Many people are misled by the title of this film. That was intentional. It was done before "clickbait" was a thing. My intention was to break assumptions. Thanks for watching and letting me know what you think. I actually do read the comments.
Interesting POV on one of the most pernicious as well as most joyful addictions and indulgences in my life. Flyfishing is an immersive experience that is as hard to describe to the vicarious third party as is Zen meditation. You just have to do it to begin to even begin to understand it. But beware, when you look deeply into the abyss of flyfishing, it also looks back into you.
Fly fished for many years…now fish only by boat which is in water 2 miles from my residence on lake Erie…much more economical than driving hundreds of miles. Don't tolerate floods, mud, used condoms and crowds any more…
It IS a joke, one you get to craft in a myriad different ways and depths. You can tie yourself, you can buy the most expensive or the least expensive gear possible, you can write the punchline as you go. It's a wonderful joke to be a part of.
Keeps me coming back for more every time. Throwing line versus throwing lures. Presentation. Bad presentations still somehow getting a huge trout to hit. It's wonderful, and I love your video.
YOU'VE made some amazingly CLEVER AND LOGICAL POINTS!! Such Famous Fly Fishers, as Lee Wolf, Lefty Kreh, Billy Pate, Charles Ritz (the millionaire and founder of Ritz International Hotels)! All with the exception of Charles Ritz, have had U.S. Commorative Postal Stamps, with, their names and Color illustrations of their faces, on them!! Believe me, I'm beyond happy for them !! Except, some of these individuals, also have done or did, Spin or Bait Casting, but not so much with a "Baitcasting" levelwind reels!! Because, many of them are intimidated with these "Levelwind" reels, as an inexperienced person, can end up with a bad Backlash, commonly referred to as a bird's nest 🙂 !! Which means going home unless, they have a fresh Spool of fishing line or another reel filled with LINE etc. LOL :-),
I found this video by searching you tube for "Non White Fly Fishermen". You're not much of a writer and a pretty good photographer (although this is the only thing I've seen of yours.) The best part of the vid was that it was short. Still haven't found any non white fly fishermen. I grew up with men who fished all the time who happened to be non white and this was before I'd ever heard of fly fishing so I wasn't able to ask them if they'd ever tried to fly fish. I agree with one of your opening premises that fly fishing is for rich white guys. So do you know of any non white fly fishermen/women?
Haha. Thanks norm! With videos about the field guess we should move back to playing golf. Fly fishing is a pursuit exaggerated prices and pricy gear make it impossible for a new person to actually understand that. There is so much that goes into the pursuit that is pricy, unobtainable, and very tough to get that new materials have been invented to take some things places. There is new cutting edge technology that isn't put out world wide that is very expensive and hard to get. Locals decide what to allow and what not to based on biased and unreasonable thinking. They label stuff inferior junk and won't sell it. Walmart used to sell a fly rod combo for 20.00 now you can get the same one for 170.00. The shutdown of inferior junk stole the competition that now lies in the hands of the elitists who drive up prices cause it makes them rich instead of it gives them a chance to fish. It's not just fly fishing it's everywhere now people are buying stuff from Walmart and raising the price and selling it online. When these rackets go down for it it will be funny. I went to a fly show about 8 years ago and a guy from a big name company starting out asked me how much I would pay for a cnced real. Well top non cnc machined reals were going for 3-500 while top of the line cnc reals were going for 80 bucks. It was a little larger then the current cnc reels I said about 100 bucks. He slapped his hand on it and said that's a 500 dollar real. I thought he would never make it boy was I wrong he one of the top reel manufacturers now. Just goes to show if you really believe in something slap any price you want on it and use selling skills to make it happen. As for me I still to this day won't buy anything from that company and pretty much quit fly fishing because of it and one other thing. At the same show a guy came up to me that bought a fishing lodge in the area I had fished for over 10 years. I started asking about pricing and found it wasn't a fishing lodge but a big boys executive lodge with big price tags and comfort stuff at that time I was a college student and told the guy I'm not at that level yet, he turned away from me to another guy and said why are we hear these bums don't have any money. I still fly fish a lot in Colorado and Florida however I set myself up so I only have to deal with these kind of people on the minimum and get most equipment online now if I can find it reasonable. I'm lost in the new inflated world.
