Fly Fishing in Glacier National Park
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- We brought a fly rod along on our family vacation to Glacier National Park and had several opportunities to do some fishing in multiple regions of the park. Not only did we get to experience some of the beautiful scenery of the Rocky Mountains but also caught several fish, including some native west-slope cutthroats! This was a trip I will never forget. Hope you enjoy the video!
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Tight lines and Merry Christmas,
Doug and Dan
Poor presentation...and a shallow mind keeps the 6""rs coming in!!!!
Good job men!!! Glacier is so beautiful. I did not catch anything in Avalanche Lake either but it was one of the coolest experiences of the 2016 trip. I believe the water temp in the upper end was 42 in July!! Your wildlife footage is awesome!! Keepem coming!!
Glacier was an unbelievable place! I think everyone in the family was in awe! I have to give credit to my sister for getting the footage of the bear and cubs. Her lens was a bit better for the job and she got some great video of them! Thanks for the support, as always, Craig!
WildBlue Discovery I agree
wauuuw, what a beatyful place, thank you for sharing,
My God, what a beautiful place! You are blessed to have such a place! And still with lots of fish! It really is a paradise! Greetings from Brazil!
Thanks for tuning in and thanks for watching!
The best part about this video is I recognize most of the places you’re fly fishing. I live about 20 minutes away and learned to fly fish in the park. I’m glad you enjoyed.
It is a really special place! You are blessed to live so close to such a wonderful place. Thanks for watching!
Why doesn’t this guy have more subs
More subscribers would be nice haha! Thanks for watching and commenting!
Probably hasn't had the cops called on him or bought an amazon return box yet...
That’s fair
@@DungeeFishing Lol
When your good its hurts!!
This was beautifully shot and edited. Look forward to more vids. First time watcher and sub from Charleston SC!
Really glad that you enjoyed the video! Thank you for the sub! There will be plenty more videos to come in the future. Thank you for watching!
Cool me to i live in west ashley
That glacier water is amazing.... I need to get out there someday
I would definitely recommend it if you get the chance! Glad you liked the video. Thanks for watching!
First video I've watched from your channel and it looks amazing! Reminds me when I fished the bow river near lake louis in Alberta.
Thanks for the kind words! Sounds like the now river would be a beautiful place! Check out some of our other videos if you enjoyed this one. Thanks for watching!
What did you say? "you literally can't touch one" like to remove the hook? its like falling in a cave and the guide says "uh, well you're really not supposed to touch them"......
The guide is right. Any handling is dangerous to fish.
That place looks like heaven on earth..
Truly a gorgeous place! Thanks for watching!
Beautiful video Doug, breathtaking backdrop.
Thanks Mike! I'd go back every year if I could! Beautiful out there.
What time of the year was the footage and what camera were you videoing on? Thanks for sharing, amazing scenery.
We took this during the last week of July. Seems like a great time to be out there judging by everything we saw. We filed everything on a sony A6000. Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment!
Great video. I love the line at 9:55... "That was Awesome!... ...JUST ONE MORE CAST!!"
Haha the fisherman's famous line lol thanks for watching!
#onemorecast haha awesome video!
Thank you and really glad you enjoyed it!
Great video and scenery, reminds me of Jasper and Banff National Parks. We will be stopping in Glacier as I am going to Montana for vacation next July. I am watching your videos( subcribed) to finalize the fishing spots we will try while we will be there, staying near Anaconda. I am also from the East, a little north in Canada. Thanks for the vids.
Really glad you you're able to find the videos helpful! You'll really enjoy it!
We really want to make it to Banff and Jasper some time. It looks beautiful there! Thanks for watching!
WOW, just wonderfull !
like from France
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video!
That was a great video! Thanks for sharing your Glacier trip. I enjoyed every minute of it!!
Thanks for the kind words! Really glad that you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching!
Man, me too!!!!!
Great video! Very beautiful place! I live in Russia, and your videos help me learn English. Thanks! In my country fly fishing is rarely occurs so it very interesting for me. (Sorry if i wrote somthing wrong)
Glad we can be of some assistance! Thank you for watching!
Vodka?
This was a great video to watch very beautifully done. I'm 60 and new to fly fishing so I used your video is a tutorial I'm looking forward to seeing more
The water clarity is astounding and totally beautiful. And thanks for the gentle handling and quick, safe releases.
