Fly Fishing YOUTUBERS - the GOOD, the BAD, and the REALLY BAD
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Brian with Mad River is a good guy. He’s been around forever and has a plethora of knowledge. He’s just really chill like allot of us Midwestern folks
Wild Fly has hit a niche for me. I'm nerd for good camera work, awesome editing and someone being genuine. I will watch a series like a movie and it's so enjoyable. For the comment them being young and not great fisherman. Everyone has a starting point and grows to maturity eventually.
I really enjoy Drew’s videos. The dude fishes hard and gets after it.
I gotta admit I like Drew 2
Drew also stated in one of his other videos, that the purpose for his TH-cam channel was to be a video journal for himself and he didn't really care what anyone else thought.
Agreed! What's more relatable than driving out to some small stream, trying to get away, and catching a bunch of small fish.
Agree. Drew's videos are relaxing, relatable, and informative. Just the king of fishing/camping I'd love to do.
Entertaining videos but I’d like to see him fish those streams with 6x tippet and give the fish a fighting chance.
The dude from Red's flyshop makes some nice in depth videos. And he is not advertising so much. I really appreciate that.
Nah, all that guy is trying to do is push product, he's never met a rod he doesn't like!
@@gregb8824 It's because he only fishs stuff he like I guess. But he do not push certain brands etc. He really has some good tipps though.
I concur, Joe from Red’s does a great job explaining technique and gear. He works for a fly shop, but I don’t feel he is pushing gear as much as giving information to make an informed decision. Plus I envy the fact that he fishes on his lunch break.
Better yet This channel and Joe give the best advice for teaching kids.
That channel is one giant commercial…
Did anyone else see "Grizzly Bear" listed as a fish Ben has caught?? Love it, great video. I clown on the same peeps you clown on.
Ben the authority! Bud keep making 2 min videos about ramp etiquette.
I do like your channel man, but damn you do you and let others do their thing.
Drew rocks. Most genuine guy on the "Tube in this genre. Although I must say, I want to fish with Gareth in NZ...
Man, a big draw to Drew's channel is he's straight to the fishing and adventure aspect of the sport. He doesn't sit around and try to entertain you outside of anything but the fishing itself. He doesn't try to sell you on his content, merch, or anything like that. He's straight to the point. That's why he's so entertaining and a joy to watch. The overly hyped up, fake excitement, forced jokes, ungodly fake personalities and over the top everything really seems at odds with a peaceful day on the river.
Just my taste and $0.02
Film and Paper - Drews channel is one of the best for all the reasons you stated. Check out his reply to his latest comment on his latest video. Solid guy. 👊🏽
Really, watch him cook dinner.
Drews channel is good content much rather "watch" than listen to the mouth breathers talking like they know it all.
@@rizzoblam Then maybe you should quit watching. And Ben is right, tippet rings suck. Learn to tie a knot!
@@michaelwoehrl1746Newbie here, never used a tippet ring, but don't you have to tie two knots to use a tippet ring?
Glad to see you lifting up and supporting fellow you tubers, it's so nice to see such a sincere supportive video that lifts others up.
Wild Fly reminds me of videos in the skateboarding world, in which a good video is marked by one thing: does it make you want to go skate. Not instructional or about tips and tricks. Doesn't even matter if the skaters are that good. (Whole series dedicated to amateurs.) That's how I see Wild Fly. I appreciate that, more and more, there are different channels for different purposes. Some instructional. And some, like Wild Fly, that just get you pumped up to fish/go on a trip. Good video, Ben!
Well said.
Great comparison. It does remind me of skateboarding videos from my youth.
It’s a good comparison, and what I appreciate is Scotty and the boys aren’t pretentious about it or pretending to be something they’re not. He’s been growing in fly fishing at the same time he has been growing in filmmaking, and he’ll be the first to tell you he doesn’t get to fish as hard bc he’s trying to make a movie. I think they’re the most relatable out of all these
Well said.
What a biatch! I wouldn’t want to fish with this guy, or drink a beer with him. Luckily, this is my first and last video of his I’ll watch.
Trippin on trout. Best fly fishing channel on the inner webs
By far!
100% Alex is a cool dude and even though he's in "big trout mecca" he still makes it interesting.
