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Does your fly have a name? If not what about Hangover or The Dis-com-bob-u-lator!!

PSSH! Candy wrappers, brushed out guard hairs from cats and dogs, monitor protector from a laptop(you'll never find better wrong back material for stone flies), bungee cord core, chenille mop heads, glass seed beads, UV set nail polish(need UV light)... The possibilities are endless.

You will do it again, sooner than you think. It’s productive especially it certain water types. Post the video when you come back to catching fish. lol

The Rapala knot

Thanks for info on the hiding spots! I also tend to stay too long in any given spot. I need to fish and move on

Thank you. I needed this specific video. You saved me from having to spend extra money for overpriced feathers

Glad to hear! I consider myself a "hardcore" angler and I use cheap shit. As I see it, it's just tools to do what I need to do. I work as a cook with 2k salary, bust my ass and spend 2-3 days a week all year fishing, spend maybe 50-200 bucks on rods. Had lots of entry level brand rods and some weird brands or no-brand stuff. Hard to tell difference really, sometimes the junk outperformed really the brand stuff. As long as it does the job I am happy. Would be cool to own a Loop, Loomis or Sage premium rod some day, but idk can't do it at this point.

Very good demo

Waaaaay too involved. Absolutely and totally unnecessary.

I bought this rod from an Orvis store back in November 2021. At that time, they were including the Battenkill Disc V spey reel, with Mission shooting line, Skagit head, and three Skagit tips in their outfit package. The only issue was the various product package literature had different recommendations for the Skagit head weight. Within the year, my correspondences with the main office, got that resolved and subsequent online and package literature showed 480 grain Skagit, and 420 grain Scandi. The rod is rated for 420-520 grain head range. Their Scandi head has been always out of stock, and I just got one sent to me. In the store, I noticed that the Mission spey lines were nearly gone and half priced for what was on the shelf. Apparently, with Orvis buying up Scientific Angler, the Orvis lines are being phased out. Once again, online recommendations didn't make sense. The SA recommendation for the Clearwater 118-4 is a 570 grain Skagit head. Way more than what seems appropriate, even for the fishing staff at the Orvis store. Go with something closer to 480 grains. OPST recommended their 400 grain Commando head. That would seem too light; however, if you compare the grains per head length, it works out to be about the same as the longer Mission head of 480 grains. I agree with you about the reel seat and ferrule loosening. I would check and tighten as necessary before you move back to the top of a reach or move on to the next reach when fishing.

Totaly disagree with your comment. You can still watch the environment and change techniques at the moment you want, especially if you use a raft to move around.

Nice. Thank you I never learned this.

Thanks, great choices. I am always frustrated that in recent years, those softer feathers you mentioned on the underneath side of dry fly hackle necks, often get trimmed and removed now, so unless you have older necks, you may not find them on the newer ones.

Great job Milan. Maybe if you have time you could maybe do a beginner tying series. I'm still on the fence. To Tie or Not To Tie, That is the Question!! 🤣🤣

I’ve struggled with a loop knot most people teach on UA-cam. This is the easiest one I’ve seen! Thanks!

Marabou is my number one go-to for a lot of patterns, Peacock Herl is my second most used, and Hackle is my third most used.

I euro nymph but not obsessively, I usually go for little mountain brookies with a 7 foot 3 weight and I gaint stimulator

I used this to make my first popper but with a couple of differences, at first it was the same then I realized there were things that I did not have yet so for the Chrystal flash I just used the inside of parachord then for the leg things I just used a rubber band. Thank you for helping me make my first popper and best fly so far! P.S. I have only made 3 flys so far.

Nice tie. This will definitely take so e smallies in the rivers near me!

Those stripes with the black marker just took it to the next level. Good stuff man!

Keep em coming. I’ve been using white turkey flat for vertical tails on streamers lately. They look so cool married together you can color the tips of white feathers and strip them back for small cheeks/gill plates. You can Palmer the turkey flat and wrap it for a head. Dollar store or natural very cool paddle tail effect.

