Love your channel and I don’t even fly fish. Stumbled upon your video with 150ft cliff boat launch in my recommended and I’ve been binge watching since. Keep it up!
My son guided on The Green for seven summers. I spent 3 days fishing with him at the end of each season before returning him to Ohio for the school year. Some of the best memories of my life!
I grew up in that part of the country and my Dad taught me well. I migrated to the southern mountains of Colorado and enjoyed catching trout in the streams and lakes. He taught me one trick that served me well for many years. A clear bubble 1/2 full of water 6 - 8 feet up line with fly on the end. Wow, attraction and action like I never experienced.
My kids all caught tons of brookies from high mountain Colorado lakes we jeeped to in the early 1980s. A Zebco, a clear bubble, and a doped-up dry fly.
You’re seriously calling the green the best trout stream in America? It may be great and yes you can catch a but load of healthy trout on dry fly but that’s a far stretch to call it the BEST in the nation.. this is coming from someone who’s been dryfly fly fishing for 10+ years in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, the only reason the green has the fish population it does is because of good fishery management and regulations.. but that’s what makes it so good 😊🎣
in 2012 i caught an 8.4 lb Brown on the Nevada side of the East Walker River & in the last 30 yrs ive caught many in the 3 to 5lb range " no hatchery fish" so to me thats the best river in America! im still trying to catch that elusive 10lb Brown so i can join the club, but with the way things are anymore i doubt ill ever see one! many moons ago they had a real wet winter in the Eastern Sierras above Bridgeport, Ca & they mismanaged the run-off so they had to fully open the spillway on Bridgeport Reservoir an by doing so they flooded the East Walker with tons of silt & in the aftermath i found dead Browns & Rainbows that were prob 8 to 12lbs on the banks with there gills full of silt, sad day it tooks yrs for the fishery to recover!
I was there in September and nearly every fish I caught was on a dry fly. Biggest was a 21” brown. The weed growth prevents great wading so a drift boat is the way to go for sure! Great video!
The first time I ever fly fished was on the Green River. It was a two-day business trip. Our group had three guided drift boats. I fell in love with everything about fly fishing on that trip. I still have the hat I bought in the convenience store on that trip ha ha ! The Green is the best of everything. I especially like that there is no road access in Section A below Flaming Gorge Dam. When you are in the canyon, without a road on either side, it is magic! Great video! That brown on the indicator rig near the end was a thing of beauty!
Thanks so much OPN! Wow, your first fly fishing trip ever was on the Green?!! Talk about starting at the top! So did everything else leave you a bit disappointed? 🤣 Tough to compete with that river.
@@flyfishhunter I had fished before but it was with spinning reels, deep sea, and some salmon/steelhead. But yes, my first fly fishing trip was on the Green. I did a few more guided trips after that to get the hang of things. Then ventured out on my own. There's so much good fishing in the Pacific Northwest that the learning curve was a blast. I haven't been back to the Green since. So, watching your video was awesome!
Wow!! Incredible place and magnificent fish! The Green is on my "fish it" list now. My first fly fishing experience was on the Beaver River in UT just a couple months ago. Now I am itching for the Green River. I will definitely look up Gordon when I get up there. Thanks for posting this!!
Did a trip there from Flaming Gorge with Lyle Waldron, a guide working for the resort over a decade ago. He was 70 years old at the time and learning from him was the greatest reward. He knew every turn, pool, and even had names for certain rocks and was the lodge's most experienced guide. I brought a rod from home and Lyle said I didn't want to use it. Would wear me out. He then took the time to get one of his personal rods and some lessons were next. After our river boat was launched, we let others get ahead of us, so that Lyle could demonstrate certain techniques. I took my turn in the practice session and off we went. Dry flies only and many good ones caught. A trip of a lifetime!
Just fished the Green last weekend for the first time 8/20/22(Sections A,B&C) and everything in this vid is accurate. The most fish I’ve ever seen (Browns). August is supposed to be the worst month but the flows were great (1500). Vid doesn’t capture the beauty of the water and canyon walls. A must fish! I’ll definitely be back to do an overnight multi-day drift. Great vid thanks.
Was on the Green river when I was 23. Second time picking up a flyrod and had never caught a trout nor had I ever witnessed one slurping an insect who was to me, very concerned at the predicament he/she/it had found itself in. My mouth had formed an oval shape and had not changed in well over 5 minutes. I somehow remembered something I had read and within 5 seconds my eyes darted rapidly back and forth between this fish and whatever fly had caught me in the local fly fishing shop. I remember nothing else as with all other things which require 125% of my attention, but the feel of this fish in my hand as it headed down to safety at the bottom of this stunning river. Ive guided the Situk for 12 years, the copper(the clear one) and the kenai. I'm 54 now and no single moment in my life(although my wife begs to defer) has lead me to such happiness and fulfillment. Thanks for the video and the key to a time machine back to the green. If God could fish, it would be on the Green river.
