MILLIONS of Fisherman Drive Over This GEM of a River DAILY & Have ZERO CLUE What They Are Missing

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  • Urban fly fishing at its best - I am just shocked of the quality of this fishery just minutes from the downtown district of Seattle Washington.
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  • @Shiddyvet
    @Shiddyvet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I work in Seattle and you make it look way better than it is.

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We picked up a ton of trash last week so it was representing well this trip :))

    • @Shiddyvet
      @Shiddyvet 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@FlyFishDan you do well! Keep up the good work.

  • @briankelly6113
    @briankelly6113 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This looks familiar. Even catching little fish is fun in a nice setting.
    Thanks for the video.

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well said - gorgeous fishery for sure. Thanks for watching Brian! Cheers!

  • @drewhbend
    @drewhbend 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would use Ellensburg angler anytime, We fished with Todd a few weeks ago, great guide service. Still trying to determine where you are as likely not far from my house :)

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Keaton is a great guide too - if you reach out to him, I am confident he would share his secrets to this amazing urban fishery. Cheers!

  • @oldsmugglerflyfishing
    @oldsmugglerflyfishing 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hello Dan! Is it an urban river? No kidding, it looks very nice stream. Great fishing!! All the best.

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Flows right through town - pretty crazy, you would never know it while on the river (besides the car noises). Thanks and cheers!

  • @tommypointer7876
    @tommypointer7876 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love it when they hit on anything you through at them . Yall got some gorgeous water up there!
    Happy fishin. 😊

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed - I am pretty lucky to live in the PNW for sure!

  • @chrismccoy9230
    @chrismccoy9230 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I appreciate that you have just a handful of go-to flies for most any moving water you come to.

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Funny too...I have boxes and boxes of different variations...but I typically use the same 12 every trip.

  • @patrickbasin9389
    @patrickbasin9389 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That’s one of my holes. We have to keep it a secret!!! Good job

  • @austinmichalski451
    @austinmichalski451 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite spots I know exactly where this is at if you go a couple miles up the river there is some really nice deep holes!

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice! There was some guy swimming in that hole this evening...Lol

  • @thebigroy
    @thebigroy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best fly fishing channel out there!!

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! Very kind!

  • @shaneorourke2911
    @shaneorourke2911 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What an awesome spot! I’ll be over that way this weekend sadly no fishing. Spokane has some great urban options as well!

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It really is an amazing urban river for sure - I'll have to explore Spokane's one day myself! Cheers!

  • @fisherman5517
    @fisherman5517 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    another fine video ,keep them comeing please .

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! I am on it! :))

  • @MrSofthackle
    @MrSofthackle 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    While I’ve only been to Seattle two times I was able to find some decent urban fishing. A local fly shop gave me a few suggestions and I was able to catch brook trout, rainbows and either cutthroats or cuttbows on dry flies. I live in the Chicago area so there’s no real trout fishing nearby that I can take off a few hours to fish. You’re a lucky guy Dan.
    I’ve noticed that you primarily use a sculpzilla as your go to streamer fly. Do you ever use wooly buggers. My primary searching pattern is a thin mint bugger.

    • @anonymous108
      @anonymous108 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I grew up in chicago for a few years, I will say smallmouth fishing and musky fishing around there is excellent.
      I caught them of piers and the Fox river.
      What about steelhead/lake run browns?

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Dale - Seattle area really is pretty great for outdoors activities for sure, especially fishing. I do have a recent love affair with the sculpzilla - super effective pretty much everywhere! My new confidence fly for sure.

  • @tall14dude
    @tall14dude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If its the river I think it is, I went for a walk/hike near the dam and saw several fly anglers. I'll have to grab my gear and go up there before it closes for the year.

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's definitely worth the trip before it does - Cheers!

  • @donmelendez8224
    @donmelendez8224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So many good urban rivers and streams here in Western Washington. I love this one you’re on. Haven’t been there in awhile, but you don’t feel like you’re in an urban setting. Thanks Dan!

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So true - so weird to have a trout stream like this below a busy freeway overpass as it meanders through neighborhood. So cool!

  • @teamlosi11
    @teamlosi11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Agree with you on the Zilla and the black Pats rubber legs. I’ll buy drinks if you’re buying lunch 🤓

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a great bug for sure! What's for lunch??

