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Fly Fishing A Southern California Creek for WILD Rainbow Trout | FLY FISHING CALIFORNIA
When you think about Southern California, chances are you think of warm weather, sunny beaches, crazy traffic, astronomical cost of living and amazing food. What you likely don’t think of are mountain streams full of wild trout. Places like that are usually associated with alpine environments like the Sierra, Rockies, or the Northwest. But as unlikely as it may seem, Southern California has its own hidden gems ready to be discovered by those with a bit of know-how and an extra dose determination.
As a Southern California native and an avid fly fisherman, I've spent the last couple of years seeking out these spots, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that if you want to catch wild trout here, you’ll have to work for it-this usually involves no small amount of researching, hiking, and bushwhacking. But finding these wild fish in an area where they survive against all odds is one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had as an angler, almost like striking gold. This time around, I headed up into the mountains outside of the greater Los Angeles area to fish a stream full of wild rainbow trout hoping for a great day-the fish and the terrain definitely made sure that my work would be cut out for me, but it was a great day nonetheless.
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Mountain Lake Full of FOOTBALL Sized Rainbow & Brook Trout | Grand Mesa | FLY FISHING COLORADO
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I went up to one of my favorite lakes on the Grand Mesa along with my dad and father-in-law. We spent the day battling intermittent rain, but the fatties that were hitting our nets on almost every cast and the beautiful scenery more than made up for it. The Grand Mesa is an incredible place to explore and fish. Instagram: trout.addiction
FLY FISHING COLORADO | Riding Horses To Fish For NATIVE Cutthroat Trout | High Country
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When your older brother suggests saddling up the horses and riding up to the high country stream you've been wanting to fish for native Colorado cutthroat trout, you say, "Please and thank you." Here's a little highlight video of that day. Come along for the ride to one of the most beautiful places I've been fortunate enough to fish. Instagram: trout.addiction
FLY FISHING COLORADO | Float Fishing For Hungry WILD Brown Trout | Gunnison River
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Fishing the legendary Gunnison River from a float raft is a special experience that has long been on my bucket list. So when the chance to get out on the water with my buddy Preston presented itself last Summer, I jumped at the opportunity. With gorgeous weather and clear skies, we hitched up the raft, loaded up our gear, and made our way down to the river for what would hopefully be an epic da...
FLY FISHING COLORADO | Native Cutthroat Trout | Alpine Lakes
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In the middle of Summer 2023, my wife and I hiked up to one of my favorite clusters of alpine lakes in western Colorado. With heavy winds and quite a bit of snowpack still on the peaks, the day wasn't without its fair share of challenges, but thankfully the hard work paid off and I was rewarded with some beautiful fish and some great memories. Instagram: trout.addiction
Fly Fishing For ARCTIC GRAYLING In A Colorado Alpine Stream | High Country | FLY FISHING COLORADO
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The Arctic Grayling is hands down one of my favorite fish to catch on a fly rod. Not only are they stunning to look at with their colored up sail fins, these fish also put on a show by often aggressively exploding on dry flies in a way that has you grinning ear to ear, and they fight a lot harder for their size when compared to their trout cousins. While Grayling aren't native to Colorado, they...
Fly Fishing a Mountain Stream FULL of Hungry WILD Brookies | High Country | FLY FISHING COLORADO
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Fly Fishing a Mountain Stream FULL of Hungry WILD Brookies | High Country | FLY FISHING COLORADO
FLY FISHING COLORADO | Some Cutthroat & A Bunch of Suckers - HUGE Stack of Fish | High Lakes
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FLY FISHING COLORADO | Some Cutthroat & A Bunch of Suckers - HUGE Stack of Fish | High Lakes
FLY FISHING COLORADO | Feisty Rainbows & Lots of Misses | San Miguel River
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FLY FISHING COLORADO | Feisty Rainbows & Lots of Misses | San Miguel River
FLY FISHING COLORADO | Beautiful WILD Browns & Rainbows | Gunnison River
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FLY FISHING COLORADO | Beautiful WILD Browns & Rainbows | Gunnison River
FLY FISHING CALIFORNIA | Golden Trout & Alpine Lakes | Eastern Sierras
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FLY FISHING CALIFORNIA | Golden Trout & Alpine Lakes | Eastern Sierras
FLY FISHING COLORADO | Cutthroat Carnival | Alpine Lakes
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FLY FISHING COLORADO | Cutthroat Carnival | Alpine Lakes
FLY FISHING COLORADO | Browns & Brookies Galore | San Miguel River
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FLY FISHING COLORADO | Browns & Brookies Galore | San Miguel River

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  • @daveclark1904
    @daveclark1904 10 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Beautiful! Subbed!

