Fly Fishing for NATIVE Brook Trout

Is there anything better than Fly Fishing for Native Brook Trout? These fish take you to some of the most beautiful places and this fishery did not disappoint. There were plush greenery, huge rock faces, and deep pools. Thankfully, with higher flows and slightly off color water, the fish were cooperative and some great brook trout were caught. The key to success was a dry dropper, where the nymph caught all the fish, and the dry fly acted as indicator. Enjoy a second installment of me chasing these beautiful fish!
Love fishing? Fly fishing? Trout? Check these videos out then too:
SLAM (all 3 types) of Trout: • Fly Fishing the Catoct...
EPIC day on Gunpowder: • Gunpowder River: Absol...
GORGEOUS setting for WILD Trout: • Trifecta of Trout on F...
Creating your own MONO RIG set up: • Summer School Episode ...
STREAMERS for BIG WILD Brown Trout: • Stripping Streamers on...
___________________________________________________________________________________
Gear I use for fishing and videos:
Rod: Syndicate 10' 3 wt P2 Pipeline
Reel: Lamson Liquid 4/5 wt- amzn.to/3gdj76p (Amazon)
Waders: Simms Freestone Waders- amzn.to/2JPHzyM (Amazon)
Boots: Orvis Ultralight Wading Boot- amzn.to/2LaYNXZ (Amazon)
Chestpack: Umpqua Chestpack- amzn.to/3g98vFK (Amazon)
Sunglasses: Costa Fantail Polarized- amzn.to/3mEgyNb (Amazon)
Leader Material:
Maxima Chameleon 20 lb- amzn.to/33Lec7G (Amazon)
Maxima Chameleon 15 lb- amzn.to/37yS6qk (Amazon)
Maxima Chameleon 12 lb- amzn.to/2L985DU (Amazon)
Stren Monofilament 10 lb- amzn.to/33LuMo3 (Amazon)
Amnesia 15 lb- amzn.to/2JPIMWQ (Amazon)
Amnesia 12 lb- amzn.to/2VGQEwy (Amazon)
Tippet Rings- amzn.to/3gdvsre (Amazon)
Tippet (1-6x; lower for streamers and higher for nymphs)- amzn.to/37G4Hbj (Amazon)
Camera(s):
Go Pro Hero 9 Black- amzn.to/3mOkb3a (Amazon)
Go Pro Hero 5 Black- amzn.to/2JORbcW (Amazon)
Canon M50- amzn.to/37zwWbv (Amazon)
DJI Mavic Mini Fly More Combo- amzn.to/2JPJmnu (Amazon)
Batteries/Accessories:
128 gb Micro SD- amzn.to/3g99BBm (Amazon)
Canon Spare Battery- amzn.to/3mEDkEC (Amazon)
Head Mount for Camera- amzn.to/3mKYYae (Amazon)
Thanks for watching and subscribing to Tight Lining MD! Please like, share, comment, and ask questions. Enjoy viewing!
Each week I will put out a video that has me exploring local waters. My goal is to catch fish, help viewers learn, and most importantly HAVE FUN.

[@hardmanfishing]

Great video Mike! Native brookies quickly become my favorite thing to fish for this time of year. That one brookie was a beast! Although I'm a sucker for a dry dropper this time of year

[@tightliningmd]

Agreed on all points. I want to get a bit more dry action. I may try a smaller rod today with a dry and then dry dropper. Super effective way to fish, but also just fun. I gotta check out your guys stuff now. 100 fish days don't come around often! My best day on the water was a 50-60 plus fish day, lost count. It was on a dry dropper, small stream :) Tight lines fellas!

[@kenjones4564]

Beautiful place, wonderful fish!!! 👍

[@tightliningmd]

Definitely one of the prettier settings I have fished in. Glad I stumbled on to this gem. Good fish, pretty setting, and no other anglers :) Tight lines!

[@Tsaustin1]

Enjoyed that, nice work

[@tightliningmd]

Thanks for watching Travis. I love this stream and wish I could fish more like it. However, also a balance of not over fishing a fragile stream. Tight lines!

[@davidleimeister5027]

What great day fishing for brookies. I really am enjoying your commentary and teaching. Keep it coming Mike.

