How to Fly Fish for Salmon and Sea Trout: The River Tyne With Signature Tyer James Stokoe

Join Fulling Mill Signature Tyer James Stokoe for a day of fly fishing for salmon and sea trout on the River Tyne. In this video, James covers many of the crucial lessons for anyone who wants to learn how to fly fish for salmon and sea trout. He covers his rods and lines, fly selection, reading water and tactics for fishing. James also goes into detail on how to play fish, and how to land them as well. And, perhaps most importantly, James shares his contagious positive spirit, which is absolutely essential for anyone who wants to fish for sea trout and salmon. You can never give up, and you have to keep trying.

James Stokoe is a salmon fishing guide, and has been a salmon fishing fanatic for the past 25 years. He spends his springs and summers guiding on the River Tyne in the Northeast of England. He and his clients catch both salmon and sea trout. The Tyne is a great success story of river restoration, and it now holds a strong and growing population of both sea trout and salmon. This past July alone over 12,000 fish were recorded swiming into the system. James is the designer behind the popular Stokoe Shrimp, and we're thrilled to have him as part of the Fulling Mill Signature Tyer team.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:42 The Warden beat on the River Tyne
00:01:42 Tactics and fly patterns
00:04:10 Rigging up for the day
00:06:30 Starting on the South Tyne: Warden Bridge Pool
00:18:11 James discusses water temperature and salmon fishing
00:19:12 The Old Railway Bridge Pool
00:27:33 The Stokoe Shrimp
00:31:55 Hooking a sea trout
00:35:42 Getting a take then covering the fish again
00:38:01 The Junction Pool
00:49:01 Moving to the North Tyne: the Islands
00:49:52 A fly change
00:53:06 Taking a temperature on the North Tyne
00:55:59 James hooks into a sea trout
00:59:48 Takeaways form the fishing so far
01:00:09 The Thistle Pool
01:01:39 Another fly change for the higher water
01:06:07 Some tips for playing salmon
01:10:09 James hooks his first salmon (grilse) of the day
01:12:34 Landing the salmon (grilse)
01:15:10 James hooks his second salmon (grilse) of the day
01:20:04 James' third salmon (grilse) of the day!


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