Fly Fishing Heaven! The Trout were Underneath Every Rock!

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Ай бұрын

This Creek had so many trout I couldn't stop catching them!! This is one of my favorite trout fishing videos!
In this video I went fishing at a local stream and fished for brown trout, rainbow trout, and golden (palomino) rainbow trout. I was fly fishing and ended up catching a really nice brown trout, probably close to 20 inches. The golden trout were a nice touch, and a good learning tool if you're new to fly fishing. If you can't catch the golden trout spend some time and try and figure out what they're doing. They'll often teach you valuable lessons about the other trout in the creek or river that you can't see.
If you enjoyed this fly fishing adventure let me know! And as always, Thanks for watching!
#troutfishing #flyfishing #outdoors #nature #fishing

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@TylerRicottilli Ай бұрын

Love you vids, you got me into fly fishing and I never will forget what inspiration you have had on me. Thanks!

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Heck yeah that’s awesome!! Thanks for the continued support

@barryloy5772 Ай бұрын

Beautiful water and beautiful fish ! Thanks for sharing

@johncalabrese6467 10 күн бұрын

Your skill and narratives really punch up your vids. Thanks Jon, you always make watching a pleasure!

@hardmanfishing 10 күн бұрын

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy the vids

@davidleimeister5027 Ай бұрын

Great creek. Water and fish were beautiful. Thanks for the tutorial Jon.

@brandonroy475 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your set up! I’ve learned so much watching your videos!

@michaelsmith7193 Ай бұрын

Those were some gorgeous brown trout. And quite a lovely little river. Thank you, once again, for these outings you share!

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed it

@nwahr 29 күн бұрын

Awesome video. Thanks for showing your flies and setup.

@user-pw1kh3sy5c 24 күн бұрын

You have the best vids around. You're a good, unpretentious fisherman. Thanks.

@hardmanfishing 24 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoy the vids and thanks or the kind words!!

@saul78oldrite 25 күн бұрын

Man, ppl are dreaming to get to the heavens some day, missing the idea ithat there are such heavens on Earth! Awesome video! Thank you.

@hardmanfishing 24 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@tntepicadventures Ай бұрын

Another great vid! Thanks for sharing your experiences and great advice. You got me hooked on Western Fly Fishing. I was all Tenkara before I watched your videos.

@scotthamilton9581 Ай бұрын

Another great video. Thanks for sharing. I miss trout fishing in WV so much, but watching your videos takes me home again fishing with my Dad.

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

WV is awesome for sure! And thanks for watching the videos

@DaviekFlyFishing Ай бұрын

Great footage as always, nice to hear a fisherman explain the runs and flows of the water, where to expect fish to be, good watercraft!👌

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it

@henryleslievermont6004 Ай бұрын

Enjoyed 👍 and a Bass 🎣

@Stevensfishingreel Ай бұрын

right on time🤝🔥

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@briljantje9583 Ай бұрын

An excellent fishing day John. Thanks for sharing this vid. I enjoyed specifically that brown at 12:50. Good fight. And for beginners this was again a must see instruction video about where to fish. 👍

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! That brown was pretty sweet. Glad you enjoyed it

@charlesjohanesen1651 Ай бұрын

great video, looks like a beautiful spot to fish!

@marisamontgomery7340 Ай бұрын

that golden trout is so pretty it makes me want to jump in and grab it

@TheJigJitsu 29 күн бұрын

You have got literally the best trout fishing content on KZfaq.

@hardmanfishing 29 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@jonnynails 25 күн бұрын

LoL. I talk to the fish just like you do. I'm always telling them to chill out in my net. Relax and I'll get that hook out so you can go back to being a Trout! Good stuff, nice Browns!

