HUGE FISH in this ABSOLUTLEY STUNNING stream - solo 2 month camping trip part 22
In part 22, I'm hiking into a small stream that is absolutely stunning. If I hadn't seen it in person, I'm not sure I'd believe it was real! The day start with me setting up my rainfly to hold a camping spot that I'll return to for the next few days as I explore other streams in the area. I end the day throwing streamers on the stream behind camp It was an amazing day!
I'm living in my truck bed camper for 2 months and road tripping through New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming. See the entire series on my channel or other parts below....
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Your fishings technics are very much improved. 👌
Nice vid. Love Montana!!!!!!
Livin the dream that’s for sure. Stuck in lockdown in Melbourne Australia and we can’t even get in a car and do a solo trip up to our trout streams. Enjoy your freedom folks🎣🎣🎣
Sucks dude, can't imagine not being able to go fishing. Crazy times!
What a joke goverments know better...right.. Uhhg too bad
Aah maan its sooo sick and evil in australia now , i have been there long time ago , it was really good
Everything all in one site. Top notch spot for sure.
The best part!
Hiking, exploring, fishing.. exactly what I want to do everyday. Wish I had the time and the money.
This my favorite go-to channel for nice relaxing fishing. The only ones I actually look forward to watching is the smaller channels. It seems the bigger the channel, the more flair and clutter and less fishing. I do get jealous, but it seems like im right there fishing with you. Keep being Blessed.
Glad to hear it!
Go Drew!Glory be to your office.On the road camping and fishing.Love it! Living your life!
I do look forward to Monday and Thursday knowing I’m going to see something special. Sure never disappoint. Beautiful cuts. You must do your homework to scout out those spots.
Thank u! I spend months researching...pretty much all winter which is why I'm protective of them and often tell people, those that work for these gifts will treasure and protect them!
always amazed at how much deeper a stream actually is compared to what our eyes initially see. Nice cutties in there!
Haha...I feel u on that...easy to think u can just cross the stream and before u know it your treading water lol!
We have some great trout fishing here in NY but where you are is some next level stuff. Definitely bucket list for me.
Big fish for such a small stream. That's so rad!!
Was a good time!
Crazy beautiful, thanks for sharing!
Magazine cover worthy!
Thanks for another special video Drew!!! Funny I found myself leaning my phone to help net that second fish lol. Keep em coming, I'm a big fan!
Haha, they were feisty little dudes and wouldn't stay in the net!
Love the fact you bring up the relaxer of the the day before fishing.. True planning! Welcome to idaho.. Lots of folk like Colorado
Got my priorities!
really amazing places you have fished. Thank you for sharing the experience and the wonderful nature . Great stuff. Thx Torben, Denmark
It was an incredible road trip!
Another wonderful video. Beautiful fish!
Thank u, nice to find a few gems!
Nice cutts for a little stream. Darn nice cutts. Nice video. Now I gotta get back to work. Thanks, I needed that!
Haha, don't get fired!
Another amazing cutty stream!
Stupid good!
Beautiful place!
Not many like it!
Amazing place with nice fish.👍
Thx dude!
love the soda dump
Great job my friend enjoy. Awesome adventure. Always watching. Have a cold one now
Definitely will!
Wow!!! What a stream!!!
It was crazy fun!
Just came across this channel. Awesome stuff. I live and fly fish Idaho!! Love it!! Never disappoints!!
I dig ID, could see spending more time out that way!
@@LooknFishy awesome let me know if you come out. Stay safe!
Drew, What Beautiful waters your fish! You are truly in Gods Country!
It truly is!
Trees look green and healthy 😎
Like a rainforest lol!
beautiful places, fish and fishing... Greetings from Poland.
Greetings!
Super!!!! Pięknie!!!! Czysta Woda Przyroda!!!!! Pozdrowienia z Polski 🙂👍
Thank u much!
Real pretty there ! Thinking about moving there myself. Just right size fish for eating too ! 😁🖒
It was pretty spectacular!
