Adventuring in the BackCountry! HIKING & FLY FISHING Washington's Cascade Mountains for Trout!!!

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9 ай бұрын

Here's a great day from a couple weeks back on a river that's become an absolute favorite. This is a Skagit River tributary I explore in the upper reaches, looking for big fish stacking up, before the fall rains and weather comes. Hope you enjoy some interesting country and beautiful wild catch and release trout fly fishing! I sure did! Adventure On!!
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@johnreed4962 4 күн бұрын

Marking the reds is pretty cool. I saw a post of someone criticizing your casting sheesh! any cast that produces a fish is perfect.

@uninananimity 9 ай бұрын

Gotta be in my top faves of your adventures yet. Pure Gus solo in the deep woods, with gear tips, nature lessons, expert log crossings, crystal slow mo + music cues, hockey hair, strong title, beautiful rare fish. Lacks only a bear chase. Your love for this stuff shines in each shot.

@fishandflywithgus 9 ай бұрын

Oh man, that is THE best description summary of a true FGF adventure video as I've heard yet. hahaha! Excellent feedback. Glad you liked it. It's a truly magical area and the section of water I found is hardly visited. Just Wow, right?! Blessed day indeed. "I am pleased." haha! =)

@-ash-2630 2 ай бұрын

@@fishandflywithgusI’m not expecting a reply but I would like to visit that area sometime this year, are most of the tributaries good fishing about the time of year this video was put up?

@nestorlinwood3386 Ай бұрын

Awesome video!! No extra bs like adds an stuff, just strait nature 💯🙌🏽

@fishandflywithgus Ай бұрын

Absolutely!!

@brienkirby744 22 күн бұрын

🎉 This is a great KZfaq video of fly fishing I like that it's happy and upbeat

@fishandflywithgus 17 күн бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it!

@Irideus 20 күн бұрын

Loved this one!

@fishandflywithgus 17 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching. So glad you enjoyed it!

@chuckmorgan3049 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing this amazing place and beautiful wild fish! Makes me want to get back up in those remote locations, amazing country and we're so lucky to have these areas to explore and fish!

@fishandflywithgus 9 ай бұрын

Absolutely Chuck! We're spoiled and most folks never take advantage of getting deep in the wild and seeing what's all there. Love it!

@anubis3529 22 күн бұрын

Started watching this cuz I wanted to find some spots for back country fishing and I hear my all time favorite band will definitely be watching more of your videos

@fishandflywithgus 17 күн бұрын

Haha! Glad I'm not the only one =). And more good soundtracks coming...

@bradyward6345 9 ай бұрын

Ohhh man! Gorgeous scenery & fishing! Wow! If only the rain came a day or two before. Haha

@catherineflanagan1587 9 ай бұрын

Your spoilling me with such beautiful colours gus .thankyou 🦋

@fishandflywithgus 9 ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊

@imagingconcepts 3 ай бұрын

Great job by the way, amazing scenery, beautiful fish and excellent choice in music!

@fishandflywithgus 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!! means a lot. I hope to do more backcountry trout hunting videos like these in the future...

@Nutty8114 9 ай бұрын

Awesome video 👍

@fishandflywithgus 9 ай бұрын

Thank you Nutty! So glad you enjoyed it!

@PNWFSHR 9 ай бұрын

That is some beautiful water up there Joel!

@fishandflywithgus 9 ай бұрын

isn't it though?! Pretty special (upper) Skagit River tributary... Thanks for your comment!

@tbutowicz 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for mentioning what river drainage you a fishing. I appreciate not mentioning the specific spot to keep any pressure lower, it's just really helpful to have a basic idea of where someone is filming. Great to see so many big bull trout BTW! Like StickFigure too!

@fishandflywithgus 3 ай бұрын

This is the Skagit drainage. There's tributaries on tributaries with fish like this. Interestingly some of these tributaries now allow retention of bull trout 20" and larger. Populations of bull trout on the Skagit seem to have returned and boy do they love that cold water higher up in the late summer and fall. Does this help? Thanks for keeping mindful about disclosure. These waters are very special to me and I intend to see them maintain the low pressure...

@bendabney308 Ай бұрын

@@fishandflywithgusmy favorite spot I’ve fished yet is a skagit tributary. Beautiful but also so so fun and remote.

@Dream-season 2 ай бұрын

Sweet vid!

@fishandflywithgus Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@SledorFish 9 ай бұрын

Beautiful country up there. I concentrate so much on salmon in the summer and steelhead fall/winter/spring I have never made it up to those areas. Maybe some day...

