspot.com/
Howard
ReplyDeleteGlad to know Mel is back, he must have ESP, glad to know he is back----thanks for letting me know
Bravo, Bill, when a guy has been away from the blogging scene and needs to hit the re-start button, nothing better than watching your videos of some beautiful Rainbows on the Sipsey. I think I counted a half dozen leaps to try and throw your fly on that first one. Great work and thank you for adding me back to your BlogRoll.
ReplyDeleteHi Mel
ReplyDeleteSo glad you are back on the blog circuit with all of us; that trout was certainly the most active I've landed on the Sipsey. Looking forward to future post from you. Thanks for the comment