Apache Trout: Isolated in Paradise | Natural Splendor & Wild Trout

Apache Trout: Isolated in Paradise | Natural Splendor & Wild Trout | Fly Fishing Arizona

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Жыл бұрын

The flash of orange and yellow aspen are the tell tale sign that Father Winter is clawing his way south for the season and that icy grip is only a few sunsets away. Dwindling days crank up the urgency levels for the outdoorsman and quarry alike, be it the bugling elk or rising trout. The breathing collective buckles down to make the last bundles of hay while the sun is shining. For my first time, fall in the White mountains was like nothing I’ve ever experienced. If you let the changing shades of the diverse topography control your gaze, you will no doubt be surprised by a thunder bound sucker punch waiting just over the ridge. This shoulder will throw every season your direction, and in 15 minutes it will all change again. Prepare to shiver, and sweat, burn from the sun, and get soaked in the rain.
But don’t let that dissuade.. if Colorado was a cinnamon roll, someone stole the center and plopped it down in this desert state. The fishy icing on top would be the opportunity to hold one of the worlds rarest species of trout.. Folks this is going to be a few days fly fishing Arizona.
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Reference:
2:00 - Who is Jack?
4:00 - Dinner & Elk
10:00 - Smitty WerbenJagerManJensen
14:15 - Now that's an Apache Trout
16:00 - History Lesson
24:30 - Stocked Apache Trout
29:00 - Second Spot
36:00 - Rain Rain GTFO
46:00 - Damn thats a big Trout

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@BourbonNBoardgaming Ай бұрын

The stream you're fishing is one of my favorites to hit in the fall. I miss the midwest falls and this little stream scratches the fall itch. Good job lads!

@kevmet16 Ай бұрын

Great video and awesome commentary. My dad and I just fished spot number one. Though we and up empty handed a great time was still had.

@wvanglerdotcom Жыл бұрын

Camped in that same spot, awesome falling asleep listening to the Elk bugle. Enjoyed exploring those waters and the white mountains, special place. Enjoyed watching this. Have a special place in my heart for Apache Trout

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

How could you not! They’re so amazing! Definitely a memorable adventure

@jarretc6497 Жыл бұрын

I miss the White Mountains of AZ. That is where I was born and raised. Some of the most beautiful country there is. Great video!

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@ryan89870 Жыл бұрын

Being an Arizona native and fly fisher myself, I can say that you did an excellent job on this film!

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Ryan!

@scottrick5190 Жыл бұрын

Great video Mike, one of your best!

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

SCOTT!! That means a lot thank you so much

@loricollins3163 Жыл бұрын

Cool adventure! Thanks for taking us along.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Lori!

@richardreid3572 Жыл бұрын

After a full day of fishing, and then coming home and watching your video fulfill this day!

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

That’s phenomenal! Hope you enjoyed it Richard!

@richardreid3572 Жыл бұрын

@@FLYALLSZN I absolutely did enjoy it! Awesome footage of your adventure!

@mikeeckenrodt4762 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Thanks for taking us on your adventure! Loved it 🎣

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Mike!

@jeffcaganich1101 Жыл бұрын

It’s awesome to finally see you chasing Apaches in AZ. The whites are my old stomping grounds.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Had an absolute blast!

@TylerEmmel Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing another great video and adding a new fish species to my bucket list!

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Of course! So glad you enjoyed it Tyler!

@robgrubb420 Жыл бұрын

it begins again love to see it

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you rob!

@barryhandahl8965 Жыл бұрын

Sweet video! Beautiful scenery and variety of trout!

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Barry!

@shantezdazen6752 2 ай бұрын

Dope video. Welcome to the Rez

@LanceElCamino7981 Ай бұрын

Nice work. Great video work and very good narration!

@edreurink6717 Жыл бұрын

Love your work! Fun and informative.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ed!

@9724470741 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Another payoff for an anticipated vid. Great job Mike.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Tom!

@j0nmurill0 Жыл бұрын

Another banger as expected 🔥 👏🏻

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@user-su7yz8wx9d 10 ай бұрын

Your shows have me addicted on lazy days!!! Thanks much!!!

