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Flyfishing report from Pyramid Lake. AKA the biggest fish of my life. (pics. Trigger warning: big fish)
mvtoro
Scrub
3/1/21 7:34pm
Wicked
Icelandic Cougar
3/1/21 7:35pm
Are you related to Ed Sheeran?
Chester Copperpot
3/1/21 7:36pm
I AM Ed Sheehan.
mvtoro
3/1/21 7:48pm
Wow! Those are huge!
Sandy Lyle
3/1/21 7:37pm
Fake. I bought a couple of those at Bed, Bath & Beyond
Born2Fish
3/1/21 7:46pm
RE: Wow! Those are huge!
m0resn0w
3/1/21 7:46pm
I'm always amazed how ugly fish get when they get that big. We had someone
ordinary tri guy
3/1/21 7:40pm
Totally depends on the strain of cutty. These pilot peak strain lahontan cutthroats are pretty plain Jane even when
mvtoro
3/1/21 7:52pm
That’s awesome. Did you fish off a ladder?
Busting Coveys
3/1/21 7:40pm
I did. Pretty effective there.
mvtoro
3/1/21 7:54pm
I'd never heard of this before... here's a video for other novices like me...
HarlemCoug
3/1/21 8:02pm
For sure better than standing chest deep in cold water for 14 hours. Those chair ones are nice.
mvtoro
3/1/21 8:16pm
Looks prehistoric. Nice catch.
777
3/1/21 7:42pm
Thanks. They are kind of prehistoric. Pilot Peak Lahontans were brought back from presumed extinction.
mvtoro
3/1/21 7:55pm
I did not realize that cutthroat trout could get that big
HiLife
3/1/21 7:48pm
Yeah, this particular strain in this particular lake get huge fast. Historically the native strain in that lake seems to
mvtoro
3/1/21 7:57pm
There were once cutthroat trout in Utah Lake bigger than this, if you can imagine that.
mvtoro
3/1/21 8:17pm
I knew that there were once native cutthroat in Utah Lake, but never this big!
HiLife
3/1/21 8:23pm
True. At one point they though carp were a good idea.
mvtoro
3/1/21 8:39pm
Freaking Mormons... ruining everything 😁
letthewookieewin
3/1/21 8:40pm
Cutthroat trout are the best trout
letthewookieewin
3/1/21 7:48pm
Concur.
mvtoro
3/1/21 7:57pm
In my experience they don't fight as hard as browns and bows. After a short fight they basically throw in the towel.
Brisco
3/1/21 8:03pm
There is nothing better than catching native fish in wild locations
letthewookieewin
3/1/21 8:05pm
I'll certainly agree with that.
Brisco
3/1/21 8:07pm
Yeah, it’s mostly this. It’s true that they don’t fight as hard as some for the same size (don’t tell that to my friends
mvtoro
3/1/21 8:12pm
Very cool picture!
HiLife
3/1/21 8:25pm
My favorite are westslope cutthroat but Yellowstone are cool too
letthewookieewin
3/1/21 8:36pm
That red belly one is pretty cool looking. What is it?
Sandy Lyle
3/1/21 8:40pm
Westslope cutthroat. Native to the western side of the continental divide. If you catch a cutthroat in western MT
letthewookieewin
3/1/21 8:43pm
One, we're you afraid it would eat you? Two, how did you keep from frostbite in
doctorcoug
3/1/21 7:51pm
You just have to layer well. The hardest part is your hands because you have to be able to feel the line but your hands
mvtoro
3/1/21 8:02pm
Cool cool cool
Zaphod
3/1/21 7:58pm
You look a bit like Bill Burr in that last one
TNT
3/1/21 8:58pm
My wife told me that after watching the Mandolorian.
mvtoro
3/2/21 8:37pm
Thanks for the report. Did you do any indicator fishing or intermediate sink tips? Or both?
fldnstrm
3/1/21 9:05pm
Almost all my fish were stripping tadpoles on a Rio Outbound type 6 sink. Black was best when it was dark, chartreuse
mvtoro
3/1/21 9:15pm
RE: Almost all my fish were stripping tadpoles on a Rio Outbound type 6 sink. Black was best when it was dark,
jaromp
3/1/21 9:50pm
🤣Yeah, it’s a lot of jargon.
mvtoro
3/1/21 10:05pm
Trivia about pyramid lake.
claw
3/1/21 9:15pm
It is a relatively salty lake. Lots of dissolved solids.
mvtoro
3/1/21 9:21pm
Amazing catch. Wow. Congrats!
Probable Sacko
3/1/21 10:08pm
Thank you 🙏🏻
mvtoro
3/1/21 10:52pm
Awesome. That is a bucket list experience. Well done.
Richard McCoy Jr.
3/1/21 11:37pm
Wowza. Beautiful fish.
oryguncoug
3/2/21 9:33am
Literally 2x as large as my largest cutthroat. After hearing your podcast with
DogBoy
3/2/21 2:10pm
Yeah, I’ve never done it since! Actually Just talked to Tom again today. He’s going to tie one of my flies,
mvtoro
3/2/21 8:36pm
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