Fly Fishing NC | The Nantahala River (Part 1)
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- Опубліковано 22 січ 2020
- Fly fishing one of NC's best trout fisheries....
The Nantahala River cuts through the far reaches of Western NC in an ancient valley known as the "land of the noon-day sun". The slab crew made the trek out west to fly fish for beautiful Nantahala trout, catching all three local variants: brook, brown, and rainbow. Plus, CJ runs into a rare, river-going creature!
Part 2: • Western North Carolina...
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Home sweet home! Miss fishing there!
There ain’t much like it! Hope you enjoy the vid.
@@SlabDynasty absolutely my man! I grew up in Macon county. God's land! Keep fishing brother! 👊
Beautiful fish!!
Awesome video, love the edits and music throughout it too, congrats on 1k!
Nice stream and fish although stockies. Fishing soft plastics isn’t really fly fishing. You could tie some San Juan worm patterns.
Yea definitely, we actually threw some San Juan worms a bit but nothing was getting the reaction like those Berkley minnows. Appreciate the advice, we are learning more and more about the fly world!
Ehhh we’re splitting hairs here. I use several different plastic items to tie flies. San Juan worm material is synthetic, it’s just not soft plastic.
1K!! Heck yeah!! Congratulations!! This is some bad-ss quality fishing right here!! Awesome fishing! Awesome content!! Way to go guys!! CJ you da man!
Man we really appreciate that! It's our friends like you that make it special, so awesome to get feedback like that!
Video quality is top notch looked like blast and awesome scenery
Thanks buddy!
Good video. Interesting contents!
Good video man! Part two gunna be epic!
Love that smooth intro, great work and fun video
I got to fish there last year with my brothers for the first time and I absolutely love it, we had such a great time. Although we didn’t hook into any studs like the one y’all got, we did catch and release quite a few average size trout. I’m finally going to take the leap and move north so I’m definitely looking forward to learning more about trout fishing and getting back on some of those streams. Awesome video brother, looking forward to checking out part two and tight lines y’all.
Great vid
Everything about this video was absolutely exquisite! B Roll, commentary, coverage of casts and catches, standing ovation fellas.
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Slab Dynasty you’re very welcome guys!!
They keep saying “ let’s go”, but then they just stay where they are. So confusing.
😂😂😂 grade A comment
BEAUTIFUL video bud! Amazing. Mosierboy sent me 👊
Yes sir a new video finally
Yessir! We hope you enjoy it.
Awesome video guys! Really great job.
Thanks buddy! Hope the shows are still going well for you
Hellbender!!!!
Congrats on the 1k
Man this is such a great video! Love the beginning and trout caught! Just subscribed hope we can stay connected
While fishing from Oct 01 to the first Saturday in June you can not use scented baits. So the Berkeley baits is a no go. Trying to help you out and not be an ass about it. Nice fish enjoyed the video.
Time to share the video!
Sent over by That MosierBoy. I think he needed his hand holding as the water was actually moving which left him feeling dizzy, or somethin ;)
Excellent fishing and video thanks guys.
🤣 Mosierboy is a good dude. We’re glad you like the vid! 👍🏻👊🏻
Are you using gulp on a fly rod?
That right there is one sweet Brookie. I have caught some 18" plus in the U.P. of Michigan and in Maine, but never that size in Carolina.
That's a big one to us for sure! We know they get much bigger elsewhere though
Where was y’all’s access to get to the Nantahala? We are headed up there soon and are looking for more spots.
Congrats to 1k
Thank you!
Absolutely love the video and that you guys are fly fishing! Western NC has some amazing trout waters… Would be interested to know the gear your using: rod sizes and weights, type of line and tippet used, etc. Keep up the great content!
Just a heads up, great video but the use of the power bait is illegal during delayed harvest season, artificial fly or lure single hook non scented plastics power bait does have a scent to it, just a heads up in case you’re back out there during delayed harvest. Game wardens rarely check but if they do happen to pass by they do fine people pretty high prices for offenses, well made video though and definitely a lot of fun out there
jacob brewster thanks for the heads up man, someone else actually told us that not shortly after we uploaded. We had no idea! Good looks though for next trip
Love the thumbnail ! Amazing shot and great video. The camera work is on point 👍👍👍. New friend here. Mosierboy sent me over
Mosierboy is the best! Thanks for watching man, plenty more to come
Where in NC are u located? I live near Winston Salem area
Where is this on the Nantahala River. That's a sweet location.
Near the power plant. It’s a great section.
