Creek Fishing some INCREDIBLE Water For Trout!!

PRE SPAWN BROOK TROUT!
In middle September I went on a mini adventure to explore some new water. I was not disappointed by the high elevation creek as the water was clear and clean. I found many brook trout, some of which had their spawning colors. I hope everyone enjoys this fly fishing adventure!
For those who don't know brook trout spawn in the fall. When the fish spawn they turn into some of the most beautiful fish on earth! A lot of people try to catch the fish pre spawn (so they don't interfere with the spawning process) to catch the fish at their peak colors. The brook trout turn bright orange, red, and green and are fabled among fisherman on the east coast of the US.
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[@davidleimeister5027]

Wow! I can't believe how beautiful it all is. Fish, water and scenery. The best was when you proved you are actually human. Slipping into the water, your line wrapped your feet. These are the things I do.

[@hardmanfishing]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video!!

[@cooltuber1404]

LOL ... Ain't that the truth ! Been there done that along with flies snared on overhanging brush/limbs and occassional self ! 😄

[@michaelsmith7193]

What incredibly beautiful fish! And what a great stream! I don’t think I could ever tire of your brook trout videos. They are truly excellent! Thank you for sharing them!

[@hardmanfishing]

I'm so glad you enjoy them!! Thanks for watching!

[@brad5065]

@@hardmanfishing You say you're gonna eat lunch cuz your hungry and you got a fricken book trout in your hand. What is wrong with you? I will never stop badgering you till I see you cook one up on screen. Never.....lol

[@ogamhunter]

Can't get enough of your videos, thanks for sharing such beautiful scenery! God Bless, (Glen). WV.

[@hardmanfishing]

I'm glad you enjoyed!!

[@antoniomora1255]

Fall is also indeed my favourite season of the year. The fall colours are simply gorgeous.

[@jimwilliams2753]

great video, amazing fish, i love fishing for brook trout

[@jimgollach6202]

Fall is no doubt my favorite time of the year as well, it can be fall year round it wouldn't hurt my feelings. Butt bruises for brookies, I'll take that any day. The stream all to yourself, sweet. Enjoyed the video and music. Stay safe. 👍👍👍

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you so much! Glad you enjoyed!

[@Pwrcritter]

Busted my butt a few times on those little streams. Elbow too. Easy to get caught up in the scenery then Bam! A wet back and butt. Never seen a caddis fly on one but brookies seem to love the pattern..

[@e46Domrl]

was surprised when i heard you say off the rip😂

[@angeloc9923]

That was great Nice job It brought back some great memories Thank you

[@douglasadams953]

Love your videos. What beautiful fish

[@jeromedwojak918]

Great video there, beautiful fish! Enjoyed that meadow you passed through to the stream. Thanks for sharing your experience on the water!

[@hardmanfishing]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video!!

[@patjordan3267]

Unbelievable beautiful fish!

[@garykolanda5208]

Brilliant video! Hiking & fishing among the tall pines is priceless. Great tip on the dry dropper rig for pre-spawn brookies.

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed

[@thecumbriaflyfisher7704]

Beautiful stream and fish. Feel so envious of your locations. There is very little like that local to me in England. Thanks for sharing

[@GeorgeSemel]

It's my favorite time of the year too. And fishing the blue lines for Brook Trout is also my favorite thing to do. And of course, the Deer Season is open here in CT, Archery - and with the fall harvests, my cooking gets spooled up too.

[@hardmanfishing]

No doubt! Had an 8 point at 15 yards yesterday and couldn't 'get my bow drawn back because of a bunch if does. Thanks for watching!

[@alainwright3165]

What a stunning creek, cracking video as well (as usual) and pretty, pretty fish. Class!

[@tonywalkingstick8883]

Absolutely love this video. The background and the water you were on reminds me of Bunches Creek here at home and our Great Smokies National Park. The colors on those brookies are so beautiful. I wish you good health and always tight lines.

[@Mithril170818]

I fished in Bunches. I used to work at the KOA

[@josephmarietta4135]

Bunches is one of my favorite GSMNP brookie streams.

[@adventuretimefishinghunting]

Fall Brookies are so pretty! Probably one of my favorite type of trout to fish for. Great video

[@MrNcturkey]

Very good looking Brookie’s. I am still waiting from hearing from that Josh gut that makes the Bomber Custom Rods.

[@bettyhardman8149]

Great fishing

[@DirtyBob200X]

My brother and I just returned from spending a few days fishing Hatchery Creek at Lake Cumberland in Kentucky. We both fish with ultralight spinning gear and we both caught some beautifully colored rainbows. Catching beautiful fish and spending time with my brother was priceless.

[@hardmanfishing]

That's awesome man!!

[@minnerisland0889]

Such a beautiful creek,I love having so many of your videos to go back and watch. :)

[@TheXeniaman]

Nothing like brook trout, most especially in the fall. Great idea with the dry dropper set up.

[@hardmanfishing]

I love the KZbin name!! But the dry dropper set up truly saved me I think.. Thanks for watching!