You were a little hard on Drewlookinfishy and Mad River Outfitters. Let me attempt to defend their honor. The great thing about Drew’s channel is it’s all about the fish, not about the guy. He doesn’t talk over the videos or have big emotional swings every time he hooks a fish. Mad River Outfitters is the #1 TH-cam channel I’d recommend for anyone learning about fly fishing. Their info videos on every single fly fishing topic are second to none. And Brian’s voice isn’t annoying as you said, it’s like butter. That’s also the top mullet in fly fishing on his head. Respect the mullet!
If you think Brian Fleshlight isn’t annoying than you fish in jeans
@@graham5409 blue jeans lol 😆
Orvis Guide To Fly Fishing over MRO
I would contend madfitters videos are about four times longer than they need be.
And here is the common weakness in all of these channels, even Jensen.
They self-edit and are too close to what they put out. Almost all of these need someone to tap them on the shoulder each episode and say
“Tippet rings are moronic…”
“Don’t carry bear-spray” etc
@@graham5409 He is a gentleman and a professional. And he knows the difference between then and than.
Brians Mad River Outfitters videos taught me how to fly fish (and how to hold a fly rod). Incredibly informative and helpful but I get what you're saying. Your videos are different. Funny and helpful in a different way. Relax and go fishing is what I've got from them. I watch Tactical Fly Fishing and Combat for yet different reasons. You guys are all great and hope I can meet some of you someday on the river!
Mad River is great. I thought about going there for a lesson eventually since it’s somewhat local. I’ve learned a fair bit from the channel.
Yeah, Mad River is how I learned to double haul. Great videos for learning techniques and about the gear and what its used for.
Loved the video. I have to admit Tenkara Addict is my favorite. I’m new to fly fishing and I live in Kansas, so watching other people fish is a lot of fun for me. I’ve got trips planned this year to Missouri and Colorado. I don’t know anyone who enjoys Fly Fishing so I have relied on TH-cam to learn and better understand it. I went on guided trip last year and loved it. I realized when I got back my guide was focused on my catching trout (which was great), but I should have asked more questions, so that I could have learned more. Oh well, next time. Thanks for putting out your videos, they are very informative and not too long - my pet peeve. 😄
I have some friends outside of Lawrence Kansas and they have talked about a couple good smallmouth lakes out their. I live in Missouri and the main thing I fly fish for are smallmouth. And I even largemouth fish with sinking fly line. I would really suggest looking into it sir😁
I'm a fan of Drew Lookin Fishy. It's like elevator music. You aren't gonna break dance to it but you catch yourself humming along. Take a look at IB an Andy. It might be a culture shock for you but IB is funny and Andy is a hugely talented angler and guide.
Drew is a good dude. Messages me back on a forum we both participate on and always keeps it professional and has integrity
Drew looking fishy top water carp fishing is pretty rad tho.
I’m a fan of Garth channel for some of the reasons you mentioned. I watch your channel and have bought your merchandise because I like your message. It’s easy to follow and always get a laugh. Keep posting
Really hope to see you and trout hunting NZ do some content together. Definitely my two favorite fishing channels
Drews channel definitely the best on TH-cam.
He is an incredibly talented fly fisher and catches tons of good sized trout...kudos to him
For production quality, IMO it got to be Trippin on Trout. Entertaining too
I love the Jensen’s channel. Their camera work showing trout behavior is amazing, let alone that have put it out on TH-cam for us all to see. I have learned a lot from them.
I totally agree. Great music too.
I will put their vids on to pass out to. Lol
@@fishtacos89 I’ve fell asleep to many myself. Haha
Best fly fishing channel on TH-cam. Sorry, Ben. My criteria are: 1. Do I lean something 2. does it make me want to fish? I also appreciate the entertainment value
Wicked
Tripping on trout. Great channel once again fantasy fly fishing as he is backpacking deep into uncharted waters in New Zeeland. Great fishermen and it's fun to watch him slay big trout all the time.
Love your videos, especially the one your son Tenkara’d a catfish.
Really like Mad River Outfitters and Tenkara addict.
A channel I think he missed is fly fish food. Great channel for fly tying.
I pretty much watch all of them and have to say your channel is the best, can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers. Keep the videos coming.
Hey cheers bro thanks for not ripping me to bits😂. Can’t wait to link up some day🤙
How can you talk about fly fishing channels without mentioning Hank Patterson! I laugh out loud at his stuff.
I also wanted to say in regards to your channel huge fly fisherman has helped me put perspective on fly fishing as a whole. I really did believe it was a very majestic artsy thing from the outside and as a newbie. Now that I’ve become more proficient at it myself using tips from you I realized that yeah, stocked trout aren’t majestic, they will eat pretty much anything and we don’t need to be super particular or over complicate the hobby in general. And somehow you’ve also helped me learn how to be more myself and to be unique (not trying to be something you are not).
