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00:03I'll be spending the next couple of nights out here deep in the mountains of West Virginia.
00:08I'll be doing some hiking, looking for a remote waterfall,
00:11fishing the mountain streams along the way. I brought some food but I'll also be cooking
00:14some of the fish I catch, doing a little truck camping, a little hammock camping,
00:18in some nasty weather. I even found something out here that I've never seen before.
00:30It's my first time fishing this.
00:33Let's see what we can catch out of here. I'm going to use the white marabou jig.
00:43Oh, I just missed a nice one.
00:50Got one.
00:57Awesome. We got one for the stringer but I'm going to keep fishing because I want
01:02to see what else is in here.
01:06There's a big one right under this rock.
01:15Oh!
01:21Beautiful rainbow trout.
01:24That is going to make a good meal.
01:27It's a pretty good sized one.
01:28Let's see if we can catch anything else.
01:37I'm going to let this one go.
01:41I have enough to eat. I'm just fishing for fun at this point.
01:50I'm going to let this one go too.
01:54There's a ton of trout in here and they're hungry.
02:06Another rainbow.
02:09I am loving this creek.
02:12I am loving it.
02:12Well, we had a good run.
02:13About five trout.
02:14Kept two of them.
02:15I'm going to clean these up now and get them ready to cook.
02:17So what we're going to do tonight is camp out in the truck and then tomorrow,
02:20I'm going to go hike up the mountain.
02:32We've got the fish all cleaned up.
02:47We've got the fish all cleaned up.
02:55I'll keep the small one in the cooler.
02:57We'll cook that one tomorrow.
02:58The big one, I'll cook tonight.
03:00I've got some incense here.
03:02We'll make a little extra smoke to keep the bugs off of me.
03:05They're bad tonight.
03:07I just picked up this little chair the other day for like 15 bucks.
03:13Pretty comfy.
03:20These flies are everywhere.
03:23They're swarming mayflies.
03:33Some seasoning on there.
03:51I'll finish cooking it in this pan.
03:56This way I can use it as a plate too.
04:03One of the best tasting trout I've had in a while.
04:14Beautiful boneless piece right there.
04:18You want some of my trout.
04:22I'm going to finish this up and then go make my bed up in the
04:25truck.
04:30I've got my sleeping pad in here.
04:37I'm going to get some sleep.
04:38I have a lot of hiking to do tomorrow.
04:40So I'll see you guys in the morning.
04:55We're going to get some bacon.
04:57Let's get a fire going.
04:58I'm going to get some good bacon.
05:40I'm going to brew this coffee, cook a little more bacon, and then we're going to head out.
05:43go to the
05:54and then we're going to go.
06:13Good coffee.
06:14We are headed deep into the mountains today. There's a waterfall I'm headed to.
06:18Might set up camp near there and then continue my hike tomorrow towards the top of the mountain.
06:23Got my new hiking shoes on.
06:26I'm liking them so far. I saw them for a decent price. Couldn't pass them up. A lot of my
06:30boots and shoes are falling apart.
06:37I brought my fly rod. I'm gonna try and do some fishing once I get up here for wild trout,
06:41native trout.
06:42They normally don't get too big, but they're still fun to catch.
06:50Not sure if we're supposed to get any bad weather or not. Hopefully we do. There's nothing like camping in
06:55a good storm, you know.
07:07Some native trout in there.
07:15Beautiful little stream.
07:21Woo!
07:22It's a warm day today.
07:24I was going to come out here the other day when it was like 90 degrees.
07:27Glad I didn't.
07:28Some reishi fungus.
07:32The flies are bad today.
07:39Break time.
07:40Grab a little snack here.
07:45Freeze-dried blackberries.
07:52These are amazing.
07:59Got some blackberry crumbs left in here.
08:04Pour my water in there.
08:08Now I have blackberry flavored water.
08:17Might run into some bears out here.
08:19Some bleeding heart flowers.
08:22These are related to poppies.
08:25That's something I haven't seen in a while.
08:33I'm a few miles in and I finally found the waterfall.
08:44That is awesome.
08:50Woo!
