4 Days Camping + Fishing Southern Colorado (People Say Colorado SUCKS for Fishing?)

[@stevewalcott9546]

Another beautiful video! That super clear stream sure produced some beautiful cutty’s and the second river was just an awesome classic western river, wide open for casting!

[@FlickyFlies]

Thanks Steve! The clarity of that creek was outstanding, and the little waterfall feeder stream even more so! Thanks for the comment!

[@howmanable]

You really captured the moment with your technique in the opening when you were using the rock to implement that tent stake into the terrafirma 🤣🤣🤣

[@FlickyFlies]

Lol! Absolutely!

[@caseymoel8597]

Beautiful footage, great commentary, and wonderful editing! Love your comment of sensory overload down in the canyon! Thank you for taking the time to record your adventure.

[@FlickyFlies]

Thanks so much for the nice comment and for taking time out of your day to watch my adventure!

[@tenkaraintheiowadriftless]

Another epic adventure. Great video Chris, thanks for all of your hard work!

[@FlickyFlies]

Thanks man!

[@themidnightrider6805]

I just found your channel today and I love the video! Awesome work, I appreciate the effort you put into this.

[@FlickyFlies]

Thanks so much, welcome!

[@Since-80s]

my man, thank you for sharing these moments with us, i know how much work it must be. If youre watching this try 4k, stunning video quality.

[@FlickyFlies]

Appreciate it! For sure, forcing that 4k makes everything look so much better here on KZbin.

[@Dustincoin]

My friend Dave said your page is the best and he wasn't lying! Gonna make a spicy farm dog and enjoy the scenery.

[@FlickyFlies]

Dave knows best!

[@garycywinski9440]

I had a good laugh when you said the fish you were going for were pressured. Just came back from foraging morels and went by a put and take stream. Packed with anglers fishing for stockers. Everything's relative.Gorgeous water Chris.

[@FlickyFlies]

Hah, for sure, I'm a bit of a spoiled idiot when it comes to my favorite types of waters. If it's not off the beaten path with plenty of solitude it's not worth it. That's just my take though! Morels, I'm so jealous!

[@alanfriedemann9871]

I’ve been watching your videos for a while and they are always great. The photography is unbelievable and adds a lot to the whole experience. I really like your attitude when the fishing may not be so great. I do wish you would show pictures of the flies you use I would love to see pictures of your wooly Walt’s worms and a recipe other than materials use to tie them. I would like to tie some of those up. Thanks in advance.

[@FlickyFlies]

You're in luck my friend! Making a bit of a shift with the videos I film this season to be even more about the surroundings, the story, the flies and rods etc, so there will be almost without fail shots of all flies used going forward, once I get through my backlog of films from last season. Recipes are something I get asked about often. I don't think I'd make a KZbin video for a recipe, but maybe I'll add a section to my website someday. It's on the list, just a bit far down!

[@kundaliniii]

You deserve more subs man! Thanks for the great content!

[@FlickyFlies]

Thanks so much man, glad you're here watching!

[@HighHoleOutdoors]

GREAT VIDEO!! Movie quality. It is getting crowded in Colorado but there are gems out there.

[@FlickyFlies]

Thanks so much, so glad you liked it!

[@Adventures_of_ASJ]

20 seconds in and I’m already blown away by the footage.

[@FlickyFlies]

Very cool, love to hear that. Appreciate you watching and dropping a comment.

[@Adventures_of_ASJ]

@@FlickyFlies what do you film the fish up close with. The detail as you pan across the scales is insane!

[@FlickyFlies]

Sorry for the delay! I just use my big camera if I'm close enough to it. Leave the trout in my net "live well" for 10 seconds, run and grab the camera, shoot slow motion footage up close. I use a Canon EOS RP and a 16-35 f/4 lens.

[@Adventures_of_ASJ]

@@FlickyFlies no worries! Thanks! That’s an awesome setup!

[@FlickyFlies]

@@Adventures_of_ASJ I'm jonesing for something that'll shoot full frame uncropped 4k, or even 4k with 120fps, but I really can't complain about my little EOS RP that just keeps chugging along.

[@ThePanamaCollection1-lv5po]

I've never met anybody who says Colorado sucks for fishing - I live here and I love it......

[@FlickyFlies]

I live here too and I've heard it before! At the same time, I also love it, deeply. It's an incredible state to live in. My point was more so that you need to get off the beaten path to enjoy what this state has to offer, and that's exactly what I did in this video. From my point of view, if you only fish the famous, crowded waters that Colorado is known for, it does kind of suck.

[@ThePanamaCollection1-lv5po]

@@FlickyFlies Okay, I'll totally agree with that - we always look for the remote streams that are hard to get to, because Texans don't like to hike! Tight lines.......

[@FlickyFlies]

@@ThePanamaCollection1-lv5po haha! Brutal but good.

