I used a fujifilm x100f. Great camera for photos and the size is great for hiking, but not so great for video. There's newer versions that are weather sealed too if you can find one

Thanks man. Yeah I had a fitness journey last year and dropped 40 pounds. I was at my leanest I've ever been right after that trail too. Man I've never hiked so cold and one night got down to I think 16 degrees. I didn't have a bivy but you might have noticed my quilt when I was cowboy camping. My sleep system for that hike was a 40 degree enlightened equipment apex quilt, a gossamer gear 1/8" pad, and 6 sections of a z lite pad. With below freezing temps on the forecast, I was lucky to pick up a sleeping bag liner in Tahoe City while I resupplied. And my shelter was the lanshan 1 without the bug net

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 40lbs! That's awesome! Ah I see I thought the Apex was a the outside of a bivy. Dang that's really pushing it with those temps. Especially with the foam pads. Glad you made it out fine lol. I'm thinking of using just the outer of the Lanshan 1 along with a bivy for inclement weather. I've been getting used to tarp & bivy camping and fastpacking these days. Glad you're getting out with some long hikes. Good to see you posting videos.

@rodoutdoors thanks man. Yeah that night below freezing sucked. I've been in those temps with a 20 degree quilt and a much more insulated air pad and was cozy but I expected late summer conditions. What kind of bivy do you use?

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 Yeah that sounds brutal with a 40 deg quilt & foam pads. I don't think I've been in 16 degree weather and I'm sure I would be cold in my 20 deg quilt. I picked up a Borah Gear ultralight bivy in wide. It's around 6.4 oz. Along with their 7x9 silpoly flat tarp. It's been working out pretty well. Paired it with the old Nemo Tensor Insulated wide and a Hammock Gear 40 deg quilt. It's been ok down to around 40 degrees. I'd probably need more layers if going lower.

@rodoutdoors a 6.4 oz bivy sounds awesome. Sounds like a good ultralight set up. I'm hoping to do some overnight trips out here in the mountains soon but I'm waiting for some more snow to melt. But a light bivy like that would be nice for these spring time mosquitos

It's a tough place to fish but it's a beautiful place to be regardless

Thanks man. The medium format camera I've been using is over 30 years old and it's made my best work yet. Some people do amazing work with 4/3 cameras. I say do it if you enjoy it

Thanks dude. Last year was weird for me so I got a lot of work to catch up on. I know we've been struggling to link up. I finally got back on ig so I linked it on my page. Hit me up there

Bear cans are required in desolation wilderness now. I did the whole trail this year and I'll probably do an updated gear list too

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 thanks I was just wondering. how did you do with the Tenkara?

@chili1593 I caught a few fish at Gilmore lake. I honestly didn't have much time to fish, especially for my fitness level at the time. I spent most of my time hiking so it was unnecessary for my goal. But I've done well fishing a lot of those lakes when hiking fast and far wasn't the goal

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 thanks for the replies to my dumb questions. Happy Thanksgiving

Thanks bro. Just subbed back, your channel name is sick btw

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 Thank you, I appreciate that!

Donner pass is pretty and follows the truckee river and is a fast drive but has cops. Spooner pass for the view of lake Tahoe, but hella cops too. Kingsbury is alright but short. Carson pass is very scenic especially in fall and passes a lot of lakes. Sonora pass is the funnest I've driven and is scenic for the tall granite mountains and low canyons. Still have to drive Ebbetts pass but that looks fun too

Sierra Nevada touge is 🔥

Sorry I forgot to reply. I just tried the tarp camping to see how minimal I can go to hike faster and longer. I definitely like it during the fall when it isn't so buggy. Otherwise I think the hammock set up is probably the most fun and most comfortable if you can set it up right

That's awesome. I missed a lot of fish but I'm not very good at fly fishing lakes. I'm going to have to visit Jolly Kone when it gets warm again and fish the Walker. Thanks for watching

Thanks Mario. It's my favorite campsite I've had so far

Thank you. It's definitely my favorite campsite so far

Thanks man. If I knew the fishing was going to be good as it was, I would've fished on my way up on the first day too. I wish I spent more time fishing the creek

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 Hey brotha, I hope all is well. You haven't posted in a while. Just wanted to check to make sure everything is good.