[@tightliningmd]

Thanks 👍 Appreciate the compliment and feedback! It is a super fine line. Firstly, I can always learn more, so it's not like I am some life long expert. However, the biggest thing is some people may not want all the talking, so I try to not over do it if possible. At end of day though, if something I said about approach, set up, or tactics helped someone through explaining and they then catch more fish, my job was done well. Tight lines David!

[@OldDominionTroutBum]

Stud of a brookie, Mike. Nice!

[@tightliningmd]

Thanks man. Anything at 10" is a stud in my book. 12" would be the beast of the east to me :) I got another yesterday, but no GoPro headmount means no footage to share. DOH! I will have to try again next time. Tight lines my friend!

[@OldDominionTroutBum]

@@tightliningmd agreed 10”+ is a sweet fish

[@lukebayne1598]

Is this the gunpowder river ?

[@matthewjasinski5636]

Great looking section of water. I have found hemlocks to be one sign of a healthy brook trout stream...

[@tightliningmd]

I think thats a fair assessment. The places I have seen them usually hold good brown and brook populations as well. Makes for random prospecting of a new stream to be more likely to hold fish if you see that sign. Thanks for watching Matt, as always I appreciate it!

[@austinmack5791]

Is this the gunpowder I just started fly fishing I’ve been loving fishing there but I would really like to catch my first brook trout any tips on how to look for them?

[@tightliningmd]

Austin, I would suggest exploring tribs of the Gunpowder. They are around. My favorite place to fish for them is in the Catoctins or Western MD though. Just know, they can be caught in Baltimore County too!

[@peterluke6435]

Mike, love how you use barbless hooks, those natives deserve it...I dont like using a net for Brookies either, but love my landing glove, Orvis has a good one, it protects fish natural slime and makes it easier to grab....great videos

[@tightliningmd]

Thanks for watching and kind words Peter. Love native brookies and certainly not always easy to find in this area. I make sure to use a rubber net for same reasons. I’ll have to look into glove. Glad there are other options. Tight lines and have a great spring season!

[@coleslaw7000]

good stuff!!!

[@tightliningmd]

Glad you liked it! Looking forward to chasing some more this fall and when flows come up!

[@DownstreamDownrange]

I was holding my breath when you had the big one hooked hahahah

[@tightliningmd]

Serious stress right there. I gotta get my net game figured out. Just lost mine as well. Thanks for watching buddy!

[@danielparent9702]

Nice to see your technique for fishing downstream but still getting those nice drifts, I like to fish upstream, when possible, but it's not always the easiest to do based on access. great vid.

[@tightliningmd]

I would say I fish upstream about 90-95% of the time. But jig streams and flies on the swing are really fun too and don't require it as well. Gotta love mixing it up and trying something different.

[@brianrogers6687]

What’s up man, this looks a lot like hemlock gorge. Never caught any brookies there but definitely a brown or two. Super cool cave off the side of the trail, if this is in fact the gorge.

[@tightliningmd]

Hey Brian! This is the gorge. Very cool area for sure. Glad you have got to fish it. I have caught a couple browns in there as well. Hope you get out soon and tight lines!

[@DownstreamDownrange]

6:50 just looks insane. Way to stay stealthy behind the rocks too. Solid position

[@tightliningmd]

Natural camaflouge is important. If I get too close on that rock it is a wrap. Getting in the water may cause wake, things just kinda worked out. Def made landing the bigger one a bit more challenging though lol. Appreciate you watching Dan, headed to check out yours now!

[@jackfarrell3659]

I’m new to fly fishing where can I get flies in Maryland area and if you don’t mind telling me where is this

[@tightliningmd]

Hey Jack! I see quite a variety of Euro Nymphs on my website site. Go to www.tightliningms.com and look for the store area. I sell a variety of options in sizes, types, streamers too! I was in Pennsylvania in this video. However, I’d highly encourage you to go to Savage River and fish and its tribs. You will find brookies galore.

[@pauldalia2451]

I fished alot in western Maryland loved it, now I live in the low country casting at redfish, I missed trout on the fly

[@tightliningmd]

Western MD is one of my favorites all around. Such a gorgeous area with tons of fish. I hear Redfish are fun, but the "salt life" has never called to me. I will take care of the trout here and you can live vicariously through me :) Thanks for watching Paul and tight lines!

