 morningwood1429
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Posted: 1/11/2012 1:33:00 AM
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS A PAID ADVERTISEMENT i was thinking of maybe hanging a GOPRO around my neck like a necklace and turn it on when i get a bite and hold the fish in front of it for a second and then turn the GOPRO off. then when i get home i could chop out a couple of still pics? i also might catch some good fighting action. anyone else thought about this? |
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KILLERB6
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Posted: 1/11/2012 4:18:29 AM
GoPro makes a chest rig mount.
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Posted: 1/11/2012 7:20:22 AM
Originally Posted By KILLERB6: GoPro makes a chest rig mount. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0025UEQQW/ref=asc_df_B0025UEQQW1855498?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=asn&creative=395093&creativeASIN=B0025UEQQW |
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doc_Zox
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Posted: 1/11/2012 8:11:50 AM
My dad is an expert fly fisherman and an accomplished photographer.
He manages to make wonderful images of his catches and the locale with point and shoot cameras.
He stows them in his vet pocket.
It seems you have two hobbies to master, and I would work on the fly fishing while you are fishing. |
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morningwood1429
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Posted: 1/11/2012 6:44:23 PM
Originally Posted By doc_Zox:
My dad is an expert fly fisherman and an accomplished photographer. He manages to make wonderful images of his catches and the locale with point and shoot cameras. He stows them in his vet pocket. It seems you have two hobbies to master, and I would work on the fly fishing while you are fishing. I know but I'm impatient and want to be good at both! 
That being said I'm not new to fishing, just fly fishing. But you are right I need to work on that first |
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Posted: 3/16/2012 11:14:28 AM
[Last Edit: 3/16/2012 11:16:59 AM by SpeyRod]
I have been using one for the last couple weeks. The head mount works well but news to be pointed down more than you might expect. The images are also not very stable unless you concentrate on holding your head still and level. Probably the better mount for dryfly and nymphing.
The chest mount is very stable and gives a good view of the cast and the fishing. If you are spey fishing it is probably the mount of choice. Make sure you buy the anti fog inserts. Otherwise your video will look like this (taken with a head mount): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VshyLIM7g5E My interwebs skills suck. I couldn't imbed the video. If you copy and pate the above link you will see what happens when your camera case fogs up. |
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Posted: 3/16/2012 12:06:11 PM
Here is a short video that includes both the chest mount, spey cast, and the head mount. The crunching in the last piece is me eating.
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Posted: 3/16/2012 7:55:19 PM
I say mount it to the rod. Gopro makes handlebar mounts for bikes-that might work. Be shitty casting but youd have countless hours of line gong out and coming in. Maybe a helmet rig too.
Now being real. Just get a nice point and shoot and keep it in your vest in a waterproof sack. And post some pics of fish. I cant wait for the trout opener in MI on April 28th |
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Posted: 3/23/2012 11:25:56 PM
Not sure what type of bottom you're dealing with but around here fishing the flats I know a number of guys that mount their P&S to their stake-out pole. You'd want a waterproof camera (trust me) with a timer (10 secs to give you time to hit the shutter and pose with the fish).
I'm still not 100% sold on the GoPro with the wide angle distortion. |
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