Everything you need to know about OPST Commando Skagit
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- Опубліковано 13 лис 2016
- Temple Fork Outfitters
BVK spey 8wt 13’ 4”
Deer Creek Switch 9wt 11’
Mangrove 10wt 9’
BVK IV large arbor reel
Atoll IV reel
TFO large arbor 4.25 reel
Olympic Peninsula Skagit Tactics
Commando Skagit Heads, 475-375 grain
Bucket sink tips
Lazar running line 40lbs and 50lbs
Thank you so much from germany.....to bring all this things on POINT!!!!!
Thanks and best regards Ralph
Just wanted to compliment you on this amazing production. Loved the drone shots.
Had a good chuckle, loved your deadpan presentation
Love the casting and anchor placement! I could watch it all day, makes me want to be on the river right now
Great video!
I picked up my 150 grain Commando for my old 3wt /8ft rod after watching this video and it is genuinely easy to cast 90-100ft constantly not to mention I'm having right shoulder problem not able to haul or force cast at all.
What a fun video! Nice casting, too! Looking forward to more!
My God you got really good videos on your channel. The footage and quality is impressive! I got some crazy fishing videos myself and I should learn more from you. Thank you!
You are hysterical! Love the generic questions; well answered. I wasn't exactly certain how long Commandos have been around, but I think you're one of the earliest reviewers of them. I also think that that timeline indicates their effectiveness, that they're not just a passing trend. More and more now I see them on people's rods, though it seems that with the scandi/skagit curve finally flattening, the Commando crates a whole other dynamic to the sport and adds a little confusion. For example, while I built my first Spey rod back in the 90s, only these last several years have I revisited the sport, that was after taking up and really learning centrepinning, which is a whole other animal. I had purchased at least two commandos when they first came out a few years back and contacted a guy at ECHO to see - because they don't list Commandos on their line-weight recommendations - if I had the right one or was in the ballpark and he said he had never fished a Commando on it and he guessed at the weight, which I knew right away he was way off and had no real clue what I was talking about. So, in fiddling with it, trying on two rods, I figured out which was the one it belonged on. In addition, funny enough, one of my early Commandos has now weight impregnated near the welded loop, so I have to guess, lol. Anyway, great video!
Great video. You answered my questions and more. Thank you for this informative and funny video. I think that one cow had an attitude problem... you were right to call him out!
Great vid, answered all my questions!!
Cheers mate.
Great vid. OPST should be paying you.
Love the video and answered my question in a fun way
I am going to test these lines, this year, in spring, with the horse mackerel of the Mediterranean Sea.
I think it will be very fun. Thanks for all this very valuable information. Good job Oliver. ;)
Hilarious and informative! One of the best UA-cam videos I think I've ever seen, but I think maybe that's just my sense of humour . . . still, very informative!
Nice work mate. Short, smart, funny.
Haha! Nice video, man. I'm about to pick a few of these lines up and this was the best review yet
Outstanding!
Perfect absolutely perfect mate.
ahaha - dude you hit a home run with this! so good!
Still watch this video great review.
you just made yourself a new sub
great video
This video was hilarious. I subscribed in like 30 seconds
Great video. Quite amusing.
Ha ha! Nice job. That’s funny stuff right there. I was actually digging through the web for opst commando info.... thanks.
LOL very good, informative and plenty fun. Keep it up😀
great video Oliver, funny too
1000 subs? WTH is wrong with ppl? You've got some wicked skills and a sweet sense of humor. Keep the videos coming!! Andy
Great vid!
Oliver !!
Awesome Vids Bro...
A new Sub here in N.W. Montana...
Thanx for the shizz!!
I love it and can watch it again and again :-D
I enjoyed this
Thank you. For the love of god, thank you.
This VID NEEDS TO BE RERELEASED AND UPDATED JUST STARTED USING THE OPST SYSTEM ABSOLUTE BLAST!!!! TO FISH THANK YOU
HAHA...awesome! Love it, "is this a good line for me?" Almost pissed myself.
loved this…hard laughs from an old man…
great video, should have a million views
Hahaha great video man! Thanks
🤣🤣🤣 genius... great content👍🏼
Great video I love the Opst line, would like to know what you used for tips/ leaders on the setups mentioned.
