Fresh Run Erie Steelhead

[@edmiller4149]

A real family affair!!! Nice work guys.

[@rustymorgan8597]

Great series,always informative, BEAUTIFULLY filmed, professional in every way,just like being on the bank with you.Just gotta love it! Don't stop now! I watch em over and over, better than tv anyday. No trout here, just BIG dark bluegill and shellcracker on 2 or 3 wt, love it!

[@BackyardBassin]

We really appreciate your comment! It truly means a lot. We're really glad that we are able to share our adventures with you! Thanks for the support!

[@davidgregg6703]

Great video. Can’t beat setting the alarm early in the morning to go fly fishing! Tight lines from Northern Ireland 2021

[@BackyardBassin]

Makes getting up early much more bearable! Thanks for tuning in from Ireland!

[@markreed7484]

Thank you guys for another wonderful video!! Great job!!!

[@BackyardBassin]

Glad you liked it, Mark! Thanks for the support!

[@farmerbob4554]

Just like a bar of silver! Well done boys!

[@BackyardBassin]

Beautiful fish! Thanks for watching!

[@wannafish1]

You guys are killing me; i want to go fishing so bad right now. Good job!

[@BackyardBassin]

At least there is KZbin to help scratch the itch to go fishing! Thanks for watching!

[@lensherlinski9273]

Looking good guys, some really nice fish landed and it looks, besides freezing your butts it was enjoyed by all...Great job...Tight Lines

[@BackyardBassin]

Thanks Len! And yes, I think we need to figure out a better method for keeping our feet warm. Other than that, it was fantastic!

[@ianschmidt4262]

Nice vid. Making it look easy out there! Fished the area I can confirm it is not

[@FishingTheOdds]

Chrome!! Loved the video guys. New to the channel. I like the style of the edit and filming, tight lines

[@BackyardBassin]

Glad you found us! Thanks for watching!

[@bobbo8389]

Wondering if you were able to share how you set up your rods for Erie. I live in Cambria County and a few of us have our first trip planned to fish the tribs coming soon so any help we can get is greatly appreciated. Tight lines!

[@bobbo8389]

On a side note I know how/have some sucker spawn, basic eggs, and crystal meth tied up is there any other fly that is a must have for you when you go up. I'll be the only one in the group running a fly rod the rest will be using spinning gear.

[@BackyardBassin]

I'd be happy to share our setup but any nymph rig will work for them. We will run about a 9 foot leader with a dropper about a foot and a half from the bottom for a dropper fly. We'll place our splitshot between the two flies and our float about one and a half times the depth of the water. We also just recently started tight line nymphing for them and use the leader formula for a mono rig which you can find on troutbitten.com. The only downside to this is that it is much easier to throw on a specialized nymphing rod and might be tough to use with a 6 or 7 st steelhead rod. Still doable, but tough. As for the flies we use everything yoh mentioned. If it's some sort of egg pattern, it will work! Best of luck to you guys! Enjoy your trip and hope this helps!

[@frankieshoenfelt8550]

Nice Stealheads guys.. If you guys keep catching those tanks.. Frabill nets would be great idea.. Keep up the Great Work...

[@BackyardBassin]

Haha we might need to make the investment in a bigger net! Frabil would be perfect for these things! Thanks for watxhing Frankie!

[@RalphBarton-fishing]

Nice chromers.. awesome video

[@BackyardBassin]

Few things beat Erie Steelhead. Thanks for watching!

[@RipnStikOutdoors]

Great fishing, and good job with the camera!

[@BackyardBassin]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!

[@CrayOutoors]

Nice fish and great video! Very well edited!

[@BackyardBassin]

Appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

[@kettlecreekwatershedassoci6995]

Wonderful video!

[@jakeshuman450]

Countless fish out of that last spot! Fish there from the first major run up until the spring!

