Another great video, Ellis. Keep up the great work. Going to try and come up from WNC to get out with you in Jan/Feb. I’d like to just contact you a few days in advance of a warmer day to see if you’re free. If that’s no bother. Else you’ll have to hear me bitch & moan about how cold my hands are all day.

Damn that fish was such a beast

U wanna hop on the boat and work those risers hahaha

I like the comments about keeping the rod still and strip line opposed to doing a jerk strip

I've stooped as low as buying $1 buzz baits at Walmart for the skirts

Is that water as murky as it seems or is it just the light?

1) thanks for the shoutout! 2) I likely will add saltwater over time 👀 3) my wife is nice, thanks! 😂

Awesome

I'm sorry but I feel like the "YEPPIE... WAHHHHH" Audio would fit perfectly

Looks like it worked!

A few days I commented on a long video of yours and I said I loved the long format with no talking. Well now I’ve come across this video & another where you do talk over it. So now I wanna say the opposite - keep talking. You’re cracking me up. This is way better than all the serious, over-edited, super-polished fly fishing videos out there. Watching your videos is about the next best thing when I can’t go fishing.

What an awesome format. Loved hearing you talk through the circumstances in-depth. Glad I found your channel. Thanks!

Wow. Loved this video. Wish all FF streamer vids were like this! Haven’t finished yet so not sure if you found any fish but great watch nonetheless.

Wake me when it's over

Average at best

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Wow

Very informative and I appreciate it, but this video could have been 15 minutes. In fact, some parts, especially the very beginning were kinda creeepy.

I hope you dont eat anything out of the Holston river. It and the little pigeon river up in sevier county use to be really polluted. The little pigeon is supposed to be better now but i still wouldnt eat anything out of it either.

Nice. I just found out this was a thing. Very nice fish.

Open! 😅

Have you ever considered stand up? The suit bit was great. Also highly enjoyed the rambling tangents we went down in this video. Was fun, entertaining, and informative. Don’t stop!

I love this for the wildly tangential commentary never stop

" " " Tuned Up. " " "

This was good. Both informative and gave me a few laughs. “But since I haven’t” we all been there

Nice brown man!

I love that you took the time to cut all scenes. Sums up musky fishing i guess 😅

Man I thought you were in TN is that creek not hot as crap?

It's okay

This is why i find pike fishin so frustrating lmfao, they are so much fun to fight but man is it dissapointing when they get off 😂

Nice

:)) What was that all about? Keep it going!

I honestly think you made quite a few good points in this, and I totally agree that most anglers miss out on retrieve speed and presentation in most of their fishing. However, I can only attest to my personal experience but with trout specifically, I have found that color matters just as much as those other things. In my mind it is a constantly dialing color, retrieve, fly size & presentation simultaneously. I also do not think that tan is a substitute for white, nor olive for black or purple. There's studies out there that show how fish eyes see colors at different depths. Wet olive and black may look the same to you but I doubt it does to them.

Big brown bro

Oh hell yeah

let me get my camera set up and pop in my liberal pouch( cope is too expensive and bad for you). ok ready for a exciting tying vid😊

Ya that's a toad

Nice Trout guys,huge!! mob 👍✅

fuggin beaut!!!

Beast mode!

Sweet!

Thanks! Enjoyed the video lots of good stuff to learn here. Subbed

Looks like a great trout fly as well.

Love the background print

That “butts and fluff” from the craft fur in dubbing loop?

Came for the fishing flies tying, stayed for the philosophizing. Nice colors on that gonga baby.

I always watch the whole video just to see if you’re actually going to lose your mind 😂😂😂 I mean that in the best way possible.

Man i want a outboard jet so bad!

At 10:57 it's the first time and probably the last time I have ever seen a bucket full of flies!