As a child I was so intrigued by fishing for Trout. I learned all the names of the Trout, got a rod, a spool and the floating line etc. My Dad even got me an "automatic" reel. I gathered all the equipment to tie flies and practiced all the time. But we never went fishing. I didn't live near even a creek. At age 13 my closest buddy and I packed up a tent and sleeping bags grabbed a bunch of food from our parents pantry and rode our bicycles about 12 miles to a designated Trout Pond on a State Recreation Area. We didn't camp in the campground, we sneaked off the beaten path and hid our little camp inside a stand of man planted red pines that were about 10 feet tall. The next morning we got up befor daylight and got down to the pond where as it got daylight we watched Trout jumping out of the water all over that pond. We couldn't get them to bite so we went to another man made pond, quite a bit larger and swam. That afternoon both of our mothers came looking for us. As we sat at the public picnic area eating late afternoon lunch, we saw the car. Rats, we were planning our attack on those Trout for that evening but when we saw the car it was too late to hide. My buddies bike got a flat tire, and our Moms used it as an excuse to "rescue" us. I'll never forget those Trout jumping like that. Ever I'm 72. ben/ michigan
@rgsa90816 ай бұрын
Cool story, hope you ended up catching some
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
That's an awesome story! Thanks for watching the video
@John-w9m8d6 ай бұрын
I have similar memories, Dad & I had the automatic reels back then as well. I'm 64, so I guess those reels were a thing back then. Memories are one of God's greatest gifts to us all. Have a Blessed Day my friend.
@JeremyLamovskyАй бұрын
@@John-w9m8d hope this story doesn't end with "so after that I just started golfing"
@kingkiddfishing6 ай бұрын
This is one reason why I enjoy your content. You fish all water types and enjoy it all. Most people passover water like that.
@seribas6 ай бұрын
Agree here to. I always feel like I’m the only one who fishes non sense like this. Love it
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
A lot of times the stuff people pass up is the best!! Thanks for watching
@michaelsmith71936 ай бұрын
Thank you for these two fascinating little fisheries - and thank you, especially, for your call to rally more trout anglers to give back and to get more involved in protecting the streams they love to fish.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
No problem! And glad you enjoyed the video
@amymeier86192 ай бұрын
So fun to watch you catch all those tiny trout in that small stream. And those brown trout are just so beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
@hardmanfishing2 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!
@vonnievree31326 ай бұрын
My 2 brothers and I would skip school to go fishing....we would pack lunches and and load up my oldest brothers car when Mom wasn't watching....we were lucky my brother was 18 and had a car so we pestered him to take us places....we thought we were pulling the wool over my parents eyes....but they knew what we had planned...we would fish all day had a blast....those days were the great days...we are grown now and have our own kids...we are pushing 70 and still love fishing every chance we get......
@donkerwin62892 ай бұрын
These are my favorite spots - where most likely no one else goes! ❤
@Mark-o8y2 ай бұрын
Hell yeah! Unsuspecting water can get you great fish!
@briangemski34906 ай бұрын
This stream reminds me of the ones I used to fish in Northern Vermont when I was a kid, great times great memories.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
I’ve not fished Vermont but I’m hoping to make it up there this year!! Thanks for watching
@markowen21936 ай бұрын
Beautiful fish catch and release watching from 🏴 in the 🇬🇧
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Heck yeah thanks for watching!
@zumalot6 ай бұрын
I'm glad you explained the spring creek water system in your stomping grounds. Very interesting. I was half expecting an old bearded miner exiting that old shack and asking you for whiskey. A big thanks to you and others cleaning up the trash. Obviously I wish that task wasn't needed. Many people are just so frigging lazy, don't believe in God and His miracles while they're standing in and dumping a tire into one of those beautiful miracles.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
It’s a crazy area!! Thanks for watching
@davidleimeister50276 ай бұрын
Thanks Jon and Trout Unlimited for the clean up. If I'm not mistaken this is a creek is one you fished early on and that's when I started following HFA. You had me hooked.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Yes it was!! Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed it
@TroutCrazy5706 ай бұрын
Wow! I once found a 4 inch wild Brookie in a 1.5 foot wide creek at the Lake George campsite. Good Brook Trout fishing up in English Brook.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Heck yeah! That's awesome! Thanks for watching
@leehjones6 ай бұрын
That second creek was so cool and your joy at the fish in it glorious to see.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
I couldn't help it! I didn't expect to do well at the second location
@kalebmeadows8756 ай бұрын
Never stop the grind!! Absolutely love your videos!
