We all wanna know where the spots are, but so glad you don’t tell us! Finding spots is part of the fun and challenge of Flyfishing! Keep up the great vids!
Drew, hang in there - you are a great guy with a terrific channel. Anytime you deal with the public, you'll get the complete spectrum of personalities: some will love you and others hate. Pity that social media can bring out some of the worst among us. I'm a retiree and spend my summers much like you, camping in my pickup truck, fishing great streams Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. On my best day, if I could be half the fisherman you are I'd be mighty proud. I hope you have a great 2025 summer planned and I look forward to enjoying new videos on your channel.
Your videos are just fine the way they are. I can understand the comments some people leave get under your skin. They are missing some of the experience which is the process of discovery. Learning how to research where a good stream might be. Keep enjoying what you do, it shows.
Great videos. Always great to see your adventures. Some people will complain about anything. Keep up what you are doing for all of us who love the outdoors!
Don't let the social media hate hook u. Your video's are fantastic. I'm 69 years old and have fished a lot of rivers and creeks in the West. I've also enjoyed your White River video. Every time I watch your video's, it feels like I'm still your age and catching fish every other cast.
I’ve been a fan of yours since you started your channel and I’ve stated before how much I appreciate you not telling where you’re fishing. In PA where I do most of my fishing, there are a lot more fishermen and I have seen wild trout streams destroyed because of UA-camrs stating what streams they are fishing. They argue that the streams are public knowledge and anyone can look them up and find them anyway. But very few people will spend the time and effort to do that. They would rather have it handed to them on UA-cam. So thanks again , Drew for what you do. I’ve been fly fishing for 63 years and I still have learned a lot from your videos. God bless.
You know, I appreciate that you take the time to put up these videos. I learn a lot from watching them, and that helps me ON THE STREAMS I FIND MYSELF!! I told my wife years ago, social media will expose all the dummies, and I sincerely mean that, and it has. Thanks for posting those comments, it is really amazing how petty and small some people can be. They are exactly why we fishermen live by the unspoken code. You know what I am talking about as this video is all about it. Take care brother! And Thank you.
I would venture to guess a lot of your viewers are return viewers/subscribers who live in completely different parts of the world that you normally fish (such as myself). It's nice to take in your vids during the cold winter months here in Minnesota, and they get me excited for when the season opens back up. And also motivates me to start planning some trips out west. So keep doing what you're doing and don't mind the fools who either A.) think you're giving up spots (which you're not) or B.) Expect you to hand feed them exact coordinates. Part of the fun - if not the main point of fly fishing - is going out, exploring new creeks and streams and striking out or finding a gem. Shame on people who are too lazy to do that themselves.
I live several thousand miles from these streams and would have trouble walking at the altitude. I could care less the name or exact location of any of these spots. I am happy that you get to fish all these beautiful streams and share the joy with me. The important message should be the way you handle the fish and treat the environment. Many thanks and look forward to more videos.
Great video. Your content is the best out there for this sort of thing...and I absolutely love this content. The amount of talking is just right. Thank you for not sharing the locations. Some people posting fishing videos on you tube are bullshitting themselves into thinking that sharing locations on the internet is a good thing...its not and almost everyone knows that. I am in Bali and love watching from over here.
Another great video Drew. Love your channel and always look forward to new releases. Never mind the stupid comments from lazy folks who want everything given to them. They want the ability to get right off their couch, hop on a plane, and be on the exact stream you've fished - and with the same results no doubt! Thanks for doing what is necessary to keep these folks off the water!
Even if you give exact GPS locations of those spots in the northwest of US, they will not be pressured. In the northwest if an angler sees another one in the 3-mile radius, they call it pressured. Most of us are watching your channel because we are vicariously fishing those streams. Very few of us have the opportunity to camp a week around those streams. So, you are providing a good thing. Please keep it up.
Drew, I love your approach to this and am so grateful for what you do. Your channel is far and away my favorite fly fishing content on UA-cam and is so unfiltered that I feel like it takes me to the stream while I’m currently in a stage of life where I don’t get our fly fishing anywhere close to what I wish I could.
Keep them coming Drew. You’re handling locations with the same respect you handle the fish. Just fine. As I’ve said before thanks for letting me experience these places thru your eyes
you ever think of putting a pole mounted go pro in those clear streams. Like i have golf ball retriever that I attached a go pro too. i can put it about 20 feet out. you could probably just lay it down there and get some cool footage of fish striking from in the water.
Keep doing what you’re doing, dude. Enjoy all the videos! I think we all see someone fishing beautiful water and catching fish and want to know where it is, but man it’s a helluva lot more fulfilling to scan maps and find new water for yourself.
Been watching you for years while I recovery from a car accident. It sucks that you have to deal with haters and shitty people that have no common sense and our keyboard warriors and attack everybody I enjoy your videos very much and you catch a lot of fish. Cool to see. Thanks for sharing.
