Fishing Small Stream Packed with Big Rainbow Trout! NEW PB!

Fly fishing using eoro nypmh and traditional dry fly to go after big rainbow trout in a private section of small stream in the Colorado mountains
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[@janiraisanen7532]

Just a small tip, keep the tippet ring on the swivel and tie the knot before taking it off, then you wount lose them :)

[@arliebowen164]

Just what I needed after a long day at work

[@jyoung11jy]

For a nymph I go with "the fly formerly known as prince". It's a standard bead head prince nymph with holographic wings. Caught trout everywhere I've been on it. For a dry, small hopper or a #16 caddis. Couple tips... Keep the line between your forefinger and the rod while drifting. That way you can pinch the line when lifting and get a better hookset. Also, looked like you were drifting pretty far downstream from yourself. I try to start my drift at 45 degrees upstream of myself and never go past 45 degrees downstream. Since trout are always facing upstream looking for food, when you drift downstream from yourself and get an eat, when you go to set the hook you are actually pulling the fly/nymph away from the fishes mouth.

[@Sebbylagana]

lemme give you some tips. I love the nymphing content..Hold the line above the reel in your left hand and you will be able to keep your bugs in the strike zone better(this is done by coiling the line in your left hand while your bugs drift to take up the slack and keep the bug off the bottom) it will also give you a better hookset as you will be connected to your flies at all times. My all time favorite nymph is the Walts worm! I recommend old dominion trout bum if you want more indepth euro nymphing tips.

[@brandoncharles7625]

A flashback every time! It will catch trout, brim, crappie, and bass!!

[@rhettg24]

That tippet ring is something they sell only to people from Texas.

[@mikenixon5936]

There are a lot of situations but if it's larger fish, 24" or larger, my fly is the muddler minnow. There are many other great choices. Larger line is not always the answer, but lighter drag and more patience.

[@TerribleStanley]

My biggest advice that’s worked the best for me and the way that I was taught, is that when you’re setting the hook, just lightly raise your fly rod and tug (not yank) your fly line. Once I got that down, I never had any issues! Even with light leaders. Like one was said earlier, heavier doesn’t always mean better. Fly fishing is all about technique!

[@eliteconstrictors6461]

Red dart, Frenchie and the rainbow warrior seem to always get it done for me 👍👍

[@shortstuff2700]

You are a true angler...you get so excited when you get one on...its amazing to watch...my brother gets excited like you do and hes been fishing for 40+years!!! Love the way the little ones were cheering you on!! Nice camera work Stephanie!!! 🦈🦈🦈

[@paulziebell2479]

A couple of things for future reference, you want your shadow to be going away from the water and you should work your way up stream. Still a great video and scenery.

[@Brakinthru]

One of my favorite flies is a woolly bugger in black, olive or brown. But any type of leach pattern is a go to for me. Another favorite for me is chronamid and blood worm or nymph. Ears hair nymph; but these are more of a still water fly. But both are very effective

[@philliphutcheson4219]

Justin, when you are presenting a fly perpendicular to the current, as your fly moves downstream you have to change your hookset angle from downstream to in along the bank where you are closest to. This gives you a higher percentage hookup than pulling straight up. Also the larvae that you found looked like a stonefly husk.

[@brandoncharles7625]

These camping videos are my favorite 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@joanneganon7157]

20"s of Beautiful Trout to put into a bubbling buttery Fry pan🎉. Enjoy your Fishing Time wahbam! JO JO IN VT 💞

[@Papaloco5150]

Great video. Some beautiful trout. Thanks again for sharing.

[@bradcastaneda]

Awesome video. Make sure to pinch the line with your right index finger when you’re fishing. That’s how you keep tension on the line and properly set the hook. Also, tie the tippet ring onto your leader while it’s still on the clip. That way you aren’t having to hold on to that tiny ring alone.

[@jakemunn4829]

LFG Your fishing channel is my absolute favorite to watch. I am a huge fan of the googan squad gold series go to casting rod and reel .

[@aaronwidder4458]

Dude! that's the Conejos River! I recognize that fly shop anywhere! Me and family have been fly fishing that area for decades! We even put my grandads ashes there. Amazing place to fly fish! Anytime I see someone fish that area, it gives me goosebumps brother! All my PB's for browns, brookies, and cutties have been out of that area! Congrats on that rainbow brother! Great content!