Excellent video, and as a local thanks for the excellent review. The green is a fantastic fishery in my personal top 5 for here in Utah. Keep looking around the state there are a few holy grails outside of here that produce much larger browns. Here's to tight lines, Cheers!
Fished it in the 70s before the crowds. Spent 2 days and slept on the shore at red creek Rapids. Between the dam and our get out at browns park saw only 2 other boats and that was the first stretch to little hole. Big rainbows and browns. But that was before all the write ups in magazines.
The Green is awesome. Some buddies and I fished it this past May and used Gordon’s “On the Fly” as our guide service. We had an excellent three days on the water. Highly recommend Gordon and his team. We got a little excitement in our weather - snowed 10 inches our last night there!
Every River is unique, I moved from the area, but my favorite trout river is the mackenze east of Eugene OR, ice cold, crystal clear water, no moss, no dams above it, lots of memories when I was a kid.
Great video. Learned a lot about the green river. They’re doing exactly what the Sacramento river is doing. Pulling the water from the bottom of the dam. Keeping that water cold throughout the summer. Great video.
I found a beautiful small river. Maybe kind of similar. In between 2 dams and another lake. Huge food source. Especially in the Spring. Sometimes they let more water out. The fishing turns. You are blessed.
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Alaska is part of the US and we have some awesome rainbow fishing up here...I did fish the Green when I went to Utah State in Logan in the 1980s...at that time most of the trout were in the 12-20 inch slot.
When I was 13 , we lived in the town of green river , hence the name. But I always wished I knew how to fly fish , learning now , when I can , I'm going back , awesome scenery and big trout jumping in the green. 😁🖒🖒
I have fly fished all over the planet but one of my top freshwater trips was a week on the Elk River in Colorado with a day trip to the Green. I have never seen a more beautiful river and the fishing equals the the river’s beauty. It was over a decade ago but I was delighted to see the river still is spectacular
I hardly ever fish with rod and reel. However, I did paddle a canoe down from the Flaming Gorge Dam. During that float, as long as we could see fishermen on the banks, there was never a moment when we didn't see at least one fish on. Most of the time there were more than one. So I knew when I saw the title of this video that it would be about the Green. My best experience with rod and reel was hiking down into the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. If you haven't been there and you don't mind a long, steep hike down, then back up, check it out.
I grew up on my parents' ranch a little further down stream in Colorado on the border with Utah. We used to get some really nice native wild cuts down there up until the Utah Division of Wildlife dumped rainbows in. Then we started getting lots of smaller cutbows. Then Utah Division of Wildlife gave in to demands for browns. The browns out competed the cutbows, and now we have swarms of smaller browns, similar to the ones that guy was catching. Way back when, you could a limit (10 back then in Colorado) of cuts with their beautiful orange flesh caught and in the smoker or the oven within an hour. You can still limit out in under an hour, but the limit is lower, the fish are smaller, and they don't taste nearly as good. Fishing might be good upstream in the canyon, but it's definitely not what it was 50 years ago. Guess that's true just about everywhere. Still I miss those cuts. They evolved here, and they were meant to be here. There have been a lot of other things happen here in Brown's Park for the benefit of sportsmen which haven't exactly worked out. Those who don't live here don't see it, and don't understand what an impact it has had.
Division of Wildlife just like Department of Fish & Game ….entities introducing methods & practices in an ignorance & often disguised as, “for the betterment” fashion.
@@socaloutdoors7355ya and its based on data and science, but their sample size is inherently tiny and insufficient to battle against the million outliers and confounding variables mother nature brings. They try to be thoughtful, but they need to admit their data is too incomplete to rule out frequent bad outcomes.
Flaming Gorge is pretty cool. Then again,, the whole river is tops From Green River Lakes all the way to the Confluence. Trout fishing only up in the Wyoming and near Wyoming end,, but just special.
id stop by the river to fish in my semi sometimes, spending the night in the truck right at the river's edge... near to hwy 80 though but not in the gorge... so beautiful there... can't wait to fish the gorge sometime.
Awesome, I agree it is a great fishery! The San Juan in northern NM runs a close second. I’ve fished it since the late eighties and always catch large trout, both brownies and rainbows. I wish I could cast as well as you do, something I’ve never mastered. Great video thank you.
This is good stuff, I fly fished for trout up in Cosby, TN. in the Smoky Mountains, The trout streams there are crazy good with wild and stocked trout.... The water stays cold year round being it's fresh mountain water, Cosby entrance to the park is 1 1/2 miles from the Cub Motel and you can fish it from there all the way down as far as it goes.... It's excellent for rainbows!
11,000 Trout per mile for the first three miles below the Dam. Fished it back in the 60s before the penstocks wete added to the Dam, snd UT had a opening day. My Dad built the Visitors center on the Dam, he also laid all the glass blocks in the power plant.
