8 Days fly fishing the North Fork Flathead River  living full-time in my Jeep Cherokee XJ 
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- I spent eight days on the North Fork of the flathead river up here in Montana . The fishing was in the greatest and they were all about 12 inches or less. What are you gonna do. It was a lot of fun with a lot of good people and a lot of beautiful scenery.
Hi, my name is John and I am 69 years old living out of my Jeep Cherokee XJ full-time.
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Hi John,
I fished under Camas bridge about a month ago. Had a bear stroll close by. The water was still high then. Best of luck.
I had a couple bear sightings where I was camping. I was just looking at the South Fork of the flathead above the reservoir and I couldn’t believe how low it was.
Watching John living the dream: Awesome
Watching John living the dream AND fishing: priceless
The beer is Bayern (bye-ern). Cheers my friend.
@@stevezeppieri hey Steve I am up in Alberta Canada right now Fly Fishing. I guess I am living the dream. Lol. Thanks on the heads up on the beer. With my ADHD and dyslexia it’s hard for me to comprehend words.
Great video as always. We seem to like the same spots in Montana. I fished the N Fork in July and was able to land a couple of nice fish. Also, hit the bakery and had amazing huckleberry danish.
Thanks, Eric, I got the cinnamon buns and the chocolate chip cookies and probably gained 10 pounds.
Boy the colors of the rocks at your second campsite were eye catching. Good stuff! Thanks for sharing John. Stay hooked! Bill
@@williamgunn1076 hey Bill, it really was a beautiful river to fish. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Wow, gorgeous river. Your reference to Catskill rivers when it rains heavy is so true. They turn muddy brown and rapid very quickly. I kind of miss hiking them though because they're easy compared to the brutal trails in the Whites here in NH. Don't eat too many chocolate chip cookies or you'll be sorry a half hour later😂
Hey Paul I am missing the catskill mountains still. There are so many times I had torrential rains all night long and in the morning the rivers are all still very fishable. That would never happen in East Coast. I did eat too many chocolate chip cookies and I did suffer for it. Bummer.
Yep, looks like a beautiful spot for fishing and camping. Great video John
@@cargotrailerkenny4481 hey Kenny, I always find the cool camp sites with theJeep.
Spectacular video.
Thanks man I appreciate it
Hello John! Beautiful scenery and river, I hate the heat, as we see it has negative effects on a lot of things, but there is still really good fishing out west, we just need to find it, like you said, that's we you explore the areas. Enjoyed watching, have fun, stay safe.
Hey Jim, even though the heat makes the fishing suck it’s too beautiful and relaxing. I just spent some time by bunker Creek and in the mornings I have 38° and by midday I had temperatures in the 90s to 100°. This weather is crazy. May have to hit Canada for a couple weeks.
Greetings. Everything looks good. Enjoy your adventure.
Howdy there, buddy. I’m always enjoying my adventures.
Golfed yesterday here in Phoenix....111' outside...toasty! Love to see you enjoying freedom outside. Most of my buddy's are slaves to their debt, jobs, and ex wives! San Diego next week.... beachside camping for another week. Stay safe brother!! Timmy C Arizona
Hey Jimmy, I’m so happy I’m not in Arizona right now. Yep, freedom, and living the dream on the road.
Great location
Thanks, Robert.
I'm heading out in a half hr or so. Local midwest fishing, the weather has been great, fishing has been great. Not on the road but I do feel lucky to
have a fly shop in town, a river full of trout running through it and quite a few nice streams in the area. I guess I'm living my version of the dream. Glad your are able to live yours. As usual great video ,beautiful scenery and stream.
@@ronlee2606 hey Ron that’s awesome, good luck with the fishing. The heat spell kind of broke and the fishing is picking up. You don’t have to be full-time on the road to be living the dream.
We had a super hot July here. The North Fork was actually under hoot-owl and fishing was closed in the afternoons until the water cooled off. At least we've been getting some rain lately.
I think it’s been 20 years on the North Fork that the hoot owl went into effect. While I was on the north Fork I probably had four good thunderstorms come through. Just spend some time on bunker Creek and had two thunderstorms came through and one of them started a fire which luckily it burnt itself out. On Bunker Creek I had temperatures in the morning around 38° and midday temperatures went up to 90 to 100°. This is just crazy.
Just got home from a week in Idaho, Kelly, Clearwater, Lochsa, fishing was awesome, temperatures reasonable.
No crowds on the rivers.
Thinking of doing Canada next year. Stay safe my friend.
Hey Glenn, I’m glad you had a fun time fishing there. It is just a beautiful place to fish. I’m up in Alberta Canada right now and it’s cold.
Awesome
Thanks man I appreciate it
This was an awesome video! It would be nice if you could do a video one day on the type of fish you catch with some pics. Whitefish, bull trout, cut throat, etc is all Greek to us southern fisherman who don't know much about fly fishing. The campsites are amazing!
@@MajorWeakness hey major. Thanks I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I will definitely do a description of all the fish I catch in one of my videos. With the Jeep, I always find amazing campsites right on the river. Life is good.
Thought of ya. Sitting at the fork 20 minutes out of Glacier. Watched fish start feeding just before sun down. Even the dragon flies are hungry here - no bugs as you said. Cheers
@@joshguiliante8887 hey Josh it was a beautiful peaceful river to fish. I had a lot of fun just hanging out at that river
I ran into that road closure 3 weeks ago. Beautiful area.
I was pretty bummed out when I saw that roll closure. I hope you stopped at the bakery there.
I just got to the part where you're talking about the Merc as I was about to write about it!
@@funcle_kevin the bakery was pretty cool. The second time I went there it was a weekday and it was more crowded than it was on the weekend. 🤷♂️
It's cooling off around these parts. Storm this weekend, and Missoula is only going to get in the 60's and then 70's next week.
Stick around!
I just drove up to Alberta for a week or two and it’s chilly up here. I will be back in Montana in a couple weeks.
Loved this video John! Beautiful spot you got. Any grizzlies there? Moose?
@@pambabbitt1894 hey Pam I always find beautiful spots on the river. There are black Bears and grizzlies all around. I was watching a black bear playing in the water there.
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@@larryroberts4669 thanks. 👍