Catching BIG Trout in Clear Water on the South Platte River || THE COLORADO SERIES

THE COLORADO SERIES Day 1 takes us to the South Platte River where we caught some big wild brown trout and big cuttbow (rainbow trout and cutthroat trout mix) trout.
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Fly fishing Colorado is something I have had on my mind ever since my first visit to the Rocky Mountains. The South Platter River is known as being one of the most technical fisheries in the world. Although very large fish exist, they are rarely landed. This stems largely from the high amount of fishing pressure from Denver, Colorado. People have even gone as far as to call fishing the South Platte "combat fly fishing" meaning you will always be fighting others for fish. Dallas, my brother, and I decided to fish the South Platte mostly because it was on our way to other areas that we wanted to fish and we knew of the big fish that held in the river. We were very fortunate to have people like Justin (crazypius9 on IG) to help show us at least one spot to increase our odds of hooking up. Luckily we caught a handful of fish, and they were fairly nice fish even for the body of water we were fishing. I hope everyone enjoys this video! The Arkansas River (Day 2 in Colorado) comes out next Friday!
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[@ericstowe8285]

I'm blessed to live 45 minutes from 11 Mile canyon, it's my happy place. Hope you get back out there soon.

[@ockykoa9185]

nice vid. old saying with Deckers-if you can catch fish there-especially at the bridge-you can go anywhere in the world and catch fish. It is one of the most heavily fished bodies of water, and it has only gotten more and more crowded. Way to stay at it and be patient. Nice work

[@rex7lee]

Great video! The south platte is one of my favorite rivers to fish in Colorado. Nice fish.

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you! I fell in love with it as well. Glad you enjoyed the video

[@rex7lee]

I actually caught my biggest cutbow ever in the spot right below where you caught the 23 inch cutbow at the end of the video. I caught it about a month after this video was posted. @@hardmanfishing

[@hardmanfishing]

@@rex7lee That's awesome!! We lucked out and fished that area without a single car in the parking lot.

[@scottlowe3355]

Great PB at the end! Every time I’ve caught a larger trout I’ve also first thought I was snagged. That comment brought me back to several great fishing memories. Nice job and great video.

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked the video

[@antoniomora1255]

Great scenery, big river, big rainbows...and perhaps most important of all: no people around. The place only for the three of you. A wonderful fishing day.

[@ThePierreduski]

Okay obviously I enjoyed this, because I watched the whole thing, but was anyone else frustrated by how long these guys played the fish? Or was it just me? hahahaha

[@caseymarsden5922]

ong if he has 5x he's fine for the South Platte

[@df6368]

this is fishing with 5 or 6x and size 22 flies a lot.

[@mw2bros4lifee]

"If I lose this fish, I'm literally gunna die". 7:35 that is literally the same exact same thing i say when i have a pig brownie on hahahah

[@hardmanfishing]

Yep exactly! It might be a little dramatic but it feels that way in the moment

[@seanaudi13]

Hooked into a good, heavy rainbow on that long riffle just down from Deckers a few weeks ago...lost it.

[@AdventureAddict-m8v]

True. The rocky mountains are amazing. So grateful to have lived in Colorado my whole life and get to see this everyday.

[@hardmanfishing]

Your'e lucky!!

[@AdventureAddict-m8v]

@@hardmanfishing Very!! I Have trout fished since I was very young. But never got into fly fishing. In the last 2 years I've started fishing extensively and just bought my first fly combo. And I watch your videos everyday man. Your such a great angler and my inspiration. Keep it up. And maybe come back to Colorado soon and do some more fishing 😂

[@michaelsmith7193]

What a great video, and it sure brought back pleasant memories! I lived in Colorado in the mid-90’s, and enjoyed fishing the South Platte ... but it could indeed be pretty humbling. Looking forward to your next edition of your Colorado adventure!

[@hardmanfishing]

The South Platte is famous and it definitely deserves the praise it gets! I'm glad you liked the video, thanks for watching!

