Fishing a Small Mountain Creek in Mid-Winter! (Tenkara Fly Fishing)

In my first fishing foray of 2023, I head up into the mountains to fish a small creek. I had low, low expectations, but the fishing turned out to be awesome!
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DATE FILMED: Mid-February 2023
LOCATION: Utah
GEAR USED
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** ROD: The 8'3''/9'6''/10'6'' one here: amzn.to/3HS1AyY
** LINES: 7- and then 9-foot level line (#3.5) with a few feet of tippet
** FLY: Various size 12 yarn futsu kebari
** NET: Medium Measure Net with rubberized net bag
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[@renegadeflyfishing]

Nice fish!

[@tenkaraintheiowadriftless]

Thanks Tristan. The consistent contrast in size between the two species was quite interesting. I appreciate your perseverance on such a chilly day!

[@TenkaraAddict]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@calvinvesco9883]

I bet the browns are wild and the rainbows stocked

[@michaelsmith7193]

Quite an outing for a cold winter’s day! Well done - thank you for a very enjoyable adventure!

[@TenkaraAddict]

Thanks Michael!

[@Hoggy1963]

SWEET. Great vid, as usual. Really enjoy your fishing adventures and reviews

[@rphilip2768]

Good to see you out there in 2023

[@YaknTackle]

Always an awesome addition to a Saturday morning cup of coffee!!!!

[@TenkaraAddict]

Thanks for watching!

[@Cabmaker]

That was a nice bow, looking forward to more of your adventures

[@cleekmaker00]

Another excellent Trip Report! I have the longer MAXCATCH Triple Zoom, and have fished with it for 5 years now. Caught many fish with it.

[@adriansagan2562]

Great video. Always impressive to see fish on the dry in winter. I’m in MT and have been fishing subsurface. You’ve encouraged me to put on a dry fly today!

[@TenkaraAddict]

Go for it!

[@leemowers9395]

Thanks Tristan for sharing, love the videos.

[@sandeedobberstine5591]

Happy 2023! Beautiful fish. Thanks Tristan, enjoyed your efforts today!😊

[@TenkaraAddict]

Thanks!

[@Bloomcycle]

Salted dead minnows work great on mid winter streams 😎

[@Jim19826301]

This will be my first rod! Thanks!

[@CountryCrittersofLI]

Hi tristan ive heard when the air temp is below freezing its extremely important to NOT take the fish out of the water. Reason being the cold air damages their gill filaments when wet.

[@jaycegarner1289]

I always like your videos before I even finish watching them. Keep on doing impressive things! Appreciate it Tristan!

[@markg3025]

First fish of the year and he is a beauty.

[@TenkaraAddict]

Yep, I really lucked out on that one!

[@vincentc6919]

These Kebari flies? Are they like a sub-surface type of fly. I'm just getting back into fly fishing and bought my first Tenkara and your videos have been great to watch. thank you.

[@miket1064]

I have fished in below freezing weather with both a rod and reel and tenkara. There are at least two advantages with Tenkara: no guides to ice up and no wet hands from stripping in the fly line.

[@renegadeflyfishing]

Very true!

[@salvadorsepulveda6415]

Great and awesome first catch 👏 😎 👍

[@TenkaraAddict]

Thanks Salvador!

[@baronguinther3140]

Thanks for the review of the maxcatch triple zoom (smaller size). I just bought it and am excited to try it. I’ll probably have to wait for summer though. Seems fishing streams and rivers in Washington isn’t legal until May in most of them.

[@evanjulber7961]

Nice!!

[@ericintampa9352]

im cold natured, this I would do...not for long though. nice fish under tough conditions. thanks Tristan. I appreciate it.

[@TenkaraAddict]

Thanks Eric!

[@carlosandreblatt]

Thanks for facing that freezing day (really not my stuff) to share it and your impressions on that rod with us. Shared!

[@TenkaraAddict]

Thanks for watching!

[@seanerichumphreys5253]

Thanks for another great video. I’m inspired to try to go catch a trout.

[@TenkaraAddict]

Do it!

[@carybertoncini596]

Have you seen/tried the new Aventik Zeno S2-glass rods (on Amazon)? They look pretty sweet and can't beat the price :)

[@robertkemp622]

Yes, the MaxCatch shorter zoom is a nice flexible rod, but I like even better the Wild Water 7'-8' Shorty rod (only 2 lengths, but so flexible, and casts beautifully). The Shorty (in my opinon) is on par with the Tanuki Tenkara Pocket Ninja (7'10"), and $300 less, with similar flexibility. This creek looks too cold to be fishing, but once again, you were able to deliver in trying conditions!

[@TenkaraAddict]

The Shorty is a great little rod! I need to get it back out 👍

[@zisontheriver]

Awesome little winter creek! Are the flies extra weighted or just yarn? Thanks for the video!

[@logannewman4532]

I think this is the smaller rod I've been looking for.

[@caguas97]

I'm heading out this week for some Tenkara action on the American Fork river.

[@TenkaraAddict]

Nice!

[@caguas97]

@@TenkaraAddict It was a bust. The American Fork River was too overgrown and had almost no flow. I dropped down to the Provo River and it was the same thing. The Provo was so low that I jumped across it. It reminded me of Hobble Creek. And no fish.

