 What is going on y'all welcome back to the channel and welcome back to Gorgeous glorious outdoor greatness. We're gonna be doing some remote stream fly fishing today It's time for me to go find some food find a good water source Sun's high middle of the day. I'm ready to get into some shade cool off a little bit and find some trout There's various species of trout up here and you can keep a lot of them So what I'm gonna do is take my backpack take a stringer take the fly rod I got a bunch of flies and we're gonna go see if we can get some trout out in the middle of the gorgeous woods Let's go not quite New Zealand Still pretty So what I found out over there was I really can't cast a fly in the woods Should have known that so I came back to my little base camp here. I've got this entire valley behind me And the stream runs through it I mean literally I could walk this entire thing and trout fish both ways we're gonna walk this stream I'm gonna look for them and just backpack fly fish in this remote creek here and if I Get some fish which I'm planning on doing. I hope I do because I need food I'm gonna take them back here put them in my cooler if I have enough time I'm just gonna get up on one of these big hills and I'm gonna glass I'm just gonna start looking for elk in the evening. So that's our plan. Let's get after some trout There's a lot of species here. So we could get into a lot. There's just there's one that has to be You can't keep it unless it's under eight inches Swear, I mean that's a that's a donker there, but anything else. There's no size Limitation, so it's that it's the brook trout. That's got to be eight inches. So I think we're gonna run into some of those I could just picture an elk Just getting down and dirty in here. Oh, this is swampy Swampy, that's mosey up there. Wow. Look how beautiful. Oh I think I just saw one. Oh, I saw another one. I Saw some trouts darting Okay, my camp is Right there And we already have trout there. So this is a little deep spot I'm guessing this is what I got to do. Let's just find these little deep holes. One thing I've noticed is there are Plethora's of grasshoppers here. I'm sure that's a large part of their diet and I do have some grasshopper flies Let's break out the old fly rod and let's just see if we can Whip one up right here and then keep going trying to find these pools Okay, so in our little selections here Got a bunch of different flies. I've got Let's tackle right here, which I bet this box is eight inches if I had to guess I may have to go get my ruler, but That might be a good measuring tool and I've got one of these fly boxes And I think I'm gonna put one of these tiny hoppers on that little thing That's think my boy Alex parrot from fly rod. Let me borrow it. It's a good man This tip it feels like 12 pound or so. I don't really know Saw something Get up in there Right on the edge, you know, it's the real deal Trout fishing in the wild See if we can get one in this little clear area. Oh, he's hot. You saw it. He's on it That almost happened right there She's got to get the right drift Come on, baby. I Saw something dart out. They're so camouflaged That I can't really see but I know that they're in here That's the juice Get that little fly. Oh, yeah, get that thing. Oh one just almost crushed it Came out and just said hey I'll take that Okay, maybe they don't want the big grasshopper See if I can just get up here Get up high For one. Oh man That was that was a decent size little trout right there. Oh Got him. Oh my gosh. Oh, I got something big. Oh, baby. Oh We came up and popped it. Oh How amazing is that? Oh That's beautiful Fighting in the current Right in that little eddy zone. Oh, let's get you in the net guy Okay, I think like I'm not entirely sure But I think this is a brook trout and he is well over eight inches Unfortunately, you want to get a picture with him? Wow That's a nice trout. I wish I could put you on the stringer buddy Okay, this is my first Brook trout at least I think it's a brook trout. I hope it is because I'm letting it go And it's a good-sized fish that I could eat. Okay, buddy Go back into the streams. I'll look at him just sitting there fresh oxygenated water And y'all that is so cool No trout are pretty sensitive They live in highly oxygenated water. So It's good to not Handle them that much, you know and use a net keeps their skin nice and healthy This guy should swim away as soon as he gets his Gets his bearings. I don't care who you are. That's pretty cool right there I wanted to be safe rather than sorry And that one was definitely over eight inches But that's just cool, you know just set up base camp this morning Came out here into the wilderness made a few casts the WAPAM I'm just gonna walk