I absolutely love how you guys go through the first stage, "mend it, mend what it's not broken" literally had this exact conversation with my father. Love the videos guys keep it up
ugh... so sunny and clear there ( I know this was probably recorded earlier) lol Foggy and rainy here but NO snow! I saw a *marked* improvement in my cast last year (largely self taught) and can't wait to fish more and with more confidence this year! Thanks for all your great videos and tutorials!! ALL THE BEST TO YOU VFC FOR 2024!!
Your videos have been incredibly helpful thanks so much guys! Long time spin fisherman taking the plunge into fly fishing and the way you break down all the insanely huge amount of information there is to learn into easy to digest lessons is really great! 🙏 Been on the river twice now with the new rig my wife gifted me and quickly falling in love with it.
Gidday guys. Spencer has mentioned mending before, highsticking is a new one. Lots of info piled in this one, im gonna have to watch it again to get a better grasp on thing. Thanks heaps. Happy New Year.
Very nice editing and visual demonstration of the overall drift of the line in different water speeds. I don’t see that in other videos and thus the high praise. It would have been great to see those drone shots of the mend eliminating the forming line belly a couple times and that would be my only comment for a little improvement on the presentation. Bravo and happy new year to the crew.
Hopefully y’all see this I just bought your starter set and have seen a lot of other videos talk about sunglasses and the polarization helping you see the fish and I was wondering what sunglasses y’all recommend?
Hey! Awesome. I (Alex) personally have some glasses from Sunski. They are reasonably priced and have a fantastic warranty. I seem to break or loose my glasses occasionally so spending $200 doesn’t make sense for me. But if you ask Spencer, he loves the high end sunglasses and won’t go fish without them. He’s a big Bajio guy. Loves the rose mirror lenses. Hope this helps!
Awesome! Excited for you to start your fly fishing journey. Go check out our Premier Collection on the website (www.venturesflyco.com). It’s a solid foundation of flies that you’ll use year round! That’s exactly how we designed it. 😎🤙🏽
What line are you guys using? I’ve been using cortland and found the line to struggle with flipping my indicator on a roll cast and not mending the way I would like.
Alex uses our Ascent reel 99% of the time. We just switched to a different model so that’s why it might look different in videos. Spencer is a gear junkie and reviews gear for magazines so so he is always playing around with new stuff. Haha. He likes Hardy reels a lot.
Good question. I’ll try to explain it best I can. Haha. If the leader/fly are in the faster water and the fly line is in the slower water… then the fly/leader are going to be drifting faster than the fly line. If you made no mend, the fly line would “belly” in the upstream direction (opposite of the example we showed in the video). Simply put, the fly line would be trailing the fly/leader… which will cause drag. So if we want to counteract the “upstream belly” then we need to mend downstream. Then the fly line will catch up to the fly/leader and eliminate drag. If you did the opposite, and threw an upstream mend… it would actually make the “belly” worse and cause even more drag. Does that make more sense?
Ariel mending - you move or mend the fly line in the air right before it hits the water. Orvis has a pretty good video about it: ua-cam.com/video/RIzdjuJ7QJk/v-deo.html Hope this helps!
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I absolutely love how you guys go through the first stage, "mend it, mend what it's not broken" literally had this exact conversation with my father. Love the videos guys keep it up
Thanks! We have fun coming up with those intros 😂 really glad you enjoyed it, and we really appreciate you watching!
ugh... so sunny and clear there ( I know this was probably recorded earlier) lol
Foggy and rainy here but NO snow!
I saw a *marked* improvement in my cast last year (largely self taught) and can't wait to fish more and with more confidence this year!
Thanks for all your great videos and tutorials!!
ALL THE BEST TO YOU VFC FOR 2024!!
Yup. Recorded at the beginning of July. Missing the sunshine too!! Haha
Appreciate it. Glad you’re enjoying the videos. 😎🤙🏽
Your videos have been incredibly helpful thanks so much guys! Long time spin fisherman taking the plunge into fly fishing and the way you break down all the insanely huge amount of information there is to learn into easy to digest lessons is really great! 🙏 Been on the river twice now with the new rig my wife gifted me and quickly falling in love with it.
You guys are crushing it. Just got my Ultimate Box of flies! Ready
Awesome! Let us know how it goes out there on the water. 😎🤙🏽
Would give anything to hit the river with you 2 absolute legends! Love the channel
legends might be a bit much 😂
And HUMBLE! Love to see it
EXCELLENT INFORMATIVE VIDEO LIKE THE STREAM SIDE DEMONSTRATION THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK
Pumped to hear it! Thanks so much for taking the time to let us know. Glad you enjoyed it.
I’ve learned so much watching these videos. You guys honestly could be charging money for this!
Haha pumped to hear it!