[@whitebisonoutdoors]

Colorado is a bucket list dest for us 100%

[@mudbug8037]

My go-to: elk hair caddis dry up top, bead-head prince nymph below. I know roughly where you guys are fishing and that combo slays there in late August/early September. That combo, and a selection of hoppers matching the relevant size around and you're golden. Actual grasshoppers have been HUGE this year.

[@hobocan22]

seeing your excitement everytime you hook up is amazing, you are hooked for sure! i love me a lance egan chironomid frenchie!

[@michaellindsey13]

best quality outdoor content on YT and ive been sayin it for years

[@theINQBS]

My man! You're one of the few who get the thumbs up the moment the video loads in. Since I first saw Jerry McGinnis wade through Colorado streams not The Fishing' Hole THIS has been my DREAM FISHING TRIP! Would be awesome to experience it with you.

[@darrenangle4493]

I've fished there plenty of times. And it is a little piece of Heaven for my family to visit. Personally I do well on black and brown woolly buggers and muddler minnows when I'm going after the bigger trout there. My PB was a catch and release 28" lovely Rainbow I caught in 2012. But i must say you lose more big ones than you catch. lol But hey, it's all about the fun. Thanks for sharing your PB and experience.

[@danielalonso9711]

Looked like little Ben was going to take a sniff of the fish like his Dad

[@CrayzMark]

_My go to fly is called a Sheep Creek Special. There's a pretty cool story behind how it originated. I tie the traditional pattern, as well as variants of it. Like an all black one with a wood duck wing. I really enjoyed this video though, and would love to fly fish Colorado sometime._ 💯💯

[@paulfisher1879]

Never have fly fished before, but watching you and your enthusiasm still makes it enjoyable to watch!…Happy you are having a great time!!

[@mattsather8482]

Here's a little tip. During your drift, keep the line pinched in between your fingers or at least your finger and the rod. It will help with your hook sets and not losing fish.

[@CCockrell]

Do this!

[@evandevito4889]

For the euro rig, a pheasant tail and hares ear are the equivalents to black and blue jigs and jerk baits. They imitate a lot and can catch fish all over. A well presented fly on heavy tippet is important for larger fish. Keeping slack minimal is important too, so manage line slightly with your left hand. Loving the videos and tight lines!!

[@walkerjones5756]

My go to will always be a san juan worm. Dark pink/red. It's like my texas rig worm when things arent going according to plan! Great video! Love the hard work you put into your videos!

[@LanaLaughsRealLoud]

Lovely video LakeForkGuy ❤👏🏻👍🏻❤

[@DamnChinn]

Love the trout fly fishing content . The outdoors pretty chill

[@a.perkins89]

My biggest rainbow was 3 1/2 lbs. Not on a fly just hanging out at the lake. Threw it out and waited. So much fun!

[@davidmeyers3019]

For those Steelhead sized trout use a glo ball. It's that imitation egg in the lower right hand corner of your fly box. Pink and white for me.

[@mattpostrach7815]

Always work very slowly upstream on pressured water. The fish that doesn’t see you is definitely the easiest to catch. And egg pattern is my go to in any situation.

[@ReelFishyGuy]

I personally hate tippet rings. I find they break my line often and I just tie surgeons knots and blood knots. Dry fly fishing is the best and my go to in my home of Colorado would be olive caddis in 16 or 18 or a BWO in 20 or 22. Chubby Chernobyl is great too but you will always have to Match the hatch. Especially in CO. Glad to see more anglers having a blast with fly fishing. The more you do it, the better you will get and more fish you with catch. Enjoy!

[@jamenjoelpalladino]

Early season mop flies are crazy when going for stockies, but for natives very small nymphs.

[@Jhor-418]

Wolly bugger is a great one to tie anytime of year. Prince nymph also. San Juan worm. Also little tip. The flat slower is gonna be harder to fish, they have alot more time to examine your presentation especially in pressured streams. I try to stick to the riffles. Love the video as usual!!

[@nickkratzer2474]

When nymphing keep the line in fingers during drifts. Increases sensitivity and reduce drag slip on hook set.

[@jasonpruett825]

My confidence fly is a size 18 zebra midge with a black beadhead. I have caught fish on this fly from many rivers...the Gallatin, Madison and Yellowstone in MT, the Roaring Fork and Frying Pan in CO, The McCloud and Truckee in CA and North Fork of the White River in MO to name a few.

[@brettbeierl2616]

I just got back fro the cottage..caught a 4.5 lb rainbow yesterday..and now you post this! Got mine trolling though...