Really nicely done Milan.The quality of your tying vids are getting better every time. Hope you and your family had a great holiday season and wishing you a fantastic 2025! P.S. What weight rod and which line do you use when using this fly? Inquiring minds would like to know😉

I think my local walleye and smallies will find this to their liking.

I like tying streamers. I'll give that a try.

Before you go fishing for predators (bass, pike, musky, walleye, some trout), use ultralight spinning gear (or a Tenkara rod) and catch a bunch of panfish, make sure you handle them before releasing them. Then pick up your other gear right afterwards and fish for the predators. Thats what I like to do while wade fishing along lake shorelines, seems to work well. I always thought it was the fluttering of the panfish I was fighting that attracted the predators, but smell of fish slime on my hands probably helped too.

Organza ribbon

Great idea, I’m gonna have a go at making one of those.

...after watching this video I am thoroughly confused...I am new to two handed switch rod fishing, so new I don't even have my line yet so my question to you since you have been through this already is what line would you recommend for an 11ft. 6wt...I have talked to several shops and fishermen and still not sure what is the best line choice...I have been told to get the Airflow Skagit Scout or the Rio Switch Chucker in 420 grains which is still 30 grains heavier than what you are using on your 8wt....your input is appreciated...tia...

You can have the same argument with any two styles of fishing, and many people do when they compare different styles, as is done in this video. Here's how to have the argument: take style A, then stereotype it and dumb it down. That'll be the 'bad' technique. Now take style B, and give it a lot of richness and depth in the way you interpret it and experience it. That'll be the 'good' technique. You can mix and match, too. For example, you can have EN be the 'bad' technique and streamers be the 'good' one. Or switch it around! Voila, EN good, streamers bad. Repeat ad nauseam. Join a forum. Stir the pot. Yay.

Its obviously a spoof. At least now I know what all the bobber watchers on the S. Platte are thinking when I roll up with my 10ft rod

I have the 8 piece max catch travel rod. I feel the same way about it. It’s my favorite. I think it is as good as any of the guide rods I have use on guided trips. I did add the eyes to the lines in the kit bit the kit works well

I can’t imagine walking an 11’ rod through the underbrush and creek side vegetation of small creeks in northern New Mexico or Southern CO. My small creek rig is an 8’ #5 with a long leader. I may not catch as many as these euro dudes but I catch enough to make it fun and keep coming back.

Amazing

I hit that stretch today .

You thought this would be a good topic for your channel😂

I've been tying mine just a tad different. When you run your tag end through the hole at the final end, I've been running my tag through the center of the hole we made at the beginning. I see you run it through the side (if that makes sense). I've been using that knot with success but now wondering which is the bester one.

Yeah. Those things are stupid.

Picked up a euro stick about 6 months after getting into fly fishing as a way to up my catch rate. After several months, while I was catching many more fish, I realized it had become a crutch. I had not learned versatile skills for dries, indicator nymphing, or streamers. Put the euro nymphing setup down for a couple years to learn those other skills and recently just picked it back up again. Much happier to have it as one of several styles/techniques in toolbox.

Potato chip bags cut into strips are another potential source of flash. The strips are mirror like on one side with bright colors on the other side.

Prince nymph was my most productive fly last year it did well from beginning of the season to the end. Also psych-prince was good too. Man if you tie flys you can go down a rabbit hole with color options and spin offs variants.

Celsius, are you kidding me... this is why Canada will become part of the U.S.

Stop waving your arms around. I mean, really.

I have exactly what you have there. I agree it's a great vise for the money., though I think I am heavy handed too and get some hook slippage. The bases are pretty expensive at 150 bucks US. Thought about trying out a Peak or maybe a Griffin Mongoose.

Maybe there's a need for E.A. - 12 step program for addicts (Euronymph-aholics Anonymous). Local meetings and sponsors....😅

Well that is a junk fly if I ever saw one, and it's not a bad thing. Its winter and I think it will do well where I live, fished slow and deep.