One of the most beautiful places in the world to fly fish

[@kurtalbrethsen3863]

I understand that you’re catching rainbows, but you might want to wet your hands before handling them.

[@onebadshad]

Great recommendation, thanks for the comment.

[@imonduckets]

​@Czaja Fishing I really do like your videos. As far as wetting the hands, it really is great advice. Helps keep the protective slime on the fish. Another good practice is to keep the fish in the water after you net them. As fly anglers, the health of these beautiful fish should be a priority. I hope you don't take these suggestion in the wrong way. Tight lines.

[@onebadshad]

@@imonduckets Sounds good, thanks for the comment.

[@Hancock-r2v]

Shut up

[@Hancock-r2v]

Wet your hands before touching the fish you must be a f****** liberal

[@boise2Talay7886]

If you're ever back in Idaho and targeting the Payette, check out the N Fork of the Payette if you want a shot at much larger trout. The area that's called the Cabarton run definitely offers more opportunities to hook into some Rainbows in the mid to upper teens. The Middle fork and S fork don't generally have the same potential for fish to grow large due to a combination of different factors. From what I've read the S fork in particular is somewhat less ideal for large scale production of insect life due to the geology in but it is still a beautiful river to look at.

[@onebadshad]

A lot of great info here, thank you.

[@SaskFisher]

Awesome video!

[@bauhausoffice]

Nice job brother. Felt like I was there. Good footage. Hope you got your bear spray every time you go out. See you on the river.

[@onebadshad]

Thank you Sir, I'll be out there again soon, can't wait!

[@Kivas_Fajo]

Looks beautiful. I envy you guys for your pristine streams all over the place with a natural population of fishes. In central Europe such places are much harder to find. Slovenija and the Pyrenees Mountains come to mind, The Black Forest/Germany, the Swiss and Austrian Alps and northern Scandinavia, Southern Bavaria/Germany Epirus in Greece and North Macedonia also have fairy tale like streams...oh and the Fjords of Galicia in Spain, where salmon roam are worth a visit.

[@onebadshad]

I’ll have to get a bigger bucket to add all those into the list. I would love to travel to some of those places to fish.

[@vickadyan9015]

Great video. Where did you access the Payette river? It is beautiful.

[@onebadshad]

There are many access points all along the river, many pull off sites, and camp grounds. As you drive along the river you'll be able to see where others have gone. Be careful and enjoy.

[@OregonFishingAdventures]

Great video man just found your channel liking the content so far i make videos as well but much more basic ones i keep things simple

[@onebadshad]

I've been to Oregon a few times, never fished there, I'll look you up next time I'm out west.

[@OregonFishingAdventures]

@@onebadshad hell yeah man definitely do I live in Corvallis area of Oregon plenty of good river systems around where I live

[@onebadshad]

@@OregonFishingAdventures Looking forward to it!

[@azcountry6064]

Learned to fly fish on the Payette. Special place with good fishing.

[@onebadshad]

I agree, amazing place.

[@philliphinkle2812]

Love the Payette and the area around it. Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@onebadshad]

You and me both, It's an absolute gem. Thanks for the sub!

[@OdinsChosen208]

south fork? if so its a very sterile river do to the granite bottom and glacier melt off so not very many big trout in that river

[@onebadshad]

It's not always about how large the fish might be in a particular place or even the numbers, for me at least. Sometimes it's more about the experience in it's entirety, the sights, the sounds, the surrounding, or the absents of man made influences, even just the adventure to and from. I agree there are other destinations with "better" habitat for fish life, maybe just as beautiful or even more stunning with larger trout. I don't discount your comment, I get your point. The largest salmon I've caught was in a dirty, littered, high pressured, stream the color of a common Starbucks coffee (including the cinnamon dusted whip on top) in the middle of Michigan City just feet from a six lane highway and a water treatment plant. I'll take the common 8 inch rainbow on the Payette River everyday over that monster salmon in Michigan City. Thanks for your comment and your involvement in the channel.