I fish almost every day here in Florida. None of which is fly fishing but I enjoy ALL fishing. But this is fishing at it's absolute finest. Absolutely gorgeous!!! Incredible!!! Makes me realize how much I have to learn and how much of this beautiful world I need to go experience. Fantastic video 🤘💪❤️
I flyfish florida creeks and ponds all the time. Various sunfish and bass. Sunfish and bluegills are almost always up for dry flies. Just don’t step on any gators!
Brian! Thank you so much! Your comments are always so encouraging to me and they inspire me to get out there and make more. Funny because when I think of fishing in Florida I think "how can it get any more beautiful than that??" That's the amazing thing about fishing....it takes you to beautiful places no matter where you are! What are you fishing for in FL? Tight lines my friend!
Love this video and the scenery is absolutely tops I live and fish in Scotland the best brownie’s are in the far north of Scotland and I love them , I have fished in Alaska and BC and it was absolutely brilliant catching all sorts of Salmon and great trout all on the fly but I must admit I love watching all the fishing from the USA and Canada as both countries are that vast compared to the size of Scotland I am getting ready for a weeks trout fishing trip to the north this month then hopefully if the pandemic gets better I hope to go to Sweden and Norway in my Campervan for some fishing over there as these two countries have good fishing so stay safe and tight lines.
Marshall, May I also suggest trying the extreme south of Chile. Scottish strain brown trout implanted 100 years ago, along with rainbows and Atlantic salmon. Pure clear rivers and friendly people.
Nice video! Fished there the first week of June several years ago and the Green was just as you say! Awesome! 50+ fish days walking the banks sight fishing to Browns and Rainbows that averaged 18 inches on Beetles, ants, scuds and brassies . The early and late day midge sippers were something else too!
All right, my friend, I watched another video...I’m hooked (no pun intended). Excellent information: I really enjoy the camera work showing the scenery and river and fishing. Thanks again for putting decent content to watch without all the nonsense. I subscribed after watching the first video, this one doesn’t disappoint either.
❤i watched fifteen seconds of your video and said that looks like the Green. I remember that overhanging boulder too. Haven't been there in twenty years. Camped at Dutch John, close to the power lines a few times
Stick a Craven’s jujubee midge under that dry and it gets even better on the Green through the slack water seams. So much fun. First fished it with Denny Breer and learned a few tricks to catch a few of those scuba tank size beasts. He is missed. I like the slow water below the Pugmire as well with the undercut banks. Sneaky good. A great river.
Hi First of all Id like to tell you that i really enjoyed watching your video. Iv been catching trout in the Himalayas in India but that was mostly on spinners. Recently I tried casting flies on a spinning rod and have decided to get a fly fishing set up for trout. Im a bit confused about what weight rod i should go for if i intend on catching about an 18 to 20 inch brown trout. Your advice on this would really be helpful. Thanks again and Cheers !
makes me have the itch first started fly fishing when i was seven catching grayling on a river like the one your on they called a slew that ran in front of his house on a battery operated reel
Green is awesome! Crowds can be a problem, particularly on the A section there. Finding pods of fish in the crystal clear water and watching the takes, and refusals, is what really stuck with me when I first fished it. Nice video!
I love the flaming gorge area. Many years ago while doing a day hike down the trail from the dam. I had a standoff with a wolverene who did not want me to pass lol. He waited 5 minutes then let me by and on the way back he pulled the same stunt. Awesome trip
Whoa! That's crazy! Are you sure it wasn't a badger? I suppose it could have been a wolverine but they are so rare to find around people. I've seen badger on the trail a few times. Awesome country for sure!
It is a beautiful section of river, for sure. Have finished many times in all seasons and it is a real challenge for fly fishermen. Can trout be smart'? They see so many presentations, so much pressure they can be very selective. However, there are beautiful fish in the river and unforgettable days there. The eagles "fishing" the river, the beaver, water fowl . . . much to enjoy there.
A beautiful place. Lucky that my buddy moved to Heber for 6 yrs. I made it out once per year. He got a drift boat the second year which was a huge bonus. Camped usually at dripping springs but when it got cold used the lodge at Flaming Gorge and a small cabin down the road. Huge fish, great landscape north and south of Flaming Gorge. Did the Green below the Fontanelle damn also which was every bit as good. I've heard the same fish counts as Gordon's attestation.
I have drifted the green probably 150 times. Awesome river. I have video of my buddy hooking a 22" brown where you were fishing last, broke him off and he hooked him again 15 minutes later, Got his fly and 2 others out of him when we landed him.
