Roadtrippin’ Ch. 1: Bonneville Cutts Nathan Leavitt June 25, 2012 Fish Stories 3 Comments We're retarded. We had a destination in mind but it was going to be a decent drive to get there. We also had another spot that we've been wanting to fish for some time now but it was nowhere close to our final...
(Another) Wintery Fishing Day Nathan Leavitt January 10, 2012 Fish Stories 5 Comments I got great timing! Things have been super busy lately and apparently my only days free to fish perfectly coincide with the only snow days of the winter so far! Derek and I met up and headed to some familiar...
A Precarious Adventure with a Big Bull Trout Band-Aid Derek Olthuis August 25, 2011 Fish Stories, Memorable Fish 7 Comments It's one of those experiences you can't believe even happened. I think back and simply shake my head. Hours and hours of preparation for what was to be one of the best trips of my life - even if it played...
King Cuttie Nathan Leavitt July 24, 2010 Memorable Fish, One-Hit Wonders 2 Comments This stream is filled with mostly brown trout and the bonneville cutthroat trout. The cutties are a real treat to catch but I'd say maybe one in forty fish is a cutthroat. The fish are all fluvial but I've...
My First Trip to Pyramid Lake Nathan Leavitt December 21, 2009 Fish Stories I'm usually playing catch up and posting on old trips but I thought I'd switch things up and add a recent post about my recent days at the ever so popular Pyramid Lake, NV....
Up North: The One That Got Away Nathan Leavitt July 24, 2009 Fish Stories, Popular 2 Comments Prior to our trip Derek had agreed to take a family friend out for some bull trout so we made the journey back to some familiar water. While we had already been blessed with some good fish, we had caught brief...
Up North: More Bull trout Nathan Leavitt July 22, 2009 Fish Stories With some changes to our original plans we set out to fish for bull trout in a new area. The river itself was beautiful and it was something else to see bullies of all sizes holding in the deeper runs and...
Up North: The Long Awaited Bull Trout Hunt Nathan Leavitt July 21, 2009 Fish Stories, Memorable Fish 2 Comments This was the day I had been waiting for. Today we were to hunt bullies. The trip was already off to a great start, but I could hardly contain my stoke-level that I finally ha a chance to chase these fish. The drive was a long combination of pavement and dirt. Our hike took us in and out of trees, across waters, and over colored pebbles rounded by the glacial-fed river. The surroundings were much like I had imagined, but definitely more. This place was simply incredible.
California Gem: Redband Trout Nathan Leavitt July 11, 2009 Fish Stories We set out from my wife's family cabin on motorcycles to go explore some streams in a nearby canyon. We were hoping to explore a larger stream that I'd seen on the topo map....