STREAMER FLY FISHING FOR GIANT BROWNS! || Best Day of Trout Fishing
Fly Fishing with Streamers for BIG Brown Trout!!
I was trudging up the creek completely miserable… and quite honestly I should have turned around a half hour ago. At this point I was so wet that I couldn’t keep the water from running into my eyes, my hoodie weighed twice what it had at the beginning of the day, and I might as well have been wet wading. I was becoming increasingly cold but this wasn’t an unfamiliar feeling. The more miserable I became the better I felt like my chances were of finding what I was after. So I kept pushing, and then, almost as if the fish wanted to reward me for my stupidity, I happened.
As usual, on this particular day of streamer fishing I was playing the weather. With the pressure beginning to drop and a major storm front pushing in I knew I had to be on the water. It was one of those days where at some point the bigger fish would have to become active, I just wasn’t sure when. As I fished hole after hole I began to lose confidence… then, as if someone flipped a switch, I started seeing brown trout in almost every likely spot. After a handful of nice fish I figured I better grab the gorpro and document how insane the day had become.
I hope you enjoyed this video, it was much less story driven and much more action oriented. Those were some of the most incredible streamer eats I’ve ever personally put into one video, and I think you’d be hard pressed to find any video anywhere with as many cool eats. Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you on the next one.
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Can’t get a better day of streamer fishing than that. What a stream!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Couldn't agree more!!
Of all the fly fishing videos I've seen recently, this one tops them all. With the number of high quality browns you are pulling out of a small stream - man, you hit the lottery, but all your hard work and persistance paid off too. I hope this video hits 1 million views dude. Congrats. I hope to some day catch a nice size brown (or any brown) on a fly rod. I'm still learning.
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! The video is doing well but a million feels like an unreachable goal 😅 anyways I'm sure you'll get a brown on the fly soon enough!! Just stick with it and good luck out there!
@carscanfly
8 ай бұрын
thanks man, well maybe 100k is a better target @@hardmanfishing 🤞
@carscanfly
8 ай бұрын
yeah, i went out again today and didn't see or catch anything. but i do like being in nature so that's a big plus. I think I've been trying fly fishing since May/June. Almost every day, caught a few small bass and fall fish, only seen a trout one or two times. Will check out Wildfly!@@cadenroberts863
Ì have never seen a stream with this many big fish. I'm truly happy for you to share fishing like this with people who will never experience such a thrill. Thanks for your time and effort. Tightlines brother.
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the video!!
That is a legit Brown. I’m so tired of other anglers, stating something like “giant_____”, and then catching 16” fish and then freaking out about them as if I didn’t do it when I was 3. Thanks for all your hard work, yout expertise (no doubt developed through passion) and entertaining videos!
It had everything, as always, stories and a ton of action. Fishing in the rain, love it.
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it as always
I dreamed of catching a fish like this. For me, fish of a lifetime. Went to New York and a guide took me out. Caught just one and that will have to do me. Satisfied. At my age and medical condition, those days are behind, so enjoy watching others enjoy success. Your video tops all I have enjoyed. Thanks for sharing. And the flies - you know we all are interested in them as well. Of course, everyone wants to know but don’t ever tell! We have to find for ourselves! 😅
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! And the fly I was using in this video was mostly a sex dungeon, so it's not a super secret fly or anything. Glad you enjoyed the video
@Katchindimoutdoors
8 ай бұрын
Wow nice fish I’m trying to get in fly fishing
Wow, what an awesome video. Good to see that there's still a bunch of wild browns in the streams.
Wow what an epic day, when you have to use 2 hands to count the number of 20”+ fish, that’s truly something special. Makes not having a rain jacket the furthest thing from your mind
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
I don't know why I didn't bring a rain jacket tbh, I knew it was going to rain. But I agree!!
Great brownies John. Thanx for sharing. Keep up the good work! 👌
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Watching you catch those brown's never gets tired. You motivate me to get out more and hit the waters. Awesome video and always tight lines. Tony
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thanks Tony! Glad you enjoyed the video.
Quite amazing! Thank you for sharing this epic outing!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
What a video!!! The six trout are marvellous, and five of them are monsters. One of the best videos I have ever watched: the bites (time 1:17), the powerful fights, the beautiful fish, the peace and calmness of that rainy day…awesome dude!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
I’m glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks for watching
Astounding quality of fish in a relatively small stream. Totally impressed. Never seen this upstream streamer fishing practised. In Scotland, where I fish, similar sized rivers tend to have much smaller fish 0.5 - 1.5lbs. I usually use nymphing or dry fly. Typically, wet small attractor/streamer flies are fished down and across stream. Next falling flood, I will give this approach a try! Great post, thanks for showing this! You had a super days fishing, well worth your effort!
So happy I’m not the only one who talks to the fish 😂! I’ll be in that area this weekend coming up!!
I really enjoyed your California series and thought, boy that’s going to be hard to top. Then you go and do it with a 12 min video filled with some amazing brownies and even more amazing takes. Well done.
