Fishing Small Creeks for Brook Trout and Brown Trout (South Carolina)

[@ReedyFlies]

Beautiful fish! I have caught some nice brook trout in South Carolina as well. I caught a good aggressive 10 inch male brookie in SC

[@briljantje9583]

Nature creates the most astonishing beautiful creatures. Awesome.

[@BassLaunch]

Beautiful creeks! I had no idea SC even had trout. Outstanding. Your channel is so underrated you should have 22.2 MILLION subscribers.

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you for the kind words!!! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!!

[@michaelsmith7193]

I’m really enjoying the diversity of locations you share! This one was especially good - love those little mountain streams and native brook trout!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you so much! I've been trying to switch it up a bit and explore water outside of my home area. Glad some people are enjoying!

[@Pragwo1f]

This is the real business. Beautiful setting, albeit so difficult to fish, crystal clear water and gorgeous brook trout.

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video

[@pennscreeksniper1097]

Nice video guys that was a great brookie at the end thanks for posting..... Tight lines...

[@hardmanfishing]

I couldn't do the brookie at the end justice.. the lighting kind of made it difficult. But it was a stunning fish. Thanks for watching!

[@pennscreeksniper1097]

I’ve caught a couple good sized native Brook trout there’s nothing like catching a brook trout over 7-8 inches.

[@davidleimeister5027]

Beautiful fish, water, surroundings. Lucky boys.

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed

[@hillbillysportsman5818]

I love those southern Appalachian brookies! Love this kind of fishing!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you! We'll definitely doing a lot more of this as the weather warms

[@gojoe36]

Welcome to my WORLD 👊😉👊 I fish tight place just like that, bush wackin and bow slinging flies.

[@hardmanfishing]

It is tough! The fish are more than willing to eat, but the casting is very difficult. Thanks for watching!

[@rex7lee]

Great video! Nice fish.

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!

[@blue_ridge_on_the_fly4174]

SC has some pretty good stream. Middle Saluda is a nice one there. Had a Ranger to tell me that the trout were about 4-8in and what do ya know, first cast and got a 16in rainbow. This is a wild stream and the Ranger was dumbfounded. Also, when fishing for brookies this time of year, be careful wading the water. Their eggs are still in the redds and will hatch in a few weeks and the fry will stay there until their sack is gone. NC has the best native streams for brookies. The Smoky Mountains on the Tn side has good brookie streams too! But nothing like catching natives. Can’t wait until late May/early June. That’s when I go after them.

[@jeromedwojak918]

Interesting video, you never know what the water will yield until you try! Thanks for sharing!

[@hardmanfishing]

You're right... can't catch a fish if you're line isn't in the water. Thanks for watching!

[@leehjones]

I learned to fish in rhodo-covered tiny streams in NC. Not the biggest fish, but the brookies are as pretty as you'll ever see and the scenery in the area is beyond gorgeous. More please with some scenic b-roll.

[@danieltimbs4573]

Great video guys love that small stream fishing!!!!!

[@hardmanfishing]

Glad you enjoyed!! More small stream fishing to come!

[@babslegacy6141]

Very very nice video my friend yea big like good week stay safe

[@hardmanfishing]

Thanks!

[@johnmcnamara3084]

I live in SC and fish the Chauga and Chatooga. Welcome to SC dude!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you! SC is actually pretty cool. I'll definitely be visiting some more in the future!

[@johnmcnamara3084]

@@hardmanfishing good to hear! I hope to see y’all catch some more monsters on the channel. Good luck man!

[@patjordan3267]

Such pretty fish!

[@stonefly4894]

Fitting music for fishing S.Carolina,has a Marshall Tucker Band feel(they were from S.C.)...Good video as always

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!! I try to match the music with where I am/what I'm doing. I don't always pull it off but I was happy with how this video came out.

[@RETCAP10]

Seriously...who is the band/song? I need this as some background music to my adventures.

[@salamanderlips]

That last Brook is a good one for down here in the Carolinas! Cool video.

[@hardmanfishing]

That's a pretty good brook trout for anywhere I'd say. Thanks for watching!

[@appleseeD552]

Nice vid guys🙂👍...those colors one the brown was AWESOME! Keep em comin boys ✌😎

[@hardmanfishing]

Thanks man! Glad you enjoyed! That brown had a ton of spots

[@0.robinson.1]

Super cool video, well done!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!