@FreeFormFlyFisher thanks bro. Been going thru a bit of shit this winter but I've actually got a few videos lined up that I gotta work on. I met Eric Leslie on a river and I got a good video from that day, I'm sure he does too. You asked me for my email way back but I never got anything

@joeyallenoutdoors9086 glad to hear that you're at least doing OK. Looking forward to the vids. Eric is pretty cool. I met him on Putah last year. Was a funny video he posted of that day. I didn't think you had responded with your email.

@FreeFormFlyFisher that means a lot bro, thank you. How you been? I gotta catch up on your videos but my dumbass is watching rock climbing shit and I gotta be up in the morning lol. Yeah Eric seems pretty cool, I should've fished with him but he was with someone else and I didn't wanna bother them but I did well that day for the little truckee. My email is [email protected] Or my phone number is 5103787700

Hell yeah dude, this hike is pretty sick. I would've enjoyed it even without the fish. Lol dude yeah they got some crazy color, some of em get so bright around this time of year too. Thanks man

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 that milky way pic you took, so dope. I would like to do a time-lapse over night. I've always been fascinated by the stars and galaxy. I need to learn how to use my camera lol. Overwhelming just like the video editing software 🤣

@@FreeFormFlyFisher dude hell yeah I wanna do that too. My shitty camera only records up to 30 minutes though haha. And yeah this editing shit is overwhelming, I don't know wtf I'm doing haha

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 we all gotta start somewhere haha. I like the way you soften up the picture. I don't even know what I'm trying to say. I'm guessing it's called color grading? Anyway, I've tried lots of times but I always end up just going back to the original. Your videos are legit. Relaxing and creative. Motivates me to want to go out and backpack for real. But there is something about sleeping on a mattress that I can't give up lmao.

@@FreeFormFlyFisher I know what you mean, thanks man. I tried color grading a bit in my earlier videos and bumped up saturation a bit much. Then I realized I liked how much easier it is on the eyes if I did the opposite pretty much haha. I'm actually a bit of a camera nerd but more for photography now than video so I tweak my colors straight from a fujifilm camera I was using for photography but I think I'm getting decent results with it for video. And hearing dudes like you tell me its inspiring them is one of the reasons I keep doing the videos. I used to sleep on an inflatable pad though which is way more comfortable than what I use now, I just wanted to lighten up my pack. I found out I can sleep on it fine if I'm tired enough though lol

Hell yeah do it. This area is a good and easy one to get to. You can get a permit the same day at the carson pass visitor center. Last time I checked emigrant wilderness permits, their online system wasn't on but that one is usually easy too. Desolation wilderness is awesome too but permits are harder for that one because of daily quotas. Sorry if I'm telling you info you already know, just hope it helps get you out there

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 That helps a lot actually. I'm pretty clueless on the whole area and processes. I'm not sure if my car can even make it to certain areas hah. I definitely would prefer somewhere where permits are easy to get and the trailhead is easily accessible. Thanks a lot!

@@rodoutdoors I'm with you man. I can't get to some trailheads with my car because of some dirt road driving. The parking lot for this area is paved and next to the highway. The eagle falls trailhead at desolation has a small paved parking lot but also allows overnight parking on the street if the lot is full. Theres a lot more but the research will be rewarding when you figure out other places too

Oh I'd also be mindful of food smells or other smelly things in your car up in the mountains because of bears

Thanks dude. Your videos are a lot cooler than mine man, you should keep doing it. I'm new to this too and have no idea what I'm doing haha. I just keep doing it because I've inspired some people to get outside

Thanks dude. Yeah I think we did about 50 miles but we were planning on completing the whole thing which is 165 or 170. My homie hurt his knee so we'll have to try again another time

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 Holy crap. How many days will that take? Thats a long way. I don't even like to drive that far lol. People amaze me that do long distance trips. Like the whole length of PCT. I met a guy in Mammoth earlier this year. He's basically homeless and all he does is backpacks all over the mountains and has been doing it for years. He showed me some pictures of these incredible views way high up in elevation. Much respect to you guys for going on adventures like that. Seems like a lot of fun.

