HUNTING FOR ARIZONA'S RAREST TROUT || For Wild's Sake: The Rare Trout Chronicles | Episode 6

[@remingtonlittle]

This series is without a doubt THE best fly fishing content on KZbin. I cannot wait for the next video to come out.

[@Nick.Stewart]

100%

[@Rikmonchann]

its my favorite too because of the bookmarks and i can skip past all of the non fly fishing content i would put this video in the documentary and educational/Made for kids category not fly fishing. besides that, great video

[@TightLoops]

@@Rikmonchann ha! I'm going to try and not take the "made for kids" part of that too hard. But for real I hope kids are watching. They're the future of conservation.

[@RemiGabe2018]

These episodes are some of the highest quality content anywhere. An amazing combination of fly fishing, conservation and biology. Look forward to your next episode even if it takes a while!

[@RoamingYeti]

You know it's a good day when Tight Loops release a new video 🐟🎣

[@TightLoops]

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[@jamesestinnett22]

Very few channels i can say this about, Tightloopsfly is one that I can say this everytime?

[@logannewman4532]

I've been running into AZGFD representatives on the Lower Salt River surveying anglers on the prospect of planting our other native trout, the Gila trout, into that body of water.

[@jamesestinnett22]

aside from the actual "fly fishing" content, (which is still impressive) the production value and the stars of this series (all the their content) are worth a a watch and a follow if the world you live in, matters to you at ALL! Thank you Chase and Aimee. for showing us, WE CAN DO BETTER.

[@amarlow7]

Thank you for doing an amazing job at featuring my favorite place in AZ and the efforts by the White Mountains Apache Tribe to save these trout and to protect their lands. It’s so beautiful.

[@KevinRapkochFishing]

I was able to capture some fishing on the Apache Reservation and catch some of these beautiful native trout. It was, like you said, beautiful!

[@RobertBrummet-t3e]

Chase, don't know how you found a gal like Aimee to share your experiences, but you're one of the luckiest guys in the world! What a wonderful video. Bob

[@davidzielinski322]

Pretty awesome, just seeing this now. I visited the Bear Wallow Wilderness, but in 2001 pre-fire. Pretty special place, very special fish. Brings back memories.

[@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors]

Put many miles in on those mountain streams back in the 80's. It was magnificent Great film 👍

[@criagfurness8305]

your filming & documentaries are an art form, as well as conveying a conservation message - simply world class & award winning !

[@marcburrows5783]

You know it’s good when you keep coming back to check.

[@TightLoops]

haha cheers!

[@sidhansen5744]

Let's go!!!! Can't wait!

[@shaboi3889]

Seeing you bring a spotlight to the conservation concerns of a lonely trout species I shared the White Mountains with growing up brings me more happiness than I can say. Thank you so much for doing what you two do - I aspire to have the impact on my home mountains of Arizona as you have with two videos. Thank you so much

[@blueliningbn]

These spectacular fish hold a special place in my heart. Thank you for another wonderful video encapsulating such an amazing species and beutiful land as well as the conservation of both. I'm looking forward to what adventure is next. ☺

[@reidkelly2730]

Such a great series. Thoroughly enjoying it!

[@smike01]

Spectacular imagery 👍 with a well told story

[@jamesbeaudry2032]

I'm sure this will be an awesome episode

[@TightLoops]

Thanks James! One of our favorite for sure!

[@jamesbeaudry2032]

@@TightLoops every episode so far has been fantastic. I am partial to the videos you made on arctic charr here in maine because I was born and raised here in maine and I love fishing in northern maine. But i really enjoy watching every episode on rare trout species.

[@k25beatnik]

Art is something that has always alluded me personally…but I like to say that I know art and artists when I see them. Thanks for this series. It’s pure gold.

[@simonartley1645]

Fine painting artistry and commentary on your rare trout. Best endeavours from Manchester UK. Here we are trying to maintain and improve habitat for the native brown trout..a challenge against intensive farming water pollution and many years going back to the start of the 20th century of neglect and the impact of urbanisation...and until recent years little catch and release Simon Artley

[@flypescaamigo7795]

Still can’t get over how cool the intro is. Much respect!

[@andrewsur2216]

As a northern az native, thank you. very awesome videos.

[@KevinRapkochFishing]

I'm not a Northern AZ native, but I visit there often and have recorded some fishing there as well. They did an amazing job. Wow.