Just found your channel and subbed immediately. I just started a small fly fishing/ mult species fishing channel and am getting a lot of inspiration from your filming style. Love a one man channel. 🙏🤘
Thanks man! Good thing about being a solo operation...no creative differences lol!
@@LooknFishy that's right! 😆
Nice, looks like western Washington. Good vid.
Guess I need to explore that area some day!
Arizona Apache Trout would be an awesome series
Just had a buddy that did it and it looked fun!
Drew, I saw where you said that you were falling and that your boots were from 2016. I had the same boots and after a couple of seasons, I found the footing with those boots got very slippery. I even replaced the studs and still kept falling. Upon closer inspection, I noticed the rubber sole had worn (just like a car tire) and was no longer providing the necessary grip. Like you, I fish deep in the woods by myself. Better to get new boots than fall in the middle of nowhere. BTW, I like your videos. I usually get to fish 150+ days a year, so when I'm not on the water I check out where you've been. I'm amazed at the size of some of the trout you pull from these mountain streams.
Yup ..... the great outdoors
Truth!
Nothin else to say but awesome.
Works for me...my vocabulary is limited!
Killer big fish! Beautiful water!!! We could never catch fish on nymphs that big!! Lol. We have to go crazy small due to fishing pressure…. I could see to tie those with no problem!!!! I’d love to fish that water!!!! My mind is non stop thinking about the overland campers!!! Build, buy? It will happen next year!!!
Definitely why I like to take a hike and a trail not maintained is a good sign!
Okay this stream and woods looks like home. I'm from SE Alaska. Less sunshine and not as much warmth but the stream, flow and woods are VERY similar but home is 'wetter'. You should go sometime I'm planning a trip back home this summer.
Beautiful spot and stream. Big fish looked like cuts ? Drew you ever think about venturing into Arizona ? Some good trout streams there as well.
Definitely have! Cutts and bows...but only put the westslopes in the video!
Idaho... Too many folk in alot of spots... But Besides the fun camping and fishing and exploring.. I like your beer idea🍺👍🏕️🎣
Nice sized trout. Beautiful color. Would be fun to setup trail camera near that location (~9:45) where there were five logs across the creek in one spot. I reckon you would see bears, cougar, bobcats, etc using them to cross creek.
Yea, it would be cool to see what crosses the stream there!
Hahaha to funny drew, citrus water is a bad combo with peanut butter and honey. Man you sure stumble across some pretty streams. As the old saying goes, trout don't live in ugly places. Enjoyed the video. Until next time. 👍👍👍
Thank u much. I'm not sure any combination would have worked lol!
Boise here. You're in North or N. Central Idaho by the vegetation. Beautiful country for sure.
Howdy- Just started watching your great vids. Not sure where you are, but are all these streams you’re fishing catch and release? There’s so many fish! Thanks!
I don't speak english. Sorry. Splendid,wonderfull !!!
No worries! I wish I could communicate in multiple languages so don't apologize for being able to...truly wish I had that skill! Just fyi, I don't dismiss emoji's or short comments, assume they are left by people who's native language isn't english! So thank for taking the time to share some good energy!
@@LooknFishy thank you mister!
amazing catch, what state were you on that campground and fish in river?
It's all included in the 8 week long road trip, either in the description or other parts of the series!
Ever fished Targee creek off Henry's lake southeast north corner of Idaho? Real nice hybrids 5-6 lbers.
Never been!
I’ve fished most of the streams in N Idaho and I’ve run into over 40 bears. I’ve even tossed a fish over a bear while I was knee deep in the stream. Our bears are not aggressive, but of course, can’t pass up free food. So if you see one on a trail, there is little chance of danger (IME.) If you leave good out at night, or grease drippings, any of that, you’ll likely get a visit, but it’s about the free food, nit s threat.
I'm not worried about aggressive bears. But they are wild animals and unpredictable so I plan for the worst case so I'm prepared in the unlikely event it happens!
@@LooknFishy You carrying a .45? >357 or .44mag?
