I don't want to speak for the entire community but it doesn't matter to me if you make a catch, your enthusiasm and love for what you do keeps bringing me back

I'm 77 years old and love your shows. You are possibly the happiest person enjoying life more than anyone I have ever seen. You are perfectly happy in your own skin, who you are, and where you are. If I were a young man, I would do exactly as you are doing. May your joy in nature sustain through your journey.

My son is 7 and absolutely loves watching your videos. He checks every night for a new "mountain video" he got a bullet lure for Christmas and has been asking non stop to use it. I took him out this weekend fishing and tied it on for him. He caught 5 fish with it all on his own. He was so excited, I appreciate your videos and your wholesome respect for nature and all it provides. Thank you

Haha Leif your Reel on the Fly Rod is backwards!! Haha it’s for right handed reeling and left handed casting haha! No worries! You continue to entertain!

Hi Leif! I caught a 16-inch wild rainbow trout in a small stream last week and took it home. Thanks to watching your episodes, i learned how to clean and cook the trout on my own as a 13-year old boy! Keep up the good work and Fish on!!

Dang I miss the backpacking videos you used too do back in the good days! It’s been forever

This guy makes the best catch and cook videos in my opinion

I love these videos of yours, hubby is 79, I’m 70, been married for 50yeas, and we’re buying kayaks, going fishing!! No music is necessary with your interesting videos!

My wife, who doesn't fish, YET, loves your videos and typically let's me know that there's a "new" one. It's your enthusiasm about fishing but life as well that has her hooked. For my 73rd birthday she even got me a NWFS tee shirt. I gave her a challenge which is to get a care package. 🙂 "Fish On, Baby."

10:23 The reason your reel felt weird is that it is spooled for right hand retrieve. When the reel sits on the rod the fly line should come out the bottom side of the reel. In your case if you flip it around so the knob is on the right it’ll feel more natural. Most reels are able to switch the reel to left hand retrieve to ensure the fly line comes out as expected and the reel drags as expected.

You have to take it apart and reverse the clutch so it is set up for left hand retrieve it is currently set up for right hand retrieve

Love your videos. I look forward to them all the time. Fish on baby 🎣

I love the intonation every time he says Danish... Sea Salt. Best catch n cook content ever!

Missed your videos! After losing everything in Ukraine during the war, your videos gave energy to go outside and fish here in Canada! Thanks my friend and waiting for next video! Keep going 🙏

woods, lakes, wildlife, looks like a happy place, one day I want to live in a place like that

I've liked and commented religiously on every single video for around a year and he is still the best KZfaqr by far fish on 🎣

Finally got by care package! Thanks Leif!

“Right over here at the butt of the kayak, theres supposed to be a plug that goes in there”. Legend 😂😂😂

You crack me up Leif! You're the only person I've ever heard call a fly rod a "fly pole"😆 you're awesome buddy. Love your vids. Keep it up.

My family and I love your videos. We really look forward to them!!!

The care you show for animals big and small says a ton about your character. Awesome video

me and my dad have been wanting to start fishing more often, and once i found this channel, me and my dad have been fishing trout every weekend. thank you so much for bringing this wonderful experience into our life. i even caught my firt ever fish a few weeks ago.

Leif, Thank you for these videos. I grew up fishing as a kid, but never got into trout fishing. I tried once or twice, and I never landed anything. So, I gave it up. But I always appreciated videos of people catching and cooking trout. And when I came across your videos, I thought - man, maybe I should give it another shot. But I just couldn’t get myself to for many reasons. I am now onto my 4th year as a PhD student. Things have been hard over the years in both my academic and personal lives, and it’s kept me from fishing. It’s been hard enough that I had to start seeing a therapist to overcome intense grief, anxiety, and depression from a lot of seriously unfortunate events in my life. But your videos always made me excited and smile. Your enthusiasm for what you do made/makes me happy. This year, I made it my mission to get back on the water and try to land my first-ever trout. I went last weekend, and though I caught nothing then, I was in awe of how grounding it was to be out and just present. The birds chirping, the water moving, the light rain and cool breeze… They did something to me - and I now understand why you are as passionate about being outdoors as you are. This evening, I said to myself… “you know what, it’s a beautiful and warm day.. let’s go fishing.” To my delight, I caught my first rainbow trout ever. I said a prayer for the fish, thanked it for feeding my body, mind, and soul, and I quickly dispatched it. I cleaned it per how you teach in your videos, and I’m sitting here getting ready to make some trout tacos. Thank you, Leif. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. I can’t tell you how much of an inspiration your work is to me. I hope to carry on this newfound passion for the rest of my life.