[@terryjones7311]

I saw this pop up last night, but we were out of town, and I refused to watch it on my phone. Chase and Aimee's films are the only fly fishing videos that get the full big screen surround sound treatment at home. Heck I might even make some popcorn. The production quality, quality of content, scientific importance, and artistic value of your work is unmatched on KZbin. You two are truly inspirational.

[@TheLatentPhoto]

Hi Chase and Aimee. I just recently found your Tight Loops channel on YT and was instantly mesmerized by the quality of your storytelling content and filmmaking skills. 60 seconds into “Big Land” I hit the subscribe button. I binged and watched EVERY video you two made from beginning to end over the next 3 days I had off from work on a 4K TV. Your storytelling, color grading, narration, and b-roll is simply superb. “Trapped” and “Arizona” and “Flow North” , I could go on and on. Superb stories and video. Sincere congratulations on getting commercial gigs that pay the bills. I do however feel we will all miss the “Notes From the Road” series. Maybe a 5-10 minute video once a month. We don’t and shouldn’t expect a 47 minute masterpiece, LOL I understand all too well of how busy one can get on client gigs. And finally, Tight Loops is my very favorite channel on YT. Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing your next adventures. As everyone else has commented on all your videos, yes, THE best flyfishing and travel adventure video series on KZbin.....period!

[@chrismcluen3948]

I caught my first Apache last week and this video is really the cherry on top. Keep up the great work!

[@TightLoops]

Nice! Congrats!!

[@KevinRapkochFishing]

I just recently caught my first Apache Trout too (and then 6 more right after that!). 🙂

[@samridgeway6444]

So interesting! A good way to end my Sunday.

[@AGuyNamedRicky]

God when this intro hits…. MANNN I just get so fired up

[@TightLoops]

*Hey everyone! In case you haven't heard, we've recently launched a Patreon. Give it a look in youre interested in supporting the videos directly!* patreon.com/tightloopsfly *BUY AN APACHE TROUT PRINT* tightloopsfly.com/store/apachetrout *BUY THE ORIGINAL* tightloopsfly.com/store/26pn9iujgb4ef7hnd2ekmj3vs7oj07

[@intothewildwego7085]

This was absolutely incredible! Thank you for highlighting a trout species that's very close to my heart so beautifully.

[@KevinRapkochFishing]

Yeah, they did an awesome job. Wow. My video fishing and catching them seems so lame now, haha!!

[@drewc8065]

Really great movie. I learned a lot. I didn’t really know a whole lot about Apache trout. Thanks for making this! Stay safe.

[@KevinRapkochFishing]

Stunning video. The Apache Reservation land is beautiful, and these fish are gorgeous. I was fortunate enough to catch quite a few of them last time I visited the White Mountains.

[@nathanrains9292]

Another well told story! You guys are true artist!

[@cmoseman8118]

Love love love this series!

[@JeffWinter1]

Another excellent episode with four of my favourite things, trout fishing, history, geography and art.👍

[@timedmonds2315]

You guys really do some amazing stuff and bring some much needed attention to issues that will affect the future. Thank you.

[@Paulpoission]

My favorite content creators on KZbin! Amazing as always you two! It’s mind boggling how you don’t have millions of subs

[@Daniel-td1ou]

My wife and I absolutely love your videos. Epic fly fishing and beautiful scenery. We live in northern Utah and welcome you guys to explore the Uintas and all that they have to offer.

[@Valleymobwelding]

This is an outstanding series please keep the content rolling!

[@NFH21]

Thank you again for your talent, it was as if I were with you and happy to be there.

[@dodge33w]

This is some pro level production. Very nice! Better than nat geo!

[@alexanderchuprin3624]

Pure joy to watch this series. Thank you, guys

[@chrismelton67]

Awesome. I have really enjoyed this series and the other videos you have made and shared. Having lived in Arizona for nearly 30 years, I'm always pleased to see things that others show me about this state that I had little to no knowledge of.

[@johnbland9321]

You guys make some of the most stunning film I have ever watched. Amazing story telling!

[@milanf6926]

Just unbelievable. How you manage to put the skill and effort into these films is admirable. Thank you

[@dylantaillie8569]

The taco and cat interlude was top notch. Awesome video! So well done

[@zarvelda9679]

This film is absolutely stunning. You all truly brought tears to my eyes. Continue your amazing work, I beg of you. ♥️

[@corbeilyves5489]

Thank's for everything you are doing to raise awareness among your contemporary. You're beautiful human being and i really appreciate your journey Aimee and Chase.

