 Fish and Freaks welcome back to the channel and to my tailgate here and we are going to be doing some truck camping tonight And we're going to be doing a little bit of trout Dangling now pretty excited about tomorrow's trout adventure because we're going to a place. I've never been before It's a catch-and-release only it's you know artificials only Barbless, there's a lot of fish that are caught there, but they're bigger and I've never really caught a big fish out here in this area So I'm looking forward to that and we may even take some of the chicken flies that we tied last time But the big challenge here is going to be Surviving tonight, which is going to be in the 20s My buddies have campers here. It's pretty nice. I Wish I kind of brought mine now at this point that I've seen the forecast and I know how cold it's gonna be I got here this morning I was so cold when I got out of the water from fishing it took me an hour Just to warm up just to use my toes fill my toes again And I was gonna fish this evening, but I decided I cannot get in that water because if I come out of there It's getting dark. It's gonna take me forever to warm up and I'm going in here where it's gonna be in the 20s So that is not good. What I did bring is I brought my Canvas cutter sleeping pad if you guys have never heard of those they're a fantastic way to truck camp I just roll that out in the truck bed. I'm good to go I also have my zero-degree sleeping bag and Even that can get a little chilly sometimes So we brought one more blanket and I've got a Pella basically Food-wise the only thing that we have left is our three trout that we caught this morning and we have Some eggs so tonight's gonna be a little rough But I think we can make it and hopefully in the morning these trout are gonna be We have risen we're on the tailgate right now Light up top getting get ready And how was the sleeper last night? Well To be honest with you slept like a baby slept like a baby in there even though it was in the 20s slept very good inside of the canvas cutter with the bag this system has been with me through a lot through a lot of times Still trucking still keeping me toasty. So now we're about to head to the the catch and release area and hopefully Get there and there's not a lot of people there and we'll have a lot of casting space, but we'll see My cameras almost frozen. I gotta put some gloves on so you guys stay tuned Hopefully we're gonna catch some big trout just a second Time to grab the gear boys Get your nets get your danglers I got my danglers and my waiters time to catch the fish for life time Catch the biggest stock trout of your life today Hiking in boys hiking in Got about a mile and a half here Sun just coming up Coyotes in the prairies Big Trout on the horizon Fingertips have warmed up slightly Slightly a little bit of ice and the puddles coming in the river ice hike through the woods Get the day started Get the heart rate elevated We got one of our chicken flies tied on we're gonna see what that can do Where are you going? Where's the best place to fry fish? Back there really water. What are you going up there? I'm gonna school here to make fish both areas But I don't like this there. Yeah, and then you can also fish in a vacuum on the waterfall Okay Fish the island they say fish the island I'm gonna try to drop in right here No idea how deep this Sucker is gonna be looks like somebody's dropped in here before and Go ahead and get in see how far we go. Oh Yeah, there's a deep That's a deep deal Yeah, here we go This is what I'm talking about right here Not a whole lot of back casting room, but we do have good current flow And that is key that is key for the catch Probably gonna have to play around with our leader Link here to our indicator But as of right now everything's looking pretty spicy pretty good Oh, we on boys on the chicken fly, baby. This ain't no big one What are we talking about here? Come on, babe. Come on, babe Pretty one though. You got some fight. I Like it spicy. I like it. Ah, yeah, beautiful Absolutely gorgeous trout To start the early cold born it off Knocking the frost off of our bodies from the truck camping and We caught it on a fly that we tied a little hot, but awesome See my guy Great way to start the day my gosh Can't really ask much more than that. That's about five cast in nail the watu see there see if we can Throw the smack down on another one nice Catch up with our hot dog or what? All right, gotta got a couple trout being netted over here Notice my buddy Lance. He went to a spot. He was like, yeah, you should fish over here and Yeah, he went somewhere else. He knew where the juice was. I was tempted to follow him I was like, I'm not I'm not gonna be that guy. Here we go. Oh came off So good nice Oh There you go, Aiden Nice one Come on, sweetie pie. Let's go. Let's dance. Let's dance. There we go. Oh Yeah, good one. Let's dance in the moonlight together There you go, sweetie. Let's fight it out. There we go. There's a nice fight Nice trout. Come here, babe Yeah Morning, there's a nice trout guys awesome And my hook literally just pulled out Got it on our hot butt chicken chicken fly That this fish is