I asked a rancher for permission to fish a stream in Idaho that looked just like that on private property. He said "Sure go ahead but there isn't any fish in there." I caught a fish on the first cast and then proceeded to catch many more. I saw the owner on the way out and told him what a great time I had and thanked him. He said "Make sure if anyone else asks to tell them there isn't any fish in there"
Back in the 1960's my dad, brother and I went up to Chub Lake in Ontario for walleye. It was too rough to go out so my dad asked the owner if there were any small lakes or rivers around we could fish. He directed us to a tiny lake close by but warned there were no fish in it. We walked down a trail and found the lake. Fishing form the shore on a huge rock we cleaned up on beautiful brook trout, what they call specs up there. Back at the lodge our cooler drew a large crowd and the next day we couldn't' get anywhere near our fishing rock. Even the locals heard about and flocked to Cheney Lake. A little off topic, but one of my favorite memories.
my brown trout story was different. one day friends from a writing class showed up at my place and opened their trunk. inside was a huge brown trout as long as the trunk was wide. I accepted this odd gift and cooked it immediately, they didn't want it to go to waste, that was a lovely gift and I am glad they thought of me. I wonder where they are now, I can guess happily married with children that a clean and smart, like Greta said. God bless us all. I will be fishing where they caught that later so I hope to bring home my limit many times, fill up my freezer with panfish and trout and maybe salmon when they hit.
Back in my late teens I was fishing a larger stream for brown trout in Utah when I decided to follow up a feeder creek into a cow pasture. The creek couldn’t have been more than 2-3 feet across. I had been seeing dragon flies landing left and right and I caught one in my ball cap. I placed it on my hook with its wings still beating and floated into softly into the water. The instant it hit the water I saw the water boil and a mouth come up and swallow it. The fish dove and my line instantly popped. From just looking at its mouth/head I see the fish was a monster. It has been over 40 years since that day and I remember like it was yesterday every time I go out fishing. Good luck landing your monster in that creek, you will be thinking about it until you get back there to try again. I never did catch my monster brown - but I will one day.
I was a kid with a $8 pole from Bob's Army Navy in Orem Utah. Must have been the lightest gauge kid string ever sold. So my step dad and his friends were fishing by the diversion dam in Provo canyon. I went to the roadside of the dam and looked down and there behold was a giant rainbow trout eating a dead fish like a shark just tearing pieces off. So I pulled the dead fish in with my pole and tore off a little chunk and put it on my hook. The fish took it, my pole bent like an ugly stick and no matter the drag it would not reel. I ended up grabbing the line and at the end of our battle the fish took my line and gotta way. That is my fish story because I am the only witness.
@Praise Jesus, Repent or Likewise Perish letter J is less than 600 years old. Who are you talking about? Look up in the last days they will forget my name. Are you part of the they's? Hint I come in my Father's name!
Those streams have channels that cut back under the shoreline, they hold huge fish down there because they have protection and plenty of food. Great video! 👍
It just goes to show that even the narrowest creeks can hold some amazing fish. The fact that those fish fought their way off your fly may be proof why they got that large! Thanks for an awesome video.
Sure it's nice but wait till you see Scotland! Lots of my "school days" were spent joyfully fishing a small burn (creek) behind the house and I've loved fishing ever since. Tight lines from Bonny Scotland. 🏴 ❤️ 🇺🇸
It's a beautiful spot, and given the subjectiveness of 'beauty'...that which is labeled as "the MOST beautiful", will undoubtedly ALWAYS different on a case by case, person by person, basis. Now with that understanding being said: If this location is honestly, truly, "the most beautiful landscape (you)'ve ever seen".....I believe you absolutely need to get around see a lot more places my guy!
Some of my favorite fishing streams I've found in my entire life are tiny little ones in high desert looking environments like that. I've thought for years on how such big fish can live in such small streams, the best idea I've come up with is that it's the only water for miles and miles around, so all the bugs that need water for part of their life cycle, mating or reproduction or larval stage or whatever, are forced to use that one tiny stream, so even though it's tiny, it has a much higher than average food supply, which supports larger than average fish.
a few years ago water was so low in the local stream I thought fishing might be easy. As I walked up to seeking a good spot to stand I realized the best place was in the shallow water. I was startled by a huge great blue heron at the near end of the stream behind the small lake. As I kept walking, another huge heron flew out of the stream. As a team they were over eating the easy catches. Water has been high this year so I might do better. Fishing. all be my reward after some big projects get done. I hope I get some trout and pan fish of a good size.
