Fly Fishing the Most Boring State in America

[@WildFlyProductions]

Which overlooked state we should fish next?

[@MopFlyProductions.]

New Mexico and I’m not talking about the San Juan

[@thomascurry8919]

Wisconsin and Michigan aren’t super overlooked but have some great warm water and trout fishing.

[@ethanlaroche2231]

Michigan or Wisconsin

[@finfollower]

Iowa - northeast corner

[@IICHA0SII1]

Come to Kentucky!

[@anil_taneja]

I'm always fascinated by these lists that claim a place is boring. As long as it has nature, there's endless fun around.

[@supermancc604]

Agreeeeed!!!

[@WildFlyProductions]

Damn right! That’s the beauty of overlooked places for us anglers.

[@DentSideDee71]

Was looking for this comment 😂❤

[@MountainStateAngler]

There is nothing boring about the state what so ever. If you’re a fisherman it is heaven and exciting, if you’re a casual that loves to party and have big cities then yes it is boring but Idaho, South and North Dakota have some of the biggest fish in this country. I typed way too much for something I didn’t even watch lol.

[@I_AM_BAYTOR]

Not if it's cold.

[@westoangling]

I live in Nebraska and boy do I have news for you. South Dakota is a gold mine compared to here

[@timothyberry9084]

Haha bro that's exactly what I was thinking we got like 6 different streams that are not super great at all 😂😂😂

[@petermoore143]

Dam, I would have never assumed that! Guess I should be more grateful for what we have in my area.

[@scottsudo-nim9629]

Back in the 80's, I had to drive across Nebraska heading west one day. After the eternity ended, I literally got out of the car and mooned your state right at the CO border. It seemed like 400 million miles of flat brownish green (late September). I have forever since referred to this as "the month I spent driving across Nebraska one day" Tight lines!

[@westoangling]

@ wow! I don’t blame you 😂

[@apexkiller66-94]

@@scottsudo-nim9629 Nebraska isn’t the interstate, it has a lot of diversity across the state, but most don’t care to explore

[@nathanchapman9836]

Crazy to me that South Dakota would be listed that highly on a list like that. It has the Black Hills. Custer State Park and the largest buffalo herd outside of Yellowstone. Badlands National Park. Wind Cave National Park. Sturgis. Mt Rushmore. The list goes on. States like Kansas, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, etc are way more “boring.” They’re basically a giant expanse of cornfields with a city here and there.

[@thomasleonard9685]

100%. Kansas has corn, flat roads, and the wizard of oz museum.

[@TonyChin226]

If Idaho is number 1 I’d be proud to be number 2 lol

[@fishbummin27514]

Not to mention some of the best pheasant and duck hunting on the planet. Also some of the nicest folks you will ever meet.

[@gusswier3952]

I agree

[@iOwnASubaru]

I guess “boring” to most peoples definition and standards is in regards to what city’s have to offer and what kind of culture the state or area provides. As far as nature beauty goes, I feel like Idaho and South Dakota should be pretty up there on the list. For sure most boring scenery wise are Indiana, most of Ohio, Rhode Island, Delaware, NJ other than pine barrens, Alabama, Iowa, Kansas, Illinois and prob Florida.

[@backhills8942]

Was an awesome day fishing with you guys and learned a ton! Couldn’t be happier to showcase this incredible place!

[@thomasleonard9685]

Very cool watching a guy that doesn’t have years on river. The excitement and fresh love for the sport is beautiful and pure. The feeling when you finally feel the cast and it goes where you’re looking is a reason to be alive

[@cartergjenkins]

South Dakota is an amazing outdoorsman paradise. Pheasant hunting and tons of fishing opportunities.

[@Phinsup-mw2cn]

Are the deer good up there

[@caseysmith544]

Yes, and other animals like coyotes, deer and bow fishing Ect. Just most use a Lever or compound bow with very few though growing numbers again using more traditional recurve bows. Where I live in Pierre (Pier) I did see some kids about 8 years ago bow fishing with some cheap flat limb target bows and the home built bow fishing reels from Tin cans with a hole in it for a proper thread size/gauge bolt in the can to attach it to the stabilizer hole who were using an area to fish I personally would not have used but they were fishing and caught a different fish a big sun perch while I was going by one of the bigger fish.