currently just rolling around in There we go. There's our fly Pretty cool little fly that I tied right on sleep And here's our trout. That's a nice one 14-incher see my dude beautiful trout catch and release Barbless It's going good Liking this you catch a real nice one here for patients willing to Experiment I was very very cold to start the morning my fingers are still cold, but oh There's one. Yes catching fish certainly makes you warm up There it is There she is Do your dance darling do your magical dance It's a little better Come here old Darlene. Let me tell you something Darlene You've done run away from me too many times Darlene. It's time for you to come back Time you come back to me Darlene. There you go Whoo Hope just flew out right there guys and that is a juicy Juicy trout Look at that She's a beauty ain't she she's beautiful. That's totally awesome right there. What's uh What's really cool about that is? The fly I have not changed up to a non chicken fly yet. No, you know what actually there's there's not There's just there's not any chicken feathers. I totally lied. I Thought there was a filler in there. Maybe there was at one point when it was dry I put like a little bit of Hinn Hackle, but it's pretty much just hop up hop that marabou But I did tie I tied fly myself. This is catching release right now But in the month of March they Open it so that you can Keep the fish because they're all gonna die in the hot temperatures and I've never fished it before. This is my first time So I'm pretty pumped trying not to get snagged behind me too. It's a It's a tricky little wicket caught myself a beautiful Pin oak looks like Actually, I have no idea mind the trees You really got to appreciate ever catch the difficulty It's going into this here Got a tangle Tangle up in life. There are tangles You must overcome I'm actually just gonna take I'm gonna take this off for a second Because I need to adjust it anyway If you buy these types of indicators never lose track of your cap That cap can fall off in the water so easy. I'm gonna put it in my teeth But a hold this for you here There we go, there's one out back side of this little riff. It's kind of shallow, but I like it Still hitting a little bit of rock. Oh, there we go. We're in the seam in the seam, baby Oh had a bite I think oh No, oh gosh Our indicator slipped This is probably like the frustrating stuff that you don't see in fly fishing videos Or I just kind of suck and I'm you know showing you guys if you're gonna do this for the first time What's gonna happen? But if you don't have This tightened down very good. It can slip No, I'm gonna tell you what I'm I'm doing with my Basically my leader I've got I've got a tapered leader So it starts it like whatever it is 25 pound line and then it goes down from there and This is a five-footer and I can cast this Much better on my this is a eight and a half foot rod. So I don't have a very long rod So I can cast the the five footer much better And that tapered line helps you cast so Usually what I do is I'll fish the straight leader until This this end here. It's called the the tippet part gets to a pretty thin length You know, I'm gonna tie off I might break off and when this gets into that zone where it starts tapering up to thicker pound line Then I'll go ahead and I'll use my leader line and I'll tie on a Leader I'll use a tippet ring or honestly what I do the most time is I tie the uni uni splice knot Which is not something I would ever tie as a connection knot from braid to fluoro on bass fishing but Because I'm using such a light rod I I've never had that that not break when I'm trout fishing, but you want to go down to about four or five pound test So another thing that you could do to prevent your Your oh my gosh, I shouldn't even talk I shouldn't even talk because I just I hung a tree That is a big pain in the dock right there. I think that's a non-returnable. I Purchase something I can't return. I see another one up there that's a That's a shiitake mushroom special right there. Yeah, this is what you don't want to do This is step number one in fly fishing Be aware of your surroundings No, that's a oh hold I get it. Oh my goodness. What was I talking about? Oh? It's talking about leader slips. You can use tippet rings That'll prevent it from sliding down This one's gonna be a goner. I believe it's gonna be a Dunzo McGee just broke that off broke off a self-tied fly that is It's not ideal It's where we pop a squat and we think about what we're gonna do here. I'm gonna reveal some information to you Probably don't need to know but I Forged it in these waders about five minutes ago, and it's just creeping out That is That is something that's something spicy in there that I'm Not happy with Okay, we're gonna try our hand at a new hole The one was getting a little stale broke off I had to retie one with a new fly Hot butts again. Oh God just had one Just have one right there There he is That was a different fish too Came up in it in here in a little pool. No one's fishing Get away from that log buddy. He's got some tug to it. It's a good one Come here, baby. Where are you going? Going out to sea Come see me in the