[@pauldalia2451]

@@tightliningmd I've been trout fishing for 15 years, born an raised in CT then live in MD for 5 years, then not by choice Charleston, everything I learned about trout now saltwater, I was ready to give up something I loved so much , but ya saltwater lol

[@justinhoyt5781]

The large dry fly made it really easy to actually see where you were casting, which was incredibly helpful for a new flyfisherman like myself to see what you were doing. Out of curiosity, how deep was the water you were fishing and catching fish? And how often did you adjust the distance between your dry fly and nymph? I ask because it didn’t always look like there was enough distance between the dry and nymph for the nymph to hit bottom. Thank you for all of your content. As a Maryland resident getting into fly fishing, this KZbin channel is awesome.

[@tightliningmd]

Glad to hear that helped. The larger fly helps me too lol. I like bushy dries and stimulators, especially dry droppers. I am usually around 8-12 inches below the dropper, if tied off the bend of hook. I am typically closer to 12-18 if I did a double surgeons knot to do my dry dropper. I am not trying to get to the bottom, more mid column if I am fishing dry dropper. If I want to get to bottom I go to nymphing. Thank you for watching and following. I appreciate it. Hope to do more videos this year but tight for time. I will record a Euro nymphing series this year though. Looking forward to that. Tight lines and enjoy MD

[@dalesheehan9404]

Thanks for another Brookie video Mike.They are just so beautiful and the stream was pretty magnificent also. Looks like you had some company at the end there. Keep the videos coming!

[@tightliningmd]

Glad you enjoyed it! I had a great outing yesterday as well, but forget the mount for the GoPro, so all the good fish only I know about lol. I will have to go back with my gear and try to duplicate the success. Thankfully most of the people in this area are just hiking and not fishing. So far 2 for 2 on no other fisherman. Can't beat that!

[@deaddriftoutdoors2940]

Great video and editing, I love the brook trout theme, I have been doing the same recently up here in NY with some of the bigger rivers running high. Great job on that big brookie, when you hooked it I was hoping it was a brook, I have done the same thing in streams with both brook and browns and hook a fish that size and I'm just hoping its a native.

[@tightliningmd]

Thanks for the feedback and watching. Sorry it took so long to get back, I am swamped. Trying to start editing a video as we speak. Hopefully I can get that one done. Should be similar results to what you watched here. Tight lines my friend!

[@duckmanco04]

Gorgeous natives - are you fishing the troutbitten mono rig here by chance?

[@tightliningmd]

Yes I am fishing one here. One of my go tos. Lately I’ve been using a micro leader more often. However, the micro rig is still where I started it all.

[@FishingWithDamon]

Awesome vid bud I love trout fishing I did some recently great content keep it up 👍 trout are just beautiful aren’t they😍

[@tightliningmd]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching and the support. Although no fish were for dinner here, still fun to catch and release :) Tight lines!

[@francisstraughniii2473]

Have you ever fished the Swollow Falls area I always wanted to hike way back in the woods and give it a try.

[@tightliningmd]

I believe I have fished Swallow Falls, if it is out in Western MD. Not extensively or many times, but I have explored out there. Definitely worth a shot! Tight lines and thanks for watching!

[@scottlowe3355]

Great video Mike! What a beautiful stream and brookies! I have said “please don’t lose this fish” to myself many times. I’m with you there. Did you get any hits on the dry?

[@tightliningmd]

Thanks 👍 Def had a blast exploring new water for sure. We have all been there, sometimes that stress puts you in the zone though to focus on getting them in correctly. Thankfully the barbless hook did not let me down :) I had no hits on that dry, it is HUGE lol. Next time I order I definitely need to size down. However, ya never know, and for now it is a perfect indy lol.

[@peterheil2368]

New to MD, would it be possible to know the name of creek you fished?

[@tightliningmd]

Hey Peter, Unfortunately discussing where I can't do. What I can tell you in this. The heaviest concentration of brook trout are the Savage River State Forest. I highly suggest you get out there and give it a shot!