I fished for years and years before video. I would share my experience but never give up location. Some I never returned to. You explained in one of your videos how to find these streams. Look at a map. Find the big blue line. Find the thin blue line. Find the blue hairline. Go check it out. Simple. Your videos are great. Keep it up. Eff those lazy people who just want to drive up and fish. Half the fun is finding it yourself.
Living the dream. I would love to hear your story, from your 30’s to now and how you got to where you are now traveling and fishing. What you have done for work/career and how you can make it possible to travel. Managing family, bills, etc. Really inspiring. I dream of being able to do what you do with your time. The freedom of adventure and exploring the wild to discover these beautiful streams and campsites and catching the fish that you catch. Heaven on earth. ❤ The comments you refer to are from people that don’t have anything positive to say and don’t belong on the internet, those type of people have some soul searching to do because there is a deeper routed issue that they are not addressing that has to do with their own self. Us YT fans are fortunate to experience the time you have out on the water, it isn’t easy to film and produce videos the way you do. Thank you for sharing. Keep up the great work!
by the way not one bass fishing channel says where they are other than Greg Blanchard. Literally don't worry about these fool. They are just out to ruin your day Drew.
I live in Idaho and do a lot of fish exploring and experimenting and enjoy sharing my experiences. When people ask where i catch trophy fish I tell them Idaho. The journey is as satisfying as the destination! Keep up the good work Drew!
Those comments you showed are wild! You're completely in the right, I personally would have loved to know some of the spots you hit in CO, but your video on how you do your research (that you linked to) does an excellent job of helping others follow in your footsteps. If they can't do the minimum, that's on them. And as for the people moaning about spot-burning, you never drop names, and the small water you visit could be anywhere in the west. Even in some of your older videos, where you say you're near Creede, that could be any of 100 small streams in the area. Just much ado about nothing. Your videos are awesome, hope you are doing well!
I've been watching your channel for a while. Love your fishing videos! Most folks don't want to earn things or work for things any more; they just want to be given.
The haters hate because of envy. Many people are too lazy to put in the work. Drew your videos have inspired me to go explore and learn the streams in my own state. At my age you always hope you don’t run into ass$@/#%. Like the ones that took over your camp site one year. Keep doing what you’re doing, keeps me motivated.
Screw the haters Drew!! Been watching your videos years now. Most people are just flat assed LAZY, and wont go to a fishing spot 1 hr from home and especially NOT hiking and going into streams. Theres 2 fantastic Fly fishing spots thats 3hrs from Vegas, im lucky if I see 2 other guys there the whole day.
A lot of humans are just lazy and want something for doing nothing. Good for you! Love your comments back to them. They’re losers in my mind. If they put in some leg work and pour over maps and do some homework they can locate areas like the ones you go to. Maybe not the exact ones. There are alot of great rivers/streams out there. I think that’s half the fun. Finding a gem of a river all by yourself where you see one to me is so satisfying. Almost as good as getting beautiful fish to the net. Keep doing what you’re doing and I’ll always be looking forward to each and everyone of your vids! Tightlines!
South Central Pa here.. I think most people are jealous and have demons. You worked hard to be where you are and living a dream. Enjoy and be safe! Blessed🙏
I just don't understand the mindset of some people! Let's just enjoy the videos and hope some day we can find a steam as nice as this one. Thanks for your vids Drew, you make my winter much shorter than it really is. Cheers.
Keep up the great work Drew! Some of us really appreciate the effort you put into making these videos and really enjoy them. If I want to fish those areas, I’ll get a map and talk to the local fish biologists.
Drew, I won’t speak for everyone in the younger generation but I think you embody what most of us hope to be when we get to your stage of life. Living. Out there exploring and experiencing things. I just wish my wife would let me go fish for weeks at a time😂 Keep it up👍🏼
I can totally relate to your worries....My dad (91 y.o.) fished some streams in Idaho with his brother way back when they were in college...we took family to those locations for decades (my grandma could out fish everybody and made my grandpa really mad)....this next summer I am planning a trip with my grandsons to those same spots...but they're not the same BECAUSE someone's loose lips ruined it..because they swear their friends to secrecy who then tell their friends/secrecy and so on and so forth....STAY STRONG BROTHER, YOU ARE A TREASURE.
Great channel and content! F the haters!!! I watch all your vids….been Fly Fishing for over 40 years. Ex Alaska and mid west guide….. I’ve tried like hell to figure out where you’re fishing! No luck so far.. Maybe if you’re a local, and have fished the river before, you’ll recognize it, like If I watch a video from any number of rivers in Alaska or Michigan, I’ll know the river and the run usually.
When people ask me where I fish, I tell them " in the water ". They get the idea pretty quick that I ain't giving out free directions to honey holes for others to exploit. Research is key. Stay strong, brother!