Peter Kaple with the Skiff Wanderer has been putting in WORK over the last couple years. Each video that comes out is better than the previous one. His niche is saltwater fly fishing vlogs (see the "Rough Log" series) but his other videos also have some variety to them with how-to's, Q&A, podcasts, etc. Definitely a channel on the rise and one you should check out ASAP! Pete's also an A-1 dude
Great guy- and solid videos. He works hard to bring solid stuff to the community
I’ve like fly fish Dan. He’s fun to watch, and I’ve learned a lot from him. Been watching you for a couple weeks now and I’ve learned a lot from you too. I just started fly fishing this summer. I’m still figuring out what the hell im doing but at least I can get a fly to cast past ten feet now. Lol. Thank you for your videos. They’re fun and I always learn something.
Trippin on Trout, Alex down in NZ makes some sick content
I happen to like Brian and Mad River Outfitters , they are my local shop.
Yay! Austin reppin with Alvin from All Water Guides!
Old Dominion Trout Bum is my favorite for euro stuff. The guy is amazing with a euro rod and extremely informative.
Been watching a ton of Trippin’ on Trout. Falls into that unrelatable, New Zealand category but he gets after it. No guides, just packing into remote spots and targeting monster browns.
...he is a guide
I love that he explains everything he does, like the length of his leaders, how he has the leader set up, and I love how he never gives up and just keeps changing flies. Great channel and IMO better than Gareth's TroutHuntingNZ channel.
He’s my favorite. Monster fish, fun channel to watch.
I'm a huge fan as well. My favorite channel 💪
My favourite channel too. Often goes out with Garreth from TroutHuntingNZ, but I think Alex’s videos are way better and he also does some instructional stuff.
I like your simple graphics and your videos make me laugh . So keep up the roasting.
Great fun! Quick question, when did you air the episode of your Grizzly bear fishing trip. I couldn't find it... I presume you use salmon flies, yes?
I've never commented twice in one day on one channel, but man you deserve more subscribers! Great stuff - keeps us all humble.
Flying Ties and Tactical Fly Fisher are two good TH-cam channels that have pretty good unbiased reviews, fly tying tutorials, and fishing tactics. Both are geared more for the Euro-Nymphing crowd, though. Love About Trout. I liked the arabic logo he created so much I bought a hoodie from his site.
I kind of like Zach's videos myself
Flying Ties is a really good one.
Agree, also I like purpledrake, solid flyfisher, and most vids you can spot the indicator or sighter so it’s fun to fish along.
Good vid. Are you sure about no bears in Colorado? Endo Valley possibly? I like Hardman fishing also. I like his chill chill chill when he's trying to get his fish to stop wiggling :)
He didn’t say there are no bears. He said you don’t need bear spray. I think it is more important to know what to do when you encounter a bear, instead of just freaking out and spraying yourself in the face with bear mace.
@@mcmullenflyfishing You're right he didn't say that. Use it if you need it! Thanks Nate.
Better to have and not need than to need and not have!
All of the Tenkara videos are the best. 😜 Actually, Ben, your videos are informative, entertaining, and most are short and sweet (10 minutes is great) I've been a trout fisherman for almost 50 years, but a recent fly fisherman, mostly because my midwestern streams are tiny and covered by trees, so I've been stuck to flipping under branches with a ultralight spinning outfit. Also, most of the streams don't have natural reproduction so a lot of them were caught to eat.
Anyway, keep up the good work and now that I'm a Wyoming guy and am a half hour from the stretch of the Bighorn near Thermopolis that seem to be loaded with big trout, I'm all about learning about fly fishing until I die.
Thanks for the bear tip. Dumpster fisher checking in.
Grizzly bear 🤣😂 flying ties is dope so is fly fishing the ozarks. Dope video we need a pt.2
Spot on and keep it fresh!
Bummed I didnt make the list! Tight lines everyone!
Always good for a laugh, refreshing, even to a someone like me that has fly fished for 50 years...I'm sorry, I'm still learning too. I did recently, because I'm old and can't see anymore find a neat tool for loading string onto your thread tying spools. It's called a "Bead Threader" (available at Walmart in the craft area) and you get 2 for about $2. Best tool I've found for threading the string through the spool tube! Ok, that's all I know about fly phishing, have fun and thanks for the videos!
