First trip to fish the St. Joe River Idaho - Part 1 | The Fall 

Aww thank you! I really appreciate that. Always fun to try and translate a real life experience and distill it into a video.

Thank you! I have not gotten to fish those tribs, any suggestions on times to explore them?

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker we fished the St Mary’s River, Marble Creek and the North Fork quite a bit. I was pretty new to fly fishing and seldom had much luck on the main river. I understood small streams better and usually felt more at home on those tributaries. Caught a few very nice fish in the St Mary’s. I’ve wanted to return ever since, now that I know what I’m doing a bit more

Thanks Noel, definitely was time well spent

Thanks! I checked out your channel you have some amazing timelapses! Any tips? I haven't really spent much time trying to do timelapses.

Sorry for the late reply, but thanks for Watching!

*Thanks* Ladin! Appreciate you taking the time to watch. I've watched so many of your videos! Especially when planning trips, to get an idea of what a piece of water looks like. Appreciate all the content you and your brother-in-law put out, always a good time!

Yeah how can you go wrong with lots of willing cutthroat! Appreciate you taking the time to check out some of the videos

Thanks Tom! I would love to get a crew of bluegrass pickers out here and spend a few or a lot of days fishing and picking.

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker Wouldn't that be amazing? My chest waders, fly rod, mando and banjo are ready!

Thanks appreciate it!

Mark Steudel well I average 10 on each float I do. Smallest are around 8” to 10”. Most are at least 12” with quite a few up near 18”. How far up were you from when you turn onto st joe river road from Saint Marie’s?

Aww thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. I certainly enjoyed fishing here :D

That was one of the first things we saw. I thought it was a horse at first. We knew it was going to be a good trip, our good luck moose.

That was one of the first things we saw. I thought it was a horse at first. We knew it was going to be a good trip, our good luck moose.

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker feel free to contact me personally anytime you head out this way again, I will always help with any pointers I have from being in the area. Wish I would have known you guys came we could have met up!

Beautiful little film man! Looking forward to the next one and nice to see my old home waters!

We try … no shot is worth hurting the fish

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker well let’s not forget you just face hooked him and then dragged him into your net. Considerable pain was felt already. I just can’t stand it when people bring in the fish and it’s exhausted and then they hold it out of the water. Could u imagine how that would feel?

Hey Kenny, thanks for dropping by. Man those sound like some great fish! I can't wait to get back there. What's your favorite time of year to go?

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker Summer and Fall! The bigger fish are usually high up the Joe, start getting off the road and start hiking! Even small deep,fast water, u wouldent expect fish, is where I usually catch em! Dry flies! All the time! That's my favorite! No hoppers like you'd think! Gray and purple parachute adams usually!

@@kennycoye3907 I was there in Oct and we didn't go really much higher than the turn off to st. regis. The water higher up looked sooo skinny. But throwing just dry flies sounds awesome.

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker Yep. Below that. Bluff ck. Area! Around there! Nice pools! Up river from Prospector!!😊

@@kennycoye3907 Thanks yeah that stretch was fantastic!

I have only hooked a few a handful of redsides on the deschutes, and i totally agree they are serious fighters! I also hooked my first swung steelhead on the deschutes. I need to come down for the salmon fly hatch. Anyway appreciate watching and taking time to leave a comment! Tigh lines!

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker As I'm sure you know, the Salmon fly hatch is amazing! Almost too many bugs, making the fish very selective. (and most definitely too many guys fishing!) I like to go about a week after the hatch has passed. The fish still remember, and the crowds have passed as well. There really isn't a bad time of year to fish that river. Overlapping baetis hatches pretty much year around, the march brown hatch, PMD's, etc. And if you're proficient at nymph fishing, you OWN the river. Sadly, every year the steelhead numbers are less and less. Personally I think the fact nuclear material is still leaking into the Pacific 12 years after the Fukushima disaster is part of the reason. (obviously, dams, hatcheries, sea lions, gill netters all play a part as well, as does poor management of water draw at the Pelton re-regulating dam) I fear all salmon and steelhead runs are doomed to extinction. And if they don't straighten the water draw at Pelton out, the Redsides might be in the same boat! People are catching Walleye clear up to Maupin, and that's never been the case in the 35 years I've fished it.

@@oregonpatriot1570 Yeah the current state of affairs is bleak for steelhead. :( Take care out there!

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker I see great video, looking for part 2

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker I was watching your videos with my 8 year old. She really enjoyed them, so she had to comment!!

We were there in Oct. there are two types of camping there. There are paid campgrounds and then there are just pull offs that you don’t have to pay for. So just drive along the road and look for places that look fun to camp

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker Thanks for that. Can't wait! Any tips or suggestions for waters around Missoula? Heading there in mid-July for a few days. Catching a couple of concerts but have time during the day.

Clark fork and rock creek would be two big names. You could also check out the nf of the joe … after that check tributaries that flow into the clark fork

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker Thanks again. We'll be camping along Lolo Creek but it's pretty close to the Clark, Rock Creek, Bitterroot and the Blackfoot. Love the scene in part 2 of the Joe video where you talk about the Camp Pool. Something about camping, early morning, first coffee and getting in the water. Keep up the great filming. Appreciated.

We just fished along the road. The water was low so the farther up we went the worst fishing, im sure there were areas to explore up there but the fishing was so good lower down there wasn’t much need

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker I am guessing all above Avery. Thinking going up this late summer or Fall.

Aww thanks! I appreciate the support! I'm working on my next video, should be out in the next few weeks.

@@TheFlyFishingFilmmaker Cool! Just leave time for fishing. _Remember... The good Lord doesn't subtract days spent fishing from the total allotment in one's life!_