Esteban at the trailhead.
[See image gallery at theflytrout.com]

Me at the trailhead.
[See image gallery at theflytrout.com]

The Lost Creek Valley
[See image gallery at theflytrout.com]

Gettin ready to rips some lips.
[See image gallery at theflytrout.com]

Big hopper, little brookie
[See image gallery at theflytrout.com]

Sweet colors on these little guys
[See image gallery at theflytrout.com]

Fire stayed lit even in the rain.
[See image gallery at theflytrout.com]

The post Get Lost appeared first on Fly Fishing T-Shirts and Cool Fly Fishing Apparel from The Fly Trout.

The most exciting part of our trip happened on the hike down the mountain. I was walking behind Esteban with my head down so that I could avoid tripping over one of the many rocks in the path. And just as we approached this little creek I heard Esteban say, “Oh Shit!” I look up and see two small black bear cubs just staring at us about 20 feet away. Not a second after I looked up to see the cubs, the mama bear jumps out of the creek and takes off up the mountain! It was a very intense and unexpected moment. I grabbed my bear mace he grabbed his pistol and I told him “we need to back up slowly” and he told me “get out your camera.” I was pretty nervous right at that moment because I have always heard that the most dangerous bears are ones with cubs. It was a little confused though, because this mother bear didn’t appear to be too worried about her young as she took off up the mountain and never looked back. By the time I did get my camera out the cubs had run off too far to snap a good picture, but were close enough to keep watching what we were doing. Esteban was able to get some video of one of the cubs climbing up a tree. Running into those bears, although quite nerve racking at first, was one the coolest moments I have ever had up in the mountains!

Now it’s time for some pics and videos:

Here is a look down to the Blue River Valley on the way up.

Me posing in front of the Brush Creek Trailhead.

A few pictures of the lake.

[See image gallery at theflytrout.com]
[See image gallery at theflytrout.com]
[See image gallery at theflytrout.com]

Trail intersection.

We haven’t been able to have a fire in over a month.

A little video about the flammability of whiskey.

And finally, the bear cub climbing up at tree.

The post Lost Lake Backpacking Trip appeared first on Fly Fishing T-Shirts and Cool Fly Fishing Apparel from The Fly Trout.

Trailhead.

Little stream flowing down the mountain.

Esteban with Mount Massive in the background.

Me with Mount Massive in the background.

Native Lake from above. The most difficult part of the hike was from the trailhead to this point. From here to the lake was all downhill and much easier.

Here’s the part where I show you a bunch of different pictures of the lake. Make sure to check out the lake at sunset. Very pretty.

Our beer cooler.

Wait, where are the fish?

Here is the brook trout I caught in the creek that leads into the lake. The little guy squirted out of my hands as Esteban took the shot.

There is another lake, Rainbow Lake, we decided to hike up to and see if we could catch something.

Looking back away from Rainbow Lake.

Esteban found some snow. Thankfully we didn’t run into any polar bears.

I’m not sure why I am smiling because it was quite windy up there and I wasn’t able to cast out far enough to reach any fish.

I had a great time roughing it high up in the mountains. I would have loved to hook up with more fish but it was still a nice little adventure.

Catch ya later, Native Lake.

Oh, you might be wondering about the other fish I caught. He was a nice little greenback cutthroat trout. I didn’t get any pictures of him, but Esteban got it on video and I haven’t had a chance to upload yet. I’ll post the video once I get it ready. Stay fly.

The post Native Lake Trip appeared first on Fly Fishing T-Shirts and Cool Fly Fishing Apparel from The Fly Trout.