[@machinegun3133]

you think that rod can handle a 10lb steelhead? Where I fish, the steelies range from 1lb to 20lbs but the average is about 3 to 5 lbs. In Ontario Canada. Great video btw... cheers!

[@jaripalviainen7740]

1/3-23 its allowed to fish trout here again 🥳

[@TenkaraAddict]

Nice!

[@calebg7682]

It looks different with the snowscape, but I think I might recognize this creek from a spring/summer video you made a couple years back where you caught a large rainbow?

[@TenkaraAddict]

Here's the rod: amzn.to/3HS1AyY (And it's the 8'3''/9'6''/10'6'' one, not the longer one.) And here are the gloves: amzn.to/3Ioqho3 -Tristan (Also, those are Amazon affiliate links.)

[@josepha.freivaldsr.9636]

Nice video. Cool to see you catch some bigger fish. I also need your help: I ordered the rod in the lengths you showed, but what I got is a rod showing 8'10'/9'9"/10'6" lengths. Do you know if it's the same rod you have? It feels a bit front heavy (pretty much so at 10'6) but otherwise seems ok. It's also nicely made. It came in a very solid case -- and, man!, is that top length thin! Does that jibe with your assessment of the rod?

[@FJX2000_Productions]

Hey there! Thanks for all your videos! Very enjoyable to watch, every one! But I was wondering if you could explain where in the water column tenkara flies usually are. Do they float like a typical dry fly or are they subsurface? I know you don’t add weights so it’s not like your nymphing but I just don’t know where the fly is in the water column.

[@namaste597]

Hey Tristan I live in Mountain Home Idaho and have only fished Idaho for 1 season. I moved from Hawaii and love it here. I want to order my first pole 🎣 . Any suggestions on what I should be looking out for or aware of before I buy ? What part of Idaho are you from ?

[@Since-80s]

hey man ive been binging your content its great! ill be buying a tenkara rod very soon and id really like your feedback, im tall, i live in missoula montana. What tenkara rod would be a great versatile rod mid range price. do you recomend 3 zoom rods? ill probably be fishing rattlesnake creek a lot, its a blue ribbon trout stream but it feels small and shallow in many places. say 10-15 feet wide. i was looking at the dragontail rods. theres a lot of bigger rivers around here too and id like something that works in general. thoughts?

[@ianjones6910]

I know you fish traditional, subsurface Tenkara flies; I mostly use Tenkara to fish dries - I find it to be a superior delivery method, particularly in close quarters. I wonder how well one could fish, say, beadhead nymphs on Tenkara. I'm sure a lot of the castability qualities would be lost slinging a weighted nymph, not to mention if you add split shot to it.

[@TenkaraAddict]

There are tenkara rods that are well suited for fishing weighted flies. Lots of people do it.

[@david-marynoll5699]

Ian, I live in the Driftless and nymph probably 90% of the time and fish between 70-90 days a year. A lot of the Tenkara rods cast nymphs very well.

[@stephencarroll3377]

Yes I wear the same gloves, got last year..do you wear hip waders, if so, what kind? Awesome video Thanks

[@TenkaraAddict]

Chota Tundra Hippies 👍

[@christopping5876]

Are there any closed seasons for trout fishing in the USA? Looks fabulous.

[@trapperscout2046]

Depends on the state laws. In Hawaii for example, trout season starts in June and ends in September.

[@calvinvesco9883]

Depends on the body of water here in Utah. Some will close to protect spawning fish. Most are open year round however.

[@pinoyRN67]

Where is this located at

[@jimpyle560]

Where is the link to the gloves on Amazon? Thx.

[@ClarkyMalarky]

Impossible to find that size net you have, do you have any links to ones you use? Edit *** never mind saw you have that all up😂 Pricey!!$

[@TenkaraAddict]

Great net!

[@ClarkyMalarky]

@@TenkaraAddict I did find for cheaper but all sold out :( on waiting list! Thx for all the content makes a dad like me feel like I went fishing 😂

[@reaganwiles_art]

What would the native winter fare be for these trout? Water looks up.

[@TenkaraAddict]

No idea, sprry

[@marktank7623]

I think nymphs are best for winter.

[@TenkaraAddict]

When the water is this shallow, I think they're not the only option that works well

[@marktank7623]

@@TenkaraAddict It is in the pools that the fish hang out in during the winter because the water is more moderate at depth. I was in Tennessee last Thanksgiving and found a pool in a small creek. I could see the fish and keep casting at them. The fly was over their heads, and they would budge. I then cast a small nymph, and the fight was on. It was a hit every time. You are right, if it is shallow, you have to stay high, but if there are pools, don't forget to get down there when it is cold.

[@lancepearson62]

long time fly fisherman here...I have watched your videos and don't get the tankara...you pretty much are just going to catch tiny fish and have very limited range with them. What is it about this style of fishing a fly that fascinates you so?"

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Obviously rainbows were growing far bigger than the browns, how odd

[@calvinvesco9883]

Browns are probably wild, rainbows stocked

[@gp4708]

Brrrrr

[@TenkaraAddict]

Lol yep!

[@peltotalo]

First!

[@TenkaraAddict]

🎉

[@bobcatethan8919]

Ag Ag