How to Streamer Fish for Trout || Fly Fishing for Beginners!

Are you using a floating line with a sinking poly leader and a 2x leader (3-6ft)?

TIL streamer names are erotic

Simply awesome video. Love brookies. Most beautiful fish in the world and always tight lines.

Great job and great video. Thank you.

Which state do you call home in the NE?

Is 4x leader 4-7 ft good to use when streamer fishing?

"Shorter" leader and "smaller" streamers doesn't mean much to us uninitiated. I wish he would give more egs and ies instead of arbitrary comparisons

Long time streamer fisherman here. The one thought that changed my hook ups was, "hunt the fly."

Thanks so must for making this video! You information was very basic, but very relevant. One of the best teaching videos I’ve watched. Keep up the great content and more videos like this would be very helpful.

Loved this. Quality tips and quality presentation while catching big fish - ideal.

One equation I’d love to ask you tho - what knots do you typically tie to the streamer?

Looking forward to more content. Well done.

What weight rod are using to cast those dungeons?

Awesome Video. Thanks for sharing your tips. The basics are what you need to remember and what you demonstrated!

What floating line do you like for your streamerx?

Would you recommend a 4-6’ leader on PNW super clear streams with rainbow and bulls? (Browns don’t exist out here)

Also, aren’t brown trout not native to the US? Why are brown more acceptable than tiger?

Needed this Video!!!

As a new streamer fisherman, i really appreciated this video. Thanks man.

Я давно чекав на це відео! Дякую!

Tell a Michigan man what river this is😤

Great video man!

I'm still new to streamer fishing and your tips were helpful. Thanks!

I been streamer fishing for 50+ yrs and all I use is sinking lines period!! It doesn't matter how small the water is to me!!! You need to learn how to control your line , it's not hard!!!

Amazing video...thanks! Now to find good water!

I have fly fished for around four years and i have been on some amazing trips and I live in Detrotie Michigan and i have a small creek across the street and I go fishing there as much as I can and a few months ago i caught a 20 plus brown, which i normally just have caught small browns and rainbows.

In the west we have deep holes in our rivers...so it's best to bring both or like I do, bring an intermediate, a sink tip, and a floating line. And I bring a 5,6,and a 7wt. But I'm a fishing fanatic that used to ditch school to go fishing...thank God I beat all the programing from the leftist teachers in California and now live in trout Mecca central Oregon.

Edit: also im a former Marine grunt....so carrying three light fly poles and flies is nothing. Its even lighter than chasing after them with spoons, jigs, or bait like gear fisherman like myself do. Most people should have at least two set ups so they can do dry flys. I mostly do streamers so i only change size, color, and profile constantly untill they bite and most always they do here in Oregon, theres so many great places to fish its unbelievable coming from California 10 years ago, its like i died and made it to the promosed land. 😂

Catch and release is fine but in some states if you snag it you have to let it go because it's not a legal catch. So if you're eating them you can't keep them. But I mean what do they have like 100 times binoculars watching you I mean sometimes yes and usually it's a monocular especially coming from California. They'll even watch you on the coast if you're only like a mile off or so, especially for rock fishing. Also, people are poaching abalone so that's mostly why they're out there but they don't play around in some states in Oregon. It's the state police so you never ever see them and they never check you go figure being a sportsman's Paradise and they don't even have fish and game. Only Oregon and Alaska are like that

I keep a sink tip leader in my bag just in case but I agree, WFF lines for meat in most cases. The Dungeon is a great fly! I have even caught redfish on them in salt! Darker colors in cloudy water make a better profile for the fish to see, thats my thoughts so I can increase catching. Using a loop knot also gives streamers a little more action. great vid man. Great tips!

Thanks for the tips man. I love flyfishing but always struggle with streamers. This gave me so much insight. Keep crushing it brother 🤙

Freakin' fantastic video man! I'm getting back in to streamer fishing now because it is such an active and fun way to fish and it moves big fish! I love nymphing but you're not getting smashed like you will on streamers. This was a great video to get the itch back. You crush great fish on a regular basis in your videos man. It might be a little harder in my waters to find big fish consistently but they're around and streamers will definitely show you where they live if they're in the mood to chase. Love your stuff man!