Our pleasure! Thank you for watching!
Awesome video guys!
The scenery looks just amazing...
Greetings from germany!
Thank you for watching! Danke!
Beautifully filmed, and very well done overall. What a wonderful experience. The fish at the 18min. mark were gorgeous! I am for eating the rainbow anywhere in cut territory. Only one thought if you don't mind: Too much false casting will really cut down on your takes.
Great video!! We were just at Waterton Lakes National Park just across the boarder from glacier. Once the boarder opens up there I'll have to go back for some fly fishing there!!
Such Beautiful country!! Another Fantastic video guys!
Thank you Mark! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Great video! We were there in the second week of August this year. Wild fires had closed the west entrance, so we were stuck with long drives to the two eastern entrances, but it is beautiful even amongst the smoke..Caught a bunch of cutties floating the Flathead River from Columbia Falls to Kalispell too, great fish!
We were there during the first week of August and the day after we left they closed areas of the park. We lucked out! I would love to float that section someday! I bet it was gorgeous! Thanks for watching and thanks for the comment!
nice video-I live near the park and if you head into the backcountry there are lakes and streams with BIG fish....best to overnight it and possibly catch 4 to 5 lb. (and larger ) RB and WSCT....there are books also describing the better fishing if you have time to get out of the "touristy" zones...always beautiful in the park-one of the main reasons we all live up here-I know you had the family along but serious anglers out there should have a night or two to get to serious fishing, incredible scenery, and the record cutthroat (13 lbs.) was caught in the park
It would have been great to have had time to hit up some of those areas! We love backpacking and it would have been great to have made a trip back into the backcountry! We will add that to the bucket list for sure! Thanks for watching!
What lakes in particular?
Red Eagle has the MT record for cutthroat-very old record. It hasn't been as good since fires but still big fish. I caught several over 5 lbs. years ago. Gunsight has big fish, fished Medicine Grizzly last year and caught nice fish. Even Hidden Lake up at Logan Pass can be amazing. One could spend the whole summer in the park backcountry going to small lakes and catching big fish. East of the divide at lower elevations better for flyfishing as they are more open country .I have never taken a pole up to Avalanche-I'm glad you did! Also if you are coming from the East their are very productive lakes on the Blackfoot Res-I just started last summer but will be getting my Res license every year now.@@PROCOTRDOCTOR123
Passionate Forager thanks for this info.
Very nice video, good graphics, very well organised, I guess this place is now on my bucket list.
I highly recommend it! Glad you enjoyed and thanks for watching!
beautiful scenery I pay this like Indonesia, comfortable, peaceful, and cool, I had a nice vacation, sultan from Indonesian
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The most beautiful NP in the lower 48, but I am prejudiced. Lived just North of YNP. Itty bitty fish in that narrow stream. Water so clear because no nutrients to color water or to sustain big fish. You should look at backpacking into high mountain lakes in Beartooths, etc.
The color of those rivers is amazing!
It is a gorgeous place for sure! Thanks for watching!
Foam is home
Great video. I go to Victor, Idaho in September and we fish Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and Montana, time is limited so we pack it in. I think the beauty out weighs the fishing, sort of, not really.
Haha I have to agree with you there lol. Sounds like a great trip! Appreciate the comment! Thanks for watching!
Leave those little trout alone. Fish for the big ones with a hornberg, muddler, gray squirrel tail, white maribou, jassid, adams, cahills, and maybe even some concoction made from feathers on an old lady's hat. My cousin once caught a 16 inch, two pound brook trout on some wet fly that he tied on his first cast.
Great vids fellas. I've been through GNP twice but didn't fish. Thanks for sharing, have a great Christmas. Sub'd.
Thank you for the sub! Glad you enjoyed the video. Merry Christmas!
19 min. video and 7 ads, really TH-cam.
youtube is slowing loosing me for that reason. i did not finish this video even though I love Glacier NP
Awesome video. I can’t wait to do some fly fishing this year! Love it
You know it’s a bow when you see it launch out of the water. Cuts are lazy and they taste better. I ate them everyday backpacking through the bob marshall when I was 10.
What an incredible adventure! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Merry Christmas!
Thank you for watching! Merry Christmas!!!
Thank you, for an absolutely wonderful video!
