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Sean Mills Fly & LRF
South Africa
Приєднався 21 сер 2011
Fly fishing and light tackle lure fishing by Sean Mills. Cape Town species hunting on light gear.
Fly fishing for Krom River redfin minnows
The Krom River in the Western Cape is home to the endangered Krom River redfin minnows and a few years ago I went on a mission to try and catch a few on fly to document them and to see how healthy the population was.
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#redfinminnow #kromriver #flyfishing #ultralight #fishing #nymphing #sightfishing #endangered #capetown #capepiscatorialsociety #seanmills #brassie #hiking #conservation
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Awesome Kalk Bay LRF fishing session
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I had an amazing LRF session at Kalk Bay Harbour (Cape Town, South Africa) using my 6 foot Okuma LRF rod and Berkley Gulp Sandworm. I ended up catching 11 species including juvenile white mussel-cracker, red roman, karenteem, black tail, Hottentot and Cape gurnards... #lrfsouthafrica #lrffishing #kalkbay #capetown #redroman #musselcracker #capegurnard #goby #lighttackle
Is this the best bass lure?
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Fishing for bass at Reflections Guest Farm in the beautiful Tulbagh Valley with the 3 inch Yum Dinger, my "go to" bass plastic. You can fish it in multiple ways, all year round. What is your favourite bass lure, let me know in the comments? #bass fishing #shimano #yumdinger #reflectionsguestfarm #tulbagh #doubleX
Is this the best carp fly? Stalking carp on the carp fritz
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I designed the carp fritz more than 2 decades ago and it has caught me thousand of carp over the years including some over 25 pounds. Its easy to see and easy to tie, but is it the best carp fly? #fishing #flyfishing #carpfritz #carp #capetown #stalkingcarp
Micro tenkara fly fishing for endangered redfin minnows on the Eerste River
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The Burchell’s redfin is a very pretty but critically endangered species that is found in the Western Cape, South Africa. I went in search of them using my micro tenkara fly rod to showcase these amazing little fish. #tenkaraflyfishing #eersteriver #burchell’sredfin #mirconymphs #endangered
Gordon's Bay LRF species hunt
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I just love Light Rock Fishing and braved the wind and rain to see how many species I could catch at Gorden's Bay, Cape Town. I fished in the Harbour and next to it on the rocks. I caught some really cool species including white stumpnose, white steenbras and cape gurnard, great success... Please like and subscribe. #gulp #sandworm #Gordensbay #lrffishing #okuma #harbourisland #bossfinessbraid ...
LRF Fishing for Klipfish at Blouberg
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Klipfish are definitely the most underrated predatory fish along our coastline. They inhabit the inter-tidal zone in large numbers and can grow over 40cm. In this video I use my Light Rock Fishing tackle and curly tail grubs to try and catch some bigger specimens. please like and subscribe. #klipfish #bloubergstrand #berkley #fishing #lrffishing #capetown #loomisandfranklin
Light Rock Fishing at Camps Bay, testing the new Loomis & Franklin Reflex 1000 reel
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I went Light Rock Fishing at Camps Bay to test the new Loomis & Franklin Reflex 1000 reel which is a budget ultra light spinning reel. I was looking for Hottentot but the strong wind made things difficult, fortunately the klipfish where obliging. #loomis&franklin #lrffishing #Campsbay #southafrica #bossfinessebraid #gulp #sandworm #berkley #klipfish
Fishing Sada Curly Tail Grubs for Tilapia
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I had an hour to fish for Blue tilapia at a local lake in Cape Town and decided to use the awesome Sada Curly Tail Grubs. #sadagrubs #tilapia #fishing #capetown #ultralight
Fly Fishing For Blouberg Klipfish
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Fly fishing for klipfish is a lot of fun on light fly gear. I had a short session in very rough conditions at Blouberg beach and managed to catch a few. This is a short video of the biggest one. #blenny #flyfishing #xplorerrods, #xplorer #tomsutcliifereel #blouberg #beach #seanmills