@@locoflahute8916 357
amazing!!! tell us whether its floating o sinking fly or nymph
Dry dropper...the fly was shown!
*jealous*
Been there many times!
Haha those drinks are not the best, I agree. That was an amazing stream filled with chunky cutts. What state was that in ?
Probably why someone left it. It's in the title...or in some, the descriptions...each part is in order almost day to day.
Awesome video, thanks for sharing. The hike through the jungle was well worth it. As for tippet, do you prefer Orvis Superstrong nylon or Mirage fluorocarbon?
I use superfine to my dry and fluoro to my droppers when I add shot. I like the abrasion resistence of fluoro when I add shot above my dropper. I talk about it near the end of an upcoming video
@@LooknFishy thank you!
Can you walk through what you do to your leader set up when you want to switch from dry dropper to streamer then back to dry dropper? Thanks Drew!
I just cut into my leader tie on a streamer. Then build it back out when I go back. Not fishing indi's so I don't care about knots and I keep leader material from 1x to 5x (4 to 6x in fluorocarbon) and constantly adjust my leader.
@@LooknFishy ok thx. Sorry for the deep dive here. So say you have a 9’ 3x NYLON TAPERED leader to a hopper and then 2’ of FLUORO dropper to a nymph. You want to throw a streamer. You cut about 2 feet of the Nylon leader to get to 2x and tie on a bugger? Then when coming back to hopper, you add the nylon that you cut off earlier? Thx
@@williamwojcieszek4320 yup, but I cut at the 2x not at the dry so I just need to add a short section of leader and my taper to my dry is still good!
@@LooknFishy ah ok. How do you store that leader/tippet, hopper, dropper set up to keep it from becoming a birds nest? These are the little things that annoy me during the day and take time away from fishing so that’s why I’m trying to find out these details thanks Drew
I just stick the flies in my hat. My buddy has a 4x4 pad he wears and keeps a few rigs ready to go. He's super organized...I'm not!
Drew, how do you research your trips and locate these amazing spots? I enjoy your videos. Keep it up
he made a video about it
Yup, I got a video on my channel and in the playlist for this road trip. It's all I used on this trip.
How heavy a tippet did you rope up to at around 15:00 to keep them from going over the falls? Those were some chunky cuts!
Cut back to about 2x in my leader to throw sparkle buggers!
Drew - Good Day and Thanks. Do you use a GOPro for this? Any editing software? Thanks.
Yes sir, hero 8. Use the free adobe elements to edit...really just cut and put together the video!
What kind of sunglasses are those? They look stylish but also very protective.
Costa's been happy with them!
If this is an idaho stream, would you minde telling me where you're at. I live in Burley, idaho
Drew, you wade thru some pretty dense under growth. Have you had any rattlesnake encounters?
None in ID, a few in other places. I don't stress them. They let me know when I get too close...but I hate the feeling lol!
The Trout were pretty big considering how shallow the water was.
For sure, deeper than it looks!
Where are you at I Idaho?
Drew I'm living in the Northern Front range of Colorado and how do you find these spots? Maps ? logging road maps? Tristen
Got a video on it...in my 7k mile roadtrip playlist or tips...how to find remote streams.
Did you catch any whitefish, my son would catch them and trout, when he lived in Oregon,
A ton!
If you had a “mysterious encounter” with something……..would you cover it? It looks like you are in the perfect habitat for this to happen.
I share it all...if it happens and I have it on camera...it goes into my online fishing journal lol!
Hi Drew. Is your car a 4 x 4? If it is isn't have you ever felt like you have been limited by it not being 4 x 4? If your car is 4 x 4 do you think it is truly necessary? Thanks.
Yes, my truck has an off road pkg with 4x4. I'd say 90% of the time I was in 2wd...but when the weather changes and a few roads I needed 4wd or awd. I always say...good tires and clearance are required...4wd or awd are nice to have.
Being a Aussie were those fish cutthroat or cuttbows we don’t have either in Australia
They were westslope cutthroat!