[@LostManFishing]

Great video!!! May I ask what cameras you are using - wonderful quality 👌 👏

[@FlickyFlies]

Appreciate it! I'm using a Canon EOS RP w/ 16-35 f/4 lens for wider stuff and 70-200 f/4 for tighter stuff. GoPro Hero Black 11 for the GoPro shots.

[@LostManFishing]

Thanks a lot for the info! I just found your channel and subscribed immediately... what amazing work 🙌 👏

[@FlickyFlies]

Glad to hear it! Happy you're enjoying the videos!

[@rambling_rob7035]

Colorado sucks? If you need to hit the famous places, yes. I prefer the small one man/woman size creeks. 6-12" trout in peaceful settings in the high country, are just fine for me. Great days, Chris.

[@FlickyFlies]

Totally on the same page! It's interesting how people get stuck fishing the same popular spots for medium sized fish. Deckers is a nightmare, for example. BTW, thanks so much for the support on Patreon!

[@Jdub970]

Yes. Colorado is horrible. Go to Wyoming or Montana. 😂

[@FlickyFlies]

@@Jdub970 Shhh, don't tell people Wyoming exists. As a northern Coloradan I'm up there more often than not haha.

[@Jdub970]

What size / length leader and or tipper are you typically using?

[@FlickyFlies]

I typically am running my length of rod minus a foot or so of level line, directly to maybe 3-4 feet of tippet. I try to keep it simple.

[@Jdub970]

@@FlickyFlies This is all new to me. I just saw there’s different sizes for the level line. Is there one of those you’d recommend?

[@FlickyFlies]

@@Jdub970 Which rod/rods are you using?

[@Jdub970]

@@FlickyFlies the only tenkara rod I have is a 12ft 360cm, 6:4…I was mainly planning to use it in RMNP creeks and maybe mess around with it on the big T a little.

[@chrismoreno1627]

What part of Colorado you in??

[@FlickyFlies]

Southern!

[@ben.schuyler]

In what world are people saying Colorado fishing sucks? 😂

[@FlickyFlies]

In the messed up world of tailwater fishing among crowds for medium sized fish! Too crowded here. That's why I get off the beaten path and what I'm hoping to show a bit of with this film. Thanks for dropping a comment!

[@RandallW20]

So, it looks like you found my top two favorite creeks in the world, literally! How’d you find out about those? It’s a shame that the first one in the 22min mark has become popular enough that someone has now put a rope down to the water. I used to have to slide down that on my butt. The further up you go, the more it opens up to a meandering creek. The second at the 49min mark I can never pass up whenever I’m in the area. I’ve been going up there for over thirty years. Matter of fact, I’m almost certain that my first trout on flies were probably at either one of these creeks. I love those two creeks!

[@FlickyFlies]

A mixture of obsessing over google maps and following blue lines as well as some targeted google searches. There are a few blogs out there where people write some in depth trip reports, I'll say that! I agree - I didn't really like the rope being there. Largely unnecessary and takes away from the natural quality of the place, but man that first bit of canyon was among the prettiest I've ever fished. That second creek turned out to be quite popular, unfortunately. Took me a while to find a spot to fish it, although I guess I'm supposed to feel glad that people were out there enjoying it. I struggle with that though haha. I couldn't believe how clear that water was! I'm heading back to the area this summer again, hoping to target some different water that I missed on this go around. Thanks for watching!

[@RandallW20]

@@FlickyFlies it’s been awhile since I’ve searched up the names of the creeks. The first one had an article written about it back a number of years ago. Guess word has gotten out about the second. I used to never see anyone up there. Although, I too have noticed more people there. Used to be able to get across the little crumbled bridge up there too. If you want to ask me about some of that area, let me know. Like I said, I’ve fished all over that area for over 30 years. And I respect the way you don’t give away where you’re at. Take care.

[@FlickyFlies]

For sure! I might reach out before my next trip there.

[@flyguy2021]

Who says Colorado sucks?

[@FlickyFlies]

Me, sometimes, if I stick to popular waters around the Front Range. But, the real idea for the title was spurred on by Huge Fly Fisherman's video where he ranks states for fly fishing. I get it, it can be really busy here and even the popular tailwaters don't have huge fish compared to a lot of places. Luckily for me, I enjoy getting way off the beaten path and don't care about fish size, only the beauty of the place and the act of fishing.

[@flyguy2021]

@@FlickyFlies I stopped watching Huge because it’s a constant rant.

[@jeffcowles5328]

8.3 million acres of BLM land. Plenty of beauty and all you have to do is work for a little privacy. Embrace the suck 😎

[@FlickyFlies]

You're not wrong! We're so lucky here in all of the U.S. that we can find places all to ourselves.

[@bobedwards7455]

Definitely sucks PLEASE stay away!

[@FlickyFlies]

😂