Id like to ask the naysayers\critics how they would identify the location of any stream/river posted by Drew.Montana,Idaho,Colorado,Wyoming etc all have something in common.Trees,paths,rivers,brush etc which are all common to the states mentioned.How would you identify a specific stretch of river from a video??There is a reason you have 50k subscribers.For every negative comment you get,you get 9 positive replies.Thank you for sharing your experiences and the beauty of those states.
I live in Wyoming and I have never once heard you name a stream. I think once I recognized a spot. You have done nothing wrong. I enjoy the videos, keep them coming. I’m waiting for the book of maps. 🤣🤣🤣
Would I like to know some of these streams you fish? I cannot lie, yes! However, I am more grateful that you do not divulge the name of streams. Part of the fun in fishing these locations is doing research and exploring them yourself. I once, many years ago, attended a TU meeting where the speaker talked about fishing high mountain lakes and had images of huge cutthroat and golden trout. I was surprised when he told the audience exactly where he was but commented that people are LAZY and less than 10% would ever go. I have visited that area several times over the past couple decades and I'm still the only one there. It's a shame people have to make such ugly comments. If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. Hang in there and keep up the good work.
haters always gonna hate so don't even sweat em. Plus lots could be just bots trollin' you and, like the fish you're catching, I think you're taking the bate. :) Love your channel. I watch all your vids and have no idea where you are.
Your videos make me happy that such pristine places still exist - that you return to the same place two years later to find it still pristine tells me that the people who watch your videos, like me, enjoy watching them for the simple feeling of tranquility and peace that they offer after a long day's work. Instead of saying "Hell, where's that, I gotta go there", we are saying "Wow, all is not lost, it's not only in our dreams that such places exist, thank God". That you actually walk along trails tells me that other people have also been there and yet it remains pristine. But there are people with no common sense who will visit the Garden of Eden and walk away leaving empty plastic bottles, pop cans and cigarette butts all over the place so I am grateful that you keep the exact locations to yourself. And then there are those who are born to bitch. They will even create things to bitch about. Forget about them. I cannot believe that there is a single UA-cam channel out there, no matter what the subject is about, where some folk will not get on to bitch about something. In fact, I believe that bitching is a favorite North American pastime.
Love your vids! I look fwd to each new one. Well done. Ignore the naysayers of any and all kinds. Do your thing as you’ve always done. That’s obviously gotten a lot of likes and followers fit a good reason. Haters are just the weirdo trash out there.
Great video and great points as well. If you get back to East Tennessee Tellico area, I would be honored to meet you and do some chatting. You fished with Cody and some other fellas that guide with him. Anywho!!! Haters will hate and whiners will whine. Oh well! Let em! Fish On Brotha. I hope to meet you one day soon and maybe toss some flies together. 🤙
It sucks u can’t just go fish have a great time post it so people like me who love to fish and watch with out a holes giving u a bunch of crap on the internet keep up the great videos
Drew: your fly fishing content is some of the very best on UA-cam. As others mentioned in the comments below, the haters are full of BS. You get into places most of us will only dream of ever seeing. Even if someone were to figure out where you fished from your videos, most will never have the capacity or ability to ever go there. And the very few that can put in the effort, should be able to enjoy it as you have. Keep up the great work!
Keep doing what you love to due Drew don't pay much attention to the googans if there to lazy to research and adventure out to find spots maybe they should stick to golf😉
You could actually name the streams, and I wouldn't go. I am in my 60's, with a bad leg, and not a fly fisherman, but I enjoy the videos. It's hard to believe you get negative comments.
Thanks for not sharing the location of the streams you fish. This is my absolute favorite stream, been fishing it for 20 years. There are a lot of good holes just a little further upstream from the last one you fished. Keep up the good vids.
Maybe I'm wrong, but...For the non-angler, when Drew says "burned" he means "used up," or "the fish left due to pressure." In my own guiding community we use the term "stung up." Drew, please correct me if I am wrong.
Lol.....people are so pathetic these days. "I want to go fish where you were so I can fish it out and then go to the next spot"........it is for that reason you don't say anything! If you told people where you were fishing in every video, I would unsubscribe in a heartbeat. Keep it up, Drew, and ignore the so, called other fisherman!!!!!
Those people need to grow up! Thanks, Drew, keep them coming. 99.99% of the people will not and can not find places you fish unless they're the true locals. We love your channel because you're living the dream that most fly fishermen dream about doing... I get satisfaction out of your videos as if I were there with you.
These are great small streams you are fishing. For me, even if you shared the location, I doubt I would go there. I see lots of videos where they do share location, but I do not go to those locations. I don't like to travel and solo camp anymore. I know there is a lot of hiking to get to the locations you are fishing, and after breaking my ankle solo fishing, I wouldn't risk it. I watch for the entertainment. I think knowing the state you are in is enough. If I want to explore those states on my own, I can. The only thing that would be helpful is talking about how you find these places. Are you just taking a chance that they have good fishing? I fish close to home, but in places everyone knows about. How can I find places that are good but off the beaten path?