[@DirtyBob200X]

"My butts wet!" Happens to all of us at one time or another.

[@TheCandBExperience]

The bees love that Golden Rod. It's their last bit of food to store for the winter. Great video!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!

[@cooltuber1404]

Saved this video to watch with my thin crust loaded wood fired brick pizza. A fantastic combination and neither let me down ! Another superb video with beautiful scenery, crystal clear water and some absolutely purdy Brookies ! The music was top notch especially the lunch break tune ! Thank you for not scaring away all of the fishies when you took your spill into the cold water ! 😉😄

[@hardmanfishing]

I could go for some crust loaded wood fired brick pizza right about now!! My stomach was rumbling as I read this comment. Thanks so much for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@jarodmore2836]

Perfect once again.

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!

[@MARKLOCKWOOD2012]

Remember that’s fishing 🎣 catching something is a bonus

[@martinpicker53]

Nice stream beautiful fish! Thanks for taking me along.

[@hardmanfishing]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Pragwo1f]

Up there with your very best. Beautiful fish and gorgeous countryside, all captured brilliantly on video. Never been to the US; your vids do more than any tourism promotion video could ever do.

[@hardmanfishing]

This is the part of the US (nature, the wilderness, the national parks) that makes it worth visiting! Thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[@patjordan3267]

You sure know how to catch the most beautiful fish out of all fishing videos!!! Thanks!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed!!

[@larryhudson4511]

Love the Brookies in small water! Very nice! Thks for taking the time to make great videos!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you for watching Larry!!

[@13jonnyray]

That last fish was the prettiest by far. Great stuff

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!!

[@farh_njr704]

Amazing bro.

[@MrGeo413]

Just like fishing for brook trout in northwest Connecticut.

[@ajierfishing7767]

Asik juga kawan mancing nya

[@jeffreylea2319]

Just more excellence! Congrats- Brookies weren't yet colored up last week here in CT but the 9" wild one I took on a pink Lively Legs nymph sure feisty!

[@hardmanfishing]

It won't be long now I'm sure! Thanks for watching!

[@ianwhitehead3086]

Had a day like this today brother. Enjoyed it all.

[@hardmanfishing]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching!

[@lisandroserna7385]

I caught my first ever brook trout in Colorado (I’m from Cali) and I can see why you love them so much! They are beautiful and super fun to catch in small streams like the one you’re fishing 🎣🤙🏽

[@hardmanfishing]

Congrats on your first brookie!!

[@lisandroserna7385]

@@hardmanfishing I wish I could send you a pic of this hog. It was 12-13 inches and it wasn’t the only one that big in there

[@patjordan1955]

Wow!

[@scottnock5241]

Nice job jon !!! Great fish!! Yeah saved by the dropper!! That’s the dilemma.. Totally my favorite rig!! My last, oh 4 trips I forced myself not to use a dropper!! No telling how many more I would have caught?? But I love the feel of just the dry and the control and how tight I can get into objects and challenge myself on difficult casts.. Oh and I’m glad I’m not the only one that asks why am I fly fishing when I get all tangled up!!! I don’t love that part!! I have experienced the same coloring as you in the same time frames, some are some are not? Some big some small?? No time or reason to it?? Looking forward to October for full color for the first time to check it out!!! I’m going to finally give up days of bow hunting to fish this year!! Good luck, BTW love the hoodie!!

[@hardmanfishing]

I almost always throw exclusively dry flies... but this time of year when the hatches start to dwindle a dropper can easily save the day. It is definitely worth fishing in the fall... but it's tough to give up bow hunting for it HAHA! And I'm glad you enjoy the hoodie!!

[@OHCreekFishing]

Those Brookies! I would absolutely love to catch one! It’s like 100 times harder here in Ohio!

[@DB-iu8yl]

Hoping to go catch a few in a couple weeks.

[@michaelhebert8984]

I haven't tried fly fishing yet but you make getting the line out there so easy with a side cast . I qm amazed watching some of your videos how you do it... I hope I can learn to cast like that next year. I just got my 9' foot rod and reel kit from Walmart delivered last week. So hopeing practice goes well. Our season is closed now in canada so....

[@hardmanfishing]

Good luck!! Fly fishing is an addiction but it's so fun.

[@katahdincloud9803]

Walmart aint it brah

[@danwettlaufer1285]

Seeing you trip up in the line makes me glad it's not just me 🤣 most of what I fish is Brooke trout as well, really enjoy the videos man

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!! And yeah I have my own share of crap shows while fly fishing. It's part of it!

