Cuteness Overload 😍 😍 😍 😍

I was looking for an easier one than the couple of ones I've been using. This looks like a good alternative. Leave a few in the river for me!

Super fly tie and commentary thanks

Dude needs to invest in a proper net

Are motors allowed on Caney Fork?

Awesome video man! And the piano was good background music.

I love fishing softhackles. Thanks for keeping your errors in the presentation. I’ve had the same issues with breaking feathers or with the stem slipping out.

Pig!

What were you throwing?

Never break off your thread at the head. That fly will come undone.

Dude, where is this. I have never brook trout this big in the park

A beautiful day and really good camera work and content! Keep it up

How come I never catch big fat specs like that? Hope you are doing well, I always enjoy your videos.

Nice video..I live in Western North Carolina and Love fly fishing for back country Brookies.

and the Little Matterhorn is behind you?? i think.... it's been a dozen years since i've walked those shores

Thanks for another wonderful experience

Thanks for posting this. Just bought and repaired a broken raft and about to head to the Caney this weekend for my first float fishing trip. Excited!

Really excellent. I love simple well designed flies. ThaNKS. :-)

Seems like brook trout only live in beautiful places👍

I worked in glacier for a few years as a young man. One of the perks was fishing almost everyday. Caught a 19lb pike in St Mary one evening.

Hello, new sub here. I've been reading a lot on fish eye sight and UV. From what I've read (a couple sites, but they seem to cite the same research) only the baby trout see UV, and as the trout ages the cones, or rods in their eyes that are responsible for giving them UV vision so to speak, deteriorate to the point that that particular researcher seemed to think meant that they no longer could see UV. I've only been fly fishing since June, and only been tying flies for about a week now so i havent done any testing to see if the same pattern tied with and without UV has any change in how it fishes or how many fish i catch, to be honest I'm JUST getting tot he point where I can catch fish every time i go out (I mostly fish the provo river in utah (canyon section)) So I guess I'll have to tie up a bunch of flies that overall catch me thte most fish with and without UV and see if it has any effect on how many fish I catch. Issue is that the browns in the provo will just completely stop biting one hour to the next. a red worm might be killing it for 2 hours then I'll go 3 without a bite.

Indeed it's easy tying. But looks great!

you're tying on larger hooks. everyone around here reccomends 16 to 20. I didn't think they'd be so small.

You spent 1/4 of this video launching a boat. The Caney is WAY easier than this! I mean you can wade out to the middle.

This fly ROCKS!!! 🎣🎣🎣🎣

Cool video! What flies were you using?

This was awesome! Thanks for sharing sir! I love them Smoky Mountain Brookies! What flies was you using?

Nice!

How much do you charge?

I’ve had the same issue with ice dub. I use a dubbing loop to hold the dubbing in place. A purple ice dub abdomen works well for me also.

Hey David, I love this fly...works great in Michigan. Be Well and God Bless

Very nice! I love them Smoky Mountain brookies!

What fly were you using? Thanks for a great video.

Know you said 1 weight rod but how long was it? Gorgeous fish, have only seen those colors on Native Brookline’s in the Fall-spawning colors of Sept and Oct.

Those were nice size brookies. I'm jealous

I fish mine using small red wire for the rib. It seems to work better than the traditional silver wire for me on black midges. In Iowa a tan zebra midge is called a gnarly midge. I rib that one with small gold wire.

Beautiful video David. And it was great to have your piano accompaniment. I can't wait to go fish!

Beautiful video. Great work!

Awesome, David. Looks like a great day out!

Great film, David. The music was particularly good too! Thanks for making and sharing. Such beautiful fish.

Good job brother! It has been way too long since we fished together, maybe we can make it happen again soon!

Very cool video! Absolutely some of my favorite type of fishing.

I have caught quite a few backcountry brookies in the Smokies in my life, and fished many of the brookie streams on the Tennessee side of the park and these are some of the nicer fish I have ever seen come out of there. It makes sense that this video would come from you David. I hope you are doing well

I like 16 1/2 wraps of wire;). One of my favorites for a golden stone imitation. Nice job on the step by step.

Just caught a 27 1/4 inch brown using this fly. It works!!! Midge fishing on the Clinch river with David Knapp of trout zone anglers

I like tying a light tan Spruce Moth out of buck tail. In sizes 10-16..

Suggestion: Get a Matarelli whip finisher.

Neat tie , thanks 👍🏻

I always wear my waders in the boat as well. You can never be too safe.

Thank you Sir