Solo WINTER Float (fly fishing for trout)

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3 жыл бұрын

It's not easy to row and fish at the same time.
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Пікірлер: 139

@greenwoodsbushhogging6704 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making Monday's a ton better. Especially the ones when it's pouring rain and I'm just killing time.

@OutsideWithKanye 3 жыл бұрын

Loving the Missouri’s new look. 10/10 would fish.

@dustinmoore6481 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making videos of what all of us go through when they fish all the lows the highs and in-between thats what I like most about watching you fish

@sidetech 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the commentary! Thanks for sharing your trip!

@wittemt 3 жыл бұрын

You’re really good at talking to yourself.

@noyopacific 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he maintains the same running commentary to himself even when he isn't filming?

@jackk1830 3 жыл бұрын

"I'll probably be sticking to nymphing today" *starts off the day with the 7 weight*

@jerrybrumfield4487 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of your best ones yet

@m8kingArt 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for what you do! I was up there last Sunday and man, there was tons of ice in the water by the ramps.

@MyPancho1 3 жыл бұрын

Huge thanks this morning!

@AlvinDedeauxFlyFishing 3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, some of the most fun I've had as well as some of the most frustrating days on the water were solo floats. It's really fun when the wind picks up!

@Dream-season 3 жыл бұрын

Keep doing your thing! Damn I love these videos.

@patricksullivan2586 3 жыл бұрын

Best intro ever, hands down

@farmerbob4554 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the entertaining video. BTW, I finally invested in a knot kneedle because of neuropathy in my fingers. It’s really been a Godsend and has removed a lot of frustration over tying knots I used to be able to handle easily. Very good product.

@mdprogamer94 3 жыл бұрын

I think I’m getting the line driver by Gerber. I’ll let you know if I like it more than the knot kneedle (if I get it )

@farmerbob4554 3 жыл бұрын

@@mdprogamer94 Thanks! I didn’t knowGerber made a knot tool. Looking forward to your review.

@JS-hu7pv 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah - a ride up or down river is just what’s needed when I’m wound up. I’ve been known to talk to myself too when out by myself fishing - “man, I can breathe” or “God I love this!”

@jonnygranville281 3 жыл бұрын

That looks so fun.

@duncangasiewicz7353 3 жыл бұрын

Thats my favorite stretch of the MO. Nice job threading the passages. Careful a little lower cuz bone bruiser and cupcake rapids can be a lil dicey this time of year! Stay Huge.

@jaywachsmuth1561 3 жыл бұрын

Put some MoJo on my Rod!!!!! You know the Rod you are giving me! Thanks for the videos!

@jonnygranville281 3 жыл бұрын

No no no. That's my new rod. 🤣 Hope so anyway.

@Phenomenon808 3 жыл бұрын

It's so damn cold outside, I'm into my third huge fly fisherman video, and my work truck still isn't warm yet! I'm going to be so late

@Spellcheekswammablamma 2 жыл бұрын

Why work when we can fish?!😜

@JimmyJoyful1 3 жыл бұрын

I’m stuck in COVID-19 quarantine for 14 days (not sick) so this was definitely a treat!

@paulallen7651 3 жыл бұрын

Greetings from the Eastern Shore of Mary! Fishing here used to be roughly 75% boating and 25% casting to breaking striped bass. The ratio hadn’t improved. You got out of the mid-Atlantic region just in time. It looks like you’re experiencing the western version of the boom days here. I can’t wait for interstate travel to open. I need to go to New England and the Rockies. Your videos are armchair angling candy. Thank you.

@devinhicks4241 3 жыл бұрын

Just clicked this vs a Danny Duncan video keep up this content man! Huge fan!

@GS-rj4dq 3 жыл бұрын

“Beer delivery system” new cooler sticker perhaps?

@articchar-lf 3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry about delivery. Baseball wise, both passes would've been right in the mitt! These guys just have to learn to use their net or you'll have to share your bobbers as well tying 'em to the can as a floating safety wire!

@justin20099 3 жыл бұрын

This is the one thing I wake for

@flyguy2021 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing a nice day on the Missouri. That used to be my home water. Brings back a lot of memories.

@AndrewMillerStudio 3 жыл бұрын

"WELCOME TO CRAIG MONTANA! HOME OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE!"

@bobowhite11 Жыл бұрын

Brotherman, Love the beer! You and I are so "like" each other that watching you try to fish, oar and drink makes me remember soooo many time I have tried this trifecta, just to say.."here hold my beer"!!! But you had no beer technician to help. Love the vids bro.

@123marlo 3 жыл бұрын

I am watching this from Scotland and it looks brilliant I like the size of the craft your sitting on we have a smaller one ok for Northern Scotland it’s American made and it’s as safe as the Bank of England I have fly fished in Alaska and Canada a few years back and I had a ball but this pandemic is driving us mental no fishing over here so good to watch some fishing over in your patch peace and love from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✊👍🎣🇺🇸

@nate5811 3 жыл бұрын

I’m in Kansas City and that’s the prettiest I’ve ever seen the Missouri River 😂

@phoult37 3 жыл бұрын

Lol quite a bit different up there in Montana!