@hardmanfishing 24 күн бұрын

LOL I know I'm not the only one! Thanks for watching

@owenlewis6613 Ай бұрын

Does fishing with an indicator spook fish in a smaller creek? I wonder if that is contributing to my lack of success despite visibly seeing many rises and feeding fish

@clydeshope6942 Ай бұрын

Another awesome video well done some really nice fish

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@tonycamplin8607 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your day with us, I really enjoy your videos from the USA. Reassuring to see that even an expert like you can snag a tree! A really beautiful river and right by the road. Are these places open to everyone to fish? Didn't realise that you could catch trout in such turbulent water. I've never fished such places. Do you ever eat the stocked rainbows, those golden fish were gorgeous, never seen one before, they must be an easy target for predators though.

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Yes they are completely public! Anyone and everyone can fish. I do eat the stocked rainbows occasionally, and those golden rainbows are easy pickings for predators. They often don’t last long! Thanks for watching

@tonycamplin8607 Ай бұрын

@@hardmanfishing Thanks for replying, it's much appreciated.

@wesmcclaskie3442 Ай бұрын

Another awesome video ,Just wondering, do you use fly clips So you can change flies easier.Or do you recommend just tying them straight to the leader ? thanks

@rickrichardg2969 Ай бұрын

One of my favorites too! (Even if it was stockers)

@TheMichaelRiley Ай бұрын

Back just in time boys let’s go!

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Guess who's back? Back again... Hardman's back, tell a friend!

@wvlongshooter3912 Ай бұрын

This creek has been fishing great. I’m sure you know this but the really big browns live way upstream, almost up to the next town. May 4-6 th, I caught several 17-24” browns, I measured them, and I was sight fishing for them using a beetle dry fly and a weightless old school hares ear or pheasant tail. Man, I enjoyed this video, thanks a bunch!!!!!

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Yeahhh the bigger browns live where there are less fish! But I just wanted to rack up some numbers on this day 😂 thanks for watching!!

@tristonjohnson8095 Ай бұрын

do you mind me asking what creek this is? i’m from a town in ga where theres nothing but bass fishing and one small creek with stocked trout. typically drive up to north ga but love to go to north carolina. just only know of fires creek which is always a hit or miss. would love a good creek to fish for numbers and beautiful big browns. was lucky enough to get a 19” brown at fires last april but nothing over 13” since then🤣

@wvlongshooter3912 Ай бұрын

@@tristonjohnson8095 sorry, it’s way north of Ga.

@tristonjohnson8095 24 күн бұрын

@@wvlongshooter3912 Road trip doesn’t bother me, i love to travel

@jwood8221 Ай бұрын

I'm so jealous of the golden rainbow trout catch. I visited WV last year in hopes of catching one with no luck. I spent a week there and only caught regular Rainbows.

@bryanspeller Ай бұрын

Super stockies

@zumalot Ай бұрын

Awesome ending after those very nice browns. Nice little smallie stopped by to say hello. Not sure I recall you netting a smallmouth, at least left on the video file. I'm sure you have, me and corresponding memory are getting old. Good show my friend.

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Thank you! And idk if I’ve made a video about smallie fishing many times, but they’re one of my favorite type of fish to catch for sure!

@KBBOUTDOORS Ай бұрын

Gotta stick your go pro in the hole and leave it there for 20mins that would be cool! Awesome vid as always man I wish I had golden trout up north in nh

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

I’ve thought about that! But I’m pretty impatient 😂

@ClimberCulture Ай бұрын

Always great content thanks for the effort you put into these videos. Where is this located? It kind of looks like the smokies

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

This is WV!

@bengibson2383 Ай бұрын

Love the videos, always awesome!!! I noticed you said at the beginning of the video that the weather was bad for browns, do you believe it’s better to fish for them in certain conditions?

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Yep! Overcast or raining or anything that makes it darker. The bigger fish don’t typically like sunny days because they don’t feel as safe to come out and hunt for food.

@droid9959 Ай бұрын

Thanks buddy

@dy24forever 28 күн бұрын

Back to the creek where this channel all started…

@tenkarapondfishing4611 Ай бұрын

Jon. Another terrific video! I don't mean to sound repetitive, but I'm still not getting your fly line/rig setup. It looks like the 'weight forward' part of your fly line is actually sighter line. Is that right? If so, what length? Does the sighter line go to tippet then to your nymph? If I finally have all this right....why do you set it up like this? I've heard of 'mono rigs' but this seems different. Keep up the great work! David

@JayCeeGee Ай бұрын

My brother in Christ, he says he’s using the cortland euro nymphing leader.