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Thank you!! I definitely don't plan on stopping
@wvlongshooter39126 ай бұрын
Great content!! I’m headed down there next week to fish the river for some wild bows and browns. Watching this has me extremely excited to get down there. Thanks!!!!!
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Heck yeah!! Good luck man!!
@nathanrhine17456 ай бұрын
Love watching all your videos, I appreciate the explanations of how you choose water and getting to watch what you are targeting from first person POV. Especially for those small jobs
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Glad you enjoy the videos and thanks for the support
@MJR8086 ай бұрын
Should look into a Tenkara rod for these tight quarters. This looks amazing.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
I’ve used Tenkara before, it’s tough in these creeks. There’s too much overhead cover, and Tenkara rods are too long. It severely limits where you can cast
@ben.schuyler6 ай бұрын
Man loveeee videos in these kind of spots. So cool.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
I love fishing these kind of spots! Thanks for watching
@RustyShavlefordlll2 ай бұрын
Little bit of heaven
@bigproblemful6 ай бұрын
wow, this video sure has taken off, great to see! love the channel man, one of the few where every video that comes out is a must watch! 🐟
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!
@NotTheOnlyBaloney6 ай бұрын
That’s fishing! Picking over your local water, seeing how well you can do when you’ve got the itch and the time to go but conditions aren’t awesome. So much of my time on the water is like that. By the way, these creeks are great! I don’t have small trout streams and love seeing yours. Doesn’t bother me that it’s by the road or channeled or has litter in some places. That’s real! Tight lines!
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Couldn’t agree more! Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed
@VoncielHapka-cw7jq6 ай бұрын
My Mom Always Took me and my Sister Fishing 🦦 every Summer
@MrToolhead826 ай бұрын
I love everything about this video dude. One of my favorites.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it
@StormRidersFishing6 ай бұрын
Nice colors on those fish. Tight lines. Do you know why fish like to be under bridges when it rains? Because they don’t like to get wet. Pro tip for yah.
@hmm-wu4qd6 ай бұрын
Took some of those tires out myself 😎thanks for the photo, tight lines
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Heck yeah!! Thanks for coming to the cleanup!
@barryloy57726 ай бұрын
Sometime could you or Andrew demonstrate that “slingshot “ cast ? I have skipped some skinny creeks with overhead limbs. That slingshot cast could work in some of those places. I really enjoy your videos! Thanks a ton !
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
For sure!!
@jayala65606 ай бұрын
Awesome video Jon ❤
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@larryperkins84626 ай бұрын
haven't been there in years ... good to see some fish there
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
The fish are still thriving! Thanks for watching
@henryleslievermont60046 ай бұрын
Got to love Trout Unlimited 👍 MadDog chapter in this neck of the woods 😀 Enjoyed
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
I'm not entirely sure who Maddog chapter is but TU does do some awesome work
@henryleslievermont60046 ай бұрын
@hardmanfishing my local TU chapter. Mad is for the Mad River, and Dog is for the Dog River. Central Vermont area
@csfsangle6 ай бұрын
Dude yes! I was wondering if the ditches that you fish were still good, its been a while since you caught that 24 incher out of a culvert, next you should go up north for steelhead, I think it would be fun journey for you both, Love your vids, amazing stuff!✌
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Yessir they're still awesome!! I'm not sure that the 24 incher is still alive though. There was a fish kill down a little lower where that fish was and I doubt he survived it. But thanks for watching!
@marisahardman5 ай бұрын
you find the best spots:)
@tonycamplin86076 ай бұрын
I was going to comment about the rubbish 'till you told us that they'd cleared it up. I afraid that it's the same here in the UK. Certainly very different benues from your usual ones, the second one was quite scenic though despite being so near the road. Well done, a good days fishing.
@Tall.NeanderPaul6 ай бұрын
Beautiful brown trout it was worth the walk..