Hit 200k today. Thank you for all the knowledge and nuggets you had thrown my way over the last months. Started with 14k last year 2023, God bless America ❤️🇺🇲
My view has always been, if it's a major, well known location and river/stream, there's no problem naming it. But if I have to do a bunch of research into access and finding the location to go fishing, the name of the area and stream is staying unknown. It really does seem like people just want to bitch and moan about everything now. I guarantee you those same people probably would have complained if you named the location too.
I hate seeing my home waters in your videos but also realize this is public land and the more people who can experience the beauty the more likely we’ll fight to keep it public. Thank you for showing the respect you do show. Travel safe.
Didn't these nasty commentors have a mamma that loved them? Mine always told me that if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all. If someone goes through the trouble to figure out where a video was shot, they probably would have found that spot on their own eventually anyway. There are not really any secret spots anymore anyway. Google Earth fixed that.
Locals 😢 cry. Your fishing in some pretty remote and isolated areas. Your bushwhacking and hiking into the areas you fish. Yeah sure some might do it , but not to many.
Cut the fly off in the bend so you don’t stress the fish, only one take per stream , 3 streams per state only once your leader needs new tipit you are done for the week, no casting to feeding fish.
The only people who know where your videos are located are people who have already fished there. Too many crybabies on here. There is no harm naming the stream if it’s a well known fishery like the Madison or South Platte. Everyone knows them anyway. There is no harm videoing a smaller lesser known stream as long as you aren’t naming it. You do good work, pay no mind to the trolls and crybabies.
Would the experience be the same if as you walked along that path you encountered. 25 or 30 other people? The path is there, obviously, because others have been there before you but they have left little evidence of their passing. As more people go there you will begin to see trash and places where some have taken a dump and left their toilet paper. And you’ll see more fire rings. The fish population will get smaller along with the average size of the fish. How do I know this? I moved to the mountains of western Colorado from Ohio in 1974 and NONE of the wild places I once frequented have been made better by being advertised, attracting more people. This degradation accelerated with the advent of the computer. You may not be there to witness this process but I assure you that it will happen. If you truly love wild places you would avoid doing things that make them tame. Also you should realize that it is the locals who are the first to know when some logging or mining company begins to talk to the Forest Service about some extraction plan they have or some developer wants the water from a stream. Not people who live in a city hundreds of miles away. They are the watchdogs of these ever fewer places you enjoy but can’t restrain yourself from pimping. Of course they want to protect something of such beauty from destruction. I find it odd that you don’t. Or, if you claim you do learn to keep silent. Otherwise you become an agent of the very destruction you claim you don’t want.
Nobody who hasn't been to this stream is going to find it from this video. Those who have been there and are interested in fishing already fish it. He doesn't say where he is. He's sharing his passion for fishing, not "pimping" any specific locations. I understand your frustration with the degradation of fishing locations--I've experienced it here in the CA Sierras. But Drew's not the issue.
He can only speak from his experience--that he hasn't seen a lot of people fishing there when he's visited. All those complaining that he's ruined the stream have absolutely nothing to base that on. Just envious trolls.
the Bull Trout spot in MT is my favorite area/river. It was a great vid and it brought back great memories. my friend and I were there once and he had a bull latch onto the cutty and didn't let go and swim away until he he had it reeled in at our feet. @littlewildtrout ditto
Most fisherman, won't bother to walk/ hike as far as you do. Keep them coming.
We all wanna know where the spots are, but so glad you don’t tell us! Finding spots is part of the fun and challenge of Flyfishing! Keep up the great vids!
Super! formidabel!magic fishing.extrem clear water!!!!
Drew, hang in there - you are a great guy with a terrific channel. Anytime you deal with the public, you'll get the complete spectrum of personalities: some will love you and others hate. Pity that social media can bring out some of the worst among us. I'm a retiree and spend my summers much like you, camping in my pickup truck, fishing great streams Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana. On my best day, if I could be half the fisherman you are I'd be mighty proud. I hope you have a great 2025 summer planned and I look forward to enjoying new videos on your channel.
Your videos are just fine the way they are. I can understand the comments some people leave get under your skin. They are missing some of the experience which is the process of discovery. Learning how to research where a good stream might be. Keep enjoying what you do, it shows.
Great videos. Always great to see your adventures. Some people will complain about anything. Keep up what you are doing for all of us who love the outdoors!
Targeting an area and exploring it is half the fun. Catching kick ass fish is a bonus.
Drew you're doin' it right dude! Love the channel & videos as they are --- keep 'em going!
Haters gonna hate. Keep doin your thing Drew!
Don't let the social media hate hook u. Your video's are fantastic. I'm 69 years old and have fished a lot of rivers and creeks in the West. I've also enjoyed your White River video. Every time I watch your video's, it feels like I'm still your age and catching fish every other cast.