Thank you for watching! Glad that you enjoyed!
What time of year did you go?
We went during the end of July
I really enjoyed your video. My wife and I went to Glacier 5 years ago after I retired. I could not find out any info on fishing in Glacier anywhere but I always pack a fly rod everywhere I go. We hiked just about every trail there. The scenery is second to none anywhere in the world. My fishing experience was similar to yours but I was lucky enough to catch many beautiful small cutthroats almost anywhere I tried. Definitely a hiking and scenery place to put on your bucket list. Take a fly rod to fish while your wife/partner/family takes a break. Don’t forget your bear spray!!!!
Spot on! Phenomenal scenery is what glacier is all about. Enjoying the views is the priority in the park and fishing is just something to add on to the experience!
What time of year did you do this trip?
We were there the last few days of July and the first few days of August. Just a few days before the big fire so we were very fortunate in that regard!
Excellent video enjoyed every minute of it
Thank you for watching and thanks for the comment! Glad you enjoyed!
Thinking about going to school up at Montana State, already giving me something to look forward to!
It would be an awesome place to go to school! The fishing possibilities would be endless!
hi there - i realize this video was put up in 2018 so not sure if you still get comments, but i'm visiting GNP in July - my first time in that area. Would love to pick your brain a bit about the park as well as the fly fishing. Let me know if there is a way we can connect? thanks!
Send me an email at Daniel.roberts.psu@gmail.com
Nicely done!
I remember going through the park as a kid, wanted to fish but the family didn’t stop...😕
Great panoramas, nice perspectives in many of your scenes.
Motivates me to visit the Park again!
Thanks!
Even though we didn't have a ton of time, it was still nice to be able to wet a line! Just so awesome to fish in scenery like that! Thank you for watching and thanks for the comment!
Did you carry bear spray on the trips fishing in Glacier because bears are a constant problem there??
If get a chance to go back try the North Fork of the Flathead River up by Polebridge
Nice video fellas, that bow was gorgeous!
It was a very fun fight! It was quite the jumper! Thanks for watching!
Nice video but you need to bend the barbs and try not to handle the fish if you can - will ensure a much higher survival rate
Thanks for posting. I visited the park in '94 but couldn't fish it and always regretted that. Good to see you doing it!
Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!
truly wonderful video thank you for sharing you hav rejuvenated my spirit today, creeks and rivers in Glacier can't wait to get back
Thank you for your kind words! Glad that you enjoyed the video!
Montana resident for +5o years the best fly fishing in my opinion are Big Mo, Gallatin river, Madison, Big hole and the Yellowstone !! but my favorite getaway is with out a doubt is the Mussleshell. Glacier park is my favorite park in the united states, with the Frank Church river being my second choice with Yellowstone NP. love your guy videos, a little more panoramic views would be appreciated !!!
{Musselshell on fly rod with 3-4 b small mouth is a fisherman's thrill. I have caught the occasional 5 pound bass, what a fight.
cutthroats up north are plentiful and big, you got walleye 5 pound browns 12" brook and some rainbows. There is also paddle fish in the lower parts. SSSSSShhhhhh secret }
Thanks for the info! I'll keep that between us lol
Headed out to Montana now for some fishing actually and going to do some filming as well. I will definitely incorporate more panoramic scenery! Really appreciate the feedback! Thanks for watching and tight lines to you!
Sweet vid. Us PA boys need to get together and fish
Thanks George! We should definitely try to get together and fish sometime!
New rule: if you feel you MUST hold a fish out of the water for a photo op then YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH TOO. HOLD YOUR BREATH THE WHOLE TIME THE FISH IS OUTA THE WATER!!
Thanks for commenting. We really take care to make sure fish are handled safely. We unfortunately disagree with your rule as that is entirely too long to keep a fish out of water in our opinion. Just to note, we film in 60 and 120 fps so a clip that might appear as 10 seconds long is in reality only 5 or even 2.5 seconds long in order to achieve our desired frame rate. Thanks for your concern.
What types of flies are you throwing? Heading out there this summer
Thank God for people like you!
Hi there!
What location, was the last spot you guys were fishing at?
Great video and good spot....👍👍👍
That waterfall at 13:00 is awesome. I caught a really nice lake trout in that same pool in 2017.
