Man-o-man y'all land some nice fish! That rainbow was a doozy! For grins I did some digging around and found the average mature fish (rainbow) are around 16 inches long and 2 - 8 pounds. The record was a 48 pound rainbow caught in Canada. I thank the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the info. Since my fishing days are probably over, it is sure nice to watch others land some quality fish. Trout fishing was my favorite. Thanks for sharing something wonderful and positive.
Just got the rest of my fly fishing gear yesterday. You guys are a huge part of my fly fishing interest in the last few months. I got into fly fishing a bit when I was a teenager but now I’m looking to get more serious into the sport. I’ll be in the water in 2 to 3 weeks weather permitting. Thank you very much for the awesome content!
You guys are badasses at fly fishing. I admire the patience and perseverance that you guys have using the streamers to catch brownies. I just love it! Sooner or later one will hit. I've always wanted to catch one with a mouse pattern! God bless you fellas!
Definitely looked like a bird strike. One big scrape on the left side and a cluster or scrapes on his right. Like talons would do. Keep up the good work guys. Big fish small water!
Excellent work guys. Way to stick with the streamers even after 7 hours of struggles. That bite window is finicky and it paid off in a big way. That rainbow was a gorgeous fish for sure. Keep it up fellas, look forward to the next one!
Looked like eagle or maybe osprey took a smack at that trout, you can kinda see that marks of the talons like only one of the birds legs connected and the fish got either dropped back to the water or never got fully taken out maybe because the bird only got on foot of talons and the fish was to big for on foot. That's my opinion I live near ct river and catch shad that have similar marks from bald eagles and ospreys connecting but not successful.
Trout do a lot of weird stuff so when they go up the falls and stuff like salmon they will cut themselves up pretty good on the rocks to but but when you see scars on the top of the fish like that one usually a big bird is trying to get it but beautiful fish keep up the good fishing
I love your work man! Watching this makes me want to use my fly gear more this year! I barely ever film my fly fishing because I don't catch much unless using spinning gear. Awesome fish.
Great video guys, really enjoyed watching. We can only fish locally at the moment here in the UK during covid lockdown. Keep the videos coming. Tight lines
What a great outing you all had! I have a possible suggestion regarding the wounded brown trout - river otter. Virginia “reintroduced” them about thirty years ago; not sure if West Virginia ever did. In any event, the scarring suggests otter: they try to catch and hold fish by the head (when I was younger, I owned a small spring fed trout pond in western Virginia ... I’m aware of what otters can do). That lovely rainbow? Wonder if it might not have just a touch of cutthroat DNA in its ancestry. Nearly half a century ago, a fisheries biologist with the old Bureau of Sport Fisheries & Wildlife (now Fish & Wildlife Service) told me that several of the federal hatcheries in the southeast (especially) had “rainbows” with some cutthroat lineage, a line going back to the early years of the twentieth century. So, if that stream has had “wild” rainbows for a long, long time and if it had ever received federal hatchery fish, say pre-1960, then yeah a hint of cutt is possible ... notice the light spotting toward the head, heavy spotting toward the tail? That can be a give-away. Love your videos - keep up the great work!
I thought it could be an otter but I've never seen one in that area and I virtually lived there for 4 years. I have seen otters in a different drainage not too terribly far away though so it is possible. And yes those fish have been in there for a very long time. And apparently some people say that there are some long lost cut bow type of hybrids in that system. But others say it is a myth. There are very clear differences in rainbows in that drainage though, so I'd be willing to bet some money on a few different strains of rainbows being introduced at one time. At this point though they're so mixed together through generations of spawning that it would be tough to ever know for sure. Anyway thanks for watching!
LETS GO BOYZ!!! Flippin GORGEOUS fish guys!😳👍 Question for ya, when using Streamers....do you kinda use em like a jerk bait?🤔 Keep the vidz comin guys, great work😎👌
That rainbow was a slaunch!!! Loved the streamer action, I was amazed nothing came out form under that cut near the beginning of the video! 🤣😭 I really need to start streamer fishing, just don’t have the parience lol, one of these today’s I’m fully commuting to the streamer game, just so tuff for me! Keep up the great work and tight lines as always! 👊🎣💦
Yeah man streamers are an amazingly effective technique for bigger fish. You should definitely stick with it for a few trips where you know there are some bigger fish. Thanks for watching as always!
