Backcountry Brookies in the Smokies - 4K

Fly fishing for native southern Appalachian brook trout in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park backcountry with David Knapp of Trout Zone Anglers. Join David in August of 2021 for some late summer brook trout fishing. This summer, instead of a big trip out west, David enjoyed a staycation and of course had to include some fishing!

[@AppalachianBlueLines]

Awesome video man! And the piano was good background music.

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Thanks, I appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@jamesfrankvancleave5674]

Thanks for another wonderful experience

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

You're welcome! I hope you are doing well!!!

[@timbumgarner1207]

Nice video..I live in Western North Carolina and Love fly fishing for back country Brookies.

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

One of my absolute favorite things to do. I'm thankful we are blessed with so much water here in the southern Appalachians!

[@brennanmcneil3846]

I have caught quite a few backcountry brookies in the Smokies in my life, and fished many of the brookie streams on the Tennessee side of the park and these are some of the nicer fish I have ever seen come out of there. It makes sense that this video would come from you David. I hope you are doing well

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Thanks Brennan! Hope you have been getting plenty of fishing in my friend!

[@riverbliss262]

Beautiful video David. And it was great to have your piano accompaniment. I can't wait to go fish!

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Glad you enjoyed it! Look forward to sharing the river with you again as always!!!

[@Nighthawkeye1]

Great film, David. The music was particularly good too! Thanks for making and sharing. Such beautiful fish.

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!!!

[@davidgr8t]

Seems like brook trout only live in beautiful places👍

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

I have yet to find them in an ugly place!

[@stuarttaylor-ji8ut]

A beautiful day and really good camera work and content! Keep it up

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Thanks!!!

[@timhurst6182]

Very cool video! Absolutely some of my favorite type of fishing.

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Thanks man! Same here. I go back and forth between browns or brookies being my favorite, but it is really hard to beat our native species.

[@jimparks8337]

Beautiful video. Great work!

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Thank you very much!!!

[@slickydicky]

Those were nice size brookies. I'm jealous

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Thanks!!!

[@ryandeenihan1715]

We're those all true wild brookies? None were stocked in the larger streams? Either way great video and some beautiful fish.

[@steveyates1136]

@@ryandeenihan1715 I think David has been feeding them...LOL!

[@flyrodhiker8326]

This was awesome! Thanks for sharing sir! I love them Smoky Mountain Brookies! What flies was you using?

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

I think I was mostly beetle fishing on this particular trip. Foam beetles and ants are a fun way to fish in the summer.

[@steveyates1136]

@@TroutZoneAnglers Terrestrials catch fish 12 months out of the year.

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

@@steveyates1136 Shhhhhhh.....

[@kellypeterson5771]

Know you said 1 weight rod but how long was it? Gorgeous fish, have only seen those colors on Native Brookline’s in the Fall-spawning colors of Sept and Oct.

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

That rod is 7.5' long. I would fish one a little longer if I could find one, but the 7.5' is not bad.

[@kellypeterson5771]

@@TroutZoneAnglers Would Tenkara rods work in these type of streams?

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Yes, we use Tenkara sometimes for sure…

[@TNOutdoorsFanatic]

Good job brother! It has been way too long since we fished together, maybe we can make it happen again soon!

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Thank you my friend! We definitely need to do that sometime. Might have to be winter or close to it, but it would be great to catch up!!!

[@TNOutdoorsFanatic]

@@TroutZoneAnglers I am taking my kids to the Grinch this weekend for their first experience trout fishing…. We are just taking spinning rods this time, but I think they will like the change of pace from dunking worms for bluegill…

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Hope you guys find a few! This year has been much tougher than usual on that river.

[@liamkingsbury7438]

Dude, where is this. I have never brook trout this big in the park

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

This is one of the more popular brook trout streams, but I have found them this large on most of the streams I frequent. The key is spending lots of time on the water to find these larger specimens.

[@kellypeterson5771]

What fly were you using? Thanks for a great video.

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

I used a lot of different flies that trip, but I think the beetle was working best that day.

[@kellypeterson5771]

@@TroutZoneAnglers is trout fishing season open year around in TN? My wife’s older sister lives in Kingsport and wants me to come along on next visit to do some handi work around her house. Then I want to trout fish since moving to IL from northern WI there are no trout streams. First time in 6 decades I’m not living near some trout.

[@kellypeterson5771]

beetle type nymph/wet fly?@@TroutZoneAnglers

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Yes, trout season is open year round with the exceptions of some seasonal closures on sections of certain rivers for spawning…

[@TroutZoneAnglers]

Dry fly!