Fly Fishing For HUGE Cutthroat Trout In Remote Colorado Alpine Lakes

A recap of my 2021 summer fly fishing across Colorado for brown, brook, and huge cutthroat trout. From the elk in Rocky Mountain National Park to small streams just outside of Denver, Colorado is one of the most beautiful states to fly fish. On this trip, I caught my biggest fish ever and my first cutthroat trout while stillwater fly fishing! We hiked several miles to this remote alpine lake to discover massive cutthroat trout patrolling the edges. What a blast! #flyfishing #outdoors #fishing

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[mattspurlin]

Longtime CO fly fisherman. Hard to watch how long that old guy was held out of the water, mainly due to the small net brought to an alpine lake… and how it swam sideways along the rocks at the very end of your edit after the release, suggesting that it wasn’t rehabbed long enough before the release. Please consider my comments on your next big fish… especially our prized alpine cutts.

[Baldorado]

Excellent video!! Epic trout!! How would I get in contact with you to find out what lake that is? I’ve hiked a lot in RMNP but not sure if I’ve fished that one!

Yellowstone cutthroats in lake Haiyaha!

[troutgang]

Just got yourself a new subscriber!! Killer cutthroat man, I’ve fished a lot of alpine lakes and cutthroats that size are more then rare!!

[cnsgains]

Dam brother that's a solid fish. Sight fished em too, which is always nice.

[FlyFishDan]

Awesome vid and amazing alpine Cutt! Wow - nicely done! Cheers and FISH-ON!!

[jayk.]

I have seen lots of rainbows and browns with kypes, but never a cutthroat! That was insane!!

[theineptflyfisherman]

great fish! i'm heading to rmnp in a couple weeks. can't wait. cheers!

[milehighfishing]

What a Giant! 🐟 🎣 New subscriber here, Nice fish bud. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[eclecticx]

I don't miss much about the US, but I do miss the Rocky Mountains and fishing alpine lakes in Colorado for cutthroat trout. Nice release!

[tj]

5:55 Mend. Mend. MEND. MEND!! MEEEENNN-oh nice.

[Aaron-ymmw]

Awesome vid! What tippet and flies were you throwing?

[TroutStalker]

A true rare monster sized cutt! Nice work! What fly did you catch it on?

[castandblast]

I am coming to Colorado this summer to Breckenridge. Found this channel to look for some tips and what the fishing is like. Do all the alpine lakes hold trout?

[conorlinehan]

Is this in the RMNP? If not no need to disclose nothing - looked like a shot of the moraine valley in the opening screen - and then you mentioned the elk gate, which is also present in the moraine valley. It’s incredible fishing and bugling in September!

[bretta]

Why do you need a net for a 4" trout. I stopped using a net many years age because I realized. If a fish was so big I needed a net, it was too big for the net and I don't want to carry a huge net on my back. I use a Cetchem Release tool and rarely touch a fish.