My son, my dad and I went out to CO in 99 to fish for Greenback cutthroat in the Sawatch area. Was incredible. Even saw a wolf. Great video that brought back great memories.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video.

@estebencampos146

Жыл бұрын

Wolves have been gone since the 40’s. It was probably a coyote

@flyfishincrazy

Жыл бұрын

@@estebencampos146 may have been

@allosaurus5771

11 ай бұрын

my balls hurt

That water looks sooo clear. A sight fishing dream as long as the wind stays down. Casting to rising trout is always a blast!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Yep it doesn't get much better! Fishing these high elevation lakes is just on another level of fun. Thanks for watching Greg!

I like the history in the background man. Glad this video is doing so well for you man. Well deserved my guys. So awesome to see you thriving out West. Great job making a real treat. Awesome to see the versatility. I can't wait to get to the point where I can travel west and fish. Very excited for the opportunity. Keep going gentlemen and tight lines!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike! Fishing out west is such a blast but it is completely different than what we are used too. I hope you get out there one day and have just as successful of a trip as we did!

I recommend wetting your hands more than you do in that vid, like a full hand dunk, trout have very sensitive skin and if its a threatened species and ur gonna release it after, make sure ur hand is completely dipped and wet before handling it

@kayleydorey6798

2 жыл бұрын

agreed

@guyswithflies2034

Жыл бұрын

use the net! shouldn’t be bouncing fish off rocks either.

Wow, what amazing fish and beautiful habitat! Delighted you guys are having such a great adventure - and happier still that you’re sharing it with us!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed our adventure.

Support Trouts Unlimited! They are a big Labor & money resource for these exact initiatives.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

You're preaching to the choir! I am a part of Trout Unlimited back home. I know how much work goes into trout on the east coast and I can only imagine what its like in Colorado.

Trout fishing by fly is always a special thing to do. The preperation, the enticement to take your fly, that anticipation when you land the perfect cast in front of the fish your going for and then having caught it, not having the heart to keep it and return it. Nice vid guys. Maddog Melbourne Australia

Great video, guys. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Precious lifetime memories!

Gorgeous river and fish! That is an amazing adventure. Video editing is on point😎

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed the adventure

Amazing video guys, super excited for you guys to get a chance to fish for such a rare and special trout nevermind to catch them in native habitat , that's so cool. Amazing amazing fish ty so much for sharing this video . Can't wait to see what you got coming up next. Thanks again guys

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked the video! It was so fun to make the video and I'm just glad I can share it with you guys!

Beautiful fish guys! Love you're show. Its real and genuine. Keep up the good work.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Great video. THANKS for handling and releasing these spectacular fish so carefully and quickly, and for using good nets. You are great examples!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! The fish are the number one priority in the videos. Thanks for watching!

@michaelhill56

3 жыл бұрын

How many times did you bounce that first one off the rocks? Disgusting... just unsubscribed. Really disappointed with you guys, purposefully fishing for an endangered species and now more people are gonna want to do the same. Not cool guys 😡

@williamkaylor1191

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Harrumph!

Those are some beautiful trout in some beautiful country, Rocky Mountain alpine lake and stream fly fishing is so surreal, do it once and you’re hooked for life! Makes me miss Colorado man

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely hooked man! It was such an amazing experience and I can't wait to do it again. Thanks for watching!

Awesome guys! Congratulations on an amazing adventure.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Glad you thought it was awesome!!

One of the best videos I've seen. Been having a rough day today and seeing this put the first smile of the day on my face. Thank you and I'm glad you guys had a wonderful time! Greenback Cutthroat are jewels!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad you video could help you get through a rough day. I hope all is well. Greenback cutthroat are amazing and officially one of my favorite fish to catch!

Awesome video. So happy you got to meet up with our boy Matt. He is the Colorado cutthroat king lol. Great job, we appreciate your work as always. Love the net shots !

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Matt definitely knows where to find the cutthroat and the nets looked awesome out there on the mountain! Thanks for watching guys

Beautiful fish and video, it looked like so much fun! Thank you!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!

