What Is Your Idea Of A Good Fishing Show/video?

[DaddyO]

I would like to see a show that starts off saying where you are going to go, what kind of fish you are going to target, what kind of flies are going to be used (maybe even show the tying of the flies) then show how the flies are fished while actually catching fish.

[KCRIVERRAT]

Jeremy Hunt is who posted it, but that is exactly what I am talking about. His downstream technique video was excellent. My only problem with Internet based video is the poorer quality and small size that makes viewing with these old eyes difficult. I would prefer a more full frame format for watching them.

Dano

Thanks Dano... where'd the heck I get Resnick? Hockey player maybe. And I can relate to the old eyes. We should hook up for a Buffalo trip sometime Dano. My wife loves that river. I've fished with a couple of guys on the forum who've I've learned a lot from already. Your wife fish?

KC

[jjtroutbum]

I always enjoyed Fly Fish TV. It had a tying segment in each episode as well as an instructional by predominant industry pros. Pushed teeny a lot but that was there producers I believe.

[Danoinark]

Thanks Dano... where'd the heck I get Resnick? Hockey player maybe. And I can relate to the old eyes. We should hook up for a Buffalo trip sometime Dano. My wife loves that river. I've fished with a couple of guys on the forum who've I've learned a lot from already. Your wife fish?

KC

Would love to KC. A fall trip on the Buffalo is ideal. My wife loves to fish but is not a paddler. She won't even fly over water...

Dano

[trout fanatic]

I despise the marketing pill that tv has become and watch very little of it. Tired of EVERY single fishing program turning into a bass tournament (or FLW tournament) which quickly turn into a vehicle to pimp the latest and greatest. I'd rather watch grass grow. On the other hand, I did enjoy flyfish tv.

Anybody remember the fishing show on espn called (dang I can't remember lol) I think beat charlie or some such thing. I hated that program so much (I think i may have watched it a few more times than I should have just so I could see how angry I would get

Looks like the internet will be the entertainment center for future programs. Television does not seem to be interested in entertaining any more. Sad day

[denjac]

I like the show Get the net. He even provides gps on some of his spots. Heres some moe info on it.

Welcome

Get the NET is a fishing show that's about more than the big catch. Viewers watch Brent Shores, Professional Bass Angler, as he journeys through the ins and outs of fishing trips. Witness his adventures through beautiful locales in Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Montana, California, Nevada, and Arizona. Brent shows you how to get there, where to stay, the best restaurants, where to fish, and what the fish are biting on. This hybrid fishing/travel show takes us beyond the rod a reel into the life of a professional catch-and-release angler.

[Al Agnew]

Hmm...I'm been giving this some thought, and really can't come up with a real good answer. It's a whole lot easier to say what I DON'T like.

I don't like pushing sponsor's products incessantly. Unless you can credibly tell why that particular product will work far better than anything else, it's insulting to my intelligence.

I don't like getting too specific on the waters you're fishing unless it's someplace that everybody already knows about.

Fishing remote, untapped locations is good to watch once in a great while, but don't make a steady diet of it because your viewers aren't going to be doing much of that.

Fishing private waters is totally useless. The Bill Dance shows where he catches the same cookie-cutter 6 pound bass from beginning to end are as boring as watching MOSS grow (and it grows slower than grass).

Education is okay...but don't talk for 5 minutes about some technique WHILE HOLDING THE FISH YOU JUST CAUGHT. Put the fish back in the water, dang it!

Don't be dishonest. I get really tired of watching fishing shows where they are trying to make you believe they caught all those fish in just a few hours, but the weather completely changes from one fish to the next.

I guess I could come up with a few points about things I'd like to see...

As difficult as it often is to get the shot, the things I love most when watching fishing shows is seeing the actual strike. The trout taking the dry fly. The strike indicator dipping. The bass engulfing the topwater lure. You can't always show the strike, especially when fishing with lures or flies on the bottom, but it sure is great when you can.

Decide who you're gearing the show toward. If it's for beginners, fine. But I don't care to see a five minute segment on how to tie the improved clinch knot...I already know how.

