I’ve had 3 of my best-ever fly fishing trips in the last 12 months. Check out these pics:
14-pound Lahontan cutthroat trout last week, Pyramid lake.
8-pound Cutbow (rainbow/cutthroat hybrid) October 2018
17 pound steelhead, Feb. 2017
Another Steelie
Steelie
Please add your own fishing pics. I’d love to see them!
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Those are some impressive animals---I don't know anything about hunting or fishing...you release those (I hope?)
Nice!
NIce: Where is that Safeway located again!! (Kidding) Really impressive- I usually catch a cold when I go fishing!!
Blair, I haven't kept fish in over 25 years now. I'm a catch and release guy. I've seen what C&R can do to keep big fish in waters that would otherwise just hold 12" planters.
Not that there's anything wrong with harvesting fish though. I fact, here in Idaho Fish & Game is asking anglers to kill rainbows caught in the South fork of the Snake, as they're negatively impacting the native cutthroat trout. But in general I much prefer wild native trout to hatchery fish, and C&R is a great tool in those fisheries.
Caught on a Wulff I would guess? No big ones here in Colorado yet this year but tomorrow is another day.
No, none of those were caught on dry flies, unfortunately. But I do love catching them on top! All caught here in Idaho except the 1st one, which was a 14-pound Lahontan cutthroat from Pyramid lake in Nevada.
The last 7 months have been crazy. Between my heart attack and a serious pulmonary embolism, I could have easily died. I'd call that bad news. But on the plus size, I have caught some pretty fine trout! And I tell my wife I'm still "dead sexy." Unfortunately, she just laughs when I say that. :-/