[@larryhudson4511]

My old now gone to heaven fishing buddy George Andrin was the master of downstream jigging a sunk white dry fly.

[@hardmanfishing]

Sometimes weird things work (like a sunken dry fly) and other times the fish won't hit a fly unless it is perfect. Sorry to hear about your fishing buddy!

[@Highsmokepoker]

An other awesome video man, browns are awesome to catch, natives and browns are harder to come by nowadays here in NS Canada, but makes it more rewarding, last year my goal was to get a nice brown on a fly but it didn’t happen, so this year I’m gonna try harder for that goal, I’ve got them on baitcasters just not a fly and I can’t Waite for that thrill. Keep up the awesome content man!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I hope one day to make it up to Canada to do some fishing.

[@WildernessChanneling]

Excellent video man!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you!

[@LifeOn_TheFly]

whats up hardman! random question...dont want to spot burn but we are currently filming a documentary on the natives that still thrive in sc waters... would you happen to mind sharing your access point? again dont want to spot burn or a stream name just the trail head used! thanks for any info you can provide!

[@baggetja1234]

There isn’t much trout waters in SC but good on you for finding them.

[@hardmanfishing]

Yeah it is a very concentrated area! Glad you enjoyed the video

[@MrBearbait75]

Yeah that's what I was wondering. What part of SC is there cold enough water for trout?

[@baggetja1234]

@@MrBearbait75 the upstate. There is a major elevation change right at the nc/sc line. All of those blue lines hold trout. Or just look up the sc trout waters map from the dnr.

[@MrBearbait75]

Didn't think to look up dnr... Duh on me. 😆. Thanks for the response

[@BryceK60]

Nice clear stream you are a lucky man to be fishing. We are covered up with snow here in colorado

[@hardmanfishing]

I've heard/seen! Colorado is pretty much heaven though. Won't be long until you guys will be out catching trout everywhere. Thanks for watching!

[@BryceK60]

@@hardmanfishing really enjoy your videos

[@0074craig]

Hey Hardman ! You Gotta Fish as Many of them Creeks you can ! We Love the vids Small Fish Big Fish Keep em Coming ! I have a Request ! Can You List Your sound Tracks You use ,,,You have some cool Tracks ! But YOu have The Best Videos ! Come On ! Fish On !

[@stephenkutney9626]

Have you considered fishing north? New York Catskills or Adirondacks. Pennsylvania Pocanos.

[@hardmanfishing]

Yes I have! And I definitely will. I just currently live farther south so this is easier for me to explore. But that can change at any time.

[@timothybladon9958]

How to tell the difference on native or hatchery raised trout? According to the lady at the fly shop in Long Creek SC, the tail of a hatchery trout has a small bit clipped off the top corner. at about a 45 degree angle. Chatooga river has some great fishing.

[@MrSofthackle]

Interesting. I didn’t realize South Carolina had wild brook trout. I did fish a stream in South Carolina several years ago and caught some small rainbows euronymphing.

[@imaginegaming9741]

I’ll be in the Great Smoky Mountains at the beginning of next week. I’m gonna try to catch my first brook trout there.

[@Androth12]

I lived in NC for a few years, I wish I was into fishing then as I am now.

[@hardmanfishing]

I've heard NC is trout fishing heaven. I'm excited to try it out here in the coming months.

[@Androth12]

@@hardmanfishing yeah I imagine up in the mountains it would be very nice.

[@lonnielongino798]

Brownies love to hang on bridge cover in SC

[@cbwelch4]

You’re talking about the speckled trout, right? I’ve caught a few at Raven Fork in N. Carolina. They are gorgeous fish. Red on the sides.

[@hardmanfishing]

Yessir! The south does tend to call them "specs" which I've found interesting. Up in the north we just call them native brookies.

[@magnum0076]

I am in Hendersonville N.C. fish these mountain rivers and streams all the time. I could give you a few good locations.

[@hardmanfishing]

I'm all ears! You can always shoot me a direct message on instagram or Facebook and I'll talk about fishing all day.

[@carterbrooks-v7n]

You should go fishing in nipagone river in northern Ontario some of the best Brooke trout I’ve ever seen

[@somerandomguy706]

Was this part of your same trip to GA part 3? I'm not 100% sure I recognize this spot, but if I'm guessing right, SC does stock rainbows, browns, and brookies down in the bigger creek.

