Fishing a Little Montana Creek with TOO MANY Fish in It! (Tenkara Fly Fishing)

[@TenkaraAddict]

Happy New Year! And thanks for watching. The next video in a couple weeks will be me talking about some channel and travel stuff that I have planned for the upcoming year, so stay tuned 👀 -Tristan

[@gibsonrocker17]

The days with the tiny guys are always entertaining. Makes me laugh every time I catch those little ones and I go to set the hook and zip them right out of the water! Half the time I wonder how I even set the hook on something that small! Man, I'm really missing fishing season right now!

[@TenkaraAddict]

You and me both! I'm ready for summer 😁

[@bradrtorgersen_videos]

Always a treat when another one of your videos drops. Thanks again for taking us creek fishing in the lovely Mountain West (I am a native, and love it here.) 🐟

[@1RunnerDad]

Ahhhh, my home state. Hope you had fun. I appreciate that you explained what you’re looking at when you decide to set the hook.

[@denises.8463]

Thanks for the weekly Tenkara fix! I am counting the days until sub-freezing temps are gone and my fishing spots are no longer iced over!

[@TenkaraAddict]

Same here!

[@prezzle208]

Just get into ice fishing. I river fish all summer and ice fish all winter.

[@rhinofist1]

Your genuine stoked for that first fish brings me back for more. That makes me want to go fishing

[@obryan240]

Love those little creeks

[@MitchLaFortune]

Dark and gloomy day. Hahaha. Catching fish makes it so much brighter. Thanks for this.

[@jeffchaffee2964]

Thank you for your time on the water and videos

[@tenkaraintheiowadriftless]

Nice work Tristan. Easy to see why the folks out west aren't thrilled with brook trout overpopulations. For my part, I'm usually good for one or two trout out of a beaver pond before I manage to spook the pool. The sections with faster water tend to cover up my stealth shortcomings. 🙂 Thanks for sharing your trip!

[@andrewhardage6561]

I've had few regrettable run-ins with beavers back in the day. If I were you I wouldn't be standing on a whole nest of those things tempting fate.

[@fernharmon4092]

I am confident you are Bear Aware but worth mentioning that most areas in Montana have a robust grizzly population. Good to keep an eye out when fishing those small mountain streams.

[@winterwolf13]

I love how ever mountain creek in western montana looks the exact same

[@SkepticalRaptor]

I remember that book on beavers that you recommended which was an excellent read about how important beavers are too the environment. Did you ever see a beaver lodge on those ponds. I couldn’t tell.

[@riverrunner23]

Good morning, and Happy New Year's. Montana is magical. I had the good fortune of living there for 8 years, amongst some of the best trout fishing streams, rivers and creeks. Even the side road ditches with year round water running through had trout in them. Some great alpine lake fishing to hike into, as well. Wonderful memories. Thanks, and enjoy.

[@TenkaraAddict]

I've actually been planning to fish some of those urban roadside Montana ditches 😁

[@brian1204]

Another easy fishing in a beautiful setting! I bought a Mutant a month ago, broke the tip first time out (my fault), got a replacement tip but haven’t been able to use it yet. Thanks for the inspiration!

[@TenkaraAddict]

It's a fun rod, for sure! Thanks for watching

[@bryantroyer8008]

Great stuff man, love the channel.

[@briancooper2737]

Just wondering what that little fish was thinking as he came flying out of the water? Weeeee! That happens a lot when the fish are little like that. Love the videos man.

[@leemowers9395]

Great little creek, thanks for sharing.

[@llorylloyd]

Love the peace of your videos ❤ wish it were me

[@walterdurand9472]

Thanks again always look forward to your adventures out west great Saturday watch

[@TenkaraAddict]

Thanks!

[@GarrettGalloway-c8h]

thank u for the video man 👨 😊

[@NathanSeibt]

Love seeing some healthy beaver streams

[@PauloT.Silva-pts.anywhen]

I am from Portugal. I think that if you chouse the correct flys for each river you have more changes. Cheers.

[@willong1000]

That stream is just begging for Herons and Mergansers to homestead it!

[@willong1000]

I won't ask exact location, but are you fishing not very far from the panhandle of Idaho in that stream?