I’ve been a fan of yours since you started your channel and I’ve stated before how much I appreciate you not telling where you’re fishing. In PA where I do most of my fishing, there are a lot more fishermen and I have seen wild trout streams destroyed because of UA-camrs stating what streams they are fishing. They argue that the streams are public knowledge and anyone can look them up and find them anyway. But very few people will spend the time and effort to do that. They would rather have it handed to them on UA-cam. So thanks again , Drew for what you do. I’ve been fly fishing for 63 years and I still have learned a lot from your videos. God bless.
You know, I appreciate that you take the time to put up these videos. I learn a lot from watching them, and that helps me ON THE STREAMS I FIND MYSELF!! I told my wife years ago, social media will expose all the dummies, and I sincerely mean that, and it has. Thanks for posting those comments, it is really amazing how petty and small some people can be. They are exactly why we fishermen live by the unspoken code. You know what I am talking about as this video is all about it. Take care brother! And Thank you.
I would venture to guess a lot of your viewers are return viewers/subscribers who live in completely different parts of the world that you normally fish (such as myself). It's nice to take in your vids during the cold winter months here in Minnesota, and they get me excited for when the season opens back up. And also motivates me to start planning some trips out west. So keep doing what you're doing and don't mind the fools who either A.) think you're giving up spots (which you're not) or B.) Expect you to hand feed them exact coordinates. Part of the fun - if not the main point of fly fishing - is going out, exploring new creeks and streams and striking out or finding a gem. Shame on people who are too lazy to do that themselves.
I live several thousand miles from these streams and would have trouble walking at the altitude. I could care less the name or exact location of any of these spots. I am happy that you get to fish all these beautiful streams and share the joy with me. The important message should be the way you handle the fish and treat the environment. Many thanks and look forward to more videos.
Great video. Your content is the best out there for this sort of thing...and I absolutely love this content. The amount of talking is just right. Thank you for not sharing the locations. Some people posting fishing videos on you tube are bullshitting themselves into thinking that sharing locations on the internet is a good thing...its not and almost everyone knows that. I am in Bali and love watching from over here.
Finding streams by your own is fun and satisfying. Those people should try it. Thanks for all your videos!
BZ my friend--don't let the haters get you down. Tight lines.
Another great video Drew. Love your channel and always look forward to new releases. Never mind the stupid comments from lazy folks who want everything given to them. They want the ability to get right off their couch, hop on a plane, and be on the exact stream you've fished - and with the same results no doubt! Thanks for doing what is necessary to keep these folks off the water!
Even if you give exact GPS locations of those spots in the northwest of US, they will not be pressured. In the northwest if an angler sees another one in the 3-mile radius, they call it pressured.
Most of us are watching your channel because we are vicariously fishing those streams. Very few of us have the opportunity to camp a week around those streams. So, you are providing a good thing. Please keep it up.
Drew, I love your approach to this and am so grateful for what you do. Your channel is far and away my favorite fly fishing content on UA-cam and is so unfiltered that I feel like it takes me to the stream while I’m currently in a stage of life where I don’t get our fly fishing anywhere close to what I wish I could.
Keep them coming Drew. You’re handling locations with the same respect you handle the fish. Just fine. As I’ve said before thanks for letting me experience these places thru your eyes
you ever think of putting a pole mounted go pro in those clear streams. Like i have golf ball retriever that I attached a go pro too. i can put it about 20 feet out. you could probably just lay it down there and get some cool footage of fish striking from in the water.
Keep doing what you’re doing, dude. Enjoy all the videos! I think we all see someone fishing beautiful water and catching fish and want to know where it is, but man it’s a helluva lot more fulfilling to scan maps and find new water for yourself.
you do it the right way. don't worry about the idiots. I have to worry about the same types on my channel but at a much higher volume
Great video Drew! Love watching where and how you fish. Keep taking us along for the ride. Gets me through the long cold MN winters.
Been watching you for years while I recovery from a car accident. It sucks that you have to deal with haters and shitty people that have no common sense and our keyboard warriors and attack everybody I enjoy your videos very much and you catch a lot of fish. Cool to see. Thanks for sharing.
I fished for years and years before video. I would share my experience but never give up location. Some I never returned to. You explained in one of your videos how to find these streams. Look at a map. Find the big blue line. Find the thin blue line. Find the blue hairline. Go check it out. Simple. Your videos are great. Keep it up. Eff those lazy people who just want to drive up and fish. Half the fun is finding it yourself.
You do you! You're going to find a Critic in just about everything. Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing your amazing videos
Love your videos Drew !
Living the dream. I would love to hear your story, from your 30’s to now and how you got to where you are now traveling and fishing. What you have done for work/career and how you can make it possible to travel. Managing family, bills, etc. Really inspiring. I dream of being able to do what you do with your time. The freedom of adventure and exploring the wild to discover these beautiful streams and campsites and catching the fish that you catch. Heaven on earth. ❤ The comments you refer to are from people that don’t have anything positive to say and don’t belong on the internet, those type of people have some soul searching to do because there is a deeper routed issue that they are not addressing that has to do with their own self. Us YT fans are fortunate to experience the time you have out on the water, it isn’t easy to film and produce videos the way you do. Thank you for sharing. Keep up the great work!
by the way not one bass fishing channel says where they are other than Greg Blanchard. Literally don't worry about these fool. They are just out to ruin your day Drew.
