This thread is a little dead, but I like it...
My favorite fishing is at the creeks within 20 minutes from my house that nobody thinks have fish in them. I never see another angler. I often go up after work and catch a dozen sub-10" brookies, cutthroat, and rainbows on my 6' 2wt in the pocket water. Most of the creek is covered by trees, but here is one of the few open sections under a bridge-
This is one of the biggest fish I've caught in this creek-
The local rivers have big browns, but usually too many people. They're more educated fish-
And the high alpine lakes have no people and a lot of small trout. This one was full of goldens-