[@scottsherman8217]

Cheese is a zoo! That's like going to Disneyland on the weekend. Way to stick with it though. That spot requires patience.

[@jacobcrouch1130]

“That’s a good one” - “I know it is” cracks me up lmao

[@hardmanfishing]

We bicker so much it's ridiculous! Most of it gets cut out to be honest. Thanks for watching man!

[@jasonehredt968]

That rubber hatch around deckers is something to behold! Can’t wait for the cold weather to shut that off.

[@hardmanfishing]

HAHA the "rubber hatch" goes off right around 8 am and never goes away. Pretty insane if you ask me. Thanks for watching!

[@bjohnson6108]

Future...The Montana Series. Good video.

[@hardmanfishing]

That is 100% going to happen. Maybe even next summer

[@gioelelapo7588]

You really should have more subs, incredible quality and great contents. Keep going man

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you so much! It means a ton!

[@randomconsumer4494]

It has every bit of the quality as most TV shows. This feels like it is part of the MeatEater productions. Which I think is probably some the BEST outdoors style programming EVER AIRED.

[@hardmanfishing]

@@randomconsumer4494 I love the MeatEater shows!! Thank you so much for the compliment!

[@patjordan1955]

That first one was a beauty!

[@fronylol]

hey great fishing! Theres nothing like that brown that teased you the entire time. I recently started filming my trips and its been a blast. New element to already a great hobby.

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you! And good luck on your own venture!

[@ccmusic2249]

Maaaan your production level is fantastic. Absolutely love the trip. Thanks for taking us along!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!! It means a lot!!

[@OpportunityFishing]

Great video! Next time you come out west I recommend trying one state north and fish the North Platte in Wyoming. Fair warning though, even though it is the least populated state, if you fish the more famous sections (miracle mile) be prepared for it to be just as pressured as the South Platte. People travel from all over to fish it.

[@hardmanfishing]

Yeah I definitely want to fish Wyoming sometime, maybe next summer. I also want to hit Montana some day. Thanks for watching!

[@mountaingoatgreg1691]

All it takes is one fish to turn a so-so trip into a great trip! That was a really nice raincuttybow or whatever ya call it. Looking forward to the rest of the series

[@hardmanfishing]

It was a rainbrowncuttbrookbow. VERY rare! haha thanks for watching Greg!

[@patspangler2351]

Great experience out west! I’ve hiked a lot out west and enjoy fishing the high alpine lakes.......very few people fish these remote lakes and they are usually loaded with fish. Not huge ones but a blast to catch. I never hike out west without my bear spray, a pistol and a pack-in fly rod....great memories.

[@hardmanfishing]

We visited some high alpine lakes ourselves! Those videos will probably be posted in a few weeks. But I'm glad you liked the video and thanks for the continued support on the channel! It means a lot!

[@kennethgallegos4590]

I live in Northern New Mexico, A lot of the little streams contain Rio Grande cutthroat, and cutbows

[@hardmanfishing]

Yep I was surprised originally when I heard New Mexico had some good trout fishing. It's just not what I think of when I think of New Mexico. I might have to visit one day

[@DownstreamDownrange]

Cool terrain! Looking forward to more footage from CO. Tight lines my dude 💯

[@hardmanfishing]

Thanks man!! Glad you liked it

[@khalclary2332]

Colorado looks gorgeous!!

[@hardmanfishing]

It is Khal!! Thanks for watching buddy

[@daveclark1904]

Congrats on that first brownie at Deckers! Those fish are not easy to catch!

[@hardmanfishing]

Yep we figured that out the hard way!!

[@appleseeD552]

LOVE FISHING THE ROCKIES!!😁👍 That's some SWEET looking fish boys.....BIG thumbs up on those monsters! NICELY DONE 😁.....keep up the AWESOME vids guys✌😎

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!! Glad you liked the video!

[@Osnyfishingadventures]

Wow amazing video man!!! That water is absolute gin clear up there, hopefully one day can make it out of PA and get out west! Think next year me and my dad May have plans to go! Hopefully we can have a successful trip!!! Tight lines and keep up the great work!💯🎣💦

[@hardmanfishing]

Will do man! And I hope everybody gets to experience fly fishing the rockies, you definitely won't forget it.