[@hardmanfishing]

Yessir it was. The day before we stopped in SC because we knew about a few of those creeks and wanted to try them out. We thought it would be something different/cool. I'm sure if you're from the area you'll know the spot because there isn't a ton of trout fishing around honestly.

[@FishingCircle]

What net do you use!? Been looking at getting a new one. Nice video!

[@hardmanfishing]

Catch Cam Nets! Go check them out!

[@PULAG]

Where you find the creeks and how you know which ones are not private property? Asking cause I wanna do it too

[@carringtondouglas7791]

That’s not a wild brown trout on the east fork below the hatchery lol

[@douglasfields3942]

I notice you are using a large arbor reel, at least it looks like it. What weight rod are you using in this video? I like your videos!!!

[@hardmanfishing]

Thank you! And we used 3 different rods in this video actually lol but my streamer rod is an 8 wt which was a bit overkill but I already had it set up. The other 2 were 3 wt.

[@jarrettlandreth285]

More of this!!

[@joenewmeyer7711]

How can you tell the difference between a wild brown from a hold over brown? In PA stocked browns have orange spots that turn red after six months or so

[@hardmanfishing]

It has more to do with the fins than the colors, although that is typically a good indicator as well. Usually hold overs have rough fins that are torn to shreds but may have the colors of a wild fish. It is something you learn overtime. Also you can tell a lot about what a fish likely is based on the body of water you are fishing.

[@joenewmeyer7711]

@@hardmanfishing some time in future please try to post pic. Would help me. Last summer in pa I did catch half a dozen 5 to 8 inch browns. Checked stocking for that crick for last 3 years, no fingerings. Still has nice native bookies. Browns always had a little spawning. Would like to know about the 16 to 22 inches i caught last August. Thank you

[@zachmichel9157]

Are you guys still planning a trip to the Catskills in NY?

[@hardmanfishing]

Hopefully We'll make it up there eventually!

[@janefriend2279]

I totally enjoy watching your videos when you guys EVENTUALLY fish!! In almost every video the same guy talks at least 5-7 minutes in the beginning. Oh your chatter then continues in the middle AND end of the video. Why must you “bust” a potentially fantastic video with incessant talking? Your buddy’s videos are all about fishing. Food for thought!

[@hardmanfishing]

To each their own, there are plenty of people who do only fishing and no talking. Go find them lol don't complain to me

[@lukewilson3271]

I'm 99% sure I know where y'all were catching those stockers and the wild brown, do you mind if I guess?

[@hardmanfishing]

Sure you can guess and I'll tell you if you're right. But then I'll delete the comment so others don't figure it out lol

[@lukewilson3271]

@@hardmanfishing East fork of Chattooga?

[@baggetja1234]

I live just up the mountain in Brevard NC, I would to help however I can if y’all decide to fish this area.

[@hardmanfishing]

We definitely plan to fish NC in the coming weeks. Not sure where exactly but I'm sure I'll be fishing it a few times throughout the spring

[@danieltorrez2895]

What weight and length is that rod?

[@hardmanfishing]

Well we used 3 different rods in this video.... so I'm not sure which one you're asking about. The one we used in the smallest creek was a 7'6" 3 wt, the streamer rod was an 8 wt, and the rod that we caught the rainbows on was a 10 foot 3 wt. Although you don't necessarily need a different rod for each one, we just had them already rigged up

[@bobbygreen2291]

Those Brookies in NC and SC are native and the reason I know is not because someone told me ,, it’s because 60 years ago I would catch two of those exact same fish every morning for my breakfast,,so I know for a fact that small trout is from native brook trout.

[@andrewhopkins5528]

Would yall be able to give the location of your fishing location? I would love to fish some of these spots in the blueridge/ Appalachian mountains

[@hardmanfishing]

I don't like giving out info in the comment section, especially when I'm catching wild or native trout. I try to protect the fish to an extent and I know some people who fish these waters and would rather them not be blown up. I hope you'll understand! But thanks for watching the video.

[@andrewhopkins5528]

@@hardmanfishing na bud I completely understand and when it comes to fishing wild native I'm in the same boat as you. These fish are to rare to have some idiot go out and kill them. well would you tell just me? The only fishing I like is wild/native fishing or maybe invite me to fish with ya if your ever in the blueridge mountains in Virginia or north Carolina

[@jeremyeggert3559]

Madison county, NC request for content

[@Vancefishingadventures]

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