One of the BEST Creeks to Trout Fish!! (Fly Fishing for Rainbow and Brook Trout)

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4 ай бұрын

FLY FISHING A SMALL CREEK FOR WILD RAINBOW TROUT AND NATIVE BROOK TROUT!
In this video I went fly fishing with my buddy Scott in the wilderness of West Virginia in search of wild trout. This creek is one of the best trout streams in the east coast as far as numbers go, with native brook trout and wild rainbow trout living underneath every rock. These small creek nestled in the Appalachian mountains are something special!
We ended up catching over 70 fish on the day, with our best or coolest catches being featured in this video. The terrain in this area is rugged to say the least, with big waterfalls in abundance. This makes the fishing amazing, but navigating the waterfalls can be treacherous. After this full day of fishing, which ended up being a little over 7.5 miles, I was exhausted. So much so that I never even shot an outdo for the video!
I decided to leave out the music from this video in favor of the more relaxing and natural sounds of nature. I also just wanted to thank everybody for the support on the videos over the last few months. It has been incredible to see so many views on my random little fishing adventures. Thanks for the support.
#flyfishing #fishing #troutfishing #outdoors #nature #relaxing

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@crispete 8 күн бұрын

Beautiful spot!

@caraortega4474 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Really enjoy your videos. I like seeing fish swim away under the surface. Nice! Take care!

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Glad you’re enjoying the videos!

@allentucker6116 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for another great video! One suggestion is to explain the flies you are using and your rod and leader setup. It looks like a euro setup but I am not sure. It would really help a novice like me. Keep the videos coming!

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

I can definitely do that! Thanks for watching!

@robbieallan6522 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video BTW love these little streams holding good size trout.

@michaelsmith7193 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for another wonderful adventure - a pretty amazing stream, to be sure! A most enjoyable video!

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@josephgomes6829 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful stream. No music fishing videos are tops! Really enjoy your videos. Always well done and informative as well as just fun to watch. Thanks!!

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoy the videos!

@johnthefisherman1084 4 ай бұрын

This is a noice video man you always catch a bunch a lot of big beautiful fish and small beautiful fish. Keep up the good work!

@paullatina7413 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful area 👍🏻Love your videos

@tonywalkingstick8883 4 ай бұрын

Love this video. Thank you. And always tight lines. ❤,Tony

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed Tony!

@BryceK60 4 ай бұрын

Awsome video as usual thanks for putting out such awsome vids enjoy them so much. Cant wait to get up in those mountains

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy them!! Thanks for watching

@henryleslievermont6004 4 ай бұрын

Agree, getting to the good spots can be challenging but well worth the hike. Enjoyed 👍

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching!!

@gregorysullivan7913 4 ай бұрын

Love the Brookies!

@michaelgellenoncourt2876 4 ай бұрын

As always awesome video!!! Please continue this simple and yet effective video!!

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

I definitely will! Thanks for watching!

@WildBlueDiscovery 4 ай бұрын

Wow...that was a big beautiful brookie!!!

@hardmanfishing 3 ай бұрын

Yessir! Thanks for watching!

@briljantje9583 4 ай бұрын

Good catch at 2:27. I like your rod, seems pretty well doing.

@mlg2416 4 ай бұрын

this scenery is so beautiful. Makes me miss the East Coast.

@hardmanfishing 3 ай бұрын

The east coast has some incredible gems... thanks for watching!

@grob25 4 ай бұрын

Watching you fish those waters, makes me miss home. North Georgia was a good place to grow up and learn how to hunt and fish.

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

I love north Georgia! Such an awesome place. Thanks for watching

@tonycamplin8607 4 ай бұрын

Another great one with no distracting music, just the sounds of the stream, this approach is so much better, thanks. I've never seen a wild rainbow in the flesh, all of the ones that I have seen have been stocked fish from reservoirs and they're a lot bigger. About 3lbs, in the UK the reservoirs are stocked for fishermen on a put and take basis. Looking forward to the next, for us foreigners it would be nice to know where you were fishing.

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you like the no music videos. I’m fortunate to have lots of wild rainbow fishing here in the east coast of the US! They’re a lot of fun

@mattmeyer935 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video brother!!! It’s always a good day when you release a video!

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@user-uq6nt1ui4t Ай бұрын

Very nice , but definitely throwbacks kind of small

@Vaoutdoorsmen 3 ай бұрын

Awesome Video Brother 🤛 Beautiful Trout

@hardmanfishing 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it

@joshualin3366 4 ай бұрын

wtg!! love those big tails on the stream fish

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Yep, they need them! Thanks for watching

@johnhusted8453 4 ай бұрын

Keep these great videos coming! Were you fishing a dropper rig?

@Flugfiske 4 ай бұрын

Nice 👍

@showmethefishing 3 ай бұрын

nice river~

@cyko_0721 3 ай бұрын

Never tried fly fishing looks fun tho I've caught rainbow trout off marshmallows in lakes but never went after the rod just yet this makes me wanna try it thanks

@DaviekFlyFishing 4 ай бұрын

Great footage as ever, much prefer the no music videos but hey, all good. Tight lines from Scotland.