[@MISTAJ0NES]

Just want you to know how much these videos help me. It's been an insane week and so many changes are on the horizon. Needless to say, anxiety is high. I sat down and watched this movie and it helped so much. Please keep making these films.

[@WildFlyProductions]

Glad these videos can help. Hope things calm down for you soon!

[@mattalbrecht9145]

Born, raised, and still living in Rapid City, this is an awesome video and hope to see you guys back! Been subscribed for awhile now and it’s wild to see the fisheries I fish weekly are on a channel of this caliber🙏🔥

[@bChipps]

Turn this into a series. Shine a light on cool under represented shops and locations. If I ever drive through the dakotas I will be stopping at Dakota angler and I want that same light shown in other “boring” places.

[@WildFlyProductions]

Love that idea. There’s a lot to be checked off if that’s the case!

[@stephenlieb5421]

Thanks!

[@SamuelSheehy]

Great video; it was awesome having you in our fly shop, and I'm glad to see you had some fun. You'll have to come back sometime when the water flows are little better and explore around some more!

[@WildFlyProductions]

@SamuelSheehy great meeting you, Sam! Hope to come back one day.

[@garybon.]

What a stud fish at 32:35 good job! Thanks for taking us on this trip with you

[@selfcoachedrunner]

I love how Idaho always comes up. We've got more beautiful mountain ranges than most other states, the biggest chunk of untouched wilderness in the lower 48 and a giant area of slot canyons, deserts and unique volcanic regions. I've been through plenty of boring states, central plains anyone?

[@BrandonBrinkman-q5b]

Best youtube out of Utah. The only one the spends the time to create quality content and puts the work into the editing to make it truly something worth watching. Also does it for what it is not for clout. protects the waters and doesn’t blow up the locations. cheers to you Scottie i appreciate what you do. Never even touched a fly rod and couldn’t have more respect for what you do👊🏼

[@dogsoldier0372]

Kansas is definitely the most boring, SD has the Black Hills, that’s its own little paradise.

[@caseysmith544]

Yes, and Kansas from what I have heard has become worse since Donald J Trumps first presidency closing off trails to the public and shutting down state parks on purpose so if Trump ever gives the word to look for mining or oil/coal resources they can as soon the second after Trump gets the powers as well as giving the okay to do so.

[@rschiwal]

I grew up in North Dakota. I can assure you that it is far more boring than South Dakota, yet has about as many lakes as Minnesota. NDYakAngler is one of my favorite KZbin channels.

[@Kruegernator123]

I'm from North Dakota as well, and NDYakAngler got me big into fishing on the Red River again.

[@calvinraynard3652]

That’s how I started to fish as well during Covid and got sick and tired of sitting at home gaming. Now I am addicted for the rest of my life. I can’t stop thinking about being on the river or being outside while I’m at work or through out my days. It has brought so much joy for my friends and I.

[@WildFlyProductions]

That's awesome to hear! Stoked for you, brother.

[@calvinraynard3652]

@ but I moved away from Utah last year just for a few years and I miss it so much and haven’t been fishing since then. Very heart broken haha

[@B1GE2]

Honestly Allen is the best. He doesn’t pretend like he’s the best but he’s still out there having a blast and trying to learn. Seems like a fun dude to be around.

[@adamsjm3]

It’s funny that my two favorite Wild Fly videos to date are the Idaho one and now South Dakota. Top quality stuff from the boring state!

[@juliegale2170]

Job well done! Looks like a great adventure with the lads who support and enjoy your channel. Hope to see more of you having fun with your fans!!

[@danmstory]

Glad to see others out there who took up fly fishing because of wild fly ! Great work guys!

[@vincentdoering5460]

Dude, took me back 35 years. We were chasing bass, but the same dudes, same conversations, and same fun. Still fish with the same friends, just slowed down a bit with fewer poker games on the trips. Cheers.

