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Thank you!! Just being out there is incredible and when you add a wild trout to the mix, it is heavenly. Determination and Patience and you’ll pick some up!! It’s certainly not easy in the winter but so rewarding. Keep me posted!!

Yes, we have an amazingly beautiful state!! Lots of incredible scenery across the commonwealth. North Central PA is my absolute favorite!! 🙂🐟🌲

@@billyj5080 Much appreciated Billy!! Thank you for commenting. It sure is a beautiful stream and so awesome to be there with friends that truly enjoy and cherish the blue line wild trout experience. Good stuff!! 🤠👊

@@danielyankie3324 It was an awesome experience, Daniel!! Check out the video from a week later in that stream. Trout alive in a mere bowl of water and trout somehow alive in mud on wet ground. They must have some sort of hibernation mode to survive for a time in no water during a drought. ruclips.net/video/PzT8oBxnRsg/видео.htmlsi=K9esL6FAz2EDXVnN

Absolutely. I totally agree, Steve. I say that about Every Blue Line Stream I fish. Spot burning on social media would create a horde of guys on one small fragile stream. Get out a map and discover for yourself. That is part of the beauty. 👊

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Hopefully is the key word. Over the past 150 years, brook trout have experienced an extensive decline throughout their native range. The Industrial Revolution wasn’t kind to Salvelinus Fontinalis. Habitat degradation from clear cutting forests, mining and urbanization are major factors for this decline. I love native brookies and learning more on how they survived since the last ice age fascinates me. This experience was staggering. Long Live Native Brookies.

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PA really has some incredible water. This is about 1 1/2 from Wilkes Barre.

Thank you Hutch!! Wild and Native trout are so amazingly beautiful. I have certainly lost my enthusiasm for stocked trout. They have their place in the marginal streams but I’m definitely against stocking Class A streams or any streams with a quality wild trout population. The wild trout experience is the best. We need to continue to enhance those waters and opportunities.

Both are excellent fisheries. I like Pulaski for Salmon though it’s a zoo and the Erie tribs for Steelhead. We are fortunate to have choices.

There were several long runs with feeding lanes which generally are the bubble line. This is where food accumulates. There were also seams where the fast water met the slower water which are also very good areas to hit. The dry/dropper works great in these situations. Of course there was a lot of pocket water too. The stone fly nymph would be a good choice fishing those pockets. Different areas of the stream can require a different technique. I started dry/dropper, then changed the dropper fly, then went exclusively nymph. I was reluctant to change things sooner because of cold hands tying knots!!

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Thank you sir!! Have a great new year!! 🤠👊

Thank you Sensational!! Appreciate you watching, commenting and your sense of humor. Happy New Year buddy!! 🤠👊🐟🎼

Ohhh, how I love getting out in the snow and going after brookies. It’s not easy but it is magical. I have not fished for brookies in Maine but would love to get there. I guess it has to be between April and August…. Tight lines!!

@@WildTroutMan Come on up! To be clear the State has opened up fishing quite a bit since the old days with Sept and Oct being some of the best fishing times. It's just the lack of legal opportunities for winter fly fishing that I lament.

I'm assuming it's protecting the fish during prespawn, spawn, and postspawn (when the fingerlings hatch). If you're not careful, unnecessary disturbances can heavily impact the young of the year.

Hi Ed, I bet you know where this one is… ruclips.net/video/A3BUFvgdTTM/видео.htmlsi=9EoSrgSPqEUvEDhD

Ohhh, that native brookie was amazing!! What a way to finish a magical day. 🤠👊

Thank you Andy!! Tight lines and endless hatches to you…. 🤠👊

Thanks!! Dry fly is the strike indicator. True float and doesn't spook fish like the bubble float splatting the water. Check it out here in a previous winter adventure. ruclips.net/video/IpxVjfYsEkY/видео.htmlsi=7K1BDcyzHbOZ2ia3

Yes, so incredibly peaceful. The solitude and beauty is so refreshing. Add a native brookie and it’s a slice of heaven. Thanks for watching and commenting. 👊

Hi Michael, yes, quite challenging but so beautiful and memorable. Picking up a wild trout just makes it even more spectacular. I was using an 8 1/2 ft 4 wt Orvis Recon and an Orvis Hydros reel. Not exactly sure about the fly line but 5x Maxima was the tippet.

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@ of course! I recently became a member of my local TU chapter, and have been loving all of your content!

@@gusc9303 Awesome!! Is your TU chapter in PA?

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@@gusc9303excellent!! I’m president of the Stanley Cooper Chapter Trout Unlimited and I’ve fished the Esopus a couple of times but only had a bit of success. It was high and fast springtime conditions. Beautiful area!!

Thanks Phil. How brookies can survive in these extreme conditions is amazing. Thanks for commenting. Happy new year!!👊

It was a rough spawning season. There were so many days without rain. It’s a tough life being a native brookie. Definitely a celebration when the rains finally arrived!!

@@Grouse2275 excellent comment, Craig. After witnessing these trout surviving in the tiniest of puddles and also trout somehow alive on the wet, leaf covered stream bed with no water, I believe your theory is more than possible. I’m sure these trout can survive in the gravel of a spring seep. The only question is for how long. They certainly have some kind of torpor mechanism to survive drought and I believe they have a similar mechanism to survive the deep winter freeze. Absolutely fascinating science that needs more research. Long live the native brookies!!