@backcountryskinz Жыл бұрын

Always a pleasure to watch 👊

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! Skinz saved my ass in the rain!

@oldsmugglerflyfishing Жыл бұрын

Fantastic adventure!

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

It was so much fun!!

@caleshtcincredibles 2 ай бұрын

Well done !

@stephenp106 Жыл бұрын

Another great video, Mike. I also enjoyed the education on Apache Trout. Be safe. steve

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much steve!

@Callaweginflyfishing Жыл бұрын

Mike, good video. Interesting talk about the Apache Trout history. Keep up the good work.

@c.mccrazy4891 Жыл бұрын

Awesome video 🤙🏾

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@5Placas Жыл бұрын

Another great video. Now gotta add an Apache trout to my bucket list!

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you Philip!! They’re super fun!

@markmills1163 10 ай бұрын

You are a gifted storyteller and it’s makes the videography so much more enjoyable. Well done!

@Daniel-td1ou Жыл бұрын

Thanks again for the adventure. I plan on doing an Apache, Gila trout trip sometime in the next year or so. I always like watching these videos as inspiration and as part of my planning process.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it Daniel! Thank you for the support

@LittleElkTV Жыл бұрын

Let’s go baby. 🎣

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy!!

@SoloSchmitty Жыл бұрын

Nice vid man! I enjoy chasing the alpine fish as well and Rock Chalk!

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Rock chalk!!

@bigskyoutdoors4232 Жыл бұрын

Love fishing Arizona. I got to fish a little bit last year in Arizona, and it was awesome I’m going back this summer can’t wait. I hope you can get out to Montana one of these days.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

I may be making my way out to big sky country sooner rather than later!

@hgj2019 Жыл бұрын

I ALWAYS spent almost as much time gathering litter on that stream as I did fishing, especially gathering casually discarded treble hooks near the parking area. Still managed to catch and release more than a few Apache trout. I must also admit that I never realized there was so much beautiful water upstream of the beaver pond. Maybe one day I’ll be able to get back out there. Do remember that there are certain areas in the reservation where you MUST have a tribal affiliation or be accompanied by a tribal member just to be in the area. THANKS for bringing back some great memories.

@gtoutdoorexcursions2938 Жыл бұрын

What's really cool to see is that there are relatives in nearly every watershed coming in along the mexican coast from the Gulf of California down to southern mexico found in the mountain and jungle streams of mexico. Supposedly more trout diversity than just about anywhere because all these trout are in isolated watersheds from each other. The apache and gila being the most northern relatives of these. Check out truchas mexicanas, there are maybe 10-12 or more confirmed relatives. Pretty Amazing we get to partake in catching some of the relatives!

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

That has fascinated me for years now! A dream of mine would be to tag along with a group of biologists and document it all!

@hankremer6606 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you hank!

@darrelbaillie7829 Жыл бұрын

Never caught a brown trout before 😢. Such beautiful colours and seen some nice sizes on KZfaq. My next bucket list fish 😂

@Skfoster64 11 ай бұрын

I used to hunt in the area quite a bit. I'm nearly certain that your campsite is the same we used to use - a side road off of the road to Diamond Rock campground! The last time I was there was several years ago after a major fire. If it is the same place, it looks like it has recovered nicely! Great video!

@TheBabadush Жыл бұрын

I feel you on the thunderstorms

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Not something to mess around with!!

@johnlear7716 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your video's. I live in Colorado Springs, Co. and the other day I walked in a local fly shop and they had Your video playing. I was very impressed. You have great content keep it up. You are going on trips what most of us dream of doing, thanks

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

You gotta be kidding me John! That’s so cool! Thank you for reaching out!

@Artificial_Fishing Жыл бұрын

This is a sick video! I gotta find this place

@feldwebel7734 9 ай бұрын

good vid

@jeffreyriedenauer651 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy the White Mountains as well as your story telling abilities Mike. Fished the Black River in the spring right as Covid hit. A massive blizzard made the river cold and mucky and impassable in most spots. I couldn’t even get to the Fort Apache area because all reservation land was closed off, no permits were being sold, not even to natives. Do plan on returning under better conditions, for I still haven’t caught my first native Apache trout.

