High Country Cutthroats on Lake Agnes (cutthroat fishing); Fishful Thinker TV

[@naturalverities]

Nothing big? Think again. Refusals are the norm at Agnes in my experience and according to others I've chatted with. I think they are extremely line-shy in the crystal water, especially in bright sun. The one time I had good success there, it started out with pure frustration as a huge cuttie appeared out of nowhere, bypassed the fly and made a casual derisive grab for the garishly colored FLOAT! Felt like it was mocking me. No, I'm SURE it was. ;-> Hundreds of frustrating barren casts later, and after a brief squall of chilly rain and graupel, in the lingering overcast the bite suddenly turned on for me and I caught in quick succession a pair of flamboyant TANKS on a deep purple woolley bugger, beefy 15 and 16 inchers, challenging to net on 6x tippet. What a thrill! Great video, thanks!

[@josephabeytajosephabeyta9305]

State Forest is one of my favorite. Awesome Vid👍

[@1324buster]

yo! I've been looking for this episode! Love Agnes, excited to see what Fishful gets into up there (got into)

[@shalps9681]

How did you get the ice jig out there with no weight on the line?

[@FishfulThinker]

A light rod and very light Berkley NanoFil line which handles light lures extremely well.

[@HotBiteKid]

I hate it when people call big fish a slob instead of a slab. A slob is a mess person whereas a slab means a big piece of something. What is up with that?

[@garyrafferty7625]

Great video Chad. Did you ever find out if you were catching Colorado Cutts, Greenback Cutts or Westslope Cutts on Lake Agnes?

[@FishfulThinker]

Not definitively...there is not a consensus among the biologists I talked with.