Awesome video! Thank you! I’m a disabled retiree who can no longer get to my favorite trout streams. Watching videos like yours is as close as I can get. I really enjoyed watching you fish. I have a tab on your site to place an order. I still tie flies for fun. Your flies and products look great! Thanks again! Keep up the good work! John
Great video! It is The Donegal Fish and Conservation Association that stocks the creek. The state give us fingerings to raise and stock. Glad you did well there.
Thank you for sharing a great adventure. We enjoyed watching you work the water and changing up your fly selection to land those nice stocked trout. Tight Lines!
Love fly fishing for trout! I wish the trout could live in the streams by me year round though. Sadly in summer the water gets too warm and the levels can get too low and they die off. It sucks but i'm glad to have the opportunity to fish for trout in spring and the fall!
Thanks for sharing Ben, glad to see you got away from the shipping desk for awhile. Another great video with very instructive information for this we all thank you. They may be stocked fish, but they are trout and I never get sick of catching trout. LOL, I remember rushing off the stream or off a deer stand to rush to the school to pick up my kids, brings back memories. Great job Dad...
Thanks Len and it is great to get out for sure. I agree with you and love catching any trout that is willing to take a fly. You know how it is with kiddos and love for the outdoors. a few hours on the stream is a big win most days. Take care Len and thanks for all of the support. We really appreciate it.
Overlooked asset. As much as I love chasing wild brownies and brookies, it is nice to stay close to home sometimes and put that fishing license/trout stamp to good use. Nice of you guys to give an explanation of strategy for an often looked past entity. Tight lines!
*Excellent selection especially for the newer angler. **enjoyable.fishing** recommend it’s entire assortment looks to be tied well. Looking forward to getting them wet...*
Great video Benny! You provide such great commentary as you film. Thank you. Been using your leaders and flies this year with great success. Thank you!
Great Videos Lively Legz Crew! Just bought a 10ft 3 weight 4 piece rod and ordered some indicator leaders from your website! Can't wait to get out there again!
Great to hear Devin and we wish your son and you all the best on the water. That is a great rod for him. I hope he loves the sport and time spent with you. Thanks for the support. We appreciate you keeping up with us.
Hey Benny great video, im about a year into flyfishing and ever since i never went back to regular fishing. im a general contractor here in Collegeville Pa. Our streams are yearly stocked. I caught a few on my new flyrod, but having trouible controling the nymph headed down stream. But anyway I love flyfishing, if your ever in my part of the state, your welcome to stay at my farm house 1/2 mile from Skippack creek. Good fishing friend
Nice vid, Benny. Purchased your minimalist in Nov (with autograph, thanks) and need to restock myself. That is unless you tell me where you dropped yours an I’ll just use those. Was on the water today and seemed anything olive bodied and olive legz worked. Great channel.
Thanks Anthony and I wish I knew where to send you for those boxes. They are both loaded to the gills with great flies and I hope someone that needs flies has them now. Great to hear that you are enjoying some fish and water and we wish you all the best this season.
Good video, thanks. It doesn't seem like your flies hit bottom much. Is that right, or is that just editing? I know your flies must be close to the bottom, but are they dragging the bottom? Thanks
I think the karma bug got me...after commenting on your lost lost flies, I lost a ~ $90 box today including lively legz. Good news is I just ordered more before losing and they didn’t make into the lost box. Such is life...
Hey Anthony, Sorry to hear you lost your box and thank goodness your new flies were not in there. Best of luck to you this season and thanks for keeping up with us.
Nothing like sitting at my vice tying a few flies and getting pattern recommendations right from the water. Can’t wait to hit my local Pa waters on March 30th.
Another great video, Benny. And I appreciate the educational aspect of it. One question: as you know, the comp guys all use dropper tags. Could you talk a little bit about why you prefer rigging your nymphs inline as opposed to using tags?