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Agreed!
@ChristianGossFishing6 ай бұрын
W Vid‼️ This made my day😆 Great way to start my weekend fr and keep it up ( Here before 100k)
@marisahardman5 ай бұрын
“thanks friend” 🥰
@boxingstarcmbballer87976 ай бұрын
Awesome little stream nothing like wv huh used tires and trout stream all in one haha 😂 I’ve found a few little steams like this one in Northern wv and northeast panhandle area 👍
@boxingstarcmbballer87976 ай бұрын
I use a little black trout magnet in the small creek like that when they are up and flowing bounce it around and Boom real good for catch and release sometimes catch 12-16 inches in creek like that too .
@boxingstarcmbballer87976 ай бұрын
Haha just seen ya get that 12 incher 😂 I could see it coming
@TheMichaelRiley6 ай бұрын
Back again boyyyyy LETS GOOOO!
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Yessirrrrrrrr
@reebertJunkman2 ай бұрын
I like how your stealth
@jjmonahan17235 ай бұрын
Bro setting hook sometimes like there’s a marlin on the end of that boy. Little fish is like godddd daaayyyyummmm 😂😂😂
@Corrado.SalmonidArea6 ай бұрын
😎👍🎣👏
@maknifeandrods77016 ай бұрын
👍👍
@LukeAndrewFlint6 ай бұрын
Been fishing tiny creeks for weeks. It won’t stop raining!
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
I know! I love it and hate it at the same time
@joehawk98392 ай бұрын
I am by no means a fly fisherman, but definitely interested in getting into it.Anyhow that being said i watch alot of content trying to learn before i give it a try.I have watched videos explaining Tenkara style of fishing and this looks like a prime location for that type of fishing.Correct me if I'm wrong and give me your feedback on this.Fot that matter anyone else please let me know your opinion on this.
@leehjones6 ай бұрын
All I can think about is how beautiful that creek must have been before the coal mine.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
I don't think there are even pictures of it before the mine honestly
@mcfishing52106 ай бұрын
What is the big camera you use not your GoPro?? Love the quality want to look into a new one for my films!
@briljantje95836 ай бұрын
Hi John, personally I do not like fishing streams that close to a highway. But I enjoyed your video anyway.
@briljantje95836 ай бұрын
Didn't you publish the second part earlier, btw?
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
@@briljantje9583 No sir! I fish a lot of small creeks that look kind of similar I guess, idk😂 Thanks for watching
@outdoorsman93845 ай бұрын
When you go up that little brick wall spot, were you like flip casting?
@cheezhead60074 ай бұрын
Looks like West Virginia or Pennsylvania somewhere
@mikeyrickley91136 ай бұрын
That is a sweet Loki g stream. I have just one question, what flies do you use?
@robertperman89672 ай бұрын
That’s a nice spring creek. Where is it located? I guessing north eastern US?
@charlesharrison66916 ай бұрын
As a kid my cousin and I would sit on the bank and trout fish. No fancy waders, no fly rod, no net. We would get guys going up stream fishing saying yea they caught 1 fish. They would laugh at us sitting in the mud until we held up our stringer of 8 trout. We could out fish any trout fisherman
@otterlover23976 ай бұрын
I just got my first fly rod due to watching your videos. What streamers would catch 16-20” browns that could be used on a 5wt with floating line?
@mst_amrcn6 ай бұрын
What setup are you using? I have a backwater setup but looking for one to use in small creeks like this.
@rickhomick41674 күн бұрын
As a avid fisherman it was nice to know that you were using a black wooly bugger... Would really like to know a precice location..city and state would help???
@MNmurlz6 ай бұрын
Looks like about a 3wt? Where are you located? First time seeing your vids.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Yep that’s a 3 wt! And I’m in WV
@marisahardman5 ай бұрын
alas! you have switched to the nymph 🫡
@bryanricottilli14506 ай бұрын
What state do you catch these big browns in.
@cicerozero54926 ай бұрын
Those fish are paid actors
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
I knew it! 🤣
@Mark-o8y2 ай бұрын
I've caught the biggest trout in my life in dinky creeks.
@smwoodbu16 ай бұрын
Do you guys have a landing net recommendation?