@Praise Jesus, Repent or Likewise Perish I noticed you read the NIV Bible. Checkout Ezekiel 13 verses 18 through 21 in the KJV where God teaches he hates fake teachers teaching they're going to fly out of here like the Rapture Theory which is not in the KJV Bible. Then compare those verses to the new King James version of the N Ivy where they only talk about birds flying and charms. All these bibles are perverted by the kenites kenites which of the sons of Cain. Says in the Bible King was of the devil as Eve was beguiled by the serpent and Cain is not in Adam's genealogy so he's Satan's kid. Go to the Shepherd's Chapel type in Genesis
@praisejesusrepentorlikewis6218 god isn't real dum dum. You have been brainwashed. Severely too, by the sounds of things. Anyway, I suggest putting down your strange work of fiction that you're always quoting from and try some science instead. Like, knowledge... Actual, factual knowledge is literally within the device you're using to post this complete nonsense.
I fish little creeks in the Pocono Mountains in PA. Always amazed by how wide open the mountain stream of the west are. Use a heavier tippet next time. Trout are not as line shy as they’re given credit for being.
these occurrences are golden. If you fish long enough in your life, you find places like this. It's the," there shouldn't be fish here" story where you just nail them. great native fishing.
One thing I learned on streams like that is let the fish take the fly. Don't be too quick on the set and slow down the set. The Tenkara rods are very flexible and the fiish taking the fly will set itself. The fish don't get any pressure and they are usually hungry. I love those creeks. I'll fish em every chance I get. I caught an 18" cut in a stream in WY that was 50 miles from anywhere and about as wide as a sidewalk and 1-3 feet deep. It was probably the most memorable trip I ever had. I fished for 3 days and didn't see a sole. Keep posting. Tenkara fishing is so much fun!!!
That takes me back to a time when I was a hunting guide in eastern Washington. Between hunts I would grab my fishing rod, and head over to a tiny stream just like the one your fishing. At times when the grasshoppers were heavy, I would bow cast a hopper fly off the grass alongside the creek, and it would bounce off the grass into the water. Them browns were huge, and always provided me a delicious shore lunch. It was my little oasis, and no one would of ever guessed that was fishable.
Amazing! Gotta say that the most impressive part is that you are able to accurately cast and land in that tiny width of water, with grass and forbes along the edges, without constantly getting snagged.
Spring creeks usually offer trout great food supplies. Nonetheless, it’s pretty amazing that so tiny a creek could produce such large fish. Great video - many thanks for sharing! Hope we can see this creek again!
Not to mention it never gets stocked with inferior genetic fish for that exact creek. Patagonia Artfishal. If you haven't seen it I recommend you do. Very eye opening.
Yep, nice video, while living in Utah a friend said he knew a great fishing creek, we drove about 2 hours and to my disappointment when we arrived the creek was about a foot wide and a foot deep!!! A few minutes later I caught my first wild brook trout about a 14 incher and many more!!!
Man! I love fishing small creeks like this one. It's fascinating how big fish are hiding in these little streams. This video is for sure going to be your hit soon! Great content 🤘🤠
I forgot something... I hope you're going back to this creek once to try and catch that 20incher. I would love to see that one 🙌 and like someone else mentioned in the comments, dip your gopro in the water at the nice deep spot so we see how it looks down there - must bee beautiful 🤩
Memories come rushing back of my childhood on the Neskowin Creek here in Oregon…. In the 60’s I would walk a mile up the road from the little town of Neskowin, taking my pole and a jar of Mikes eggs. Every day of the lazy summer…. Had my favorite holes that always produced a nice cutthroat. Of course, time, money and people ruined it. But, they can’t ruin the memories……and at 75, they are gold.
Amazing. That looks like a larger creek that has suffered form prolonged drought and is invaded by grasses and so on. The water is clear and coming form the high rocky source? Lovely place..
@@whyno713 haha, thanks man! It was a genuine compliment, with the awareness that it could also lead to an interaction by you with my channel! It was a win, win! 🙂✌️🎣
When you caught the big "dragon" brown, you asked how you are supposed to fight it in there. I think that given that the creek is actually wider than it looks (I noticed you standing in shallow water 2 to 3 feet out from the center), that you just need to lift that fish's head up and get him up on the wet grass. Once he's out of the deep section, you have the advantage.
You can get into some feeder streams in Wisconsin that get like this. It’s always impressive at the quality of fish you can hook up with if you can make the cast.
i've always looking a youtuber that fish tiny creek and finally i found more than i asked and guess im a new subscriber here id love to keep up with your channel, my wait is paid off thanks for providing such content.