I live in Idaho and do a lot of fish exploring and experimenting and enjoy sharing my experiences. When people ask where i catch trophy fish I tell them Idaho. The journey is as satisfying as the destination! Keep up the good work Drew!
Those comments you showed are wild! You're completely in the right, I personally would have loved to know some of the spots you hit in CO, but your video on how you do your research (that you linked to) does an excellent job of helping others follow in your footsteps. If they can't do the minimum, that's on them. And as for the people moaning about spot-burning, you never drop names, and the small water you visit could be anywhere in the west. Even in some of your older videos, where you say you're near Creede, that could be any of 100 small streams in the area. Just much ado about nothing. Your videos are awesome, hope you are doing well!
I've been watching your channel for a while. Love your fishing videos! Most folks don't want to earn things or work for things any more; they just want to be given.
Thanks for the post Drew. !
Some very nice, pinpoint, casts!
The haters hate because of envy. Many people are too lazy to put in the work. Drew your videos have inspired me to go explore and learn the streams in my own state. At my age you always hope you don’t run into ass$@/#%. Like the ones that took over your camp site one year. Keep doing what you’re doing, keeps me motivated.
Nothing better than actual facts. That spot is beautiful.
Screw the haters Drew!! Been watching your videos years now. Most people are just flat assed LAZY, and wont
go to a fishing spot 1 hr from home and especially NOT hiking and going into streams. Theres 2 fantastic Fly fishing
spots thats 3hrs from Vegas, im lucky if I see 2 other guys there the whole day.
It’s wild watching the other trout follow the ones you hook up to
A lot of humans are just lazy and want something for doing nothing. Good for you! Love your comments back to them. They’re losers in my mind. If they put in some leg work and pour over maps and do some homework they can locate areas like the ones you go to. Maybe not the exact ones. There are alot of great rivers/streams out there. I think that’s half the fun. Finding a gem of a river all by yourself where you see one to me is so satisfying. Almost as good as getting beautiful fish to the net. Keep doing what you’re doing and I’ll always be looking forward to each and everyone of your vids! Tightlines!
Sorry to see you get those terrible messages. The joy you give by sharing your trips does more good than you know. Keep it up.
That's good news, Drew. You're doing the right thing. The internet does have the ability to ruin otherwise little known spots.
great little stream, glad you keep it quiet
South Central Pa here.. I think most people are jealous and have demons. You worked hard to be where you are and living a dream. Enjoy and be safe! Blessed🙏
I just don't understand the mindset of some people! Let's just enjoy the videos and hope some day we can find a steam as nice as this one. Thanks for your vids Drew, you make my winter much shorter than it really is. Cheers.
I fished this this summer and it rocked. Great spot.
Keep up the great work Drew! Some of us really appreciate the effort you put into making these videos and really enjoy them. If I want to fish those areas, I’ll get a map and talk to the local fish biologists.
Too bad mankind destroys everything it touches
Thanks for taking us along
Have a wonderful
Christmas 🎄
Drew, I won’t speak for everyone in the younger generation but I think you embody what most of us hope to be when we get to your stage of life. Living. Out there exploring and experiencing things. I just wish my wife would let me go fish for weeks at a time😂
Keep it up👍🏼
I can totally relate to your worries....My dad (91 y.o.) fished some streams in Idaho with his brother way back when they were in college...we took family to those locations for decades (my grandma could out fish everybody and made my grandpa really mad)....this next summer I am planning a trip with my grandsons to those same spots...but they're not the same BECAUSE someone's loose lips ruined it..because they swear their friends to secrecy who then tell their friends/secrecy and so on and so forth....STAY STRONG BROTHER, YOU ARE A TREASURE.
Never in my life expected someone to reveal there honey holes. That some actually demand to know is completely new to me. Wow, unbelievable .
Great channel and content! F the haters!!! I watch all your vids….been Fly Fishing for over 40 years. Ex Alaska and mid west guide….. I’ve tried like hell to figure out where you’re fishing! No luck so far.. Maybe if you’re a local, and have fished the river before, you’ll recognize it, like If I watch a video from any number of rivers in Alaska or Michigan, I’ll know the river and the run usually.
When people ask me where I fish, I tell them " in the water ". They get the idea pretty quick that I ain't giving out free directions to honey holes for others to exploit. Research is key. Stay strong, brother!
Id like to ask the naysayers\critics how they would identify the location of any stream/river posted by Drew.Montana,Idaho,Colorado,Wyoming etc all have something in common.Trees,paths,rivers,brush etc which are all common to the states mentioned.How would you identify a specific stretch of river from a video??There is a reason you have 50k subscribers.For every negative comment you get,you get 9 positive replies.Thank you for sharing your experiences and the beauty of those states.
