The BIG BROWNS were crushing the Hopper-Dropper Rig - 3 days of Insane Fly Fishing!

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  • @LooknFishy
    @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว +2

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    • @scotteinarj
      @scotteinarj ปีที่แล้ว

      Fished it well !!!🎉

  • @birdie1585
    @birdie1585 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    These videos are almost as good as real fishing - chilled, enjoy the moment, sparse commentary that is all that is needed.
    Quiet time by some wonderful water and scenery, the fish being a bonus.

  • @nicholasphillips1577
    @nicholasphillips1577 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome video with great information thank you

  • @LymanSheba
    @LymanSheba 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I live vicariously through your video, catching, netting and releasing - I found my self lifting my rod arm up to SET! Thank you for the fun

  • @Callaweginflyfishing
    @Callaweginflyfishing 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The White is a great river. Thanks for the video, love those big browns.

  • @fishduckdog
    @fishduckdog ปีที่แล้ว

    Some very beautiful fish 🎣! Wow! And such clear water! Thanks for sharing!

  • @randalltom9750
    @randalltom9750 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've grown addicted to your videos Drew. The White River is special. I've never been, but it reminds me of the upper Missouri in Montana. Pods of big fish, sipping tiny midges in a seam... like pigs at a trough. It took a double-haul cast to reach 'em, but if you hit your mark, they'd be happy to ablige.
    The only problem with this video, is that you caught so many big browns, it got boring afer a while (kidding)!
    I live on the Boise River... I have no excuses, so I'm gearing up now! Thanks Drew!

  • @philliplawson2932
    @philliplawson2932 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video that was the best advertising for his guide business ever!

  • @billschlafer
    @billschlafer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's a trophy Tiger! I didn't know they ranged that far south. A terrific outing and another great video Drew.

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      All of ours are stocked by the AGFC.

  • @TheMkt2009
    @TheMkt2009 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video! My expensive to me are 2 Orvis Clearwater setups...

  • @rcvflyfisher
    @rcvflyfisher ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So fun and so much different from your Idaho, Montana, Wyoming fishing! Thanks as aways for the entertainment!

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No doubt. I took my first trip out west in 2016 after fishing our tailwaters for nearly 10 years straight and like most, got addicted to the mountains. I'm fortunate to be able to fish both now.

    • @rcvflyfisher
      @rcvflyfisher ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LooknFishy I'm a Seattle native new to fly fishing 5 years ago...trying to make up for lost time! I"m lucky to have access to so my options! Take care!

  • @heppisaxm8316
    @heppisaxm8316 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super mister!

  • @jimpyle560
    @jimpyle560 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brought back good memories of some fishing trips there. Thx.

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's such a cool river!

  • @creedm3040
    @creedm3040 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Looked like a fun trip for sure. Best!

  • @PaulRowan
    @PaulRowan 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Got to love me White River action at Gastons, I need to connect with Jarrod / Mr. Flico and get him to get me out for some Aqua Therapy sessions. Good times and looking forward to the shad kill.

  • @bobreuss8229
    @bobreuss8229 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love those big beautiful browns

  • @mikemckenna8530
    @mikemckenna8530 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sweet casting between the trees! I need to go there!

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely a good place to fish!

  • @KBosch-xp2ut
    @KBosch-xp2ut ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great video! Very nice.

  • @douglasjrhodes
    @douglasjrhodes ปีที่แล้ว

    12:19 trout looks like a Marble Trout like in Slovenia and northern Italy! Very nice video! Definitely on my bucket list. You caught so many beautiful trout that it didn’t seem real. This is by far my favorite from your video. Thanks for sharing!!

  • @danbrent4618
    @danbrent4618 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi Drew, amazing couple days Drew! Beautiful groupings of big fish! Some of them looked a Little under weight and some fine, I guess some of that depends who gets I. The best feeding Lane. Dan Brent

  • @timgay9066
    @timgay9066 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video! Great casting for sure. I would have been in the trees some. Gorgeous fish. Made me want to go.

