Brown Town

June 7, 2018

North Park Anglers resides in a place with an abundance of labels, both geographical ones and nick-names. Walden, North Park, The Valley, Jackson County, Home, That Place with Massive Mosquitos, and my personal favorite, “Wait, Where” are just a few. No matter what your personal preference label is, there’s no doubt that one of the most accurate nick-names for Walden, Colorado  is “Brown Town.” Brown Trout, or scientifically, Salmo Trutta, are one of North Park’s most prized possessions.  We have people come from all over the country in search of 20+ inch brown trout, which are abundant in our valley

NPA guide, Joey Solano with a lake brown.

streams and lakes. The feeling that comes with sticking a wild and aggressive brown trout is one that keeps people coming back for more, time and time again. Nick-named the “butter bean”, the brown trout is probably our shop’s favorite species to catch (although we love all species of trout). Our favorite method of catching a fat, colored-up brown is throwing and stripping streamers of all sizes off the banks of our meadow streams and being able to see the fish come out from under the banks and engulf our fly, however browns can be caught nymphing and dry-fly fishing as well. Take a look at some of our favorite butter bean photos from this season and decide for yourself when your next trip up here will be.

NPA guide, Rob Stout with a meat eater. 

Written by: Taylor Martin 

NPA guide, Taylor Martin with a meadow stream butter bean.