keep walking this meadow this mountain meadow stream Come on now. It's pretty awesome. I think I can keep four. I can keep four of any species That's all I get four eight inches really isn't much Maybe there's some brown trout. There's some coconies up here. I know as well They're just not in this little stream. They're in some of the other lakes and Ponds and stuff that they have up here All right, I'm gonna switch up flies You know that was good for the big one it was but I'm gonna try one. It's like a sinker or something Actually, they're hitting on top. I've seen him hit on top so I might just Go for a little bit smaller presentation. Let's see what we've got here one of these little Damsel doobies right here. I don't know what you call this, but it's going on See if this makes the difference right here Fly a little wet. Come on now Get in there Get in there. Oh I see they're hitting these little little nymphy poos There's things that are hitting the water a sneak attack. Oh See him so frightened. I definitely don't like me here. That's for sure. Oh, we got another This might be an eater. Come here old chap And what a beautiful fish Man, he probably too big to That guy You put him on the board here my gosh, I mean that thing is So long I'm gonna return you to the waters discovered a nice little patty right there Patty to the shin And most of my backpack area. Oh, I just had one. Oh I spooked him. That was it. That was the cast Okay, this is harder than it looks Actually, it probably looks hard to So I'm just I'm drained right now. I got a headache. I think I'm gonna head back up to my little base camp I'm just gonna have to make me a mountain house or something. I was hoping to get some I'm making for lunch I am gonna keep trying though. I just need to get something in my system right now Still trying to adjust with the altitude. That's really what today is about is You know setting up camp fishing here Try to get some food and then just like letting my body adjust To going up 10,000 feet after today. I should be okay to really start trucking, but I'm winded on everything It's just crazy dehydrated headaches Altitude it's real Got cow poop on my hand Who doesn't love themselves I Just a good old-fashioned mountain house be stroking off One of the classics this is what you do when you're in the mountains Make yourself mountain house meals if you can't catch fish it looks about right. I Ain't a lot of these in New Zealand But basically what you do is just put boiling hot water in there You seal up the bag and then you eat it out of the bag Kind of convenient one key tool though that you do need is a long spork that right there save you day Keeps from getting Any other stuff on your knuckles since I've already I mean I am deep in the poop right now Just realize how bad that is y'all I need to just go bathe myself like Get buck naked with a brook trout in there and wash down It's cooled down a lot at this point. So this is nice. This is really nice I'm gonna fish for another couple hours after I eat my stroke and then I'm going to start hiking up in the mountains I'm gonna change clothes maybe I'm gonna bring my bow just in case we need to find We need to find sign literally sign sign means Elk poop Elk Prince, you know anything their their smell their must Places where they've torn up the woods. We just need to get in that area We need to find that area. I want to do some day hikes from my camp right here I'm definitely gonna do some more fishing trips. There's lots of little lakes and stuff up here But today's the day to just get those game plans together and you know get some intel Coleman you do me right every time Back in the game now after some good stroganoff mountain house meals Get old after a while like I think the the way to do it is to get like You get a protein source out of your like fish if you kill an elk or something whatever Then you just kind of mix those in have ourselves a little ravine don't want to fall down here This is fly fishing at its This is what you think about right here Look at all that gorgeousness I would serve this right here one of those cliffs I don't really want to fall down this rock is Very slippery. I may have to do this backwards do the old back action But the stream looks too good not to go down here New Zealand flashbacks Yeah, body stay low. It's not a good time on the shins. It's cool fish really cool Coming in bullseye pulls. Oh There's one right there. Look at that guy. What we got happening here on the species I don't know what this is. There's a big trout There's a big trout in here needs to be caught. Oh gosh, you got it. He got it. Oh, we tagged it Oh, he's a runner. Oh, oh, he's running upstream. Oh Come on, baby Absolute smash fest He is