net Yes, sir Good trout self-tied fly glorious morning experience Fly out nice trout right there. Yo Nice trout. There's another one in there It needs my attention It's right up there close to the bank with that currents the strongest Oh, just got another little tap got keep it in that current though. That's the key There it is That's the juice. Oh God I missed it. I missed it. I missed him again. Definitely getting hit right in there Probably a couple of them areas Amazing there's amazing how many times you can miss them throwback get them. Oh Definitely bigger trout biggest trout I've hooked today. Oh, yeah, he's pulling good Just got to keep him away from this log Get out of there, buddy Good bend. Oh, yeah Whoo-hoo, baby Good fight. That's what you want up there Keeping that been in the pole It's a heavy one There he is Tugging that go This is a dog right here. He's dogging. This is what we got up early to come catch right here He's ready now. Oh Look at that fat bulldog right there now. Yeah That's a juicy one. I Had you on hook dude. Why'd you have to bite it again? Oh, it just broke my line My line literally just snapped. There we go. All right, put that on our chest Don't want to lose our fly There is a beautiful trout Absolute shunt There you go. Oh, there he goes There he goes That is my biggest trout of the day biggest trout of the trip Hell of a fight. That was awesome Okay, retied my fly. I'm gonna try to go back in that same little hole Love catching them up close like that too Just stick them in that rod Loads up as a fun time. I don't care who you are Oh god. Yep. Just got hit That same exact spot It's like they're not quite convinced But that vibrant fly There we go. Oh, he's running. Oh gosh. That's a good one He's coming right at me Now he's going. Oh my gosh. Look at that jump Wow Wow Where are you going? Are you done? Nope, you're not done Whoo, baby Take it easy Like this one's bigger than the last one Mm-hmm Man, that is awesome. You ready? I'm ready for you. Oh, no you're not Still got some spunk Uh, that's what's so cool about a fly rod. It just gives and gives and gives Okay, man. You're barely hooked. I can see it This one wins The fight dance competition. Wow. Wow. Wow Whoo hook just popped out. Look at that Look at that guys A trout is quivering with excitement I hope you enjoyed that as much as I did That is a gorgeous trout right there y'all absolute beauty the golden Star of the morning right there That fish took me for a ride and then some We'll let this fish go. Wow. It doesn't get much better than that Magnum trout Come up dance Self-tied fly Fish that spot 20 times No, there was another fish there and I finally I got bit That just made my morning. Okay got a new tippet ring Got ourselves a new leader And we're gonna go with a finessi fly Peanut butter jelly color Did not tie it Since I've been sitting here. I've seen two trout surface Same area It takes so much time to get your fly situations Going It can be either therapeutic or frustrating depending on how you view it I view it as frustrating when I'm seeing fish Uh surfacing. I want to catch them catch them catch them catch them I want to get out there With the fly game you've got to be patient All right, there's my tippet ring. Probably can't see it, but it's there. I assure you Come on, baby Got a new carrot for you. All right. Let's make an adjustment here Go a little bit longer I might just not like this fly though It's too natural they need more like stalker Stalker baits Something that looks like a pellet I know you're in here. Well, there he is. Got him. He wanted it He wanted it Right in the seam Yes, maybe Another toad just an absolute slob dog Look at this guy just bulldogging Full bent rod program Yes Just that patience Retying the right bait Getting the leader correct links all that And then you catch this kind of fish That's beautiful. It's a beautiful thing It's a toad No question Let him do his thing here. Oh, yeah Oh, yeah, you're a big boy You a big boy Can't horse them four pound line Oh, look at that boil. I think this is the biggest one Yeah Do that dance Do that dance buddy Oh a little jump a little jump. You're almost done. You're almost there Yeah So big so fat you came to jump Oh, he's still going All right, buddy, let's do this. Let's do this you and me a little net time A little net time barbless hook Let's go Oh Get in there. Oh my gosh. Look at that chunk That is an absolute chunk right there guys. Oh my gosh That is incredible This trout is much bigger than I thought he was at first Just comes right out That's a magnum See you bertha That is so cool Yet someone is going to be eating that trout Here in a couple months ending on a big fish Well, that's just always satisfying just a great day on the river with the boys and as an added bonus That last trout I caught was my personal best on this river Mission accomplished not getting hypothermia sleeping in the truck Thanks to my old trusty sleeping bag and I'm also thankful for the new confidence in time-owned flies catching some fish on them So as always, thank you guys for being here on this adventure in the great outdoors And I will see you on the next one