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Because it’s somewhere else not here in so Cal.

    • @trout.addiction
      @trout.addiction 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      I can tell that you're worked up by the dozen or so comments you've left calling me a liar, though I'm not sure why; I have no reason to lie. Believe me or don't, I don't really care, but I can assure you that this stream is 100% in Southern California. Have you ever considered the possibility that there may be spots that you haven't discovered?

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Answer your own Questions with your experience not somebody who cast to a stream wher the fish are not

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Don’t ask questions that this guy can’t answer count on your own experience if you do, that will tell you that you saw that he doe not even know wher the fish are ina stream

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The only stream that has wild trout after being born and raised in Southern California is not full of rainbow trout but Browns so quit telling stories

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    They don’t even stock the damn anymore so the fish won’t eat the arroyo toad eggs

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    And they don’t let you in there anymore because of the arroyo toad is going extinct

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You can’t have that in southern California the only stream thst has wild trout starts at Buckhorn flats off of Highway 2 and ends in Little Rock damn

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It’s not a great video it’s a lie

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Can’t get anywhere closer to southern CA . Than where I live so tell the truth because you a r nt being truth full

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Tell the truth

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You need to tell any one where it ix because it’s not where you say it is

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We’re is this stream or creek no where near me & I was V born and raised in Antelope Valley CA.so tell it to someone else

  • @brucevaldes2459
    @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

    We’re is this stream or creek no where near me & I was V born and raised in Antelope Valley CA.so tell it to someone else

  • @Waterfowler35
    @Waterfowler35 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I need you to send me a pin, for research purposes. Seriously though. I dont get around real well anymore so being able to drive right to it would be super helpful. Which lake is that?

  • @jaybee1597
    @jaybee1597 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Beautiful spot and a great fish!

  • @jaybee1597
    @jaybee1597 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another great video sir! Nice to see unspoiled places like this in the greater LA area.

  • @jaybee1597
    @jaybee1597 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Family, fly fishing, and beautiful scenery! Good times!

  • @jaybee1597
    @jaybee1597 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yes, it’s as much about the beautiful scenery as it is about the fishing!

  • @lepy277
    @lepy277 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what are you casting in this video? I was noticing you cast in the riffles of the pools, if thats a dry fly your casting how do you keep it from submerging?

    • @trout.addiction
      @trout.addiction 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I believe I was fishing a dry dropper. I don't remember the exact fly, but my dry fly was either a stimulator or a small chubby chernobyl. If you apply some good floatant every so often it'll stay floating. I was also using some really small nymphs.

  • @giuntacore
    @giuntacore หลายเดือนก่อน

    What do you use for research? Google earth? /maps?

    • @trout.addiction
      @trout.addiction 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Any and all of the above. I'll scour the internet, Google earth, books, and maps for any information I can find and go from there. Some places end up being busts, but sometimes you strike gold.

    • @brucevaldes2459
      @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

      No I researched my whole life with boots kn the ground

    • @brucevaldes2459
      @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

      On the ground

    • @brucevaldes2459
      @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

      So if this is not a story then tell us where the stream is

    • @brucevaldes2459
      @brucevaldes2459 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Tv as th s wha th I know your full of ______

  • @andywiggens1069
    @andywiggens1069 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hate you hot spotters

  • @scottgordon9504
    @scottgordon9504 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice location, great river! Thanks for the video.

  • @joeflowers5442
    @joeflowers5442 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great spot, I camp right down the road from there and we always stop at that lake

  • @Hancock-r2v
    @Hancock-r2v 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Calling a 16 to 17 inch fish a f****** big fish you just lost all credit bud

    • @trout.addiction
      @trout.addiction 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Hancock-r2v Hey man, I see that you’ve commented three separate times already. I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy the video; feel free to skip my channel if it’s not your cup of tea. Everyone’s idea of what qualifies as a big fish is different relative to their experience, and I got excited over what were some pretty nice fish for me. It sounds like you’re used to regularly catching some pretty big fish; that’s awesome, and I wish you continued success. Have a great day.

    • @jaybee1597
      @jaybee1597 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What’s stopping you from starting your own YT channel?