@andrewmorgan3203 3 жыл бұрын

Ralph Wiggum goes fly fishing 10:38 xD

@flyingdutch9818 3 жыл бұрын

Mate. You make me laugh and teach me the good stuff. One day if I’m in your corner of the world or you mine I shall buy you at least two beers #Straya

@garyslade6509 3 жыл бұрын

Bravo and thanks. You are one of the few, if not the only, KZfaqr that has praised Whitefish. People need to realize their importance in the ecosystem.

@greghoffman3146 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to donate beers. Christmas spirit

@jimreilly9179 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. What weight pole were you using?

@jeremiahjohnson9942 3 жыл бұрын

I have always loved floating the upper M and eye of the nostril is really a fun rapid at high flows;)

@josephbentley8524 3 жыл бұрын

Dumb question, how do you get back to your truck?

@gojoe36 3 жыл бұрын

Shuttles...you pay people to Shuttle you....every fly fishing guide who floats has a shuttle service

@awalker83 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same.

@paul43700 3 жыл бұрын

order a pizza to where you pull out, and have the driver drive you up with a nice tip. Cheaper than a cab!

@lateral_line_ 2 жыл бұрын

What's your setup for solo floats? How do you put in and takeout?

@troutfisher_ri1782 3 жыл бұрын

You need to mount a beer cannon 😂👍🔥

@billquantrill4960 2 ай бұрын

Nice. I must say the Missouri looks much different, not to mention beteer, than it does here in central Missouri. Its the last river in Missouri I wish to fish. 🤨

@chrispalmer1813 3 жыл бұрын

What's your setup for shuttling when solo? Bike? Motorcycle?

@oppenheimer20 2 жыл бұрын

Love it! Sooo… how do you get back and forth between the load in and out??

@HugeFlyFisherman 2 жыл бұрын

Spoiler alert. Next week’s video covers that.

@christianohlemeyer2983 3 жыл бұрын

What’s that rod your always using? With the orange hydros?

@mdaley3102 9 ай бұрын

Wish my day was like yours. I just got back from getting skunked. Oh well, that’s why they call it fishing and not catching.

@crazymtn23 3 жыл бұрын

Are those streamlight oars? How do you like them?

@bobbyk1796 3 жыл бұрын

The Mighty Mo HFF! 🎣🤨👍

@paulmeyers3832 3 жыл бұрын

Spent most of the summer rafting by myself. Really hard to fish and row, harder row and land a fish. Sad to say that I to have lost a rod leaving the fly in the water unattended while rowing. Remember a wet net is a good net.

@DeadxRamones 3 жыл бұрын

👍🏻 I was late on this one

@andrewpadyk67 3 жыл бұрын

Glad to see you're wearing a PFD. I see too many people floating solo without one.

@taylorcole8225 3 жыл бұрын

I never go on any water without a PDF. solo or not, lol I was a lifeguard for years... I still always wear one.... ntm it doubles as my fishing vest

@andrewpadyk67 3 жыл бұрын

@@taylorcole8225 me too.

@collinmcguire8772 3 жыл бұрын

You should do a video on how to swing big meat for bucknasty browns

@Hoboappalachia 3 жыл бұрын

I'm just here at work, I'm supposed to be taking this car apart. But I think I'm going to watch this instead!

@jacobcate7577 3 жыл бұрын

Yo it’s Ben! I Heard he’s a huge fly fisher

@kentyler966 3 жыл бұрын

Drinking better beer would certainly get you more fish!

@zanebergen9746 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty huge

@ronaldfisher222 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have to row back ?

@matthewhalverstadt92 3 жыл бұрын

I've definitely seen 1 dillion guided butt-flops on that Missouri River cliff. Taint-check.

@zackm.8934 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Ben! Where do you like to put your split shot on a double nymph rig?

@HugeFlyFisherman 3 жыл бұрын

Above the nymphs

@zackm.8934 3 жыл бұрын

@@HugeFlyFisherman Thank you for replying!

@dominicrose4009 Жыл бұрын

Definitely jumped off both rocks

@JohnRobertDobbs 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Ben! It's not winter for another week!

@JohnRobertDobbs 3 жыл бұрын

...awesome video though

@parkerprahl8409 3 жыл бұрын

You should carry a split ring pliers, when you want to take a split shot off all you have to do is put the point in the opening of the shot and pry it open

@kaceesavage 3 жыл бұрын

It helps them jump higher when you pull up on the rod when they jump. 😂😂😂

@dominicrose4009 Жыл бұрын

Nostril rapid definitely better left during low water. Reds get worked on that part of the Missouri. It’s terrible.

@tylerranes9391 3 жыл бұрын

The question is, how’s you get up to your rig?

@30YCS 3 жыл бұрын

I like the idea of sharing a beer with others on the river. Won't work here, as it's all hiking in the middle of BFE, so if you do see another fella fishing the stream, a pleasant smile or wave hides the true thought of "If you come within my zone of terror, I will end you." Between these fishermen, bears and rattlesnakes...fishing is sort of a dangerous way to momentarily escape a work-week of crazy.