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed

@FeetFirstFishing 3 ай бұрын

What a creek!! Those hard to get to spots are where its at. What kind of set up line wise do you use on your fly rod for these small streams? I ultralight spin fish small streams/creeks, but have been thinking of branching out. Keep the great videos coming!!

@loydtruss 3 ай бұрын

Another awesome video. I have a few questions: What size point nymph are you using? I assume it has to have some weight to get down in some of those runs. What percentage of the takes do you actually feel, and what percentage do you rely on the sighter? Thanks for sharing

@cookinitmax 4 ай бұрын

I remember fishing this one creek at times a river as a kid beautiful Trout lived there went back many years later the whole place was polluted fish had sores all over them sad it also was a awesome swimming hole too nasty now.

@mikeyrickley9113 4 ай бұрын

Sweet video, that creek you are fishing is beautiful. Just curious are you euro nymphying, also what rod would you suggest?

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Yes I am! And I’m using an Adams, but it’s pretty expensive. I guess it depends on your budget 😂

@bengibson2383 4 ай бұрын

Great video, that’s a beautiful stream with beautiful fish! So my goal this spring is to catch a big brown (20 plus hopefully) I got me some circus peanuts, Cheech leeches, Lazer legals, big and small dungeons, as well as some other nice streamers. I’ve caught trout on dries and euro nymphing but never on a streamer. I need a big brownie in my life. Lol.

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like you’ve got the right flies! Just have to put in the time and figure out where those big fish tend to live in your area! Good luck man!

@daveschlom4033 4 ай бұрын

So enjoyable and evocative for me. Your streams are paradoxical for me. So alike in some ways (plunge pools, runs, lots of overhanging trees with roots popping out on the banks), yet so very different. Your Brook trout are native, rainbows introduced. On my home waters it's reversed. My streams look Western US and yours look very Eastern. When I see the beauty of yours it reminds me of a wonderful book from the Sierra Club with photos by the brilliant Eliot Porter and quotes from one of my all time muses, Henry David Thoreau. Title is "In Wildness is the Preservation of the World." Tight line that is my pole star: "Time is but the stream I go a fishing in." Love your work. Bro hug from NorCal...Dave

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! My east coast streams are definitely a lot different than it is out west. But I love it. Thanks for watching 👍🏼

@owenhammers4900 4 ай бұрын

Can't wait till that June July hatch been getting antsy all couped up in the college dorm

@seribas 4 ай бұрын

What euro nymph line are you using? Looks like it works really well

@aidensheme698 3 ай бұрын

I really wanna say this is a back country wv stream looks very familiar to me

@hardmanfishing 3 ай бұрын

Probably does 😂 it’s very popular. If you fish wild / native trout you’ve either been here or heard of it

@landonedwards7504 4 ай бұрын

If you did 7.5 miles total in that terrain, you don't need to apologize for anything! I think I prefer the no-music to music now. Care to share any specs on your equipment and bugs? Really enjoyed this! Thanks again!

@joshuaklink5980 4 ай бұрын

If you're ever in southwestern PA get a hold of me. I would love to take you to an awesome public trout stream and a secret private stream with natives.

@rollnrock69 4 ай бұрын

Seems like your buddies never catch any fish….😂 if it was me and my buddy and the nymph rig was the only thing working we’d be going fish for fish. Just saying.

@user-yg3um5hc2x 4 ай бұрын

Get a life kid😂😂😂

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Scott slayed 😂 he caught just as many fish as I did I think. He just doesn’t have a GoPro. I rarely add fish catches of my buddies because 1) I’m not usually filming them and 2) the footage of me filming them usually isn’t the best.

@muchmorethan10words 4 ай бұрын

7:41 is a gorgeous brook! So is the video.

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@johnkillinger7078 3 ай бұрын

Curious, are you tight line nymphing these streams? Looks like you are. What fly rod is that? Are you dry dropper fishing at all? Thx

@BigJon0818 4 ай бұрын

I’m getting back into fly fishing. Your videos are amazing and have me so motivated. Do you have any suggestions for a rod and reel to get back into the sport? East Tennessee is the location, looking for a 4 weight.

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

A 4 wt is a great choice! Especially for that area. Anything from a 3wt to a 5 wt would probably be best. Depends a lot on what you plan on fishing. As far as brands go, all of the major brands have pretty good budget options. It’s best if you can go hold them and see which one you like best!

@ludabega8808 4 ай бұрын

I’m from WV born and raised. Fayette co and i’m new to fly fishing just got a rod cause of your videos. I’m really looking to get into some brookys and trout fishing but I can’t even cast my 9’ rod 5 feet. not sure if my leader is too long or rod. any beginners advice you can give if i’m trying to do what you do?