Fly fishing the "Hotel Beat" on the Smalblaar River, Cape Town
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A quick highlights clip of my time on the Hotel Beat. I fished with the Echo Lift 3wt rod which was amazing. It was a tough day with the fish slashing at the flies a lot of the time. I ended up with 11 rainbow trout. #flyfishing #capestreams #capetown #rainbowtrout #smalblaar #hotelbeat #echolift #3wt #Rioflyline
Fly fishing for tigerfish on the Zambezi
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Ever wondered how to catch tiger fish on fly? In this video I go into the tackle, fly lines, flies and techniques to catch these awesome fish on fly. Filmed at Shackletons Tiger Fishing Lodge #tigerfish #flyfishing #zambezi #seanmills
Sight dry fly fishing for rainbow trout in Cape Streams
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This short video is about sight dry fly fishing for rainbow trout in Cape Streams which are home to some very spooky fish in gin clear water. This is the Elandspad River near Cape Town. Check out seanmillsflyfishing.weebly.com/ for DVDs and E books by Sean Mills
Fishing a dry fly in tight areas with Sean Mills
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Fishing a dry fly in tight areas with Sean Mills
Fishing the frizz fry fly in early spring for largemouth bass by Sean Mills
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Fishing the frizz fry fly in early spring for largemouth bass by Sean Mills
Great fishing and great channel I’ll definitely subscribe
@@Michigananglingadventures thank you so much
Nice video bro
Thanks so much
Nice video and catch . Why you are not upload the video in HD ?
@@ShragaMiFishingForTheSoul It was filmed in SD many years ago...
@@ShragaMiFishingForTheSoul I still had hair then and perfect eye sight...
@@SeanMillsFishing Got it 😉
Nice fishing 🎣👍
Thanks so much
Looked like a really fun session, loved the variety. Nice video 🙂
Thanks man. It was great to connect with some new species...
Seeing this now makes me realise what a gem you have there in those rivers. I am exploring here next season like a mad man. The Isle of Man has some fantastic rivers and I don't think the guys fish them proper as they all claim there are only small brownies so they don't explore.
I just have to say this. I'm very glad to see you also reel in with your right hand. Debs and I went to the local tackle shop here and he asked me to bring in some of our rods and reels so he could see the different styles we use in SA. I tookabout 5 rods and reels in and he was blown away. The best part was when he asked me to help him spool a reel and I put the reel on for right hand reeling..... I swear I saw his eyes twitch and a tick appear at the corner of his mouth. He could not get over the fact that our whole family reel in right handed. He said he could not look at me as it was so wrong. Weird fellow ;-)
LOL... I cast left so its makes sense for me to reel in with the handle on the right. I fly cast with my right hand though...
Thanks, Sean. Nice vid. You are not even having to hide or stand back a bit. Those blighters are just grabbing the lure
They be hungry fish...
Another great and enjoyable LRF session 🙂 You have a lot of species there
It was a very good day...
Cool
For you it's the best carp fly 🐟
True story...
This lure is working 👌 Good action and continue upload more fishing videos
Very enjoyable LRF session with nice species 👌🐟🐟
Thanks my friend, can't let you have all the fun.
Great XUL session my friend. I'm also using XUl tackle for tiny/micro fish. It's more difficult to catch those micro fish then regular size fish. Love it
@@ShragaMiFishingForTheSoul Thank you so much. Shalom.
We seriously need to stand together as anglers with some kind of conscience and get rid of the smallmouth and largemouth bass and trout in the rivers.
I hear you but a lot more complicated than you might think. Also trout are not a problem for redfins, smallmouth bass are. There was literally a 17inch trout swimming amongst the redfins. The Krom river is full of redfins and trout and they have co existed for years. Wherever there are smallmouth bass, the redfins disappear.