    • @TheFlyFishingFilmmaker
      @TheFlyFishingFilmmaker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I got to fish with one of the guys responsible for the pats rubber legs popularity. His name is Phil Chavez, he works/worked for RIO. Was pretty cool to meet one of the guys behind one of my favorite flies

  • @jonroper3712
    @jonroper3712 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice! Fish till it’s too dark to see 👍👍🤜🤛

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks!

  • @martinludvik8361
    @martinludvik8361 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hey Dan,so today IT was more of a fishy thing.😁😁😁🙄🙄🙄 And finally a beautiful beautiful trout right?👀👀👀 At time of the video 8:40.😍😍😍 Sweet.🤗🤗🤗 Fish on.🤠🤠🤠

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was a good day for sure!

  • @adventurfly879
    @adventurfly879 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One of my biggest fly rod steelhead ever came behind a sunken shopping cart on an urban creek in the roughly Vancouver washington area. Tons of debris and straight up litter in this very neglected super urban stream. Nobody fishes it. Hell you may need to be armed to fish it as its pretty dangerous there. ......but it gets summer and winter steelhead and has a population of rainbows and cuttthroat. Steelhead was 39 inches and 21 lbs. Unforgettable fish!!!!!

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ummmm....WOW!!!! That is pretty awesome

    • @deanfirnatine7814
      @deanfirnatine7814 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I am going to guess Salmon Creek, I have caught some nice trout there

    • @adventurfly879
      @adventurfly879 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @deanfirnatine7814 haha. Not much to be said. Bring a firearm these days.

  • @raymonddoerr2523
    @raymonddoerr2523 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was me who invented the sculpzilla. Let me know next time you’re in ellensburg and I’ll pick a high-end restaurant for us 👍

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol - it is a good fly for sure!

  • @armadilloauriemmo5663
    @armadilloauriemmo5663 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rock n roll 🎣🎸

  • @WitkowskisFishingSickness
    @WitkowskisFishingSickness ปีที่แล้ว

    What's up just subscribed. I saw your post on Facebook. I am a fishing freak too. Lol.

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice! Welcome to my channel!

  • @leemowers9395
    @leemowers9395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Simple equation, bugs follow nutrients, fish follow bugs. I still wouldn't eat any fish that I caught there.

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Surprisingly - though a ton of trash on the banks, the system is really healthy. Lots of white fish which usually is a good sign.

  • @speedbird1598
    @speedbird1598 ปีที่แล้ว

    Someone more knowledgeable than me can correct me but the nice Rainbow sure looked like a baby Steelhead to me!

  • @speedbird1598
    @speedbird1598 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How safe is parking there?

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  ปีที่แล้ว

      Horrible - park on the road whenever possible (lots of break-ins)

  • @bigmick812
    @bigmick812 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude!!! Shhhhhh
    Lol

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I didn't name it! ;))

  • @yuanbocai6866
    @yuanbocai6866 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is this duwamish river

  • @philipdennis-rh7uj
    @philipdennis-rh7uj หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Yakima or Cle Elum ?

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  หลายเดือนก่อน

      Neither - shoot me an email at flyfishdan@gmail.com and I'll give you the scoop

  • @markmacintyre3422
    @markmacintyre3422 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Link to Keaton on Instagram isn’t working…

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fixed! (I hope)

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      facebook.com/keaton.zyskowski

  • @thestepcast
    @thestepcast 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is near Seattle? You would never know just how close to town you are - pretty incredible!

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very near Seattle - give Keaton a shout and I am sure he'll give you full scoop.

  • @jaysung2725
    @jaysung2725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I know that guest! May recognize some spots too? 🤔 haha great job, fish Ooon! 🐟

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice! Thanks for taking the time to watch Jay!

  • @flyguy3827
    @flyguy3827 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow - very cool fishery!

  • @MV-Dan
    @MV-Dan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My local river, I love getting a couple hours in after work. I don’t carry a streamer and a dry rod, I carry a sculpzila and a dry rod.

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      sculpzilla is an amazing fly indeed - love that river!

  • @thejazzykatty
    @thejazzykatty 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    went here last night, lost a fricken toad

    • @FlyFishDan
      @FlyFishDan  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@thejazzykatty dang!