11-29-09 Trip, Video

[Lone Angler]

When I go fishing I usually go by myself, but last weekend I had a chance to take a park fishermen to the NFOW river so he could catch some REAL trout. He was absolutely amazed at the color of the rainbows and how well they put up a good fight. The funny thing was I spent all day Saturday tying enough rubber legs for both of us, and almost all the fish we caught came on an olive bugger or an olive mohair leech. In fact, my friend caught all his trout on the bugger and each hookup came as his drift went into the swing. I was throwing black, smoke, brown, ginger/olive rubber legs, olive or blue psycho princes, and san juans, but never got bit until I dropped an olive mohair off my rubber legs. Quite different from every other time I've come down. I'm kinda glad that happened so I know what might work better next time I fish in similar conditions.

I also got to try out the new HD camera, but later realized how quickly the battery goes dead when the camera is set at its' highest resolution. I hooked into a better brown with a big articulated streamer, but only got the first few seconds before the battery went dead. Oh well.

One of my favorite times on the NFOW

Short video clip:

might try to upload in better quality later

[Troutdude]

Nice fish and a sweet soundtrack to boot!

[snagged in outlet 3]

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!! Very nice!

[Justin Spencer]

What part of the river were you fishing? Glad to know what is working, I've been struggling this week, catching a few on hare's ear and pheasant tails, but rubber legs have gone cold especially for the rainbows.

[Tito Degiosio]

Nice fish glad to see someone else show some pictures besides me from time to time looks like you had as much fun as I did with your

underwater camera

[Bman]

Cool report. Thanks for that post.

[ohmz138]

I especially like the helmet cam approach to filming that. Very nice. Thanks for the report.

[Lone Angler]

What part of the river were you fishing? Glad to know what is working, I've been struggling this week, catching a few on hare's ear and pheasant tails, but rubber legs have gone cold especially for the rainbows.

We floated from ROLF to Blair, and pretty much caught fish throughout that whole stretch except for down close to the bridge. Wish I knew why the rubber legs aren't working to well. And, why was it that they would only take the olive leech. I forgot I did try the brown and black leeches too, but came up with nothing. Maybe it had something to do with the weather or the water flow. I think we timed our float just right because that cold front started to hit right as we were taking out.

[Phil Lilley]

What camera? How'd you get the underwater shots?

[Lone Angler]

Thanks everyone for the nice comments about my video. It was a lot of fun to make, and I plan on doing more videos in the future.

Lilley, the camera is made by GoPro. I think it's specifically designed for extreme sports. Comes with a clear casing that is waterproof down to 180 feet.