The open water part of the creek may have been a foot wide, but it looked like there were stretches where the aquatic plants made a surface mat, giving the trout plenty of room underneath to get big feeding on terrestrials.
I grew up north of the Steens mountains in eastern oregon which is a lot like western Idaho and I love fishing little spring feed creeks like those, pulled out a 28 inch rainbow once ,,love it
My favorite all time creek is there..Mccoy creek. When I was a kid..late 70s and early 80s..I caught over 200 fish on a weekend camp a few times. It was unreal..
What a beautiful seemingly healthy stream. When I was young I fished a stream in south-central Idaho that looked good just like this one. Possessing deep channels, watercress, clear water, and no signs of historical erosion we called it the "slaughterhouse" because there were so many trout of all sizes
I took a 20-inch wild rainbow from a suburban stream that runs through a golf course. It's a tiny riffle creek with deep cuts under banks and bridge pilings. I've seen MONSTER browns come out from logjams in tiny creeks--you know, those streams the locals say are "fished out, only chubs and suckers"
Definitely looking forward to the rematch ! That big rainbow was a beast . Being new to this I would not presume to offer advice , but , I " think " you might want to consider stronger tippet for round two . Reality though is you just released it a little sooner than planned . Awesome👍👍
I use to stay with my uncle when I was a pre teen in Marshall Washington, the creek was called Marshall Creek. I was told to fish with a hook and a worm only. The creek was similar in size to that creek. I caught a few fish then the biggest trout I have ever caught a 20 inch RainbowTrout. My uncle said that it was the biggest trout pulled out of that creek at the time. Best time fishing I ever had.
I know the feeling well! I have a secret creek, grossly overgrown, deep, very hard going but a 7 1/2 ft rod 40 lb braid main line and 6 lb tippet with heavy Euro-style nymphs literally dropped in from as far back as possible works. Best brown to date 7 1/2 lb and many more lost to the undergrowth but the adrenalin rush is unbelievable.
Thats a cool experience. Most of the tiny creeks i fish in Pennsylvania are completely surrounded by Hemlock trees and Mountain Laurel with no room for fly casting! I use a 5ft spinning rod and basically underhand cast all the time. #12 hook with a live worm. I get some Brown's from 10- 18" and occasional native Brookies about 5-7"
You are becoming the huge trout small water specialist. If the trout are not moving seasonally, it could be they are chilling in the cooler water (maybe a nearby spring) until nightfall when they move to larger dead water with more food. I once encountered a 24-inch brookie in a narrow quickwater in between 2 large deadwaters about a mile away on each side.
Fished a creek like this on the Pitchfork Ranch in Wyoming. Didn’t have to cast. Tie a hook on the end of the line, put on a nightcrawler and drop it in the water. Followed the creek and stopping to fish where there was an overhang or deep pool. Never caught so many fish in my life. All nice size cutthroat trout. A Summer to remember.
Every year I go out in a similar sized stream catch a couple brookies pick some fiddle heads and inky cap mushrooms and have my nature meal. I look forward to it every year.
This would be perfect for an ultra-light spinning set up! This is such an awesome video! I would love to learn to fly fish and that setting is breath taking!
My first fishing experience as a little kid was in a stream that I could step across as a 7 year old. Caught many beautiful brook trout in that tiny stream of crystal clear water.
This is very addicting. I just ordered two rods, one for me, and one for my wife and daughter to use. Those won’t be the last. Can’t wait for the creeks to open!!
Your excitement was like getting the present you've been asking for but thought you weren't going to get. I could feel your excitement. It made me laugh. Fishing is a lesson in persistence, and you have it in spades.
My best guess is that this is a tiny third or fourth order tributary either draining - or coming off - a body of water like Silver Creek. Given that it's spring fed one way or another, and the lower pressure referenced by a lot of the comments (cattle rotating range?), it's pretty sweet habitat for those fish that make their way into that creek. Spring fed gives year round conditions; temps, invert life, cover... Sweet find / score with landowner! Best wishes on return~
I just love your videos dude... And your voice is Uber relaxing too... I just want u to keep on talking and I find I don't even care if u catch one .. I JUST DONT WANT U TO STOP TALKING ...LOL... NICE WORK TRISTAN
Great videos. I live in Ketchum, Idaho. Have been fly fishing past couple of years and just got into tenkara fishing this summer. I have caught the tenkara bug now and have two rods. Having a lot more success with tenkara. Sawtooth Lake, Warm Springs creek, bigwood and big lost river. You inspire me to explore all the smaller creeks in the area as well. Keep posting👍
Friends of mine used to fish little streams in Northern pa for bookies. Steams were small and so were most of the fish, but once in a while you got a keeper. The claimed they were natives and I don't doubt that.