A simply beautiful video – I'm what might be called a, "An all around fisherman", meaning I own a center console boat which suits all my fishing and my fishing buddies fishing needs. And so I own boat rods and surf rods and spinning reels and fresh water bass gear as well but every time I go out with friends – none of whom are fly fishermen, at some point in the day I start wishing I were fly casting to any fish at all because as much as I've always loved fishing – since the first time I went out in a little wooden dory on Long Island Sound with my Dad and a couple of his buddies fishing for flounder – I've been hooked. I didn't fly fish back then but at some point I happened to be watching Gadabout Gaddis fly casting on a river in Scotland and though I was only a lad of about 10, I knew I would become a die hard fly fisherman or at least try the sport. That expression of my passions had to wait until a series of events on a pond in Rhode Island where I spent every spare hour spin casting with an ultra light Fenwick rod and a Mitchell 300 spinning reel. The vast majority of trout fisherman on Olney Pond – the ones using flies – all used similar ultra light spinning gear with very light test Mono lines to which we attached a round plastic float and a length of fly leader. To that leader we tied an endless variety of our favorite fish catching flies without knowing the first thing about the patterns we were using or exactly what those flies were supposed to mimic. Then one day an older and much wiser fisherman mentioned that if I really wanted to catch trout that I should go out and buy myself a fly rod because, "While using spinning gear was perfectly OK on Olney Pond it would be a lot more fun to fly fish using real fly fishing gear." I took old Mitch at his word and without the slightest knowledge of Fly Fishing rods and reels and line and everything else associated with fly fishing I started out my new interest by visiting one fly rod dealer after another to handle as many rods as possible and reading reading as many books on the subject as our Public Library had on its shelves addressing our magical sport and so for the last 50 or so years I've been a fly fisherman deep in my heart but one willing to fish – that is cheat – with any gear at all as long as I were fishing, so when I head out on my own I fly fish and when a friend or my son comes along we fish the way they want which is perfectly OK with me – fishing is after all just getting out on the water and having fun.
kudos on breaking the mold of yawner fly fishing videos! the ultimate headline use of the PT Barnum theory… 'a sucker is born every minute!' it sure suckered me in! no joke! expertly written and presented. could not have done it any better myself… maybe cuz it sucks to be me. beyond a terrific job! take a bow brother!! -whitefish ed
Fly fishing is the joy of seeing that fish at the end of the line on that fly that no hard lure can imitate. Seeing that small stream brook blow on that dry, having that brown smash that streamer, feeling that line when smallies tap your buggers, enjoying time on the water and having satisfaction in the views and the fish.
This comes from a 20yr old, I've fly fished for 4 years and fished all sorts of flies for freshwater species. Caught bass, trout, carp, pike, hooked into numerous musky. It's something completely on it's own. I love it, but also love to fish conventional swimbaits and big baits. Just an addiction we all have to a different degree
The video's title is the joke and rather weak. The camera work and narrative, however, are above reproach and indicative of a mature understanding of the film making process. Well done.
For me, it's the entire experience! Getting out of the crowded city and as the skyscrapers fall away and the mountain rise before my eyes, I instantly, without realizing, let out a big sigh of relief. I love the drive to my fishing destination, the camping, the folks I meet, the time on the water even when I'm not catching shit, the music I listen to, the type of books I read when on my trip. The sense of peace it brings me is unmatched in anything I have experienced in life. I remember when I caught my first fish on my own tied fly and the joy it brought, but the same joy as when my son caught his first at 6 years of age. I live in British Columbia and while the elitists are definitely still around, it has become so popular with your everyday, blue collar, easy going man and woman up here who are less judgemental than many others in different sporting types. Thank you for the video, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
I think about the evenings I have spent beside a fire, on a river sand bar, eating poached trout that my buddies and I saved just before dark. We all fished with rods we built and flies we tied and slept in the boats we floated in. It is definitely for decent people who value camaraderie, nature and achievement. Like skiing and golf, you do not become an expert overnight. Iguana
I'm not very good at it, and every time I go out on the water I try to get better. Even if I don't hook a trout, it always humbles me to be in nature. To disconnect from society, social media, and the noise.. there's nothing like it. Always brings a smile to my face. Great film.
Many people are misled by the title of this film. That was intentional. It was done before "clickbait" was a thing. My intention was to break assumptions. Thanks for watching and letting me know what you think. I actually do read the comments.
Thank you. 🙂
Nicely done.
River Test in UK, for the snobs..
Ur waffleing mate
I am not white or rich and I enjoy fly fishing
Thanks for letting us in on the joke. Very nice video that just popped up on my suggestions.
Fly fishing is what you ( the angler ) wants it to be. That's how I look at it. I do it for my own reasons and pleasure and I don't like your film.
You are a joke.