[@Gofishinmore]

Great video! I grew up in southern Arizona and have always gawked at the apache trout. Never had an opportunity to catch them but maybe someday.

[@KevinRapkochFishing]

Yeah, this was an awesome video! I was finally able to find some Apache Trout this spring... And I found a school of them! After never even seeing one for so long, I caught 7 out of one hole in the White Mountains!! 🙂

[@ASVABWaiver]

This video is amazing!

[@burkeylynnadventures]

Truly superb. Incredibly educational on so many levels. In a mere 29 minutes I learn, I smile, am inspired, am saddened, am hopeful.

[@fshaw5174]

Just finished watching it. Incredible work, thank you. The time lapse of the Milky Way was extraordinary.

[@714spoon]

Amazing 🤩, keep it up love everything about this! Absolutely beautiful trout

[@PaulRowan]

All of your films are pure gems, fresh and informative with unmatched creative style and quality. You've captured and conveyed everything very meticulously and I share gratitude and appreciation to you work. I enjoy watching all your journeys traversing across the American southwest, exhibiting it's raw austere beauty. I've always adhered my curiosity to a silly phrase when hiking around the backcountry wilderness; " where there's nothing, you always find something and this is where lost became found". It's a magical experience to touch these delicate riparian meadows in pursuit to rediscover these amazing trout habitats. You both are a talented team and dynamic duo. Thank you very much and wishing you the very best of success in your adventurous journeys!

[@boscobear123]

What awesome content. I applaud you. Conservative efforts should thirst for this kind of journalism.

[@8234catch]

Thank you so much for this series and all that you put into it.

[@timsonjohnson3677]

Best fly fishing Video! Very educational

[@colindoucette1223]

Just when you think the last episode can’t be topped you drop a masterpiece like this! Let’s go!! 🔥🔥

[@thenewbohemian5779]

This is the content I didn't know I needed. Love it. By the way, it was great meeting you two at your join movie premier in Denver with WildFly!

[@TightLoops]

Thanks so much for watching!!! And thanks so much for coming out to support in Denver, it means a lot and it was great to connect in person!

[@thenewbohemian5779]

@@TightLoops Truly was. If you are ever out on the Arkansas headwaters near Salida, CO, that's my stomping grounds. Id love to toss a couple flies.

[@bobbyvilas9504]

Epic content, folks. Thank you for all the effort and the education.

[@hunterjewett6389]

I don't usually leave comments but I must say; Well done! Last week I was in the White Mountains, introducing myself to the Apache trout. Agreed- Easy access = hard fishing and hard access = easy fishing. (some species are better left un-filmed/ please be careful moving forward)

[@flypescaamigo7795]

Last comment, everything about these videos amazes me. I know productions like this exist for many other genres of film, but I really don’t see anything quite like this in the fly fishing community. Ofc Scotty and the fellas hold it down over at wild fly, but this style of film creates its own genre. I especially like the low background audio inserts during the various dialogue portions of the video. Guac my friend

[@almamdani6564]

Super episode! Really enjoyed watching it. I was so excited for you guys to actually find them 👍🏼😊

[@richardcannady9671]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Wow. This is belongs on the big screen. Damn good job.

[@kevintipper9267]

Fantastic episode folks love it 👏 Wish it was a hour long its over too soon

[@pauldonnellan6799]

Beautiful Work my man…Loved it…Pauly at Wilderness Coast on Fly in Australia 🤓👍🇦🇺

[@jamesbeaudry2032]

Yup. Great episode

[@clintonhowell]

Beautiful film. Thank you!.

[@backpackingireland8624]

Outstanding story! You’re video making and narration is superbly captivating. Atb Tony 🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@gregmontalvo2737]

Great production! I thoroughly enjoyed watching this.

[@andrew_91824]

Love the Wild Fly productions hat!

[@weezypeezy1725]

You guys are so underrated it makes me sad

[@TightLoops]

Aw thank you! Share it around and tell all your friends! Help us groooooow!

[@weezypeezy1725]

Right now I’m talking with the director of a Trout Unlimited fly fishing camp (for teens) and trying to get them to show this episode. We watch the fff tour and other films. This one touches on all the concepts that we focus on. We’ll see!

[@chorizobandito8943]

I would love to see you guys add the Kern river rainbow to this series. Would add some much needed attention to their plight

[@helenebom24]

Loved the episode. Thank you for sharing the story

[@jorcktheoutcast8007]

My god this is such high quality work. Your going to get bought up if the right people see this. Loved it.

[@samenneking7930]

Very well done.

