Fly Fishing an INCREDIBLE Creek for Trout!! (Winter fishing)
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- čas přidán 16. 02. 2023
- Dry Fly Fishing in February??? What a day!!
In this video I went winter fly fishing for brook trout. I had never been to this particular creek and had blue lined it out of curiosity. To my pleasant surprise it was LOADED with trout, and some really good ones too! These native brook trout are such special fish!
The most interesting thing about this particular day was the adventure I had in the outdoors. I ran into a particularly impressive and interesting waterfall and figured out that the creek runs subsurface. In other words the creek is dry for a solid half mile. Interestingly enough I couldn't find fish above the section that runs under ground, meaning the spring is probably limestone fed which allows the lower section to be so productive. This tiny creek was full of surprises!
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You should make a video on blue lining, how it’s done, and how you decide if you think the creek is worth fishing or not!
I agree! I'm wanting to hit some unknown, less popular creeks myself but it's a bit overwhelming.
Only way to decide if it’s worth fishing is to fish. Knowledge is best gained on foot. But Google maps your ass off until you get a headache is what I’m saying and explore and have fun to avoid the overwhelming feeling. Fishing is not supposed to do that, if it does just slow down and look around.
I’m pretty new to blue lining but I’ve had success looking at biology reports, water quality reports, topography maps and Fishbrain App.
I agree. What even is blue lining. Gotta hit the Google machine
I will for sure! I even have a series concept I've thought of but I need some more consistently better weather.
That cast, take, and fish at 2:25 is perfection!
Thank you! That cast felt a little more lucky than anything, no clue how I got it under that branch
Let's go ! Beautiful fish in that trickle of a stream !
Beautiful music. Beautiful Brookies. Awesome waterfall. Thank you for picking that bottle up and having the integrity that you do. Lord willing I will be 60 this year and gotta say I'm proud of the fisherman you've become. God bless and always tight lines, Tony
Thanks Tony! Glad you enjoyed the video
loved seeing you fish with flicky flies!
Thanx a lot man, i really enjoy all your videos! Greets from Germany.
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Holly cow! That little creek is awesome at producing beautiful high quality fish but it’s beautiful! I would fish it anytime. Would love to see it in the spring! Thanks for another quality video!!
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Very cool Eastern Brook Trout Creek. Most people would drive right past it. I used to fish similar creeks as a kid in Wisconsin. I know they are not huge, but those brookies are good eaters to from what I remember. Just would not want to keep very many very often. Nice video.
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I wish my English were good enough (I’m a Spaniard writing from Spain) to express as I would in Spanish the stunning quality and interest of this video. The close ups of the magenta spots of those gorgeous brookies, the moment (time 2:45) when that fish took the drifting fly, the beautiful scenery and the joy of climbing the creek and still finding fish in those tiny pools ever decreasing in size (that could be an actual dream in one’s sleep)…wow! and then you get to that fall and wonder if there could be more brookies going on up there and it turns out that there are and you masterfully keep on catching gems of fish in those incredibly tiny pools…awesome dude! Also excellent the description of the running underground stream in that karstic place made out of limestone. Indeed a blissful fishing day granted to lucky you by Mother Nature. Congratulations.
Glad you enjoyed the video! And thanks for watching all of the way from Spain. I hope to make it over there one day.
Enjoyed your video, I came across a disappearing river in Washington state the rive was on it's way to the ocean and was so cool to see it run under a ridge of land and come out the other side and run into the ocean .This was a spring fed small river comming out of Ozette Lake ...great memory you brought back the year was 2001 keep up.the good work .
I caught a native brook in a leaf covered stream that size, with my hands while turkey hunting in Tucker County, WVA many years ago!
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2:42 absolutely cool.
The trash issue really irritates me also! It's a pretty simple concept. You take it to the woods with you then you pack it back out! I pick up trash every time I go out fishing and even have my kids picking up other people's trash. You guys kill it with the fishing video! Keep the content coming! Thanks
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Thanks for teaching us and showing us a great adventure catching brookies.
Thank you or watching!
I really enjoy your excitement when you hit a new blue line stream. Your always positive about catching fish on a new stream. Makes me want to go fishing. Your film, editing and commentary are always first class. That was a nice soft plug you put in about Cortland leaders, I email Cortland after watching your pod cast with them I suggest that they make an ambassador for there products out of you I never heard back form they. I hope that does not up set you. The first fly line i bought was Cortland DT 6wt at Kittery Trading Post back in the early 70's to fish for Maine Brook Trout over the years I have used all the big company lines but I prefer Cortland.
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I love this video, especially 2:30 section
Great content as always
Exploring a new creek is always an adventure - I’m delighted this one paid off so well for you! Gorgeous fish in a gorgeous little stream … despite that litter. I will never understand the mentality that creates litter. But I hope your could example will show people a better way to be outdoors. Thank you again for your great videos!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I wish people wouldn't leave their trash but maybe they did it on accident... at least that's what I hope
Great video, brother 🙂✌️🎣
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Walking in areas like that in VA I used to get freaked out about accidentally stepping and falling into a cave 😄
the Driftless areas of Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin are great Karst Geography areas. Decorah Iowa has both a large spring fed waterfall that flows into the Upper Iowa River in Dunning's Spring Park, and an active Ice Cave nearby, both features of Karst. Just to the NW, Coldwater Creek is another Karst Spring and Trout Creek. And to the SW, near West Union IA, Dutton Cave and Spring is a small creek with Native Northern Iowa Brook Trout from the Decorah Trout Hatchery.
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They always find the coolest fishing spots
another great video!
