Animas River in January - Fishing Native American Ute Land - McFly Angler Episode 41

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The Animas is one of those rivers that can either be amazing, or terrible! I have fished it many times getting skunked, and I also have fished it where I have excellent days! Today was an excellent day. While none of the fish were monsters, I did catch lots of them. And they were very fun. I got to fish with my buddy Carter, and he also brought one of his friends who has only been fishing for a little while. He was able to catch a wild rainbow for the first time. He had caught trout before, but never wild trout, always stockers in ponds and lakes.

I fished all day with that new zealand indicator system. It seemed like the trout weren't fully committing to the flies, and just making little nibbles. This means that without a sensitive indicator, I would have missed lots of bites. In fact thats why I think Carter and Eric didnt catch as many fish, I saw their indicators barely move a few times, which is hard to detect. You should pick up this system if you haven't already. Here is a link to where you can purchase it online if your local fly shop doesn't have them. http://amzn.to/2Gijb2D

Also, I fished all day with 2 flies. One was the GTI Caddis, and the other was more of a simple dubbed caddis. I have tied the GTI Caddis before on camera, and here is that link... https://youtu.be/-lszOLv1gbQ

As for that simple caddis, I am working on making a video for that as well. Its much easier to tie, than the GTI, and its also quite effective. Keep checked in with the channel to see that one on video. Basically this time of year, any olive caddis pupae will work.

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