[@claytonfunkhouser2833]

Wow!! Your guys rocks!!

[@TheHooligan-5]

Absolute art! Keep up the great work!

[@woodlandium]

Excellent once more, can't wait for the next one.

[@mwcarl2004]

You guys rock! "Rewarding only the most daring, technical of casts" lol

[@kevinstromquist5954]

wow, great video! I agree with your premise of giving them a chance to survive which they have done through the current interglacial period and introduction of non native trout species. Nature is resilient and might not need our intervention, perhaps just patience.

[@travis5481]

The problem is that the pressure we put on these environments is constant and varied. We slowly erode the foundations of the natural world until it collapses. I'd agree that nature is resilient, but we have not begun to give it the time or protection it needs to recover. Recover is probably the wrong word. Stabilize? We have lost so much that cannot be recovered.

[@jeremiahgandy8447]

Loved it

[@mattxcraig]

Gorgeous as always :)

[@timsonjohnson3677]

I was fishing a large creek behind Hawley Lake AZ one day and seen a boulder the size of a mini Cooper came crashing down near a pool of the creek. I went to check because my curiosity always gets the best of me and counted so many dead and shocked trout all around the pool. It was sad. Went back last week and it was no good. It's crazy how something as that made a huge impact.

[@TSBURNONE]

Dope video! 🔥 Love the history & that tribal members were involved. Come back to WMAT and fish anytime

[@michaeldean9338]

Pretty cool series, (stumbled upon it by chance-- subscribed and will share.) Thanks ::)

[@mattattack4765]

Wonderful video!

[@captzero7529]

Such good content and editing, you guys are the best. Keep it up!

[@cameronfrail1694]

I rue and relish the starting guitar riff of Organic Apples by Ashley Shadow. Tight Loops is so dope. You guys inspire me.

[@FroBritt]

Joined 5 mins late, but that was fabulous. I love how y’all meld science into the art. Thank You. Do we have any more episodes before the break? (Heading to Patreon…)

[@TightLoops]

Thank you! Man, I’d love to say there’d be more episodes soon, but there definitely won’t be. There will be an illustration tutorial on the Apache, and possibly some non FWS related videos, but the next episode will be after the break for sure. We appreciate the support! And no pressure, you can always sign up once the episodes start flowing again!

[@FroBritt]

@@TightLoops support the artists you love (& that includes my wife). I will be snagging an OG one of these days.

[@zacdavis9806]

Another banger. Keep it up

[@bobl634]

Wow. Thank you for this.

[@shaboi3889]

Growing up not far from the White Mountains, this part of your series - recognizing the significance of the Apache trout and the conservation efforts that have sustained it- has been very meaningful to me. Is there any way I could commission a tattoo of the Apache trout or maybe your “Apache Rising” chapter illustration? I’m touched by your work - some of the most effortless, far reaching conservation marketing of the white mountain/Gila wilderness since Sand County Almanac. Amazing work, guys.

[@KevinRapkochFishing]

Yeah, I concur. Awesome work by them!

[@matthewallen841]

Still one of my favorites

[@Авангард2017]

Great film!!!

[@johnpenoyar6416]

Absolutely love your work!

[@kellylardner8197]

Love your videos. Could you do a video on your gear. I am thinking that working out of the van you have Space saving and What is necessary down to a science. I end up taking the equivalent of a hockey bag of equipment with me and that doesn’t include rods or tying equipment. Takes up a lot of room.

[@colbywayne3]

Love every single video!

[@kevinrussell1738]

Amazing as usual! I happen to be in this area right now. Stream levels are extremely low with some wild Apache trout waters not running at all. The trout are still there in pools waiting for rain. I decided not to fish. I did catch one in the headwaters of a river still fed by cold springs. Don't come this year until rain and river levels rise.

[@TightLoops]

Ah! Thats sad to hear. But, as we discussed in this episode, the fish are use to this kind of thing, as long as we don't put extra pressure on them. Good for you for passing on fishing. It's probably the right move. Meanwhile, here in southwest Montana we can't seem to get the rain to stop! Snow pack is over 200% of average in most of the mountains too!

[@TechAssuranceATL]

First time watching channel…Great cinematography, super filled with great information, and wow, where could I purchase one of your trout paintings, Beautiful talent Bro! Your newest Fan!

[@sidhansen5744]

less than an hour away!

[@ohno4458]

watching this the day before im abt to go trout fishing in greer

[@jenmikeflynn6652]

Thank you.