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
We use catch cam nets! But as long as it’s rubber coated it doesn’t matter too much I guess
@Stonehorn6 ай бұрын
I grew up on the greatest Athletic Salmon and Trout river in the world (Miramichi, NB), this is foreign to me.
@maidenlord66636 ай бұрын
Put sheds over water running water like that where you can shit through the floor and it takes it away
@pattinch15436 ай бұрын
How is this an "Urban Creek?" I've seen one shack and that's it. Because of the wall and beside a road? Dude. . Please explain.
@tatertot34226 ай бұрын
Don’t wanna give out your spot but in all the years I’ve fished that stream never in a million year did I think urban and that town be in the same sentence that place is in the middle of BFE love that stream tho catch some monster browns outta there
@MalcomBarwise6 ай бұрын
Catching Tiddlers use a small net
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
I should’ve but I like to be optimistic that I’ll see a bigger fish 😂
@ks-eq3yx6 ай бұрын
You don't know if they're tiddlers until you hook them. Common sense really.
@blue_ridge_on_the_fly41746 ай бұрын
The creek where it flows through the rock walls would be a dry fly haven.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
I agree! And it will be here in like a month. Just not a ton of good hatches in that area yet
@claireclark52096 ай бұрын
Channelized because they had to squeeze the creek in between the highway and the double tracked rail line
@Pwrcritter6 ай бұрын
Makes sense..
@cheezhead60072 ай бұрын
Barbless or dull hook?
@Fishinguy1233 ай бұрын
Could i use mono fillament as the front Line
@mattwernecke23426 ай бұрын
Seems safer outside the creek.
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
Probably is😂
@markvanderstelt89996 ай бұрын
that is not a creek it is a fancy Canal .😀😀😀
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
I love me a fancy canal! I should change the title of the video 😂
@randyeruark92996 ай бұрын
At the risk of denial for invading "your spot", would you mind sharing where this is, specifically? I'm retired, in Boone, Iowa, and love travelling to new fishing locations. If you are more comfortable, you IM me. Randy Ruark Boone, Iowa Thank you
@victordickson96402 ай бұрын
Where is this stream? I'm living in Northern Va and there are no real trout streams
@dannmarceau6 ай бұрын
They channeled the creeks and then wondered why they flooded downstream.
@tiagoalmeida8066 ай бұрын
Can you please do a fly fishing set give away, I really want to fly fish but I do not have money.
@mitchellbyrom8534 ай бұрын
I started fly fishing with a 70 dollar Amazon rod / reel that came with flyes and a case great set up you should try it
@tiagoalmeida8064 ай бұрын
I dont have any money
@karlyost35726 ай бұрын
❤😊 I remember the Bible saying come on Peter and the rest of you I'll make you fishers of Men that means they would have to be born again or see Jesus in their heart and be baptized and feel what the holy Spirit and now they're fishing for men hallelujah for souls and Jesus said unless the father draw them there is no remission of sin so maybe so that you can turn and repent from your sin and be saved that is our prayers amen 🙏💕🙏
@glennmatsanka78656 ай бұрын
Watch the poop pipes!!!!
@hardmanfishing6 ай бұрын
I like to bath in the water that comes from the many white pipes throughout the state.
@thomashansen3932Ай бұрын
I guess all the trash is supposed to be structure.
@Kitiwake6 ай бұрын
an ancient river course prob.
@FishingForQuality132 ай бұрын
Brother how can I get that net
@hardmanfishing2 ай бұрын
It’s a catch cam net! You can get them online if you want, but they’re made in fairmont, WV
@FishingForQuality132 ай бұрын
@@hardmanfishing aww man big time Thanku I luv the short handle but wide net I need that for my kayak .Thanks brother
@rambo4106 ай бұрын
First of all the first of the video is not Dubai. Next man can make it rain not God. It's called cloud seeding. Was invented in the 1940's and hundreds of countries have used it since
@caseygray72432 ай бұрын
Not a good place to b during a flood
@Nnnn-h4n6 ай бұрын
I started fly fishing 3 years ago and have been searching for a big brook trout. I live in northwestern CT and most fish are 5-8 inches, finally found what I was looking for last Wednesday caught a 14”