Fly Fishing Pyramid Lake Mid April Part 1

On this trip we traveled to Pyramid Lake, Nevada to go after some huge Lahontan Cutthroat trout! The weather ranged from the lows in the 30s to highs getting up to 70! There was minimal wind as well which made the water very calm and tough for fishing! We still managed to get 5 fish to the net on the day! Special thank you goes to our guide, Mike Curtis, for getting us into some fish during some tough weather conditions! Mike is available on Instagram at Bucking Trout Outfitter and through his website at www.buckingtrout.com.

[@imonduckets]

Man, those fish are huge and have beautiful colors. They appeared to be close to the bank. What flies were working for you, if you don't mind me asking?

[@lasttrek]

They definitely were close to shore! It’s seemed to be a mix of chironomids and nymphs. A good amount of fish were also caught stripping the white popcorn beetle and black Woolly bugger!

[@imonduckets]

@Last Trek thanks for the reply. The one you caught thats in your thumbnail is absolutely gorgeous. Amazing colors and just HUGE. I hope to fish there one day. Tight lines

[@lasttrek]

@@imonduckets the colors were incredible on that fish. And that’s not even considered a big fish for that lake!

[@imonduckets]

​@Last Trek what??? that's insane. How big do they get?

[@lasttrek]

@@imonduckets 15lbs and up is not uncommon. A 20lb + fish is what most people are after at that lake!