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!! I had to find something good to follow it up with
thanks for the sweet videos. Yours are why I finally started to try fly fishing after spin fishing my whole life.
@hardmanfishing
Ай бұрын
Heck yeah!! Thank you so much! Good luck out there and I hope you catch some awesome fish on the fly
Probably my favorite video yet and I’ve seen them all ! Awesome Browns!🔥
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!
Nice, can you talk about your set up a little more. Line, flies etc. thank you
@rockymountaintrout2689
8 ай бұрын
@@mcviscardohe will probably reply but I wouldn't worry too much about tippet size when streamer fishing big streamers. Anything around 1x should be fine, but definitely wouldn't go any lighter then 3x if expecting anything decent.
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
I don't eve use tippet half the time, but when I do its usually 1x or 0x. Line is floating streamer line from cortland, don't need it to sink on small creeks most of the time. Flies were sex dungeon and circus peanut mostly
@nialllittle3820
8 ай бұрын
@@hardmanfishing very nice of you to share. Thanks for the response
@jayk.2276
7 ай бұрын
AirFlo is the only fly line you’ll ever want.
@calitosanto4343
6 ай бұрын
Badass video and awesome catch brother
WOWWW !!! U out did yourself on this one and what a joy to watch ! Those were some monster Brownies and what a day to remember (for good reasons). Thank you for your persistence given the weather and wet undies ! 😄👍
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
My undies were literally wet LOL having waders on and feeling the water run down your back is never good. Thanks for watching
Man this gets me stoked! The big brown's going hard in the fall is alway's a winner!
Absolutely some tanks. Beautiful browns congrats
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Yup, that's the weather for big browns! Although I've taken good ones on nice days ... Love it when they have that streak of turquoise on them too.
Those were some amazing fish! What a day of fishing!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Doesn't get much better!! Unless I had stayed dry maybe 😂
What a tank! Nice work!
Excellent day of fishing Hardman.
Man that is super cool! Beautiful, clean, big browns in a small stream! On a streamer bite no less, what more can you sky for?! You fought them well too considering all the spots they could have smoked you! Close quarters, trusting in your tippet, your rig, hook, etc... You were on point! Awesome to watch! Thats whats fly fishing is all about! Wicked stream too! Nice water color, structure, etc. Bravo! Fish on!!
I'd like to fish there. Thanks for the video. Epic fish!!
Gotta love when a tropical storm comes in early fall 😂 it gave us a good rain too . Streams barely rose much from it because it had been so dry and low water conditions. Hopefully we get another good rain .
Just had Amazing day brown trout fishing this past week.same weather pattern here in Missouri. Caught ten browns over twenty inches including two five pounders and a 26 in the went 7lb. Gotta love fall
Crazy day! I can just dream for that trouts!😵😵🤘
Thank you for your storytelling, videography and fishing skills. You truly inspire me to become a better fishing content creator with every video you publish🤝forever fan
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! It means a ton!!
Great video thanks for sharing.
The rewards of being a very, very skillful fisherman.
Back on the East Coast catching monsters! Enjoyed👍
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
That final scene reminds me of the final fish caught in "a river runs through it". Awesome fight!
Odličan video, hvala ti. Pozdrav iz Srbije.
It's rare to see for my such big trout in such small stream. Very beautiful area and great fishing. Im jealous
This video quality is amazing! And these fish have gorgeous color. Hats off to you for pushing through and sharing this victory with us. God is good man!
@hardmanfishing
5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! Glad you're enjoying the videos!
Unbelievable that was awesome thanks for sharing bro!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow. Beautiful fish. From the looks of it I would have expected a warm water fishery. Tight lines
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
I can see why, but it's a bit far north for that I'd say. It probably does get warm in the summer though, although I have no idea
WOW!!😳that was the day on the stream you only dream about all the hard work TU did years ago really has paid back with great dividends for savvy fishermen like yourself, and big treats equals be eats Thanks again
@FinzTwinsTV
8 ай бұрын
What is TU?
You seem to have hit an entire school of complete monsters. Great video.
Awesome man. Beautiful fish.
My gosh I now stoked to go flyfishing in the yellow breeches this fall and catch some wild browns. And wild Brook trout
Nice job John. Those are some quality Brownies. You made it look so easy!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
Man you got some killer browns down there. Small streams,big trout it dont get any better.👍
Greatest trout video i've ever seen
Great video! Monster browns in a beautiful river. Pretty tough to beat.
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
OOOOOFT! Probably the most excited I've seen you and with good reason!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Hard not to get excited over that!
Amazing again Hardman.. there’s a stream w similar conditions in NE KY of all places that I hit and very occasionally have landed 18’s. You likely know it!But they don’t get this big.