Interesting POV on one of the most pernicious as well as most joyful addictions and indulgences in my life. Flyfishing is an immersive experience that is as hard to describe to the vicarious third party as is Zen meditation. You just have to do it to begin to even begin to understand it. But beware, when you look deeply into the abyss of flyfishing, it also looks back into you.
Awesome work thank you 👍🤙🇺🇸
The Vermonter
Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You learn more about the frog but it dies in the process
The whole "old white men" statements are overwhelmingly pathetic and just plays to leftist narrative
Beautiful intro
Fly fished for many years…now fish only by boat which is in water 2 miles from my residence on lake Erie…much more economical than driving hundreds of miles. Don't tolerate floods, mud, used condoms and crowds any more…
Beautiful explanation for those who actually watched it and understood
Bravo. A great story is always better to listen to than any award winning movie . Thank you for this .
A beautiful essay. It made me smile. Thank you.
Love this video. well done!
It IS a joke, one you get to craft in a myriad different ways and depths. You can tie yourself, you can buy the most expensive or the least expensive gear possible, you can write the punchline as you go.
It's a wonderful joke to be a part of.
Keeps me coming back for more every time. Throwing line versus throwing lures. Presentation. Bad presentations still somehow getting a huge trout to hit. It's wonderful, and I love your video.
wow.
YOU'VE made some amazingly CLEVER AND LOGICAL POINTS!! Such Famous Fly Fishers, as Lee Wolf, Lefty Kreh, Billy Pate, Charles Ritz (the millionaire and founder of Ritz International Hotels)! All with the exception of Charles Ritz, have had U.S. Commorative Postal Stamps, with, their names and Color illustrations of their faces, on them!! Believe me, I'm beyond happy for them !! Except, some of these individuals, also have done or did, Spin or Bait Casting, but not so much with a "Baitcasting" levelwind reels!! Because, many of them are intimidated with these "Levelwind" reels, as an inexperienced person, can end up with a bad Backlash, commonly referred to as a bird's nest 🙂 !! Which means going home unless, they have a fresh Spool of fishing line or another reel filled with LINE etc. LOL :-),
you got it, are you still fishing?
Magic words. Thank you for helping me understand why I have fly fished for decades.
Get a go pro camera and mount it on your chest then you can film and fish
Yes, I saw the end, cleaver….but I don't get the joke.
I found this video by searching you tube for "Non White Fly Fishermen". You're not much of a writer and a pretty good photographer (although this is the only thing I've seen of yours.) The best part of the vid was that it was short. Still haven't found any non white fly fishermen. I grew up with men who fished all the time who happened to be non white and this was before I'd ever heard of fly fishing so I wasn't able to ask them if they'd ever tried to fly fish. I agree with one of your opening premises that fly fishing is for rich white guys. So do you know of any non white fly fishermen/women?
Haha. Thanks norm! With videos about the field guess we should move back to playing golf. Fly fishing is a pursuit exaggerated prices and pricy gear make it impossible for a new person to actually understand that. There is so much that goes into the pursuit that is pricy, unobtainable, and very tough to get that new materials have been invented to take some things places. There is new cutting edge technology that isn't put out world wide that is very expensive and hard to get. Locals decide what to allow and what not to based on biased and unreasonable thinking. They label stuff inferior junk and won't sell it. Walmart used to sell a fly rod combo for 20.00 now you can get the same one for 170.00. The shutdown of inferior junk stole the competition that now lies in the hands of the elitists who drive up prices cause it makes them rich instead of it gives them a chance to fish. It's not just fly fishing it's everywhere now people are buying stuff from Walmart and raising the price and selling it online. When these rackets go down for it it will be funny. I went to a fly show about 8 years ago and a guy from a big name company starting out asked me how much I would pay for a cnced real. Well top non cnc machined reals were going for 3-500 while top of the line cnc reals were going for 80 bucks. It was a little larger then the current cnc reels I said about 100 bucks. He slapped his hand on it and said that's a 500 dollar real. I thought he would never make it boy was I wrong he one of the top reel manufacturers now. Just goes to show if you really believe in something slap any price you want on it and use selling skills to make it happen. As for me I still to this day won't buy anything from that company and pretty much quit fly fishing because of it and one other thing. At the same show a guy came up to me that bought a fishing lodge in the area I had fished for over 10 years. I started asking about pricing and found it wasn't a fishing lodge but a big boys executive lodge with big price tags and comfort stuff at that time I was a college student and told the guy I'm not at that level yet, he turned away from me to another guy and said why are we hear these bums don't have any money. I still fly fish a lot in Colorado and Florida however I set myself up so I only have to deal with these kind of people on the minimum and get most equipment online now if I can find it reasonable. I'm lost in the new inflated world.
