Underwater Trout Video:Hi-Speed Only
After I got my camera I started taking photo’s and keeping a journal of places and trips that I have guided and when I get a great shot of a fish I clip it into my journal. Keeping track of hatches and weather and the numbers and sizes makes it into my journal but most of all I do this because of a client I once guided. He and I had a great conversation over lunch while fishing one day on the Rapid. He was from Chicago but he wanted to know everything about the area, it’s history, the bodies of water, and about the trout. We not only got to talking about the fishing he had done but about his family and the things that have occurred in there lives. His journal he had been keeping for many years and it not only reminded him of the fly he used on that day he hooked and landed the 4lb brookie but it talked about what his kids were doing while he was preparing for his fishing trips, and what they were like growing up. His journal was a journal of his families life. I was getting married a few weeks after we had this trip together and he gave me the usual tips about “the great institution” and all the stuff you hear from people that have been married for over 40 years. But the most influential part of meeting and spending the day with this client was the journal. So now I hope to keep my journal going and that it will one day tell the story of my family also. And hopefully it will remind me of that special fly that landed the biggest fish some day when I am old and loosing my memory. So I started playing with the video stuff on my camera and this has given me a lot of joy and I hope you like the video.
well done. very well done. a journal is a cool thing – especially when it includes digital photos and video of every trip. the photography and videography has added a whole new level of art to my fly fishing habit. i just love capturing my surroundings and experiences and watching them build throughout the years. the real cool thing is to be able to dig into my archives 5 or 6 years back and open up a folder and see the flies i used, the fish i caught and the friends i fly fished with. the digital age can be a real frustrating nightmare sometimes – but what i love is the contradiction between fly fishing and hi tech. what i am trying to say is that i love the rivers, the solitude and outdoor places fly fishing brings me – and then i get home and there are laptops, memory sticks, web servers, wireless….and somehow we are able to use all of these tules to communcicate, express and share our passion for such a non-technical sport. the irony of that is what i find interesting.
Really though – great job on the photos and videos. thanks for sharing – you will have to take me to the rapid someday. i have never fished it and that is Maine’s flagship river! Well – then again Maine has so many rivers – it would be tough or near impossible to fish all of them in a lifetime.
Thanks, Jeremy… Ihave to give credit tothe guys that are int he film. Crig with that nice brookie, then Chris playing that huge brookie down river in tose three shots. the only part of me in the video is the hands. Thanks for posting this for me. I will try to get some more video together for the future. -Nate
Great video those shots are great. I have never fished the Rapid but would like to this summer. Fishing with a camera takes it to a new level it is great to be able to share your days through photos.
Very cool. I recognize some of those hallowed pools that shall remain nameless 😉 You got a couple of great shots of my buddy fighting that fish that took him around the bend from the nameless pool. Nice job. It was a lot of fun to view and reminisce about my own adventures on those particular rivers.