A Weekend Fly Fishing the Pisgah National Forest

Liberty North Carolina for college I wasn't much sure what to expect the only thing I knew was at Mountain stream fishing was a little different than Missouri creeks and rivers and while the first couple weeks of classes haven't gone well it was really itchy to get out and explore some of what North Carolina had to offer there's a lot of famous rivers famous creeks in North Carolina but a lot of the fishing is actually just in public land just on little creeks and little Rivers where I decided to explore this weekend was called The Pisgah National Forest so welcome to the video as you learn together and weekend of exploring the biscuit after church on Sunday Labor Day weekend I loaded up the Ranger and left campus with excitement The Vibes were high as we trips to the countryside windows down listening to music the lives were quickly corrupted as it appeared that every person in the city of North Carolina had the same idea I did for three day weekend barely being able to find a parking spot and not wanting to deal with the crowds I turned the truck around and headed to plan B which required some off-roading when I got there I met this very nice gentleman who gave me some great advice for fishing North Carolina I like his his YouTube Down Below very nice gentleman he's kind of have to lead me to a good spot where I could camp and fish and not run into all the crowds after three hours of driving I was really ready to get there and start fishing so took out the rods and rigged them up but before I could start out I had to start the adventure off right with a sandwich before we knew it we were wrong I started making my way up the creek in search of fish stop at some Pools by some waterfalls or I knew it also my first little fish of the day that folks is a wild brook trout yeah holy smokes that is cool guys I've never been so excited for such a small fish that is so freaking cool holy crap oh baby that may even be a native fish I don't I don't not familiar with the Stream I mean absolutely stunning fish holy crap guys oh they've been so excited for such a small fish sorry buddy buddy okay I want to put them in front of the big camera but he's hurting I'm gone all right there he goes oh guys that is so cool that is so cool I know you're thinking Aaron you just caught a fingerling fish and I would answer with yes I did just get your fingerline too but that is a brook trout which is a super cool fish that is native to this area now I like I said I don't know the biology of this Creek I would love to but if that was a native Brookshire that means that that was put here by God nobody ever touched him nobody he never rode in his ancestors never rode in the truck to get here and he reproduced that is so cool guys oh man this is fun I'm freaking out just because that's like my first Brook shot out here that's what I've been been trying to chase since I've been here so nevertheless super cool fingerling fish and uh let's get some more that's a big fish no he came off that was another Brookie that was cool okay I'm gonna be on to something now folks that was another Brookie that was cool it was a little better all right my phone um my GoPro died my camera's back there I just got this little nice rainbow I don't have my net so I don't I can't ah sorry buddy oh that was sweet oh that's real cool right here this is awesome all right folks that was fun um don't be like me bring a net don't be an idiot I just got too too caught up and then then the fish can be okay I got him unpegged and I kept him in the water um but then I couldn't get more pictures for you guys kind of nice so don't be like me don't be dumb um but yeah that was super cool first rainbow at high elevation um that's really dang cool so now right now I'm heading back Downstream it got really tiny up here and pretty thick um so most of this is a tributary and most of the bigger pools are going to be towards the main river and I also figured since it was uh cone since we uh since it's summer official main river was from up River to the tributaries so yeah we bought an hour hour and a half until sunset so I'm trying to go to bed and ride into sunsets when I'm tired and so I get up early and fish the morning because that should be good too so yeah keep going this is it's pretty dang fun guys I'm not gonna lie to you this is awesome we live back Downstream I managed to lose one nice rainbow under the world and then I had a little reset and had a little fly change I've been having to go with it so I just switched up to a little yellow parachute atoms it's the closest thing I've been thinking and uh then we moved on to the next pool and this happened foreign that's a nice fish that is nice fish oh come here baby come here baby where's my net at oh I'm stuck in the world [Applause] oh no where's that not on camera oh I hope that was on camera guys that was freaking awesome are you kidding me he destroyed that fly First cast folks first nice rainbow of the night on the First cast he's ready to go I'm gonna give you guys a quick look at him absolute Beauty of a fish that is awesome all right he's ready to go I'm ready to get him gone too see you buddy there he goes let's go just like that first cast I knew I had I had a good feeling about that fly too that was the first cast in the new pool so I don't think I've ruined the new food so let's even get any more in there another one here guys Come to Papa Come to Papa baby this is awesome yes sir that is awesome yes that is just stunning how pretty these guys are here we go folks oh I'm sorry I just want to give you guys a quick look at it that is Johnny again this guy she's see you later sir oh my gosh guys this is this makes my heart Happy this is freaking awesome two out of the same pool and that is so cool after that fish I caught one more tiny rainbow where I caught that first Brookie in the waterfall after that little fish I decided to hang up the hammock right at the top of the waterfall go to bed natural white noise is in the night but uh oh it is about seven o'clock even though my camping spot was probably one of the coolest spots I've ever camped at I did not sleep super great that's all right anyways I woke up pretty early and packed my stuff out and it was beautiful so I can see the Rangers still sitting there packed up the ranger grabbed a quick bite to eat and then headed over to my next spot just a couple miles down the road with a super cool waterfall where I started fishing I'm really glad I got to that first spot when I did because evidently it's a very popular spot as evidenced by the dude taking a swim in the morning while I was fishing that made me laugh and also kind of made me mad but anyways I was still able to pull a nice rainbow out of the falls while he was still swimming in there so that was pretty exciting nice little bow out of here caught him on a stimulator I believe but after that folks I'm not gonna lie to you it was pretty swell um fish down the creek probably for another half mile or so taking my time there's some absolutely beautiful holes but enough I did manage to swing one nice Rainbow on a little dry dropper but that was my day for the day but it's also part of the part of the process when you're learning to fish a new place when you're exploring a new place sometimes just have tough days and that's all right folks that does in fact bring us to the end of today's adventure this weekend was a really really fun one I'm really glad I went I learned a ton about North Carolina fishing I did not know before and yeah I know just opened my eyes to A Whole New World um and style fishing I'm really really excited to explore in the future she had the experience camping in the mountains and hiking in the mountains by myself and went out and not soon forget hopefully a lot more to come as well so I really appreciate you guys all tuning in hopefully there'll be many more of these episodes we'll see y'all on the next one foreign 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Length: 11min 37sec (697 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 08 2023