[@deaddriftoutdoors2940]

great video, fun to see you guys fishing a new area!

[@jeromedwojak918]

Great video, enjoyed the footage. Excellent fishing there! Thanks for sharing your experience there in Colorado!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you for watching! Glad you liked the video!

[@zackproko9912]

Seeing rivers i fish on the regular (im literally going to the dream tomorrow) is so freakin cool! The southplatte is one of the best and worst rivers out there as you probably experienced😂 and that hog cutbow at the end is crazy especially there!

[@hardmanfishing]

Yeah we saw a ton of big fish in the South Platte but also saw a ton of people. I liked the South Platte not though! Thanks for watching!!

[@caseymcclure9683]

Colorado fishing isn't easy but look at ya bro, pro Colorado fisherman! Sweet cutbow man!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thanks man!! Not sure if I'm a pro but I learned a ton. I'll be better next time I make it out there

[@thetroutfisherman1500]

I’ve been waiting for this for a long timep

[@Hey_its_Koda]

Colorado is so beautiful. I live a state over and its beautiful. I want to pick up fly fishing. Alot of people fish the San Juan river.

[@hardmanfishing]

I've heard of the San Juan! But you definitely should pick it up, its a fun hobby for sure!

[@chasehartranft7414]

These edits are insane this channel seems like it should have one million subs

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you so much!! Sharing the channel around helps out a ton. Glad you liked the video and tight lines!

[@BryceK60]

Yeah the people up in mountains is crazy anymore. Which is great that people are enjoying the great outdoors. That is why we started fishing up outside of Walden colo. Our favorite place was the grizzly but due to people disrespecting the wonderful gentle man that owned the property he ended up shutting it down. Devastating

[@b-rich6]

That cutbow was sick!!!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thanks man! Definitely a good way to cap off the day and start the trip out!

[@tannermendel639]

If you guys ever find time, I live in northern CO and I’d love to take you out guys around my neck of the woods and into RMNP

[@lucaskaplan3582]

Hey man, lived in Colorado my whole life and have probably fished every river in the state. If your still here hit me up and I’ll put you on some absolute giant fish👍🏻

[@mw2bros4lifee]

hey can i get your info? I fished CO once in 2018 when I fished the San Juan river in NM. I fished the animas and had 1 huge brown and 3 big rainbows on, but couldn't get them in the net. Next summer i want to take a trip to CO to fish again and to get redemption on the Animas. Any help or info would be appreciated. PS- im from PA

[@lucaskaplan3582]

Osubuckfan22 my insta is lucaskaplanfishing

[@troutjuice9135]

Lucas Kaplan what’s up man, I live in the Springs. What part of the state are you in?

[@hardmanfishing]

Unfortunately I already left! But thanks anyway! And also thanks for watching the video!

[@Twistedfunk]

Hey my name is Lucas and im in Co Springs too. I also fish way too much. Whats up!

[@DelvadoMekiatti]

Deckers is tough. Fish are extremely picky and you need a 22 or 24 in most instances. If you can get a rainbow to eat you had an impeccable presentation.

[@hardmanfishing]

Yep we learned that the hard way. Luckily we still had some good luck but I'd like to have more time on that river. There are definitely some big fish and it would be fun to figure them out.

[@Sides1160]

I love fishing Deckers. The problem with that area is that it sits halfway between Denver and Colorado Springs. A size 14 fly is a huge fly there. If they see any micro drag it’s over. The fish there are very educated. 5 and 6x tippet is the norm. Beautiful brown.

[@hardmanfishing]

Yep we learned as we went! I caught the brown after a lucky hatch went off just as we were leaving. If it weren’t for that deckers would’ve kicked out butt. Glad you enjoyed!

