FishingCircle is now called Gill Seekers — same channel, same host, renamed. Its most-watched video is "Henry's Lake Idaho Fishing" at roughly 19,800 views. The channel covers western-state fishing across Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Arizona, and it is not exclusively fly fishing.
If you went looking for FishingCircle on YouTube and came up empty, that is because the channel now runs as Gill Seekers. The old youtube.com/c/FishingCircle address still redirects there. Todd's channel is the smallest on this list by a long way, and it is the only one that mixes spin gear with fly gear — which is exactly why people recommend it to anglers who are still figuring out what they like. Here are the fifteen most-watched videos, ranked in September 2026.
Who is Gill Seekers, and what happened to FishingCircle?
Gill Seekers is the channel formerly known as FishingCircle, hosted by an angler named Todd. The rename happened after the channel had already built its audience, so older videos still carry the FishingCircle hashtag in their descriptions. Todd started filming Idaho water — Henry's Lake, the Henry's Fork, the Snake River — then moved to Arizona, which added bass, flathead catfish and desert reservoir fishing to a catalog that had been mostly trout. It is a small channel: 1,690 subscribers and 99 long-form videos, with the top video under 20,000 views.
Gill Seekers (formerly FishingCircle) at a glance
- HostTodd
- Former nameFishingCircle
- BasedIdaho, then Arizona
- Subscribers1.69K
- Long-form videos99
- Signature waterHenry's Lake, Henry's Fork, Snake River, Arizona reservoirs
- GearMixed — fly, spin and bait
- Best forWestern-state water research and beginner-level how-to
What are the most-watched Gill Seekers videos?
These are the fifteen highest-viewed videos on the channel as of September 2026. The view counts are modest, which is worth saying plainly — this is a small channel, and its value is local knowledge on specific western water rather than production scale.
| # | Video | Views | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Henry's Lake Idaho Fishing | 19,809 | 11:12 |
| 2 | Catching trout on Rapalas | 12,524 | 10:23 |
| 3 | How to Fish Idaho Rivers | 10,972 | 10:48 |
| 4 | Fishing for FLATHEADS at Bartlett Lake | 9,693 | 18:12 |
| 5 | Wind Rivers Fishing | Backpacking | 5,589 | 36:43 |
| 6 | Rapala Trout Fishing | 4,690 | 8:18 |
| 7 | Kokanee Fishing Idaho | 4,429 | 10:52 |
| 8 | Idaho Fishing 2020 | Henrys Lake | 3,618 | 12:56 |
| 9 | Idaho Sturgeon Fishing | INSANE day!!! | 3,056 | 7:54 |
| 10 | Top lures that caught fish at Parker, AZ (Lots of fish caught!) | 2,934 | 4:31 |
| 11 | Snake River Fishing Idaho | 2,812 | 11:31 |
| 12 | Idaho ice fishing | 2020 | 2,711 | 10:36 |
| 13 | Salt River Fishing AZ | 2,359 | 15:38 |
| 14 | Henry's Fork Fishing | 2,140 | 8:01 |
| 15 | Tiger Trout Fly Fishing in a maze of timber! – Boulder Mountain Utah | 2,096 | 16:18 |
Henry's Lake Idaho Fishing
Opening week at Henry's Lake in Idaho, which is one of the better big-trout stillwater fisheries in the country and tightly regulated for good reason. Todd covers the season window — Memorial Day weekend through January 1 — and gets into the fish, plus a fair amount of wildlife. Useful trip-planning footage if you have never fished it.
What to steal: Fish Henry's Lake in the opening week; the regulated season means the fish have not seen pressure in months.
No. 2 · 12,524 viewsCatching trout on Rapalas
Two hours with an ultralight Rapala minnow and roughly nine trout. Not a fly video, and it does not pretend to be. Worth watching for the retrieve cadence — the same stop-and-go that works on a hard minnow bait translates directly to a streamer.
What to steal: Borrow the hard-bait retrieve cadence for your streamer — erratic pauses trigger more eats than a steady strip.
No. 3 · 10,972 viewsHow to Fish Idaho Rivers
The most instructional video on the channel: Todd's actual checklist for approaching a river he has never fished. Aimed at beginners, and better structured than most beginner content, because it is a repeatable process rather than a list of tips.
What to steal: Build a written first-visit checklist for new water — access, flow, depth, structure, then fly.
No. 4 · 9,693 viewsFishing for FLATHEADS at Bartlett Lake
Flathead catfish at Bartlett Lake in Arizona, including catching the bait first. Completely outside fly fishing, but a genuinely good study in fighting large, powerful fish on heavy tackle, and chaptered so you can skip to the parts you want.
What to steal: On any big fish, keep steady pressure and let the rod work — pumping and reeling loses more fish than it lands.
No. 5 · 5,589 viewsWind Rivers Fishing | Backpacking
A week-long backpacking and fishing trip into Wyoming's Wind River Range with family and friends. At 37 minutes this is the channel's most ambitious video, and the alpine-lake fishing content is genuinely useful if you are planning a high-country trip.
What to steal: On alpine lakes, fish the inlet and outlet first — cruising trout concentrate where the water moves.
No. 6 · 4,690 viewsRapala Trout Fishing
Rapala lures for big Idaho brown trout, including a tank brown and a large rainbow that got away. Again, spin gear, but the water-reading is the transferable part — where Todd puts the bait is where you would put a streamer.
What to steal: Big browns hold in the same lies whether you throw a lure or a streamer; find the lie first, pick the tool second.
No. 7 · 4,429 viewsKokanee Fishing Idaho
Kokanee salmon in Idaho during the spawn, when they turn red and become notoriously hard to get to bite. Timing is the whole subject, and Todd is honest about having missed the run in previous years.