Interesting how shallow these streams are, I'm in PNW and most here are deep with plunge pools and gravel bars more

Jon, I've been passionately fishing for trout for about 12 years now (I'm 27). Typically, this has always been with a spinning rod (similar to your start) using floats or most commonly, jerkbaits. After a few years watching your channel, my enthusiasm for a fly setup has reached a peak with regard to streamer fishing specifically. It will be how I catch my first trout of 2025, hopefully on Jan 1. Just wanted to say thanks for the increasingly great content, and for the extra motivation to shift to the world of fly fishing. Tight lines brother.

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Great video, so informative, and relative to someone lime me,just startn out streamer fishing, keep up the good work,,🇨🇮🇨🇮🇨🇮

I haven't been fishing for 14 years and watching your videos have lit a fire under me! I am now shopping for some gear, the gear I have is vintage and most of it is probably older than you!..............way older.

Thanks for the lesson. Just starting out in Colorado

I've watched and enjoyed MANY of your videos. It's interesting, you really like the articulated leech type flies like Russ Maddin's patterns and Kelly's. U don't use more "fish" looking patterns, say, Deceiver types. I think the "leech" type flies work better in the small and relatively small streams you overwhelmingly fish. The "baitfish" looking patterns (looking much more like "stickbait" look-a-likes) work better in big water, although the "leech" patterns work well there as well, but the "leeches" don't dominate there the way they do in small water. You can get SO much more random darting, strike triggering action out of a minnow-baitfish looking pattern, especially if it is STATEGICALLY weighted than you can get out of a, say Circus Peanut or Kraken (and I LOVE those two patterns). You usually need a longer leader to get that good action too. Usually. You don't need that (long leader) with the Peanut, Kraken etc. flies, as you instruct and fish. You also predominantly fish under dark, often drizzly skies, when the water looks roily and somewhat discolored. That water looks like it may be rising, and perhaps warming too. Great times to encounter actively feeding big fish. Man, you get big fish out of that small water! Your videos are pretty and instructive too, especially instructive visually. You fish up and across and upstream SO much. Big fish pattern. Thank you for putting out these inspiring videos!

I wish I could fish your spots, very nice. What wt rod are you using. Is the 7 wt. The best all around rod ?

I've watched dozens of your videos. You are a skilled and dedicated angler. However, this is the first time I've heard you mention what you were using for bait. As a lifelong spinning gear fisherman who's making the painful transition to fly fishing, it would be nice to know that little bit extra!

Don’t put it down. Commit to the meat, they’ll eat it

Dude I love your videos! I've been fishing in upstate New York for 20 years and the rivers are very similar to where you're fishing. What I love, I still learn every time I go fishing. I consider myself a good fisherman, I regularly catch 30 to 50 trouts a day. I mostly catch trout 17 inches and under but with your advice, it will help me find the trophy I'm looking for. Keep making us beautiful videos, you make me dream while waiting for my next season! 😊

Jon. Very helpful! Question. My streamer leader. I get that it should be short and stiff, but is mono ok or should it be fluorocarbon?

Jon. Are certain times of year better for streamer fishing than others?

I like how you don’t care about a tiger trout and then you cut your brown trout. That’s also stocked and you’re like oh yay brown trout but still that’s a really nice brown good job.

Your videos are the number one fly/fishing videos i watch. They are helpful and they are fun to watch. I streamer fish most of the time and i am normally successful. I am getting a little better at wet flies but streamers are still my number one.

Do you ever use the clouser minnow streamers?

Great tips 🎉

Great video. Been dry and nymph fishing for years. Never really tried/understood streamers. Will be trying this weekend =)

overall the video is very informative but as I am european the "god bless" and god bless america" was a bit cringy and didn't think anyone actually talks like that.
mean no offence but that court me a little offguard