Great video! Very quality fish! I fish a hole with an eagles nest 100 yds from it and I catch fish with those kinds of marks ! How fo you guys do with streamers when the water gets in the 30s? Any different type of retrieve? Keep up the great video work!
Thank you! And yeah if it’s cold we just slow down. Usually add more weight to the streamers as well. The fish are slower usually and sit near the bottom, but they’ll still destroy streamers.
Envious! We are supposed to have 5-11 inches of snow tomorrow. You took my mind right off of it. Great video. What kind of streamer was that? I agree with everyone else 💯 hawk, eagle or osprey.
Yep we are getting snow in this area too!! And the streamer was just a grey sex dungeon, nothing too special about it. You can order them online anywhere just about. Glad you enjoyed the video!
More than likely the scars were from a small osprey, an inexperienced yearling or same for a baby black bear. Eagles catch way bigger fish right down here in Ela and Bryson City. Really like the grey fly line. You cracked me up when you flipped that streamer out of view. Great video and always tight lines.
In the UK you never have to question what has scarred up a fish so bad! You can bet a tanner to a pinch of nanny goat's doos that it'll be a cormorant! They're emptying our rivers hand over fist! Soooo sad!
I love streamer fishing and was wondering if I should get a 6 weight or 7 weight I use smaller streamers to mini sex dungeons on small streams what do you recommend?
If you're truly using mini dungeons and small stream fishing I'd assume you aren't going for fish much over 20. In which case a 6 wt may be your best bet honestly. We use 7 wt or 8 wts but we also fish much larger streamers and have the chance of catching really large fish.
He got attacked by a mink i bet.. i captured this happening to a 20+ inch trout i can send it to you via insta DM if you want to watch it pretty crazy footage
Have you ever considered to handle the fish less and not have them out of the water for more then 3 sec??? I have watched acouple videos of yours and i really enjoy then besides those facts... keep the vids coming and maybe consider it
I mean we use rubber coated nets, wet our hands, nearly always use barbless hooks, handle fish correctly, and only take the fish out of the water for 5 seconds or so at a time. Unless you don’t want to see the fish I’m not sure what more we can do. Anyway glad you like the videos!
5 seconds is way to long to have them out of the water. And also you can record and take pictures fish while they are still in the water were there oxygen is. Out of all the fishing channels i am subscribed to you are the only one who needs to have them out that long. Go check out trippin on trout channel. I have learned thing about the harm and much more from him. Plus amazing videos. Im not trying to be a hater but i believe you can fish and handle them alil better. Keep your videos coming tho i do enjoy them besides what i mentioned. Trail on and tight lines
Anyone else looking at this beautiful river while at work and wishing they were out there? Incredible fish!
Thank you!
Amen. I do all the time. I could live eat breathe flyfishing!
I hear that I always wanna be out there
Wiping tears from my eyes. I'll bet spinners or rapala's would do well there also.
OMG! The color on that perfect rainbow! Priceless!
This is one of those videos I come back to again and again
Love the way you guys care for the fish once netted. That's awesome, wish more people would do the same. Good luck and keep your line wet.
Man-o-man y'all land some nice fish! That rainbow was a doozy! For grins I did some digging around and found the average mature fish (rainbow) are around 16 inches long and 2 - 8 pounds. The record was a 48 pound rainbow caught in Canada. I thank the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the info. Since my fishing days are probably over, it is sure nice to watch others land some quality fish. Trout fishing was my favorite. Thanks for sharing something wonderful and positive.
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoy the videos!
Great bow at 11:00 too on the tiny dropper! Beautiful bros
Just got the rest of my fly fishing gear yesterday. You guys are a huge part of my fly fishing interest in the last few months. I got into fly fishing a bit when I was a teenager but now I’m looking to get more serious into the sport. I’ll be in the water in 2 to 3 weeks weather permitting. Thank you very much for the awesome content!
That’s awesome!!! I’m glad you’re getting back into it. Thanks for watching the videos!
Y’all are terrific fishermen with Sooo much respect for your catches and wild WV in general. God bless y’all
Thank you!