[@springermike9846]

I moved to the DFW area from Hayden ID about 2 yrs ago. Funny how or what people consider boring. I am missing the WS Cutthroat and the St. Joe. Thanks for your content.

[@robbmcadams6983]

Love the “mini-game” gonna steal it for Stonker season!

[@GSMBigfoot]

This was some of the most fun I’ve had watching your videos. The fun times you guys had is contagious. As a side note I travel all over the US fly fishing and I don’t even know how many times I see the fly shops with your videos on their big screen. Keep doing your thing man!

[@judahhuber6463]

Many people say it’s boring because those are the type of people who come from cities. For cities we don’t have a whole lot to offer but my family owns a large part of the businesses in Wall SD. I love it here because we probably have the best duck and pheasant hunting and love the area❤

[@mikewood7294]

Awesome start to the year Scottie! Looking forward to all the others. I’m now a fellow Harker brother with you!!! Love seeing you use your truck and camper on your trips. To a great year, mike

[@WildFlyProductions]

Thanks Mike, glad you're enjoying the Harker setup! More truck videos on the way.

[@bobreece8462]

I made the intro. My life is complete 🤟🏻

[@NSKINGS420]

Very good Film Scottie, you’re perfecting your craft in Film, good job and always good vibes🤘🏽💯

[@WildFlyProductions]

Thank you! 🙏

[@garyrafferty7625]

Did you stop on Sand Creek in eastern Wyoming in the way home?

[@austin7591]

Could not be more excited to get out and do some fishing this weekend, especially after watching this. Excellent video

[@coletrumble4461]

The small creek fishing was some of the most fun I’ve seen in a video! Thanks for the film! It helped the winter go by a little faster!

[@WWanderer17]

Matt Stairs! Good Ole Canadian boy. Comes from Fredericton, NB and some awesome rivers for trout and salmon fishing guys!

[@mrtheman260]

This one has the early Wild Fly vibes. Love it

[@toddhofer1005]

Great video. As a native of South Dakota and a current resident of North Carolina, I absolutely loved watching this.

[@robertmarley6214]

Scotty tell Alan keep grinding..I’ve been fly fishing since 2019 and still feel like a beginner. So awesome to see him get that one after a few tips 🤘🏻🙏🏻🤘🏻

[@franko9695]

Just got back from a summer spent there, Much love to joe and the guys at dakota fly angler, Spearfish and french creek are definitely some of the coolest places i’ve fished, glad you got to experience such a hidden gem Scottie!

[@marymills6438]

Awesome video guys! Those are Tenkara creeks and I'll be taking my rods to SD this summer. You've inspired this old lady guys!

[@RiverbendWoodworks]

What an awesome adventure! You all cracked me up with the small creek banter and MAN that was a great color on that big brown. Awesome video!

[@NateKreger]

Stoked for the Minnesota video!!! I live in Duluth, and can't wait to see how MN treated you!!!

[@WildFlyProductions]

We make it up to Duluth in one of the MN videos coming up :)

[@ITMEDW]

As a guy from one of the most flyover states to ever fly over (Iowa), I absolutely love it. We've got our areas of beatiful nature, particularly a little chunk of the Driftless area in the northeast, and just showing up to the local lakes and ponds with a fly rod. There's plenty of fun to be had if you just wanna look for it

[@berkie_4447]

From South Dakota here!!! Love the video!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@chandlermcmichael]

I grew up in Spearfish Canyon and so awesome to see you go there! The Black Hills are definitely underrated!!!

[@rickwarkenthien2077]

Great video, and thanks for featuring our state! I grew up and live on the east side of SD, though I love fly fishing for trout in the Black Hills and get to do so often when visiting family. Don't overlook the central and eastern side of SD. We have some of the best fishing for walleye, northern, bass, panfish, and carp that you will find anywhere, and they're a lot of fun to catch on the fly!