[@jamesschmitter2643]

Another great video guys, I love the Rockies, living in Idaho is awesome. Next year if you guys get the chance take a couple of days to fish Eastern Idaho/ Western Wyoming, The Snake River and all it's branches, Teton river, Warm, Fall, rivers and countless creeks. One word of advice stay away from where everyone goes, much better fishing else where. If time permits look into one day with a guide for stugeon on the Snake, it is an incredible experience. Tight lines guys.

[@hardmanfishing]

I actually plan on fishing Wyoming at some point, I've heard its pretty awesome! Thanks for the tips, I'll definitely keep that in mind whenever I get to the point where I'm planning the trip. Tight lines!

[@jarrettlandreth285]

Damn I miss Colorado, you picked a great place to go, I’ve never fished the south platte but it looks amazing! The Arkansas however was my stomping grounds every summer as a kid, I can’t wait to see where you decide to fish and what you catch on that stunning river!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you glad you liked the video! I'm finishing off the Arkansas River Video right now and it should go live tomorrow at 6 pm est. Thanks for watching!

[@360fishingadventures8]

Damn looked like a fun day! Can't wait for the next episode

[@hardmanfishing]

It was definitely a fun day! Thanks for watching!

[@troutjuice9135]

You guys are fishing right in my backyard! I can point out the sections of river you were fishing on a map. Hit me up next time you’re in CO if you want to get into some pigs. Nice cutbow BTW

[@hardmanfishing]

You live in an awesome place!! And anyone who can help me find some pigs I'm down to fish with. Thanks for watching!

[@troutjuice9135]

Hardman Fishing Adventures if you guys plan another trip, let me know. I’ll show some epic spots

[@williamcrawford7857]

I was fortunate to be able to fish this back in the late 70s .

[@hardmanfishing]

I bet there was a lot less people fished it then!

[@williamcrawford7857]

@@hardmanfishing I think the last time I fished it was 1978, not much pressure back then. Now just about every river in Colorado gets crowded.

[@hardmanfishing]

@@williamcrawford7857 That is true. Colorado in general is crowded as far as outdoor activities go.

[@jacobcrouch1130]

My dawg Dallas really dropped the thing lmao

[@hardmanfishing]

Dallas is a goon! But we love em!

[@ianwenner7027]

The way you hold your phone like that gave me anxiety 🤣💯

[@teamlosi11]

Awesome video guys!!!!! 👌

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it man

[@shayler1219]

Sweet video!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thanks Shayler!!

[@puprilla]

Ya colorado is nice to fish forsure my buddy who strictly c&R's on a fly has landed so many 25-30" bows and brown it's unreal I normally land the smaller 18" -22" but they are still very clean and healthy

[@brandondruckenmiller5508]

Totally awesome dudes TROUT BUMS 4 LIFE

[@hardmanfishing]

YESSIR! Thanks for watching!

[@vlacarde1]

south platte at deckers is tough fishing. I fish there when i can and there is just so much pressure on that river. I use size 20 and 22 for everything there.

[@hardmanfishing]

That is true, it was crazy while we were there! But there are some big fish in the river. Thanks for watching!

[@vlacarde1]

@@hardmanfishing Go to Cheesman Canyon next time. You'll see some big ones out there, but they're tough. I caught my PB there. It's just upstream from Deckers

[@hardmanfishing]

@@vlacarde1 I definitely plan on it! I just wasn't able to swing it this time

[@tightliningmd]

Never been to CO, but this definitely makes me wanna get out there. Crazy to still see Snow/Ice caps on areas, but that's the norm out there. Awesome job here man. Sick edit on the standing shot of the mountain to then just have the titled come in from behind. I would kill to fish a weekend and video edit with you. Just to learn from you. Would be a good tradeoff to teach you the tight line stuff. Loved the vid, keep em coming and look forward to more of the series my guys. Tight lines!

[@hardmanfishing]

Yeah man it awesome out there! Just wait until I post the alpine cutthroat videos, it's unlike anything out east. But we definitely need to get together and at least fish for a weekend. And of course thanks for watching!

