Well done! Had a day in South Central, PA just like that. No one around - the browns, brookies and rainbows were hungry. I just caught my first PA trout on a 12' Wild Water Rod. It was the best day an old man could get. First time on Tenkara as well and I will be doing that again. It was tough fishing, though with lots of cover. Thank you for your videos!
Yes sir! I reminisce about this day all the time. I'll be going back within the next few weeks - hope it fishes as well as it did on this day. Thanks for watching!
I used to fish for them on Kauai in the upper streams, sometimes we'd catch two at once on the same rooster tail. I don't think many of them ever saw a lure before.
Wish there were some more bass opportunities here in CO! BUT, I'm going back to this area next week and will be filming another video here, along with a couple others for trout in the driftless. Can't freaking wait!
It definitely does! Would like to explore more of it's waters, but every time I visit I keep coming back here. My next goal is to find some smaller water with much bigger average size.
Thanks Gary! Appreciate you checking out my video. It was such a beautiful spot. The cinematography is a curse, takes me all day to film the different bits and pieces that go into a video, but I do have fun!
There is an abundance of lakes, streams, ponds , rivers and lagoons all over Illinois! Many of them are running through forest preserves and state parks! Its not just Chicago its all over the state. Google is your friend.😊
It really is an underrated state in my opinion! I only visit relatives about once a year, but the few places I've fished have been a ton of fun and a nice change of pace from my waters in Colorado.
Heck yeah!! It would be a perfect place to fish with kids, so many fish that are down to bite. I wish I could have brought my son! Thanks for watching the video and not just writing the name of the location in your comment randomly :)
Nice! Lucky! I might get back there in June - fingers crossed. I think the trout are probably pretty hard to come by from what I've heard, but I wish you luck, and there's always tons of willing smallmouth if the trout fail you!
@@EngineeringHooksets It seems from my very limited experience that finding the deepest holes where holdovers might stick around is the best bet! Do you ever get up to the driftless in Wisconsin? Hoping to take a trip there this summer and plan to catch lots of trout, of course!
@@FlickyFlies Post-trip update: We only fished for about 2 hours because of thunderstorms, but I got 3 nice rainbows! All on a 1 5/8 inch rebel raider twitchbait. I tried my fly rod for a while but I was terrible at it. And no, I've never been to the driftless region.
@@EngineeringHooksets im headed to camp their in 2 weeks. My big question did you fish the river in the state park or where is this exclusive parking lot located out of the state park?! Thanks !
I live in northern illinois and do a fair amount of smallmouth fishing. Don’t do well on a fly rod but a Wooly bugger is my go to. Not familiar with that river you fished but it looked fantastic. Nice job.
Hey brotha man, love the video and that’s a great lookin spot! Any way I can get the general area of where this was at? Im interested in going out that way I’m assuming it’s near the palisades? 🤔 idk just a guess tho! Please let me know, happy new year
It's not really in that area :) BUT, I have family near there and the rivers in the suburbs can be a ton of fun for smallmouth, panfish, etc! Living in Colorado, I love fishing those waters when I visit!
Nice dude! In this particular video I’m using a Tenkarabum 36. It’s got a bit more backbone than some of the other Japanese rods, but not as firm as many of the American companies rods. This can vary of course! What did you end up picking up?
Fishing for smallmouth on Tenkara gear has been my primary diversion from late May through September the last several years. I mostly fish SW Wisconsin. I drive by great trout streams to fish for smallmouth.
Can't blame you! I had so much fun fishing for these smallies, and they put up such a great fight on tenkara. I'm actually planning a trip to fish that area for both trout and smallies at some point this year. Does the smallmouth fishing slow down a lot after September?
I live in lake county Illinois any recommendations for chasing small mouth. i mostly fish up by my parents in northern Wisconsin and got hooked on chasing bass in rivers. so much fun. looking for something closer to enjoy.
@@FlickyFlies yeah I've seen sections of the rock river that looks like this. I always head north to Wisconsin whenever I can. Definitely need to check out more of Illinois
@@chunkylover54 Ah yeah, I didn't actually get to fish the Rock. Is it pretty wadeable in parts? Wisconsin seems like it has a ton of good smallmouth rivers in the driftless as well as trout, of course. I think I'll try to get up there at some point this year.
@@FlickyFlies not really sure. I mostly ride bikes and float on rivers. just started getting into tenkara and am starting to get addicted. Its great to be able to incorporate fishing into my other hobbies. thats why i got excited to see a river like this in illinois not used to seeing stuff like this around me. I usually drive north for this kind of fun.
Flies are mentioned in the video! Went between a clouser minnow and a little jigged streamer. Line was about 10 feet of fluorocarbon line with 3 or so feet of bright indicator line. The stuff euronymphers use. Orvis Indicator I believe it was.
I would appreciate if near the beginning you told us what rod you were using. Knowing the fly is good but better if we know the characteristics of the rod. Thanks
@@FlickyFlies you use a good number of shots from the point of view of a companion. These are great to see the context and watch the rod. I think I made out in this video the rod was a Tenbum but couldn’t tell which length.
U know what is ok to fish but keep the place clean bring ur garbage when u leave. I go many place to fish but people always left there garbage everywhere. This place is beautiful !
Hey Arthur! I've got several rods for different purposes but in this video I'm using the Suntech Tenkarabum 36 rod, which is just shy of 12 feet long. It's a pretty fast action rod with quite a delicate tip and just enough backbone to chuck out something w/ a tungsten bead. Line type was #4.5 level line. About 11 feet of the level line, followed by a foot of Orvis Tactical Sighter which is alternating colors of orange, green, and white ... that's used as an indicator when tight-line nymphing w/ just the tippet in the water. Tippet was 2-3 feet of 5x fluorocarbon. Hope that helps!
@@FlickyFlies that helps indeed! i’ve been using the Tenkara Rod Co rocky with 20 feet of line. Might honestly be overkill (the rod is a tank and I’m sure it could handle a slab). best of luck out there!
@@mvsc-k5e Awesome! I like having different rods for different types of fishing. The rod in this video is my general all-around rod, can land fish up to ~20inches or so but w/ an epic battle that's really unnerving and fun haha. I just got a tiny brookie rod last week and it's a blast w/ small fish, and I also have a big 2 handed rod that can handle small carp and big trout/whatever else. I bet you could land just about any trout you encountered with the Rocky!
I've had a ton of fun fishing for lots of different species in the DuPage river in the Chicago suburbs. Pick any park or natural area and access it there! Carp, Largemouth, Smallmouth, Sunfish. Good times!
@@midwesthoods9727 sorry brother can't help you with that lol all I fish for is bass and I really don't go fish elsewhere outside of my little hood spot, it's got tons of bass in it and not many people fishing for em and less catching em . I'm from cook county , tight lines 🎣 and God bless 🙏