Roman Graybill and sink tip will work. I used 375-475 grain heads, my sink tips ranged from 10-18ft and from floating to t-20 in weight. On the end of the sink tip I have between 3-6 ft of fluoro or mono depending on clarity. These commando heads will cast just about anything well
All the hours of research i did down the drain with a simple one word answer
I bought a Commando head for my 8 weight after watching this video. My 5 weight got jealous so she had to get one, too.
David awesome!
Awesome video! Really looking forward to getting my hands on one of these lines! Do you need to have a floating tip on, or could you get away with just a mono tapered leader?
Haven't tested with a mono tapered leader. Depends on grain weight of head probably. Intermediate tips cast a dream, so I'm assuming you could figure something out there.
Adrian Struwig, I'll add it to my list of things to try
oliver sutro Great! Thanks man! I'm going to be using the 250 grain head on my single handed 6 weight. Mostly for streamer/popper fishing for Perch and Pike so I don't think a tip would spook the fish. I've already made my own floating from an old line I had lying around. The sink tips I will get the opst tips. Sadly they don't sell the floating tips here in Sweden (from what I know).
The line is a blast to cast but good luck trying to get a good presentation after you spook most of the fish......
Boris, you can present without a fly disturbing fish with Skagit rigs but it's purpose was not to stalk and fish in slow moving caulk streams or shallow slow moving water ways but for often) wide, deep, boulder strewn rushing winter waters where you can hear little but the broad of the water and can hear/feel smaller boulders bouncing along along the bottom. Even a big splash from a big float and dropper Steelhead rig isn't going to be noticed by fish in those conditions.
The fact that with casting skills such as demonstrated in this video the Skagit technique can easily be adapted to many different fishing and water situation including use a long leader to deliver a dry fly with minimum disturbance.
Form follows function! And, when the function is perfected beautiful form is automatically present. And to watch Skagit, unbound by the restraints of tradition sending a small fly or a big, articulted weighted bushy 'Barely Legal' is beautiful. Tight lines.
Boris this is a common concern. I think if you’re concerned about uber stealthy presentation, you’re not going to get it spey casting in any way. Pick up a single hander and don’t let the line touch the water. Also, if you talk to seasoned guides in the Pacific Northwest and BC, steelhead and salmon don’t seem to mind these small disturbances. In fact, many a time Ive been having a slow day until a jetboat rips up my run and then all the sudden the bite picks up.
Excellent,did you play the piano as well and was it easy ?,,,,, yes 😂
👍🏼
Nice vid.
Nymphing = "no" though, unless you add a monorig, then "yes". Way to heavy for nymphing.
Of course an indicator would allow nymphing, but an indicator would allow nymphing with a Zebco 202 combo.
I have another question. Can it be used in tropic warm waters? I'm thinking some roosterfish in Baja
Try search keywords "Saltwater Spey Casting".
In my experience, coldwater flyline works in tropical situation as long as you are careful not to let it stick on hot surface, but never the opposite.
Hi, awesome vid. Just wondering what the music is called ? Thankyou :)
Lydia Carmichael one of my friends doodled it on a piano and recorded it on his phone, texted it to me and then I used it in this video.
The real question is, can u cast it well in a sit in kayak (no chair just ass and plastic)
i think the hardest think about kayak fishing is controlling the direction of the boat. If the direction of your boat is steady, no problem.
Are you eating cereal, or oatmeal?
What the fuck's in the bowl, milk? Wheaties or Cheerios? - Eminem. Thank you for the video it was quite entertaining. Follow + Thumbs up!
Is it possible to fish dry flies whit it? Or it will just scare all fish?
It is possible with a floating tip, but I find it's more practical to use a WF line if you're planning on doing a lot of that.
@@oesutro I have all the Opst tips, but never used floating 😁
+1
Did you catch any fish with it?
yes, see here: ua-cam.com/video/bzHrGgRnRFs/v-deo.html&t=
Lose the eating part, like myself, it can be like nails on a chalkboard. Turned the video off as soon as it started and then forced my way through after seeing comments. Great video after the horrendous intro! Lol
Josh Cain it was either that, or me thinking on the toilet. I’ll go toilet next time! Thanks
That would have been hilarious!
I know this is well after the fact and a day late but for me it's like he is just one I see as real as it gets nothing pretentious. Please make more fishing films your the reason I challenge myself to new techniques all the time now Spey is the next one up. Thanks again from West Michigan.
Everything’s good except for the eating on camera/talking with food in mouth. Que the kimonos, anime and ice eating. 🥴
^thoughtful criticism