Adventuring in the BackCountry! HIKING & FLY FISHING Washington's Cascade Mountains for Trout!!! 

So glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you for watching. So glad you enjoyed it!

Haha! Glad I'm not the only one =). And more good soundtracks coming...

Oh man, that is THE best description summary of a true FGF adventure video as I've heard yet. hahaha! Excellent feedback. Glad you liked it. It's a truly magical area and the section of water I found is hardly visited. Just Wow, right?! Blessed day indeed. "I am pleased." haha! =)

@@fishandflywithgusI’m not expecting a reply but I would like to visit that area sometime this year, are most of the tributaries good fishing about the time of year this video was put up?

Absolutely!!

Absolutely Chuck! We're spoiled and most folks never take advantage of getting deep in the wild and seeing what's all there. Love it!

Thank you!! means a lot. I hope to do more backcountry trout hunting videos like these in the future...

This is the Skagit drainage. There's tributaries on tributaries with fish like this. Interestingly some of these tributaries now allow retention of bull trout 20" and larger. Populations of bull trout on the Skagit seem to have returned and boy do they love that cold water higher up in the late summer and fall. Does this help? Thanks for keeping mindful about disclosure. These waters are very special to me and I intend to see them maintain the low pressure...

@@fishandflywithgusmy favorite spot I’ve fished yet is a skagit tributary. Beautiful but also so so fun and remote.

My pleasure 😊

isn't it though?! Pretty special (upper) Skagit River tributary... Thanks for your comment!

Thank you Nutty! So glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!!

haha! Somebody's gotta ayyy em'!

It really is! Been smashing the coho lately? I'm seeing lots of reports right now. Gotta go get me some soon...

@@fishandflywithgus I have been targeting cutthroat on the big "S" river. No coho yet but we are seeing them all over. Might try to target them but I have a hard time leaving the cutthroat alone. They aren't big but it is so much fun to watch the takes and my nephew is having a blast chasing them. Hopefully we will find some rogue coho willing to come to the surface.

Right on! Send me a note sometime and perhaps we can send a fly. My style is more remote/backcountry stream born trout, like these bulls and lots of west slope cutthroat fishing surrounding N Idaho, etc. This life is so fun when you've got days on days to explore and fish the best of the best. Hard to beat these areas for all around beauty and quality trout/salmon...

​@@fishandflywithgusfor sure! Even out in NJ im kind of the same. I fish smaller and quieter areas for brookies and browns and stuff. We certainly dont have the geography of the PNW at all but for the appalachians, we have some beautiful pocket water and gorges and some nice fish. I ended up renegotiating out here (for now) but will still keep you on tab if I head out that way for a weekend and bring my gear :)

Rainbows and dollys are wild in this area of the Cascades and are both anadromus fish. The rainbows here are possibly baby steelhead altought most NC rivers have resident population that doesn't migrate to salt water.

Did not know that! Thank you for the reply

Thank you so much!

That is fantastic advice! Have the Garmin InReach just need to activate the subscription!

You are correct. This is very special water high up. This is a S***** River tributary above the Sauk and below Diablo. The water quality and fish health is as beautiful as anything I've ever seen in Western Washington.

Thank you! Incredible river in the late summer fall. Try again in September and see what happens. If you want a fishing buddy I'd be down to explore it with a friend possibly. Other sections lower are just as good I feel. Yes, dungeon variations. Those fish would eat just about anything!

Honestly I'm looking at maps and Google maps and following blue lines. I know Trout Routes is a cool app but I'm not using it (yet).

A hollow one!!!

Definitely not casting to spawning fish. They're pre-spawn. They're spread out and I couldn't see reds if I tried with the murky off-color water. Thanks for watching.