A simply beautiful video – I'm what might be called a, "An all around fisherman", meaning I own a center console boat which suits all my fishing and my fishing buddies fishing needs. And so I own boat rods and surf rods and spinning reels and fresh water bass gear as well but every time I go out with friends – none of whom are fly fishermen, at some point in the day I start wishing I were fly casting to any fish at all because as much as I've always loved fishing – since the first time I went out in a little wooden dory on Long Island Sound with my Dad and a couple of his buddies fishing for flounder – I've been hooked. I didn't fly fish back then but at some point I happened to be watching Gadabout Gaddis fly casting on a river in Scotland and though I was only a lad of about 10, I knew I would become a die hard fly fisherman or at least try the sport. That expression of my passions had to wait until a series of events on a pond in Rhode Island where I spent every spare hour spin casting with an ultra light Fenwick rod and a Mitchell 300 spinning reel. The vast majority of trout fisherman on Olney Pond – the ones using flies – all used similar ultra light spinning gear with very light test Mono lines to which we attached a round plastic float and a length of fly leader. To that leader we tied an endless variety of our favorite fish catching flies without knowing the first thing about the patterns we were using or exactly what those flies were supposed to mimic. Then one day an older and much wiser fisherman mentioned that if I really wanted to catch trout that I should go out and buy myself a fly rod because, "While using spinning gear was perfectly OK on Olney Pond it would be a lot more fun to fly fish using real fly fishing gear." I took old Mitch at his word and without the slightest knowledge of Fly Fishing rods and reels and line and everything else associated with fly fishing I started out my new interest by visiting one fly rod dealer after another to handle as many rods as possible and reading reading as many books on the subject as our Public Library had on its shelves addressing our magical sport and so for the last 50 or so years I've been a fly fisherman deep in my heart but one willing to fish – that is cheat – with any gear at all as long as I were fishing, so when I head out on my own I fly fish and when a friend or my son comes along we fish the way they want which is perfectly OK with me – fishing is after all just getting out on the water and having fun.
Still the best video on YouTube
ide rather use a rapala on a spinning rod
kudos on breaking the mold of yawner fly fishing videos! the ultimate headline use of the PT Barnum theory… 'a sucker is born every minute!' it sure suckered me in! no joke! expertly written and presented. could not have done it any better myself… maybe cuz it sucks to be me. beyond a terrific job! take a bow brother!! -whitefish ed
Fly fishing is the joy of seeing that fish at the end of the line on that fly that no hard lure can imitate. Seeing that small stream brook blow on that dry, having that brown smash that streamer, feeling that line when smallies tap your buggers, enjoying time on the water and having satisfaction in the views and the fish.
This comes from a 20yr old, I've fly fished for 4 years and fished all sorts of flies for freshwater species. Caught bass, trout, carp, pike, hooked into numerous musky. It's something completely on it's own. I love it, but also love to fish conventional swimbaits and big baits. Just an addiction we all have to a different degree
The video's title is the joke and rather weak. The camera work and narrative, however, are above reproach and indicative of a mature understanding of the film making process. Well done.
For me, it's the entire experience! Getting out of the crowded city and as the skyscrapers fall away and the mountain rise before my eyes, I instantly, without realizing, let out a big sigh of relief. I love the drive to my fishing destination, the camping, the folks I meet, the time on the water even when I'm not catching shit, the music I listen to, the type of books I read when on my trip. The sense of peace it brings me is unmatched in anything I have experienced in life. I remember when I caught my first fish on my own tied fly and the joy it brought, but the same joy as when my son caught his first at 6 years of age. I live in British Columbia and while the elitists are definitely still around, it has become so popular with your everyday, blue collar, easy going man and woman up here who are less judgemental than many others in different sporting types. Thank you for the video, I thoroughly enjoyed it!
your thinking about so many things when your fishing you don't have any time to think about anything else
Well said…
I think about the evenings I have spent beside a fire, on a river sand bar, eating poached trout that my buddies and I saved just before dark. We all fished with rods we built and flies we tied and slept in the boats we floated in. It is definitely for decent people who value camaraderie, nature and achievement.
Like skiing and golf, you do not become an expert overnight.
Iguana
this was awesome! i just picked up fly fishing this past May and fell in love with it the more i cast. great documentary. keep up the great work!
check out my channel for fly fishing streams
I'm not very good at it, and every time I go out on the water I try to get better. Even if I don't hook a trout, it always humbles me to be in nature. To disconnect from society, social media, and the noise.. there's nothing like it. Always brings a smile to my face. Great film.