Should absolutely check out tight loops. Super informative and they are very clever filmmakers. Their video on the last remaining rare subspecies of charr in northern Maine is a masterpiece.
Did no one mention Hardman fishing adventures? personally thats my favourite fly fishing channel with this one right behind it.
It's all trout but doesn't get repetitive. Did I miss a comment or did know one talk about hfa?
Living in the Front Range, I enjoy The Rusted Trout. No frills videos on the local waters. Good info.
Funniest part of the video was the bashing of moonshine rods immediately after a moonshine rods ad. 😂
Tight loops has some awesome films, surprised that didn’t make it on here.
I liked their earlier stuff, then the guy started narrating way too much and tried to sound too sophisticated. The newest series returned more to their older style. My gf couldn't even tell it was the same person speaking. I hope they stick with the current style.
How about “Livin on the Fly” by George Daniel? He heads up Penn States fly fishing program, has written books, been on the US fly fishing team, and is very informative.
George was the best teacher I had at Penn State. He also helped me out with equipment when I had barely any money. Phenomenal guy and extremely knowledgeable.
Penn State has a fly fishing program?! I wanna go back to school!!!!
@@kiviuq1552 and a club that has been around for 30 years!
George is one of the top Euro nymphers in the country. Good fishing and fly tying videos. He’s another good resource.
Changed my mind on George when he had DJTJ write the foreword for his book
Your entertaining and I get the impression that you know your stuff. I’m basically a bass fisherman and credentials are very quantifiable in bass fishing. I’ve just started trout fishing in the winter over the last couple years because I’m not really into ice fishing and since I live in PA just across the Delaware from the Catskills there are lots of trout streams. I’m trying to figure out if I need a fly rod and where to get the best information? You can sit in front of your cell phone and talk if your giving up the right information. Intuitive Angler will tell you the straight up Bassin info, has 100K followers and zero editing or production quality.
Hardman fishing adventures (wish it was a better name, my buddies immediately questioned me what they were about to watch when I mentioned his channels name), I think his video quality is amazing and this guy fishes A LOT and his casting precision is impressive in the small creeks, I don’t even want to know how much out takes he must accumulate. Catches so many fish that so many of them don’t even make the cut lol
I love Mad River Outfitters! Howdy from Ohio
Like butter
They’re from Canada, so it’s pretty well just trote fishing. I like.
Nope, just nope. Trout are small fry in Canada.
Saw this in my suggested videos and I panicked because I thought I’d be in the really bad category then I breathed a sigh of release when I realized no one knows about me.
Aw man, It's like when your best friend from high school and your best friend from college meet and you realize they aren't gonna be buddies too. As someone who loves mellow TH-cam channels, Drew's videos are exactly what I'm looking for, but I have fishing buddies who I would never recommend his videos to. So I get it, but ouch.
That’s a good analogy. And I know that not everyone likes my videos, too.
I watch both Drew and Ben regularly, and while I am also annoyed that Drew has been using click-bait titles for the last six months or so, watching him just methodically fish has really taught me a lot about how to read water, get drifts, etc. that you can't get from the more instructional videos, especially as someone who primarily fishes medium to small streams. That said, it's not always the most thrilling content. I'm sad to hear he's not as "remote" as he claims, but at least he's not a spot burner in that regard.
@@thelittlesparrows I figure we gotta hate the game not the player... unfortunately, people are stupid and respond to clickbait titles, so TH-camrs generally have to use them or sacrifice viewers and $$$.
Love your channel! Straight up, it's about the only one that I don't 'slide' forward at some point. My channel is just because I enjoy messing with videos - I have never said "What's up!" - please... someone shoot me if I ever do!!🤣. Keep up the good work.
Chris.
I like drew looking fishy. He has a large amount of videos in my state of Missouri which not many do just because it’s MISSOURI. But it’s still relatable to me
Drew and Mike are both good, middle of the country guy's who are relatable!
Also, check out Creek Ninjas fly fishing. They are local to me. Jacob is a guide and they also do plenty of public fishing spots. Lots of success with both private water monsters and public water monsters here around the North Ga are and up into NC and other close by areas. Come by one summer and kick it.
So good to see Mike made the cut! Such a genuine guy and would highly recommend booking that trip if your in the PA/MD Area!