What’s the brand of those minnows you are using. They look like an amazing bait
Berkley
Came here from the decision fly fishing video
Who tied the flies?
Technically we weren’t fishing with flies (as others have been eager to point out lol). Small hooks with Berkeley powerboat minnows. We did throw some San Juan worms first a bit, but the minnows were out fishing everything tenfold
Great Video! Highly encourage you to hook set "down stream". Your hook up ration will increase. Trout swim upstream
not how that works
Do you always fly fish with powerbait? I'm mad at myself for never trying this.
haha, genius right? But typically in the past weve thrown buggers, san juan worms, egg imitations, and various nymphs. We aren't huge fly fishermen, so still learning a lot about the different patterns and hatches!
Fishing with Powerbait in delayed harvest is actually illegal. Artificial bait cannot be scented. I only know this because I had worms like that in my possession and almost ended up with a ticket in delayed harvest water. Just a friendly heads up
Wow, didn’t know this! We actually fished with a guide here several years ago who used power bait, so this never occurred to us. Thanks for the tip!
@@SlabDynasty from I think June till October you can use whatever because it switches the hatchery rules. But see when you look it up it just says artificial. But the game warden had another book that had the definition of artificial and it goes into more detail. But those worms are legit
Was that the upper or lower?
Smoky Mountain Dave - Outdoor Adventures upper, above the power plant
I fish there like almost everyday wishons fishing hole is good and if you go up on the gravel road I have cought some nice trout on that river
That’s sweet man, we were staying at the house just up the road from wishons hole. We actually just got back from another trip there and have three videos coming out over the next couple weeks
@@SlabDynasty oh cool I know that house
Nice fish man, when did you start fly fishing? I grew up trout fishing the rivers of the Northeast and New York and then moved to South Carolina. The North Carolina rivers are becoming my new getaway. I noticed you are fishing soft plastics, it does get the job however, flies are very different. Good subsitutes for those plastics could be:
Fish imitation A.K.A Streamers: - Lefty's Deciever - Wooly Bugge - Zonkers -Muddler Minnow -Gamechanger
Also catching a fish on a fly you tied is an amazing feeling.
Tight Lines
Started going on annual fly trips when we were in middle school, but haven’t really devoted serious time to learning the craft and getting familiar with flies. Lots of great rivers in NC, and great tips on the flies man!
@@SlabDynasty any time you have any questions feel free to reach out id be happy to answer them. BTW I saw another video of you fishing a dry..... awesome to see man. something I picked up a long time ago while fishing a very technical river was to get up river from the fish and cast at a 45 degree angle off the bank towards the fish, as you go to drop the fly on the water give the rod a wiggle from left to right (look into Arial mends).
Are you guys near Bryson city ?
In this vid, kinda. Closer to Andrews,NC
Told you I would Levi
First off, way to handle all of the comments. Putting yourself out there with a video gets a lot of attention, good and bad haha. I tie my own flies and really enjoy the "purity" of fly fishing so I was feeling the same as a lot of people on here but I also love catching fish. So, kudos to you for finding what was working that day. Southeastern fly fishing is kind of a different animal than the rest of the fly fishing country anyway so what the heck. Best of luck in your future outings!
Thanks for the kind words! Obviously the berkley gulp triggered some people, but we just didn’t know any better. Learning more and more about the fly game. We actually just got back from the nantahala and have 2-3 vids coming soon...flies only this time 😅
Can yall do another one of these
We did actually! Slightly different vibe, but same place, same time of year: ua-cam.com/video/XPqIKXFazxk/v-deo.html
Power bait lol
If you’re using a soft plastic minnow, it’s not fly fishing :/
This is NOT fly fishing....
Sorry but I can’t watch you handle trout the way you are. Always wet your hands before touching them or you’ll damage the proactive membrane and they’ll die of disease. Don’t keep them out of water more than 10 seconds. Keep them in net and lift for the shot but don’t leave them out so long. Looks like your squeezing also. You may do a better job than the video shows but I just can’t support watching when other channels do a better job of protecting the trout for all to enjoy. I hate slamming you on this but I do hope you learn better handling techniques so I can watch another video make.
Hey Jeff, Thank you for the advice. We are definitely still beginners to the fly fishing world and learning new things every trip. We always treat any fish that we don't plan on consuming with care and respect. In this video, we felt like we did a good job keeping the fish wet and not keeping them out of the water for too long, but again, we are still learning and we appreciate your feedback!
Soft plastics on a flyrod? 🤣 #gohome