Thanks!
Awesome fishing spot, I mean the views and love fishing native Brook Trout too! Enjoyed :)
Beautiful creek, beautiful scenery, I think the fines for littering should be astronomical. I hate litterbugs
Absolutely awesome video. I used to love tiny brooks and brookies.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Beautiful stream, brook trout live in the most awesome streams
Can't argue with that! thanks for watching
Love the dries on small water!
Glad you enjoyed Larry!
I can't wait to go fly fishing when some snow melts
Beautiful brookies! I'll never understand how they can litter in such a pristine area. Good on you for picking that stuff up. I always keep a plastic handle bag in my vest in case I find trash.
I'm curious what you do for a living, except fish? lol
I work for the department of environmental protection! So I protect the waters I fish (theoretically)
Underground stream similar to Abrams Creek in the GSMNP. Must be in Pennsylvania.
Super cool!!! You were making some heroic casts. As always great video, cheers from GA.
Thank you!
Would love to explore some creeks down there looks amazing
Love your videos. I live in New Mexico and there is no brook trout near me. Always wanted to catch one. Keep up the good work, making great content and having fun 👍
Already know this finna be a banger!!!
Brookies, waterfalls, and disappearing creeks... what can go wrong?
Incredible video!
Thank you!
Awesome video man.
Thanks!
It’s amazing how little water can hold some nice fish. I know a trib of a trib (that I’m sure you fished both the main creek and the first of the tribs) and when you start up that water there is nothing more then a little bit of water flowing through rocks…. Great video!
Thanks for watching!! Brookies never cease to amaze me that's for sure
Looks very much like Creeks I fished in Western Virginia ( not the state of West Virginia). Smaller fish but still fun and challenging if you use a 3wt rod
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I have recently started fly fishing, last year to be exact but on have been out abouts 5 times, I happen to stumble across your channel and couldn't help but notice how good you cast, with me being a newbie I was wondering if you would not mind sharing a couple tips on how to cast properly
Beautiful stream and fish, so colorful. That 1st dry fly eat was awesome. I actually just got my first dry fly eat two weeks ago. Who would of thought in February, don’t question it lol. Great video as always.
That's awesome!! Thanks for watching
Nice footage. Reminds me of a place my mentor showed me a few years ago. Rip. I Hope to make it back someday.
Thanks
WV? Love your videos. Beautiful fish! Hoping to follow your example here in NC for some blue line natives.
Yep!
love your video's you should come down to the hooch in ga some time
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Here in Utah I’ve only been on one creek that disappeared like that below the surface. In the spring with runoff the fish can get up higher on the creek and spawn (cutthroats) but in the late summer like when I was there last it is a trickle when you get higher.
That is so crazy that stream goes underground, I have never seen that
There's probably no fish up there where it runs underneath the ground because creates a barrier for them that they can't get across unless the water gets up in flooding conditions got a wild fishery where I live that does the same thing locals call it dry run because it goes under ground nice video and trout man 👍
Love the vid man.🙂👍 Beautiful colors on those catches bro....and I'm curious if during the later months if that dry patch would fill up maybe?🤔 Guess it all depends on how that area looked to ya as you were walking it.🤷♂️ Keep em comin my friend. Peace ✌😎
It fills up in the spring or during high water events! But that's probably it.
Brookies are my favorite.
Good spot to try your tenkara.
Have you ever fished in the Dogway Fork of the Cranberry River in WV?
I second Trout bum Diaries! The Waters of the Blue Line. To Blue Line or not. That is the Question.
Nice video you inspired me ! We’re do you get your rod green is my favorite color 👍🏻
Argh. This messed up my weekend plans. I had been planning to head up into the PNW snowy hills but now I think I might backpack into some spring creek areas for wild trouts.
Spring creeks are fun... if you can find them!
Jon, beautiful brookies. Hard to find a fish as beautiful as those. BTW... where's HFA West episodes lately?
He's dealing with frozen creeks... and right now he's sick. So HFA West is struggling a bit. But Andrew will be back before too long!!
Is a 3WT not too big for this type of fishing or it works just fine? Great video as always, amazing fish.
Ehh I didn't have the right rod if I'm being honest. As I said I wanted to nymph and then switched as I walked up the creek. I don't think a 3 wt was too big but I would've liked a slightly slower action rod and some fly line
when we go fishing, is it about size?? or fishing ???
Are you able to make a fly fishing combo for my son's birthday
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That trash gets heavier as it gets empty guess that's why they leave it behind never understood that part myself
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Sorry if I missed it, but can you list the gear and type of rig you are using here? Thx.
I’m wondering what to use for winter river fishing
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If it was the cold front from 2 weeks ago, I know what you mean. I had plans to fish a creek that had brookies in it, and I was gonna try out my new 3 weight rod. However, it was 0 degrees out and the whole creek was iced over and not fishable. It was a nice nature hike, but I plan on hitting the same creek this weekend. Hopefully a 60° difference in temperatures will mean that I can actually fish the creek.
Yep it was!! I had to replan my entire weekend after realizing half of the creeks were iced over LOL
What's your opinion of that dryft pack
I like it, I've had it for years now!
What was your equipment for the day?
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How do the fish get to the higher part after the underground section!?!? Crazy
When the water gets high it runs like a regular creek!! So the fish can move up and then when the water goes back down they get stuck up there (theoretically)
trout rising to dries in the winter ??
Your not wrong man. It’s bad in the streams I fish because of where they are located and how hard they get fished. Humans are unfortunately human.
State? TIA
WV
Missing a c in the title
Good catch! That's what I get for changing the title last second