Fly Fishing for Wild Trout in the Lewis River Washington State & Gifford Pinchot National Forest
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- Fly Fishing for Wild Trout and White Fish in the Lewis River
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Nothing better than fly fishing a free flowing river for wild rainbow trout and native fish - beautiful fish and amazing scenery!
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Am I the only when that gets super stoked when I cross a bridge and see a new river for the first time?
I know exactly how you feel!! :))
I love watching your videos and you have inspired me to finally start documenting my own adventures as well. I live in Randle, WA and spend my days fishing, backpacking, paddling, camping, you name it. My friends and family have been telling me for years to document all of these amazing adventures and I truly don’t know why I haven’t. We live in one of the absolute most beautiful places in the world. I have to pinch myself every day because I cannot believe where I live. I grew up around spin rods and am newer to fly fishing and have gained some useful info from you. Much appreciated. Fish on!
Thank you! Very kind of you to say, thank you. Love the inspiration and I wish you all the best!
Really enjoying your videos! I especially appreciate your positivity and friendly vibe!
Thank you Tom - I appreciate your kind words. Exactly why I started the channel just over a year ago. Crazy and sometimes negative times these days - I wanted to spread a little positivity. Cheers!
Great content! looks like a very healthy river.
Thank you! It certainly was - nothing like a river flowing through an old growth forest.
Nice vid. I'm guessing those are young landlocked steelhead landlocked by the dams placed years ago. Good size to them, but unless you can catch a 10 - 12 inch or more rainbow that has that exact appearance, then I'm sticking with baby (Steelhead) rainbows. Juvenile Rainbow have parr marks on their sides in Western WA and OR. Once mature, the parr marks disappear. On the east side of the Cascades, a mature Redband Trout - subspecies of Rainbow retain parr marks in adulthood. Loved the river up there in GPNF.
Just saw this comment pop up! Sorry for not responding - thank you for taking the time to watch and for your thoughtful comments - I do appreciate that! Cheers!
That comment was incorrect. I double checked - apparently some wild coastal Rainbow do maintain parr marks into adulthood. Looks like fun up there. Perhaps I'll make the 90 minute drive some Summer day and give it a try. Thanks!
Thank you! Definitely worth the trip - beautiful scenery. Nothing better than fishing a river that flows through the old growth. Cheers!
Going up there tomorrow to fish for the wild trout too!
Nice! Hope you do well!
@@FlyFishDan Caught a nice rainbow maybe about half pound and a small bull trout
@@ItzSoltz nice! A bull trout?? No way!
@@FlyFishDan Yeah, apparently there are a lot of them there.
Love your channel brother
Thank you!
Seen these down on my neck of the woods
nice 👍 keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
Hey there Dan...dig your videos! Was actually trying to head up to north fork lewis this weekend...any suggestions? I don't have much luck fishing anything other than drys for some reason. ...lol...Also, which area is fly only?
Anthony Grijalva awesome and thank you! The section above Swift Reservoir is fly fishing only. Dries should be the ticket this time of year - good luck!
Love the place you're fishing beautiful scenery, BUT white are you releasing those white?
Thank you! I suppose I’ve never considered keeping them. Are they good eating?
@@FlyFishDan Actually I was mistaken after looking at it again, those are whitefish and suppose to be really good eating. My mistake was I thought it looked like a pikeminnow