I've always loved fishing tiny streams, the biggest trout I ever hooked into was in a little stream up in Canada in the Kamloops area. That one fought like crazy and ended up tangling in a fallen tree breaking the line. I bugged my grandfather to stop at the streams, he was pretty dismissive but he at least entertained my request. He was big on the lakes and felt the streams were less likely to be worth fishing. I brought back some smaller ones and we cooked them up for dinner, some of the tastiest trout I ever ate.
We Used to catch them by hand in CO in streams like these when we were little kids (3rd grade). I always thought they went into the irrigation ditches to spawn. Measured one once at 24 inches.
This is my favorie video of yours. I'd like to see an other video of this stream!! It's always great when you hook into big fish the tenkara. Seems like a challenge and that'a what I like to see!!
You need a shorter rod, not sure if you're against using a fly on a spinning rod, but 6'8" rod with braid to fluorocarbon and use a water bobber to get the weight you need to cast the fly
I fish a lot of small meadow creeks like this in the Sierras. You can get away with a 6ft leader no problem. I also highly recommend a glass rod. They load so much better on short casts. Tight Lines!
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Where is this place ?
@@edwardandrade4390 he would tell you but then he would have to kill you LOL. Don't give out places like this to random people on the internet LOL!
@@John-ve3gg 🤔 yeah I agree. I'll just have to settle for a great video 👍
Monster trout baffles many anglers
... stop killing wildlife: you DONT need the food!!!...
I asked a rancher for permission to fish a stream in Idaho that looked just like that on private property. He said "Sure go ahead but there isn't any fish in there." I caught a fish on the first cast and then proceeded to catch many more. I saw the owner on the way out and told him what a great time I had and thanked him. He said "Make sure if anyone else asks to tell them there isn't any fish in there"
Well you didn't do a good job at that did you
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@@dikfik2390He didn't give the location.
Sounds like my story
Sweet spot
Back in the 1960's my dad, brother and I went up to Chub Lake in Ontario for walleye. It was too rough to go out so my dad asked the owner if there were any small lakes or rivers around we could fish. He directed us to a tiny lake close by but warned there were no fish in it. We walked down a trail and found the lake. Fishing form the shore on a huge rock we cleaned up on beautiful brook trout, what they call specs up there. Back at the lodge our cooler drew a large crowd and the next day we couldn't' get anywhere near our fishing rock. Even the locals heard about and flocked to Cheney Lake. A little off topic, but one of my favorite memories.
Best rule of fishing is verbal silence about successes.
my brown trout story was different. one day friends from a writing class showed up at my place and opened their trunk. inside was a huge brown trout as long as the trunk was wide. I accepted this odd gift and cooked it immediately, they didn't want it to go to waste, that was a lovely gift and I am glad they thought of me. I wonder where they are now, I can guess happily married with children that a clean and smart, like Greta said. God bless us all. I will be fishing where they caught that later so I hope to bring home my limit many times, fill up my freezer with panfish and trout and maybe salmon when they hit.
Back in my late teens I was fishing a larger stream for brown trout in Utah when I decided to follow up a feeder creek into a cow pasture. The creek couldn’t have been more than 2-3 feet across. I had been seeing dragon flies landing left and right and I caught one in my ball cap. I placed it on my hook with its wings still beating and floated into softly into the water. The instant it hit the water I saw the water boil and a mouth come up and swallow it. The fish dove and my line instantly popped. From just looking at its mouth/head I see the fish was a monster. It has been over 40 years since that day and I remember like it was yesterday every time I go out fishing. Good luck landing your monster in that creek, you will be thinking about it until you get back there to try again. I never did catch my monster brown - but I will one day.
I was a kid with a $8 pole from Bob's Army Navy in Orem Utah. Must have been the lightest gauge kid string ever sold. So my step dad and his friends were fishing by the diversion dam in Provo canyon. I went to the roadside of the dam and looked down and there behold was a giant rainbow trout eating a dead fish like a shark just tearing pieces off. So I pulled the dead fish in with my pole and tore off a little chunk and put it on my hook. The fish took it, my pole bent like an ugly stick and no matter the drag it would not reel. I ended up grabbing the line and at the end of our battle the fish took my line and gotta way. That is my fish story because I am the only witness.
.. i love it when those monsters get away: bc they TOO are tellin their stories.... chippytips!!!...
@@jeffhansen5259 that’s awesome and sad at the same time. I know what it’s like to lose a monster trout you never forget it.