Great video and thanks for showing us your part of the world, thumbs up and greetings from New Zealand.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Hopefully I can make it out to New Zealand one day. Thanks for watching!

@bellabear653

2 жыл бұрын

@@hardmanfishing while you are in that part of the world go fish Tasmania in Australia for some large browns as well. N.Z has great fishing and Tasmania is great for fly fishing for browns.

So glad to see everyone successful and catch those greenback cutthroat trout, all I can say is WOW!

I fished for the elusive green back cutty in the Colorado Rocky Mountain national park. Hiked quite far to a lake. It was amazing fish almost every other cast and was most definitely the most beautiful fish I did and will ever lay my hands on. Super glad that you guys got to experience this same experience and excitement. Great video as always hardmen. Keep it up 🤘🏻tight lines!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!! Glad you got to experience some greenbacks as well. Such beautiful fish. Glad you liked the video and thanks for watching!

Heck yeah! Looks like you guys did it right. Greenback are probably the prettiest cutthroat, but the Colorado River and Snake River Cutts are much larger on average in my experience. Great video looking forward to the next one.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

We caught some Colorado River Cutthroat... but they're not out until next week. But thanks for watching and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

@hydraxc2478

3 жыл бұрын

I've caught only Bear Lake and Bonneville Cutthroat. The Bear Lake cutthroat were all quite large. Maybe 2 to 6 pounds on average. Never caught a small one. Bonneville Cutthroat were much smaller.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

@@rudyb5553 Lohantons are the enormous cutthroat! They're definitely on my bucket list.

@vonster22

3 жыл бұрын

The largest and wildest trout that I have caught since living and rafting the Rockies is the Big Horn River...But its all good....

One of the coolest fishing videos I’ve watched, and the trout are so beautiful! Congrats what a day!

Thank you for nice video, wonderful nature, that you release this beautiful fish and for very good music.

These guys are by far the best I've seen, I've been fishing for wild trout for 30yrs in wv n va I've never seen anything quite like they do

You said you were un Heaven and indeed you were!! You accomplished your mission of finding and gazing that beautiful and rare variety of cutthroat in a pristine scenery where they are native. A sunny day, the unbeatable landscape of the mountains of North America with that brutal untamed beauty...oh man what a fishing trip recorded in such a marvellous video!!! Pure bliss and looking forward to finding another hiding gorgeous creek with its own subespecies of beautiful trout. Wow...

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you so much for watching

Beautiful fish! I caught a few in a different (secret) location in August! They have SUCH a cool story/history and it is so great to be able to catch them in their native habitat now!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

I know! Thanks to the volunteers and the CWP for saving these beauties. Everybody should get to experience the places these little guys take you! Thanks for watching

Nice!👍 They are scrappy little fighters. We saw cutthroat trout whipping up on a big rainbow trout and running it out of their little territory.

Awesome as always bud! Looks like SUCH a fun trip I would LOVE to do that someday!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

It was a fun trip!! Thank you so much for watching!

Wow! Great content my guy I love your vids

Great vidéo guys.

Man that looks insane up there!!! So wish there were more mountains in my part of pa! Hahaha crazy how there is almost no trees over there on them mountaintops in Colorado and Yellowstone! Keep the great video coming! Them greenback Cutties look like so much fun! Maybe one day can make it over there, tight lines and look forward to the next one!!!👍🎣🐟💦

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Dude its a blast out west! Thanks for watching man, I'm sure you'll make it out there one day.

@avshockey6633

3 жыл бұрын

There are no trees above about 11,500 ft. in Colorado. Conditions are just too harsh for trees to grow up there. The most common term you will hear about it is the "timberline." You can actually look at higher peaks and see a defined line where the trees stop growing. We have 58 mountains in Colorado that are 14,000 ft. or higher, and a few of them you can even drive all the way to the top. Here's a video of a guy driving to the top of Mt. Evans. He passes the timberline right around the 4:30 mark. It goes pretty abruptly from trees, to no trees. It's the highest paved road in the US, and the fun part about it is that there are no guard rails. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYFr1ZKcldzLnbg.html

Nice! I live near Durango. Fly fisherman's paradise really 😀 I have quite the list of some pretty amazing spots within an hour of me.