[@charlievaluck]

Super cool 🤘🏻 growing up in Denver we always fished the South Platte behind Mike High Stadium and people thought we were nuts and we had a blast pulling all sorts of fish out of there on little 4wt rods ❤

[@brennenjavorsky2846]

Love love love! I learned to fly fish in the Black Hills. The Hills are is loaded with lots of spring fed creeks with trout. I've said it was underrated for years. Such a n amazing place and mostly all National Forest or Parks. This video definitely hits closest to home for me. 😃😃😃

[@WildBlueDiscovery]

Fun video! I like trout baseball! Will have to try that! Tightlines!

[@FlyGuy420-l1j]

Just what I needed on this very cold dark night in Ontario!

[@GeorgeSemel]

There is a lot to do in SD. Among other things, one of America's Finest Gunmakers, Dakota Arms, now Park West, is located in Spearfish. They make a very elegant single-shot Rifle, the Model 10. I was going to fly Bell 47's by Mt. Rushmore, but COVID came about and I more or less retired. I learned to fly helicopters the Bell 47 and I so wanted to fly that machine again. And to also wet a fly line.

[@SpencerMerkel]

Born and raised South Dakotan. Some of the best hunting and fishing in the whole country!

[@gusswier3952]

East river has the some of the best pheasant, duck, goose hunting in the world. It also has giant walleye, perch, crappie, and so much more!

[@Cart-w8z]

I absolutely love South Dakota!! As a country boy, I also love how underrated and under appreciated South Dakota is!! I plan on moving there within a year or so aswell!!

[@jonahswitzer31]

South Dakota is amazing! I lost a GIANT brown there a couple years ago and I’ll never get over that fish 😭😭

[@ozarkwild9492]

Soooo many overlooked places like this in our country. Love this series idea!

[@shutdown3734]

My dad rode his bike every year to sturgis all the way from SE Texas, glad you got to learn about the rally

[@wreimerr]

My grandparents live very near the black hills, but I’ve never tried to fly fish there just because i thought it would be pointless. This video has inspired me to go give it a shot.

[@Jasontraskca]

Well I must admit that was a true gem. Just the concept of hooking up with a few locals and spending the day fishing and sharing some laughs is awesome. Great video as always. If you ever decide to cross the border and wet a line on the East coast please feel free to reach out. I'd love to take you out for Brookies and small mouth here in Nova Scotia. June is great if you have no plans. Cheers!!!

[@daveschlom4033]

You may have made "bigger and better" films but this one is my favorite. I've never been to SD and likely never will (can say the same for New Zealand, Patagonia, Iceland, etc.) but I really feel like I'd find a happy place where you were fishing and more importantly, whom you fished with. That baseball game is a Home Run! Right into McCovey Cove...by a right hander.

[@ezoutdoors2275]

So sweet seeing you fish the waters I fished growing up man!! Let’s poke some fish together next time you’re there!

[@westernsoutherner1]

We fished the Black Hills years ago on the way to catch the Montana salmon fly hatch. Black hills were cool and we caught fish in several small streams right beside the road. Of course it was a whole different ball game when we got to Montana. We finished in Idaho and still there now.

[@prolificnorthwest]

Awesome film as usual! Thanks for doing what y’all do.

[@Gunzprobish]

Video was so good! Safe adventures and tight lines everyone

[@WildFlyProductions]

Thanks a ton!

[@aj-ig6mg]

South Dakota has amazing fly fishing opportunities. The black hills, yes, but I lived in Brookings on the very east side of the state, and the fishing is incredible. Not so much for trout, but catching pike on big streamers is unreal.

[@ejames53]

As a north Georgia boy, we love a good small stream fish. The added finesse you need to stay under the limbs is a layer of challenge that so often gets overlooked. Scotty I know you love a small stream as much as I do. If you decide to explore north Georgia hit me up!

[@burkeylynnadventures]

Super fun film! Well done fellas. One thing that struck me - all the young guys in the film who are into fly fishing and the outdoors! I love seeing it! And yea SD is awesome. I've gone on many, many trips east of the river pheasant hunting w my dogs and I'm about to go again in a few days - but I had no idea about SD trout fishing!

