Got an email from fellow BFTer GSP. Not sure if he has successfully logged back in to the forum yet. But, he sent me pics of some of the nice Lahontan cutts he and his angling buddy have been catching at Pyramid Lake…northeast of Reno. He noted that the big fish were rolling everywhere. We may not see him back in Utah for a while.
Those are some dandy fish. Thanks for sharing the pics.
Somehow I can’t see myself fishing off a ladder. 
[b]I got to fish Pyramid back in the early '70s…while I lived in Sacramento. And I tied a lot of big articulated black flies for a few fellow Pyramid fans. There were still some 20 pounders left in those days, but I never got any that big.
Quite a success story on how the tribe got water restored to the Truckee to boost the fishery…and then found some pure Lahontan strain cutts to plant and repopulate the lake after they were virtually wiped out. The planters were only small mountain stream fish but their genes kicked in once they were in big waters with good food supply. Seeing more and bigger fish every year. Now if they could only do something about all the pelicans that show up to chow down on both the cutts and the suckers they live on during the runs up the Truckee River.[/b]
**When I lived in Sacramento, I fished the Truckee all the way from Tahoe to Pyramid. Used to be some great fly flingin’ water not far downstream from Tahoe. But these days you can’t find enough water to make a cast between all the rafts and inner tubes. Almost as bad as the Provo.
Even though the Truckee runs right through Reno it is amazing how many nice browns there are. Again, kinda like the Provo going through Provo and Orem. If you take the time to look and use good technique you can get bendo real good.**
Most humble apologies folks. My post above was meant to be posted in another thread. I don’t know how it got posted in this thread. It’s probably Trumps fault. 
And Pat, I have seen many pictures of fish from that lake and all the fish have been absolute hogs. We who only wander to Utah lakes can only dream about catching fish like that.
*As a former Sacramento resident Pyramid was one of those lakes I got to frequent also. I’ve been back once since relocating to Utah. My older none digital pics are stashed somewhere with original negatives or slides which I would love to find and rekindle the good thoughts. It would be great to have some lakes here stocked with Lahonton Cutts. Wyoming has taken the step about 5yrs ago to stock a lot of their lakes with Eagle Lake rainbow trout with Flaming Gorge included. *
[b]All’s well that ends.
We good. Gotta go fishin’ again.[/b]
Hogs? Yeah, about the best shot we have at string stretchers are macks, cats and carp here in Utah. Oh yeah, maybe the northern pike and tiger muskies. There are some large specimens of bows, browns and cutts but very few and far between. Since Pyramid has “come back” it is rare to catch any cutts that would fall into our slot range. Can you imagine what S
**Hey, if you have a scanner you should scan your old pics and make them digital. I have done that with a lot of my “prehistoric” film and slide pics. If you don’t have a scanner, most good photo outlets…and even Costco…can digitize them for you…onto a disc or flash drive.
Stock Lahontans in Utah? Sacrilege. No way DWR would remove or jeopardize our beloved “Bonnies” for out-of-state transplants. Still nice to ponder though. Right up there with having some flathead cats to play with.**
Those Pilot Peak Strain of Lahotan Cutthroats have been in Utah for over a century. I say about time Utah adopts them as our own. DWR just needs to transplant some to Scofield with all those suckers. Shorter growing season so maybe they will only turn out half the size. 20 lbs wouldn’t be bad.
Rookie. At least you remembered some rods. I’ve gone fishing with guys who “forgot” theirs…and wanted to borrow mine. Ha.
Glad you at least salvaged some fish…if not your dignity. Lessons hard learned in life. But anybody who claims to have never forgotten something important on a fishing trip will lie about other things too. Been that, done there.
Glad to see you were able to salvage the trip. I’ve forgotten all the things I’ve forgotten to bring with me, but recently I forgot to bring enough rods for my wife and kids… had to share 2 rods between the 5 of us.