Small Creek Tenkara Fishing For Colorado’s Greenback Cutthroat Trout

1st week of July, 2024. What an incredible day targetting Colorado’s native greenback cutthroat trout in a small creek up in the mountains. I was afraid that the flows may still be too high, however the water was amazing, and so was the fishing! I almost lost my phone, glasses, and fly box, so things could’ve been not so pretty:)
Setup & Gear:
Rod: DRAGONTail Mizuchi (dragontailtenkara.com/collect...)
Line - 8 ft level line
Dry Dropper Setup:
5x nylon - Hi Vis Parachute (size 12) - 6x fluoro - Pergidon (size 14)
Nymph Setup
5x fuoro - Jig Nymph (sizes 12 abd 14)
Net - www.amazon.com/dp/B075TW123K/...

[@tenkaraintheiowadriftless]

The creek and landscape are gorgeous. Those trout are even more gorgeous. Nice job!

[@MrSofthackle]

Great video, the stream looks calm, peaceful, and just plain pretty. Don’t name this stream as it will become overrun with fisherman.

[@zisontheriver]

Thank you! No worries, I don’t mention creek names, only occasional very well known rivers:)

[@VicBranker]

@9:31 photo of Cutthroat trout in net could easily pass as a Norman Rockwell quality painting. Absolutely beautiful!!!

[@zisontheriver]

I had to look up Norman Rockwell:). Those trout are indeed stunning! Thanks for watching!

[@michaelsmith7193]

Wow, some incredible greenback fishing (and so close to a highway!?) - very nice!

[@zisontheriver]

Thanks! Ya, that’s the one downside of this creek, but it can be an advantage when you want to check the flows without getting too far off the beaten path:)

[@petkotsigularov908]

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[@neilfromtexas-vn1dv]

Nice video! Stuck here in Texas where it’s 100f for a few more weeks before I get to head up to Colorado & join you! Neil

[@zisontheriver]

Denver might hit 100 this week, so the mountains will be the place to be:)

[@lolwutyoutube7561]

I rarely see people fish this section of this creek; I'm glad to see you explored it and caught some nice fish. Have you fished under the pedestrian bridge further upstream?

[@zisontheriver]

I don’t think I got to a bridge. Whatever you see in the video is the farthest I’ve gone. When I have more time, I’d like to explore farther upstream. It’s such a pretty stretch!

[@user-ju8yo7rt2w]

Too bad they have been stalking the wrong strain that was actually hybridized greenback so really there's not very many real greenbacks in Colorado do you want to know the truth it's only been about 2 or 3 years since they started even breeding the true strain

[@zisontheriver]

Ya, I’ve heard that. It’s hard to tell if any of the ones I caught were pure, probably not . I can’t tell the difference. As far as I know they are visually the same. They are still beautiful greenbacks only found in Colorado:)

[@petkotsigularov908]

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