[@tominator]

My old stomping grounds! Learned how to throw a fly in those waters! Cool to see in a Wild Fly video.

[@broclangren2519]

I went to school with Drew. Lived in Rapid City for 6 years. It’s a great place to fish.

[@ethanlaroche2231]

Love these types of videos that explore unknown places

[@xjcrawler01]

I like the out of the box thinking (see what happens here), nice video.

[@kevinhanfishing6958]

Amazing 👏 great stuff - beautiful filming and story.

[@exhumed07]

Im on the border of iowa and illinois. Got some small rivers to wade for smallies and i get walleye, largemouth, smallies, stripies, and all panfish with flies. Even pick up carp at a local lake on a fly. People always think trout and look at me all confused when i show up with a fly rod

[@bhutka]

Beautiful colored Brown's ! Fantastic film 🇬🇧

[@shanewhitman4312]

I live in South Dakota great fishing here surprising enough and not as boring as most would think. The hills is great for trout.

[@wtrfishing2857]

I’m from Texas, but go up to rapid every year and always hit those in town spots. Great video!

[@johnsanders714]

Dude we need more of this kind of content 👍

[@Go.Fish.]

Great production!

[@skylarlesmeister2708]

Awesome video! I was born and raised in the black hills and did TONS of fly fishing there. I miss it! Wearing a dakota angler hat right now haha

[@WhoTFstolemyname]

your choice of south dakota is an affront to Indiana.

[@ADVENTURESOFBZ]

Indiana is what I guessed. Idaho nor south Dakota is really going out on a limb. Fly fishing Indiana or Iowa or Kansas would've been more correct in my opinion, but s Dakota will be better content

[@bChipps]

@@ADVENTURESOFBZI could take him out for Indiana smallmouth anytime. The heartland region has insane smallmouth in our rivers. Pulled a 4lber out on topwater. Plus if you want a challenge we do have musky and king salmon too.

[@ADVENTURESOFBZ]

@bChipps oh no doubt brother, I'm from Southern Michigan so I absolutely agree, but the badlands are hardly "boring". I guess it's in the eye of the beholder ya know. I definitely didn't mean disrespect to any of those places, hell I'd fish any one em tomorrow if I could lol

[@noahreinhardt3588]

@@ADVENTURESOFBZIowa has parts of the drift less area and some amazing trout fishing

[@AlecScalps]

Haha no way! I was planning on taking a trip to sturgis from jersey for the bike rally this year but things came up. Would've fished the area for sure! Glad you guys were able to take the trip its a gorgeous area.

[@adamk1873]

Your badlands pic is from Drumheller, Alberta my guy. But I can't hate on the Canadian exposure!

[@marekworks]

Grow the brand! Those dudes in SD seemed pretty cool and worthy of the WF brand.🤙

[@leemowers9395]

Great Video, I loved it. are you fishing the Minnesota Driftless next?

[@danielwerner5882]

I fly fish the driftless area of Wisconsin which is world famous and has some of the best trout fishing in the country. I fly fished Spearfish Creek Canyon in the Black Hills and it was one the best trips of my life.

[@Matty3Putts]

Good stuff, thanks for the video.

[@m.h.english4773]

Thank you for this! Rapid Creek which starts out in the Black Hills and flows into Rapid City running parallel with Omaha Street can yield some extremely large fish on a fly rod. Even right there in the middle of downtown. 😇

[@m.h.english4773]

I forgot to mention that Santa purchased my wife’s Reddington Crosswater fly rod combo Dakota Anglers Fly Shop. 😇

[@alexfrost4399]

Funny, the badlands picture at the start of the video is from The Canadian Badlands in Drumheller, Alberta, not Badlands National Park!

[@timhayes1831]

I went to South Dakota and was told no one comes to SD to fish for trout. Turns out fishing was great!!!

[@judahhuber6463]

Oh and west river gang W

[@Griim.]

Ivan’s comment about the local guys saying a gas station as a place to hang - can confirm after driving across the country a couple times this is definitely a thing in the small random towns you come across 😂

[@FreshOutdoorsCanada]

perfect way to start my sunday! this and a coffee!

