Metolius River Fly Fishing - Catching A Big Bull Trout

[@MatanuskaHIGH]

If they ever got rid of the damn on billy chinook this fishery would be even more epic. Kokanee would return to ocean and become sockeye again. Bull trout could migrate. Steelhead would return to original spawning grounds etc.

[@aaronfullwiler631]

It was a memory much like this one with my dad on the Metolious 20 years ago that had me hooked on fly fishing at a young age. Years later when my dad died there was no doubt this is where he wanted his ashes spread. I make plenty of trips back here every year and have made my own fishing memories now that I hope to share and pass down to my future son one day. Good on you, sir.

[@PNW_Adventures1]

Bless you. I might be doing the same here soon 🙏

[@seribas]

Great story. Amazing river indeed

[@MM-nw3dn]

Nets are important folks

[@503flyguys4]

Great fish my friend, that is my home water and there are some incredible fish for those willing to putin the work. they dont come easy thats for sure.

[@Jerflyfisher]

Nice! I thought you were TOTALLY prepared 😏

[@cheezhead6007]

On the Metolius without a net?

[@TheWanderingGeezer]

And playing the fish to death.

[@rudymartin168]

I know! What an idiot!

[@Buttzs]

"The most endangered fish in the state", he says while targeting bull trout with no net and playing it to death.

[@seribas]

Beautiful fish. Really cool for those kids

[@David-uj2ms]

Net? Net!

[@sydneyfishingstory]

It's beautiful .Nice Video very good fishing. I like your Video

[@zachstarling11]

Bring a net, my goodness beautiful fish but tuff to watch how you played that poor fish to exhaustion

[@socalflyfishingjunkie]

Lots of questions I have after seeing this video😂

[@osaka4644]

One can only dream, bulls in my local rivers seem to max out around 21” and 2-3 lb

[@HooksetBC]

Great video! What a nice fish! Did you use and egg pattern?

[@gregvetter5070]

Always use a net when fly fishing.

[@gabriellitchfield4870]

At 1:13, what was that?

[@evanmelner4783]

This place is so neat, you should try the Fall River as well👍

[@Respect.The.Grind..]

Damn forgot the net huh???😂

[@Paulpoission]

What fly did she take?

[@buriedhook4797]

Golden stone

[@Paulpoission]

Buried Hook really? I would have thought you were drifting meat flies. Headed up on Friday. Never caught a bull. Fingers crossed

[@flylooper]

Nice (actually incredibly nice) fish but really, you should have had that guy in a net much earlier. Someone could/should have helped you with a net. Chances are you exhausted that fish so much so that recovering from the fight left it with so much lactic acid in its system that it may well have died upon release. But yes, you really got into a trophy fish there. I fish the Metolius fairly often and I've certainly never hooked any kind of trout that size. Congrats.

[@hellacherokee]

The fish seemed plenty lively to me and it didn't spend any unnecessary time out of the water from netting or photos. Nice fish and great handling in my opinion, given the options.

[@dereksandoz2300]

Agree, I was thinking when are you going to get off that log? for about 5 minutes!

[@QwertySounds]

This is the truth here. I am glad the guy caught a nice fish, but in a river known for its conservation, that fish was likely dead in an hour or so. To all viewing this and you MUST use a net with rubber netting as quickly as possible to give these beautiful creatures the best chance at survival, and spawning other fish.

[@paulwall4599]

Nope. You might as well have kept it. That fish is dead now

[@rvallure9513]

Totally agree....I kept yelling stop playing around and stressing that fish.

[@mattiasholverson4485]

Nice foul hook buddy

[@mattcopenhaver5551]

You can clearly see as he pulls the fish's head out of the water as he's fighting it that its hooked right in the mouth.

[@norbertrossi7925]

Where's your net? Great way to kill a fish.

[@cooliceman0001]

Nice fish..its a shame you exhausted it so much you killed it. Next time be prepared and have some respect for the fish and land it

[@guaporeturns9472]

That’s a load of Fudd lore. That doesn’t usually kill the fish , but whining Karens like you heard someone say it once and latched onto it for yet another thing to be offended by. Virtue signaling much?😂

[@saoirseclark]

you took it out :-( bad edit!

[@brookmelee5983]

Great dialog. "Are these spawing grounds?" "Yes, there are fish spawning here right now." "This is a bull trout. This is just about one of the most endangered fish in the state." Fucking cherry-picking redd nymphers.

[@savycenter]

The metolius is one of the only fisheries where you can legally and morally pursue bulls. They are critically endangered in much of their range but not so much in this location. Don’t go for him if you don’t know your own shit.

[@brookmelee5983]

@@savycenter Pursuing ANY fish on spawning redds is unethical. It's tantamount to poaching. It ain't about the species, bud. Don't thank me for the lesson, I'm happy to educate you on the matter.

[@savycenter]

@@brookmelee5983 Bulls spawn in fall, dude. This guy is referencing possible spawning rainbows in the met - but he’s clearly not fishing for them. Spawning season doesn’t mean you just can’t fish at all, it means you have to fish responsibly and be wary of your surroundings - this guy isn’t trampling any redds or fishing them or even fishing for the species that’s spawning.

[@brookmelee5983]

@@savycenter AGAIN - it's not about the species. Don't cast on redds of any kind, broski. Simple. Class dismissed.

[@savycenter]

@@brookmelee5983 Dude, he’s clearly not fishing the ACTUAL redds, he’s saying that there ARE spawning fish in the river. I mainly fish the met and know this exact spot. Unlikely there is any redds in there. And even if there was, he’s NOT fishing them - the fish spawning there would not be affected by this type of fishing unless snagged. Redds and spawners are super vital to protect and spread awareness on but don’t do so by spewing information wrongly at people who aren’t doing anything wrong.

[@hovertrout1]

Targeting spawning bulls is taboo. I will give kudos for not bringing it out of the water though but what’s the purpose of hooking into these majestic endangered sensitive species other than the human ego?