Steelhead were introduced to the Great Lakes water system in 1872. They are a strain of Rainbow Trout that migrate from the lakes to their spawning grounds several times a year. In Part 2 of Spey Daze, award winning film maker Robert Thompson continues his study of how the Steelhead population, which is under threat from lack of prey food, parasites and changing water conditions, is maintained by an extensive stocking programme. They are not the only species in trouble and the film also covers the plight of the Brown Trout, Chinook and King Salmon that at various times have proliferated. The thousands of tributaries flowing into the lakes provide an enormous range of fishing opportunities and this film covers just a few of them. It also introduces us to a few of the anglers devoted to the Steelhead, all with stories of how catching them has changed their lives and all with an opinion on how best to do so. More and more of the anglers have switched to a two handed Spey Rod enabling them to enjoy the art of 'Swingin' the fly across the current. Advocates claim that the hits with this method are far more dynamic than when using conventional cast and retrieve tactics and even on a blank day, the act of casting is in itself reward enough.
Spey Daze – Steelhead were introduced to the Great Lakes in 1872 and it didn’t take long before they were thriving. However the subsequent damming of their three main spawning rivers put a...
In Summer Haze, acclaimed film maker Robert Thompson celebrates the rebirth of warm water fly fishing in America’s Upper Midwest. Long overshadowed by the cold water attractions of Trout and...
Part 2 of Summer Haze continues its celebration of the much overlooked delights of warm water fly fishing in the American Upper Midwest. We join Brad Bohen, who fishes and guides on the lakes and...
When settlers first arrived at Lake Ontario, they found Atlantic Salmon there in quite prodigious numbers. However by the 1890’s with gross overfishing and the industrialisation of the landscape...
April Vokey is taught a lesson by her East Coast hosts, forget your salmon rod and use Glo Bugs and indicators to catch Great Lake Steelheads. She is then taught another lesson, this time by Spey...
Land of Little Rivers is the story of the birthplace of American fly fishing. The Catskills area of New York is a place of cold water and big Trout, known to anglers as the golden circle. This small...
This short film by Conservation Hawks follows six adventurous anglers as they visit a remote North American Steelhead river in 2015 – the film highlights not only the magic of the river, the...
The AuSable River, Michigan is regarded by many as the one of the finest trout rivers in America. In this beautifully crafted film by Robert Thompson, we meet just a few of the anglers who have been...
The wind has got up to storm levels but “Vikings” superstar Jasper Pääkkönen and the Arctic Waters team are still enjoying their Patagonia fishing no matter what the weather throws at...
Bloopers, out-takes and a few extras from the first series of Fly Nation as the presenters find it quite easy to make fools of themselves and their buddies
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Very good app great videos spent hours watching all sorts of fishing videos in all categories geez makes me want to go out and fish thanks for this app
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