I started fishing the Green River in Utah in the early 80's. At that time, one could fish with bait and 8 fish was the limit. The Fish & game tried various regs to make this more than a put and take fishery. They finally settled in on artificial only and slotted the creel limit to 2 under 13" and one over 20." Most true fisher men seldom kept anything over 20" so the big fish stayed. I must have caught several thousand fish between 15 and 18 inches and put them back. I tied most of my own flies and took the barbs off before hand. Lost some nice fish, but the idea of fly fishing isn't just catching.....it's getting them darn fish to take the fly and play. The beauty of that river is magic. So many great memories, I could write a book. I moved back east and don't get out there anymore. And at my age, I have a hard time with my fingers and eyes. But memory is the one Paradise from which we can never be banished. The Green River will stay in my mind.
Love your channel and I don’t even fly fish. Stumbled upon your video with 150ft cliff boat launch in my recommended and I’ve been binge watching since. Keep it up!
You just made my day! Thanks so much for the encouraging words!
Same! That insane cliff boat launch hahah
Same!!!
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A 19” brown is “awesome “ ?
My son guided on The Green for seven summers. I spent 3 days fishing with him at the end of each season before returning him to Ohio for the school year. Some of the best memories of my life!
What company did your son guide with? Was it Spinner Fall by chance?!
I used to float and fish that river as a kid. Brought back some awesome memories. Thank you!!
I grew up in that part of the country and my Dad taught me well. I migrated to the southern mountains of Colorado and enjoyed catching trout in the streams and lakes. He taught me one trick that served me well for many years. A clear bubble 1/2 full of water 6 - 8 feet up line with fly on the end. Wow, attraction and action like I never experienced.
My kids all caught tons of brookies from high mountain Colorado lakes we jeeped to in the early 1980s. A Zebco, a clear bubble, and a doped-up dry fly.
I used the bubble rig at Spinney Mountain and Eleven Mile reservoirs in southern Colorado. Cutthoats loved the Wooly Buggers!
The greatest trout stream in America: The one you're fishing at the moment.
Reminds me of Michigan
You’re seriously calling the green the best trout stream in America? It may be great and yes you can catch a but load of healthy trout on dry fly but that’s a far stretch to call it the BEST in the nation.. this is coming from someone who’s been dryfly fly fishing for 10+ years in Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming, the only reason the green has the fish population it does is because of good fishery management and regulations.. but that’s what makes it so good 😊🎣
@@Shinuchiha_99 I think what @MaxMusDan is trying to say is make the best of where your at and enjoy your fishing at whatever stream your at
Dumbest comment ever.
in 2012 i caught an 8.4 lb Brown on the Nevada side of the East Walker River & in the last 30 yrs ive caught many in the 3 to 5lb range " no hatchery fish" so to me thats the best river in America! im still trying to catch that elusive 10lb Brown so i can join the club, but with the way things are anymore i doubt ill ever see one! many moons ago they had a real wet winter in the Eastern Sierras above Bridgeport, Ca & they mismanaged the run-off so they had to fully open the spillway on Bridgeport Reservoir an by doing so they flooded the East Walker with tons of silt & in the aftermath i found dead Browns & Rainbows that were prob 8 to 12lbs on the banks with there gills full of silt, sad day it tooks yrs for the fishery to recover!
I was there in September and nearly every fish I caught was on a dry fly. Biggest was a 21” brown. The weed growth prevents great wading so a drift boat is the way to go for sure! Great video!
using a 5 weight?
I got lucky one July day and landed a 24 inch brown on a Chernobyl ant pattern I believe. He was the only brown to rise all day.
The first time I ever fly fished was on the Green River. It was a two-day business trip. Our group had three guided drift boats. I fell in love with everything about fly fishing on that trip. I still have the hat I bought in the convenience store on that trip ha ha ! The Green is the best of everything. I especially like that there is no road access in Section A below Flaming Gorge Dam. When you are in the canyon, without a road on either side, it is magic! Great video! That brown on the indicator rig near the end was a thing of beauty!
Thanks so much OPN! Wow, your first fly fishing trip ever was on the Green?!! Talk about starting at the top! So did everything else leave you a bit disappointed? 🤣 Tough to compete with that river.
@@flyfishhunter I had fished before but it was with spinning reels, deep sea, and some salmon/steelhead. But yes, my first fly fishing trip was on the Green. I did a few more guided trips after that to get the hang of things. Then ventured out on my own. There's so much good fishing in the Pacific Northwest that the learning curve was a blast. I haven't been back to the Green since. So, watching your video was awesome!
@@OverlandPNW Nice!! Thats awesome! I'll have a few more videos coming from my trip to the Green so look out for those as well!
Wow!! Incredible place and magnificent fish! The Green is on my "fish it" list now. My first fly fishing experience was on the Beaver River in UT just a couple months ago. Now I am itching for the Green River. I will definitely look up Gordon when I get up there. Thanks for posting this!!
