About The Trout Ninja

 

Thanks for paying me a visit! Would you like a cup of coffee? I’ll have one with you because I dig coffee.

So take a 7 minute break from your crazy day and discover what just might be your cup of tea or coffee.

My name’s Emeric McCleary.  Born 1961 in Los Angeles County, California-U.S.A.

Now living near a lake in Kentucky.

And I am…The Trout Ninja. 

I love to fish for trout. Any trout. With any kind of fishing gear. Well, maybe not
explosives. And that would be cool to see.

The focus today of Trout Ninja TV is catching stocked trout. You know, hatchery raised trout that are put in lakes and streams for your immediate trout catching pleasure.

 Trout Ninja TV is about catching stocked trout with anything except a fly rod. I love to fly-fish, but Trout Ninja TV is for the rest of the world that also fishes without a fly rod.

 So if you’re a fly-fishing purist, you might blow chunks when you watch Trout Ninja TV.

Otherwise, hang out with me, have a cuppa coffee, and enjoy.  And always leave me your feedback because that’s the only way we can make this better for you!  Please keep reading.

Here’s  Important Stuff

Do you remember the very first trout you ever caught? Maybe. Or maybe you’ve not even caught a fish?

Have you ever seen the look on a child’s face when he catches his first fish?

Maybe you haven’t had the chance yet.

Priceless looks are one thing. The lifelong feelings are another.

Pretend, just for 17 seconds, you are that child, reeling in and seeing, your first fish.

Like Christmas morning. Indescribable excitement.  Mouth hanging open. Squealing. Giggling.

For that very moment, innocence, not knowing or caring what others think about you.

I still get that feeling with each fish I catch. Doesn’t matter the size or variety.
I just thank God I’m able to go fishing. Of course, God knows I prefer to catch fish.

But most people don’t understand my trout fishing passion. My wife Donna thinks I’m half-nuts.

Because I’m always thinking about how to “get the edge” over the trout. And it’s getting worse as I age. (and I’m not aging too well. Hair thin as a bride’s veil. Wrinkles forming fast like time lapse photography.)

Here’s an example of my madness.

Look in your kitchen silverware drawer. Any spoons slightly chewed by the garbage disposal grinder?

My wife sees a spoon ready for the trash can. I see a shiny trout lure. Don’t even get me started with crafting the perfect homemade-stocked-trout-catching-floating-bait (in progress, by the way, Berkley Gulp and Powerbait, watch out!).

I think the madness started when…

I caught my first trout when I was 3 years old.

Actually, it wasn’t real trout. They were credit-card-sized dark green leaves from our backyard apricot tree.

My Mom would take the garden hose and fill an old 20 gallon galvanized-steel basin almost to the top.  Then she would strip the leaves from a foot-long apricot tree branch. Leaves gently placed onto the water. Covering the entire surface.

Sitting on a chair with me on her knees. Right in front of the “trout”.

My fishing rod was the pencil-thick leafless apricot tree branch. Thick white cotton kite string tied to the tip. A large chrome safety-pin tied to the other end. She would hold my tiny hand (that clenched the “rod”) Jerking the rod upward trying to pierce or rather “catch” a nice trout fish.  I always caught fish. 

And that’s where the fishing obsession started. Hasn’t stopped.  And I remind my Mom every so often that she’s responsible for this unquenchable fishing obsession (those conversations are tear jerkers…but it’s the good kind of crying).

She says I get the fishing passion (good addiction) from my Hungarian grandfather, also named Emeric.

Grandfather was an insane Trout Ninja.

He was so intense, once he had a stroke while fishing with my Uncle, also named Emeric.  Uncle Emeric noticed my Grandfather sat real still in his fishing chair, staring at a fishing float like a laser beam. That was typical for my Grandfather. He could do that all day.

Brewing hot Mexican coffee in his camper, my Uncle shouted to my Grandfather asking if he wanted some. When he wouldn’t answer, my usually calm Uncle walked right up to him and asked again.

My Grandfather wouldn’t…couldn’t talk.

When my Uncle figured something was wrong, he tried to get my Grandfather out of the chair to go get medical help.

My stubborn Grandfather, with some kind of European “get lost” hand motions, told my Uncle to buzz off. Grandfather Emeric refused to go anywhere. He wanted to keep fishing.

Man, now that’s some intense fishing!  Fortunately, the stroke was minor with no everlasting effects…that we knew of.

And Here’s My Crazy Dream: Do You have the Courage to Come Along?

Let’s “bottle” that priceless euphoric feeling of a child catching a first fish…and give it away anonymously to anyone. Young or old. Family. Friends. Strangers. Enemies. No conditions. No strings attached. Fresh cool water for a desert wanderer. Take a nice long calm sip. Tell me what you’re thinking.

Fast Forward to Now…

The one thing I love doing now as much as catching fish…is showing others how to catch fish, especially stocked trout. 

Why, you ask?

Because I’m dreaming others will get that same bitchin’ feeling I get with each fish I catch. (bitchin’ is not a cuss word-it means euphoric—what you get from a flash-flood of endorphins- and that’s bitchin’)

So fast forward to now and see I’ve decided to use Trout Ninja TV as a way to share everything I know, think and want to test as a way to catch stocked trout. And get a trout catching edge.

 I’ll share trout fishing techniques for lakes and streams. Guest interviews. Crazy videos. Viewer trout pics and trout catching stories. I also need certified Trout Ninja TV Field Testers.

I know a lot about catching stocked trout, and I want to share with you what works so you don’t embarrass yourself next time you go fishing. Sometimes all it takes is one measly fishing tip to get you the edge.

But I can’t do this without YOU

I’m always listening to fellow Trout Ninjas for their secrets.  I’ll share ‘em with you.

Of course, I need your feedback and comments so we can give you exactly what you want because you might be a beginner, an expert, a single parent, a non-fisherperson who just wants to get started.

Maybe you discovered some cool way of catching stocked trout and want to share it with the world.  Let me know!

Explaining a trout fishing tip to an expert can take 2 minutes. To a beginner, 19 minutes.  Please be patient as we develop because we’ll divide videos between beginner, intermediate, and expert categories. Or shall I say Beginners, Black Belts, and Master Trout Ninjas?

Tell me what you think. Thanks for your time and coffee.

Enjoy Trout Ninja TV.

Let’s Go Catch Some Trout!

Emeric “The Trout Ninja” McCleary

Near a Lake, Kentucky, USA

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