GOOD OLE' TENNESSEE - Fly Fishing the Watauga River
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- The Watauga river is one of the best rivers in the south-east and is only an hour from Appalachian State, where I attend school. My buddy Austin and I took a few trips up there in November and early December and got into a ton of stellar fish. We had one thing in mind, catch big fish.
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Ive watched you guys for a while and dont know how I've never seen this video! You were fishing about 7 minutes from my house and that has been one of my favorite spots for years. I loved the video! If you guys ever get back up this way, let me know and we can hit the river.
Awesome fishing action, incredible video, and I just decided to get back into fly fishing within the last two weeks, after selling my rods ten years ago, and the Watauga river has been added to my small, but growing list of fishy places. Thank-you...
Daniel Berry so glad to hear man, fly fishing is such an amazing thing to do so it's so cool to hear you're getting back into it!
I live in North Florida & I lost my wife& brother to covid 19. I gave up fishing for 5 years for the woman of my life( she had c.o p.d.) & couldn't fish with me so i lost my brother a month ago & now this video of you guys woke my soul up & i now realize what i need, just to go fishing. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this video🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍
I live near tampa and after seeing TN i wanna go up there
Really dope edit and great fish, keep it up guys
Awesome Footage! Just moved to Good Ole Tennessee and and starting to explore the rivers here! Well Done!
Great job on the videos! Keep em coming.
Payton Vicknair you got it man!
You should come back in mid-late April. There is a huge caddis hatch that lasts for about a week. The river is absolutely littered with caddis and big fish gorge when it starts.
Fly Fishing TN sounds like a ton of stoke! We'll be watching the hatches for sure man.
Great video, magic times when trout cooperate 😄
You guys not only know how to fish but you know how to produce an edit a video I am so jealous I can't even tell you. Nicely done
Bouncing beads and ripping redds. Real nice dude
Killing it at HB! Great video.
Clint Swofford thanks man! It's quite the spot...
I am passing thru Tennessee (from Oklahoma) on my way to Merlefest and trying to figure out public waters for wading / fly fishing. Any suggestions? We are staying between Elizabethton and Johnson City for about two and a half days. Sure liked this video and was greatly impressed by the comment from the cancer survivors that follow you. I have an extra special place in my heart for them. You closed your response perfectly. “God bless”.
Great video production. Nice trout too! I fish Watauga a lot but my spot doesn't see em white that big. Maybe a couple browns that big but the rainbows are generally smaller. I'm going for brookies next time I go
The Watuaga in TN actually does not have any brookies but there may be streams near by with brook trout in it.
WildFlyProductions yeah I fish Watauga a lot. Ive started going to the higher up mountain streams with high hopes. The stocked rainbows and browns killed a lot of the native Brookes off :(
You can find those rainbows in certain places, the larger ones were rainbows from Hatcheries that don’t lay eggs anymore. They throw them in at certain places, bridges usually. They throw them in on the noli too.
Nicely shot
Jackson Childress thanks man!
WildFlyProductions no problem what part of the watauga is it
love em!!!!!
elusive angler oh yeah 👌🏻
Love the video guys! Seems like a great spot. I'll be making my way out there soon. What camera did you use to film this?
raymundo cruz thanks man! And a Nikon dslr.
I've cought some giants outta the watauga biggest at 14 lb 5 oz and I've seen some 20lbers in this river I'm blessed to live just a short distance from some of the best trout fishing in east tn
heck yeah
Nice video. And if you thought the rainbow in skinny water is cool, come up to WNY and see 15 pound browns do the same thing.
oh man I bet it's crazy!
Awesome video! What stretch of the Watauga is this? Where did you put in?
Do you remember if this was with 0 generators running or 1? Probably 0 but wanted to check before planning a trip.
Nice video. Y'all use furled leaders? Do they not spook fish?
Yeah we do and no they actually do not, there is a paste type floatant we use and it keeps the leader afloat. It also saves you a ton of money on buying new leaders, I haven't taken off my leader in months. Go check out the leaders we used (link in the video description).
WildFlyProductions do you use them only with dries? Or with nymphs and streamers too? How long of a tippet?
Cory Bosworth we use them with all types of flies and usually for dries and nymphs we do about 36 inches of tippet to our first fly.
Awesome
hey guys love the vid, have you ever heard of Todd island park in Todd NC. Its a delayed harvest like the watauga. Its right on the border of the Ashe/watauga line. It has great access points and while the fish arent as big, it is still a great place to tighten the lines!
dylan turnmire yeah man we have fished there a few times but most times there are too many people.
Also does the trout license in NC cover the watauga in Tennessee or do you guys purchase day passes for Tennessee?
dylan turnmire we purchased a year license for Tennessee (out of state fisherman). It's $100 for the year in TN.
There is no delayed harvest on the tn taug, thanks for the correction.
nice editing!
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what rod is that? Is it a redington path?
I am looking at App State as a possible college choice, are there a lot of good trout streams not too far from the school?
Oh yeah man, there are so many wild streams near by and Tennessee tailwaters are only an hour from boone. I honestly can't imagine going to school anywhere else. If you're in the area swing by Due South Outfitters and they'll give you a little more intel about the area. Good luck with everything.
WildFlyProductions awesome thanks
I wish you would have shown us your fly set-up - looked like some sort of strike indicator or bobber maybe 6-8 ft above the fly - never saw the fly.
what flies are you using? Thanks
Go nzo midges man
Hey, sweet video. I live in charlotte and love to fish. Any good spots?!
+Matthew P thanks man! And the river is filled with good spots, you can't go wrong with Tennessee.
What river is this? Haven’t trout fished in years and am looking to go
It’s literally in the title of the video what river they are fishing 😂
were yall sight fishing these fish?
the section where you can see the road has a lot of brood males. I usually sight fish in that area just because they are stocked and hang out in clusters. At 2:33 you can see exactly what I am talking about
im going fishing there tm, it's gonna be cold and windy not perfect by all means but I'm going to try and hopefully have some luck, any tips?
bw flyfishing fish small bugs man. Usually midges and small eggs work well this time of year.
Alright thanks!
no problem man, good luck!
Thanks, I'm gonna try to make a video with my go pro so watch it when I upload it!
bw flyfishing alrighty man
is that public water?
Jason Derifaj sure is man!
That's incredible water. And you guys were wading that? Wow
Sure are! It's a beautiful river.
Your videos would be much better if you did more than simply hold fish after fish up to the camera. Slow down and discuss patterns, aquatic insect life, gear set-up for a few minutes... and the specifics of the river. Engage the viewer more. IMO
holyworrier i agree! Nice video but more information would make then a keeper! Tight lines guys!!
I go fishing here everyday
Hey WFP. Great Videos. My 16yr kid wants to make fishing videos like yours. What camera and what software do you use for editing them? please reply to wilsdad at gmail. much thanks....Jack