Streams like this I usually skip because they are way too shallow and clear to catch browns consistently. If you can see the bottom, the fish has already seen you. Very rarely do you have the advantage, they even get spooked from casting with dry fly line. During the summertime when the rivers lower slightly and vegetation increases, it's almost impossible. I would highly recommend checking out other streams that have deeper pools and bigger runs. They will hold bigger browns, nice rainbows, and even a few brookies. Some of my favorite streams in the driftless have pools over 5ft deep - great for mousing in July and August at night!

Upper Gooseberry is pretty good! Got a few 12-16in brookies up there - lots of great sections for em and deep pools

Outstanding video! Great ideas, logic and scientific approach. What leader did you use for the dry flies? Mono or fluoro? Thank you!

Beautiful nature and landscape! Awesome video! Thank you for sharing! I was hooked on your video - how to fish flies with the spinning rod, floating crankbaits etc. and was laughing seeing you giving up and switching to the fly fishing gear! 🙂 Good luck and God bless you! It would be awesome if you would share the list of the equipment you are using under every video, I suppose that would be of a great value for the viewers and followers! Thank you!

Absolutely brilliant video! Your thinking logics and out of the frame is just inspiring! Thank you and God bless you!

Man, I absolutely enjoyed your experienced and thoughtful approach! Thank you very much! Subbed and belled!

Can the music

I've fished it many times and have always been driven off by heavy monsoon rain. Hell with getting struck by lightning, I was more afraid of a flash flood up in the canyon! Great fishing, though.

Thanks for ideas I haven't seen

Did you carry a real compass too? Could you realistically have left a trail markings path? Something to guide you out again!

I tried this place before and the water levels were too low. Will be trying again. What month did you film this?

It is a spawning stream for larger fish from the north branch of the oconto.

Affectionately known to Antigo natives as Shit Crick!!!

Yeah I’m surprised it’s that navigable me and my brother went fishing the pine creek and got lost we hiked 20 miles through brush and sticks and trees and everything inbetween before we saw a road

I don't think a lot of people understand that you should be concealed as much as possible when fishing for trout in smaller streams. I find that I caught a lot more when I'm hiding or blending in.

I fished the stutts probably 20 years ago. It was the best Brookie fishing I’ve ever experienced.

Hi sir. Im thinking about this today. Thx. We have few offers of fly f rods in Brazil and are so expensive and poor warranty. I will try to use carbon spining rods with fly line and reels. Do you have a idea to 8wt number? I will try saltwater.

That is cool that you found a place remote enough (by the Cow Creek trailhead) where you were able to have success with spinners. But I take it that you would recommend fly fishing almost everywhere else in that general area? Like in most of the snake river watershed?

This place is no joke. There are secrets to navigating it from the old natives. I've been deep in Delirium. The mosquitoes will eat you alive.

Your voice sounds exactly like PBS's Rick Steves. If you have not heard him, look him up

All i can catch on the wolf these days are small mouth bass.

Found this while nearly doing the same thing as you - looking for camping sites, and found this video. Awesome footage

Man! you are a real drama queen!

What an amazing collection of fishing across the country. Great videos sir

Be a lot cooler if you used a fly rod and got rid of the gloves, but hey, glad youre enjoying life!

never a good sign when ur fishing hole is full of mergansers

Spinning gear where you were fishing?! Disgusting!!

Another good vid CsS. May I ask, where do you get your map graphics that you use in your vids? Thanks!

Do you spray the flies to make them float?

Silver Green and Silver Blue Phoebe are killer this season for me alone with no flies. Had to upgrade the trebles tonight, hopefully they hold up better. Thanks for your anti-elitist approach in this series, as i learned from another local that i might need flies to get trout to bite on my creek. Ive been an ultra light fisherman my whole life and can’t imagine going out and enjoying myself another way.

Good tips and helpful information for consideration! Thank-you.

Not sea lampreys, they are freshwater brook lampreys

Beautiful country, water, and fish. Seeing those grizzlies would've been sweet!

Just stumbled on your channel. I really appreciate the content. I've learned a lot about a variety of areas. I'm always interested in seeing what other places look like and you do a great job at depicting it. Nice fish on this particular trip.

Love the Au Sable. Doesn't seem to be a ton of fish though!

Great video and narration. You caught some beautiful brown trout. Way to go.

Another great video. Thanks for sharing.

When was this filmed? Thank you

Yes, it’s a highly pressured stream now as well. Nice video!

Massive one??? Your wife has obviously been lied to

Great video...Is that a Brookie reel? What rod did you use this day?

Only 4 flies? You should have kept at it.

Can't horse them in, enjoy the fight. Soft and easy.

Looks great but I think I still would rather go to the green river and fish the Bryce national park.for trophy size trout.

Helgramites larvae.

Helgramites larvae.

Need walking sticks and gloves and snake kit.

And thanks to people like you and the internet its one of the most visited places in the park. Forgive me if im rude but thats my basically backyard. I see trash in the creek and on the trail. People with there sorry dogs on the trail. Picking flowers. All is illegal. I can remember fishing there as a kid and there wasnt a soul around. Not a car in any spot but my dads. I bet you had trouble finding a place to park. Anymore you almost always have to park in the horse camp area if you wanna fish. That used to be illegal but i guess not anymore. They value the tourist more than the horseman. Its a shame. I hate change. Nice video though. Ive caught a fish out of every hole in that creek from the park boundary to walnut bottoms id say and then some.

I live in Utah - Beautiful river. Nice commentary. Thanks for the video.

Tank's Nice video