Did a trip there from Flaming Gorge with Lyle Waldron, a guide working for the resort over a decade ago. He was 70 years old at the time and learning from him was the greatest reward. He knew every turn, pool, and even had names for certain rocks and was the lodge's most experienced guide. I brought a rod from home and Lyle said I didn't want to use it. Would wear me out. He then took the time to get one of his personal rods and some lessons were next. After our river boat was launched, we let others get ahead of us, so that Lyle could demonstrate certain techniques. I took my turn in the practice session and off we went. Dry flies only and many good ones caught.
A trip of a lifetime!
I was fortunate to fish the A & B sections for the first time 6 weeks ago...best trout fishing in the lower 48 for sure...
I caught and released 317 cutthroat and rainbows on the Selway and Moose creek in 2.5 days 2007 if I remember correctly.
Just fished the Green last weekend for the first time 8/20/22(Sections A,B&C) and everything in this vid is accurate. The most fish I’ve ever seen (Browns). August is supposed to be the worst month but the flows were great (1500). Vid doesn’t capture the beauty of the water and canyon walls. A must fish! I’ll definitely be back to do an overnight multi-day drift. Great vid thanks.
Was on the Green river when I was 23. Second time picking up a flyrod and had never caught a trout nor had I ever witnessed one slurping an insect who was to me, very concerned at the predicament he/she/it had found itself in. My mouth had formed an oval shape and had not changed in well over 5 minutes. I somehow remembered something I had read and within 5 seconds my eyes darted rapidly back and forth between this fish and whatever fly had caught me in the local fly fishing shop. I remember nothing else as with all other things which require 125% of my attention, but the feel of this fish in my hand as it headed down to safety at the bottom of this stunning river. Ive guided the Situk for 12 years, the copper(the clear one) and the kenai. I'm 54 now and no single moment in my life(although my wife begs to defer) has lead me to such happiness and fulfillment. Thanks for the video and the key to a time machine back to the green. If God could fish, it would be on the Green river.
Had an aneurism trying to read that
Great Fishing Video, with Dialogue that suit's the Catch & release Vibe. The Green River is a Gem. Thank You.
You bet Robert! Glad you like it!
Great place to fish I've been there 2 times. 21⅞ my biggest brown there. Can't wait to go back.
Nice! Magical spot!
Keep less slack in your line and you wouldn't miss so many... Beautiful river indeed, I have loved fishing the green.
Excelent video. If I might go to the USA I will add a floating fish experience. Thank you.
wow what a video.. Reminds me of the roaring fork river below aspen airport seeing the the browns in the water and taking the fly.....
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Excellent video, and as a local thanks for the excellent review. The green is a fantastic fishery in my personal top 5 for here in Utah. Keep looking around the state there are a few holy grails outside of here that produce much larger browns. Here's to tight lines, Cheers!
Wow my BP just went down 20 digits. Thank you for this escape! Keep on keepin on!
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Fished it in the 70s before the crowds. Spent 2 days and slept on the shore at red creek Rapids. Between the dam and our get out at browns park saw only 2 other boats and that was the first stretch to little hole. Big rainbows and browns. But that was before all the write ups in magazines.
Cool story! Consider yourself blessed to experience the river at such a time.
And now, what the magazines didn't spoil, everybody that has to post videos of fishing will finish the rest of it off. Must be an ego thing.
And You Tube videos whoring it all out by a buncha fools
The Green is awesome. Some buddies and I fished it this past May and used Gordon’s “On the Fly” as our guide service. We had an excellent three days on the water. Highly recommend Gordon and his team. We got a little excitement in our weather - snowed 10 inches our last night there!
thanks for posting! -love the incredible scenic beauty & the trout fishing is glorious! thank you double
Kaapai e hoa, nice fish caught, nice riv., good scenery..well done.. awesome 🤙👍
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Every River is unique, I moved from the area, but my favorite trout river is the mackenze east of Eugene OR, ice cold, crystal clear water, no moss, no dams above it, lots of memories when I was a kid.
Great fish. Please drop the music. Part of the enjoyment of the outdoors is the sounds. Great camera work. Fun to watch.
Love the Green River and the Flaming Gorge. Definitely my favorite places to fish.
Great video. Learned a lot about the green river. They’re doing exactly what the Sacramento river is doing. Pulling the water from the bottom of the dam. Keeping that water cold throughout the summer. Great video.
I found a beautiful small river. Maybe kind of similar. In between 2 dams and another lake. Huge food source. Especially in the Spring. Sometimes they let more water out. The fishing turns. You are blessed.
Great video, some beautiful browns.
That water clarity is INSANE!! I wanna go there!!
If you ever get the chance you won't be disappointed.
Was my office for 7 years.
7 - 10 thousand fish per mile
Welcome to my backyard, glad you had a good experience....
Come see us again sometime
Thank you! Will do!
Amazing! Love river fishing for trout and Salmon! You channel is great
What an awesome place to fish, crystal clear water, gorgeous scenery and nice browns, great video!!