What to steal: Kokanee timing is narrow — call the local shop the week before rather than planning on last year's dates.
No. 8 · 3,618 viewsIdaho Fishing 2020 | Henrys Lake
A return to Henry's Lake with heavy wind and big cutthroat anyway. The wind-fishing content is the value here: most anglers pack up when a lake blows, and the fish often move shallower and feed harder.
What to steal: Do not leave a stillwater because of wind — fish the windward shore where food piles up.
No. 9 · 3,056 viewsIdaho Sturgeon Fishing | INSANE day!!!
A first sturgeon in Idaho, with strict catch-and-release regulations that Todd flags clearly. It is a broken-gear, chaotic day and completely outside fly fishing, but the regulatory caution is a good model for anyone targeting a protected species.
What to steal: Read the species-specific regulations before you target anything unusual — handling rules often matter more than limits.
No. 10 · 2,934 viewsTop lures that caught fish at Parker, AZ (Lots of fish caught!)
A lure breakdown for the Colorado River at Parker, Arizona, built from multiple trips. Short and practical, and a reasonable template for how to summarize your own knowledge of a piece of water.
What to steal: Keep a running list of what produced on each water you fish — patterns emerge across trips, not within one.
No. 11 · 2,812 viewsSnake River Fishing Idaho
A single morning back on the Snake River in Idaho, with gear problems throughout. Honest about how a quick trip usually goes, and a decent look at Snake River water types.
What to steal: Check your gear the night before a short trip — a one-morning window does not survive a reel failure.
No. 12 · 2,711 viewsIdaho ice fishing | 2020
First ice at Henry's Lake, with plenty of fish taken on a jig, plus a trout recipe. The jigging cadence discussion is the useful part for anyone who has never ice fished a big trout lake.
What to steal: On first ice, fish a small jig with long pauses — the pause is where the strike happens.
No. 13 · 2,359 viewsSalt River Fishing AZ
Bass fishing on Arizona's Salt River, filmed while Todd was brand new to bass. Watching someone learn an unfamiliar fishery in real time is more instructive than watching an expert, because the wrong turns are visible.
What to steal: When you move to a new fishery, fish one technique badly for a full day rather than five techniques for an hour each.
No. 14 · 2,140 viewsHenry's Fork Fishing
Big brown trout on the Henry's Fork in high snowmelt water, with a 21-inch fish landed. High-water tactics on a famous river, which is the condition most visitors get and the least content exists for.
What to steal: In snowmelt, fish the inside edges and slack water — browns sit out of the push, not in it.
No. 15 · 2,096 viewsTiger Trout Fly Fishing in a maze of timber! – Boulder Mountain Utah
The most recent entry in the top fifteen and the most fly-focused: sight-fishing tiger trout with terrestrials in the shallow, timber-choked lakes of Boulder Mountain, Utah. If you fish Utah stillwater, this is the video to watch first.
What to steal: On Boulder Mountain's shallow lakes, sight-fish a terrestrial to cruising tiger trout rather than blind-casting a nymph.
Who should watch Gill Seekers?
Watch Gill Seekers if you fish the Intermountain West and want to see a specific piece of water before you drive to it. Henry's Lake, the Henry's Fork, the Snake and Boulder Mountain in Utah all get real coverage here, and Todd is straightforward about conditions, timing and regulations. It is also an unusually unpretentious channel about gear: he fishes a Rapala when a Rapala is the right answer, which is a healthier attitude than most fishing content models.
Watch this channel if…
- You fish Idaho, Wyoming, Utah or Arizona and want water-specific footage
- You are newer to fishing and want approachable how-to
- You do not care whether a fish came on fly or spin gear
- You are planning a Wind River Range or Boulder Mountain trip
- You want a small channel that answers comments
Skip it if you want advanced fly fishing instruction or high production value. Much of the catalog is spin and bait fishing, the fly content is beginner-to-intermediate, and the editing is hobbyist. For technical fly work, the other three channels in this library are stronger.
How does this connect to the podcast Tip Library?
Henry's Lake carries four of the fifteen most-watched videos on this channel, and stillwater is where most visiting anglers waste the most time. The Fly Fishing Insider Podcast Tip Library is blunt about the fix: on a lake, structure beats water.
From the Fly Fishing Insider Podcast Tip Library
“Target drop-offs, points and shoals with a chironomid rig - stillwater trout patrol the edges where depth changes, so anchor on the structure and fish it thoroughly rather than covering open water.”
Read the full tip → · Browse all 364 tips in the Tip Library →
Where this sits in the Tip Library
This breakdown is part of the video shelf of the Fly Fishing Insider Podcast Tip Library — the same library that holds 364 tips pulled from 225 podcast episodes. The other three channel breakdowns:
- Jensen Fly Fishing: the 15 most-watched videos, broken down
- Trippin On Trout: the 15 most-watched videos, broken down
- Trout Hunting NZ: the 15 most-watched videos, broken down
- The full Tip Library pillar — 364 tips sorted by region, species, water and topic
Fishing the West this season?
Henry's Lake, the Henry's Fork and Boulder Mountain are all within a day's drive of Park City, and the right flies and stillwater lines make the difference on every one of them. Our shop stocks what actually works on western stillwater and freestone water.
View counts, publish dates and run times were read directly from YouTube on September 17, 2026 and will drift over time. Videos are embedded through YouTube's standard player; all footage belongs to Gill Seekers (formerly FishingCircle). The Fly Fishing Insider Podcast is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or paid by this channel — we recommend it because our listeners keep asking who to watch.