BROOOO doesn't matter if you don't catch we just like going on the adventure with you!!!

It doesn’t matter if you don’t catch a fish in a video ur videos are the best even without fish just watching you being outside and having a good time is great

You are literally living my dream life haha. Always looking forward to watching your videos!

We’re in need of a new episode! Been too long, hopefully you drop one this weekend. 🎣🦆

I love the excitement every single time you catch a fish 🎣 😂

A NWFS post .. Brilliant !

The legend returns 🔥

Dude, you give the most positive emotions, thank you very much!

i’m so glad u posted again, i can’t wait for u to post more in the summer, everything will be green and beautiful, and to be honest i don’t really care how often you post i just love the way you live your life in these videos

Flowers and tigers and goats, oh my! You are one lucky dude out there among it all. Thanks for taking us with ya, Lief! Leif? Life 😊

Somehow mushroom foraging might one up fishing this episode. Wholesome exploration

Awesome to see your farm progress. Very inspiring Leif!

binge watching these paradise like videos

Absolutely GORGEOUS! The way the sun shone through that valley and across the tops of the ridges including the one you had just gotten onto was unreal!

25:55 "you can tell it's an aspen because of the way that it is" xD missed an opportunity for a prime joke lol

You, my sir, have a lot of making up to do. I've been waiting for the weekly trout videos for about 2 months now

It is very exciting when you do that zoom effect on the bobber. The anticipation of a bobber down increases my heartbeat. I also like your filmmaker moments when you put the camera right next to the mushroom to show you picking it, and placing the camera on shore to show you taking the kayak out of the water. Extra efforts. Thank you for the show! :D

The sky was amazing there at the end of the video. What a great day out!

Your energy and laugh make my day these past weeks my long time girlfriend left me n all my friends did to I’m learning how to love to be alone and your videos show me that I can

Another great adventure! Put a small piece of wood in your water pail. Nothing treated!! 😊 The bees can get out of the water.

Dude your videos always make me hungry every time I watch them 😂❤

How does Leif not have 1m+ followers man?! Smash that follow button!! Best fishing content on KZfaq, HANDS DOWN. There’s isn’t a close 2nd..

That shot when you took your bag off to start cooking was insanely beatiful 😊

what a nice view while eating natural earthy food !!!

This could arguably be your best video ever, especially with the tiger trout and morels! The only thing it was missing was a cheesy tortilla and maybe some onions. 😄

We love ending our weekend by watching your videos. Glad to see you back in action!! You've been missed...

Been a while since a update on your off grid property! Would love to see a video there, and some trout fishing in the river nearby! Greetings from Sweden!

Best fishing exploration channel on youtube!!

You get so excited about catching fish and foraging! That’s how life was meant to be

I'm really looking forward to your millionth subscriber Leif. You channel is super underrated. Keep on keeping on! We're rooting for you buddy!

Matteeeee that's a right handed reel, you can change it to left hand by taking off the spool and changing around the direction using the little metal clasp inside look up videos on how to do it, easy fix Keep kicking goals legend 💪

Your energy level and love for fishing, and everything outdoors, is very entertaining! Nothing beats fresh trout and morel mushrooms! Keep sharing on!🎣🍄‍🟫

Yeah man I just enjoy the adventures...don't get me wrong I love when you're catching fish but fish or not I'll keep tuning in...also I find myself a little concerned when I don't see any new uploads! I think a lot of us would feel like we lost a good friend if anything ever happened to you!! Stay safe and upload anything...I'm guessing we'd all watch it!

I love tiger trout fishing because they fight so hard.