[@OdinsChosen208]

@@onebadshad im right there with you its more about the experience then the result i get more out of tying and teaching then fishing now days guess i didnt word it very well my comment was more for knowledge then anything else just saying the reason you couldnt really find anything that big is because that river is to clean and sterile to hold a good trout population or many fish over 12 inches.... that river is my favorite river as far as how beautiful it is and how secluded you can feel there

[@onebadshad]

@@OdinsChosen208 What are you tying lately? Would love to see some of those patterns.

[@LDHAl412]

I think was trying to teach the Fish how to Swim

[@rxopie64]

Thanks

[@onebadshad]

Thank you

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Great video

[@onebadshad]

Thank you

[@nickmcgarvey6463]

While indeed beautiful, the granite bottom supports little plant life and in turn, the river holds very few fish compared to other Idaho destinations.

[@steverockwell5074]

Yes...beautiful to look at but fish are few and small. Can also be dangerous due to steep trails with gravel.

[@OdinsChosen208]

yup a very sterile river the south fork is

[@andrewmcgaha9629]

Is the Payette any good for Trout around Banks? My father lives in Garden Valley.

[@onebadshad]

In my opinion the Payette is an amazing river, when I fly fish I'm not just going for the trout I'm also going to be in nature. I enjoy photography as much as I do fishing so I might be bias about the Payette. Some might say it's not good, that the trout are bigger and better somewhere else, maybe that is true but for me it's about the overall experience. So to answer you, yes there are good trout and fishing near banks. Garden Valley is also close to smaller tributaries in the Boise National Forest which gets even less pressure and more remote.

[@rfcorreiaiv]

Man thats a pretty spot

[@onebadshad]

Have you ever been out west?

[@rfcorreiaiv]

I have ridden motorcycles in the SD area but never fished or hunted out west.@@onebadshad

[@onebadshad]

@@rfcorreiaiv I used to ride more than I do now, never got out there in SD on a bike. Love that area too. Maybe one day.

[@25falcons]

what rig set up were you using?

[@onebadshad]

I was using a 5wt rod, floating line, weightless woolly bugger streamer with a peacock bead head dropper, resembles a bead head stone fly.

[@25falcons]

@@onebadshad thank you. New angler here, sorry for the basic questions. But the streamer you are talking about is just a dry fly that floats, correct? its not actually a streamer that mimics a swimming insect in the water?

[@onebadshad]

@@25falcons No need to apologize I'm always willing to help. You're correct in that it doesn't really mimic or imitate a particular insect, however the woolly bugger is probably the most basic/generic pattern there is, kind of the jack of all trades. So in that since it mimics nothing and everything. Insects, bait fish, craw fish, etc... It can be fished by stripping the line creating motion and swimming it. It can be dead drifted (no motion/action, just cast it and let it drift with the current) To help you grow your knowledge; essentially any fly can be tied to intended application, so in this case I tied this "streamer" with no added weight besides the hook, I know that with the type of material I used once it's wet I can let it drift/swim/sink to about a 1.5 feet under the surface depending on current and my action with the rod or line, pair this up with a bead head dropper and it can go a little deeper. Add split shot (weight/sinker) in front of it and it can go even deeper. More advance techniques a sinking line/tip would keep this fly just above the bottom. My intentions on this setup was to target trout that may be in different depths (water columns) And to swim/strip back line at the end of the run to imitate a fleeing bait fish, I get a lot of strikes at the end of a run by lifting the rod or striping the line causing the fly to "rise". Also it helps to find out what the fish are keying in on, the "streamer" or bead head. I hope this helps, please don't hesitate with any other questions you might have.

[@25falcons]

@@onebadshad ahhhh I think I got it. So you never intended for the woolly bugger to float and act as an "indicator" or another bait that fish would come to the surface and eat? You wanted this to sink below water but obviously to as deep as the dropper, correct? So you were not using any type of indicator or "sighter" here? just feeling for a bite?

[@onebadshad]

@@25falcons Correct, I wasn't using a floating indicator or a fly as an indicator, instead I use my fly line. I intentionally select my fly lines in a bright orange color. This way I can use the floating line as my indicator. You're spot on with your thinking, as there are many who will use a floating fly instead of a "bobber" or strike indicator, however at this time of year and the location I was in I didn't have confidence on a top water bite.