@@jasonstewart9823 Thank you! If I’m understanding correctly, it sounds like your line is coming off of your spool too freely, and you may need to increase the tension on your bobbin holder. If you have a basic bobbin holder, you can do this by removing the spool and adjusting the arms so that they are closer together, which will increase tension on the spool. Hope this helps!

@@justinmalone8640 those damn trees seem to eat everything 😅

@@andrefisher846 thank you 🙏

@@benseddon9677 had to look that up - My wrists do work (I think), but I was focused on slowing down and exaggerating the motions, while staying in frame with 200 lb. braid. They can be a stiff sometimes due to forearm tightness from working out, and from 14 years of baseball and football lol. Who am I kidding - I have fat immobile wrists 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@dtffishingmi Uj is a universal joint it's a joint that swivels at crazy angles because your wrist must be crazy flexible to mimic a whip finisher. Anyway great vid. I have the tool but I looked this up as I'm thinking of making a vid of catching a trout using nothing but household items including making an ugly ass fly from a sowing kit and wool. Might have to use my teeth as the vise though 😂.

@@benseddon9677 I think I have below average wrist flexibility and it’s not too difficult. It’s more fingers than wrist once you get the hang of it. Let me know when the video goes up - that’s right up my alley

@@Aedob4 Yep! It’s great for both mono and fluoro, but I can start to be difficult to cinch properly with heavier lines. I use the double SDJ for any line < 20 lb, and the regular SDJ for line >= 20 lb.

@@dtffishingmi thank you!

@@Aedob4 You're welcome and thanks for watching 🤙

@@caydee2601 Thanks for watching!

@@dtffishingmi yessir. would like to see some rig tutorials from you. Fish finder, knocker rig ect...

@@geneweidemoyer7751 🙏 Thank you

@@csuitecharters677 my pleasure! 🤘

You're welcome and thank you for the kind words!

Thanks for watching! 🙏

Hits harder when you make it yourself 💯

@@rayfoster6980 🙏 thanks for watching!

I pretty much didn't do anything right here. The fish also took the perfect angle down and away from me, and the line was basically tight before I even set the hook. Rod was fully loaded halfway through the motion. Should have set the hook 25% as hard, to my left. Caught a few before this one, but this one got me good.

Definitely safer!

Glad I could help! I study fishing every day, and I still have that beginner mindset. Keep that, learn every day, and you'll be hammering 'em faster than you think

Got a few of them now! They seems to fight much harder on Tenkara than they do on conventional gear as well. I'm still waiting for my first big one, although I will probably need to use a bigger, stronger rod and work on my hook set 🤷‍♂

@@fishinwiththegriffins7304 🙏

@@squiggymcsquig6170 That. Is. Horrific. 😮 I was recently wet-wading in a river infested with pike (my most recent video). I’m going to make sure I don’t have anything shiny on me going forward 😅

@@dtffishingmi It was horrific, yes; but it was also a VERY rare thing. While there have been reports of people being "attacked" by pike/muskies, and some with surpisingly bad injuries, they are very infrequent.

@@squiggymcsquig6170 from experience, it’s almost ALWAYS avoidable too. When you get complacent and let your guard down is when they finally get you.

You’re most welcome, and thank you for the kind words! I’m just happy I was able to help 🤘

Thanks for watching!

Np! Thanks for watching 🙏

@@johnmaggiorino4493 Nicely done! 🤘

@@ryanhaydon459 🤣. I know the feeling. It is a feeling I would not wish on anyone.

Definitely a relaxing activity for me!

Thank you Barry! When next springs comes around, I'll definitely be going back for more. On the right day, I really think there is potential to land 100 smallies (if my arms can take it)

@@mesk412 thank you 🙏

@@troylindsey1444 thank you 🙏

Thank you for the kind words! 🙏

Gators of the north!

Elaborate for me.

@@stephensarow2127 I’m employed 👍

@@stephensarow2127 Although I do see the similarities 🤔

@@dtffishingmi I'm glad you took the joke in stride dude. All seriousness that looks cool as hell, like something you'd do to pass the time on a chill afternoon. Far better than my mom getting hooked by an errant cast by my dad on the Tittabawassee River some years ago.

​@@stephensarow2127 Haha, I was mildly offended for 2 seconds because I work very hard, but I rewatched myself and it made me laugh. If I eventually get enough "mean comments" for one of those videos, will probably be one of the best ones. Glad to hear dad is still "poking" mom - happy wife, happy life 😏 I have fished the Tittabawassee before - I'm from Southeast Michigan but I fish around the entire thumb very often.

@@Tdub-r8p thanks for watching! 🙏

@@Woefman911 thank you 🙏

Braided line has a slicker surface than mono or fluoro. When cinching knots using only mono or fluoro, lubricating the wraps can help to alleviate the tackiness of the line's surface so that it can slide more easily and cinch properly. Braid tends to slide more easily across the surface of fluoro and mono, because its surface is slick. If you use a braided line that is coated with Teflon, wax, or some other coating that makes the surface more tacky, then lubricating the wraps before cinching might be a good idea, or even necessary, since it won't slide as easily across the surface of the mono or fluoro. Having said that, I don't recall any times that I had difficulty cinching the Alberto because of a coated braided line, and I have used them. It might be something that starts to become more of a problem when using very heavy leader and heavy coated braid (like 80+ lb. test). Hope this helps!

Thanks for your reply. ​@@dtffishingmi

@@RobrawlerOfficial it’s probably from video games

@@frederickdavis0415 prettiest of all trout species in my opinion 👍

They crush everything! Unfortunately I don't tie commercially, but the originator of this pattern does sell them - Mustache Jigs & Flies on KZfaq. There should be a link to his store on his channel - I am not sure if he is currently still selling these though

I found the link to the page to purchase these: www.mustachejigsandflies.com/product-page/mustache-minnow

Thank you very much 🙏 I try and make it as clear and easy as I can with the tools that I have - when I get a better camera and better lighting, I'll be able to really get these types of videos to the level that I want them to be. Thank again you for the kind words!

@@dtffishingmi I think the quality of your content out ways any technology....and I did not notice anything wrong with the quality......its like tying flys some of it is for the tyer not the fish.....haha

@@CrowMagnumMan2024 haha, well said!

It is very difficult with light fluoro. For fluoro <= 12 lb, I use the Alberto knot. I start using the FG knot at fluoro >= 17lb. I'll keep that in mind for future videos - when I am finished covering the knots I think are worth covering, I am planning to produce some videos that cover all of the most important knots to learn and their specific use cases, including line types, techniques, etc.

@@tonysouthern3049 sorry to hear that. A knot that is a bit easier is the Alberto knot, but if that is still challenging, the uni to uni knot is still a good knot and one that I could tie with my eyes closed. I have tutorials for both in my “Knot Easy” playlist

I might use the Palomar if the braid > 60lb. test, but otherwise, I’ll use the stronger knots like the Double Uni or the Fish-N-Fool knot. Both are more than 30% stronger than the Palomar

@@Viper777ism thank you for the kind words 🤘