DRY FLY FISHING the Driftless - Finally get a dry fly bite (day 4)

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3 жыл бұрын

It's day 4 and FINALLY, I'm DRY FLY FISHING the Driftless! The day starts at a pretty public area which I figured wouldn't be too busy since it was mid-week. However, I didn't realize the stocking truck was also visiting this stream. Not wanting to fish behind the recently stocked trout, I decided to try another new stream. It was way beyond my expectations. The day was simply incredible. Lots of fish taken on nymphs but after a one eats my indicator two times I tie on a never sink style caddis and find multiple fish willing to eat dries. Definitely was a great day of fishing that I'll never forget. See more from this series below and more destinations, NM, CO, WY on my channel!
Gear: Orvis Superfine Carbon 7.5' 3wt
Orvis Battenkill II reel
Orvis Pro Textured fly line
Dorsey yarn indicator Nymph -BH nymph shown in my community tab
Dry - Never sink style caddis
Day 1: Fly Fishing the Driftless Region - • Fly Fishing the Driftl...
Day 2: Fly Fishing a small stream - • Fly Fishing a Small St...
Day 3: Exploring a new stream - • Fly Fishing the Driftl...
Day 5: Nymphing up wild browns in stained water - • Nymphing up Wild Brown...
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@OverlandPNW 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely agree that there is nothing like catching with a dry fly !

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

One of the most fun ways to catch anything!

@bogdang5950 3 жыл бұрын

This video makes me remember why I love catching them with dryes. Nice one, Sir!

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta love a good dry fly day! Wish I had gone earlier in the year and could do it all day!

@supabakezoid5643 3 жыл бұрын

Bovine approved! 12:43. Trout fishing in a cow filled pasture is a trademark of the Driftless.

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, you really haven't had a true driftless experiences until you've been serenaded by the cows!

@shawnbaird2015 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah same with alot of places in sd and the horns and most places in Idaho too... Bovin madness... Ishhh love steak but hate dealing with cows fishing

@swhedge71 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome day of fly fishing Drew. Loved how you changed things up with different flies! You amaze me with your skills and ability to catch fish "on the fly"! Appreciate you and your channel! Hope you enjoyed those beers, you earned them! Cheers!

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the good vibes! I need an excuse for tying way more flies than I could ever use lol! I always enjoy the beer!

@MrBlode1 3 жыл бұрын

This is the fishing equivalent of a chef saying "'Rustic"'. Love it 😎

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, the empty the fridge we're going on vacation meal!

@MrBlode1 3 жыл бұрын

@@LooknFishy Wild, natural, tasty! 😁

@JKonstanzer 3 жыл бұрын

The great clips just keep coming. Thx for spooling up this one. The creek looked like it was teaming with nice fish all the time.

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Was such a great surprise! You know it was good day when you leave rising fish lol!

@stephenbrody2717 3 жыл бұрын

Classic Drew “ catch some stalkers and fight the crowds”. No not really. Ha ha ha. Cool that you always have a plan B and a C for all of your trips. Dry’s are where it is at. But I will admit to my share of chuck and duck rigs on the water. Thanks another cool video. I will be going up there in next few weeks life permitting.

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, I never know what will come out of my mouth when the camera comes on! Luckily, most of the time I talk too fast to be understood!

@robperry9065 3 жыл бұрын

Hopefully this time you found some local brew. You deserve it! Love it when it the universe forces to me to go nowhere and I end up somewhere. Keep up the great work! Tight lines!

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, no...I bought a 12pack of the goose...finishing the last 2 tonight lol! Why fight the universe, just go with it and be positive lol!

@cheezhead6007 2 жыл бұрын

I usually bring back a few cases a spotted cow. In Soldier's Grove Driftless brewery is only open on the weekends(fri and sat) and the restaurant bar next door keeps it on Tap and you won't find better food There's also a campground in town with showers last time I camped there it was was only 7 Bucks a night & every Stream in Crawford County has trout

@DonohoeDSc 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! I was going to put a 6 hour drive in front of me tomorrow at 3am to head to Erie, PA for Steelhead...it could be a bust due to low water in the tributaries. Instead, after watching this, going to cut trip in half and fish the Yough River with dry flies.

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good time either way!

@darrenmackenzie1645 2 жыл бұрын

That’s one of the things I like about you. Just free style it and just make the plan up as you go. Keeping it simple , not over thinking it.

@LooknFishy 2 жыл бұрын

Try my best to keep it simple...it's just fishing and the fish haven't changed much!

@martybraga4832 3 жыл бұрын

That looks amazingly fun! Cheers! 🤘

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Was for sure, a great day!

@shawnbaird2015 3 жыл бұрын

Believe me i get being burnt out traveling...even if in a perfect spot.. Nice to hear the honesty from you!