Yeah that would be awesome day for anyone good video all nice fish
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Beautiful fish, beautiful area, what more could you wish for, just maybe no plastics in the water. Great video.👍👍👍
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
No doubt!! Glad you enjoyed
I’m guessing you’re near home. Travel the country and home has to show you it can have amazing fishing days too. Love it. Keep up the great videos.
What a beautiful stream but it sure is a bummer to see the trash.
Awesome video. Jeez, those trout spun like crocodiles to get off the hook. Some amazing fish. Looks like a great trip 👌
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
It was an amazing trip!! Thanks for watching
I am watching n enjoy this video
Absolute dream day on the water🤩
f... awesome!Greetings from London!
Wow, super cool video. What a day on the water you had. So many great things here, starting with the quality of the fish. But there is much more. That is a beautiful piece of water with such interesting structure, and you read the water perfectly. Nice upstream casting with a perfect retrieve to let the streamer naturally drift and swim downstream. At the beginning, that undercut with the brush laying on top, you coaxed one out of there. Most fisherman would not have bothered, too technical and no back cast and WAY too many sticks to get hung up on. Then luring that one out from under that bush, brilliant. But the one at 4:46 was pure gold. Tight spot where the stream narrowed to maybe 3 or 4 feet, a tree trunk, and fast water and you found him. I'm not sure I would have even bothered to cast to that spot. Heck, I know I wouldn't have! Again, brilliant. And I love that you didn't mess around too much playing them with all the structure and obstacles, get them to the net. Thank you for sharing it.
@hardmanfishing
6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the video
that was amazing! thank u for upload this great video,your fans from china.
Awesome Creek runnerz🎉🎉🎉
QUALITY! as Always. Thumbs 👍
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
I love when you are streamer fishing.
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Me and you both
Wow, never seen a stream like that. Huge fish and aggressive!
Beautiful browns!!!👌👌
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Speechless 👏👏👏
holy crap that fish at 4:40 was insane lol!
Gorgeous place 😀
What a day! That was awesome!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
That was one of the coolest videos I’ve ever seen! Very impressed with of course your angling ability and even more with how you made this video. Most people would do a carrot and stick approach with it being all stick and little carrot. You my friend said forget the stick here is a whole carrot farm! Keep up the good work.
@hardmanfishing
7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for the kind words!
Jon, welcome back from Califreakifornia! And, that last fish was an absolute monster!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!! California was fun but this was wild!
Amazing day! Great video as always!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
Awesome!
So sick!!! 🔥
Those were some footballs! 😮
How can there be so many big browns in one stream? Amazing and thank you for showing this to us!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Well I moved probably 6+ miles of water. With that context I feel like it's not nearly as unbelievable. Thanks for watching!!
@Marius_ae
8 ай бұрын
All of these are better than my PB wtf lol
@gregoryk.tanaka4285
8 ай бұрын
@@Marius_ae Me too!
@ivandelevic
7 ай бұрын
@@hardmanfishing Where is this ? Nice river!
Such beautiful shots of those fish🤝 killer video dude
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!!
As always amazed at your videos,abilities & enthusiasm,would like to see a gear explanation video,just a gear junkie thanks 🤙
@duckmanco04
8 ай бұрын
Agreed - floating/sink/intermediate line? Leader type etc..
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
@@duckmanco04 Floating streamer line from cortland!
What an unreal day of fishing!! That was fun to watch I couldn’t imagine being on the rod lol. What tripod and camera do you use for the shots when you’re holding up the fish?
Looks like Pa stream. I know a few streams that hold fish like this. Great job and right lines!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
Incredible
Nice video and interesting browns.. they have this very peculiar blue hue around the gills (operculum), never seen that feature so recurrent.. must be a genetically distinctive trait of this stream / immission
That was some incredible wild brown fishing dude! That Rod looks like it loads like a dream. What set up are you running??
Reminds me of a day I had years ago on the tailwaters of the Green river below Flaming Gorge Dam. Except it was Cutthroats and not Browns.
Best video i have seen for a long time.
Insane fish wish I could fish a creek like that is this in the four corner region
Huge browns, thank you!
WOW! The quality of those Brown trout were "AMAZING!" Not sure where this creek is but I would risk rain, snow, and sleet for the opportunity to hook one of these slobs! What a blessed day you had. What State were you fishing?
those are some beautiful fish!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thank you!
What are you using for a leader?? And how big of a flie?? Awesome browns… hoping too get into some pigs this spring up here in Maine
Beautiful browns
What is your rod and reel set up in this video? I am looking for a streamer set up. I have the grey series from Renegade but in 5wt.
Got the first one, love the videos you've taught me a tremendous amount. Come fish iowa driftless sometime
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
I plan on it!! Maybe next spring
Just stumbled across your channel excellent ..Do you use the same rod and reel for all your fishing if so what is the rod and reel brand please....
Thank u for video
Amazing
Good stuff!
great fishing!!
@hardmanfishing
8 ай бұрын
Thanks!
AWESOME!
Thanks for your response. Have the browns been planted? For. Sure they are big.