We know of someone else that caught a lake trout there too. I would have loved to have hooked into one! I wonder if we weren't low enough. Maybe more weight would have done the trick.
Looks like the waterfall from Red Dead Redemption 2
Great time and video, I'll have to watch again.
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed! Thank you for watching!
Amazing video! Now I want to go!!!
I live right there on the reservation come back up take you guys to the lakes hook onto some 8-10 pound Rainbows!!
Someone in Missoula showed us a few pictures of some fish he caught on lake hook. Looks like an awesome place to fish! I would love to fish it some time! Unfortunately we were on a tight schedule while we were out there. Maybe next time though! Thanks for watching!
Nice quality film man, can appreciate a good short fishin film!
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching!
make sure you guys hit the N. Fork of the Flathead on your next trip. Rent a raft and float that sucker, gorgeous, and tons of fish (not a lot of size but there are some good ones)
It's on our list! I would love to someday. Thanks for the comment!
I have been to Glacier to some of the spots you went but have never been fishing there yet! I need to get out that way! Glacier is my favorite place on earth
I think I can speak for my whole family when I say that it was the most beautiful place we've ever been! Loved it there! Thanks for watching and thanks for commenting!
We were there in mid July. Truly God’s country. The only place better is Jasper National Park in Alberta.
Mine too.
Hi! Which camera did you making this video? 👍
We used a sony A6000. Thanks for watching!
That fish definately wasnt a rainbow. It looked like some hybrid of the golden trout
No.
Which spots did you fish? I’m going in a week and am incorporating some fly fishing into my hikes.
Any place that looked fishy, really - two medicine and St Mary falls were the main places in the video. Have a great time on your trip! Good luck fishing!
Hey you guys do beautiful videos, I love your videos, you really catch some beautiful trouts. been following you since some long. You guys inspired me and I started a TH-cam channel, I am based in the other part of world in North India based in Himalayas, Place known as Kashmir, I hope you would have heard about it. We get one of the best rivers to fish, Kashmir Also known as the paradise on earth. I am trying to show the world about our streams & trouts we have. Hopefully you would love it. Thanks 😊.
Just stumbled across your channel and really enjoy the videos! I fly fish for bass and bream in Texas. Could you do a video explaining your thought process in fly selection when you arrive at new waters?
We will add that to our list! As a general suggestion, i try to tie patterns that are suggestive, meaning they represent alot of different bugs well. When i get to a new stream i flip rocks and decide what type of aquatic life there is, then start with a suggestive pattern. I will say, however, that presentation trumps pattern selection. Presenting your flies in the right water column, at the appropriate drift speed, etc. is most important! Hope this helps
To add to this, we were guests on the Bugs and Beards podcast where we had a discussion on self guiding and touched on this briefly. Might be of some interest to you
Where were you at at the end of your video heading out there for 4 days this august?
Hello,do you know why the trees did die at 1.26 min ,17 min and 18.05?Thanks.
A pine beetle I believe, but I could be wrong. Thanks for watching!
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwsome beauty.
Holding catch and release fish in the centre, out of the water, with one hand damages their nervous system resulting in a mortality rate of 80% within 3 days of release.
Sticking a hook in their lips isn't helping them out much either. Unfortunately that is just fishing. All we can do is try to handle the fish as responsibly as possible with wet hands and only a short time out of the water. Appreciate your concern.
16:00 what part is that? Beautiful clear blue water
I've driven through Glacier twice, done the hike to the overlook at the visitors center at the top of the sun road once, never had time to fish. Truly jealous! Such an incredibly beautiful, wild and captivating place.
We were there for 5 days and I still wish we had more time! So much to do and see there. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching!
@@BackyardBassin definitely a bucket list trip! Especially with family and friends.
Fantastic video especially with the drones, soo cool and the country is soo beautiful. The trout are beautiful too.
drones ruin the nature experience for other visitors, stay in the city.
“ one more cast” the wife’s worst nightmare
I get many an eye roll when I utter those words to my wife lol
Backyard Angling that’s funny
Backyard Angling have you fished Washington state
We have not, but I would love to do some fishing in the Pacific northwest!