Keep them coming. Love the videos. Keep them secret.
I live in Wyoming and I have never once heard you name a stream. I think once I recognized a spot. You have done nothing wrong. I enjoy the videos, keep them coming. I’m waiting for the book of maps. 🤣🤣🤣
Would I like to know some of these streams you fish? I cannot lie, yes! However, I am more grateful that you do not divulge the name of streams. Part of the fun in fishing these locations is doing research and exploring them yourself. I once, many years ago, attended a TU meeting where the speaker talked about fishing high mountain lakes and had images of huge cutthroat and golden trout. I was surprised when he told the audience exactly where he was but commented that people are LAZY and less than 10% would ever go. I have visited that area several times over the past couple decades and I'm still the only one there. It's a shame people have to make such ugly comments. If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. Hang in there and keep up the good work.
haters always gonna hate so don't even sweat em. Plus lots could be just bots trollin' you and, like the fish you're catching, I think you're taking the bate. :) Love your channel. I watch all your vids and have no idea where you are.
Your videos make me happy that such pristine places still exist - that you return to the same place two years later to find it still pristine tells me that the people who watch your videos, like me, enjoy watching them for the simple feeling of tranquility and peace that they offer after a long day's work. Instead of saying "Hell, where's that, I gotta go there", we are saying "Wow, all is not lost, it's not only in our dreams that such places exist, thank God". That you actually walk along trails tells me that other people have also been there and yet it remains pristine. But there are people with no common sense who will visit the Garden of Eden and walk away leaving empty plastic bottles, pop cans and cigarette butts all over the place so I am grateful that you keep the exact locations to yourself. And then there are those who are born to bitch. They will even create things to bitch about. Forget about them. I cannot believe that there is a single UA-cam channel out there, no matter what the subject is about, where some folk will not get on to bitch about something. In fact, I believe that bitching is a favorite North American pastime.
I'm glad you don't tell everybody where these fisheries are, I just wish you'd tell me....
No HELL no, you didnt destroy this stream. These streams belong to ALL of us. I NEVER keep locations that I dont own secret. Just silly.
Love your vids! I look fwd to each new one. Well done. Ignore the naysayers of any and all kinds. Do your thing as you’ve always done. That’s obviously gotten a lot of likes and followers fit a good reason. Haters are just the weirdo trash out there.
Great video and great points as well. If you get back to East Tennessee Tellico area, I would be honored to meet you and do some chatting. You fished with Cody and some other fellas that guide with him. Anywho!!! Haters will hate and whiners will whine. Oh well! Let em! Fish On Brotha. I hope to meet you one day soon and maybe toss some flies together. 🤙
It sucks u can’t just go fish have a great time post it so people like me who love to fish and watch with out a holes giving u a bunch of crap on the internet keep up the great videos
Great video Drew! love these Idaho trips that you film. Do you catch a lot of smaller fish that don't make it into these videos?
That first fish was impressive hiding under a log in such a thin section of the river. Using a 4wt. or ?
Drew: your fly fishing content is some of the very best on UA-cam. As others mentioned in the comments below, the haters are full of BS. You get into places most of us will only dream of ever seeing. Even if someone were to figure out where you fished from your videos, most will never have the capacity or ability to ever go there. And the very few that can put in the effort, should be able to enjoy it as you have. Keep up the great work!
Keep doing what you love to due Drew don't pay much attention to the googans if there to lazy to research and adventure out to find spots maybe they should stick to golf😉
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You could actually name the streams, and I wouldn't go. I am in my 60's, with a bad leg, and not a fly fisherman, but I enjoy the videos. It's hard to believe you get negative comments.
Thanks for not sharing the location of the streams you fish. This is my absolute favorite stream, been fishing it for 20 years. There are a lot of good holes just a little further upstream from the last one you fished. Keep up the good vids.
Maybe I'm wrong, but...For the non-angler, when Drew says "burned" he means "used up," or "the fish left due to pressure." In my own guiding community we use the term "stung up." Drew, please correct me if I am wrong.
Lol.....people are so pathetic these days. "I want to go fish where you were so I can fish it out and then go to the next spot"........it is for that reason you don't say anything! If you told people where you were fishing in every video, I would unsubscribe in a heartbeat.
Keep it up, Drew, and ignore the so, called other fisherman!!!!!
Those people need to grow up! Thanks, Drew, keep them coming. 99.99% of the people will not and can not find places you fish unless they're the true locals. We love your channel because you're living the dream that most fly fishermen dream about doing... I get satisfaction out of your videos as if I were there with you.
Spoken like a true weekend warrior potlicker
I fail to understand how people could criticize your videos. You are totally respectful of the fish, the streams & the places you camp.
