Why I Hate Brook Trout Nathan Leavitt February 1, 2015 Fish Stories 7 Comments Those spots...oooooweee! Those colors...daaaaaang! Those....shoulders? Ahhhh yeah. No matter what type of fly fishing you do, it's hard to deny that brook trout are just plain ugly. Before I ever even had...
Zombie Lake: Do I dare return? Nathan Leavitt April 22, 2014 Fish Stories 21 Comments My favorite type of fishing spots are typically those that are high risk but with the chance for high reward. Â In fact, nowadays more often than not we're pursuing these type of places; whether it's spending...
Thrown into the Fire Nathan Leavitt November 5, 2013 Fish Stories, Popular 2 18 Comments Recently, I realized that my little brother and I don't see each other as often as we should. I'm a busy dad of three and he's a hard-working fireman who's prepping for med school. After coming to this...
One on One Nathan Leavitt September 30, 2013 Fish Stories 4 Comments When you have kids you don't get many opportunities to get out on any adventures without the kiddos. Our first son came much earlier than we originally planned and we wanted to keep our kids close in age so...
Eat More Brook Trout Derek Olthuis October 11, 2012 Fish Stories, Popular 7 Comments Back on the road again, the first leg of the week long fishing adventure had concluded. More than content to have caught an amazing fish, the rest of that night's drive passed quickly. It was about 6 hours in...
Punch Me in the Face! Derek Olthuis September 26, 2012 Fish Stories 6 Comments Mishaps and days where you think nothing else can go wrong.... These are the days that we call paying dues and this trip just happened to be one of those trips, one of those days....
Grayling Fishing in the Uintas Grant Bench August 13, 2012 Fish Stories 6 Comments In between guide trips I had a day off to do some hiking and fishing for grayling in the mountains of Utah. Meanwhile, my wife was back home coordinating the assembly and packaging of 200k meals for starving...
Thousand Lake Mountain Fishing Derek Olthuis November 8, 2011 Fish Stories 8 Comments It was supposed to be a quick trip, in and out. We figured the lake would be primed and ready to go with the recent cold weather snap, hoping the brook trout would be cruising the shallows before spawning....
Fall Boulder Mountain Fishing Derek Olthuis October 5, 2011 Fish Stories 6 Comments Long drives and simple food seem to be the weekend ritual for me recently. I got word from a good friend of mine that he and some friends were heading to the Boulders to do some fall Boulder Mountain...
Boulder Mountain Brook Trout Nathan Leavitt August 10, 2011 Fish Stories, Popular 2 6 Comments Speaking of brookies...WARNING!!! This post may or may not include lots of fish porn. In light of Derek's brook trout action I thought I'd post up some old brookie love a little closer to home....
Big Brook Trout! Derek Olthuis August 9, 2011 Fish Stories 6 Comments Back at it again! I met up with a few friends and headed out to a lake known for big brook trout. Let's just state char might be the most amazing fish ever... just saying. There is just something about...
Hike from Hell Nathan Leavitt July 2, 2010 Fish Stories 1 Comment As a young father I've already gone on a good number of what we like to call "adventures" with my family. Out of all of them, this particular trip to the Uinta Mountains undoubtedly goes down as the...
Up North: Evasive Gold Nathan Leavitt July 23, 2009 Fish Stories 1 Comment Time was limited, but we both wanted to get up and hopefully get into some golden trout. We drove to the trailhead and started our hike to a lake that holds some good size goldens....
Spring on Boulder Mountain Nathan Leavitt May 30, 2009 Fish Stories My wife is always telling me how she wants to move back to northern California, and how beautiful it is there, so I'd been wanting to show my wife more of what Utah has to offer....