[@danielvelez4001]

Great fishing nice rainbow ❤😂😂

[@nicholasvargas1661]

The black and blue jig of the fly fishing world is a black wooly bugger. Use a small size in a dead drift fashion to imitate a leech. Use a larger size swung and stripped in the current to imitate a minnow. Fish eat those two food sources everywhere.

[@josemonge6622]

We appreciate all of your videos!

[@greghurdle4021]

LFG, throw on one of those San Juan worms. Love the Colorado videos!!!

[@jamesl.4911]

Black color wooly bugger best fly out there hands down

[@fattywithafirearm]

I love to fly fish. Nothing beats tje feel of a good size fish on the line. Iv fly fished for trout, striper neat me. Iv also fly fished for Tarpon in florida and whatever would bite in mexico

[@Winston0012]

What a stunning place woooh

[@wesleysmith6018]

Gods Grace to the fam! Congrats on the PB. Tight lines on the fly. Keep them coming they get bigger!

[@ianlance7229]

Jighead pheasant tail nymph all the way. Works in every river in the US, and since it is a jighead, it doesn’t snag up as much. It’s great to see you growing in fly fishing each time you go out!

[@levirivers389]

I get out to Colorado a couple times a year. Elk hair caddis on top seems to work more often than not. Midge or prince below! Nice fish you guys were on. Love the videos

[@mikegray-ehnert3238]

Biggest rainbow I've ever caught a steelhead in Lake Michigan, didn't weigh them or measure them, but they were 3-5 lbs fish that were jumping 2-3' out of the water in 3-4' waves! Guy I was with said the bigger ones didn't jump "much." My Dad was fly fishing for fun while us kids were fishing for gills of beds. He hooked something that blew his rout fishing mind ended up being a couple pound yellow bullhead! Bent his rod almost in half, he was afraid he was gonna break it!

[@gleader3393]

It definitely depends on tons of variables. But, dry royal coachman, nymph stone fly or pheasant tail, streamer wooly bugger

[@SledorFish]

You should take a trip to Alaska and skate mouse patterns for big rainbows. Aniak River Lodge is where I guided out of back in 1999 and is where I would go.

[@CompassRunner]

Beautiful stretch of water with some nice hogs in it. Nice seeing fly fishing on the channel - keep it up!

[@barddzen]

My go to is parachute Adam’s dry and a prince nymph 20-24 dropper.

[@tonypana9461]

Great video, you are a great all around angler. One tip that maybe you don't know yet. When fly fishing with a dry fly is better if the whole leader floats BUT THE THIPPET SINKS , that way the trout don't see the tippet cutting the surface of the water and conected to the fly. Back in the days we actually added toothpaste to the tippet to make it sink, but today we have fluorocarbon so the best leader-tippet combo for dry fly fishing is mono leader-fluoro tippet. And don't worry the dry fly still floats and you will fool way more trout.

[@cbg5539]

I usually use a olive wooly bugger with a Prince bead head dropper.

[@alantrask6500]

Filming and editing is so good

[@randybryant9936]

It's so pretty out there

[@bpv1056]

Tried to like this twice😅 I live in Durango and it's cool to see you dabble more with the fly rod lfg! Been watching you for many years.

[@FishingwithFro]

Awesome trout bro, that was so cool

[@nickgeuther7671]

I find confidence flies to be the go to, it's so much more presentation than anything... but if I had to choose, especially with Euro Nymphing, a small jigged streamer and just play with depths and drifts, deadly!

[@Lethal1160]

Awesome catch buddy! Congrats on the new PB! Gotta love the great outdoors

[@zlm2032]

Good stuff!

[@rhettg24]

San Juan Worms and Wooley Buggers catch fish anywhere and are good practice for nymphing and streamer fishing (respectively)

[@johnhayes1498]

Tie up a fly called a pheasant tail, but use an orange beed head. I have a 16 pound brown trout on my wall that I caught at Sandy Creek Ny on one and have many more but not anywhere near that big.

[@MySlyFly]

Always tie your tippet ring on while it is still on the clip. then you can pull it off and not lose your rings like you did.

[@Veemack21]

Man I wish that’s a dream location!! That’s what I pictured when I got my fly rod! ❤

[@deanfirnatine7814]

Such fun

[@kdrhoades4605]

Sweet !!!!

[@ThueyOutdoors]

Epic Video! You need to try fishing island park/henerys lake! Fav Fly/Combo: Hopper dropper with a Midge💯

[@jamesvezino5361]

Nice fish

[@jeaustin8196]

In North Carolina we use bumble bee ties a lot.

