Fly Fishing for BIG Brook Trout! (Appalachian Mountains) 

Love the parachute adams and a stimulator combo. And watching you catch that last monster was epic. If you would please compile a video of best brookies you've caught and how. Because your techniques of spoting, casting, landing, presenting for a view, and releases have become beautiful in that you are my favorite of all fishing videos. Your fishing ethics are superb from setting the hook, landing, handling the fish, and releases to retrieving trash and disposing properly, and general respect for the outdoors and what you love to do. You could even make a series of brookies, brownies, rainbows, and cutthroats. You have become one of the finest fishermen out there and would appreciate the chance to cast a few with you sometime. Cherokee Tony

I always start off with a 7.5-foot tapered leader down to 1x. I tie on tippet sections of 2 to 3 feet until I get it down to the size I want. I start with a 3x, then a 5x or 4x, depending on which I want to fish. This will give me about a 10-foot leader with 2 feet of tippet. If I go down to a 6x, it is usually 3x to 5x to 6x. This makes a longer leader, but I believe going down to 6x requires a longer leader. So for a 6x, I will have about 12 feet of leader plus a tippet. I can make it shorter by stepping down more than 2 sizes, but typically, 2 sizes is the max. I learned to do this from old-timers who had to make their own tapered leaders. I actually like how much control it gives me.

I can't get enough of your content. Keep them coming!!

Way to go Johny boy! first time i see you false casting this much, a pleasure to wacth!

Your videos are simply amazing, probably the best fishing channel i know, respect from Portugal.

I just started watching this video so I’m still watching but I have to say befor I forget, that first big Brooke was nothing but bad ass!

Brookie, so beautiful. My favorite trout.

The beauty of these fish are amazing!

Thanks!🎣

Pretty stout. I was always taught to stay out of the slow deep "dead" water and never let your fly line touch the water in these small mountain streams. But then you come along... Hmmm...👍💪

beautiful!

I'm fairly new to fly fishing for trout. I am already addicted. I fish around north Georgia and North Carolina. I've already learned sooo much from your videos. Keep them coming! Maybe one day I can wet a line with you.

Awesome to see fishing videos with water like where I live (WV). I was just given a fly rod and reel so later this fall I'll be trying it out.

Beautiful water. Beautiful Brookies!

AMAZING video, my friend. That Brookie was a beautiful monster! I just got back from the Appalachian mountains. Only got to fish a river one day for an hour and a half. 16 strikes, 6 hookups and 5 lands later, i was on cloud 9. The largest one i landed was probably 10 to 12 inches. Cant say for sure. Wild browns and rainbows. They're cranking up there right now. Youre right about the water level, it was a tad low, but it allowed me to fish certain spots more easily than i otherwise would have. Again, awesome video man, i cant wait to get back up there.

Love the videos

Damn good job brother!

Enjoyed! Monster Brook Trout 🎣

What a beautiful little river - and what extraordinary natives those were! Thank you for another great video, and for your strong support for conserving native wild trout.

Best water around here is the Yellowstone prong area up on mt. Pisgah. Crystal clear water. I was up there the other day and caught multiple wild Brooke’s over 12 inches

Heck yeah man, very cool, thanks!!

😱 damn nice Brookies looking for some like that in Pa

Georgous

great video and gorgeous fish! Would love to see you head up to Maine to fish the Magalloway, Rapid, or the Kennebago rivers. Trophy brook trout and landlocked salmon, as you well know.

love this video man ❤❤

Another awesome video

Awesome 🤙🏽

great video as always!

Come visit I'll take you to some of the Appalachian secrets

Nice outing John. I assume by your reactions that these brookies in general are a small species. Don't get them here in South Africa, so I don't know them. But glad you had a super day 😊

Heck yeah man I’m super excited to go up to North Carolina in a couple of days and recently learned how to fly fish, and I’ve been watching your content for a while, just can’t wait all the videos are gonna pay off. Nice Brookie!

Definitely keep considering taking a west v trip or multiple trips. The native fishing looks great. There’s a few streams loaded with natives here in south central pa. They don’t get very big though. Biggest I caught in one section was 9.5”. But being not even 10 min from falling springs fly only section can hold some good times. Tight lines bro. Nice video.

Love your videos 👍

What size rod and reel do you use in the small streams?

How do you heave fish in at full speed without breaking them off lol

Lettttssss goooooo

Whats your rod and reel combo?

Incredible video as always beautiful brooke’s and beautiful spot what state is this?

I’m so jealous of the places you get to fish, only trout place within an hour of me is overfished by rednecks with power bait and the trout in it don’t reproduce they are just stocked so I almost never get to actually catch fish.

Are you in Pa?

Is a 5/6 rod good for trout

In 2021 my buddy caught a 5 pound Brook trout mama in our local river and cooked it😂 . I called and told him to release the eggs but it was already too late

It be nice to get location. Brook, steam name, GPS. Thanks

John, I have a serious proposal for you for next year, Come to Northern Ontario end of may early june, and I will take you Steelhead fishing and Brookie fishing in my secret spots, My brookie Tally so far this year (last 3 weeks) is 2 16"ers 4 15"ers and 3 14"ers, I can promise you monster steelhead and monster brookies from my secret hiding spots 100% chances. I can even take you out for walleye and Northern Pike on the fly. Also we can eat any or every species you want guilt free. I live in a very remote area with very little pressure. We can even drive a couple hours away and hit the Nipigon monsters and Superior Coasters, they're like 5-8lbs on average

Really nice vid. But way too much False, casting

Try a 22in brookie...thats a monster! Nice technique man. I cant see the reason to spending a shit on on fly rods and reels when all it takes is a little patients and technique I use spinning reel ultralight ugly stick ive caught everything u can think of freshwater that is.