@ianjones6910 Жыл бұрын

Definitely one of my bucket list species, along with Gila Trout. I wanted to bag both last summer, but the gas prices scared me off. Driving out West is double the distance to the Smokies for me, coming from Louisiana. Maybe this year I'll make it happen - I've already done the online research.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

They sure are an amazing species to chase!

@jeremiahhedeen3879 Жыл бұрын

I really love catching giant browns on the truckee River in NV and CA, I know they are not native but they are the giants we all look to catch on that fishery I would be sad to see them go away!

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Not saying there is a right or wrong! A lot of the mess that has been made kind of just is what it is at this point..

@jeremiahhedeen3879 Жыл бұрын

@FLY ALL SZN absolutely, it's just so sad that a fish that was introduced to a system 200yrs ago can be said to be non native but a biologist that is 30yrs can say they are, if a fish thrives and survives for that long who is to say its not native, it's a very tricky topic forsure

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

@@jeremiahhedeen3879 Well on a very technical sense Browns and rainbows are non native.. because on the grand scale.. they have only been around for 200 years vs 100k years like their Gila and Apache counterparts..

@woodworking878 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the video. I love catching Apache trout in the Black River. I am, however, moving in a couple weeks from Arizona to West Plains MO. Hope to see you at Eleven Points sometime. Thanks for the videos and keep them coming.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

The eleven has some amazing fishing too!! I may be a bit biased.. but I love Missouri waters so much

@ThoricAuthority Жыл бұрын

Finally!!!

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy!!

@BoldCreationsRL Жыл бұрын

Another sick video! Need you to come up to Maine some day for monster native brookies

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you Ryan!! I’ve heard great things about Maine!

@user-ss1kk1iu8q Жыл бұрын

good man

@soylittle Жыл бұрын

Looks like an amazing adventure! What’s your favorite rod set up for these AZ waters?

@chrisgarretson3783 Жыл бұрын

Mike,glad you made a trip to NE Arizona to fly fish the white mnts. I live in Phoenix and that's one of my fav places to hit . I have done those streams you and Jack hit ,fyi late spring is a good time to come bk. Thx for sharing the video. Be safe Chris Garretson

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Chris! Funny you say that, I am making my way back soon!

@fishingthedriftless4063 Жыл бұрын

Great video and crazy how good Jack is at fly fishing. I live in the driftless area of Iowa. I was wondering if you are planning on doing future driftless area videos. Thanks for all the quality content. -Riley Berns

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

I spent all of March in Iowa! I have quite a bit of driftless content to follow

@red030907 Жыл бұрын

Great cut at 21:25 love it

@davidgalemusic7447 Жыл бұрын

Nice narration! I've done a lot of fishing in those areas. What's the main way you can tell a native Apache from a stocked Apace?

@upinthealpine_ Жыл бұрын

Every time I fish with jack he never wears waders 😂 Someone get jack some waders for his birthday 😂 41:30

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

If it works it works!

@upinthealpine_ Жыл бұрын

@@FLYALLSZN true true man just likes being cold 😂

@desertfly1518 Жыл бұрын

Bro it’s Arizona! It’s cold 2 months of the year. You just gotta buck it up for that long hahaha

@upinthealpine_ Жыл бұрын

@@desertfly1518 😂😂 idk man there’s been a couple times when we’ve fished and I really wish I had some waders 😂

@upinthealpine_ Жыл бұрын

@@desertfly1518 especially elk bugling season at the forky 👀🥶😂

@johnconklin5180 Жыл бұрын

Dots pretzels and PB? Where is the jelly man? c’mon! No justice.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Jelly would be too sweet! Gotta keep it savory haha

@tylercompton9761 Жыл бұрын

in one of your videos, you should show us how you cast and strip streamers in small creeks/😁

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Howdy Tyler! I dont know if there is much more to show than what you saw here.. but I will most certainly keep that in mind!