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

No doubt, it can be a grind but so rewarding which I'm sure you're aware!

@garylee190 3 жыл бұрын

Another enjoyable video. Thanks for sharing!

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to do it!

@Callaweginflyfishing Жыл бұрын

I don't mind stocked trout and I love dry flies. Great video, Thanks.

@jonclay1563 3 жыл бұрын

For a stream you never fished you crushed it. Great to see some dry fly action. Love it, enjoy your fishing.

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Was definitely a fun day and added a new stream to the list of, must stop and fish when I'm close lol!

@davidclements7696 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting! Never have been to the driftless...thinking I'll go in the spring

@justal4844 2 жыл бұрын

REALLY impressive reaction / hook sets while nymphing. Well done !

@LooknFishy 2 жыл бұрын

Thx dude!

@shawnbergman6558 3 жыл бұрын

There are some epic dry fly hatches here in Montana. You have the Trico hatch on the beaverhead and the salmon fly hatch on the yellow Stone. On the southfork of the flathead near my house the Caddis hatches in late August as well as the hoppers catch 20 inch cutthroat especially the closer you get or the deeper you get in to the Bob.

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds incredible...makes me want to move!

@marklamude2355 3 жыл бұрын

Always good to stop and take stock of things, consolidate, have a beer! new plan!

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely, if it's not fun...you're doing it wrong lol!

@marklamude2355 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, another cool session.

@shawnbergman6558 3 жыл бұрын

Your hook set is so precise

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Fortunate to get lots of practice lol!

@alexlaakmann4553 3 жыл бұрын

Nice vid! Happy to be your first comment.

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, right on dude!

@cheezhead6007 2 жыл бұрын

Cows have ran me off good fishing a couple times

@wenboli5349 3 жыл бұрын

The first access is just like the bishop branch in Viroqua

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Will have to confirm it myself next time I'm up there lol!

@lenzflyfishing 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, love it. Wondering, were you using a single nymph? If you ever drift 2 nymphs, do you use a triple surgeons knot or do you tie directly to the bend of the hook. Thanks!

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Started with 2, but they were locked on the top so I cut the other. I have a few ways of dropping a 2nd fly. If I'm using same size tippet I use a palomar and drop with the tag end (got a vid on this in my tips playlist). I try to go thru the eye to keep the 2nd fly from pulling the top and foul hooking fish...but when I do go off the bend, improved clinch.

@thomastero4662 3 жыл бұрын

great videos. Any ticks around there?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

In the past for sure, not so much this trip!

@TheBigFishEnergy 3 жыл бұрын

Great video brother! Did you custom make that gopro mount on your hat?! Was wondering how you get that great angle. How does that work!?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u. It's really the internals of an action hat. The hat fell apart but the mount works on any hat. The gopro attaches with a thumb screw...set it to the view and tighten. That simple!

@TheBigFishEnergy 3 жыл бұрын

@@LooknFishy awesome man, love it.

@j.knutson3486 3 жыл бұрын

Drew smellin fishy!

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, and I was only there for a week...can smell much worse!

@calebrowe7591 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid man. Hey by the way, how do you get your film so stable? Is it all the go pro, or do you stabilize it in editing?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

The gopro has some stabilization built in. I don't do anything but cut the clips, maybe add some brightness to the talking head parts bc they are usually early or late and the lighting isn't great. Pretty much use the gopro as a grab and go camera...been really impressed with it.

@michaelaldrich8994 2 жыл бұрын

What sort of maps do you use to locate your streams? I used to use the Delorme book when I lived in New Hampshire.

@gerbenheijdt2048 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video again👍 witch Rod are you fishing with

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Thank u much. Orvis superfine carbon 7.5ft 3wt

@williamwojcieszek4320 3 жыл бұрын

At one point in the video you kind of do this multiple circle cast, is that to get line out before the actual cast?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely do that if I'm working with limited room but here I was cleaning off my flies and then putting them back in the water.

@SithLord_66_80 3 жыл бұрын

On a stream such as this, what size tippet are you typically using?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

4x...only had to go down to 5x on the first day b/c of the gen clear water.

@mattdoesflyfishing 3 жыл бұрын

Great video like always. I am super lucky that where I live, upstream dry fly is the standard. What is the challenge around catching fish off the surface? Do they just not rise readily or is there just an absence of insect life that hatches on the surface? Second question, In stocked streams like this, what is the ration of wild to stocked fish?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So they take dries way more when they're more bugs hatching...it can be crazy in spring and summer. But it was late in the season and while some will rise, definitely have more success nymphing. To give you an idea, completely unscientific, I caught maybe 10 browns and probably 30ish bows. But each stream is different, the next Day 5...I caught nearly as many browns! Alot of these streams are in their infancy of development (easements with property owners). And the local TU has done a ton of work to establish fisheries and improve habitat! Its been really cool to watch the streams grow from mostly stocked fish to holding some wild fish.