[@SuperDaveP270]

Dark and gloomy you say? Well looks like an awesome spot to hang out regardless! What other wildlife do you encounter on these excursions? I am a Birder but I get into all of it (so naturalist would probably be a better term)

[@PalaciosCJ5]

Are there beaver in the damn?

[@ВалерийАлексеев-й2т]

Красивая и изящная рыбалка 🎣

[@fatkorn]

The good stuff

[@JohnCallender]

Sixth video in which you've fished the Mutant, putting it in a 3-way tie for 9th place overall. I liked the different style of music you chose for the intro: new year, new intro music. Thanks as always for the fun adventure.

[@danieledwards2296]

What rod would you recommend for bigger fish being from Texas fishing for perch then all of a sudden a 3 to 4lb bass strikes a small fly

[@mvsc-k5e]

Wasatch Rodzilla

[@guitaremike348]

beautifull

[@coreythemanlove8312]

What's the brand name of that net? I've tried to Google "fishing net with measurements on it" but I never get the right one.

[@TenkaraAddict]

The net is listed in the description of each video 😁 It's the size medium Measure Net.

[@janneadolfsson5996]

Looking nice🇦🇽

[@BrendaHaltom]

Good day of fishing Tristan😂

[@NathanSeibt]

What kind of line are you using here? Looks thicker than normal.

[@TenkaraAddict]

Same line I always use. #3.5 level line. Depending on lighting conditions and what the background is, the line can be easier or harder to see.

[@NathanSeibt]

Gotcha thanks for the reply!

[@Rolian10]

What is your favorite Tenkara brand? I have Tenkara USA but I want something more versatile for California mountains

[@TenkaraAddict]

I don't have a favorite. Dragontail Tenkara makes a bunch of versatile rods that fish well and are affordable.

[@hoob65536]

Standing on a beaver hut fishing.. heheh.

[@chiv2013]

I like it

[@TenkaraAddict]

Thanks!

[@ericoakley4388]

Is tenkara for guys that never learned to cast?

[@mvsc-k5e]

yes. with tenkara you “will” the line out there with your mind. it’s really only for us big brained folk

[@ericoakley4388]

@ guess I must’ve been big brain when I was seven because my dad took me out in Indiana and we fished bluegill with cane polls. Do you also use crickets?

[@mvsc-k5e]

@@ericoakley4388i stopped reading at “Indiana.”

[@brianferguson9483]

That's an awesome day with a surprise rainbow fatty 😊

[@sasquatchjunk]

Hey man I love the places you get to fish. One thing you may want to try is on the forward swing of the cast try keeping your rod tip parallel to the water. Keeping the rod tip down will serve 2 purposes. It allows you to extend the cast giving the cast an extra couple of feet. Also the benefit of the rod tip being lower gives you a chance to set the hook faster which means more hookups and less missed fish. Keep catching those fish man, it looks like some amazing scenery.

[@TenkaraAddict]

The downside of that is that you have more line on the water, which can easily scare fish. I put more line on the water when I need to (i.e., need more reach), otherwise I see no reason to. It's not the rod tip being low or high that leads to faster hook sets, it's tension on the line. Thanks for watching!

[@MrJoeTheShow23]

Lowering the rod tip also causes inaccurate casts. You want to stop the rod high to shoot the line out instead of down and let the fly fall softly on the water instead of slapping.

[@nakedlakedip57]

Big sky……… country

[@droid9959]

Not sure what Montana dnr does with dams, seems to me they'd get that crick running, good video Tristan thx 👍

[@TenkaraAddict]

Beavers and beaver dams are hugely beneficial to a stream ecosystem 🦫

[@PaulAmdahl]

never say it's tiny

[@kirkdavis2881]

Unfortunately a lot of those brookies should be cleaned out.

[@fuzzy_little_duckling]

16 minutes ago :)

[@remer702]

Please target creeks that will yield 6-12 inch fish. I skip through your habit of catching 2-4 inchers.

[@scottbaker2495]

Beautiful clear water u would think some bigger fish would be there

[@lukeandre7217]

Make an effort to get those hung up flies. When you break them off you're just littering hooks and tippet into the ceeek. Dont be a lazy angler. We all leave fishing litter, but try and limit it.