I don't care too much about fishing like my wife does but I just love to chill and relax on the lake or wherever. Great video man
Cool. That's a roll reversal compared to most.
Those Green River browns are smart, and at times very picky. Proud to have such a beauty in my home state!
BREATHTAKING BEAUTY VIEWS COLORS SCENERY VIDEO WEATHER LANDSCAPE FOOTAGE WILDLIFE ! GORGEOUS TROUT FANTASTIC COLORS . AMAZING CLARITY UNDER THE WATER 💧 THANK YOU FOR THE HISTORY . BE SAFE ! HAVE FUN ! HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT YEAR 👍 GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS ON 🙏 YOUR JOURNEYS & FISHING 🎣 ENJOYED !
Thank you David!
We have ponds in maine that are difficult to get to. But when you get there. Your alone. It's like a time wharp.
Shhhhhhhhh..... there's no ponds in Maine that haven't been completely fished out
Alaska is part of the US and we have some awesome rainbow fishing up here...I did fish the Green when I went to Utah State in Logan in the 1980s...at that time most of the trout were in the 12-20 inch slot.
Yeah Alaska is amazing!! Thats why I said "lower 48". ;-)
@@davidadams5280 Yes there are 48 contiguous states at lower latitudes than Alaska...hence "Lower 48"
When I was 13 , we lived in the town of green river , hence the name. But I always wished I knew how to fly fish , learning now , when I can , I'm going back , awesome scenery and big trout jumping in the green. 😁🖒🖒
I know the town. Hope you can get back someday soon!
That reservoir has some of the largest brown trout on planet earth,a lot of record fish are taken out of it,tight lines.
I have fly fished all over the planet but one of my top freshwater trips was a week on the Elk River in Colorado with a day trip to the Green. I have never seen a more beautiful river and the fishing equals the the river’s beauty. It was over a decade ago but I was delighted to see the river still is spectacular
Cool! Glad you found it and were able to watch!
I hardly ever fish with rod and reel. However, I did paddle a canoe down from the Flaming Gorge Dam. During that float, as long as we could see fishermen on the banks, there was never a moment when we didn't see at least one fish on. Most of the time there were more than one. So I knew when I saw the title of this video that it would be about the Green.
My best experience with rod and reel was hiking down into the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. If you haven't been there and you don't mind a long, steep hike down, then back up, check it out.
I love fishing the green. It is very beautiful.
Amen!
Great video shots! Looks like soo much fun
I grew up on my parents' ranch a little further down stream in Colorado on the border with Utah. We used to get some really nice native wild cuts down there up until the Utah Division of Wildlife dumped rainbows in. Then we started getting lots of smaller cutbows. Then Utah Division of Wildlife gave in to demands for browns. The browns out competed the cutbows, and now we have swarms of smaller browns, similar to the ones that guy was catching. Way back when, you could a limit (10 back then in Colorado) of cuts with their beautiful orange flesh caught and in the smoker or the oven within an hour. You can still limit out in under an hour, but the limit is lower, the fish are smaller, and they don't taste nearly as good. Fishing might be good upstream in the canyon, but it's definitely not what it was 50 years ago. Guess that's true just about everywhere. Still I miss those cuts. They evolved here, and they were meant to be here. There have been a lot of other things happen here in Brown's Park for the benefit of sportsmen which haven't exactly worked out. Those who don't live here don't see it, and don't understand what an impact it has had.
Division of Wildlife just like Department of Fish & Game ….entities introducing methods & practices in an ignorance & often disguised as, “for the betterment” fashion.
@@socaloutdoors7355ya and its based on data and science, but their sample size is inherently tiny and insufficient to battle against the million outliers and confounding variables mother nature brings. They try to be thoughtful, but they need to admit their data is too incomplete to rule out frequent bad outcomes.
Great clip, that place used to be my office and worked for the same outfitter with Gordon, he was my neighbor!
Very cool to know! Thanks!
Flaming Gorge is pretty cool. Then again,, the whole river is tops From Green River Lakes all the way to the Confluence. Trout fishing only up in the Wyoming and near Wyoming end,, but just special.
id stop by the river to fish in my semi sometimes, spending the night in the truck right at the river's edge... near to hwy 80 though but not in the gorge... so beautiful there... can't wait to fish the gorge sometime.
COOL .. I dont leave home wi5thout my pole either... I call it my american express
Very good and enjoyable in a beautiful location Many thanks
Awesome, I agree it is a great fishery! The San Juan in northern NM runs a close second. I’ve fished it since the late eighties and always catch large trout, both brownies and rainbows. I wish I could cast as well as you do, something I’ve never mastered. Great video thank you.
What a great fishing video, Thank you!!
I have fished this river many times and will be there in July to fish it 3 straight days. It’s as great as it appears on this video!