Yess! Night made, thank you brother. Be safe and many fishings 🎣

Thanks! For sharing the videos. This is for a kayak plug. 😆 Happy fishing 🎣

Yes!!!! Earthy undertones!!!! @39:25 🍄 🍄‍🟫 I knew when I heard you were going mushroom hunting we would get an earthy undertones description! Fish on 🎣

I dont have much friends, especially friends that like outdoors activities. You are an inspiration with your enthusiasm to do things on your own whether things go your way or not. Winter is kicking in down here in Australia, which is perfect to get nice and cozy to watch your videos 😊

my favorite mushrooms foraging lets goo leif🔥🔥

You should upload VLOGS from time to time, don't even need to catch a fish for those haha

Fly fishing and catch & cook...you can't beat NWFS!!

The best channel for catch and cook videos ..! Hope you post your videos every single week ,waited for this video for two weeks don't have to wait that much for next video I guess?🤧

Your videos are worth waiting for, Leif! Great job on this one (,great job on all your videos, actually). You make me laugh with you! Thanks for letting us tag along. 😁👍🏼. "FiSh oN!!"

I have a tip for getting your line back, i learned this a week ago, when you get your fishing hook stuck in a tree like you did in the beginning of your fishing trip. You can take your kayak and go to where the lure is hanging, cut the line from where you tied it, and reel in your line. In this way it guarantees your lure back into your hands.

YES, I’ve been hoping for a new video. Fish on baby 🐟🐟🐟

So cool recognizing the lake that you were drilling holes on in your videos 4 months ago

Still laughing from your fly reel set up! I’m thinking that’s going to bring me many more! Thanks

its funny how much this guys videos remind me of that episode of the office when michael scott claims to be a survivalist.

Can't wait for this banger

Great job cleaning up trash! Mmm morels!

Just a little bit of butter in the pan? - haha😂, it’s immediately obvious that you are from Germany👍 :)) Thanks for the great video, as always👏

He dont even have to apologize you know dang well he’s busy busy with the goats and mountain farm and sure he makes time for friends

Hey Leif, I just wanna say that you were my inspiration to try trout fishing and bass fishing. Wasn’t really interested before but once I started watching your videos I decided to try that. Love your videos! Caught my first bass 2 days ago 😁

You’re living the dream! Love from Denmark 🇩🇰

You're in my home town now

Absolutely awesome video and fishing 🥰👍🏻👋🏻🤗💯😍🐠🐟🎣 love catch and cook

Love your videos so much man been watching for years.... I watch your videos everyday when I get home from work and just watch all your old videos waiting for a new one to drop 😅 keep up the great work work brotha 🤙

Great vid bro. Honestly I enjoy all the content you put out. There’s so much more you do than catching fish.

Nice! Caught some hot and thick bull trout at Athabasca river!

i’ve been watching these videos for years now, i aspire to be as enthusiastic as Leif someday. I seriously just enjoy listening to him talk. He should definitely consider doing podcasts or something!

Lief thank you for your adventures and your love for the out doors. Your truly a blessing. Stay safe

Thank you brother !

Love to have a rainbow trout and mushroom video great video as always too😊

I really can’t imagine if I can ever do something like what you’re doing now, I wish I could do these kinds of activities.

Another epic vid! Nice turtle on log at 5:41!

even towards the end its still so entertaining, the commentary while eating is just 10/10 hahaha

Just breathtaking scenery!

Leif, my poor attem pt at your trout taco. Brookies & a rainbow with onion, mushrooms + a baby potato. I don't have the Danish so I used Pink Himalayan salt. I left the Avocado at home by mistake! Anyway, it was a shore lunch in Heaven!

Always quality videos. 🤘🏼

You are truly living my dream and I hope someday I am lucky enough to find an amazing man like yourself someday out here in WA! Fish on!

The world need more you

the views in the end just made the episode 10 times better !!! Awesome Man

Just found your content, you had me with Tiger Trout and Morels!!

Best start of the week with another episode. Those lovely flowers are beautiful make up for the mountains!

Love your videos man! Cannot wait for you to get back in the mountains!

Wow what a beautiful scenery..... it's a paradise ❤❤❤

I was waiting for that beautiful moment 💐