Really great fishing video!! Superb!!

Badass! Such a beautiful fish!!!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Cuttrout are the treasure of the rockies. I love them

I was in Rock Mountain National park in 2001. There were lakes and streams with Greenback Cutts then I wasn' t able to fish them unfortunately. I only gmhad an afternoon to fish there. It is a great story of recovery.

Great video guys really enjoyed it...

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video

Great video, really need to get back into trout fishing seeing as I'm living near the Test, Itchen etc. English chalk streams (as if I could afford it)! Cheers.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed the video. Hope you can get out there and catch some!! Tight lines

GREAT VID!!! and great looking fish!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

Nothing like fly fishing! And that’s incredible guys,beautiful trout and I’m sitting here in envy,wishing I was there, way too go guys,enjoy!👍 and don’t know how anyone could give this a thumbs down? Probably just people who wish they could be there?

Sure are some amazing fish guys love the history and awareness you spread with this video i am a avid trout bandit and love smashing hog browns and rainbows in the Adirondacks there are some sweet brook trout here as well... Awesome fish tho epic bucket lister Bro

I helped stock these at Herman Gulch 5 years ago-amazing video!

Great Video. Those are some pretty trout.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you liked the video!

Awesome trip report and as usual great shooting. BTW the Greenback Cutthroat weren't TOO bad either. LOL

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

LOL Glad the greenbacks were acceptable! HAHA thanks for watching!

Dope Intro!!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Nice fish! I've always been more inclined to saltwater its an hour trip for me but i try freshwater more.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

I love saltwater about as much as freshwater. I guess it depends on where you are. But freshwater fishing can be unreal just because of the places the fish take you.

Very very nice!....Once declared EXTINCT!...What a treasure...What a video...Nice Job!!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!

Enjoyed your video, when fishing in Colorado I caught my first and only cut throat 40 yrs ago. A very old trout historian said at the time fisherman tried to wipe them out thinking they were not normal

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

That wouldn’t surprise me although I’ve never heard that. Now they are protecting them at all costs

Really cool stuff guys.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Added to the list! 🤙🏼

"were high"... lmfaooo

Great video! I was fortunate enough to catch my first Colorado greenback cutthroat today.

Crazy. The guy Matt is on my softball team. I knew I recognized him.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! Matt is an awesome dude!

Nice Work for nature

Great video. What a beautiful country side just to fish with friends, way up high in the mountains.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

It was an amazing day with good scenery and even better friends! Thank you so much for watching.

Loved ur start

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I might know where some of this is. Where were you fishing at? Great job on the video

Gorgeous trout!

I caught a few native greenbacks about 10 days ago! I was SERIOUSLY sucking from the altitude! It was part of a 4000 mile, 8 state, 10 native trout epic road trip! Cutthroats are SO beautiful!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

They are absolutely gorgeous!! Thank you so much for watching the vid!

Great music choices!

Well done.

I’ve never been out west…looks beautiful…thanks

Nice video, keep it up!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Have you looked into getting a tenkara rod for this kind of fishing? Anytime a fish is closer than 15 feet, I always find it more effective to use.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've thought about it. I probably will try it some time, just never had a tenkara rod so I've never had the ability to do it.

Just subbed! Love the vids man!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the sub!! And glad you liked the video!

@mikerichards1096

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful location. You guys are the real deal. Great to see you handle the fish and release them gently!!!

I've personally hiked up the trail by bear lake to the very top lake! Beautiful scenery but didn't bring my fly rod so I didn't get to catch a Greenback.. Great video!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed the video

Awesome intro very interesting info!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Man I’d love to find places like this up here in the north west but I’m super new to fishing so have no clue where to even start

Fall trout bite is on!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

We love it!!

Lucky enough to say the greenback was my first fish on the fly when I was little and got me hooked on fly fishing

@hardmanfishing

2 жыл бұрын

That is awesome!! You are a lucky man

We have a lot of cuts in Montana on the Boulder river

From Italy i can Only sai great job as Always

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Glad you liked it

Great video! Did you guys carry bear spray or other form of grizzly deterrent while in Colorado?