The size of those cuts in such thin water is amazing. You’re ruining their lives.lol
These are great small streams you are fishing. For me, even if you shared the location, I doubt I would go there. I see lots of videos where they do share location, but I do not go to those locations. I don't like to travel and solo camp anymore. I know there is a lot of hiking to get to the locations you are fishing, and after breaking my ankle solo fishing, I wouldn't risk it. I watch for the entertainment. I think knowing the state you are in is enough. If I want to explore those states on my own, I can.
The only thing that would be helpful is talking about how you find these places. Are you just taking a chance that they have good fishing? I fish close to home, but in places everyone knows about. How can I find places that are good but off the beaten path?
Do a control experiment--give the GPS readings of one stream, come back 2 years later and see what the result is. You might be surprised.
Hit 200k today. Thank you for all the knowledge and nuggets you had thrown my way over the last months. Started with 14k last year 2023, God bless America ❤️🇺🇲
It's OK everyone. It's me. I've watched this a million times
Here bear
My view has always been, if it's a major, well known location and river/stream, there's no problem naming it. But if I have to do a bunch of research into access and finding the location to go fishing, the name of the area and stream is staying unknown. It really does seem like people just want to bitch and moan about everything now. I guarantee you those same people probably would have complained if you named the location too.
I hate seeing my home waters in your videos but also realize this is public land and the more people who can experience the beauty the more likely we’ll fight to keep it public. Thank you for showing the respect you do show.
Travel safe.
No one's going there. If they are, they are fish snobs like you. It's just dumb ass trout.
Didn't these nasty commentors have a mamma that loved them? Mine always told me that if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all. If someone goes through the trouble to figure out where a video was shot, they probably would have found that spot on their own eventually anyway. There are not really any secret spots anymore anyway. Google Earth fixed that.
Only 5 % of fishermen will hike as far as Drew does.
Locals 😢 cry. Your fishing in some pretty remote and isolated areas. Your bushwhacking and hiking into the areas you fish. Yeah sure some might do it , but not to many.
Please tell us the name of the stream.
Awesome video thanks your sharing places that I will never see. Again thank you sir
Your 1 million views didn’t harm the stream because you are a good dude who doesn’t hot spot.
Cut the fly off in the bend so you don’t stress the fish, only one take per stream , 3 streams per state only once your leader needs new tipit you are done for the week, no casting to feeding fish.
Please do a catch/clean/cook the next time you are at this creek.
Give the Snowflakes something else to cry about.
I doubt if more than two or three if that fished that stream since you were there last. Most will not walk than a few yards away from the car.
The only people who know where your videos are located are people who have already fished there. Too many crybabies on here. There is no harm naming the stream if it’s a well known fishery like the Madison or South Platte. Everyone knows them anyway. There is no harm videoing a smaller lesser known stream as long as you aren’t naming it. You do good work, pay no mind to the trolls and crybabies.
Yes probably
Dont name streams or spots those that know know those that dont can find em themselves
You could post a video of yourself saving a bunch of puppies from a fiery death and you'd get nasty comments. Inescapable.
Thise people are losers.
Would the experience be the same if as you walked along that path you encountered. 25 or 30 other people? The path is there, obviously, because others have been there before you but they have left little evidence of their passing. As more people go there you will begin to see trash and places where some have taken a dump and left their toilet paper. And you’ll see more fire rings. The fish population will get smaller along with the average size of the fish. How do I know this? I moved to the mountains of western Colorado from Ohio in 1974 and NONE of the wild places I once frequented have been made better by being advertised, attracting more people. This degradation accelerated with the advent of the computer. You may not be there to witness this process but I assure you that it will happen. If you truly love wild places you would avoid doing things that make them tame. Also you should realize that it is the locals who are the first to know when some logging or mining company begins to talk to the Forest Service about some extraction plan they have or some developer wants the water from a stream. Not people who live in a city hundreds of miles away. They are the watchdogs of these ever fewer places you enjoy but can’t restrain yourself from pimping. Of course they want to protect something of such beauty from destruction. I find it odd that you don’t. Or, if you claim you do learn to keep silent. Otherwise you become an agent of the very destruction you claim you don’t want.
Nobody who hasn't been to this stream is going to find it from this video. Those who have been there and are interested in fishing already fish it. He doesn't say where he is. He's sharing his passion for fishing, not "pimping" any specific locations. I understand your frustration with the degradation of fishing locations--I've experienced it here in the CA Sierras. But Drew's not the issue.
You spend three days there out of the entire year and you’re commenting on how much fishing pressure it gets? How would you even know?
He can only speak from his experience--that he hasn't seen a lot of people fishing there when he's visited. All those complaining that he's ruined the stream have absolutely nothing to base that on. Just envious trolls.
the Bull Trout spot in MT is my favorite area/river. It was a great vid and it brought back great memories. my friend and I were there once and he had a bull latch onto the cutty and didn't let go and swim away until he he had it reeled in at our feet. @littlewildtrout ditto