Kennedy Meadows Golden Trout Fishing

[@D9everything]

Catchin those Strypers is always fun. Flashes of yellow and black. Tough to clean, though...

[@newflyfishingodyssey]

Nice not having to hike 5 miles uphill either

[@FreeFormFlyFisher]

That place looks amazing with the trees changing colors. Smaller streams can be so much fun to fish. Nice video my friend

[@newflyfishingodyssey]

Thank you for watching!

[@driftstone]

Good times, I've never had the opportunity to get a golden. Definitely a bucket lister!

[@newflyfishingodyssey]

One of the easier places to get up to in the mountains if you don’t have as much time to hike.

[@driftstone]

@@newflyfishingodyssey Nice that's cool. Sadly that is still a very long drive for me living near Mt. Shasta

[@bruceb2212]

I enjoyed the video. The drive in looked pretty cool too. I was reading about Kennedy Meadows and learned there are three access roads. Can you tell me which one of those you took?

[@newflyfishingodyssey]

Coming from the 395 is the easiest. Going up from kernville is prob more scenic but it’s more of a mountain drive. So I prob would wait for summer going that way.

[@chowboy44]

nice video bud, what switch rod do you have? I was thinking of getting one for the backcountry gold this year.

[@newflyfishingodyssey]

The one I used here was an opst 9ft 9in 3wt. I bought it for backpacking so it needed to be around 10ft and a 3wt. Surprisingly that isn’t a super common combination. I tried taking an 11ft 4wt up before and it was a little too bulky.

[@chowboy44]

@@newflyfishingodyssey yeah from the research that ive done, it seems you double the weight of the rod to the pound fish you plan on catching....so a 2 wt=4lb fish, 3=6lb fish and so on. I know im not lucky enough to catch a golden any bigger than 6 so a 3wt would be perfect... thanks for the response, a bit too much for a b/c rod for me tho...Ill probably end up with the echo sr...thanks for the response bud. Good luck this good season

[@danlearned6199]

Is this the Kennedy Meadows campground at the end of Windy Springs Road ?? The trail you hiked to the river, is this the Pacific Trail trailhead that runs thru the campground??? Motocamped (motorcycle) a few years ago on July 4th weekend. Amazing, barely 1/4-1/3 campsites in use whereas Fish Creek and Troy Meadows were full to capacity with the rowdy off-road crowd. To my knowledge the creeks were mostly dried up due to the long drought. Nice video, tight lines!!

[@newflyfishingodyssey]

Yes it is! I just fished Troy last week and the flows were good. Just have to go early in the season. Good luck

[@keithweitz2018]

My son and I fished over in Kennedy Meadows a few weeks before you were there. Caught a bunch of browns and rainbows. Lots of fun, we will have to look to see the other places you fish, we both started fly fishing in 2021.

[@newflyfishingodyssey]

Glad you guys had good action. I was actually kind of surprised I didn’t get more wild bites. Guess that’s the difference a few weeks late in the season makes.

[@noah5889]

Never been to Kennedy meadows I’m not new to the sierras but I am new to fly fishing. I met a pilot at my airport that flew in fro Kennedy meadows and he told me about it. Can’t wait to explore one day and fishnsoon

[@newflyfishingodyssey]

There’s actually two Kennedy Meadows. This one is the south one. Good luck!

[@myotherlinefishing]

Right on man! Had a trip planned to go there last month but had to cancel. I’ll catch it next year. Nice video! 🤙🏼

[@newflyfishingodyssey]

Thanks. Cool place for car camping and fishing. Also can also drive up higher on blackrock for more places to explore.

[@gladegoodrich2297]

Bigfoot sighting hot spot!😊