@Praise Jesus, Repent or Likewise Perish letter J is less than 600 years old. Who are you talking about? Look up in the last days they will forget my name. Are you part of the they's? Hint I come in my Father's name!
Man i sure enjoyed your comment. I grew up in Utah. I caught big trout in the tributaries at strawberry reservoir.
Those streams have channels that cut back under the shoreline, they hold huge fish down there because they have protection and plenty of food. Great video! 👍
My favorite kind of fishing/hunting. So much strategy involved in it. So satisfying to catch each fish.
It just goes to show that even the narrowest creeks can hold some amazing fish. The fact that those fish fought their way off your fly may be proof why they got that large! Thanks for an awesome video.
This is the most beautiful landscape I’ve ever seen
Sure it's nice but wait till you see Scotland! Lots of my "school days" were spent joyfully fishing a small burn (creek) behind the house and I've loved fishing ever since. Tight lines from Bonny Scotland. 🏴 ❤️ 🇺🇸
It's a beautiful spot, and given the subjectiveness of 'beauty'...that which is labeled as "the MOST beautiful", will undoubtedly ALWAYS different on a case by case, person by person, basis. Now with that understanding being said: If this location is honestly, truly, "the most beautiful landscape (you)'ve ever seen".....I believe you absolutely need to get around see a lot more places my guy!
Yea, but now I would be arrested if I visited because I am a white MAN!
Some of my favorite fishing streams I've found in my entire life are tiny little ones in high desert looking environments like that. I've thought for years on how such big fish can live in such small streams, the best idea I've come up with is that it's the only water for miles and miles around, so all the bugs that need water for part of their life cycle, mating or reproduction or larval stage or whatever, are forced to use that one tiny stream, so even though it's tiny, it has a much higher than average food supply, which supports larger than average fish.
That's where those fish came from.
a few years ago water was so low in the local stream I thought fishing might be easy. As I walked up to seeking a good spot to stand I realized the best place was in the shallow water. I was startled by a huge great blue heron at the near end of the stream behind the small lake. As I kept walking, another huge heron flew out of the stream. As a team they were over eating the easy catches. Water has been high this year so I might do better. Fishing. all be my reward after some big projects get done. I hope I get some trout and pan fish of a good size.
Fished a few small mountain "cow pasture" streams in Idaho and Utah just like that. Small packages yielding big prizes. 😁
Looks like many I’ve fished in Nevada
Well said!
@Praise Jesus, Repent or Likewise Perish I noticed you read the NIV Bible. Checkout Ezekiel 13 verses 18 through 21 in the KJV where God teaches he hates fake teachers teaching they're going to fly out of here like the Rapture Theory which is not in the KJV Bible. Then compare those verses to the new King James version of the N Ivy where they only talk about birds flying and charms. All these bibles are perverted by the kenites kenites which of the sons of Cain. Says in the Bible King was of the devil as Eve was beguiled by the serpent and Cain is not in Adam's genealogy so he's Satan's kid. Go to the Shepherd's Chapel type in Genesis
@praisejesusrepentorlikewis6218 god isn't real dum dum. You have been brainwashed. Severely too, by the sounds of things. Anyway, I suggest putting down your strange work of fiction that you're always quoting from and try some science instead. Like, knowledge... Actual, factual knowledge is literally within the device you're using to post this complete nonsense.
I fish little creeks in the Pocono Mountains in PA. Always amazed by how wide open the mountain stream of the west are. Use a heavier tippet next time. Trout are not as line shy as they’re given credit for being.
these occurrences are golden. If you fish long enough in your life, you find places like this. It's the," there shouldn't be fish here" story where you just nail them. great native fishing.
Fished one like that in Wyoming in the early 80’s. Blew my mind how many brown trout in it. Huge undercuts gave volume.
One thing I learned on streams like that is let the fish take the fly. Don't be too quick on the set and slow down the set. The Tenkara rods are very flexible and the fiish taking the fly will set itself. The fish don't get any pressure and they are usually hungry. I love those creeks. I'll fish em every chance I get. I caught an 18" cut in a stream in WY that was 50 miles from anywhere and about as wide as a sidewalk and 1-3 feet deep. It was probably the most memorable trip I ever had. I fished for 3 days and didn't see a sole. Keep posting. Tenkara fishing is so much fun!!!
That takes me back to a time when I was a hunting guide in eastern Washington. Between hunts I would grab my fishing rod, and head over to a tiny stream just like the one your fishing. At times when the grasshoppers were heavy, I would bow cast a hopper fly off the grass alongside the creek, and it would bounce off the grass into the water. Them browns were huge, and always provided me a delicious shore lunch. It was my little oasis, and no one would of ever guessed that was fishable.
