Paul Halter

Another of the bull trout from my recent trip to B.C... We spent day 1 with a guide. I don't often fish with guides but I learn so much when I do. It's expensive, but if you can do it occasionally, especially when you're fishing an area or species that's new to you, it's a huge help.

I had a guide for the first day and caught a couple bull trout on the Wigwam, but a friend and I spotted this one among a few others near the bank on the Elk. Yeah, those cutthroat trout are amazing. The first fish that day was a hefty 18 incher that took a stonefly nymph.

Just got back from B.C.. The main goal was to catch bull trout for pictures for Fly Fishing Simulator HD. This Elk River 27 incher ate a streamer I tied in a hotel on the way. It bolted 150 yards downriver but I was able to stop it before the rapids. A fish I'll never forget... #flyfishing

Another site on Michel Creek, British Columbia. The hopper bite was hot for cutthroat trout to 19 inches, but the wind really built up to make for some really tough casting. #flyfishing #rivers

Elk River B.C. cutthroat. #flyfishing

The Bull River in BC. #flyfishing #rivers

The Elk River in B.C. #flyfishing #rivers

Michel Creek cutthroat #flyfishing

Michel Creek, B.C. #flyfishing #rivers

Dipping the phone for a peek. The larger fish there was at least 30. It watched flies go by many times. She didn't want to feed but it was so cool to see her lurking there.

Thanks. One of 3 we caught today. My friend got one just a bit bigger. This one was 25 inches, and we saw some at least 30 inches today. I caught bull trout in the Oregon wilderness as a teenager but they were all under 12 inches. This was a very different experience.

Bull trout from the Wigwam River.

Here's the Wigwam River in British Columbia. #flyfishing #rivers

Here's the Oldman River in Alberta. #flyfishing #rivers

Here's a spot on the Yellowstone River north of the park in Montana. #flyfishing #rivers

Here's North Carolina's Deep Creek. #flyfishing #rivers

Here's the Still River in Connecticut. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: Here's a site on the Klickitat River in Washington. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: Here's the Gallatin River in Montana. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: Here's a site on the Bois Brule River in Wisconsin. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: Here's Honolulu Creek in Alaska. Keen observers might notice I've started posting new scenes on waters that I've posted before. After around 230 posts I've shared a site from almost all the rivers and streams I've shot, but I have many more sites to post. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: The Big Hole River in Montana. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: Here's the River Etive in the Scottish Highlands. This glen was the shooting location for the road to James Bond's childhood home in Skyfall. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: Here's the "Stair Steps" stretch of the Blue River in Colorado. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: Here's the Middle Fork Whitewater River in Minnesota. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: Here's the South Umpqua River in Oregon. I understand it has far better fly fishing opportunities in the spring and fall than during the time of year I shot it, so I've never included this one in the app. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: This small, crystal clear water is River Coe east of Glencoe, Scotland. Small trout were hanging out in the pools. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: Here's the Baptism River in Minnesota. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: This is the River Lochy, specifically the one in Glen Lochy, in Scotland. #flyfishing #rivers

Daily river scene: Here's the Cuyahoga River in Ohio. #flyfishing #rivers