Nice spots 😜 on that brown looking at the other blue heron got away with it's life
You guys are badasses at fly fishing. I admire the patience and perseverance that you guys have using the streamers to catch brownies. I just love it! Sooner or later one will hit. I've always wanted to catch one with a mouse pattern! God bless you fellas!
Great video! Very exciting to see that big bow. Thanks guys.
Glad you enjoyed!
Definitely looked like a bird strike. One big scrape on the left side and a cluster or scrapes on his right. Like talons would do. Keep up the good work guys. Big fish small water!
Excellent work guys. Way to stick with the streamers even after 7 hours of struggles. That bite window is finicky and it paid off in a big way. That rainbow was a gorgeous fish for sure. Keep it up fellas, look forward to the next one!
Thanks mike! It can take a while to catch one but it’s always worth it. Look forward to yours as well!
Anyone else’s thinking this guy should have way more subs incredible vids
I love watching your videos. I appreciate that you try a variety of techniques. Great catches!
Thank you! And glad you like the videos and variety of techniques!
Absolutely gorgeous rainbow!
Love the videos keep up the amazing work, great trout!!
We will! Thank you for watching!
Looked like eagle or maybe osprey took a smack at that trout, you can kinda see that marks of the talons like only one of the birds legs connected and the fish got either dropped back to the water or never got fully taken out maybe because the bird only got on foot of talons and the fish was to big for on foot. That's my opinion I live near ct river and catch shad that have similar marks from bald eagles and ospreys connecting but not successful.
That could very well be. I knew it looked like some sort of bird. Thanks for watching!
Leiger
Love the Steamer videos my favorites for sure. Keep up the good work and tight lines!
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!
Trout do a lot of weird stuff so when they go up the falls and stuff like salmon they will cut themselves up pretty good on the rocks to but but when you see scars on the top of the fish like that one usually a big bird is trying to get it but beautiful fish keep up the good fishing
I love your work man! Watching this makes me want to use my fly gear more this year! I barely ever film my fly fishing because I don't catch much unless using spinning gear. Awesome fish.
Thank you! Fly fishing can be super effective once you get the hang of it. But there is a bit of a learning curve.
Good fight to get those big fish keep up the hard work
Well dang that was a beautiful few fish. I think bird for the browns injury. But man what a pretty Male bow💪good video guys👍
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed
Another great video guys and some gorgeous fish!!!!!
Thank you!!! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Love your videos! You fellas do a great job! Keep'em going!
Incredible man, congrats on that stunner 💯...... that beat up brownie was awesome as well! Rainbows NEVER stay still for me 😅
Rainbows are almost impossible... Thanks for watching man!
Persistence pays off! Congrats!!!!
Great video guys, really enjoyed watching. We can only fish locally at the moment here in the UK during covid lockdown. Keep the videos coming. Tight lines
Glad you enjoy! Thanks for watching!
Killer video! Really been enjoying your winter content!
Thank you!! Glad you enjoy!
Some beautiful fish!
A bird with talons!!! Great trout bro!! I saw an osprey carrying one 20’ over my head in WV, the pig was 18”+.. I was pisssssed!
That’s crazy! I’d be pissed too! Thanks for watching
Great video! Nice rainbow!
Thank you!
Yes new hard man video , love it awesome works guys
Hard man are at it again!
Isn't it beautiful in itself to have those markings? Just a glimpse into the story that we will never fully understand.
That is true!
Nice! I’ve seen a lot of markings like that before a lot of big predator birds where we live water gets low they get after them
Yeah that’s about what I figured. Thanks for watching!
Solid fishing Guys.. 👊
Thanks Frankie!
What a great outing you all had! I have a possible suggestion regarding the wounded brown trout - river otter. Virginia “reintroduced” them about thirty years ago; not sure if West Virginia ever did. In any event, the scarring suggests otter: they try to catch and hold fish by the head (when I was younger, I owned a small spring fed trout pond in western Virginia ... I’m aware of what otters can do). That lovely rainbow? Wonder if it might not have just a touch of cutthroat DNA in its ancestry. Nearly half a century ago, a fisheries biologist with the old Bureau of Sport Fisheries & Wildlife (now Fish & Wildlife Service) told me that several of the federal hatcheries in the southeast (especially) had “rainbows” with some cutthroat lineage, a line going back to the early years of the twentieth century. So, if that stream has had “wild” rainbows for a long, long time and if it had ever received federal hatchery fish, say pre-1960, then yeah a hint of cutt is possible ... notice the light spotting toward the head, heavy spotting toward the tail? That can be a give-away. Love your videos - keep up the great work!
