Just want to clarify that this post is not my footage. I found it at Calflyfisher.com in the So Cal section posted by a guy named Matt from Thousand Oaks, CA. The thanks goes to Matt-whomever he is, and to his stream and his video rig.
Besides nice trout, the movie shows how trout always have places to hide, near their feeding stations. This helps protect them from the bright noonday sunlight, and a place to hide from shadows on the water.
Which is why, I never fish on a stream with the sun at my back, I do not want to have my shadow touching the stream surface.
The movie also shows that more than one trout will share a safe place, and continue to feed from their haven.
Watch the movie a few times to see what else you can learn about their behaviors and habits!
~Parnelli
[This message has been edited by Steven H. McGarthwaite (edited 03 May 2006).]
Hi all. I am glad you liked the footage I shot. I have been working on this “project” (affordable, stealthy underwater video) for over a year. Sunday it paid off. Big. As you can see.
I am always glad to share my video projects with fellow fly fishers.
On this day, I was able to capture about 12 minutes of video with these fish, which ranged in size from 12" to 18". The pair under the rock (I was actually standing/kneeling on top of the fish) seems to be a spawning pair. I would estimate their size to be at least 18". You can see the kype and hump on the male. He was clearly the bull of the pool, as he chased off every fish that came into his lie/near his female.
There is a longer version on [url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1542765576524716999:e4995]Google Video[/url:e4995]. It runs about 12 minutes and represents the absolute best of the footage I shot. It starts out with a couple of shots above water, tracking the fish. You have to look closely, but you can see them move about. Then it moves under water, and has near continous footage of the fish.
Here is a “snap” I got from the footage-