  • @caleshtcincredibles
    @caleshtcincredibles ปีที่แล้ว

    beautiful huge browns , beautiful river with the mist coming off it , only thing missing was some banjo music!😂

  • @brentwentfishing
    @brentwentfishing ปีที่แล้ว

    I live just minutes away from Gaston's and the White River! Great catch, Drew!

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Been in that area many times. If I ever need a shuttle I use Copper Johns.

  • @dogsoldiertoo1099
    @dogsoldiertoo1099 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great video, Drew. I've heard a lot of good stuff about the trout fishing on the White. I spent a lot of time with friends in Fordyce and in the flooded timber of Bayou Meto but it's always been during duck season. Never been out there during the summer but I need to make a trip out to chase some of those big browns.

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's outstanding. Fordyce is my neck of the woods lol.

  • @kevingodziebiewski2593
    @kevingodziebiewski2593 ปีที่แล้ว

    Miss the sound of my jet runnin hard!!…couple more months 👍🏼

  • @joshanderson1598
    @joshanderson1598 ปีที่แล้ว

    We fish the white every October. Amazing river. Launch in Cotter at the Bull Shoals damn. Flippin fly guides and Rising River guides. We lucked out and hit the shad kill last year. 10+ browns each over 20". Unreal. Great video Drew.

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Known Millner for nearly 10 years. He's a good dude!

  • @2002guy
    @2002guy ปีที่แล้ว

    My buddy owns a fly shop in Fayetteville and he keeps inviting me out to fish the White. I can see now that it's worth the trip. Nice video.

  • @johnconklin5180
    @johnconklin5180 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fished this river. Lots of stocked ‘bows but some big browns too. Had a great day. Too many to keep count.

  • @joekeith4917
    @joekeith4917 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome trip! I’ve never fished below Bull Shoals but it looks like that’s where all the nice browns are. When I go to White I go below Beaver. I’ll be lookin to try a different section next trip out. Thanks for the content.

  • @cuz129
    @cuz129 ปีที่แล้ว

    I caught a 19lb9oz brown at Calico Rock on the White River in 2012. Might be the single biggest trout ever caught that far below the Bull Shoals dam.

  • @darkangelgaming1117
    @darkangelgaming1117 ปีที่แล้ว

    In my neck of the woods, I like fishing below the dam as it turns into the White river, good stuff. Only ever seem to catch rainbows there though, someday soon I need to float the rest for the other species.

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The dam has some big browns too. Made this video a few year's ago.th-cam.com/video/tB3-rqMfD0M/w-d-xo.html

  • @klm_41
    @klm_41 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Interesting hearing those blue jays in the background. Don’t hear those out west.

    • @Wooooptywoop
      @Wooooptywoop ปีที่แล้ว

      See em everywhere in Rado mountains

    • @MrGogogordo
      @MrGogogordo ปีที่แล้ว

      Got them all over California

  • @Ron_Ackerman
    @Ron_Ackerman ปีที่แล้ว

    Ton's of fish!! Makes me want to come try my luck. The sawyer oars are made here in Southern Oregon!

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely worth a trip!

    • @Ron_Ackerman
      @Ron_Ackerman ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LooknFishy I have a buddy here selling and moving to Rogers. It just might happen.

  • @johnd5643
    @johnd5643 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haha. Zombies. Good float fishing subject.

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      You got that right!

  • @oldsmugglerflyfishing
    @oldsmugglerflyfishing ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was beautiful trout! Was it a bull trout or a tiger trout?

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Definitely a tiger. We don't have bull trout in Arkansas. Agfc stocked the tigers a few years ago.

  • @ricfly52
    @ricfly52 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice water and great fish. Heck I would fish it then water ski it. 😅

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Haha I've heard similar stories!