[@austindesilets7214]

Awesome video

[@eddielockejr7997]

Awesome video bet that big rainbow would have been delicious

[@Glockwork-rf2lg]

Rs2 is my favorite fly!

[@rebornelite1623]

Nymph my go to is a pheasant tail or a hairs ear I’ve tied pheasant tails with red peacock hearl instead of green and had a lot of luck on it which I’ve never seen anyone do and a good dry fly I just match the hatch mayfly’s are all around so if you can identify the may fly hatch tie on a parachute Adam’s

[@shaunroberts9361]

Heck Yeah Justin. Nice edit for for sure. Love that area you are in. Killed my 1st Turkey up there. I know exactly were you are at. But I am not going to say. What a nice video. They just keep getting better and better. I am the one that sent you that huge pine cone years ago. Been watching you for over 5 years....

[@williamwhite1997]

I hit the Thumbs Up for outdoor greatness

[@redneckbassman1]

My go to subsurface fly is a size 10 rubber legged prince with a gold bead head

[@fritz4939]

I would fish that stretch either at dawn or at dusk and move very slowly.

[@CCockrell]

Hold that fly line in your hand when you are drifting your flies. You don't want to be setting the hook on the reel. Your drag is to loose to get the hook imbedded in the fishes mouth. If you keep contact on the fly line you can put more pressure on the hook set.

[@aceboardtheangler5252]

So many different variables

[@bnez926]

Utah has a cuttthroat slam. Lol Ur welcome. 👍 I love ur channel.

[@Chuck_Carolina]

If I had only one fly to fish with all day long any day- a Royal Coachman. It does not mimic any thing, but if you keep throwing it at a fish it will look like food to them in time.

[@mikenixon5936]

The heaviest line I've ever used is 6# I mostly use 4# and with small native brookies I use 2#

[@robwells1480]

Match the hatch is the standard in fly fishing. If there are bugs flying around you on the stream try to use a fly that matches that bug. You can also pickup a rock in flowing water to find larvae you can also match. You need to keep your rod pointed at the fly as it flows and hold that line in the left hand and strip it to give it action.

[@jacobanspach4706]

I’ve been waiting for this one🎉

[@jacoblaw23]

My best producing nymphs(out west) are Frenchies, peeping caddis, deep sparkle pupas, perdigons(flashy/rainbow) and barrs emergers(both BWO and PMD). In the case of this specific river, or a river with higher pressure, fishing something that the fish don’t see very often works pretty good as a tactic for skittish fish. I’ve guided for 8 years now, and find that the best producing flies change year to year and this is especially more prevalent in rivers that see more pressure. The patterns I mentioned above are great general flies that have produced lots of good quality fish for me. With euro nymphing, I would make sure to use jigs. The idea is that you’re presenting the flies by bouncing them off of the bottom or dragging them on the bottom. This will prevent your flies from getting hung up. One other piece of advice is to keep the fly line/leader under your pointer finger of the rod hand. This will make it easier to detect strikes, and your reel won’t peel out whenever you hookset.

[@SevernRunAquatics]

They’re not bass. You gotta get um back in the water more quickly. Also if you see this just an observation that line needs to be tighter when nymphing for max effect. Also watch/feel if your fly is drifting naturally or catching drag. Also try a dry dropper set up too. It’s like having an indicator the fish can also bite. Pheasant tails, frenchies and zebra midges are my confidence nymphs. Size 18-22. But match the hatch.

[@ambrot724]

When I’m doubt Zebra Midge for me! Wether nymphing or under a dry.

[@AlIsUpOutdoors]

Go to Spinney Mountain Reservoir for gigantic trout and pike

[@coltonharris5340]

I fish a pats rubber legs below that I fish a pheasant tail dark color green or purple below that I have a weightless worm all trailing each other in about 2.5 feet in length from top fly to the bottom fly. If it’s shallow I will fish one of the top two followed by a worm only. Works euro and under an indicator.

[@leonardcrespin6476]

Silver rs2 size 20 on 5x tippet , nothing lighter than 5x.

[@twolfe33]

Cute little trout! Come fish Pyramid lake in Nevada I'll put you on 20 to 30 lb trout

[@garybarajas9607]

Dude big trout are so smart then know how to use the river and the flip side ways scraping the bottom trying to break you off

[@jgpr21]

“Nobody owns the water, it’s gods water”

[@MySlyFly]

Egan's 2 tone ez jig. Catches trout all over the world.