its my favorite too because of the bookmarks and i can skip past all of the non fly fishing content i would put this video in the documentary and educational/Made for kids category not fly fishing. besides that, great video
@@Rikmonchann ha! I'm going to try and not take the "made for kids" part of that too hard. But for real I hope kids are watching. They're the future of conservation.
These episodes are some of the highest quality content anywhere. An amazing combination of fly fishing, conservation and biology. Look forward to your next episode even if it takes a while!
Thank you for doing an amazing job at featuring my favorite place in AZ and the efforts by the White Mountains Apache Tribe to save these trout and to protect their lands. It’s so beautiful.
Chase, don't know how you found a gal like Aimee to share your experiences, but you're one of the luckiest guys in the world! What a wonderful video. Bob
aside from the actual "fly fishing" content, (which is still impressive) the production value and the stars of this series (all the their content) are worth a a watch and a follow if the world you live in, matters to you at ALL! Thank you Chase and Aimee. for showing us, WE CAN DO BETTER.
These spectacular fish hold a special place in my heart. Thank you for another wonderful video encapsulating such an amazing species and beutiful land as well as the conservation of both. I'm looking forward to what adventure is next. ☺
Seeing you bring a spotlight to the conservation concerns of a lonely trout species I shared the White Mountains with growing up brings me more happiness than I can say. Thank you so much for doing what you two do - I aspire to have the impact on my home mountains of Arizona as you have with two videos. Thank you so much
@@TightLoops every episode so far has been fantastic. I am partial to the videos you made on arctic charr here in maine because I was born and raised here in maine and I love fishing in northern maine. But i really enjoy watching every episode on rare trout species.
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Art is something that has always alluded me personally…but I like to say that I know art and artists when I see them. Thanks for this series. It’s pure gold.
Right now I’m talking with the director of a Trout Unlimited fly fishing camp (for teens) and trying to get them to show this episode. We watch the fff tour and other films. This one touches on all the concepts that we focus on. We’ll see!
Fine painting artistry and commentary on your rare trout. Best endeavours from Manchester UK. Here we are trying to maintain and improve habitat for the native brown trout..a challenge against intensive farming water pollution and many years going back to the start of the 20th century of neglect and the impact of urbanisation...and until recent years little catch and release Simon Artley
Stunning video. The Apache Reservation land is beautiful, and these fish are gorgeous. I was fortunate enough to catch quite a few of them last time I visited the White Mountains.
Hi Chase and Aimee. I just recently found your Tight Loops channel on YT and was instantly mesmerized by the quality of your storytelling content and filmmaking skills. 60 seconds into “Big Land” I hit the subscribe button. I binged and watched EVERY video you two made from beginning to end over the next 3 days I had off from work on a 4K TV. Your storytelling, color grading, narration, and b-roll is simply superb. “Trapped” and “Arizona” and “Flow North” , I could go on and on. Superb stories and video. Sincere congratulations on getting commercial gigs that pay the bills. I do however feel we will all miss the “Notes From the Road” series. Maybe a 5-10 minute video once a month. We don’t and shouldn’t expect a 47 minute masterpiece, LOL I understand all too well of how busy one can get on client gigs. And finally, Tight Loops is my very favorite channel on YT. Keep up the great work and I look forward to seeing your next adventures. As everyone else has commented on all your videos, yes, THE best flyfishing and travel adventure video series on RU-vid.....period!
Yeah, this was an awesome video! I was finally able to find some Apache Trout this spring... And I found a school of them! After never even seeing one for so long, I caught 7 out of one hole in the White Mountains!! 🙂
I saw this pop up last night, but we were out of town, and I refused to watch it on my phone. Chase and Aimee's films are the only fly fishing videos that get the full big screen surround sound treatment at home. Heck I might even make some popcorn. The production quality, quality of content, scientific importance, and artistic value of your work is unmatched on RU-vid. You two are truly inspirational.
Awesome. I have really enjoyed this series and the other videos you have made and shared. Having lived in Arizona for nearly 30 years, I'm always pleased to see things that others show me about this state that I had little to no knowledge of.
Thank's for everything you are doing to raise awareness among your contemporary. You're beautiful human being and i really appreciate your journey Aimee and Chase.
Pretty awesome, just seeing this now. I visited the Bear Wallow Wilderness, but in 2001 pre-fire. Pretty special place, very special fish. Brings back memories.
I've been running into AZGFD representatives on the Lower Salt River surveying anglers on the prospect of planting our other native trout, the Gila trout, into that body of water.
My wife and I absolutely love your videos. Epic fly fishing and beautiful scenery. We live in northern Utah and welcome you guys to explore the Uintas and all that they have to offer.
All of your films are pure gems, fresh and informative with unmatched creative style and quality. You've captured and conveyed everything very meticulously and I share gratitude and appreciation to you work. I enjoy watching all your journeys traversing across the American southwest, exhibiting it's raw austere beauty. I've always adhered my curiosity to a silly phrase when hiking around the backcountry wilderness; " where there's nothing, you always find something and this is where lost became found". It's a magical experience to touch these delicate riparian meadows in pursuit to rediscover these amazing trout habitats. You both are a talented team and dynamic duo. Thank you very much and wishing you the very best of success in your adventurous journeys!
Growing up not far from the White Mountains, this part of your series - recognizing the significance of the Apache trout and the conservation efforts that have sustained it- has been very meaningful to me. Is there any way I could commission a tattoo of the Apache trout or maybe your “Apache Rising” chapter illustration? I’m touched by your work - some of the most effortless, far reaching conservation marketing of the white mountain/Gila wilderness since Sand County Almanac. Amazing work, guys.
Last comment, everything about these videos amazes me. I know productions like this exist for many other genres of film, but I really don’t see anything quite like this in the fly fishing community. Ofc Scotty and the fellas hold it down over at wild fly, but this style of film creates its own genre. I especially like the low background audio inserts during the various dialogue portions of the video. Guac my friend
I don't usually leave comments but I must say; Well done! Last week I was in the White Mountains, introducing myself to the Apache trout. Agreed- Easy access = hard fishing and hard access = easy fishing. (some species are better left un-filmed/ please be careful moving forward)
I was fishing a large creek behind Hawley Lake AZ one day and seen a boulder the size of a mini Cooper came crashing down near a pool of the creek. I went to check because my curiosity always gets the best of me and counted so many dead and shocked trout all around the pool. It was sad. Went back last week and it was no good. It's crazy how something as that made a huge impact.
wow, great video! I agree with your premise of giving them a chance to survive which they have done through the current interglacial period and introduction of non native trout species. Nature is resilient and might not need our intervention, perhaps just patience.
The problem is that the pressure we put on these environments is constant and varied. We slowly erode the foundations of the natural world until it collapses. I'd agree that nature is resilient, but we have not begun to give it the time or protection it needs to recover. Recover is probably the wrong word. Stabilize? We have lost so much that cannot be recovered.
If you ask the trout and measure the summer base flow of these mountain streams, people may be surprised to learn the burned over forest is better than a dense unnaturally overstocked forest we saw in the last video. There is a lot of forest ecology, fire ecology , snow and ground water ecology that plays into this.