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@@HarrisonSchneider-ec6vm this was the Orvis Clearwater 10’ 4wt.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks for watching and I appreciate the feedback! Got a lot more videos I need to edit from this last trip, I'll try to find the flies used and show them at the end!

I did, didn't fish it too far up, but made sure I checked it out on my way out of Big Run that 1 weekend. Got into some small brook trout on eppard, the pools didn't look as nice as what I encountered on rocky run, but there did seem to be a better trout population on that tributary

Def you should hike up and try up above. Did you have problems with the neighbors parking at the bottom?

Hey Ken, so the hippers are Frogg Togg Canyon II's and then I've been wearing Orvis' ultralight weight wading boots the last few years and have been really pleased with them

I've dropped in from Pinefield gap and from the Loft Mtn wayside area, both are pretty brutal bushwhacks down. Are you coming in from the lower boundary?

@@EastCoastFlies I got access through the bottom with a friend 20 years ago and we fished the creek through farmland with the stream covered by trees with natives before the SNP and a little tributary from the north below the park boundary was great too, Otherwise from Loft Mtn take trail across the road to the AT and then take the almost immediate left heading north down towards a maintenance bldg Pass the bldg go down through a dry wash and you’re close to where the upper stream crosses the AT I would go about 100 feet past the creek and cut in the woods and follow the ridge down the northwest side of the creek you can cross to the opposite side about 20 minutes when you see a small trib and rocky area at the confluence continue down the south side if want when you can see the Ivy Creek overlook up to the left high above Ivy creek is bigger and was quite productive my last trip 10 years ago I’m older now

The East branch of naked creek, ivy creek, and Doyles run come to mind. Ivy creek is a tough, tough hike and theres really no good place to set-up camp down there. Doyles has a few campsites right where Jones Run comes in, and you can access it from the same lot that you hit Big Run at.

Thanks the comment! Nothing better than a beautiful native, especially when it's an adventure to get to them.

I'm actually surprised you're not able to identify this spot, seeing how it was one of your videos that drew me to this trib! You are right tho that it's a feeder stream to Big Pine Creek.. Just a little further south

Thank you! We were there the first week of July.

IMO the greatest hinderance to catching fish on this stretch appears to be the crowds. There's some fantastic pools that rival the lower Rapidan here, but there's just so much traffic every day on this trail that I find the fishing is much more hit or miss.

Are these fish native? No, they are invasive. These aren’t endangered fish.

@@Donde_estoy So you throw them back instead of eating them? LMAO

@@rockymntdan1 That fish literally wouldn't be alive and in a stream if it weren't for fisherman. Brown trout are not native to North America, especially PA.

Thank you! That's my boy, Scar. He's been a great fishing partner on these small mountain streams.

Haha that's my achilles heel for sure. I false cast wayyy too much. Still very early in my fly fishing journey so it's something I'm trying to work on. I do find it difficult to roll cast with the 3wt 6' rod I'm using in the video. Recently I've made a switch to a 2 wt 10' rod and that roll casts for me very well

Thank you for your answer. I wish you good success learning roll and switch casting 👍 Sure with a longer rod roll casts are easier but I can confirm that it's not difficult for I use also #3 6' and #4 7' rod with much fun and easy casting on very tiny grownover rivers.

Yep, we were well below the falls. Perfect time to hit that section, the damming effect of that fallen tree created an unreal honey hole.

It was well worth the tortuous hike to get down to that spot, but there are other much more accessible spots along the yellowstone river inside the park where you can catch equally big fish. Yellowstone National Park is very much worth a visit, I highly recommend coming in mid July when most of the rivers will be fishable and boiling with wild trout. It was a trip of a lifetime for sure.

Appreciate the comment, Joe. Sounds like my brother and I may need to look into a trip to Idaho!

Thank you