a runner baby. Oh gosh about to fall in the river. Oh what a fighter What a fighter and a king King in the creek right here Boy that was awesome fight and it was cool fish really cool Yeah, baby Somebody tell me that this is not a brook trout. I'm out here catching hogs. You have to be One of the prettiest fish I've ever caught Really cool. They're slimy. They're wriggly They don't really Take off right away. I've noticed takes him a minute to get Get their life organized and then they take off Don't let this scare you He's gonna be fine. Just get up right Just get up right Get yourself a little balance Man, that's a 16 inch fish right there Going in the current. See you at this point. I don't really care about the food. It's just like can I do it? Can I catch them? He's a big are these brook trout? I don't know. Please. Let me know in the comments I'm gonna feel like a complete dummy If these are brown trout, I don't know I've never fished for any trout besides rainbows The only way I can really find out is going to town. Oh my god, that cannot these are huge Okay, I'm gonna set the camera up here and I'm gonna sneak up on them and see if we can get one of these big ones Whatever they are brook trout brown trout. I'm scared to keep them because I don't want to break the rules Okay, got my tiny fly Nice orange breasted beauties Turn oh look at that one. That was pop right at the top there. Oh Look at my fly game Kind of on point right now. What is happening though? This guy is huge He needs to be caught. Oh gosh Right there in the corner. That's it That's it Now y'all just got me all flustered Look at me now catching toads Treat us. Oh Maybe I'm not good for this. I'm just gonna go ahead. Give mad props to the fly fisherman out there Tough little dangle that one is especially when you can just see him sitting there. You're like, uh But my fly It just don't do it. I have to go do a little scouting so You want to go? You don't really have a choice. We're gonna repack our bag get it ready for elk scouting Change out of some shorts got bit by some weird stuff tons of bugs out here and prairie dogs I guess they are seeing them running by the tent and everything Anyways, we're not gonna have trout tonight unfortunately, but I like fishing for them. They're fun. They're fun Especially in the setting Probably just cast this thing all day and I don't even care one more thing I got to do wash the doo-doo out of my pants and Fill this thing up with some water so I can filter it that way when I get back. I'm gonna have enough I am running through water like crazy Y'all wouldn't believe how much how dehydrated you get just in the altitude so Gotta stay hydrated washing my doo-doo out of my bridges So we got our platypus hooked up Runs through this hose right here And it's going to this bag. It's like an IV and just fills it up So this is the filter And it's just all done by gravity. It's a pretty cool little system Supposed to take out 99.9% of all that stuff that'll give you diarrhea and worms and all that stuff So four four liters That'll get you by that's really fast a lot faster than I was anticipating 540 in This last hour of the day. I'm packing out and I'm heading up high. I think I'm gonna head up that way I'm gonna go size. I can go up and see if I can get a view There may be all trees, but I need to see some action. I need to see what these elk are doing So that's my plan then I'm gonna come back here. I don't make me some dinner And I'm gonna go to bed and then we're gonna hunt in the morning 11,500 feet There's some big tracks right there Coming through here tons of sign in here Well y'all this is how I'm gonna end my day right here. I'm gonna be looking out over the mountains. I found some good sign up there a Little bit higher. I mean, I didn't really realize but elk when they come through the woods It's like a herd of cattle. They just tear it up Huge tracks got fresh poop up there. I just heard a bald eagle. I did I heard a bald eagle That is how we're gonna close this out y'all. So on the next one. We are gonna be heading to to go Scout out more elk And there's some other fisheries around here, too. I'm not really sure what I'm gonna do next I'm hungry. I would love to get some delicious fish Get that knocked out before I really go deep deep into the woods This is so tough hiking up here just tonight going 1500 feet up I'm exhausted and it's gonna be a good idea to just take my small tent I spike out gear and just go just go up there. It's been like two or three days Wherever there wherever they're at so Thank you guys for tuning in. I hope you guys enjoyed some fishing action today. Stay tuned for the lore outdoor greatness And go ahead and smash the like button See you guys very soon