This video is far too old for me to remember haha! Glad people are still watching this

That’s awesome! I’m glad there’s such a high level of acknowledgement of the unspoken rule to not take what’s left for everyone to use at these places

It was definitely a sandbar.

That’s right, because every fish that smashed the spinner was flossed

Arctic char and Dolly Varden are both char but separate species. Very closely related. It’s interesting though, char actually can spawn in lakes. Lake trout and brook trout do it, and so do these pond char. There are some tiny streams that dump in but these fish will spawn up in the shallow gravel.

We never had an issue with fish bleeding out, only specks of blood which happen with any hooks

@@TheMasterCaster we shall never know, however, thin wire barbless hooks give them the best chance, given that their blood’s ability to clot is poor

Honestly I moreso just lifted up and it was there, using a size 16 nymph no shot I could actually see where it was

@@TheMasterCaster you are not going to convince me my eyes are lying to me broski. You seen that fish in super clear water it wouldn't take your fly so you ran the line through it's mouth and then pulled the line and hooked the fish on the outside of the jaw. You even edited the footage to no show were the hook placement was. On top of that you are now lying about it and trying to convince me of you're lie. You sure can watch floss your line and then hook a fish with that sized fly. On the Salmon River they do it all the time.

​@@TheMasterCasterdeleting comments is crazy. We have the screenshots tho mastersnagger

​​@@TheMasterCasteryou are not going to convince me my eyes are lying to me you've casted your line through that fish's mouth and then pulled it tight once you've seen your snag indicator stop moving. It's the reason you are casting in such a way to have the entirely of the line run across the fish's mouth. You even edited the video to not show the hook placement which I guarantee was on the outside of its job because you intentionally flossed it. Stop lying and deleting truthful comments. I'm taking screenshots of you doing so Show the UN edited video of the hook placement.......Seth Seth Seth

? I haven’t deleted any comments. It was also hooked inside the mouth and came out in the net when I released tension. This happens all the time while fly fishing. If it *was* flossed I really don’t care because I didn’t do it intentionally and I released the fish anyway.

It’s an awesome feeling!

@TheMasterCaster i know i love when them unexpected jacks come in and go bam im here .. got a pen 4000 reel i was catching pomps on and a jack destroyed the gears in the reel back in march on padre. Fun times!!!

Interesting! That could be a good explanation.

@@TheMasterCaster was it a fluorocarbon leader? Also if you keep your rod in the back of a truck and leaning out the tailgate the same type of fluorocarbon breaks. I had a buddy switch from high-end mono to high end fluro fishing big swimbaits and he kept having random breaks. That's what it was. Trust me if it was a fluor leader and you had ot stored that way, that's why it broke Fluorocarbon is very brittle

@TruthSeekingAlways I believe it was indeed fluorocarbon!

@@TheMasterCaster bingo buddy! I love fluorocarbon but it's so brittle. Make sure to spray with line conditioner too.

It’s a great place to fish!

?? The boats we used are literally stored there at a trailhead for public use by a non-profit…

Not to mention the fact that you don't know how to paddle and you aren't even wearing pfds. What would you do if you lost the boat? Say screw it and go back to Pennsylvania?

@byronthompson9364 it’s a public use canoe and it’s not illegal to not wear life jackets idk what you’re complaining about

That is not a campsite that is somebody's camp! There is a difference

It’s actually a small lodge for a well known guide and outfitter! Camp, campsite, why does it matter what I call it?

I highly recommended it! They’re so fun on the fly as well. I didn’t fly fish for them in this video, but I have in subsequent trips and it was a blast!

But only one of the two species is Arctic char lol. Brook trout being char doesn’t make Arctic char less special

They hit literally anything lol. I was using a spoon tho

It was awesome!

@TheMasterCaster looked like man! Congrats on the Chub! I'll be expecting you to catch a bigger one! Gotta make that 11 hour trip again!

Hey 17 minutes is better than none! These videos aren’t meant to be incredible cinematic films, just a collection of my experiences from these trips. More of a memory bank, but I like sharing with people cause some do enjoy this style! Thanks for watching

depends what you mean by old. If by old you mean “regular old rainbow trout”, you’re correct. There are definitely different strains of rainbows and there’s a few that are generally the famous steelhead but genetic work shows that any rainbow trout can and will run to the ocean if it wants. Stocked rainbow trout get caught in the saltwater of NJ, NY, and New England sometimes.

Golden trout

Haha same, I’m not sure how I even spotted it!

How's that?

@@thevoiceman6192when they are stocked into a river they aren’t native to they are invasive

@@alextheprogamerr Ok but they are not an invasive species because they are native of the US.. UnLike Plecos, Snake heads, etc...which come from other countries. Florida is invasive species capitol.

@@thevoiceman6192Well rainbow trout are only native to the western United States and brown trout are not native to the United States at all. Both of these fish are aggressive and will eat native fish within rivers they are stocked

@@alextheprogamerr And European starlings are native to europe but have fit in nicely. Same with brown trout.

There are many places on creeks that have nobody around. Don't go to the popular places and it won't be crowded.

I agree!