Thanks for watching! Here's the fly tying video I mentioned: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/asqll8p1y96YdaM.html

Love it 💕 Years ago i Came to conclude that fish don't mind about what you learn in fishing books. They're concerned about filling their tummys and if they are actively chasing food and your fly barely resembles what they eat, they will give it a try.

Nice job. I remember your cheap Walmart flies video. I have some military survival fishing kits that have flies and I have been meaning to try them out in my area. GOD Bless you and your families

If Hemingway ("Big Two-Hearted River") could have seen this video, he would weep! All of those beautiful fish (Yellowstone cutthroat, fine-spotted cutthroat, brook trout)! A simple rod with some simple flies! Fifty-five years ago, I wrapped some regular blue cotton sewing thread on a #14 hook and fished with it in Rangeley State Park in South Bog stream, and guess what happened? I caught 7 brook trout--not the size of yours in this video, but respectable little fish. So later I found a pigeon feather and added wings when I made several more of those flies. They do sink fast! I fished with them for several years, and I usually caught fish. Yep, thread works, too.

What a great concept trip! And what a great way to encourage a would-be beginning fly tier. Your adventures are always enjoyable and rewarding!

Thanks Tristan! This video is an excellent testimonial to the traditional tenkara “one fly” philosophy, emphasizing placement and presentation of the fly as being far more important than matching the hatch. Great finishing brookie. And if for no other reason than Cassie’s peace of mind, not to mention my weekly Saturday morning tenkara fix, don’t forget your bear spray next time!

They were attracted to the tag that you leave after tying on the hook. 🤣🤣LOL !!!! 🤣🤣Great Video. Last fish ( Big Brookie) was amazing ! You caught him coming out from the cover of the log / rock to strike. Nice catch Tristan. Love your Adventures. Thank you for taking us along. 😎

Gorgeous water - always fun proving how much of fly fishing is just presentation, rather than the specific fly.

great stream. that last take was monumental. appreciate Tristan.

I remember tying my first fly in 1969. I was 20 years old and had a great interest in fly tying. I didn’t have fly hooks and I didn’t have a vise. I used snelled hooks, took the leaders off and filed down the barbs on the shank. I held the hook in one hand and wrapped sewing thread around the hook, lashing to it some hackle barbells for a tail and then wrapped hackle behind the eye. They caught fish and I mean lots of fish. Most of my flies are much more “sophisticated” these days. But… you don’t need anything fancy to have a productive “fish catcher”. Really enjoy your videos.

The fish caught between the 2:43 and 3:20 time stamp appears to be a bull trout, not a brookie. On video appears to be no pale blue halos with red (sometimes red quite pale anyways) and there is no black spots to be seen. "No black, put it back" is the saying up here in Alberta (catch and release only). The bull trout are a native species up here. Quite the nice find you have there!

Would love to see more shots of you fishing from farther away like at 5:15 in the video. Would help me out a lot with learning.

What a cool idea for a video. Nice job.

Awesome takes!

I agree with the comment asking for more shots like at 5:15. The first person perspective in your videos is awesome but it isn't great for beginners who want to see exactly how to cast and such. Especially when you are pulling in a fish it would be helpful to see a third person perspective

Great video again Tristan. My favorite part was watching that 12" Brookie come out from cover and take your fly!!!

clean drift along the seam with a plausible morsel is often enough to encourage a hungry trout to sample your offering. Thanks for Sharing Tristan.

SWEET. Great vid as usual. Keep up the good work.

A version of Sawyer's killer bug would work well on those lovely streams I think. Perhaps with fine Alpaca wool. Great video Tristan 👍

Thanks for watching! Here's the fly tying video for this fly over on the FlyTyingYarn.com channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/asqll8p1y96YdaM.html

Great experiment and video, as always. I wonder how a Black thread fly would have done against the others. But we sure can’t argue with how the Olive pattern did…Karl.

Bugs like that, should do fine, I suspect many flies are tied with more embellishments for our benefit because we like them. Frank Sawyer, who was a river keeper in the UK, tied a very similar fly using a beige coloured wool. It is a standard Grayling fly in the UK. He also invented the Pheasant Tail nymph, another very simple fly to tie.

What a beautiful brookie at 8:29. Thank you for sharing your adventures with everyone.