@connern 3 жыл бұрын

New nymphing line?

@teg32osu 3 жыл бұрын

Can a tee shirt cannon handle a Miller Light? Strafing the waders could be fun.

@jonnygranville281 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of boat is that?

@jasonwalker1959 3 жыл бұрын

Ok dude, i want to fish with you but I'm bring better beer (no offense). Hey, whitefish are scrappy and fight as well as RBs in my experience (don't taste as well tho). Will they bite an egg pattern?

@coreytohme9861 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, I thought that was Hopedale.

@HugeFlyFisherman 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it’s pretty recognizable.

@codybarker2008 3 жыл бұрын

"Let's find some fish that want to eat with their mouth, and not their butt" lol

@laxbeast951 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I've been trying to find good patterns for winter. Eggs seem to be your go to??

@HugeFlyFisherman 3 жыл бұрын

Egg video drops in 2 weeks.

@laxbeast951 3 жыл бұрын

@@HugeFlyFisherman Rad dads! looking forward to it!

@pecosnick45 2 жыл бұрын

I would have loved to have seen how you shuttled your raft by yourself.

@ThePorpoisepower 3 жыл бұрын

I think if you tweak your length between nymphs it might cut down on the fowl hooks.

@HugeFlyFisherman 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not fishing for poultry, dude.

@ThePorpoisepower 3 жыл бұрын

@@HugeFlyFisherman oops... meant foul... not sure why I f'd that up. I know the difference, maybe the morning caffeine hadn't kicked in.

@rosssparks197 Жыл бұрын

Great entertainment bud. Enjoyed the video. Insta sub.

@caleb5392 3 жыл бұрын

Thought you said sold winter float and I’m like nooooo

@andrewwebster13 3 жыл бұрын

Its fish its fish... River Monsters episode 9 “Asian Slayer”

@johnmadia5229 3 жыл бұрын

Comment just to comment. Stay huge

@andrewmcgaha9629 3 жыл бұрын

What is “fishing close to the reds?” Reds were mentioned a couple times in the video.

@HugeFlyFisherman 3 жыл бұрын

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@kingfisherwoodturing5330 3 жыл бұрын

I rarely catch white fish! Damn near never actually.

@denizyldzbalkavmalz.gazipa5658 3 жыл бұрын

wonderful a vıdeo like 563

@georgepretnick4460 3 жыл бұрын

A bald headed eagle! Really? Wow.

@Rhasse44 3 жыл бұрын

I thought all that scenery looked familiar. Missouri river is a great float. Way to not get hung up on the nasal passages!

@tinoyb9294 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I don't know what to think of Ben. He seems old school at times but then he resorts to Pautzke fireballs. But I'll keep watching. At least you don't see him in competitions using the fish as a football.

@phoult37 3 жыл бұрын

Ben is himself, which I appreciate.

@tinoyb9294 3 жыл бұрын

@@phoult37 one thing is for sure... he loves to fish.

@DDD523 3 жыл бұрын

Jump rock!! I floated with a guy who got married on top of that rock. Hoping they are...rock solid

@brentjohnson2772 3 жыл бұрын

Your net doubles as an excellent beer receiving device if you have bricks for hands like me

@robertstewart6519 3 жыл бұрын

Use some parachute cord looped off your frame to hold your oars out of the water . Easy in or out. If you catch your oar on the down stream it will ruin your day. You know. Glad you are not planting idea in peoples heads in my backyard.

@jasonehredt968 3 жыл бұрын

Can I comment if I’ve seen someone belly flop off the rock?

@sweetwater2128 3 жыл бұрын

What are "Reds"?

@HugeFlyFisherman 3 жыл бұрын

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@leemowers9395 3 жыл бұрын

You are forgetting the slippage of the boat when tossing beers, aim over their head and they should be able to catch it.

@phoult37 3 жыл бұрын

I've never seen that ramp before and now you've burned the spot, great job!

@twofistid 3 жыл бұрын

We have bigger fish in the real Craig Montana!!

@HugeFlyFisherman 3 жыл бұрын

Neat

@twofistid 3 жыл бұрын

@@HugeFlyFisherman ya probably shouldn't claim it if your not cool with getting called out

@prater_outdoorspnw1731 3 жыл бұрын

Did anybody else see what looked like a bear at 5:06 on the left side

@treceur6195 3 жыл бұрын

100 % missurey river

@bartoszbaczek3826 3 жыл бұрын

first after youtube outage

@thomasdantas 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a couple "you suck at fly fishing" stickers as stocking stuffers. My family members needs to know the truth.

@prestoneasley3959 3 жыл бұрын

rio big nasty?

@HugeFlyFisherman 3 жыл бұрын

Orvis something

@lostwagesoutdoors 3 жыл бұрын

Stick to the short toss on the freebie beers...never over estimate a randos ability to catch or you'll just end up hucking a brew off a stranger-angler's eye!