Appreciate that man! I mean I skimmed this on mute the first time, because I am currently "teaching" and when I see it says "they mostly suck" I figured I made the wrong list lol. I look forward to watching this back with volume. I can say with certainty there are some really good people on this list, many of whom have either directly reached out to help, or have responded when I asked for help. Nice of Ben to do this type of thing to help the community as a whole. Well done Ben!
Keep up the great work Mike!
@@mgeiman Thanks Matt! I want to keep up at the rate I used to, but with baby 2 here, and the guiding taking off, it is hard to find time to fish, let alone edit. Appreciate the support and tight lines Matt!
@@tightliningmd 100% keep the main thing the main thing and all else falls into place!
Tight Loops, Mcfly Angler, fly fishing the ozarks, golden fly shop, tight line videos, post fly? Hell there’s probably a few I’m missing
Aw man I was hoping to get roasted 😅
I mean he kinda got ya with the AMA thing but then you go out and catch a flipping monster while manning the oars solo with sinking line. That will show em!
@@greggyows Ha ha, I'm working on AMA #14 right now 🤣
I love your channel and I admit that for the most part my channel sucks. My biggest problem is I have bass fishing on a spin rod, etc.. and crap that has nothing to do with fly tying. Anyway, I learn from guys like you and I'll keep truckin'. Keep up the awesome humor!
Don't forget to fish a Patuxent Special every now and then. Come back for the shad run! Hickories are starting to arrive at Fletcher's Cove.
Hey Huge, what do you think about Elkhorn fly rods.
Nice video , pretty much call um as you seem um . Your right about Scotty he is way good with the production and his short bus posey is good to . the last guy Mike yeh he is kind of a dope but for some reason he is a fun knuckle head . Alvin what can you say rocker turned guide with the best laugh on TH-cam I would love to take him fishing, I’m sure it wold be fun . Last but not least you , when I first came to your channel i went WTF but then I got in the groove and now I know how to hold my pole and what tankara is . Keep it Huge
Super funny. I've been fishing Utah rivers for 30 years and frankly all I care about are vids where I can spot folks fishing Utah river holes I haven't hit yet. Couldn't give a rip about open water fishing, but hey that's just me. BTW I freakin' love that hat. Where do I get one?
Love WildFly but im biased being a NC boy. Mad River taught me the basics as many habe already said. It is slow though but so is most in depth explanation.
Kanalgratis flyfishing content is great. Niklaus Bauer and Daniel Bergman definitely bring it.
Not fly fishing but Matt Nelson at NDYAKANGLER is a one of a kind gem.
How did you catch that grizzly bear, I have been chasing them for awhile but they keep spooking.
Hardman Fishing Adventures - fun hang out with a West Virginia guy fishing tiny creeks 👍. Definitely not a Huge Fly Fisherman though.
West Virginia, not Carolina
Yeah, but he just needs to give fishing the Shit Horn a break.
@@Waty8413 and be honest on fish length
@@Waty8413 you’d be surprised at what is this said creek and what isn’t…
Hardman fishing adventures. Great guys from WV, showing some nice southern natural trout. Getting better by the video with the camera and audio as well.
Haha such a great video. Truth! Love it. Totally agree about Fly All SZN. The worst fly fishing channel on the tube. Also agree about About Trout. James is a pro and a funny SOB.
I’m on the fence with LookinFishy. Other channels I like from the Colorado and NM area are NMaktima Fly Fishing and High Hole Scramblers.
If you’re ever in Georgia around the Atlanta area I can put you on track to add a new species to you fly fishing species list. The Shoal bass, only found here on the east coast. Probably a distant relation to the small mouth, but they live here in the south. But we also go small mouth in other parts of the state. I’m not a TH-camr or a huge fly fishing guy, but I like to fish and I can show you where to go. I have seen very few videos of shoal bass fly fishing
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I Love the Jensens. Loyal fan there. Bought their videos. Garreth is real, relatable, and honest. Love him. Brian has cost me over a grand over the years in product purchases from Mad River. Ben, you are a legend.
Curious how you like hardmann fly fishing adventures. I think he’s pretty good.
That’s a real good channel. I watched them back in the day when their video production wasn’t as good. It’s improved a lot. Lots of nice streams in WV.
They only thing I don’t like about them is their handling practices. I’m not the best all the time either, but they pick up the fish and put it down into the net over and over with different cameras. They could just pick it up one time and put it into the water for the release. Other than that, they get after it! It’s the streamer fishing I fell in love with, but had to un-sub.
Monday morning, 6:00am...cracking open another beer and chewing on another chicken leg watching
Huge Fly Fisherman, rigging my favorite Mooooonshine...I certainly wasted my time on this vid!
