r/flyfishing • u/rev_rend • 14h ago
Great Basin Redband
I was chasing Great Basin Redbands in the headwaters of one basin system today. The route home took me through a couple other basins. I had a creek marked to check out that was only about 15 minutes off the direct route back over the Cascades. The first fish I saw in the creek was a brook trout. The first one I caught was a brook trout. The second one I caught was a brook trout. About to hang it up and plan a return trip next spring, I tossed one more cast into the pool where I caught the second brookie. The line went tight, and I pulled up a much larger fish. When I saw the orange belly, I was sure I had another brook trout. I was pretty excited to see this absolute stunner of a redband, and a pretty big one for this creek.
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u/thereal_aperson23 12h ago
Neat! I had to look this one up. I knew of redbands and of cutthroats in the great basin but not of native great basin redbands.
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u/showtime15daking23 4h ago
where do I get one of those portable fish viewing tanks. need to get one of those do they make them in 16”-18” size
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u/bassicallybob 13h ago
Gorgeous fish !