sweet mother

[Billy]

This footage is crazy. Will fly fisherman use live imaging stuff? 3-4ish grand minimal to get started:

 

[PhilR]

and people say fly fishing is expensive...

 

[Evan B]

and people say fly fishing is expensive...

as someone who does a LOT of gear fishing, fly fishing has nothing on gear fishing.

 

[Stonedfish]

Saw a video recently of some guys musky fishing. The guy watching the monitor called the bite before the guy with the rod even felt the hit.
Seems like a lot of pro / con debate on this technology on some of the musky fishing sites.
SF

 

[clarkman]

Saw a video recently of some guys musky fishing. The guy watching the monitor called the bite before the guy with the rod even felt the hit.
Seems like a lot of pro / con debate on this technology on some of the musky fishing sites.
SF

There is a particular Midwest musky fly guide (young buck) who utilizes this much to the ire of most of their contemporaries who really put in the time (often with no use of sonar at all). That said, at what point to does one draw the line? I'm not over that line with my remedial sonar unit but I might think otherwise if I had something like the above....it would certainly put more fish in the net, but might also cheapen the journey. Then again, maybe not, I don't know.

 

[Chadk]

How is this different than when I'm standing on a log or boulder over a large river pool or clear lake with my polarized glasses and see how the trout, salmon, steelhead, etc are responding to my fly? I've learned a lot about presentation from those opportunities.

 

[Evan B]

How is this different than when I'm standing on a log or boulder over a large river pool or clear lake with my polarized glasses and see how the trout, salmon, steelhead, etc are responding to my fly? I've learned a lot about presentation from those opportunities.

You should stop wearing polarized glasses, obviously

 

[Tom Butler]

That's pretty cool. I'd say fair game. Not much difference than a guide on a platform on the flats, or rock overlooking the river, in my book. Or me watching the trout this spring in the ultra clear water and how they reacted to the flies under my indicator.

 

[Billy]

How is this different than when I'm standing on a log or boulder over a large river pool or clear lake with my polarized glasses and see how the trout, salmon, steelhead, etc are responding to my fly? I've learned a lot about presentation from those opopportunities.

3-4 thousand dollars