@tenkarapondfishing4611 Ай бұрын

@@JayCeeGee Take it easy there, pal.

@skitteryoh9949 Ай бұрын

Love your videos. What is your nymphing set up?

@landonedwards7504 Ай бұрын

Some of the most acrobatic browns you've hooked this year. Another great vid! Thanks!

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Definitely were! They didn’t hold back! Thanks for watching

@thomastabor8015 Ай бұрын

Great video, what state?

@adamgodsey9811 Ай бұрын

Sweet video we passed you that day and didnt think it was you.

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Really? That’s wild 😂

@AndrewBeveridge461 Ай бұрын

Re: changing to a dry when you see risers. I'll change up often, because catching on the dry is fun. And that's the point.

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

I probably would if I saw a ton of risers, but (to me) just catching the fish is fun enough 😂

@tonywalkingstick8883 Ай бұрын

There's a lot of hatches here in WNC. Everywhere. I've seen stoneflys to horseflys and got to see my first green inch worm today. Mayflies of various colors and the cicadas are crazy good this year, and believe me, big baits (natural bugs 🐛 ) catch big fish. I would love to see if you know someone that ties the cicadas fly. I truly enjoyed and appreciated this video. Your statement that fisherpersons should be happy with what they catch is spot on. When you fished that rock and decided to let it run on a good cast and caught a fish because you did, that was the perfect example of perseverance, and skill pays off. Loved it, keep'em coming and always tight lines. Thanks, Tony Walkingstick

@marioleirobermudez9352 Ай бұрын

What line and line leader before the tippet do you use?

@mikeyrickley9113 Ай бұрын

Do you use barbless hooks?

@DawsonandOliver Ай бұрын

How do make the decision to either Euro Nymph or just use a floating line? Anyway great video!

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

I almost always euro nymph these smaller streams. I only use floating line and a conventional indicator rig on water that’s too big to effectively euro nymph

@DawsonandOliver Ай бұрын

Thanks man!

@daveofthewoods3133 Ай бұрын

The way you talk to the trout when you catch them is exactly what i do since ive started watching your vids, it doesnt seem to work too well sometimes

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

That’s awesome!! 😂 if only they’d listen the process of releasing them would be so much quicker

@gdoggg1591 10 күн бұрын

What river is this.

@robbieallan6522 Ай бұрын

The river I fish is only 3 miles long and I've fished it for 35 years since I was 9 years old and I've learned where every good lay pool is theirs spots I have to fish if I see anything or not cuz I know from the winter when the hedge dies back theirs a huge concrete ridge opposite bank that I've had several big browns come from. I would love to see this as of fish sadly they are in decline and not from over fishing just seems that numbers haven't recovered from when it was overfishing about 15 years ago alot of illegal netting happened.

@gdoggg1591 10 күн бұрын

Is this the west prong little pigeon river?

@ClarkHubbard-pj8yx Ай бұрын

In Socal we call them Lightning trout since there is nothing relating them to Goldens

@ECHOBEACHADVENTURES 6 күн бұрын

What state are you fishing in

@stevemaxwell8550 Ай бұрын

No golden trout where i live just Cutts and bulls, but no one fishes for them

@coreylabarge126 Ай бұрын

Is that sempe line?

@kirksoutdooradventures Ай бұрын

Next up on Hardman fishing adventures. Michigan series!

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

I do need to visit Michigan!!

@kirksoutdooradventures Ай бұрын

@hardmanfishing if you do decide to come this way I'd love to show you around a few streams in my area.

