Anyone who hates on a squirmy wormy ends up owning a few 😂😂. To be completely honest, I’ve never even thought about fishing one, but I hear everybody hate on them 😂. Great episode. Slowly chipping away at it. Anthony, coincidentally I just fished a hopper dropper rig (next weeks video) for the first time via tenkara. Some of that resonated with me. Mike you may have the perfect radio/podcast voice. Great work guys. Can’t wait for my road trip this weekend to finish the episode.
Had a similar experience to Anthony this weekend. Last weekend it was colder, but there were bugs everywhere. Cutcliffe dibbing was working. This weekend, it was warmer, but the fishing had regressed back to March, Small BWO's and Midges. So who the heck knows why, but well...nature is a fickle thing.
Regarding Anthony’s initial monologue, I always use the golf game analogy. Some days you have “it” and some days you don’t. You use the same set of knowledge and skills and seemingly can’t hit the broad side of a barn, even though the day prior you were throwing darts. Now throw in the facts of a creek system being far more complex than a golf course and the holes not having independent brains and subject to feeding urges, spooking, etc. It’s a great conceptual help in managing expectations.
So, true it's such a complex system with so many moving parts. Sometimes I'm amazed I ever catch a fish ! Since we recorded this I've continued to experience the inexplicable daily changes. I've definitely greatly reduced my expectations as to accurately predicting successful conditions.
I can see that in nymping to set the hook at every end of the drift. I set the hook on what I thought was a snag on a branch and it was a large rainbow. I lost it because I was thinking it was a snag and lost tension. Sad to lose the fish! Though it was a great lesson in learning.
Great episode guys, I always learn alot from listening. Thanks again, and happy fishing!
Thanks for listening Rick!
Anyone who hates on a squirmy wormy ends up owning a few 😂😂. To be completely honest, I’ve never even thought about fishing one, but I hear everybody hate on them 😂. Great episode. Slowly chipping away at it. Anthony, coincidentally I just fished a hopper dropper rig (next weeks video) for the first time via tenkara. Some of that resonated with me.
Mike you may have the perfect radio/podcast voice. Great work guys. Can’t wait for my road trip this weekend to finish the episode.
Excellent episode, guys!
Thanks Tom!
Had a similar experience to Anthony this weekend. Last weekend it was colder, but there were bugs everywhere. Cutcliffe dibbing was working. This weekend, it was warmer, but the fishing had regressed back to March, Small BWO's and Midges. So who the heck knows why, but well...nature is a fickle thing.
It’s weird isn’t it? It’s like Mother Nature is just messing with us
Regarding Anthony’s initial monologue, I always use the golf game analogy. Some days you have “it” and some days you don’t. You use the same set of knowledge and skills and seemingly can’t hit the broad side of a barn, even though the day prior you were throwing darts. Now throw in the facts of a creek system being far more complex than a golf course and the holes not having independent brains and subject to feeding urges, spooking, etc. It’s a great conceptual help in managing expectations.
So, true it's such a complex system with so many moving parts. Sometimes I'm amazed I ever catch a fish ! Since we recorded this I've continued to experience the inexplicable daily changes. I've definitely greatly reduced my expectations as to accurately predicting successful conditions.
It was a lot of fun to be on with Anthony
Thanks for playing along Mike!
Great back and forth guys!
There are no trout in Iowa. All we have are carp, catfish, and Walleye. 😊
So I've heard. No trout at all.
Buddy!!! Iowa is pretty great…both of you have an open invitation to Iowa…hit me up!😊
Great podcast, guys! And Mike, you can't best fishing dry flies with a fly rod. 😊
Impossible to best dries on a fly rod.
I can see that in nymping to set the hook at every end of the drift. I set the hook on what I thought was a snag on a branch and it was a large rainbow. I lost it because I was thinking it was a snag and lost tension. Sad to lose the fish! Though it was a great lesson in learning.
It's a lesson I need to constantly relearn
Ill be fishing alpine lakes with Tenkara this summer with videos on my channel now with them too. Hit me up if you guys wanna talk on the podcast. 🎣
I'll hit you up Skiddy!