[@keiranrooker7981]

I take this first comment in attempt to end the first comment b.s

[@scycosnake3964]

🤣

[@hardmanfishing]

I like the way you think!

[@Michael65429]

Good for you man, hate those "firsters"...

[@megafunny789]

The Platte is pretty difficult to catch on from personal experience and asking other anglers. It is super popular to fish so quite some picky fish but a beautiful place all along the river

[@riverrunner7294]

😎😎

[@keiranrooker7981]

You should do a series of catching a trout in Every state in the u.s

[@hardmanfishing]

I'd love too! It's actually something I would already be doing if I had the time/money. Thanks for watching!

[@keiranrooker7981]

Hardman Fishing Adventures no problem man hope you can get monitored and make money your probably the only KZbind who deserves it making quality content

[@glbehnken]

that area right by the bridge in Deckers gets pounded hard. Fished it two years ago and caught a couple just up stream from bridge but had much better luck several miles down stream from there.

[@hardmanfishing]

I wasn't all that familiar with the area I just had a buddy that told me to check it out. I was just happy to catch a fish with the amount of people there.

[@glbehnken]

@@hardmanfishing Cheesman Canyon is upstream from there a couple miles if i remember. I go out to Colorado once every summer and it's always a good time with lots of big fish!! (But I still love fishing my Pennsylvania streams)

[@hardmanfishing]

@@glbehnken Yessir there is! I didn't have time to fish the canyon but I think I'd definitely fish it next time. And same here, the streams back home will forever have a special place in my heart

[@CavesOutdoors]

I LOVE the south platte. It’s great fishing, especially for spinners.

[@hardmanfishing]

Really?? That's surprising with the fishing pressure! I saw several people using spinning gear and none of them caught anything, of course I wasn't always paying attention. Anyhow thanks for watching!

[@jenniferokada9348]

one i time it was the middle of winter and we caught fish on drys on the south platte

[@Tekram50]

And that’s why they call fly fishing at Deckers on the weekends combat fishing. You have to defend your 25 yard stretch of water at all cost. You can’t move up water or down water as another angler will jump your hole.

[@hardmanfishing]

Yep! It was my first time ever "combat" fishing but it wasn't as bad as I originally thought it would be. I'd definitely rather not hit it on the weekend though that is for sure.

[@franklinfocus]

I went to Deckers AGAIN today for the 3rd time in two weeks at 5am and it was bumbarded with people and tourists. Literally had 4 intertubers float right IN to me, ran in to me with their tubes, even though I had clearly moved away from them, and I had to push them away from me while they were drunk and screaming. A different pack of tubers were LITERALLY leaving trash and cans floating behind them and yelling at everyone trying to fish. Tons of kids in the water without life vests or any kind of safety equipment. A group of guys were bragging about how they didn’t have fishing liscences to other group of fishers. Trash everywhere in the bushes and water. Many people taking illegal fish because they were undersized. This river is a joke. No one around to monitor anything and I’m honestly disgusted that the people that are supposed to be protecting our forests, ARENT. TRIED to call the forest rangers 3 times and they didn’t even answer the phones. Maybe if people did their jobs we could have somewhere nice to go fishing, but Deckers is checked off my list as of today. #WelcomeToColorado

[@seanaudi13]

I’ve been a few times and haven’t really had a problem with other anglers or tubers. Tubers I have seen are pretty oblivious though.

[@franklinfocus]

Sean O'Malley people are just getting too comfortable with being ignorant lately and it’s starting to show. I literally carried a “hefty” trash bag out full of trash with me today.

[@jenniferokada9348]

yeah, the south Platte river is very hard. but the fish I catch are desent

[@loganluttrellfishing652]

Gotta learn to play them fish I’ve caught quite a few fish over 3 pounds a couple over 5 and one 6.5 pounder on 1 to 2 pound mono or a 7x leader and tippet

[@KimchiJerry]

Great video and top notch quality 👌 but I was curious as to why you don’t carry a net? Or at least in this video. Just wondering.

