Took a quick trip for some native Bonneville Cutts!

I decided to take a quick 3 hour fishing trip to a small overgrown creek to catch some native Bonneville Cutthroat Trout. I left Las Vegas at 6 am and made it to my secret creek around 815 AM. It was relatively chilly at this time. I noticed the stream had a high murky flow which I realized was going to make it impossible to catch anything. I walked downstream for about 20 minutes trying to fish various pools. I got no strikes and kind of figured I wouldn't. I thought maybe these trout were still sluggish due to winter and maybe they weren't kickstarted into winter yet. I was pretty tired at this time so I figured at least I came out to see that the trout weren't active at this time. I hiked back to my car and figured I could head back to Las Vegas and get a nice nap in a decent time. I sat in my car and thought to myself, well I am here might as well head to the headwater and maybe I can catch something. I drove around 6 miles to the base of the mountain and found a nice pool around a rock. I threw my fly in and saw a quick flash of a trout. I missed the fish. I did get hope of catching at least one fish. I followed this overgrown brushy stream for a 1/8 of a mile. I lost 5 good fish because I could not reach my net in time and I lost some fish in the rapids of this high flow of the creek. I finally landed 2 small trout. I really wanted to see a larger trout so I found a nice pool where I could see one swimming looking for food. Luckily I was able to land this nice male Bonneville Cutthroat Trout with some of the best colors ive seen on one. I was satisfied with my catch and back off to Las Vegas for my well earned nap.