Tiny stream, tiny trout (pic heavy)

[CATCHDAWG]

I'll take both.

 

[redblood]

pretty setting pretty fish

 

[Iglow]

Love those creeks, standing in 1 plunge pool and chest high to the next!

 

[Iglow]

Throw that sallie up there… floating back …..there he is… floating..floating… dang! Rejected!!!

 

[BPhunter]

I'll take both.
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Love those mountain streams up here in the Rockies. So peaceful.

 

[Shanman]

Fantastic!!!

 

[Apostolic Outdoors]

Beautiful fish. As I have never fished for them I have a question. Do y'all catch and release them, or do y'all eat them, or both?

 

[Iglow]

Beautiful fish. As I have never fished for them I have a question. Do y'all catch and release them, or do y'all eat them, or both?

I never keep them, use barbless hook or bend down the barb. They are worth far more put back and alive than dead on a stringer IMO.

 

[Lt.Dan]

I used to fish streams like that up in NY. I would catch a couple 8" Brookies for breakfast and release every thing else for the next time.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

I'd like to get into those small streams someday. We trout fish every year we go to CO to elk / mule deer hunt. One of the last times we went, we were up about 8k feet in the mountains and I saw a couple trout about the size you pictured here in a stream that was no wider than 2 feet and about a foot deep. Basically just a drainage runoff. I thought that was REALLY cool! I wanted to walk the whole thing to see where in the world it came from. No lakes above, as we walked to the peak elk hunting at 10.5k feet. There was a creek in the bottom at about 6k feet, but to think these things swam 2k feet up is amazing.

 

[easy45]

Looks super relaxing, something I need lol

 

[BPhunter]

I'd like to get into those small streams someday. We trout fish every year we go to CO to elk / mule deer hunt. One of the last times we went, we were up about 8k feet in the mountains and I saw a couple trout about the size you pictured here in a stream that was no wider than 2 feet and about a foot deep. Basically just a drainage runoff. I thought that was REALLY cool! I wanted to walk the whole thing to see where in the world it came from. No lakes above, as we walked to the peak elk hunting at 10.5k feet. There was a creek in the bottom at about 6k feet, but to think these things swam 2k feet up is amazing.

A lot of those little creeks come from snow melt on the mountains. We camp at around 10,000 feet when we go ML hunting. If you want to do some great fishing, hit the high mountain lakes early in the morning and right before sundown. I use a spincast, with dry fly, and bubble float. Fished Hahn's Peak Lake in Northern CO. religiously, and a few others high in the mountains.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

Beautiful fish. As I have never fished for them I have a question. Do y'all catch and release them, or do y'all eat them, or both?

Way back in the day when we would backpack in for a couple of nights we would keep a couple to roast over the fire. Haven't done that in many years. Most of the places I go are pretty deep in and they would be ruined by the time you get back to the trailhead not to mention the hassle of toting them. I release all my fish, also use barbless hooks. Depending on elevation and time of year I also check the water temp to make sure it's below 67*. I get made of for carrying a net but obviously I like to take pictures of the fish and the net serves as a "live well" long enough for me to grab my phone and get a picture. The wild trout though, tastes completely different from stocked ones. They are very good to eat straight off the fire without doing anything to them.

 

[lol]

Reminds me of Citico. I've caught a couple little fellas like that up there.

 

[CATCHDAWG]

Looks super relaxing, something I need lol

Brother, the pics might look relaxing but unless you consider hiking miles up and down mountains, crawling through Rhododendron, rock and waterfall climbing I can assure you it's not very "relaxing". It is however very rewarding and great exercise to get to see some of these beautiful places where these little fish live.

 

[BPhunter]

Brother, the pics might look relaxing but unless you consider hiking miles up and down mountains, crawling through Rhododendron, rock and waterfall climbing I can assure you it's not very "relaxing". It is however very rewarding and great exercise to get to see some of these beautiful places where these little fish live.

Just take it slow and enjoy

 

[CATCHDAWG]

Just take it slow and enjoy

Neither one of those is an option! Lol

 

[JN]

Brother, the pics might look relaxing but unless you consider hiking miles up and down mountains, crawling through Rhododendron, rock and waterfall climbing I can assure you it's not very "relaxing". It is however very rewarding and great exercise to get to see some of these beautiful places where these little fish live.

The relaxing part to me is being away from everyone, no phone ringing or having to deal with something at work just getting to fish. It is also amazing how far you can make it away from the vehicle and you don't know it till it takes you an hour to walk back.

 

[Omega]

Looks like a great spot to fish, those look like small rainbows, in my youth we would pull "brookies" out of those streams, never got much bigger than that in the small streams but would in the lakes.

 

[easy45]

Brother, the pics might look relaxing but unless you consider hiking miles up and down mountains, crawling through Rhododendron, rock and waterfall climbing I can assure you it's not very "relaxing". It is however very rewarding and great exercise to get to see some of these beautiful places where these little fish live.

You effectively have talked me out of ever doing it lol

 

[DoubleRidge]

So cool! Looks like a great adventure! Beautiful fish!

 

[Iglow]

Thing I had to get used to, I can't hear very good and with the water noise and you're in there in the rhodo and all, seemed my head was on a swivel looking at the fly on the water and also for bears I couldn't hear! After a while I figured the drive up was way more danger that stumbling into a sow with cubs.

 

[lol]

Looks like a great spot to fish, those look like small rainbows, in my youth we would pull "brookies" out of those streams, never got much bigger than that in the small streams but would in the lakes.

I've never been so pissed at a fisherman, than as a teenage when I saw a guy gutting a basketful of 5 inch brookies. There's a reason we stopped seeing them.

 

[JN]

Thing I had to get used to, I can't hear very good and with the water noise and you're in there in the rhodo and all, seemed my head was on a swivel looking at the fly on the water and also for bears I couldn't hear! After a while I figured the drive up was way more danger that stumbling into a sow with cubs.

The bears can't hear you as well. I have stumbled upon them several times while fishing and they did not know I was there until I hollered at them and they ran off. On another occasion I was fishing with a friend that scared a bear off but the bear didn't see me and when it took off it about ran me over. I don't know whose eyes were bigger mine or it's when he saw me.

 

[Lt.Dan]

The wild trout though, tastes completely different from stocked ones. They are very good to eat straight off the fire without doing anything to them.

This right here. Love them gilled and gutted, cooked in cast iron over a fire for breakfast. Best ever.

 

[PossumSlayer]

I know you had a blast!
Awesome!

 

[JCDEERMAN]

A lot of those little creeks come from snow melt on the mountains. We camp at around 10,000 feet when we go ML hunting. If you want to do some great fishing, hit the high mountain lakes early in the morning and right before sundown. I use a spincast, with dry fly, and bubble float. Fished Hahn's Peak Lake in Northern CO. religiously, and a few others high in the mountains.

Hahn's Peak - I've been there! Great area for sure. Stayed in a cabin right below it a few years ago

 

[BPhunter]

Hahn's Peak - I've been there! Great area for sure. Stayed in a cabin right below it a few years ago

I used to live in Steamboat and then bought a home in Hayden, CO.

 

[Setterman]

Looks like an awesome day and I am jealous

 

[tree_ghost]

Very nice! Looks like a spot I used to frequent on Chilohowee.