Catching some Golden Trout in California.

I made a Moscow Mule, have King of the Hill playing on my phone and now going to post more about previous trips. I will start by adding one of my favorite, the Golden Trout. Where I have fished for these guys, they don't get that big but I never care about the size when it comes to wild or native trout. I also have on my arm a tattoo of a Golden Trout. I love it. When it comes to native goldens, they are located in the Sierra in California. To qualify for the California Heritage and Wild Trout Program you need to hike pretty damn far in. Luckily for me, I can get into Golden Trout in 4 hours from Las Vegas. I do enjoy the drive through Death Valley.

I am going to post two trips in this post. I went once with my girlfriend and by myself when she was at work. The creek I go to is chock full of Golden Trout. Nothing of large size but again I don't care about that!

The drive towards this place is cool, first you approach the mountain which is around 11-12000 feet up. You drive in a zigzag up the mountain and you realize how high up you are. The whole valley and where you came from looks so damn tiny from this point. I'm normally afraid of heights but its too awesome to be afraid of this.

this is a view the 2nd trip up. A lot more clouds and rain.

This is a view of the town below. Kind of shows how up I am.

From where I parked my car, I decided to try the creek going through the meadow. I saw a lot of little Golden Trout but It was hard to place a fly in front of them due to a thin layer of ice over most of the pools in the creek. I was happy to see fish though. I tried this creek with no luck so I walked north towards another creek where I immediately caught fish on my first dap of a fly.