I have soured on the guide/client phenom that is the norm now on any premiere fishery east or west. Way too many well-healed 'anglers' getting the best shots at fish while the public has to put up with intrusion after intrusion of entitled, often loud and rude guides and clients. Money trumps who gets the best water. A public resource should not be monetized for the rich, and kid….go swing a hammer for a living or something and stop ruining everybody's day astream.
Stop all environmentalist and game wardens. If the people aren't scared to go there they will protect it when they see it and learn it. Your fees and fines make it for others and they will destroy it, because it's not there's and they don't have understand it
I THINK ALL RIVERS SHOULD BE ON A ROTATION WHERE EVERY SO MANY YEARS ITS CLOSED TO ALL FISHING AND IRRIGATION .. SO EVERY YEAR A DIFFERENT RIVERS IS GETTING A BREAK
Great film and beautiful fish. There is a saying that is used for anyone loving our fish, our NPs our forests etc. it's called Wreck-reation. When people just go out for fun without thinking the damage it will do the landscape and wildlife, on top of climate change. I hope the industry will continue to educate the fragility of the Snake River.
All the pressure and greed up there is sickening. I am a third generation Wyoming native and i stopped fishing it precisely for many of the reasons given in this report.
Sadly I am so "over" Montana and Wyoming. The fish are getting loved to death like everything else. When you combine that with perpetual low water conditions and disease resulting from climate change I really wonder what things will be like in another few years. I gave up on Montana about twenty years ago and started to go to Patagonia where you can still fish a large river and not see another boat all day. The guides down there can concentrate on the fishing and not spend all their time trying to avoid other boats. Sadly, however, things are changing even in Patagonia, more and more lodges, more and more outfitters, etc but still a long way to go before it becomes the disaster that is the Northern Rockies. And now you have hundreds of You Tube videos being posted about every lodge, every river. No one can be bothered to discover things for themselves any more. They all have to be spoon fed.
Great film that captures why we fish and the issues these fish are facing. There’s a telling line in the film regarding the condition of a fish’s mouth. These fish are pounded daily, and it shows. When you’re aware of the struggles they are facing to hold on, and how unique it is to have a native cutthroat in a large watershed, fishing them in peak season is a decision that can carry some feelings of guilt. When you see a beat up mouth, or line burn on a slab side from hitting the net wrapped up in tippet from a multi fly rig, keep their plight in mind. That’s not an indictment on guided fishing; it buttered my bread for many years. But, we need to start the conversation of how to cut back on the pressure without sacrificing the non guided fishing public’s access to enjoy their public lands.
Yes, stable flows are important and I appreciate your efforts. But let's get real. You are lamenting a deteriorating, high pressure fishery while actively promoting increased pressure and contributing to high catch rates for financial gain. Are guides turning down clients who want to nymph up 30 cutts a day on a wire worm?
You would want to cut back on the amount of fisher men and women fishing the fishery before you fish it to death 💀 god bless from limerick Ireland 🇮🇪 🙏 😢😊
To whomever involved with the shop and video: If you make SAVE THE SNAKE RIVER CUT t shirts and put the money to helping save them. I’ll buy shirts, hats, hoodies etc. Just tell me where and when!
No fly fisherman can find himself completed as long as a such called guide is needed. 🤔🤔🤔bla,bla,bla..
Not a "Green Hoax" ,but a real threat to us all. Vote for people who will protect the rivers, not exploit them for profit.
Holy crap!
That moment when he says “…and then they sold it to the gentleman I guide for now…”
That was soulcrushing.
Beautiful! Thank you.
🤜🏻⚡️🤛🏻
Get rid of all dams and stop poisining our food and land
I have soured on the guide/client phenom that is the norm now on any premiere fishery east or west. Way too many well-healed 'anglers' getting the best shots at fish while the public has to put up with intrusion after intrusion of entitled, often loud and rude guides and clients. Money trumps who gets the best water. A public resource should not be monetized for the rich, and kid….go swing a hammer for a living or something and stop ruining everybody's day astream.
Incredible film!!
Stop all environmentalist and game wardens. If the people aren't scared to go there they will protect it when they see it and learn it. Your fees and fines make it for others and they will destroy it, because it's not there's and they don't have understand it
I THINK ALL RIVERS SHOULD BE ON A ROTATION WHERE EVERY SO MANY YEARS ITS CLOSED TO ALL FISHING AND IRRIGATION .. SO EVERY YEAR A DIFFERENT RIVERS IS GETTING A BREAK
Great film and beautiful fish. There is a saying that is used for anyone loving our fish, our NPs our forests etc. it's called Wreck-reation. When people just go out for fun without thinking the damage it will do the landscape and wildlife, on top of climate change. I hope the industry will continue to educate the fragility of the Snake River.
What a brilliant wee film 👏
Too many people…..
Please stop this over saturation
We need the episodes now man we you you got them
All the pressure and greed up there is sickening. I am a third generation Wyoming native and i stopped fishing it precisely for many of the reasons given in this report.
Sadly I am so "over" Montana and Wyoming. The fish are getting loved to death like everything else. When you combine that with perpetual low water conditions and disease resulting from climate change I really wonder what things will be like in another few years. I gave up on Montana about twenty years ago and started to go to Patagonia where you can still fish a large river and not see another boat all day. The guides down there can concentrate on the fishing and not spend all their time trying to avoid other boats. Sadly, however, things are changing even in Patagonia, more and more lodges, more and more outfitters, etc but still a long way to go before it becomes the disaster that is the Northern Rockies. And now you have hundreds of You Tube videos being posted about every lodge, every river. No one can be bothered to discover things for themselves any more. They all have to be spoon fed.
Great film that captures why we fish and the issues these fish are facing.
There’s a telling line in the film regarding the condition of a fish’s mouth. These fish are pounded daily, and it shows. When you’re aware of the struggles they are facing to hold on, and how unique it is to have a native cutthroat in a large watershed, fishing them in peak season is a decision that can carry some feelings of guilt. When you see a beat up mouth, or line burn on a slab side from hitting the net wrapped up in tippet from a multi fly rig, keep their plight in mind.
That’s not an indictment on guided fishing; it buttered my bread for many years. But, we need to start the conversation of how to cut back on the pressure without sacrificing the non guided fishing public’s access to enjoy their public lands.
Yes, stable flows are important and I appreciate your efforts. But let's get real. You are lamenting a deteriorating, high pressure fishery while actively promoting increased pressure and contributing to high catch rates for financial gain. Are guides turning down clients who want to nymph up 30 cutts a day on a wire worm?
This effort is critical. I will add my support.
Nice work AJ that was great!!
Outstanding work, AJ!!! Frogtastic!
i spy nick fiorini on that boat — he is one heck of a guide!!! see you in Mexico yuuu!
Great video
You would want to cut back on the amount of fisher men and women fishing the fishery before you fish it to death 💀 god bless from limerick Ireland 🇮🇪 🙏 😢😊
To whomever involved with the shop and video: If you make SAVE THE SNAKE RIVER CUT t shirts and put the money to helping save them. I’ll buy shirts, hats, hoodies etc. Just tell me where and when!
The sad reality is that we are loving our fisheries to death.