HD Video:Striped Bass & Trout
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The summer evening sky was turning red, there wasn’t a puff of wind and we were surrounded by striped bass in every direction. It was good to be on the water again with my friend Dave. It had been a long time. Though the striped bass were plentiful, they were not necessarily easy to catch. They had no need to feed aggressively, due to the enormous amount of sand eels available to them. We saw a good pod of fish holding in shallow current lazily slurping bait off the surface. In many respects, it was a similar to dry fly fishing for trout. Dave crouched down on the bow. The motor was off and we drifted closer and closer to the feeding fish. Dave made a nice long cast with a floating line and a sand eel pattern. Perfect. The fly landed just in front of a feeding fish. Strip, strip, pause … fish on. At that very moment, all was good in the world. Fly fishing is certainly representative of so many other things than, “just catching fish.” However, it sure does feel good when it all comes together and a connection with a fish is made. We decided to head into the mountains and explore some of the classic Maine fisheries. We fished the Rangeley region which was home to some of the first streamer fly patterns and fly fishing legends such as Carrie Stevens and “Fly Rod” Crosby. We covered vast amounts of water and fished big pools, fast runs with big dry stone flies and every type of pocket water in between. Dave and I were both wide eyed when we stumbled upon a crystal clear pool with salmon and brook trout fighting for our black ghost streamers. It wasn’t long before the fish grew smart to our streamer offerings and we had to resort to tiny dry flies. The fish were rising steadily, but not interested in any of the elk hair caddis patterns that I was presenting. Dave had some of his dry flies that he uses on the Delaware River and after a few ties and re-ties he found the magic fly and hooked a couple beautiful fish. We returned home to our camp on Sebago Lake. It is a true Maine hunting and fishing camp, built in 1929. It has never been upgraded, still sits on cinder blocks and many of the original pieces of hunting and fishing memorabilia still barely hang on the walls. Maine is a special place. I’m glad that Dave was able to appreciate stepping back in time a little with me. Thanks Dave.
what an unforgettable time, everything was in our favor, seldom the case. A magical place you have up there, feel privileged, enriched and restored in having seen it. certainly has stood the test of time, I hope it remains that way…can’t get back soon enough. Truly incredible video shots and editing, most certainly my favorite tune of all time. Thanks again my friend.
“Crooked windows and broken chairs Haunted by the ghost that lead me here”
Good read Jer, Love the vid and especially the song. One of your best by far. I miss hanging with you boys in the Great State Of Maine its been too long. Hope to see all you cronies in the fall.
Sweet bro! Once again, great vid and awesome song! You’re really making me miss it out there. Dave mentioned what a great trip you guys had, looks awesome! Although like you said, I had a really good run and got lucky…still look forward to throwing a line with and hope to jump aboard the surfboard again with you!
this absolutely epic, i’ve never fished to feeding stripers like that but it looks like maybe one of the best things in the world.
your videos keep gettin better
Good stuff guys and great tune! Looking forward to the fall Stripers myself.
jer and Dave , just wanted to tell you the song and video are absolutely amazing keep up the great vibe men, 100 percent…cheers brothers Alex
Nice video of the bass slurping away and the inland waters and fish. Seeing these images reminds me how beautiful Maine is.
Wow! Great video Dave and Jeremy! Some of those shots were ridiculous! Glad you guys got into some fish and had a chance to enjoy the Maine summer!
Thanks, Dave! It was great fishing with you again .. looking forward to next time.
Thanks j-mac … hope to see you on some east coast steelhead waters this fall .. “9 lives if ya need one” …
Thank K! – Glad your back from your big summer tour and made it home safely … you’re welcome onboard the SS surfboard anytime! peace bro.
Thanks NC! … appreciate the comment. When it all comes together and the “stripers are feeding like that” .. it is pretty epic. Hope you get to experience it soon .. fall, is the right time on the east coast. Good luck.
Thanks todd! .. hope all is well .. perhaps we will bump into each other this fall chasing the stripes and albies.
Thanks alex! … tell eddy and the rest of the ct. crew that i say hello and hope to see you and make a few casts together before you head back to argentina. peace bro.
Thanks robin. i know how much you love fishin the stripers and the salt … hope to see you out on the water this year. and, if we are half as lucky as the last time alex and i saw you and geoff on the water fishin the albies, that would still be epic. hope all is well.
Thanks Austin. Let’s get out and fish again, before you head back to URI. Although, you being at URI in the fall is a pretty sweet place to be for fishin the salt. Hope all is well and the busted leg is close to 100% again. Good luck in college this year.