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Iceland sheep... iykyk.
They were everywhere — hillsides, roadsides, just standing there watching us fish.
We started calling them lucky sheep, figuring the more of them around, the better the water had to be.
Then this brown showed up. Not saying it was the sheep. Not saying it wasn't.
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#browntrout #flyfishing #troutfishing #catchandrelease
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Flip over a rock in the shallows and you'll usually find something crawling around under it.
That bug is what the fish are already eating — match the size, shape, and color and you're most of the way there.
Doesn't have to be perfect. Close is usually good enough.
Our free VFC Field Guide walks through what's hatching month by month. Here is the link: vfc.media/fieldguide-yt-short
#flyfishing #matchthehatch #troutfishing #flyfishingtips
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Is there anything prettier than a colored up brook trout?
The blue halos, the orange belly, that white edge on the fins — hard to beat when they're lit up like this.
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#brooktrout #flyfishing #wildtrout
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September trout rarely eat the same thing all day.
Warm afternoon and they're looking up along grassy banks. Gray sky and they're on small mayflies in softer water — same stretch, few hours apart.
The month splits in half too, and the second half fishes smaller. Swipe through for the flies that cover each window.
Want the whole year? Grab the free VFC Field Guide — what's hatching, month by month.
Here is the link: vfc.media/fieldguide-yt-short
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There's a moment right after the cast where you just sit in it.
Will a fish come up or not? Do I have the right fly? Is this drift any good?
Then one rises and answers all of it at once.
You picked right. You got it done. And that feeling never gets old.
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#flyfishing #dryfly #trout
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A refusal is rarely a pattern problem.
Fish comes up, looks, turns away. That's usually size or drag talking. Trout read size and shape first, color second.
Catch one of the naturals, hold it next to your fly, and match the body length. Ignore the wings. Low, clear water or pressured fish, go one size smaller.
We break down how we pick the right fly mid-hatch in our Bug Mania video.
Here is the link: https://youtu.be/LvnUsXShr3Q
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Some days the fish just aren't having it.
Easy to get frustrated when you know they're there and nothing's working.
But you also get to sit on a bank for a while, and that's never been a bad way to spend an afternoon.
Do you agree?
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We fished until we couldn't see the fly anymore.
Some nights the walk back to the truck in the dark is the price you pay, and it's worth it.
Check out our latest How We Fish video here: https://youtu.be/LvnUsXShr3Q
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#cutthroattrout #flyfishing #troutfishing #catchandrelease #venturesflyco
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Most people pick rod specs before they've picked a fish.
A 4-weight or a 6? 8'6" or 9 feet? Nobody buying their first rod has the reps to answer that.
Free Rod Finder quiz will tell you your weight, length, and action. Here is the link: vfc.media/rodquiz-yt-short
Weight, length, and action only mean something together, and together they add up to one job the rod does well. Start with the job and the specs sort themselves out.
Even two 5-weights at the same length can feel like different rods once you cast them.
#flyfishing #flyrod #flyfishinggear #troutfishing
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Half a box of caddis before this one ate. The whole thing is in the new Bug Mania video.
Watch it here - https://youtu.be/LvnUsXShr3Q
He was locked in on one bug. Everything else got ignored. Ended up being a size 16 puff caddis, CDC style, a softer and more natural look than anything else I had.
Took a while. Worth every refusal once it finally worked.
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#flyfishing #caddis #dryflyfishing #browntrout
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