Bellissimo video e luoghi meravigliosi !!!! Fantastici!!! Purtroppo in Italia non abbiamo parchi e fiumi così belli. Chissà se un giorno avrò la fortuna di fare un viaggio nei vostri luoghi. Grazie e buona fortuna! Ciao
Incredibly gorgeous scenery out there! Thank you for sharing it with us.
While I sit here in my nice warm house with the below zero temps outside, it's videos like yours that get me excited about Springtime here in Upstate New York.
Thank you! Really appreciate your comment. TH-cam helps us get through the winter too. As does tying flies!
@@BackyardBassin I'll be tying a few Green Weenies up over the winter if the temps in my basement shop get above 50. LOL! I think they would do great up here, as we tend to get a lot of inchworms in the warmer months.
A green weenie is one of my favorite flies to fish in late summer. I even like fishing them in the spring to represent a caddis larvae. It's going to get a bit warmer here in PA in the coming week so maybe you'll get your opportunity
Very cool! Thanks. Glacier's wonderful. Wish you would have named the waters you guys fished.
Wonderful video! Do you mind sharing the soundtrack? Very soothing.
Gorgeous water and fauna, great upload.
Thank you! We were really lucky to have seen so much wildlife in the park. The flora was beautiful too since our trip coincided with peak wildflower season!
We call that "extended releases".
Super nice video
Great video. My wife and I will be there in August. I was trying to decide if I should take a rod. Looks like the answer is Yes. Is there decent fishing that you don't have to hike far to?
Hard to believe people are netting tiny fish like that. Learn to release fish without netting. Even a silicone or catch and release net dangers the outer slime of salmonids. I'm totally barbless and have released hundreds of fish between 3- 7 lbs easily without ever netting.
We fish barbless hooks as well. Isn't a rubber net much better than touching the fish with rough hands that contain oils and bacteria? What are your thoughts on fishing multiple flies? How do you stop a flopping fish from hooking itself on another fly or from hooking your own hand? I am of the opinion that a net should be used for the sake of the fish. That seems to be the consensus in the conservation community. Also, putting a hook in a fish's jaw probably doesn't do them any favors either. Thanks for sharing your opinion though
You are the first person I have ever seen that has said that rubber nets are bad to use... In order to land the fish by hand do you have to fight it closer to exhaustion? I can't imagine bringing in a 3 to 7 pound fish and landing it by hand without the use of a net. That seems very irresponsible to me as it would likely kill the fish. Please use a net in the future.
Sounds like PA native. Great footage. Enjoyed watching
Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!
Backyard Angling i just started going through more of your uploads and saw you In fact are from Pa so I was spot on picking up that accent! I really enjoy your content and look forward to more
Haha yes, that was a great guess! I've been told my accent is across between Pennsylvania Dutch and Pittsburghese lol
In the park, can you spin or only fly fishing is permitted?
Only fly fishing I believe, but I'm not 100% sure on that
Did you wet those hands before touching fish???
Always do
A tenkara rod would have been great. Wind and deep pools not ideal for it though.
Really would like to get one for things like this. Just did a long backpacking trip recently and decided that I will definitely get one at some point in the future. Thanks for watching!
Nature doesn't get much better, incredible!
Thanks for sharing .
Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
yes it does, much better without the drones and yelling.
Hey guys, just wanted to tell you that this is one of my favorite fly fishing videos I’ve ever seen! I’m from Oklahoma but my heart is in N.W. Montana. Been there and loved it! I’m just now trying to learn fly fishing but would love to try it in Glacier National Park. Thank you and keep up the good work!
Justin Simmons
Thank you for the kind words Justin! It's comments like yours that really motivate us to create fly fishing content! Best of luck to you in your fly fishing pursuits! Tight lines!
All the western mountain states are awesome and beautiful. I recently moved to DFW and it sucks! All these hot, humid,flat mud water states suck ass! Even the bass fishing sucks ass here and texas is supposed to be the paramount of bass fishing. I miss chasing trout in clean cold mountain streams. But now I'm stuck here with citified,muddy lakes getting sunburned just to end up catching nothing but gars and fucking turtles once I got more money I'm getting the fuck out of here
Will the bus driver remove the hook thingy in the fishes jaws for 2 dollars extra ? ?
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Do you even fish bro? No net rookie!!! Oh your video needs more adds.
Nah, net is too big to take on a hiking trip. Don't want to deal with it. That's what hats were invented for lol thanks for watching!