@@FreeFormFlyFisher lol. It took us about 3 and half days to do this section. Yeah the pct hikers are nuts. That mountain man seems even more nuts haha. I was supposed to do the pct this year but I had some money issues and decided to cancel. It definitely takes a crazy kind of person to want to do this kind of stuff haha. It's weird man, theres some suffering and discomfort doing longer distances but it makes the highs of the trip so much higher in my opinion. I also enjoy the solitude on my overnight fishing trips because you can get past the day crowds if you get far enough and the fishing gets better. I do enjoy meeting people on trail or at the rivers but I think I just need some peace and quiet for my mental health once in a while

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 I agree. Being able to fish and getting out of the city is important for me as well. Fishing changed my life 😂. I've been wanting to try backpack fishing trips deep. I may start that next year cause ive been scoping some waters for a couple of years now. Time to make it happen.

@@FreeFormFlyFisher hell yeah do it, you might like it. Start with some easier trips forsure though, it might take a bit to get used to before you want to get deep into the woods. Maybe I'll meet you one day and we might get along enough to show each other some adventures haha

Fly fishing is pretty fun, and this tenkara style keeps it light and simple. It's very limiting though, I'd rather bring a rod with a reel for fishing trips. I pretty much only got the wind pants cause I wanted something lighter than my long johns I used to sleep in. They're also good for when its buggy at camp. They are surprisingly warmer than I thought they'd be too. I've heard of people using dance warm up pants as wind pants and those are cheaper too

I saw one fly fisherman on my way out at leavitt meadows and I saw a few guys fishing maybe 6 or 7 miles upstream. It doesn't seem like a bait dunker spot haha. Hope valley does get a bunch of bait guys but I wonder if that's cause it gets stocked

Thanks man. Yeah these trout are pretty. I like how the parr marks look too

Thanks dude. Btw, your technique for weighted wire for fly tying has been working out pretty well for me. I lost way too many flies on this video though haha

Thanks dude. At first I thought those noises were coyotes but I've never heard em make noise quite like that. I joked about it being big foot to my girlfriend haha but I guess I'd never really know

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 haha I listened to it like 5 times. My guess would be coyotes, but usually you know for sure when you hear them. Hmm interesting tho. Pretty cool that you were able to record it and add in the video.

@@FreeFormFlyFisher dude yeah that shit freaked me out a bit lol. It's pretty weird waking up to that but I'm happy my mic picked that up so I could share that

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 I always think to myself how cool it would be to run into the big fella while fishing lol. I don't know if they're real or not but thousands of people out there have seen something. You ever see the documentaries Missing 411?

@@FreeFormFlyFisher I think I'll start calling it big fella too haha. Yeah man I agree with you. I haven't seen that documentary but I've heard of it. I've also ended up on big foot stuff that KZbin recommends to me haha

Thanks man. Dude that day was such shitty wind lol. I caught a few more browns but they slipped outta my hand before I could even record. I need a go pro haha. And I lost a really good rainbow

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 I feel you. Especially this year, it seems the Eastern Sierra has had some crazy high winds. Can't escape it haha. The GoPro or action cam is a game changer. Hands free. You catch almost all the footage. Meaning, sometimes your angle might be off and of course your battery might die lol. BUT, most importantly, you're still in the moment.