This is nearly inspiring me to try tying a fly! Brilliant. I guess there’s a time for intricate and precisely tied patterns, but often general form, even being a bit scruffier and just suggestive of a food item, often works best. Having different sizes of these general few patterns is maybe more important than having loads of different flies. Great video and enjoyed the tying video too.

Love the contests you set out for yourself

This was an amazing video. I loved the concept. Thanks for the content.

Greetings from the BIG SKY. Little fish live in little streams. If the little stream has undercut banks, then hold on to the pole and get ready to run.

Cool experiment, rock on

Beautiful place, were those Yellowstone and Snake River Cutthroat like you said in the video? I have never seen both in the same stream.

I've noticed that in Europe, many standard successful patterns tradionally associated with particular streams are far from being 'match the hatch' flies. And, more recently, Euro-nymphing flies are also attractor patterns. And if you put a bead head on a 'match the hatch' nymph--it clearly does no longer resemble the hatch! Not that matching the hatch does not matter! I have seen rainbows rhythmically rising to flies too small to identify in the noon day sun --brushing past fat juicy worms to the utter frustration of worm dunkers! I think those small creeks seldom see massive hatches and the trout are accustomed to a more varied diet.

Worked like a charm. I guess hungry fish don't care much. Come to think of it, when I'm hungry enough...

Flies similar to the killer bug which was an old famous pattern, tied with your yarns would do well, and would not sink so quickly

Great video that clearly demonstrates the concept of simplicity that tenkara embraces. Having said that, do you have a favorite pattern to fish?

A worthy motto " keep it simple " 👍

The Rhodo is my Tenkara rod - I love it, even if it's a bit pricey. As for bears - I fish the Smokies, which of course is black bear territory. In some 15 years of fishing there, I had only one encounter, and that was with a cub....until this past year. I was hiking back to my car, near dark, and I took a popular nature trail as a short cut. I got within 75 yards of a bear with no discernable neck - it was huge. It snorted, which was my signal to slowly backtrack and take the long way back to my car. This was near a popular campground, so you have to wonder if that bear was acclimated to humans, and was aggressive.

Awesome video Pretty cool little creek

Tristan, you would be surprised how effective purple, blue, and black can be in a similar fly. Grizzles are certainly not to be trifled with.

PEN-ultimate! Love that! Great test! I’ll have to give it a try😎

I feel that the fly doesn’t matter nearly as much when there is little pressure. Patterns become more important the more pressure is on the stream you’re fishing. I guess they learn. This is definitely the main reason I prefer small streams that see very few anglers.

You’re proving my point I made a few months ago that the fish couldn’t care less what you toss to them as long as it looks somewhat like food.

Question for you while on the topic of things to be concerned about. Do you have any issues with Ticks out there? I'm from New England and it's a major problem every time going out. To the point where growing up, it used to be using just Off, but now using Permethrin too. So Off for the 'squitos and Perm for the Ticks.

Where did you buy your net? What brand is it? I like it and I've been looking for one with no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. By the way, thanks to your videos, I've taken up tenkara, and I'm absolutely (pun intended) hooked! Fishing Pennsylvania waterways like I never have before!!!!!!!

Man...I'm still trying to get good at fly fishing and then I see this...haha So...do you use a normal tapered leader with tippet or... Man...I don't know if I can afford *another* hobby!! LOL Pretty dang cool tho!!

I wish your videos were closer to the time of release. Its February and all the foliage in this video is green. Should be snowy. I would like to see your fishing and SUV adventures more in real time.

Thank you so much you doing great concept . It was very interesting 😊

nice fish!!!! love the vids

I guessed blue, good video, great stream.

It is my observation that many flies are tied to attract anglers rather than trout.

Reminds me of a killer bug and an oversized Zebra Midge. I knew that purple one wouldn’t last long. What did you think of the Rhodo Tristan?

So does the branch on the first fish get an assist in your fish goal. Haha

fun stuff

Tristan...Are most of your flies on a #12 hook?

Nice one!!!

Very interesting! That’s nice , a creek with stupid fish🤣🤣🤣🤣

Oddly, as I started to watch this video I was wondering if you ever had any bear encounters, or other types like mountain lions.

You did not tie a black or white. Was it because you knew they'd catch without question?

How many channels do you own man?

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Midges??? Yeah they work,tie one with silver wire on the outside!!

I have successfully caught fish on unbaited jig heads before.

need 9MM bro.

Baby fish will bite anything.

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