@@WildTroutManDefinitely….. I’m amazed at how they survive and your video was amazing…..

Wasn’t expecting to catch the spawn on film but how cool!! I’m going to try and film them in the winter and see how they adapt.

Thank you so much!! It was an incredible day and I was thrilled when I reviewed the underwater footage. It’s amazing watching the trout naturally interact with their environment and the footage of the small trout head butting the camera is just too cool. Thanks for watching and commenting. 👊

Happy new year Dean!! What do you use to grease your leader? I have never used a wading staff because at one time I could plow through anything. I think it’s time to start considering one. I recently started using trekking poles while hiking and I absolutely love them.

@@WildTroutMan I use Mucilin (green label). I watch a lot of U.K. based youtube guys and they never use indicators. I'm not sure if they are illegal in the U.K. but one guy did call them "damned unsporting". Most of them use Mucilin to float their leaders. I drilled a hole in the top of a trekking staff to attach a magnetic release. Once in the water It hangs from side my vest always fully extended ready to be plucked off for use. I like you often fish alone in difficult to reach places. A staff definitely reduces the chance of taking a really bad fall far from help. Besides I just turned 59 and even minor falls seem to hurt worse than they used to. I love your channel and always look forward to your next post!

Thank you, Billy!! Never ending New Year's hatches for you!! Have a great New Year's Eve on the stream. Last year I caught an awesome wild brown on New Year's Eve. Long Live the Wild Trout.👊

How amazing these little brookies are.... Have a wonderful new year, Dave!! Peace, Health, Happiness and endless hatches!!

Thanks for watching Matt!! That was one incredible day on the stream. I still can’t believe all that happened. Amazing stuff!! and Very cool Benezette pics, bud!! 👊

Hi Dan, I really appreciate your comment. Thank you!! I’m passionate about what I do so it’s just second nature but it’s nice to hear an encouraging word. Have a happy, healthy new year with endless hatches and surface feeding trout!! 👊🐟

Yes, that was a special brookie. So awesome to catch it in the middle of winter. I love fly fishing in such beautiful surroundings and catching a brookie like that made it extra special. Thanks for watching and commenting!! 👊

Hey Billy, yeah flows are good. I’m hoping to get out and hit the Steelhead run. That’s always a treat when one of those locomotives hits!! Thanks for watching and commenting. Get out and scratch that itch!! lol. Have a great new year with never ending hatches and surface feeding trout. 🤠👍🐟

Where did you move from? Moving water is my specialty so the Delaware, Lackawaxen, Lehigh and Broadheads will certainly get you started. Blue lines require a map.

Thanks for that humorous reality check, Bill. Blue lining solo certainly has its risks. I did break my right leg coaching basketball of all things. Finished off practice and drove home using my left leg. 😵‍💫 Couldn’t wait to get back on the water so I bought a kayak while my leg was healing. 🤠👊

That is one of the scariest situations, Jim. I’m happy to hear it ended well with your rescue. I’m too often alone in the middle of nowhere on a blue line stream. I really need to upgrade my iPhone to get satellite emergency coverage. I’m also looking at this product. The review is easy to use with no monthly subscription. hikingguy.com/hiking-gear/acr-resqlink-view-plb-review/ Garmin is the other option but it has a learning curve and also a monthly subscription. When I broke my leg several years ago I invested in a kayak to get back on the water. I absolutely love it. I do carry emergency provisions when out alone but there is a price to pay for that absolute solitude if an accident happens. All the best… do physical therapy to regain your muscle mass. My thigh was gone from 1 month of no weight bearing. It took 2 years to get it back.

Thank you Denny, glad you enjoyed it!! Happy Holidays and thanks for your nice comment. Tight lines!! 🙂🐟

Thank you for commenting and your kind words. It’s easy to love the outdoors with such natural beauty along a wild trout stream. Add a native brookie and it’s a really special day!! Merry Christmas to you and your family.

WOW. That is so cool. Thank you Ralph. It is an awesome poem!! I’m going to read it at the Christmas dinner table. 🤠❤️🐟🏔️🌲

Truly Sensational!!

Merry Christmas Donnie!! Hope you have great Holiday Season. 🤠👊

Oh, Ege, I dread the thought of the day I’m not able to plow into the most remote stream whenever I want. It will happen at some point so I’m trying to enjoy every minute now while I can. These places are so special. There will be a time when I can’t get to them. I’ll only have the memories of what once was. I hope you can relive some of your adventures through my videos.

@@Sills71 The water is flowing now so the trout should be good unless we get a drought next summer. I am curious how they survive ice conditions in the winter. The stream is shallow so it must come close to freezing solid. Stay tuned…. I’m going to keep the cameras rolling through the winter.

Thanks you and thanks for that update on barbless hooks in RMNP. It truly is a treasure; remarkably beautiful with stunning trout. I’m glad you have been able to experience it. 👊

Thank you for your words!! Yes, brookies have it tough but it certainly won’t get any easier if temperatures continue to increase. They need water but it has to be cold water. Cold, clean and pristine. Lots of water won’t matter if those water temps are above 70 degrees. 🐟

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Hey Paul!! Yes, it goes from one extreme to the next for native brookies: floods in the spring, heat in the summer, drought in the fall and frozen solid in the winter. Yikes!! I do plan on filming through the winter to document how they survive. 🐟