08:54Yeah, buddy!
08:56That water is cold!
09:04Cold, but that felt great.
09:06I feel so much better now.
09:08My pants are wet, but that'll keep me cool while I hike.
09:12They dry out fast anyway.
09:14Beautiful place.
09:16See if I can get one of these trout to take a fly.
09:41I'm not the best fly fisherman in the world.
09:44That probably doesn't help either.
09:46You really got to sneak up on these trout.
09:48If the water is so crystal clear, they can see almost everything.
09:51And if they see you, they'll swim away fast into cover.
09:58Got one.
10:06Beautiful fish.
10:08Caught him on the nymph.
10:09Take that out and let him go.
10:17It's a little rainbow.
10:21These trout naturally reproduce in here.
10:24The water quality has to be high and the water has to stay cold.
10:27And that's why they thrive in these mountain streams.
10:31Decent sized one.
10:32These are actually pretty good size for native brook trout.
10:35But still a little small for what I like to keep.
10:37So I'm just releasing them.
10:39A lot of their diet consists of flies, aquatic insects, nymphs.
10:44So that's why I like to bring the fly rod out here.
10:53All right, we're going to get some water now.
11:08Let's keep hiking.
11:09I'm not going to go too much farther.
11:10Getting a little late.
11:24Pretty sure I heard thunder.
11:26Can't check the radar out here.
11:28There is absolutely zero cell signal.
11:31Just opened up.
11:32Maybe we can get a good look at the sky up here.
11:34See if there's a storm coming.
11:36And see if it's coming this way.
11:42Well, there's definitely a storm on its way.
11:45Could be a bad storm.
11:46Could be a little storm.
11:48Could be a storm that passes me.
11:49Either way, we're going to set up a tarp.
11:55The barred owl up there.
12:03This will have to do.
12:05Right here.
12:40Well, we got the tarp up.
12:43I have a hammock to sleep in.
12:45I'll set that up in a little bit.
12:47Just want to see what this storm is going to do first.
12:52All that thunder on my way up here.
12:54Now I don't hear any.
12:55Sounded like it was getting real close.
12:57It looked like it was too.
12:58So I hiked about four and a half miles today so far.
13:01Mostly uphill.
13:02Which isn't a ton.
13:03But a pretty decent amount still.
13:05I am starving.
13:08I'm going to have some beef stroganoff.
13:21Get some water boiling.
13:33We'll let that sit for a little while.
13:37Beef stroganoff for the win.
13:42That's what I love about freeze dried meals.
13:44They're just so easy to make once you get out here.
13:46When you're exhausted and you don't feel like cooking food.
13:50I freeze dried this myself.
13:51My wife cooked it.
13:52I freeze dried it.
13:53It's a good hearty little meal.
13:55I'm going to get the hammock set up.
14:02I like to bring a hammock when I'm in real mountainous areas like this.
14:06And where there's a lot of undergrowth.
14:07Because there's not too many flat open spots for a tent.
14:10Hammock gives me more options.
14:16All right.
14:17So we've got the bug net set up.
14:19We're going to make kind of a makeshift under quilt for this.
14:21If you're just hanging there with no insulation underneath of you.
14:24You're going to get pretty cold.
14:28Oh, that's comfy.
14:31I have this quilt here suspended under me.
14:33I just tied each corner.
14:35Even just like this, it's working out.
14:40Bug free.
14:41Nothing like sacking out in a hammock after a long day of hiking.
14:51It just started raining.
15:11I'll have a little extra water in the morning for coffee.
15:16Staying nice and dry in here.
15:20Well, I'm going to bed.
15:21I'll see you guys tomorrow.
15:42Good morning.
15:43It was raining off and on all night last night.
15:46I stayed nice and dry in here.
15:47Never did get a thunderstorm.
15:49Just rain.
15:50I think I'm going to cook some food.
15:51I'm hungry.
15:52On today's menu, we're going to have an MRE.
15:55Chili with beans.
16:01Grape beverage powder.
16:03Vegetable crackers.
16:04Cheese spread cornbread.
16:06Cheese filled cracker pepperoni pizza flavor.