[@WildFlyProductions]

Cheers to that!

[@kbfastcat]

that's not right, I'm pretty sure Kansas is the most boring state, or was it Iowa.

[@FishDR]

Thought for sure it'd be the driftless area in Iowa, lol

[@Cart-w8z]

@@FishDRWhy would that be the most boring?? That’s like the LEAST boring part of Iowa

[@Dreamy-M]

Those are was thoughts too

[@Elijah-ce3wn]

Yeah I drove all through Kansas and there's literally nothing

[@Crustaceanking50]

I’m in Minnesota so is that boring?

[@caseysmith544]

A bunch of the regular fishing places in South Dakota do have Fly Fishing as well like in the Runnings Farm and Fleet or in the Cabella's as South Dakota does have Fly Fishing in other parts of the State.

[@VeryMediocreGamer]

Getting to "catch" one of these videos so early is awesome! (i'm still looking for that alpine lake form the bike packing video btw)

[@WildFlyProductions]

@@VeryMediocreGamer more bikepacking & alpine lake fishing in the works!

[@F11sh-f2h]

You should see ehat its like near sydney😭 overfished rivers, crowded lakes, murky sand bottom rivers, complete flat farmland and any good water basically all either goes through private property or an 8h hike to get to

[@jimskatr103]

we call the fish that we set the hook and they fly out at us, rocket fish! Nice meeting yall in denver for the event!!!

[@BraveCat9927]

There's a place in Nebraska called Rock Creek, pretty much in the middle of nowhere. Having gone there a lot as a kid to visit family I wouldn't think there would be anywhere super notable to fish, and for the most part there isn't. I still loved going down to the local reservoir or really anywhere as long as im around family, but one place stood out, Rock Creek. Its just a fair sized lake fed by a small creek and surrounded by trees in the middle of grass fields, but it hit like magic to me. The best fish I ever caught and camping memories were there, nomatter the circumstances. Channel catfish, largemouth bass, rainbow trout, redear sunfish and yellow perch. Rainbow trout are stocked seasonally. Bluegill too of course, and other critters that help the ecosystem like crawdads and feeder fish. Wild turkeys are often spotted around, box turtles, deer, just about anything that lives there finds oasis at Rock Creek, including ticks, but that never stopped me from climbing a tree as a kid. Just stay out of the tall grass and hope the bugs don't pester you. The Bass are feisty and the water is full of life. I even caught a catfish by surprise on just a regular lure trying to get a trout. I'll never forget that as I was young, my dad went off to get some more ice and bait, so I was on my own with a catch that I wasn't sure if I could wrangle. Thing was about 10 pounds, and in the water my line was trembling. The fight was so exhilarating I don't know if it went on for 5 minutes or 30, it was just pure fight the whole time. When I wore it out I was really hesitant on grabbing it, I sure didn't want to be stung and as a kid I took a catfish stinger as a death warning and knew one burst of strength was all it would take for it to get free at the chance. I grabbed the stringer and fought out a little more energy from it before I strung it up in the water with terror and glee, waiting for my dad to get back to even attempt unhooking the beast. It took a sizeable hand hatchet a couple solid swings to dispatch, the skull of catfish are remarkably strong and protect most vitals. Dare I say it was one of those trial by fire moments, a classic and primitive method of becoming a man.

[@CameronTesorio]

Great first video to start off the year!!! You boys should come to Rhode Island and do a smallest stage in America trip, fly fishing for native brookies in small streams by day, and then by night hitting the docks for a little saltwater action to catch striped bass. Best of both worlds and doesn’t get enough love or recognition!!!! Put us on the map!!!!!!

[@Lonk8353]

I would love to see you come down here to southwest florida and try fly fishing for snook and tarpon

[@caseyboydston8689]

Those browns have brook trout fins! The second one looks like some kind of hybrid but not like a tiger. Cool fish!!

[@georgesutton9655]

Great film guys! Look forwrd to playing some baseball with my mates soon. Great game