Reply by: NativeCuttie      Posted: 6/3/2012 2:59:36 PM     Points: 442    

No interest in the state fish..I guess the bass really are taking over lol.

 Reply by: cmcnaught92      Posted: 6/3/2012 6:09:11 PM     Points: 238    

These, when fished for at a high, clear lake are my favorite species in Colorado. Sight fishing is the bomb. Not a fan of lilly really, but still cool.

 Reply by: DaveMyster      Posted: 6/3/2012 11:58:30 PM     Points: 20    

One of my favorite trout to fish for. Here are two I caught last week.

 Reply by: Dufeman      Posted: 6/4/2012 4:01:06 AM     Points: 30    

look like good eatin.

 Reply by: KingFisher13      Posted: 6/4/2012 6:16:42 AM     Points: 92    

I was catching Cutts yesturday as well. maybe even at the same lake.. (I had my wife and two really loud kids with me..?) Not long after the clouds moved in, the fishing picked up again.

Anyway, beautiful fish. Nice catches

 Reply by: NativeCuttie      Posted: 6/4/2012 8:16:45 AM     Points: 442    

I really rely on sight fishing when going for these..its not my favorite place to go but like I said I was with my brother that wasn't up for a hike this weekend. I also got him to get his first fish on the fly rod so I'm happy either way. Very nice fish Dave and nice colors.

 Reply by: team FMFO      Posted: 6/4/2012 10:19:23 AM     Points: 1425    

Nice looking fish man, good job.
Were there a lot of cars at the bridge on the Vrain ?
Glad u got ur Bro on a fish. :-)
Fins up.

 Reply by: NativeCuttie      Posted: 6/4/2012 10:31:22 AM     Points: 442    

Yeah it was busy as I knew it would be. I kept truckin up highway 7 but not a lot of level water. A lot of drop offs and canyon pools. I drove through the Allen Park where a guy shot himself by accident in the face apparently.

 Reply by: Vanish      Posted: 6/4/2012 11:49:19 AM     Points: 1017    

Good to see you got out.

 Reply by: CUclimber      Posted: 6/4/2012 7:19:26 PM     Points: 491    

Good looking fish. I haven't been out fishing for those guys yet. I've been kind of biding my time waiting for some of the higher altitude lakes to open up. There are two lakes in the Indian Peaks Wilderness that I'm determined to hit this year that should have bigger GBs, possibly grayling, and few people.

Have you been up to any of those higher lakes this year? If so, how are they looking? I lost one of my snowshoes, so I don't really want to posthole my way up there. Any word on the road up to Left Hand Res?

 Reply by: slayintrout      Posted: 6/4/2012 8:21:41 PM     Points: 60    

LOVE LILY!

Landed a few on #24 midge dries a few weeks ago...

 Reply by: catchn      Posted: 6/4/2012 10:22:32 PM     Points: 215    

didn't know you could wade in lily, thought it was shore fishing only?

also did not know GB's spawned so early, caught/saw spawners in late aug. last year, although that was my first year fishing for them and at much higher elevations.

Learn something new everyday.

Nice catches all

Tight lines
-C

 Reply by: slayintrout      Posted: 6/4/2012 10:35:40 PM     Points: 60    

We waded because a few other guys were up there and said it was ok. Never even read regulations...I sure hope I wasn't breaking any laws!!

 Reply by: DaveMyster      Posted: 6/5/2012 7:32:52 AM     Points: 20    

your first mistake was not reading the regulations...

 Reply by: team FMFO      Posted: 6/5/2012 8:10:01 AM     Points: 1425    

Slayintrout-
Yes u can wade and float tube Lily Lake. You can also Ice fish Lily !!!
Hand augers only , no gas. Only 1 hole & 1 pole per person.
The lake is C & R only. This nice male was caught just last winter.

 Reply by: team FMFO      Posted: 6/5/2012 3:00:26 PM     Points: 1425    

Bump to top

 Reply by: catchn      Posted: 6/5/2012 3:46:46 PM     Points: 215    

I had only been there once and just remember reading some special regs.

 Reply by: hackelmend      Posted: 6/6/2012 6:26:34 AM     Points: 42    

They usually close the east shoreline for spawning. Hopefully it doesn't take them closing it for people to realize not to walk on the reds. I fished up there a few times early season and killed it. Orange asher is one of the best dries for that lake.