Cutthroat Slammin' 17Jul15-19Jul15

Intrepid fishermen of the CoWW clan and an aged peak bagger trounced into Colorado's backcountry in the Front Range and 10 Mile Range in search of the elusive Cutthroat Slam, a Colorado cutthroat from each of four lakes over 12,000 ft elevation. The weather was not great for the entire weekend but sunbreaks and a decent pace got us with some fishing time at each of Silver Dollar Lake, Murray Lake, Shelf Lake and Mohawk Lake. We were skunked at Silver Dollar and Murray but saw a few six pound cruisers there... despite arriving after ice out we were still too early as the fish were heavily spawning. Once DD and TW arrived our luck improved and at Shelf and Mohawk we met our objectives. Rocket Rob (aka SuperFly) of the Gulf lowlands dispatched himself well and entertained us with some grunts and a biff. Summit Wilks gathered intel and images from above by climbing Decatur. CoWWs TroutDude and Cerevisiaevelo Piscator did most of the catching but Jim and I marked too. The wildflowers were awesome. Most of the story can be told in pictures... Colorado is so cool.