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TDT and I were looking for some new lakes to fish in the Uintas so we headed to the pass lake trailhead. From there we started hiking, with the 1st stop on our trip being Scout Lake. Within 10 casts TDT got a Rainbow Trout on a blue fox spinner, then it was followed by another bow. Sure enough I got a bow as well on the Beaded Prince Nymph. With the clouds ready to thunderstorm it was time to get moving for the other lakes.



At the pass nature could not hold back anymore, the 1st of many thunderous BOOMS cried out across the Uintas.


Too bad, this ment that we had to pass up Lofty Lake, one of the highest lakes in the Uintas.


Past the lake it seemed like we were just wandering to WY.


Then the goal was in site.....Cutthroat Lake.


Once at the lake we felt a little better being at Cutthroat Lake and off of that high meadow.


And of course we started getting into some fish! TDT threw on a PMD and got 4 strikes and a fish in less than a minute! The Brookie was extremely colorful.



And we both scored 1 Tiny Tiger Trout.



As it started to rain really hard, we wondered if we would get pinned down by thunder storms. Waiting out the rain, the clouds finally let up, so we left the lake headin up to the Lofty Lake Pass once again. At Lofty the thunderheads were some distance away so we got the lines wet and got into some Cutthroat Trout.


Me Flyfishing Lofty Lake


I ended up with 6 Cutthroat Trout and TDT only got 2 before the thunderstorms returned. Not wanting to end the day we decided to go back down to Scout Lake. Which seemed kinda close to the pass when viewing from above.


By now you know us....we just had to do a little off trail work to a little pond.


Uinta bushwacking is so much easier.


Fishing the life less pond was a waste of time...luckily in this case only 15min. It was pretty though.


Back at Scout Lake the reflection was AMAZING!


Saw what looked like a Royal Wulff flying around so I tied one on....and scored a nice Brookie.


Got 3 Rainbows and 1 Brookie scored on the Royal Wulf...meanwhile TDT only got 1 bow on a spinner. Then the clouds rolled in and killed the action.

So we went to next door Picturesque Lake.....where no fish were caught, seen or heard.


Staying till sunset only proved to be a waste of time, but the place was pretty.


Overall TDT got 7 fish total and I got 12.....not the best day out.....but it was great to get out and fish a new section of the Uintas.
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Nice job, ETDT! The Uintas are great this time of year, i.e. no mosquitoes!!!
I hit Moosehorn Lake along Utah 150 2 weekends ago. Great fishing with fly and a bubble. Anything small and black seemed to work best - black ant, parachute and winged black ant, black wooly worm. Tigers and rainbows all day long. Largest were an 18" tiger and a 16" rainbow and most were over 12". Lotsa fun!
Mill Hollow is next.[]
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As always great pictures. Glad you guys got in another remote Uinta adventure thanks for sharing
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Pretty! But I got to ask, what fly does a Royal Wulff look like?[]
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very cool. beautiful shots you took up there!
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Did you get hit by any hail storm or huge rain storm >_<????

Small fishes but amazing color in them.
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Didnt hit Kamas lake? Pretty cutts to 14" all day long.
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Cool Report and beautiful fish you got into. What do you think your round trip miles were? Was it a day tripper?

gaetz
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[quote Flyfishinglover]Did you get hit by any hail storm or huge rain storm?
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Some rain but we just found a thick tree to sit under till it passed over and left us alone. No hail all day.
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[quote troutcreek]Didnt hit Kamas lake? Pretty cutts to 14" all day long.[/quote]

The threat of thunderstorms kind and the fact that we thought that lake was atleast 1.5 miles from Loafty made us reconsider that. Found out when we hit the trailhead at dark that it was way closer than we thought.

There is always next time!
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lucky when fishing at lilly lake the rain was on and off lucky i had my coat so it didnt bother me but dam when i got to trailer later sunday its was dumping hail. XD
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be a man and use a fly rod and get a better fight out of the fish XD. Trust me fly fishing for tiger in uinta is tons of fun using a regular rod with flies is boring. Trust me ive been there done that but not any more because fly rods are the bomb [angelic]
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[quote gaetzchamp]Cool Report and beautiful fish you got into. What do you think your round trip miles were? Was it a day tripper?

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Yes just a day trip. 6 miles round trip. There was vertical to it as well but not as bad as some of the other crazier shiz I have done this year.
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man you guys take some stunning pictures!
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[quote kochanut]man you guys take some stunning pictures![/quote]

Thanks....this was the 1st "all day outing" with the new referbished Cannon Rebel T1i.....great camera....it truely puts that Pentex Camera I have been using for the last few months to shame.
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your should send that shame camera to me so it can tell my ipod to be a shamed of the quality ha ha ha because theres no way my dad would just toss his nice big cannon camera onto my float tube or even my hands [laugh]
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No expertise in the fly rod yet but that is the plan. As long as I have lots of room behind and around me. Maybe I'll take my float tube next time. That should free up some space.
Thanks for the challenge. As Tallahassee said in the movie "Zombieland", "Nut up or shut up." Refers to me.
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You should become a expert in fly rod it's the bomb . Ya float tube really helped me get into their homes[laugh]
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thanks for the invite
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Ya no problem
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