I thought it could be an otter but I've never seen one in that area and I virtually lived there for 4 years. I have seen otters in a different drainage not too terribly far away though so it is possible. And yes those fish have been in there for a very long time. And apparently some people say that there are some long lost cut bow type of hybrids in that system. But others say it is a myth. There are very clear differences in rainbows in that drainage though, so I'd be willing to bet some money on a few different strains of rainbows being introduced at one time. At this point though they're so mixed together through generations of spawning that it would be tough to ever know for sure. Anyway thanks for watching!
Nice trouts! So desirable!
Oh, also to say, few people can cast with the precision you have. I can with spinner & rapala's but not with a fly pole. Good job...
LETS GO BOYZ!!! Flippin GORGEOUS fish guys!😳👍 Question for ya, when using Streamers....do you kinda use em like a jerk bait?🤔 Keep the vidz comin guys, great work😎👌
Yes we do actually! That's how I've always envisioned my streamers. Mostly because that's how I fished first.
That rainbow was a slaunch!!! Loved the streamer action, I was amazed nothing came out form under that cut near the beginning of the video! 🤣😭 I really need to start streamer fishing, just don’t have the parience lol, one of these today’s I’m fully commuting to the streamer game, just so tuff for me! Keep up the great work and tight lines as always! 👊🎣💦
Yeah man streamers are an amazingly effective technique for bigger fish. You should definitely stick with it for a few trips where you know there are some bigger fish. Thanks for watching as always!
Hey, Love this streamer fishing. God jobb. Can you do video what gear you have and how to do Fish.
We definitely plan on it! Thanks for watching!
Great video! I think a bigger fish had tried to swallow it head first...but that's another story.
I’d hate to see what tried to eat that fish...
I had it happen on the Noontootla and I had a witness!
Great video! Very quality fish! I fish a hole with an eagles nest 100 yds from it and I catch fish with those kinds of marks ! How fo you guys do with streamers when the water gets in the 30s? Any different type of retrieve? Keep up the great video work!
Thank you! And yeah if it’s cold we just slow down. Usually add more weight to the streamers as well. The fish are slower usually and sit near the bottom, but they’ll still destroy streamers.
Thanks!
Maybe a Osprey, or bald eagle. Nice videos
You may be right! Thanks for watching!
Great work guys! Enjoyed the video! New sub
Thanks for the sub!!!
Oh yeah!! New video!
Awesome vid man!
Thank you!
Great video guys! Can you share the brand of nets your using? They look fantastic.
Catch cam nets!
Mark's on the fish could have been from muskrat or beaver also. Do yall always fish ur streamers upstream?
Yessir!
I've been getting into fly fishing recently, and when you use streamers or wet flies on the river do you use sinking line or floating line?
For these small creeks I use floating line.
The brown at 3:00 looked like a holdover, his dorsal fin looked Kinda reddish?
What length leader do you recommend for streamers?
Envious! We are supposed to have 5-11 inches of snow tomorrow. You took my mind right off of it. Great video. What kind of streamer was that? I agree with everyone else 💯 hawk, eagle or osprey.
Yep we are getting snow in this area too!! And the streamer was just a grey sex dungeon, nothing too special about it. You can order them online anywhere just about. Glad you enjoyed the video!
@@hardmanfishing you guys are great.
Beautiful trout! Is this public water in WV?
Yessir this was public... we don’t fish private water.
What rod and reel set up do you use also beautiful fish
More than likely the scars were from a small osprey, an inexperienced yearling or same for a baby black bear. Eagles catch way bigger fish right down here in Ela and Bryson City. Really like the grey fly line. You cracked me up when you flipped that streamer out of view. Great video and always tight lines.
That is very possibly! And thank you haha glad you enjoyed the video!
Cormorant marks. See it all the time in ireland. They will take fish up to 4lbs
Are you guys usually using sink tips?
Awesome!