Yep. Okanogan county area, I've nabbed a nice few hidden lunkers from micro-streams out that way.
These videos are legitimately therapeutic. Keep it up for real!
For real, right?? I love these videos
Surreal , 9 inch wide stream with huge trout ......amazing ! Very enjoyable to watch !
Thanks!
Thank You for putting the fish back and I am speaking and I consider myself someone who enjoys fishing..
Amazing! Gotta say that the most impressive part is that you are able to accurately cast and land in that tiny width of water, with grass and forbes along the edges, without constantly getting snagged.
I love small technical creeks like this, you never know what is lurking in the crevices!
Spring creeks usually offer trout great food supplies. Nonetheless, it’s pretty amazing that so tiny a creek could produce such large fish. Great video - many thanks for sharing! Hope we can see this creek again!
All those overhangs from the vegetation seemed to make the ideal hunting grounds
@@lewis809 Also modest population so there's not too much competition for food.
I hope so too!
Not to mention it never gets stocked with inferior genetic fish for that exact creek. Patagonia Artfishal. If you haven't seen it I recommend you do. Very eye opening.
Thats because those fish are not pressured and have been there for years .
I like to hear that line sing! The tug is the drug
Yep, nice video, while living in Utah a friend said he knew a great fishing creek, we drove about 2 hours and to my disappointment when we arrived the creek was about a foot wide and a foot deep!!! A few minutes later I caught my first wild brook trout about a 14 incher and many more!!!
Man! I love fishing small creeks like this one. It's fascinating how big fish are hiding in these little streams. This video is for sure going to be your hit soon! Great content 🤘🤠
Thanks!
I forgot something... I hope you're going back to this creek once to try and catch that 20incher. I would love to see that one 🙌 and like someone else mentioned in the comments, dip your gopro in the water at the nice deep spot so we see how it looks down there - must bee beautiful 🤩
I’m with the other dude. Definitely show us inside the creek. Looks so nice
Exciting was missing your suv channel and this popped up on my feed so cool!!
This is one of your best videos as far as fishing big trout! Keep up the great videos, above all enjoy!
Thanks!
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Indeed, your videos is something like a therapy in this dark time. Thank you man.
I agree, these kinds of videos are so therapeutic!
I fished little creeks like this all over Lassen and Tahoe in CA and it was always a surprise to catch these 10,12,14 inch fish in them.
Bro this place looks so perfect and relaxing. The stream looks perfect. Looks really deep for how wide it is.
Your life rock's! Keep it going from creeks to streams to rivers to lakes and all over again....beautiful !
The life of a fisherman!! The dream!!
Memories come rushing back of my childhood on the Neskowin Creek here in Oregon….
In the 60’s I would walk a mile up the road from the little town of Neskowin, taking my pole and a jar of Mikes eggs.
Every day of the lazy summer….
Had my favorite holes that always produced a nice cutthroat.
Of course, time, money and people ruined it.
But, they can’t ruin the memories……and at 75, they are gold.
Most of the 16+ inch trout I've caught have been out of super small creeks like this. They are nuts during hopper season!
Are they able to get out to any lakes? Or are they land locked? I’m in Canada..curious what part you’re fishing.
Oooooohhhh. Man I miss home! Up here working in Montana, fishing is pretty good but I miss home. Been there, fished that. Thanks for the reminder.
Amazing. That looks like a larger creek that has suffered form prolonged drought and is invaded by grasses and so on. The water is clear and coming form the high rocky source? Lovely place..
Spring creeks like that one can have real surprises.
Whenever it's been a bad day I can always come to content creators like yours to escape to a good place. Keep em coming. 😊😊
This is a really cool comment. Recording interactions with nature can have benefits far beyond us content creators, and that is just awesome!
@@KevinRapkochFishing heh, if you're fishing for subscribers via compliments...it hella worked! I look forward to scoping your vids when I have time 🤙
@@whyno713 haha, thanks man! It was a genuine compliment, with the awareness that it could also lead to an interaction by you with my channel! It was a win, win! 🙂✌️🎣
Finding streams like this is always the most fun
North and South Dakota has streams like this with big northern pike in them.
When you caught the big "dragon" brown, you asked how you are supposed to fight it in there. I think that given that the creek is actually wider than it looks (I noticed you standing in shallow water 2 to 3 feet out from the center), that you just need to lift that fish's head up and get him up on the wet grass. Once he's out of the deep section, you have the advantage.
Im always amazed by the speed and stealth of these fish
Your casting skills are impressive
So true. These tiny creeks require excellent casting skills and stealth!