Beautiful river , we have fished it for years and the A section is very cool with the canyon walls and the Gnomes watching you float by .
This is good stuff, I fly fished for trout up in Cosby, TN. in the Smoky Mountains, The trout streams there are crazy good with wild and stocked trout.... The water stays cold year round being it's fresh mountain water, Cosby entrance to the park is 1 1/2 miles from the Cub Motel and you can fish it from there all the way down as far as it goes.... It's excellent for rainbows!
Doc, that does sound great! Tight lines!
11,000 Trout per mile for the first three miles below the Dam. Fished it back in the 60s before the penstocks wete added to the Dam, snd UT had a opening day. My Dad built the Visitors center on the Dam, he also laid all the glass blocks in the power plant.
Absolutely beautiful...Healthy fish, and God's country...Thanks for sharing...
I fish almost every day here in Florida. None of which is fly fishing but I enjoy ALL fishing. But this is fishing at it's absolute finest. Absolutely gorgeous!!! Incredible!!! Makes me realize how much I have to learn and how much of this beautiful world I need to go experience. Fantastic video 🤘💪❤️
I flyfish florida creeks and ponds all the time. Various sunfish and bass. Sunfish and bluegills are almost always up for dry flies. Just don’t step on any gators!
Brian! Thank you so much! Your comments are always so encouraging to me and they inspire me to get out there and make more. Funny because when I think of fishing in Florida I think "how can it get any more beautiful than that??" That's the amazing thing about fishing....it takes you to beautiful places no matter where you are! What are you fishing for in FL? Tight lines my friend!
Great video beautiful surroundings nearly as scenic as my rivers here in Scotland 🐟🎣🏴🏴😁😁
Good to know! What rivers are good for trout over there?
@@flyfishhunter we have so many over here to fish for the river Tay the Earn the Dee the Forth the Ness to name a few 🐟🎣🏴🏴😁
Great video. I was just thinking about fishing that stretch of the river and this shows up.
Love this video and the scenery is absolutely tops I live and fish in Scotland the best brownie’s are in the far north of Scotland and I love them , I have fished in Alaska and BC and it was absolutely brilliant catching all sorts of Salmon and great trout all on the fly but I must admit I love watching all the fishing from the USA and Canada as both countries are that vast compared to the size of Scotland I am getting ready for a weeks trout fishing trip to the north this month then hopefully if the pandemic gets better I hope to go to Sweden and Norway in my Campervan for some fishing over there as these two countries have good fishing so stay safe and tight lines.
Glad you liked it! Always cool to hear people's perspective from other countries! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Marshall, May I also suggest trying the extreme south of Chile. Scottish strain brown trout implanted 100 years ago, along with rainbows and Atlantic salmon. Pure clear rivers and friendly people.
Nice video!
Fished there the first week of June several years ago and the Green was just as you say! Awesome!
50+ fish days walking the banks sight fishing to Browns and Rainbows that averaged 18 inches on Beetles, ants, scuds and brassies .
The early and late day midge sippers were something else too!
Sounds crazy, only had those days with smaller cutties!
Yeah man you killed it! Nice job. So fun fishing from the bank on that river too!
Goin to brown town! I felt like I was in the boat! Awesome fishery!
Thanks Eric! Glad you hopped in the boat for the float!
Could have watched this for hours,literally hours.Just great,period.
Steve that means a lot! Thank you! Look for my next one coming soon! Spot and stalk!
Love western Montana and eastern Idaho but this is on the bucket list for sure . Great video
All right, my friend, I watched another video...I’m hooked (no pun intended). Excellent information: I really enjoy the camera work showing the scenery and river and fishing. Thanks again for putting decent content to watch without all the nonsense. I subscribed after watching the first video, this one doesn’t disappoint either.
Glad you liked it!
Awesome video 👍⚾️🎣 thx for sharing going to fish the green for 1st tone this week !
Awesome!! Have fun!!
Excellent video, I felt like I was there fishing with you. Liked the “on the fly interview” can’t wait to go back
A section definitely has a special place in my heart
❤i watched fifteen seconds of your video and said that looks like the Green. I remember that overhanging boulder too. Haven't been there in twenty years. Camped at Dutch John, close to the power lines a few times
Does Gary Ridgeway fish there?
Awesome video..really like your boat and it’s set up
Great video! Thanks for sharing!
Stick a Craven’s jujubee midge under that dry and it gets even better on the Green through the slack water seams. So much fun. First fished it with Denny Breer and learned a few tricks to catch a few of those scuba tank size beasts. He is missed.
I like the slow water below the Pugmire as well with the undercut banks. Sneaky good.
A great river.
I grew up 45 min from there when I think of home I think of this place. Best brown trout fishery in the us without a doubt
Nice!
Beautiful reel - like a work of art. All I have are old Pfluegers...
Those are classics!
Hahah that fish photobombing you in the back as you held up your first brown trout. Love your content!