Just got into tying flies, but how do you guys find those big browns on streamers?
How do you like your Dryft waders? I just got a pair a few months ago and am wondering how they hold up.
So far they are our favorite!!
The birds here in Washington pick some salmon up all the time. Usually the eagles.
There are a lot of eagles in the area
Niiiiice
It was probably a snapping turtle or a river otter we have problems with them here in South Carolina. The herons usually target the smaller trout
🔥🔥🔥
Fellas one question. What size tippet do you use fishing those huge streamers?
1x or 0x or 10-15 pound test.
@@hardmanfishing excellent!
Looks like a mink bite that was battling it
That's possible, although I've never seen a mink in that area.
Looked like a small steelhead?
So where are you guys at?
What kind of rod is that? Is that a maxcatch or moonshine?
Looked like it
I think it is an LL bean actually. It's an older rod, we've had it for several years
@@hardmanfishing okok cool man LLbean is great!
Where in the Country are you guys fishing?
East coast
What is the name of the streamers and nymphs you were using?
Enjoyed this and the other N GA videos but please, get our fish back in the water a little quicker and with less handling.
In the UK you never have to question what has scarred up a fish so bad! You can bet a tanner to a pinch of nanny goat's doos that it'll be a cormorant! They're emptying our rivers hand over fist! Soooo sad!
Scars on that fish are from the otter.💯%
Those Moonshine rods?
No sir. One is LL bean and the other was St. Croix
How about some info? What state are you in? What stream is this? What are you fishing, seven weight? Six weight? What? Little info would be good
We want more vids!!!!!!!!! o_O
I love streamer fishing and was wondering if I should get a 6 weight or 7 weight I use smaller streamers to mini sex dungeons on small streams what do you recommend?
If you're truly using mini dungeons and small stream fishing I'd assume you aren't going for fish much over 20. In which case a 6 wt may be your best bet honestly. We use 7 wt or 8 wts but we also fish much larger streamers and have the chance of catching really large fish.
@@hardmanfishing yeah where I fish there might be one or 2 over 20 but they are mostly 12 inch fish
So where are y’all fishing in this video. Can’t be too big of a secret with a public road next to it. :)
Eagle claw Mark's on his head
That seems to be what most people are saying. Thanks for watching!
Aren’t those spawning scars? Like she looks like she spawned late cause she was thin
Maybe an Otter?
Otter got the brown
Great videos just subbed
Thank you!
Bald eagle
That is very possible
He got attacked by a mink i bet.. i captured this happening to a 20+ inch trout i can send it to you via insta DM if you want to watch it pretty crazy footage
yo could yo send me that footage too? Id really like to see that
Yeah sure man! That would be cool to see.
Could have been a blue heron
Anything is possible!
Have you ever considered to handle the fish less and not have them out of the water for more then 3 sec???
I have watched acouple videos of yours and i really enjoy then besides those facts... keep the vids coming and maybe consider it
I mean we use rubber coated nets, wet our hands, nearly always use barbless hooks, handle fish correctly, and only take the fish out of the water for 5 seconds or so at a time. Unless you don’t want to see the fish I’m not sure what more we can do. Anyway glad you like the videos!
5 seconds is way to long to have them out of the water. And also you can record and take pictures fish while they are still in the water were there oxygen is. Out of all the fishing channels i am subscribed to you are the only one who needs to have them out that long.
Go check out trippin on trout channel. I have learned thing about the harm and much more from him. Plus amazing videos.
Im not trying to be a hater but i believe you can fish and handle them alil better.
Keep your videos coming tho i do enjoy them besides what i mentioned.
Trail on and tight lines
Could have been human caused on that brown as well. Handle the fish minimally and with care, get them back in the water quick.
I doubt that highly, these were cuts. I’ve seen mishandled fish and the damage is much different.
"big"
Honestly can you stop this click bait?
I mean... how was this clickbait? I literally streamer fished and almost broke my PB 😂
I always lose interest when a video maker can't even say what state or country he is in.
Yeah me too honestly. Crazy that some "video makers" won't give exact coordinates. It would make putting no effort in to find fish so much easier.
That was an awesome video! Videos like this one are the reason I recently caught my second biggest rainbow ever. Keep up the great content👍
That’s awesome!!