Fly Fishing Nation: Rodcrackers at Sieg River

Rodcrackers at Sieg River - Sneep PT.II
by Stephan Dombaj
feat.: Paulo Hoffmann

We have recieved a lot of Mail-Feedback after our last Sneep-article and it´s kinda curious because I have never really tought much about Sneepfishing. It was always that easy for me: It´s a fish, it has a mouth - so it´s gotta eat something...flydish is served - Bang! Here is a little documentation of another trip to Sieg River and it´s ambitious fighters. Check out Pt.I for further i nformation.

(Olympic gold on a 2weight flyrod)

It´s hot outside...and the absolute humidity makes you feel like you´re stucked in a steamer. It´s time for a refreshing blast of light tackle action. Check out the following footages and take them as an recreational advice for spending time on the riverside. A Sneep will reward you for all your efforts with backingruns, fullbends and a lot of tailrunning- and sometimes jumping-action.

(Flyfishing Querilla - one on one combat)

(Gotcha!)

(Pretty fish...for the beginning)

(That´s why they call it NASE or Nosecarp)

(Paulo´s turn - he hooked a jumper...)

(BANG - I have to admit here, that the splash is adjusted because it was outside of the focal length - the jump is for real)

(It´s all about a 5 letter word. Balls, even the smaller ones got a whole bunch of them)

After taking some videofootage of rodcracking Sneep´s I hooked a sweet fish, that immediately ran into backing (Creekline is just 15Meters long...)

(BACKING RUN-AAAAAAAAAH)

(Get bend...)

(Time for some audience)

(Missed that jump...)

(Damnit, this fish has cojones)

(Yeah, getting laid by a 2wt.)

(First attempt)

(Damnit!!!)

(Just like this...and...)

(YEAH!!!)

(Sneep on fly - give it a try)

(Peeping caddis - Item to go)

After two hours of fishing and a couple of nice Sneep´s it started to thunder...time to get back home...but on our way back, we had to do some more casts. If you are a baitcaster, you may know that you can also catch Sneep on small crankbaits, softbaits and spinners on conventional spinningtackle. Most people think that this is a coincident, but it´s not. You can get them aswell on rapidly moving streamers - so if you have to set out for you way back home, give it a try... you will be suprised!