[@danwettlaufer1285]

@@hardmanfishing watching your videos actually inspired me to do more adventure fishing, I've got a pond with decent brookies about 30 seconds from my house, I've caught up to 12 inches out of it, I'd been fishing that with a lot of success, but seeing the fish you get on a creek trek, I've started more stream fishing, managed my first brown this year after getting inspired to river fish, and hit about 15 that same day up the one stream in about 2 hours. I'm hooked on the fly line now, spinners just collecting dust

[@sandrodcm]

Spettacolare

[@VirgoViral]

Mantab

[@ange.l.2473]

1 mins ago, this man has elite posting

[@appleseeD552]

Bea-UTIES my friend, props on the catches....speaking of, I'd say that was about a 9.5 on the splash-n-catch....I had to deduct half a point cuz you referred to it as a "crap show" (er sumthin to that effect), where I see that as a CATCH-AND-A-HALF since you were able to still land it while in the face of adversity.😳👍 Either way, well done and anutha great vid bro. Thanks for makin this and plz keep em comin. Peace ✌😎

[@hardmanfishing]

Thanks man!! It was a bit of a "crap show" lol I had line everywhere and I couldn't hardly stand up. But you are right... I did land the fish. So I guess at the end of it all I came out on top. Thanks for watching!

[@0074craig]

I have to Admit I hate day s like this cause all the miles of walking and all you get is 2 fish if thats it ,,,It is late Sept 2021 and water is low and well ,,,,the coolest things can happen if you dont give up last weekend i had a day just like your having and after 5 hours of nothing I found 5 HUge Rainbows over 6 pounds at least and a female she had to be at least 24 inches rare to see this in a creek I was fishing but the none the less i didnt catch one but they were there ,,,Cheers I love your Vids

[@AaronHendu]

I find the brookies look much different depending on where you catch them...the prettiest ones are in black dirt bottom, spring fed creeks, IMO.

[@adonismorales9470]

hi, great video! What size rod do you use in this type of river?

[@ncc1010]

Hey man, how did you find "song for a mocking bird" instrumental version it started at 5:42. Great video btw love watching these. Its really crazy because where im from a 1 pound brookie is small lol

[@brad5065]

How do you find these places dude. If I'm lucky maybe one place this beautiful.

[@squatchcountyfishing3596]

Man those are gorgeous fish! I just got some trout gear for the first time, hoping to get my first catch on cam. I don’t know how to fly fish, is it possible to fish in a spot like that with an ultralight spinning setup? Love the vid!

[@hardmanfishing]

Of course! Most of these creeks don't have any fly fishing only regs or anything like that. It's just arguably more effective and more fun (at least to me) to fly fish it. Thanks for watching!

[@squatchcountyfishing3596]

@@hardmanfishing learning fly fishing is definitely on the to do list, we’ll get there.

[@mobrain569]

Can you tell us what size line,rod,reel setup you’re using?

[@FSLettxx]

Lindo lugar nose si hablas en español latino donde es??? Saludos de chile

[@dbaltWV]

West Virginia (Virginia Occidental) USA

[@desiredfishing8698]

What is your big camera?

[@okayokay6911]

Whats the fly rod you’re using?

[@HeadCase55]

What's your rod setup? I want to fish cricks like this and I just got a 9' 4wt orvis recon but it seems like it's not totally practical for these situations

[@katahdincloud9803]

Recon is a great underrated rod. Get after it!

[@HeadCase55]

@@katahdincloud9803 thanks! It's feeling much better

[@bigskyoutdoors4232]

I just got a three weight rod for creek fishing what reel would you recommend

[@evanhooper2265]

I go alpine brookie fishing in the Appalachian mountains with a 3 wt and I use a lamson liquid. It’s the same reel in the video and it is great and it’s relatively cheap for a reel.

[@oldgold5848]

I don't think reels really matter, especially for small creeks where the fish aren't going to take much line. Anyone will do imo.

[@hardmanfishing]

Both of these comments are accurate. For this type of fishing the reel literally holds the line and nothing else. But I do have a lamson liquid and they're amazing for the price

[@user-yi4fv3qw3q]

What state are you fishing?

[@jeremylopes8945]

what state are you in?

[@jamesdavis9258]

What elevation do you think your at?

[@hardmanfishing]

Not sure exactly, probably 3,000+

[@earlhicky5847]

Brook trout love mosquitoes, they can NOT resist them. If you find yourself fishing out west or east make sure you have a mosquito

[@daantheeuwes8249]

Can you put all you equipment in the description

[@hardmanfishing]

Yeah I need to start doing this

[@davesmith8628]

What state are you in?

[@hardmanfishing]

WV

[@mikebraden9756]

I know that spot

[@hardmanfishing]

I believe many people do lol

[@RoscoeBrowns]

Beautiful stream! I wondered if it was NC mountains 🏔

[@crterr431]

This is for yall to decide if it real or not but I was fly fishing with my uncle and I was way behind them pulling fish out of holes they couldnt and one of them I pulled a small rainbow out but I did not hook him I raped my fly around his head behind his fins and a bit in the gill plate and the fly caught my line and I lassoed a fish. I wish I had my phone but with my luck I would have fallen in with it so I left it in the jeep. Plus my uncle swares my the elk hair caty. He ties them to.

[@nicklenz7930]

What's up with the pausing in this video not like you

[@katahdincloud9803]

Sorry but draggin a native over the rocks is a bad vibe. It should be bout the fish and solitude.....not yer dam audience bro. Get focused.