@johnmoore3924 Ай бұрын

By far the best fly fishing videos on KZfaq . Very educational and entertaining. Love the Dub V representation. 👍🏻👍🏻

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

Thank you! And I’ve gotta represent where I’m from! Glad you’re enjoying the videos

@johnmoore3924 Ай бұрын

@@hardmanfishing I’m up around Morgantown area , gonna have to hit some southern tributaries and find some natives 👍🏻👍🏻

@joedas2370 Ай бұрын

Whats that leader/line you're using?

@marisamontgomery7340 Ай бұрын

hi, I enjoyed the video so i’m letting you know in the comments below. 😊

@russellogden8071 Ай бұрын

Were ypu catching all them on the same fly

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

I caught them on both flies (watch the end to see what they were)

@sportaventure29 Ай бұрын

Wish you would show us your setup in every video so beginners like me can see the flies because names don’t mean much yet

@brycenm7614 16 күн бұрын

I’m just starting out too. From what I’ve gathered wet flies sink for fishing below surface, dry flies float for fishing the surface. Nymphs are a type of wet fly that mimic the younger developmental stages of insects. Streamers mimic bait fish. To pick a pattern look for insects at your fishing spot and try to match your fly to them (or match streamer to bait fish). Match the hatch as they say. Good luck out there!

@wesmcclaskie3442 Ай бұрын

Kind of looks like the north fork of the cherry

@wesmcclaskie3442 Ай бұрын

I live in West Virginia ? whereabouts Are you fishing ?

@isaachyde1563 Ай бұрын

What river is this?

@flyfisherluki Ай бұрын

So sad to see the US stocking these wonderful streams with these rainbows... In Europe, we often go back to "no stocking" but improving river conditions to enhance natural reproduction of the native browns. These stockers compete with the native fish in these rivers and they don't teach the fishermen about sensitive populations and that every fish taken home for the pan is one less for the spawning pool. I really think it teaches fishermen wrong stuff if you just stock pounds and pounds of these rainbows....Especially if they then go to a stream with no stockers and they just take as many fish home as they were "tought" on the "stock-rivers". Hope this will change one day!

@NJTroutSniffer 29 күн бұрын

It’s a huge problem especially in Virginia. Everyone wants to kill everything. That’s why prefer fly fishing only or the catch and release sections. It’s a shame because if the abundance of beautiful streams that are just bone dry of trout by the end of spring.

@jacoblaurain8911 26 күн бұрын

It’s certainly an issue. Most agencies that conduct stockings realize it’s an issue, but stakeholders (the public) feel otherwise. Keep in mind this guy fishes in the SE US, where agencies aren’t as progressive in this subject. You can find native wild fisheries in the western US very easily.

@DontUputThatEvilOnMe 21 күн бұрын

@@jacoblaurain8911 Western USA is much more wild and untouched than the East. There are a lot of remote rivers and streams that hardly get any fishing pressure if any at all.

@suspicioustumbleweed4760 6 күн бұрын

I fish right next to a hatchery in the western us and I catch nothing but cutthroat and brown trout.

@drydroppin 25 күн бұрын

What net is that?

@hardmanfishing 25 күн бұрын

Catch cam net!

@gerritrut7976 28 күн бұрын

Where is here????

@trebuh38383 Ай бұрын

1 minute ago 1 view

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

It'll only take me 1 million minutes or 16,667 hours or 695 day or just under 2 years at this rate to make it to a million views! Heck yeah!

@user-nq5vs9ln4j Ай бұрын

@@hardmanfishingDude did the math 😂

@hardmanfishing Ай бұрын

@@user-nq5vs9ln4j I don't have much going on at the moment 😂

@chrisrivard861 Ай бұрын

Wondering what state you’re in? Don’t worry I won’t be able to figure out your spot just from the video

@levelwitme Ай бұрын

He's in West Virginia I live here and only know a few of the streams he fishes. West Virginia has hundreds of good trout streams

@chrisrivard861 Ай бұрын

Thanks, I’m from Maryland and it definitely looked like east coast to me. Always looking for some new spots that could be a weekend trip, almost all of the places close enough for a day trip are pretty awful.