I know! haha! I've been waiting for someone to mention that. You win!
@@flyfishhunter haha is there a prize? ;) team up for a video?
Just ran across your video and man was I surprised by the fish im an avid fisherman but I have a lot to learn my brother thanks for sharing
We all have lots to learn. Enjoy the process and thanks for the support!
Love the Green! I grew up in Salt Lake City and we fished there every year. There's nothing like it!
Couldn't agree more!
Hi
First of all Id like to tell you that i really enjoyed watching your video.
Iv been catching trout in the Himalayas in India but that was mostly on spinners. Recently I tried casting flies on a spinning rod and have decided to get a fly fishing set up for trout. Im a bit confused about what weight rod i should go for if i intend on catching about an 18 to 20 inch brown trout. Your advice on this would really be helpful.
Thanks again and Cheers !
Just got back from there a couple months ago, it was PHENOMENAL :)
Enjoyed the film. Beautiful river. Really enjoyed the rowing footage as much as the fishing footage. Look forward to the next one.
Cool! Good feedback and really glad you liked it!
makes me have the itch first started fly fishing when i was seven catching grayling on a river like the one your on they called a slew that ran in front of his house on a battery operated reel
Thanks to share the video! Amazing river, looks like to Patagonia. Cheers!
Thanks so much!
Feel the same way about that river
Fished it my first time in 1987
Be there next week
Crazy, that was my first year fishing it too! Have an awesome trip!
This was amazing, on the beautiful green River!
Green is awesome! Crowds can be a problem, particularly on the A section there. Finding pods of fish in the crystal clear water and watching the takes, and refusals, is what really stuck with me when I first fished it. Nice video!
Cool, glad you liked it!!
I love the flaming gorge area. Many years ago while doing a day hike down the trail from the dam. I had a standoff with a wolverene who did not want me to pass lol. He waited 5 minutes then let me by and on the way back he pulled the same stunt. Awesome trip
Whoa! That's crazy! Are you sure it wasn't a badger? I suppose it could have been a wolverine but they are so rare to find around people. I've seen badger on the trail a few times. Awesome country for sure!
@@flyfishhunter Yea I am sure. Of course this was in the 70s.
@@karlshaner2453 oh wow that's really cool. Great memory!!
@@flyfishhunter I am glad you enjoy the river. Have you ever done some cliff diving there, on the lake?
Great video. My fav. is the Miracle Mile.. Thanks man.
Nice! I hope I can try that one day!
I'm thankful to live an hour away from this beautiful river.
It is a beautiful section of river, for sure. Have finished many times in all seasons and it is a real challenge for fly fishermen. Can trout be smart'? They see so many presentations, so much pressure they can be very selective. However, there are beautiful fish in the river and unforgettable days there. The eagles "fishing" the river, the beaver, water fowl . . . much to enjoy there.
So true! So much to see!
A beautiful place. Lucky that my buddy moved to Heber for 6 yrs. I made it out once per year. He got a drift boat the second year which was a huge bonus. Camped usually at dripping springs but when it got cold used the lodge at Flaming Gorge and a small cabin down the road. Huge fish, great landscape north and south of Flaming Gorge. Did the Green below the Fontanelle damn also which was every bit as good. I've heard the same fish counts as Gordon's attestation.
Very enjoyable to watch. Good stats, too.
Between you and Hawk I really joy your fishing videos
Thank you!! Hawk? Is that another channel?
I have drifted the green probably 150 times. Awesome river. I have video of my buddy hooking a 22" brown where you were fishing last, broke him off and he hooked him again 15 minutes later, Got his fly and 2 others out of him when we landed him.
I started fishing the Green River in Utah in the early 80's. At that time, one could fish with bait and 8 fish was the limit. The Fish & game tried various regs to make this more than a put and take fishery. They finally settled in on artificial only and slotted the creel limit to 2 under 13" and one over 20." Most true fisher men seldom kept anything over 20" so the big fish stayed. I must have caught several thousand fish between 15 and 18 inches and put them back. I tied most of my own flies and took the barbs off before hand. Lost some nice fish, but the idea of fly fishing isn't just catching.....it's getting them darn fish to take the fly and play. The beauty of that river is magic. So many great memories, I could write a book. I moved back east and don't get out there anymore. And at my age, I have a hard time with my fingers and eyes. But memory is the one Paradise from which we can never be banished. The Green River will stay in my mind.
Very nice video, thank you for sharing!
Absolutely love the green river!
Absolutely beautiful and very-well shot.
Thanks JJ I! Appreciate it!
So beautiful!!! Thank you!!!
Such a great video! Well done. Most dudes don't post their lost fish. You guys out west have it made.
haha! Thanks JP! Gotta keep it real right?!
New subscriber. NICE content. What are the regs on that river? Ever try using spinners? Is it all catch and release?