@user-ye7sm1kt1d 5 күн бұрын

I like your reel! I have the "Animus " by Ross reels it's a beautiful reel. What brand is your Rod I'm curious I've never seen one quite like it I'm a cork handle guy

@ElbartoBD 3 ай бұрын

What kind of leader or line do you use? I’ve tried 3x-6x and the line keeps breaking off on the fly. Like I haven’t even went fishing yet. Been practicing casting and been really good with it. But yet the fly breaks off the line and I tie it very very good

@nagazinafireworks7594 4 ай бұрын

What are you guys using for bait I've been out for the past 3 weeks haven't caught anything

@dawnfirephotography 3 ай бұрын

"just eat it bro, it's not that serious" lol

@hardmanfishing 3 ай бұрын

Sometimes you have to talk to the fish lol

@TheTroutWarrior 4 ай бұрын

Can you make a video of your euro line setup ?

@user-bj5bn9kb2i 4 ай бұрын

When you dead drift with a tight line how exactly achieve the dead drift part and detect the bite because I have trouble knowing where to put my rod to see or feel that bite without moving or disturbing the natural presentation of the flies. So, what are some tips you could tell a beginner for tight line drifting? By the way, beautiful trout! Love your videos!

@johndmitri3029 3 ай бұрын

What kind of nets do you use, are they available online anywhere? Looking for something lightweight with a slightly longer handle to easily slide in n out of my sling pack net holster

@teaganmckewen7045 4 ай бұрын

Awesome video! Could you possibly share your filming equipment in a video?

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

I could for sure! It’s mostly a GoPro and then my camera is a Lumix GH6

@bryanmora654 4 ай бұрын

Im new to fly fishing. Just a quick question on how to cast in an area with thick brush and trees around. Not many videos explaining it. Just used to seeing the basic fly cast. Might be a stupid question but just seeing if you could answer it

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

I mean there’s no crazy explanation for it. You basically have to cast whatever way your environment allows. Bow and arrow casts can be really good if you’re fishing small streams!

@DndCfishnexplore 4 ай бұрын

Good stuff thank you. What’s the rod reel line setup you’re using?

@DndCfishnexplore 4 ай бұрын

Also if you guys feel froggy one day come to WNC and I’d be happy to show some beautiful water. The state record for trout were all caught within 30 minutes of me plus some really beautiful natives can be found close by as well as some great quiet lakes for trout. Be happy to float ya.

@robbieallan6522 4 ай бұрын

I recently got given 500meters of 0.148 nylon, its so fine it's not even a millimeter deep on the spool, it's super strong nearly invisible line, what would you use it for?? I imagine it would be good tippet/leader.

@jameswilliamson288 4 ай бұрын

behind sheetz coudersport pa. trout fishing in gods country

@jeffs7773 4 ай бұрын

I’m from wv too. Always wanted to blue line. Haven’t a clue where to start

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Go to the national forest! Hard to go wrong in there.

@jeffs7773 4 ай бұрын

@@hardmanfishing good idea thanks

@cutthroatcasters 4 ай бұрын

Caught some Nice Fish Brotha! Next Trip out to CO hmu…I can get you some 🤙🏼 content

@tenkarapondfishing4611 4 ай бұрын

What type of fly line are you using? Looks like a full sinking line....? Which is unusual given the small stream conditions.

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Nope! I’m using a mono rig so there really isn’t much fly line involved unless I take the entire 15-20 foot rig off the reel.

@tenkarapondfishing4611 4 ай бұрын

@@hardmanfishing Wait, so you're essentially using a 15-20' leader??

@richhazuda8168 7 күн бұрын

Where is it?

@PAwader 4 ай бұрын

Why do you prefer that mesh net over a rubber coated one?

@calebwier3139 4 ай бұрын

hooks can't hook into the net

@PAwader 4 ай бұрын

@@calebwier3139 do you know what material it is? Hooks always stuck to my mesh net, when I switched to rubber I did not have the problem of getting the hook stuck

@calebwier3139 4 ай бұрын

@@PAwader oh I read it wrong my bad, mesh I'm pretty sure rubs less of their outer slime coating as well but hook get caught in mess

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

It’s rubber coated mesh so it’s the best of both worlds. Doesn’t hurt the fish, doesn’t get the hook stuck, but is more durable.

@PAwader 4 ай бұрын

@@hardmanfishing thank you

@joshuadoyle1066 Ай бұрын

What Creek?

@coreylabarge126 4 ай бұрын

You going to review that rod or what?

@andyk914 4 ай бұрын

Are you fishing with your brother?

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Nope! This was my buddy Scott. Although Andrew and I have something planned soon

@timothyhorner416 4 ай бұрын

so pretty

@calebjkofi 3 ай бұрын

could you show us how to tie a double nymph

@calebjkofi 3 ай бұрын

like the leader for them

@mariohernandez3470 4 ай бұрын

Are you only Euro nipping in this video?

@hardmanfishing 4 ай бұрын

Yep!

@Bentley-bq6ml 3 ай бұрын

I want a pool please

@Bentley-bq6ml 3 ай бұрын

Give him a pool please

@hardmanfishing 3 ай бұрын

Why did you respond to your own comment?

@user-ye7sm1kt1d 5 күн бұрын

You're telling the trout to relax, the fish is thinking how am I supposed to relax when you stab me in the face with a hook and you pulled me out of my universe

@hardmanfishing 4 күн бұрын

You ain't wrong 😂