16:09The chili with beans here.
16:12Here's my water ad filling up.
16:17This is a heater.
16:20Put the pouch in.
16:23I'm just going to add a little bit of water without going above these lines.
16:29Like that.
16:30I'll fold that over.
16:32Get a rock or something.
16:37I'm going to put it in this sleeve.
16:41Then lean it on this rock.
16:43I'll let that heat up for about 10 to 15 minutes.
16:53It's done.
16:59There it is.
17:00Chili with beans.
17:06It's not bad.
17:21Cornbread.
17:26It's pretty good.
17:34Looking like it's going to be a rainy day all day.
17:38Vegetable crackers here.
17:44Stuff is actually pretty good.
17:46The crackers aren't the best, but the cheese spread kind of helps with that.
17:52I used to love these things when I was a kid.
17:55Like combos.
17:58A garbage bag.
18:01We've got some carbohydrate electrolyte beverage powder.
18:05Grape flavored.
18:08Says to add 12 ounces of water.
18:13I'll shake it up.
18:16It's ready.
18:20Tastes a little like Gatorade.
18:23Nice little break from just drinking plain water all day long.
18:35One thing I started doing with my guy lines.
18:38Just coil it up.
18:40And have a taut line hitch tied here.
18:43So you can slide it up and down and then holds in place under tension.
18:46Take my coil, place it into that loop, and then tighten that taut line hitch.
18:52There you go.
18:54Stays in place.
19:09One good thing about eating all your food is less weight to carry.
19:17You can go a little farther up this mountain.
19:19It's still raining a little bit off and on.
19:24Nice meadow here.
19:25Unfortunately, there's no scenic view.
19:28It's too foggy.
19:30Check that out.
19:33Blue crayfish.
19:35You don't like me being here.
19:38The weird thing about this is I'm up on a mountain, nowhere near a stream.
19:42This thing's just crawling around up here on the trail.
19:44And I've never seen a crayfish this shade of blue before.
19:47So I did some research and found out that this is called the Allegheny Mountain mud bug.
19:52At least I'm pretty sure that's what this is.
19:54And apparently this was recognized as a new species fairly recently in 2019.
19:59And they're only found in this area in the higher elevations.
20:03It's cool to see I'm not even near a water source.
20:10The rain's getting heavier.
20:12It kind of feels good though, because I am warming up going up this mountain.
20:15The forest changes a lot at the top here, so I'm going to go check it out.
20:21So far this hasn't been that bad of a hike.
20:23It hasn't been too steep.
20:24Just a gradual climb up the mountain.
20:27It's a little steep in some spots, but it's not real bad.
20:30Once I reach a certain elevation, it turns into this spruce forest,
20:34which is pretty uncommon for this area.
20:36It's the kind of forest you see much farther north, like in the Adirondacks or Maine or even Canada.
20:42The weather's so harsh and cold up here for much of the year that red spruce takes over,
20:47creating a different ecosystem.
20:49I'm a little over 4,000 feet in elevation.
20:51It's not real high, but for this area it is.
20:54Well, I'm getting soaked.
20:55I've seen most of what I wanted to see, so I'm happy.
20:59I turn around and head back to the truck at about five and a half, six miles to go.
21:05It's pretty chilly up there.
21:06I dropped down about four or five hundred feet and it started to warm up quick.
21:12You can see it cleared up here just a little bit.
21:14You can see some of the mountains.
21:33With all this rain we had, I wanted to see what the waterfall looks like now.
21:38It is flowing.
21:50Pretty cool.
21:54Take a little breather here before I have to cross the stream and head uphill for a while.
22:02My shoes are already soaked, so what's a little more water going to hurt?
22:12Back uphill we go for a while.
22:33Back uphill we go for a while.
22:34We're going downhill again.
23:02One nice thing about hiking in the rain is the flies don't bother you.
23:12The truck.
23:14That was a lot of fun.
23:15Beautiful area.
23:16I am definitely coming back.
23:18So, hope you guys enjoyed the video.
23:19It was a lot of fun making it.
23:20Join me in my next adventure.
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