Loved your reaction to the big ones. I know that feeling... such a rush.
Thanks Robin!
A very good friend of mine taught me how to do accurate casting using a solo cup ,its an amazing way to learn
I love this. The excitement in your voice is palpable! I feel like I'm fishing right there next to you. Can't wait to see you return to this stream!
You can get into some feeder streams in Wisconsin that get like this. It’s always impressive at the quality of fish you can hook up with if you can make the cast.
the small bodies of water you find with fish are just incredible. Can’t wait till the season opens around my area
That water is so clear, amazing what lives in there!!
Those tiny creeks are so cool simply because of the challenge. One of my favorite uploads from you !
Agreed! Tiny creek fishing is awesome and requires refined skills and stealth
i've always looking a youtuber that fish tiny creek and finally i found more than i asked and guess im a new subscriber here id love to keep up with your channel, my wait is paid off thanks for providing such content.
Thanks товарищ!
The open water part of the creek may have been a foot wide, but it looked like there were stretches where the aquatic plants made a surface mat, giving the trout plenty of room underneath to get big feeding on terrestrials.
True, and it's decently deep in some stretches.
Yep. Thanks for watching!
Haha, that was very exciting at times. What a beautiful landscape.
I grew up north of the Steens mountains in eastern oregon which is a lot like western Idaho and I love fishing little spring feed creeks like those, pulled out a 28 inch rainbow once ,,love it
My favorite all time creek is there..Mccoy creek. When I was a kid..late 70s and early 80s..I caught over 200 fish on a weekend camp a few times. It was unreal..
Your narration is vastly improved. Good work.
love the places u go to fish! brings so much exitement to fish in small creeks
What a beautiful seemingly healthy stream. When I was young I fished a stream in south-central Idaho that looked good just like this one. Possessing deep channels, watercress, clear water, and no signs of historical erosion we called it the "slaughterhouse" because there were so many trout of all sizes
We all have days like this, such is the nature of flyfishing 😁
Great lil creek with some beasts in it! We have all had days like that, but can't wait to see you land a beast next time!
You and me both! 😄
I took a 20-inch wild rainbow from a suburban stream that runs through a golf course. It's a tiny riffle creek with deep cuts under banks and bridge pilings. I've seen MONSTER browns come out from logjams in tiny creeks--you know, those streams the locals say are "fished out, only chubs and suckers"
love it when the line sings
🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻greatvideo man! Tuning in from South Dakota
Definitely looking forward to the rematch ! That big rainbow was a beast . Being new to this I would not presume to offer advice , but , I " think " you might want to consider stronger tippet for round two . Reality though is you just released it a little sooner than planned . Awesome👍👍
Yep, if I'd have had stronger tippet, I would have used it 😄
Thanks for taking us along. Lovely adventure, great views!
This kind of fishing is what got me into Tenkara!
It's a lot of fun, for sure!
My dad and I use to fish little streams all the time. I have caught more fish on little stream than on large waters. Great fun.
I use to stay with my uncle when I was a pre teen in Marshall Washington, the creek was called Marshall Creek. I was told to fish with a hook and a worm only. The creek was similar in size to that creek. I caught a few fish then the biggest trout I have ever caught a 20 inch RainbowTrout. My uncle said that it was the biggest trout pulled out of that creek at the time. Best time fishing I ever had.
that was crazy. you need to go there again with a little heavier line
I know the feeling well! I have a secret creek, grossly overgrown, deep, very hard going but a 7 1/2 ft rod 40 lb braid main line and 6 lb tippet with heavy Euro-style nymphs literally dropped in from as far back as possible works. Best brown to date 7 1/2 lb and many more lost to the undergrowth but the adrenalin rush is unbelievable.
You just gave me an idea for my favourite creek🤔
Thats a cool experience. Most of the tiny creeks i fish in Pennsylvania are completely surrounded by Hemlock trees and Mountain Laurel with no room for fly casting! I use a 5ft spinning rod and basically underhand cast all the time. #12 hook with a live worm. I get some Brown's from 10- 18" and occasional native Brookies about 5-7"
Rooting for you all along! crazy little creek! fun to watch!
You are becoming the huge trout small water specialist. If the trout are not moving seasonally, it could be they are chilling in the cooler water (maybe a nearby spring) until nightfall when they move to larger dead water with more food. I once encountered a 24-inch brookie in a narrow quickwater in between 2 large deadwaters about a mile away on each side.
Fished a creek like this on the Pitchfork Ranch in Wyoming. Didn’t have to cast. Tie a hook on the end of the line, put on a nightcrawler and drop it in the water. Followed the creek and stopping to fish where there was an overhang or deep pool. Never caught so many fish in my life. All nice size cutthroat trout. A Summer to remember.
