Fly fishing videos on Youtube are horrible...

Boring...

I just tried to watch some Youtube videos on New Zealand fly fishing action. You know: trying to get some relaxation after dinner.

I selected a dozen of the most recent videos, but there wasn't one that was really watchable. Then I started randomly selecting videos as suggested by Youtube.

My conclusion is that the majority of uploaded videos on Youtube are basically terrible.

What is wrong with most fly fishing videos on Youtube:

• Low resolution. These days I won't watch anything less than 720p. Those blocky 360p videos look prehistoric.

• Shaky video. It's a major head ache watching earthquake registrations. 

• Horrendous background(?) music. Bon Jovi as background music?...

• Too much boring action(?). Who wants to watch a bent rod for 3-4 minutes? C'mon, cut out the boring parts!

• Zooming in-and-out. Zooming (unless ultra smooth) makes a video look very amateurish. Stop behaving like tourists!

• Constant panning. Unless done ultra steady and slowly or using a slider of some sort, panning is asking for an asperine.

• Too long footage. Any footage (= shot without a stop) longer than 8-10 seconds looses its momentum.

• Monotonous setting. Video with only one (background) setting is very boring.

• Too short video. That's it?!

• Too long video. Video's longer than 5-6 minutes is too much.

• Raw material. Watching unedited raw video is not exciting.

There are zillions of fly fishing videos on Youtube and Vimeo. Not all videos are rubbish. There are a few very nice, even professional (looking) videos.

Some of the absolute best are from Todd Moen. One of my favorite video by Todd is Heads or Tails. The storyline, the suspense, the slow motion and the action. Simply amazing!

Obviously Todd is a professional cameraman so we can't compare his work with folks who upload their videos on Youtube, but there has to be said something about the quality of videos that are uploaded.