@@SeanMillsFishing I know it's a complicated issue, Sean, and it's one which needs resolving whichever way we choose to look at it. Any bass freak like myself knows they eat everything in the water they can possibly fit into their mouths. My experience has taught me though that trout, especially larger trout, don't miss any opportunity to grab minnows either. I once operated a commercial fish farm, and cookie cutter trout (rainbows which I hatched from eggs) gobbled up any canary kurper they could get (I had a pond full of them too - in those days I decided to use them as food for the bass and trout on the farm), and they were raised on a mix of pellets and worms (I had a worm farm too lol). Canaries of up to palm size were taken by the 0.3-05 kg stockies. Browns are notorious for eating their own fingerlings and the larger ones are actively piscivorous. I found over the years that the larger rainbows too, stand out from the crowd when they become cannibals in the hatchery and grow on ponds. So though the rainbow you saw passed up a free meal while you were there, chances are he came back for a quick takeaway later on. Coming from a childhood on the shores of Lake Ontario in Canada where I was raised with a rod in my hand and then having lived in SA for most of my life and fishing for bass on a strictly catch and release basis for quite a few years now, I had to make a hard decision when faced with the brutal reality of what bass, carp and trout are doing to biodiversity in the region. So now I am a strict catch and keep angler instead, and I urge all fellow anglers to follow suit - if everyone removed a few alien invader species each season, the problem would be greatly resolved. People just don't seem to get it - if we all turn a blind eye to imbalances caused by human agencies, especially when it comes to freshwater resources and again, biodiversity, which these fish destroy - they never belonged in the waterways of this country - then we can only blame ourselves at the inevitable result. Anyway thank you for bringing the redfins into the limelight - the fact they are still around means they deserve it.
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Nice. Do you just cast and let it lie still or do you give it some action?
I do both, depends on what they want. The movement will often perk their interest but they will actually eat the lure when it is stationary.
Fun Klipfish LRF fishing session 🐟👌
They are super fun. Going LRF fishing tomorrow...
@@SeanMillsFishing Good luck 🙏
Nice. Those Klipfish are like blennys we get over here. Just better looking and miles bigger! Haha
@@LRFandHRF Exactly. Wish we had wrasse here....
Nice one Sean. 🤠
@@garnetprince6199 Thanks Garnet..
Nice new fishing set. Enjoyable fishing session 🐟👌
@@ShragaMiFishingForTheSoul Thanks so much. Enjoying the warm weather here. Hoping to go fishing tomorrow...
@SeanMillsFishing Good luck
@@ShragaMiFishingForTheSoul Stay safe my friend
Thanks for all the help so far. Even though we are oceans apart, your tips have been a good starting point and help.
Any time Roland.
Fun fishing session with the tilapia 👌
Thanks 👍
Where did you buy the rod from ? Because I am looking for a light setup for the cape streams because I have a 5wt setup now and I struggle with the smaller flies ons that setup
Hi. The rod is about 12 years old. I built it from an Xplorer blank. I have an Echo Lift 3wt now that Stream X stock's. Really well priced and great for Cape Streams. Check out my last video where I use it.
@SGMproducitons ok thanks wil take a look , how much do they retail for ?
@@christophertomlinson6658 www.theflyfishingshop.co.za/product/echo-lift-fly-rods-good-value-for-money/
Nice short saltwater fly session 🙂 Give us the biggest one when you can . Have a great day
Thanks so much. Not too much time to fill and edit at the moment but hopefully soon.
Nice! You are brave though for using nylon instead of wire. Knot2Kinky is good.
True story...
@@SeanMillsFishing 👍🐯
Great and enjoyable fishing trip in Africa 🐟🎣 Good action .
Thanks so much, was a loooong time ago...
Where about is this if I may ask
Smallblaar River, Western Cape
Elandspad...
Beautiful video my friend 🐟👏👏 Good explanation 👍👍 Enjoy this video 😊
Thank you so much. Shalom
Enjoyed your beautiful video and spot😊🎣 New friend is here, hope you will upload more videos like this.
Thank you, I will
brilliant :) ... I need to get there