[@ZacharyAlanArt]

Love it! I fish a few of the rivers in Ohio for steelhead

[@BackyardBassin]

We've never made it to the tribs in Ohio, but beard the steelhead fishing was fantastic! Thanks for watching!

[@marvingrenier6650]

Great vid

[@BackyardBassin]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

[@WildBlueDiscovery]

Congrats on getting into some chrome. My first ever steelhead video is up on my channel. If you figure out a way to keep the toes warm let me know!

[@BackyardBassin]

Yes! Watched your video the other night while I did some work in the evening! Had a whole KZbin playlist going haha. You guys did pretty well. Seems like there was a whole lot of fish there! We have yet to find a foolproof method for keeping our feet warm though... footwarmers help a bit but we still get cold. Couldn't imagine having a hole in my waders though! Thanks for watching Craig!

[@WildBlueDiscovery]

@@BackyardBassin..keep on producing good films! Maybe this summer we can finally connect.

[@trentonsendziak2906]

This is a great video guys.I have one question though.I never fished for steelhead before so what flies should you use for them.

[@BackyardBassin]

Any egg pattern will work. My favorites are sucker spawn or psycho spawn if they seem to want something more flashy. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!

[@ajones68]

Im a guide for smallies here in Ky. Id love to tag along with you guys and learn the ropes one day or maybe trade a trip.

[@gabrielfelixmunoz739]

oh yea, im subscribing

[@tracycoolbaugh1346]

Nice! Curious what camera your running?

[@BackyardBassin]

Sony a6000! Thank you for watching!

[@user-lq1gi9hv7k]

@@BackyardBassinwhat river is that?

[@fishingthenorthshore2982]

what weight of rod?

[@BackyardBassin]

We were both using 4wt rods since we were tight line nymphing. Both rods were under warranty though so we weren't worried about hauling them in haha. Thanks for watching!

[@garybon.]

Nice fish, looks like a great trip. What leader/tipper did you use? Still new to the steelhead game and lost three fish due to break offs this fall.

[@BackyardBassin]

Hi Gary. We usually use 4lb Berkley vanish as our tippit material. I think that's about 4x or so. This is the first year that we tight line nymphs for them so our leader was 5' 15# maxima, to 2' 10lb maxima, to 3' 1x sighter material to a tippet ring. From there we go 5 to 7 feet of Berkley vanish. Hope this helps! Tight lines!

[@1USACitizen192]

How did you manage to find so much unfished water?? Private area?? Most of the fisherpeople on Erie tribs would crawl over your back to catch a steelhead.

[@BackyardBassin]

Nope it was public water. I think we got lucky because we hit it midweek

[@1USACitizen192]

@@BackyardBassin Great to see the most pressured water in the world get a video promoting it. Don't complain when you can barely fish mid-week in winter due to pressure. The walleye in Lake Erie will also do a number to this fishery...soon.

[@dereksmay6918]

What size flies you guys fishing ?

[@BackyardBassin]

The egg patterns that we used were tied on size 12 and 14 scud hooks. The 14 produced a little better. The stoneflies on size 16 and 18 curved shank stonefly hooks.

[@jasonnester9514]

What’s the physco spawn

[@BackyardBassin]

It is a sucker spawn with some ice dub dubbed onto the strand of yarn that is tied into the center. We'll show some in our next steelhead video. Thabks for watching!

[@jasonnester9514]

I used to fish elk a lot now it’s just a zoo

[@jasonnester9514]

That’s why I run 10lb line get em in faster it’s healthier for the fish to

[@BackyardBassin]

We usually run about 4x. About 5 or 6 lb line. Usually if we don't bring them in within a few minutes then we just keep em. Love some smoked steelhead! :)

[@trouty407]

Love some Erie chrome and coffee! haha.. was up in November and had some tough fishing. Managed to land one solid hen. Vids on my channel if you wanna check it out... Sick vid guys!

[@BackyardBassin]

Just watched your video. Sweet camping setup in your car haha I did that one year in my Rav4. Good memories! Thanks for watching man!