Alpine Lake Fishing

This past weekend I (Josh) one of the owners here at Spawn took to the alpine lake scene for my batchelor party with two of my old teammates and best friends. I get married in 3 weeks and this was a perfect way to celebrate. Fishing was phenomenal, the hike in was brutal. Traveling from sea level to 11,000 feet was not easy but the trip was full of laughs, stories, tequila, and a lot of fish! Keys to the trip were having a great selection of midges and large dries. Black was the winning color for the midge in size 18 and 20! Lost my first handful of fish because of my inability to remember how to fight a fish on 6x and 7x but once I dialed that in it was fish after fish. I fished Douglas Sky G 9ft 4wt and 5wt! Hope you guys enjoy, it wasn't a video trip so it's not my best work but hopefully will inspire some of you to get out and chase some of these amazing fish in the alpine lakes!



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This past weekend I (Josh) one of the owners here at Spawn took to the alpine lake scene for my batchelor party with two of my old teammates and best friends. I get married in 3 weeks and this was a perfect way to celebrate. Fishing was phenomenal, the hike in was brutal. Traveling from sea level to 11,000 feet was not easy but the trip was full of laughs, stories, tequila, and a lot of fish! Keys to the trip were having a great selection of midges and large dries. Black was the winning color for the midge in size 18 and 20! Lost my first handful of fish because of my inability to remember how to fight a fish on 6x and 7x but once I dialed that in it was fish after fish. I fished Douglas Sky G 9ft 4wt and 5wt! Hope you guys enjoy, it wasn't a video trip so it's not my best work but hopefully will inspire some of you to get out and chase some of these amazing fish in the alpine lakes!



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Mazel tov!
 
exceptionally large trout for a high Alpine lake..nice.
As to marriage, with the right person easily the best thing in life one can do.
thank you! and yes these fish were all of amazing quality, a couple other anglers next to us landed one that they measured and it was 23 inches!
 
Congrats Josh. Wish you the best.
Same here Josh, wishing you the best on your upcoming marriage & continued success at the fly shop.

And I have to agree having fished many alpine lakes in my younger days...those are some outstanding cutts especially way up @11k

Brad
 
Same here Josh, wishing you the best on your upcoming marriage & continued success at the fly shop.

And I have to agree having fished many alpine lakes in my younger days...those are some outstanding cutts especially way up @11k

Brad
thank you I truly appreciate it! Yeah when I lived in Colorado we used to hike in a ton but this trip was truly special all the fish were big and willing takers! Definitely a trip to remember!
 
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