  • @FroBritt
    @FroBritt ปีที่แล้ว

    Drew dude, it was cool watching you fish a big river. Did you say that one fish was a cutbow? (I did know there cutthroat species in that part of the country). Thanks for bringing us along!

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yup occasionally I catch one. Prior to 2016 this was all I did. Traveling out west has really made me appreciate my Arkansas tailwaters. I definitely got spoiled lol!

  • @ThomasJTuhrdwatter
    @ThomasJTuhrdwatter ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Do you ever take Mrs. "Lookin' Fishy" or any of the "fishy kids"....?

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I took them all them time when they were kids. Even had 2 boats but they never really took to it. I did take my wife redfishing 2 weeks ago to celebrate our 23rd anniversary. She loved kayaking in the marsh...not so much the fishing lol.

    • @TheBlunted247
      @TheBlunted247 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@LooknFishy wish you were my dad 😢 learn dem skillz

    • @shawnbaird2015
      @shawnbaird2015 ปีที่แล้ว

      Try Nipogon River... world record brookie 22+" just awesome!!

  • @jamesjacobson3966
    @jamesjacobson3966 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome fishing. You planning another safari out west again this year?

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope to but also got family commitments so nothing over a week or 2 at most.

  • @benwilloughby7802
    @benwilloughby7802 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This might be a dumb question but was that a wild tiger trout at 12 minutes 15 seconds?

  • @mikeadams9953
    @mikeadams9953 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! Can you describe how he had his tippet attached to his cooler?

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      I think it was just screwed into his rtic but I'll text him and ask.

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      He's got it riveted on. Just thru the first side of the cooler

    • @mikeadams9953
      @mikeadams9953 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks so much!

  • @Midbro100
    @Midbro100 ปีที่แล้ว

    A big upstream line mend goes a loooooong way

  • @GrandmaConniesOrchard
    @GrandmaConniesOrchard ปีที่แล้ว

    Would you weight the dropper? Seems like it would be hard to get the fly deep with out weights?

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      Tungsten and .020 lead free on most of my heavy droppers.

  • @nathanwagstaff4334
    @nathanwagstaff4334 ปีที่แล้ว

    You making your way out west soon?

  • @BrianSmith-sb7xz
    @BrianSmith-sb7xz ปีที่แล้ว

    That mist at 7:30 in and the no-look catch; outstanding. Great video, thanks for sharing.

  • @richardmcnair8440
    @richardmcnair8440 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What was the temperature of the water?

  • @tony_b
    @tony_b ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing! however.... is it just me or do they all look skinny?

  • @justinpuhnaty
    @justinpuhnaty ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What model is that boat?

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a topwater but not sure which model.

  • @jimgollach6202
    @jimgollach6202 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very pretty river, love the color of the water. I say by the way those fish look, they must eat very well. Must be a very bug rich river. Enjoyed watching. Thanks drew. 👍

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a very healthy river...midges for days. The caddis can get so thick it looks like it's snowing. Then there's enough small stockers to feed the trophy browns!

  • @chandlerchildress3610
    @chandlerchildress3610 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What brand of boat is that?

    • @jackberry8674
      @jackberry8674 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Probably a Shawnee or supreme with a 40hp Jet

  • @cuz129
    @cuz129 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice, but not particularly large fish. Gotta bust ten lbs to be a true pig.

    • @LooknFishy
      @LooknFishy  ปีที่แล้ว

      From the last AGFC study I read the average brown in the white is just under 16"s...so I'd say all these were above average fish. I also read somewhere that only like 4% of browns in the white were above 24"s. So I'm good with saying anything in the 17 to 23" class is big and above 24 is trophy size or lifetime class but that's just my opinion and we all have a different view on it which is cool!

  • @abbyarnold4477
    @abbyarnold4477 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok you've lost me with your commercialized channel . please consider me unsubscribed .

  • @BrettSucks
    @BrettSucks ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice