This is The BEST Trout River in Ohio (feat.

[@Pwrcritter]

Nice vid/discussion! Streams are blown out now. Of course my vacation started yesterday lol.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching. Sorry for your luck.

[@andrewwebster13]

2:07 that box needs insurance

[@Madriveroutfitters]

For sure! Thanks for watching.

[@jimholland1592]

Ya know, you two make a great pair I love listening to y’all 😉👍

[@Madriveroutfitters]

They do love to work together!

[@jasonoverholt2259]

I can see Matt River mountain from where I live. It was fascinating to watch this video and learn some of the history. I will now be loading up and hitting the river for some trout.. thank you

[@Madriveroutfitters]

@@jasonoverholt2259 Thanks for watching!

[@jopants5160]

Great video. My dad told me about how he would visit your outfitter when he was a college student in the 90s.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching and tell your Dad we said hello!

[@dougspreher4576]

Hey Brian, it's a shame that you didn't get a great opportunity to get Flagler to experience the Mad. I'm fortunate enough to live and work close to the Mad. I've caught Rainbow and Browns up towards Urbana, and nice smallmouths down toward Dayton. It's a great river. My question is this, why is Mad a "stocker" only river, and why doesn't the river have the ecosystem for wild breeding of the stocked species?

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching. Feel free to call or e-mail Brian with your questions. He’s always happy to chat.

[@knotyoutube2056]

Took some clients out yesterday, and the wind got so bad we could barely keep the raft in the river. Nature is neat.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for being here.

[@daveschlom4033]

Sorry your fishing day wasn't that great weather wise but I really enjoyed learning about your river. Fascinating history. It kind of reminds me in a way of my fishery, the Sacramento River. It was NOT the fabulous blue ribbon fishery it is today before Shasta Dam went in and created a stable cold tailwater river conducive to big rainbows. I will put our river up against anyone's for the quality of wild trout in our river from Redding to Red Bluff and even down to Corning, CA. There are downsides for sure...especially for the salmon and steelhead that used to access the McCloud River. And there are no brown trout here. But the rainbows are amazing. Love your content Brian.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks so much for watching an d thanks for watching.

[@daveschlom4033]

@@Madriveroutfitters Well...your welcome 2x!

[@wahipple]

Great video when the next fly tying one with you two coming out I liked the last one you did it was great

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Stay tuned!

[@alexc9187]

You need to republish that book! I've been waiting too long...

[@pbp6741]

Absolutely! I’d pay to read it.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

You'd have to check with Brian on that. Not sure if he has any plans or not.

[@alexc9187]

@@Madriveroutfitters I keep bugging him about it.

[@johnwelch6490]

Birch Bark Canoe and kayak is good in Urbana. $30 or $35 to rent a open kayak.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Great friends of ours! We do some classes there! That's where a good part of this was filmed.

[@augustonthefly]

Fish are rising up like birds...I see what you did there Brian 💀⚡️

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.

[@Hunter-fishing935]

Where is that pull off at mad river

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Sorry but you'd have to contact Brian or the folks at the shop for that intel. We do not have that here. E-mail them or call them. Thanks.

[@Hunter-fishing935]

Ok thank you

[@tedvoise7964]

I've kept "native" aquariums for years and put whatever I find in the creek in there...what ever lives earned it.But nobody eats the cranefly larvae.

[@andrewwebster13]

Hellgrammites

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Brown trout LOVE them!

[@BrianM-44041]

The grand and chagrin rivers in northeast ohio have better steelhead fishing. Sorry

[@Madriveroutfitters]

@@BrianM-44041 But do they have resident Brown Trout? No, they don’t. And the Mad is not a steelhead stream. We are talking trout here…..not steelhead.

[@BrianM-44041]

@@Madriveroutfitters steelhead are rainbow trout during the spawn. And brown trout isn't that great, I've caught a ton of them in lake Ontario and wasn't impressed with the flavor. They are nice hog sized though and fun to fight on the line. Just for the record rainbow trout is what steelhead are. We don't have many brookies here in NE Ohio the brook trout are more over in pa.

[@dmm3124]

The Mad River was named for General "Mad" Anthony Wayne.

[@Madriveroutfitters]

As Brian said....his version shared here was folklore. You can refer to his book to learn more!

[@charlesmurray1220]

And the Buckeye River? The Ohio silly. What about the Ohio?

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Trout stream? Don’t think so.

[@BillMcNaughton-qk7mi]

Love the content..... then the 16 million years comment???? Come on guys.... back to reality which is Creation.

[@braydenhansen4663]

Can’t tell if this comment is satire or

[@Madriveroutfitters]

The last glaciers retreated from this region 16 million years ago.

[@BillMcNaughton-qk7mi]

@@braydenhansen4663 100% Truthfully serious.

[@seanenglish85]

The last ice advance into Ohio was the Wisconsin Glaciation. It began around 35 thousand (not million) years ago and ended roughly 12 thousand years ago when it retreated north into the Lake Erie Basin.

[@mortenthenorwegian2875]

[@Madriveroutfitters]

Thanks for watching.