@mattdoesflyfishing 3 жыл бұрын

@@LooknFishy Good there is an effort being made to make stream fishing more accessible. That is something we don't have. Keep the vids coming!

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Will do!

@billk8579 3 жыл бұрын

Do you fish with barbless hooks on the fly? Recently fished some small ponds in South Dakota. It was sometimes difficult to remove the fly and a couple of fish could not be revived no matter how hard I tried. Any advice. New to fly fishing and always release the trout.

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I always fish barbless flies for that reason. It's definitely easier on the fish. Highly recommend pinching the barbs!

@billk8579 3 жыл бұрын

@@LooknFishy Thanks Drew will definitely do this in the future. With the fly almost always catch them in the lip. May lose a few fish with barbless but that is OK.

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

@@billk8579 I don't lose many fish...most of the time I can point out why...slow set, slack or the fish got below me.

@shawnbaird2015 3 жыл бұрын

Have you done any Black Hills editions?? Black hills are awesome for small water big fish

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Not yet but looking at it for this year. Drove through last year but it was late summer and to low to fish.

@Abandoned_Brane 3 жыл бұрын

I avoid streams where stocking is still going on.

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, where I live stocked rainbows are easy meals for giant browns! Plus in AR, we have very few wild trout waters...so stocking is a way of life!

@elisjournal4435 3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Too people-ized

@samsonreeves9790 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I love the videos. I want to catch some grass carp out of a little pond and I've tried a parachute Adam's and a little streamer and they went around the streamer and didnt care for the dry fly. How do I catch them?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

If you haven't checked out my how to catch grass carp videos, they might help. Also the ant pattern in my last grass carp pattern has been the fly of choice all summer. I show it near the end of that video. But in general, they are super frustrating...I would have more weekly videos with them if they were easy to fool lol!

@samsonreeves9790 3 жыл бұрын

@@LooknFishy thanks that's great info! I'll try to get my hands on a fly similar to that pattern.

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Got another one in my tying vids that has helped several people from different areas catch a few. You can let it sit on the surface like a dry or swim it slowly and at times they'll chase it down.

@samsonreeves9790 3 жыл бұрын

@@LooknFishy great! Just one more question. Is there any carp species that cannot be caught on the fly?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

@@samsonreeves9790 not a clue man, but I'm sure if there are, someone will figure it out...they gotta eat!

@hillbillysportsman5818 3 жыл бұрын

I would rather catch one on a dry than 2 on a nymph.👍

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, you live on the bold side for sure!

@elisjournal4435 3 жыл бұрын

Dry or Die for the win!

@shawnbergman6558 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing a fish rise to a may fly or a Caddis pattern is exactly what sperates fly fishing from everything else.

@brittonwhiting4900 3 жыл бұрын

Gotta be iowa due to stocking rainbows, right?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely wouldn't be the worst guess lol!

@hap5121 2 жыл бұрын

Can you please list the streams you fished on this trip ?

@LooknFishy 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, would be catastrophic to these gems!

@leetreado3801 3 жыл бұрын

Where will you need to go to try for record size species?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to head to NZ but since I'm still deciding between my wife's mini van and my truck for gas savings...guessing it's not in my future lol! Unless, some lodge wants to host me in return for some shakey pov footage lol!

@leetreado3801 3 жыл бұрын

@@LooknFishy Your videos are great. Need to have Orvis or some other folks pick up the tab. I wouldn't mind a little promotion in your vids. Like to see you on some big ones. How about the Northwest?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

@@leetreado3801 Appreciate it man, need to go check my spam folder lol! Lots of places on my ever growing list of places I must fish but that area would be a good time!

@flyfishdad801 3 жыл бұрын

Favorite time to fish, the morning bite or evening?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

There's no bad time to fish lol!

@michaelaldrich8994 3 жыл бұрын

Would love to know how many hours of fishing you did.

@LooknFishy 2 жыл бұрын

Haha...never putting that in writing. But not enough for sure!

@michaelaldrich8994 2 жыл бұрын

@@LooknFishy You can just tell me.

@brianmoeller6839 3 жыл бұрын

Is this Iowa?

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely wasn't hiding where I ended up on this day!

@colechuman9966 3 жыл бұрын

No..., it's Heaven...

@DersABigBuck 3 жыл бұрын

I hate to be this guy but could you please message me for a heads up on this place. I'm from Wisconsin and new to fly fishing and my internet research has got me no where...

@LooknFishy 3 жыл бұрын

Head over to the Driftless Angler in Virqua and talk to them. Super friendly and will help you get started...they know the area way better than I do.

@DersABigBuck 3 жыл бұрын

@@LooknFishy Thank you very much Sir. Best of luck on the next trip!