Hi I live in British Columbia Canada , Cuttbows are a cross breed between Rainbow and cutthroat trout , I am not sure if there is some in Idaho but we have them in British Columbia and the province of Alberta
I live in Idaho wish I knew places that I could travel to and see I suck at trying to research places to fish mainly because I don’t know where I’d stay or if the land will be private or something or other
Got a video on here that might help but sometimes you just gotta go get lost. Definitely stick to the national forest and you won't have trespassing issues!
Idaho is set up for people that suck at research. Imagine Boise is the center of a clock. The big slice of forest pie between the 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock hand positions are where you travel to. 70% of the state is public so stumbling onto private land would require effort.
So where are the huge fish?
Idaho is a great place to trout fish, I live in pa. and go to Idaho every year to fish because it's such great fly fishing and so few people, would love to know the area you were in.st.joe nf Clearwater, lochsa
Left put specific areas to avoid putting too much attention on any one area but there are clues in the series for those that follow!
Is this northern or southern Idaho?
If you dont know you should fish Wyoming.
Drew, what software do you use to edit your video's if you don't mind me asking?
Adobe premier elements. It was included on my laptop in 2013.
@@LooknFishy thank you, I really enjoy your videos
@@LooknFishy Next time your in New Mexico and near the San Juan river shoot me a message and I'll take you on a float trip.
That would be great. Been a couple yrs since I floated the Juan!
Do you eat a fish or two once in awhile.😉😎
Answered that question in this vid last week...kzhead.info/sun/hsyhcdt8b4SVo6s/bejne.html
what brand rain fly is that?
It's the rainfly for my hammock. Natures hangout.
@@LooknFishy What a quirky company. They sell squirrel feeders, garden hose nozzles, and hammocks.
@@tonywillingham8109 Do they really lol. I got the hammock as a gift, so I picked up the rainfly off amazon. Never had any issues. Now I'm curious lol! Just looked and didn't even see the rainfly but I've had it several years.
Was waiting for an Ewok to swing down.
Probably thought I stole his sparkling water lol!
Idyllic. Still in Idaho?
For sure!
Saving the planet one aluminum can at a time. 😃👍 Just wish it would've been more enjoyable. 😪
Haha, I wanted it to be more refreshing too!
You are BLESSED! Do you have a website or email?
Far from Huge Fish…… nice setting and nice video 👍. Spend a month in Alaska, Trout don’t count till there at least 30:inch. Halibut at least 100 lbs kings 50 lb, Silvers 20 lb…… However fishin is still fishin 👍
Haha, I hear ya. Not a dig but truly hope I never get to a point where only 30 inch trout matter. I'm more of the experience guy and appreciate I still get excited to find 16 inch cutts in streams where I'd expect 8 inch fish! 30 inch is like the super bowl...if that's the only game that matters...most will never be fulfilled. I'd be happy playing on the practice squad...but that's just me lol!
I'm curious, have you dealt with vandalism/theft/vehicle break-ins? You are out there for long periods of time with a lot of gear. I would think that your vehicle would be targeted. Out here in Oregon I am on the water a fraction of the time you are, with a fraction of the gear, yet my truck has been targeted multiple times just in the last 5 years. More and more I am starting to think maybe it's my shitty BLUE state, which is increasingly doing a terrible job at crime prevention.... I'm wondering if there's less of that in the central states. I need to move.
Constant worry but haven't had an issue. Might help I usually get as far away from society as possible.
@@LooknFishy , that definitely helps! Well hopefully it doesn't happen to you. Dealing with insurance on a laundry list of stolen camping/fishing gear is a nightmare.
Some of the Oregon rivers - most of them - have small poverty riddled communities all along them. People have lived on fishing but obstructions have shut it down. The people are stuck in those towns. Idaho has many fewer communities and those who do live in the river areas are mostly hunters, with land and gardens. Total different social structure. Poverty is the issue, not evil.
Rural Idaho is super safe. I'd be more worried about rodents getting into my vehicles wiring and causing problems.
Where is the location