  • @Hancock-r2v
    @Hancock-r2v 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hate getting clickbaited to see average size rainbows this is my backyard stop exaggerating dude like there is real football trout around here but you have not found them

  • @Hancock-r2v
    @Hancock-r2v 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude I live right down the hill those are nowhere near footballs man football trout are four to five pounds plus dude let's stop exaggerating those are average fish for the Mesa

  • @zhuanjifarms5050
    @zhuanjifarms5050 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved the rain-dappled release, beautiful country!!

  • @sirbuck3815
    @sirbuck3815 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey bro I feel kinda bad for even asking but would you mind telling me the name of this lake?

  • @Tony-fish1
    @Tony-fish1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would love to be there with a handful of my rods

  • @ridgewalker2416
    @ridgewalker2416 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wifey and I were there 3-4 years ago. Drove it from East to West. Didn’t fish it, but had a cougar walk by our Camper the first night. A bear walked by about 75 yards away. Then driving the next day we saw lots of fine deer and moose. A beautiful drive!

  • @rickyeager1568
    @rickyeager1568 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whats flies were you using?

    • @trout.addiction
      @trout.addiction 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Late reply here, but I started the day with a dry dropper - purple chubby chernobyl on top and a pheasant tail of some sort underneath, and then later on I switched to stripping a black leech.

  • @dwaynedws
    @dwaynedws 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great Video! I will subscribe if tell me which lake this is.... I just moved 10 minutes from the Grand Mesa. Sharing is caring Bro!😆

  • @ClimbingCollectives
    @ClimbingCollectives 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What lake of the grand mesa were you guys at? Awesome content!

  • @Sejehdhd8344e
    @Sejehdhd8344e 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Went up there today. That lake has the biggest trout on the whole mesa! Thanks for the info🎉

    • @Sejehdhd8344e
      @Sejehdhd8344e 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I fished with a 3wt and 4lb tippet. GREAT fights

    • @trout.addiction
      @trout.addiction 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you had a great time! This one's got some hogs for sure, but there are lakes with even bigger fish on the Mesa if you know where to look. That's what I love about this place, so much to explore!

  • @waynegraff3942
    @waynegraff3942 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I never noticed the Grayling fighting any harder than the trout in any of that drainage. Are you calling the inlet an Alpine Stream?

  • @HookontheFly
    @HookontheFly 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great vid, love local fishing

  • @TheGhillieGuyYY4U
    @TheGhillieGuyYY4U 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid man! That’s an area I actually don’t recognize. You’ll have to DM me that creek, not that I’ll hit it up any time soon unfortunately. I’m just curious if it’s a spot I know.

  • @Lee-bo1wp
    @Lee-bo1wp 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can’t believe you can have that in Southern California. Great video!

    • @jonathanmun4180
      @jonathanmun4180 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      theyre in san diego too!

  • @mcmrv14
    @mcmrv14 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mecca!

  • @jasonerickson1033
    @jasonerickson1033 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know right where u r good little lake

  • @bobberry5452
    @bobberry5452 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing! Again, which lake is this?

    • @marcjalbert4139
      @marcjalbert4139 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a Colorado lake

    • @rudychavira5558
      @rudychavira5558 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Get a map there all over, cant be too tough, he walked in waders

    • @bobberry5452
      @bobberry5452 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rudychavira5558 could be tough, Grand Mesa has 300 lakes.

    • @rudychavira5558
      @rudychavira5558 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ok that's what you call huge​@@bobberry5452

  • @driftstone
    @driftstone 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do one ever get tired of catching footballs? Nope, never!

  • @peace-yo4no
    @peace-yo4no 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is this near grand junction ? Beautiful lake thanks for the great video ✌

    • @YakubianMenace
      @YakubianMenace 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes. It's in both delta and Mesa county and it's the biggest flat top mountain in the world

  • @lidiatiplea-ub5os
    @lidiatiplea-ub5os 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, this is so amazing! Beautiful!

  • @ghigliad
    @ghigliad 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great Day! Which lake is this?

    • @joenathan3377
      @joenathan3377 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Only a moron asks

    • @marcjalbert4139
      @marcjalbert4139 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a lake in Colorado

  • @Kickykickz
    @Kickykickz 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Super sick! Great content!

  • @Lee-bo1wp
    @Lee-bo1wp 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So much fun, AWESOME!

  • @brianclauss2316
    @brianclauss2316 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow! Supreme content. Beautiful spot.

  • @michaelroberts3220
    @michaelroberts3220 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just WOW! What a great time of fishing, I cannot wait to learn more about fly fishing. Of course a beautiful and productive lake in Colorado does not hurt. Good job Paul. God bless

    • @trout.addiction
      @trout.addiction 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@michaelroberts3220 thank you!