@Adventures_of_ASJ Жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I'm going out there mid May and have done so much research about the streams and locations, I'm starting to feel like I may have already hyped up the expectation in my head. Any tips you'd be willing to share on targeting the elusive native Apache?

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

They aren’t that elusive if you put your fly in the right spot! My advice would be to keep moving!

@wvanglerdotcom Жыл бұрын

Like he said cover water. May should be good conditions before monsoon season hits in AZ so you should be in great shape!

@classiclobbyz5477 Жыл бұрын

I like the narration, amazing video! What month was this in?

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This was October!

@barns.flydrift Жыл бұрын

wish jack still made YT videos

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

I agree!!

@darrelbaillie7829 Жыл бұрын

Hi there Mike. Great video as usual, and nice to meet Jack. Was just curious- are you using fibreglass or composite rods? More the colours, that have got me asking! Always great to share your adventures, and I always get the impression you like sharing stories. Do you write books?

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you Darrel! I don't write books (yet)

@jakemartin1999 Жыл бұрын

When did you guys fish there? Was in recently or is this older footage? I absolutely love the film by the way, keep it up 🤙🎣

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

This was filmed in October!

@johnnylee610 19 күн бұрын

I'm loving your videos, but where's the funny stuff, the bloopers

@calvincharley4033 Жыл бұрын

You should look into Christmas tree lake on the fort apache reservation next time you're in Arizona.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

I’ve heard of big stocked Apache on Christmas tree!

@calvincharley4033 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, they are! Catch and release also. Some of the lakes on the reservation hold big browns too

@morethanflies Жыл бұрын

What do you think is the best cheap 3 wt rod

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

The best cheap rod is the best cheap rod you can find. Brand doesn’t matter. Look for used rods (they’ll be just as good) save your money and buy nice line

@Benk-d3f Жыл бұрын

where is that meadow stream ?

@rickgoodwin6765 Жыл бұрын

I cannot agree more with you when it comes to muddying the waters with hatchery fish. Technically they are an invasive species. Am I rright? Unfortunately people want a fix right now not 40 or 50 years down the road. Love your videos.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Rick! I honestly think it would take less than 20 years to see some radical changes

@pamelayamane1935 11 ай бұрын

Mike, I enjoy your videos, but I'm a little disappointed in your comments regarding hatchery stocked trout. It's well known that many (if not most) trout fisheries in NA would not exist without hatchery supplemented stockings. In particularly, Apache trout would have slipped into extinction decades ago if not for the work of the Apache tribes, and state and federal agencies. Hatchery raised pure-strain Apache trout helped secure the future of a viable population in the native range of this once endangered species. These efforts ensured a recovery that eventually led to the opening of several White Mountains streams and lakes to recreational fishing for this beautiful and relatively rare trout. So the next time you hold one of the many beautiful trout we are so fortunate to be able to fish for across the country, consider a thank you to the many federal, state and local agencies that work tirelessly to ensure we all have the opportunity to do so.

@TaterGrabbinBass Жыл бұрын

Arizona is my stomping grounds, from the black river in the east to Tonto Creek I’ve fly fished all over the state since I was 8 or 9 years old and now I’m 43. I’ve caught some of the biggest browns out of the smallest dump buckets where most people wouldn’t even think a fish that big could even be swimming in there. Arizona is underrated for trout fishing and if you have the time and patience to hike back into places most people don’t want to go you can find some absolute slabs and super aggressive browns that will eat a mouse pattern once the sun goes behind the mountains. It can be epic at times. 🤘🏼😎🤘🏼

@FlyandFeather Жыл бұрын

Always such great videos! Stocked critically endangered species for harvest intermixing with wild species? Why do we treat our wild spaces with the care and education of the 1960's. My god that's stupid. Thank you for highlighting that ignorant mismanagement! Check the history of Oregon's Dept of Fish and Wildlife's management of Alvord Cutthroat to see the results of such carelessness- extinction.

@FLYALLSZN Жыл бұрын

I hate to point fingers because I’m not a biologist.. I don’t have a degree therefore I can’t weigh in with legitimacy.. BUT boy howdy it seems to be a backwards ass way of management.