Show the entire experience. I don't mean showing you eating breakfast at the all night diner that morning (although that might be interesting at times). But show the landscape, approaching the fishing spots, setting up the boat or wading to get into position. I don't need to see you tying on the lure, but maybe selecting it and telling why.

Above all, be honest. I don't mind a show with few fish caught, as long as you don't hype the few fish you catch, or else explain why you're actually pretty proud that you did as well as you did under the conditions. Make it real.

And go to places the average joe can go to. Go to places I can relate to.

[Phil Lilley]

Hmm...I'm been giving this some thought, and really can't come up with a real good answer. It's a whole lot easier to say what I DON'T like.

I don't like pushing sponsor's products incessantly. Unless you can credibly tell why that particular product will work far better than anything else, it's insulting to my intelligence.

I don't like getting too specific on the waters you're fishing unless it's someplace that everybody already knows about.

Fishing remote, untapped locations is good to watch once in a great while, but don't make a steady diet of it because your viewers aren't going to be doing much of that.

Fishing private waters is totally useless. The Bill Dance shows where he catches the same cookie-cutter 6 pound bass from beginning to end are as boring as watching MOSS grow (and it grows slower than grass).

Education is okay...but don't talk for 5 minutes about some technique WHILE HOLDING THE FISH YOU JUST CAUGHT. Put the fish back in the water, dang it!

Don't be dishonest. I get really tired of watching fishing shows where they are trying to make you believe they caught all those fish in just a few hours, but the weather completely changes from one fish to the next.

I guess I could come up with a few points about things I'd like to see...

As difficult as it often is to get the shot, the things I love most when watching fishing shows is seeing the actual strike. The trout taking the dry fly. The strike indicator dipping. The bass engulfing the topwater lure. You can't always show the strike, especially when fishing with lures or flies on the bottom, but it sure is great when you can.

Decide who you're gearing the show toward. If it's for beginners, fine. But I don't care to see a five minute segment on how to tie the improved clinch knot...I already know how.

Show the entire experience. I don't mean showing you eating breakfast at the all night diner that morning (although that might be interesting at times). But show the landscape, approaching the fishing spots, setting up the boat or wading to get into position. I don't need to see you tying on the lure, but maybe selecting it and telling why.

Above all, be honest. I don't mind a show with few fish caught, as long as you don't hype the few fish you catch, or else explain why you're actually pretty proud that you did as well as you did under the conditions. Make it real.

And go to places the average joe can go to. Go to places I can relate to.

BINGO!

[AZ_Trout]

I'd have to agree with Al. I know what I don't like, and ditto a lot of his remarks (I hate it when they keep holding the fish out of water - while they go on and on).

I tend watch as many of these as I can find --so it must be a love hate relationship. But again I live in the dessert, need to live vicariously through someone.

I always wanted a state's dept of conservation to do a local program of around the state fishing locations and trips (no hidden gems or places that would suffer from too much pressure). TU's "On the Rise" is nice. But a state like Montana, Colorado, Wyoming - has tons of known local water - and it would help in planning a vacation trip.

Feature different local guides - traveling around the state, teaching yet promoting tourism for the state.

I want the show to teach - show me the flies - how to tie the flies. I like watching the strike -- I hate it when the camera man is getting artsy -- just follow the fly - indicator.

Here are some of the programs I like to watch.

On The Rise.

The New Fly Fisher & Sportfishing on the Fly on WFN

(World Fishing Network) channel #394 on Dish Network.

Familiar Waters

Fly Fish TV

Jerry McGinnis – had a show on ESPN –a few years back – I always liked the fly fishing segments. One trip up north for smallmouth’s, a Taneycomo trip with Whitty Herzog

Many Years ago -- there was a program "Gone Fishing" with Harold Ensley

He always made a couple trips to Canada - Minnesota - maybe even Alaska -but most programs where from around the Midwest.

If I can't be fishing --let me watch fishing.

[Flysmallie]

And go to places the average joe can go to. Go to places I can relate to.

Al said it well as usual. But that last sentence is it. So much of what's out there on TV AND in print shows destinations that most of us will never be able to travel to.

It will be interesting to see what you come up with, I know you will do a great job.