@fishandflywithgus 9 ай бұрын

It really is! Been smashing the coho lately? I'm seeing lots of reports right now. Gotta go get me some soon...

@SledorFish 9 ай бұрын

@@fishandflywithgus I have been targeting cutthroat on the big "S" river. No coho yet but we are seeing them all over. Might try to target them but I have a hard time leaving the cutthroat alone. They aren't big but it is so much fun to watch the takes and my nephew is having a blast chasing them. Hopefully we will find some rogue coho willing to come to the surface.

@shad3128 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful man, about to take a job out in seattle. Been a long time fly fisher so looking forward to exploring new waters

@fishandflywithgus 3 ай бұрын

Right on! Send me a note sometime and perhaps we can send a fly. My style is more remote/backcountry stream born trout, like these bulls and lots of west slope cutthroat fishing surrounding N Idaho, etc. This life is so fun when you've got days on days to explore and fish the best of the best. Hard to beat these areas for all around beauty and quality trout/salmon...

@shad3128 Ай бұрын

@@fishandflywithgusfor sure! Even out in NJ im kind of the same. I fish smaller and quieter areas for brookies and browns and stuff. We certainly dont have the geography of the PNW at all but for the appalachians, we have some beautiful pocket water and gorges and some nice fish. I ended up renegotiating out here (for now) but will still keep you on tab if I head out that way for a weekend and bring my gear :)

@joshfry4991 13 күн бұрын

9# test on a fly rod? Not a tapered leader?

@fishandflywithgus 10 күн бұрын

Tapered is always ideal if available. Sometimes you make your own tapered leaders too.

@BilboSandbaggins 2 ай бұрын

Are those rainbow wild? This is an awesome video

@eugeniosignorelli7308 2 ай бұрын

Rainbows and dollys are wild in this area of the Cascades and are both anadromus fish. The rainbows here are possibly baby steelhead altought most NC rivers have resident population that doesn't migrate to salt water.

@BilboSandbaggins 2 ай бұрын

Did not know that! Thank you for the reply

@FlytechyJoel Ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@carsonqualls8758 Ай бұрын

8:50 “where they ayyy there legs” 😭 had to make sure I heard that one right

@fishandflywithgus 17 күн бұрын

haha! Somebody's gotta ayyy em'!

@imagingconcepts 3 ай бұрын

Pick yourself up a Garmin inReach for those off-grid adventures. They work really well for letting your friends and family know that you are safe. I have never had to push the “button” but I use it all the time to send messages and location information to my wife. They also offer 100k “rescue insurance” for only $40 a year which is bargain, considering a rescue hilo runs about 60k!

@fishandflywithgus 3 ай бұрын

That is fantastic advice! Have the Garmin InReach just need to activate the subscription!

@strokesnojokes1010 3 ай бұрын

Gus, this video is awesome. I gotta know, is this above the Sauk river? Is it below Diablo lake?

@fishandflywithgus 3 ай бұрын

You are correct. This is very special water high up. This is a S***** River tributary above the Sauk and below Diablo. The water quality and fish health is as beautiful as anything I've ever seen in Western Washington.

@eugeniosignorelli7308 2 ай бұрын

Amazing video and amazing fish! I fished up that spot during late summer early spring of last year but I hadn't had anything larger than a 15". What's the streamer you've tied in the second portion of the video? Is that some sort of sex dungeon? Thank you again for keeping this spot secret 🙏🙏

@fishandflywithgus Ай бұрын

Thank you! Incredible river in the late summer fall. Try again in September and see what happens. If you want a fishing buddy I'd be down to explore it with a friend possibly. Other sections lower are just as good I feel. Yes, dungeon variations. Those fish would eat just about anything!

@TheFishingCrane Ай бұрын

How do you find your trails? Do you use a certain app?

@fishandflywithgus Ай бұрын

Honestly I'm looking at maps and Google maps and following blue lines. I know Trout Routes is a cool app but I'm not using it (yet).

@christophercarolla1061 Ай бұрын

what kind of canoe is max running???

@fishandflywithgus 17 күн бұрын

A hollow one!!!

@tylerfish6206 11 күн бұрын

Put your elbow in you side, it does not leave that position and use your wrist, your casting is cringe. But you seem to be doing fine catching fish.

@grifftown4204 Ай бұрын

Not casting to spawning fish is sacrilege to bass fishermen.

@fishandflywithgus Ай бұрын

Definitely not casting to spawning fish. They're pre-spawn. They're spread out and I couldn't see reds if I tried with the murky off-color water. Thanks for watching.