I would agree with the list presented here. Hard to find a good fishing channel. I personally enjoy the more “low production” channels without all the fancy edits etc…. Personal preference I guess 🤷🏼♂️.
Glad I stumbled upon this one:)
I can think of a few, Makflies(in depth fly tying instructional videos), In The Riffle, Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing (with Tom Rosenbauer)(He has live weekly videos on Monday afternoonon fly tying) , McFly Angler, The New Fly Fisher, Fly Fish Food, Fly Tyer Magazine,Fly F1sh, TightLineVideo, Flyfishing the Ozarks. I had to go & look some of them up on my Subscription list. Some are awesome & some are okay. MakFlies puts out more tying videos than all the rest combined. Stay healthy & FISH ON...
You should have a look at Davie Mcphail also for fly tying, he is really good, explains technique really well
Your videos are not bad. There AWESOME!!!!! Keep it up.
Thanks, Ben, for all the work you put into your channel and appreciate all the tips and entertainment. But, perhaps you haven’t looked closely enough at Drew’s channel… besides the small stream, small trout vids from the west, Drew has some incredible kayak fishing footage of giant grass carp and reds on the fly with informative tips and explanations (as well as flies and fly tying demos) that have been incredibly useful to myself and presumably many others… hence the large view count.
Probably my favorite episode. Keep it up man. I’ll throw you a beer if I see you on a float
Love it. And keep it real it’s keeps you apart from the rest.
I saw grizzly bear listed as a fish you caught!
You Suck, I suck , we all Suck🤣keep them coming. Its been my Monday routine before work for quite a while.
This made me laugh a lot… nice job…😀
Red's Fly Shop, PhelpsOnTheFly, Jensen Fly Fishing and Huge. Have learned a lot from all of them, and they each have a different approach.
+1 for Phelps
Ben where are you located? I like fly fishing I've fished some pretty cool places but I live in nor cal and haven't really explored Cali except for the American River.
Damn this was hilarious and also some great insights and advice for us smaller fly fishing TH-camrs. Appreciate it🙌🏼🙌🏼
Ya gotta love honesty; but I didn't see any bridge burning... well maybe one Mad one with a duck bill hat. You video was in my TH-cam feed; I guess I'll have to watch more, because I liked what I see so far.
I mostly agree with the list. "Wild Fly Productions" & "Tightloops" production is spot on. I do enjoy watching "Trout Hunting NZ" ok ya its not in the states however its still great content. Drews channel is great cause he doesn't talk much. He's a humble dude with no B.S
James with AboutTrout is a great guy, and a fantastic guide. I've leaned a lot by watching his videos, presentations, etc. Spent two days with him as a guide and I learned even more. Someday, I might not suck at fly fishing.
You should fish with Drew, He could teach you how to fish.
Yeah, that would be cool. I’m always eager to learn more.
Drew does the same shit over and over. If we all had that time on our hands we could literally do the same thing. It’s not rocket science what he does. I get so annoyed with his click bait bullshit too
I don't watch fly fishing videos anymore, because most of them are from fantasy land as you appropriately put it. I fish in Scandinavia and all good places are either highly limited (need to apply for permits 1/2 year before you actually plan to fish, and then hope for the best) or private. And the third options is to fish places that are too remote for most other people and during times when most people don't have their summer holidays. But such fishing is definitely not accessible for most people as I normally go on solo hikes for 10-12 days in a row to achieve this which would classify as fantasy land as well. And now to the point of this comment; this was the first fly fishing video that I watched for a very long time, and I enjoyed it! I also post videos from my hikes and although I would like to have more views I'm mostly doing for myself, and sometimes I do think that I have actually something useful and informative to share. I have for instance a video on a knot that is actually 100% proof, i.e. the line will brake before the knot (and very fast to tie) which I almost never see other people using.
I also love Whitedog Outdoors. Was hoping you'd critique him too. However, he is a euro dork so maybe that doesn't buzz across your feed too much. You should watch his Euronymphing series though. Like 6 parts and fairly informational. He convinced me to pick up a euro rod at least, but again, I too am a nerd.
The Fly All SZN was dead on 🤣
I met James this weekend outside of a shop in NM. The guy was awesome, we talked flies and rigging. James- if you’re reading this “it doesn’t work on the San Juan”
No Mention of Devon or Lance?? Flying Ties has some cool videos, very relaxing vibe.