@hardmanfishing

2 жыл бұрын

I mean we carried protection but Grizzly bears have been considered extirpated from Colorado. Not saying its impossible but highly unlikely!

Some nice greenbacks! Congratulations

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I fished many places in Colorado when I was younger, caught several species of trout that I had never seen.

Are you guys at Cottonwood Lake?

What area are you guys at? I live in Colorado and it looks familiar

Float tubing the lakes for the Greenback is a lot of fun.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah we didn’t get to do that but I bet it would’ve been a blast! Only issue is climbing up the mountain with the float tube 😂

Great looking cutties and vid👍

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

My brother and his buddies have noodled trout In the big horns. They climbed a mountain and there’s a pond that’s super clear on top and you just grab them. I

I do not fish, but I clicked on this video just for the landscape from the thumbnail. Beautiful !

Bro u have to do the wyo cutt slam! I have one more and it’s so fun!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

I'd love to do it one day!! I want to fish in Wyoming in general. But thanks for watching!

Ive never been fly fishing before but ive been really watching alot of videos and im thinking about going someplace soon btw i live in crossville tn if any body knows a good spot tell me plz

Nice video and beautiful fish but why would you put the rainbow back? If you're fishing a stream where the nonative rainbows cause issues for cutthroat recovery then it seems like the rainbows belong on a frying pan in a little riverside catch and cook.

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Well there is a wall built between where we caught the rainbow and the cutthroat that was put in by the CWP to separate the two species. That fish was caught near the trail head while the cutthroat were caught miles up the stream.

Sweet video 👍

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I see that flying WV, go mountaineers!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

YESSIR!! Thanks for watching!

You guys should come down to the Grand Mesa while your down in Colorado it's got 5 type of trout

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

We unfortunately aren't in Colorado at the moment! But I'll keep that in mind for the next time we head out!

Can’t believe you only have 18k subs like dude. You should have so many more man!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! We're a relatively new channel... maybe one day we'll have quite a few more subs! Thanks for watching

Hey! Can you try to fish spinney reservoir in colorado while you're here?! They have huge trout there!

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

We didn't fish the reservoir but we fished the dream stream (Colorado series part 1) and we fished above spinney which I probably won't make a video from. There are some MASSIVE fish in there though I can confirm. I may or may not have lost the biggest fish of my life in that area.

Curious, what brand is the blue net u guys r using. Great video. Beauty of a fish

@TheCanyonFlyShop

3 жыл бұрын

Catch cam nets!!!

Good for you guys that’s awsome

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

I live 3 miles from Bears Creek..Idledale Colorado ... I did not know that.. I will keep my eyes open for the beast.. I always catch and release when I fish there..

@younglong4313

3 жыл бұрын

What place had these amazing fish?

Fishing is so fun

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more!! Thanks for watching

What a beautiful fish

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

dude great videa as always! but please tell me where you and your bro got the face sheilds, those things are dope!?

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly man a buddy of ours got them for us before we left for Colorado. I have no idea where he got them! But thanks for watching.

@100GTAGUY

3 жыл бұрын

I wanna say those might be salt Armour or gator neck face sheilds.

Man yall would love it here in Washington state

Where is that in Colorado

Great vid love the editing for a small Chanel love to se some one liking the fish I do

Wow.. just wow... I'm super jealous.. i want to find some cut throat. Got none in Missouri

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t have any where I’m from either... had to travel a ways! Thanks for watching

Nice video! I’m new to fly fishing. Do you like the Simms Flyweight boots? I’m thinking to pick them up. Would you recommend them?

@hardmanfishing

3 жыл бұрын

So far I have no complaints! I got them specifically for the trip to Colorado but I’ve used them a ton since then and put on some serious miles. If you’re an active fisherman I definitely recommend them

@bpong151

3 жыл бұрын

@@hardmanfishing Thanks! I just picked them up yesterday. Really like them!