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 there are some slabs in that river. Bigguns

Thanks man. Yeah dude, it's kinda hard doing this video stuff alone. I wanna get a go pro to get more footage of the fishing to make it a bit easier. I do a lot of fishing without a camera though but I've been inspired lately I guess. Maybe I'll see you on the water sometime, thats one of my favorite spots and I live pretty close to it now

Thanks man. Yeah this place is cool. I need to get there earlier and explore more of it

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 the fish get some pressure so it can be challenging at times but there are some good ones in there. If you start early be sure to take some bug repellent. The mosquitoes will drive you crazy lol.

@@FreeFormFlyFisher yeah this dude caught a fat brown upstream of me. He let me fish that hole with his euro setup but he must have got the only fish from that hole haha. That place does get a lot of pressure, I've met people that say they got there in the morning and catch 15 and some don't catch anything at all. Either way, that place is worth the adventure

@@FreeFormFlyFisher I do keep bugspray in the pack forsure no matter what though, that shit drives me nuts haha

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 that was nice of him to share with you. It makes the experiences so much more enjoyable when you get to meet positive, good energy people like that. I was fishing there a couple of years ago and I forgot my bug spray. I couldn't even tie on flies it was so bad. I literally went back to my truck and waiting until they weren't out anymore. Looked like I had chicken pox on my hands lol.

Thanks man. Just subbed back, the tenkara stuff is pretty cool. I should use my tenkara rod more, I've just been fishing big water lately but I'm excited to explore more small streams soon

Thanks man. I can't wait to get back up there in this nice weather

Thanks for watching. I just subbed to your channel a few days ago. You definitely got me wanting to get better with my videos and get better at fly fishing

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 oh cool, I wish YT notified me when people sub. Your edits was fantastic, you're well on your way. My early videos are pretty cringe 🤣

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 I'm actually interested in making more videos in this style. I love backpacking and fly fishing, I'm hoping to do more this season. If you ever make it further north, let me know :D

@@driftstone thanks man. Hell yeah I might want to do some steelhead fishing up north again and one of my buddies wants to backpack near Humboldt. I live near the eastern Sierra now so maybe I'll see you around here one day too

@@driftstone emigrant is the best! If you drive up hw 108 you can pull off at Kennedy meadows and they will do drop trips with their stock horses and you can get dropped 15 or 20 miles out and hike back and fish

Thanks man. Yeah brookies are my favorite trout to catch, I wish I was able to catch some rainbows I saw in the rivers too but I spooked em all with how shallow it was haha

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 haha hate when that happens but we all do it. Now that you're in Nevada, you have faster access to a lot of good fishing water. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your videos. I've been wanting to do a backpack fishing trip. Never have but it's definitely on the list. Your videos inspire me to get out and do it.

@@FreeFormFlyFisher yeah I'm planning on doing a lot more exploring forsure with how much easier it is to get up there now. I actually have some footage still from the fall that I didn't edit together yet but I've been busy with a lot of other things. And yeah man, backpacking is one of my favorite hobbies, it's nice to get away and disconnect for a little while. It can be tough though but I think it's worth it. I wish I started doing videos earlier, some of the coolest places and best fish I've caught aren't filmed or photographed but I'm sure there'll be more anyway. It's really the main reason I started too, most of my inspiration and motivation came from videos on youtube

Thank you. Yeah I shot everything at box speed. I used a nikon n80 and used the in camera meter on matrix mode. Right now with the snow in the sierra, I want to try pushing black and white but shooting outside of box speed is new to me. Got any tips?

@@joeyallenoutdoors9086 Well since film loves light and you basically don't want to under expose the shadows you lower the box ISO by half so if for example you are shooting portra 400, you set the camera ISO to 200 tricking the camera to meter at ISO 200 thus giving you more light.

Hell yeah that's cool man. I actually moved real close to the eastern sierra so I'll definitely be spending more time over here. I still have family in the bay and visit sometimes though. I'll keep that in mind though, but if you ever see me out on trail definitely say hi

Hell yeah, that's good to hear it inspired you

Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching

Yeah my fly cast is pretty bad, got any tips?