Every year I go out in a similar sized stream catch a couple brookies pick some fiddle heads and inky cap mushrooms and have my nature meal. I look forward to it every year.
I have seen tiny creeks and pass them up. Can t wait to try.
This would be perfect for an ultra-light spinning set up! This is such an awesome video! I would love to learn to fly fish and that setting is breath taking!
Very nice tiny creek with beautiful fish.
August is great for the Brookies coming up, fun hidden creek!
My first fishing experience as a little kid was in a stream that I could step across as a 7 year old. Caught many beautiful brook trout in that tiny stream of crystal clear water.
This is very addicting. I just ordered two rods, one for me, and one for my wife and daughter to use. Those won’t be the last. Can’t wait for the creeks to open!!
Your excitement was like getting the present you've been asking for but thought you weren't going to get. I could feel your excitement. It made me laugh. Fishing is a lesson in persistence, and you have it in spades.
Thanks Suzette!
My best guess is that this is a tiny third or fourth order tributary either draining - or coming off - a body of water like Silver Creek. Given that it's spring fed one way or another, and the lower pressure referenced by a lot of the comments (cattle rotating range?), it's pretty sweet habitat for those fish that make their way into that creek. Spring fed gives year round conditions; temps, invert life, cover...
Sweet find / score with landowner!
Best wishes on return~
I just love your videos dude... And your voice is Uber relaxing too... I just want u to keep on talking and I find I don't even care if u catch one .. I JUST DONT WANT U TO STOP TALKING ...LOL... NICE WORK TRISTAN
This is actually insane so cool man! Love the videos every week
Thanks Matt!
Great videos. I live in Ketchum, Idaho. Have been fly fishing past couple of years and just got into tenkara fishing this summer. I have caught the tenkara bug now and have two rods. Having a lot more success with tenkara. Sawtooth Lake, Warm Springs creek, bigwood and big lost river. You inspire me to explore all the smaller creeks in the area as well. Keep posting👍
Friends of mine used to fish little streams in Northern pa for bookies. Steams were small and so were most of the fish, but once in a while you got a keeper. The claimed they were natives and I don't doubt that.
I've always loved fishing tiny streams, the biggest trout I ever hooked into was in a little stream up in Canada in the Kamloops area. That one fought like crazy and ended up tangling in a fallen tree breaking the line. I bugged my grandfather to stop at the streams, he was pretty dismissive but he at least entertained my request. He was big on the lakes and felt the streams were less likely to be worth fishing. I brought back some smaller ones and we cooked them up for dinner, some of the tastiest trout I ever ate.
I've seen the same in the tiny creeks running into lakes in NZ. Amazing.
Can't wait to get to NZ someday to fish!! Cheers from the US.✌️🎣
We Used to catch them by hand in CO in streams like these when we were little kids (3rd grade). I always thought they went into the irrigation ditches to spawn. Measured one once at 24 inches.
That must be a very consistent flow of water for there to be fish that large in there. It's also beautiful water 💧 😍 ❤️
This is my favorie video of yours. I'd like to see an other video of this stream!! It's always great when you hook into big fish the tenkara. Seems like a challenge and that'a what I like to see!!
Incredible Tristan! The dragon will be waiting for your return :-)
That's awesome, I've seen "little" meadow streams like that turn out to be like a 3 foot diameter pipe, you only see the very top portion.
That's good to know! Makes me want to explore those little streams even more!
I grew up in Montana and and those little streams are packed with huge fish.
My grandpa used to fish a creek like that in nc and got some big ones one was a 20in rainbow
You need a shorter rod, not sure if you're against using a fly on a spinning rod, but 6'8" rod with braid to fluorocarbon and use a water bobber to get the weight you need to cast the fly
Mann thats beautiful scenery and catching trout that size in that little creek amazing!!
Loved the video.. Please go back to this beautiful stream with very large trout soon because i want to see you land one of those giants!!!
Will do!
This is by far the best tiny creek fishing I have ever seen. Well done! I will never look at one of these little streams the same way again.
Thats crazy!
Awesome video 👍
I’m in Idaho also and have a little stream just like this 5 minutes from home.
Same deal. Tiny creek huge fish.
That area reminds me of the ruby marshes in Nevada, monster rainbows and browns
stream looks more like drainage ditch on side of the highway pretty amazing and cool
I fish a lot of small meadow creeks like this in the Sierras. You can get away with a 6ft leader no problem. I also highly recommend a glass rod. They load so much better on short casts. Tight Lines!