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Gidday guys. Spencer has mentioned mending before, highsticking is a new one. Lots of info piled in this one, im gonna have to watch it again to get a better grasp on thing. Thanks heaps. Happy New Year.
Thanks Ken!
Very nice editing and visual demonstration of the overall drift of the line in different water speeds. I don’t see that in other videos and thus the high praise. It would have been great to see those drone shots of the mend eliminating the forming line belly a couple times and that would be my only comment for a little improvement on the presentation. Bravo and happy new year to the crew.
Great suggestion. Definitely something to consider on future mending videos and case studies. Thanks for the feedback. 😎🤙🏽
Outstanding visual descriptors! Thank you!
You bet! 😎🤙🏽
Awesome! Thank you.
Fantastic videos! Thanks for really dialing it in!
Great stuff and as always friendly and honest lessons.
Glad you enjoy them!
Spencer's hat cord is so long, he could use it as a backup fly line in a pinch 😂
this is hilarious 😂😂😂
Watched 6 videos on mending and didn’t understand it until I saw this video ❤
Nice video guys!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This channel rocks!
Hopefully y’all see this I just bought your starter set and have seen a lot of other videos talk about sunglasses and the polarization helping you see the fish and I was wondering what sunglasses y’all recommend?
Hey! Awesome. I (Alex) personally have some glasses from Sunski. They are reasonably priced and have a fantastic warranty. I seem to break or loose my glasses occasionally so spending $200 doesn’t make sense for me.
But if you ask Spencer, he loves the high end sunglasses and won’t go fish without them. He’s a big Bajio guy. Loves the rose mirror lenses.
Hope this helps!
@@venturesflyco thanks I appreciate the recommendation!
I just got a fly rod and reel for Christmas, do you guys have any fly collections you recommend that has flys for year round in Utah?
Awesome! Excited for you to start your fly fishing journey. Go check out our Premier Collection on the website (www.venturesflyco.com). It’s a solid foundation of flies that you’ll use year round! That’s exactly how we designed it. 😎🤙🏽
Love this channel. By the way where did you get that hat?
Appreciate it! It’s a custom made hat from a hatter in Springville, UT.
Hi,do you have to have various permits to fish these rivers like we do on English 0nes?
Nope. One license per state. So if fishing in Montana, you need one there. If fishing in Pennsylvania, a license there.
@@venturesflyco
You have such cool names out there!
What line are you guys using? I’ve been using cortland and found the line to struggle with flipping my indicator on a roll cast and not mending the way I would like.
We mostly use our own VFC line found in our starter packs, but Scientific Anglers is usually our go-to line if we need something more specialized.
I have a question about the reels you use. You both use the VFC rod, but it does not look like either of you use the VFC reel. What reels do you use?
Alex uses our Ascent reel 99% of the time. We just switched to a different model so that’s why it might look different in videos. Spencer is a gear junkie and reviews gear for magazines so so he is always playing around with new stuff. Haha. He likes Hardy reels a lot.
@@venturesflyco Thanks for the reply and info.
Nice 😊 🥳🤠🤙🤙👌👌💯💯💪👍🎣
🤙🏽👍🏽💪🏽🔥🎉
Hank got nothin on you Spencer!!!
😂 that’s quite a compliment.
trying to mend the line tends to pull the dry fly under the water, what am i doing wrong to cause that and how do i prevent it from happening ?
Try to left a bit more of the fly line off the water before you try to mend, and shorter casts/longer leaders helps eliminate that too.
@@venturesflyco Thank you
The fly was in the fast water and the Line was in the slow water, and you mended downstream? Why? I would mend upstream. Please explain
Good question. I’ll try to explain it best I can. Haha.
If the leader/fly are in the faster water and the fly line is in the slower water… then the fly/leader are going to be drifting faster than the fly line.
If you made no mend, the fly line would “belly” in the upstream direction (opposite of the example we showed in the video). Simply put, the fly line would be trailing the fly/leader… which will cause drag.
So if we want to counteract the “upstream belly” then we need to mend downstream. Then the fly line will catch up to the fly/leader and eliminate drag.
If you did the opposite, and threw an upstream mend… it would actually make the “belly” worse and cause even more drag.
Does that make more sense?
What is aerial mending and how and why do you do it…
Ariel mending - you move or mend the fly line in the air right before it hits the water. Orvis has a pretty good video about it: ua-cam.com/video/RIzdjuJ7QJk/v-deo.html
Hope this helps!
Why u use waders when u spend all day on ground?
Holy smokes, I felt my confidence growing until I got to this video :( I feel like I'm gonna mess this up soooooo bad.
Gotta thrutch it out D.F.O.Midgets 😂 we all have to look like idiots on the water.
I listen On my hearing aids through Wi-Fi, I have to say your music's a little louder than you're speaking. It's almost like commercials on TV
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