[@hardmanfishing]

Well my brother and I have do have a net we use but my buddy Dallas does not. So when we split up we would always let the least experienced angler have the net since they'll have most trouble landing fish. I hope that answers your question. We also lost one of our nets which is another story

[@bennosal6268]

I did a week DIY with my friend in Colorado conditions were perfect every day for some reason every stream no one was catching fish ...in one week not one bite for me ....can you imagine ? I quit fishing for 6 months after bc I was so disgruntled

[@hardmanfishing]

I can't imagine actually... that is ridiculous! I can't even blame you. Thanks for watching!

[@thetroutfisherman1500]

I fish the south plate a lot

[@hardmanfishing]

That's awesome!! It's a great river, thanks for watching!

[@josecsilva3643]

Good Nice like 👍

[@joelroach9572]

Be nice in description kinda list rod size and such, great videos

[@Twistedfunk]

You’ll have much better luck on the other side of Cheeseman dam along the Goose Creek arm. its mostly trophy smallies but there’re a ton of em

[@hardmanfishing]

I was there for the trout! But thanks for watching!

[@azurenscens]

I was always under the impression that a cutthroat and a cut bow are impossible to tell apart by sight. How do you know the difference?

[@hardmanfishing]

Cutthroat and cuttbows are easy to tell the difference. Cuttbows are just rainbow trout but with the "cutt" under their gills. Cutthroat are usually more colorful and have a lot less spots. It is more difficult to tell the difference between a cuttbow and a rainbow in my opinion.

[@patjordan3267]

I’m curious, do u and your brother eat fish? Beautiful fish!

[@hardmanfishing]

We'll eat stocked trout but the wild trout we let live.

[@retouchdesigns3949]

Where was the last location at ?

[@jeffreylea2319]

That PB cutbow at the end had been in some fights with prior fishermen judging by his scarred mouth! Great catch!

[@hardmanfishing]

Yes it had! It was definitely a warrior! Thanks for watching

[@fishgrubspinners6762]

I caught a ton of trout in Colorado. Why I don't live there I'll never know.

[@hardmanfishing]

I'd love to live out west one day for sure. Thanks for watching!

[@ColorfulCOFlyFishing]

Here at the eagle river it’s soooo smoky.

[@hardmanfishing]

I visited the eagle river! It'll be on Day 3

[@lanekejr3209]

Wassup Luke!😂

[@ColorfulCOFlyFishing]

Lane Kejr yeee

[@Fly_Revive]

subscribed :D

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!

[@WilsonBruinX]

Was this Deckers?

[@lanekejr3209]

When you gunna come to Wyoming man? U can do the cutt slam!

[@hardmanfishing]

I might come out there next summer instead of going to Colorado. It's definitely on the list of places to fish!

[@Airdaman1]

Next time hike into cheesman. At least you wont have turds floating past on tubes.

[@hardmanfishing]

We thought about going to Cheesman but the water was low and I got some good intel that Cheesman wasn't fishing well at the time. I definitely want to fish it at some point though!

[@FlyLibrary]

Phone a friend while fighting a fish...well I'll be.

[@hardmanfishing]

Desperate times call for desperate measures! I've never done it before either up until what you see in this video

[@Airdaman1]

You needed a size 24 lol...

[@hardmanfishing]

You're probably not wrong

[@seanaudi13]

Where are they in the last 4-5 minutes? Down by lake George?

[@seanaudi13]

NM....dream stream.

[@hardmanfishing]

Haha you got it!

[@seanaudi13]

Hardman Fishing Adventures just curious...was it really busy down at Dream Stream and when were you there?

[@hardmanfishing]

@@seanaudi13 It had just rained and we had the entire thing to ourselves. I have no idea if that is rare this time of the year or not. I know it is notoriously packed

[@crooked10outdoors]

What line are you throwing for you streamer fishing? Right around the 1 8 minute mark I got a glimpse of it, but couldn't tell what it was

[@hardmanfishing]

fly line or leader? The fly line on that rod was scientific angler floating line. The leader was just 12 pound test fluorocarbon