My son and I were invited to tag along on a back packing trip into Wyoming’s Wind River Range. Of course we tagged along on, who would want to pass up a chance at catching a golden trout?!?
We caught some great cutts, many in the 14 to 17 inch range however we were spread so far apart that pictures were hard to get. We managed a few:
This section of the Winds has the same problem as our Uinta’s:
Tiny, stunted brook trout, however they are beautiful and plentiful!
Beautiful country too!
If you look closely you can see a Bull Moose in this one!
Beautiful water!
There is gold in that thar water!
We were not able to catch any Golden trout in this water however the shore line and shallows were loaded with 3’’ and 4" fingerlings! If we didn’t see the tiny fellas we would have bet heavily it was just another dead lake above the tree line. Not one rise and two hours of jigs, flies and 20 different spinners and nothing! Quite disappointing but the hike and fishing was awesome!
Tragedy!
Luckily it happened on the last day of fishing and I had a spinning rod with me. Man, what a sick feeling! The funny thing; I was very careful with it. Right before it snapped I got hung up in a tree while casting and I set it down to removed the fly by hand. When I went to move the pole. Snap!
We had an awesome time and Cabela’s is going to replace my fly rod because it is only a few months old. We caught lots of brooks and if you haven’t sight fished cruising cutts from a 20 foot cliff above an amazing lake you haven’t ever truly fished. If you ever get the chance to back pack the Winds. DO IT!