Hey Alex, Thanks so much and I do like dropper tags as well, but I prefer them when I am nymphing water that has fish also tuned into top water activities. Until they start coming up I stick to tying off the eye or the bend in the hook. I like putting tags on to imitate emergers. Also this is how I learned and I have had a lot of fun fishing like this. Sometimes those dropper tags can make a mess, but they are very effective at times as well. I guess everyone has what they like and I like them both. Hopefully this Spring I can do a video using a three fly system with tags off of my line and show how much fun it can be catching them off of tags. I hope this explains my crazy mind a little and I hope you are enjoying some time out as well.
You guys should do a northwest US fly box assortment. Bought your minamalist box works ok but not all the flies work in montana Idaho. Keep up the good work and awesome bugs.
Thanks Tron, that is a good idea and we hope to expand in the off season and offer some more boxes. Best of luck this season and thanks for keeping up with us.
Man Joel, So sorry i am just getting back to you on this. Purple flake legz and Pearlescent body works great, but I think krystal flash would also work great and you could try some different colors as well. Best of luck and thanks so much for all of the support.
I don't use the pinchable split shot for Stream fishing because of snagging. I use the completely round split shot. But, they are very hard to remove from the line. Do you have any suggestions that might help? Thanks Benny P. Enjoy your flies and your videos.
Rankin Darby - figured I would chime in here. Centerpin angling makes a tool for removing them , but be careful they can fray or cut ur tippet easily. Micro split shot pliers
Thanks Robert, I will have to look those up. Rankin, thanks for the support and I am so use to catching the bottom it is just part of the game for me now. I feel like I tie knots in my sleep, ha ha. Best of luck this season and thanks for all of the support.
I usually just use needle nose pliers and clamp down vertically on the back of the split shot sways from the opening if that makes sense. It usually opens it up just enough to get you finger nails or a hook in there to pry it open.
As far as I know yes, but be sure to double check each stream. So many things have changed over time just double check, but I'm pretty sure all of those sections are year round fun! Best of luck to you and we wish you all the success.
Hey Benny P, love the videos. Just wanted to know how you guys are able to fish these freshly stocked streams before the opener? Does this deal with delayed harvest?
I was wondering the same thing. Most stocked waters are off limits from March first until the opener in April. I'm having a blast fishing the wild streams in central PA right now.
Hey Josh, Softtail is right on the money. These waters are all over the State and boy do they load them up. Best of luck to you this season and thanks for keeping up with us.
I am using a SOG back pack so I have enough room for my filming gear. I still use my Patagonia sling and prefer it, but with the filming gear I need more room so this is the next best thing for me. Hope all is well and you are enjoying some water.
@@living4theoutdoors Thanks. I got out this Saturday for some bluelining. I fished the headwaters of Fishing Creek (that runs through Columbia county) above Cambra. The stream in this area runs through the old CCC camp and is only about 15' wide in most spots, and the deepest holes (mostly pocket water) are only about 2' deep. Caught about 15-20 natives. Most ran about 6", but I love catching natives on these wild streams. Thank you for all you do, and responding, not only to videos but emails so promptly and friendly. Should have my next order (starting to learn to tie flies) shortly.
some states allow fishing year round on specific streams/rivers/ponds. here in CT there are quite a few rivers and ponds open to fishing year round. catch and release only through specific months though.
Hey Bee Bob, this is a DHALO area that is open year round. PA has several areas like this and also Class A water is open to enjoy. All the best to you this season.
Any chance you know any place that has alligator gar I’m right next to the Pittsburgh airport and have been trying to find some, if you know a rig that works with them too that would be cool.
Justin, Matty is right. Go to Livelylegz.com and search rod holder and they will come up. Those waders are the Dryft. We do not sell them, but highly recommend them. Thanks for keeping up with us and we wish you all the best on the water.
Lively Legz/Living4theoutdoors love your channel man Australian season is nearly at a end so I'll be sticking the lakes for the last 2 months of our season so the spawning fish can do their thing in peace 🎣
Hey Todd, if I get a chance I will do that for sure. We are swamped now, but if I see a window open up I will spit that one out on video. All the best to you.
