While my home waters are in the North Georgia Mountains I have been fortunately able to fish much of the fabulous places where trout swim in the country.  One of my favorite little streams is one that you can at places almost step from one bank of the stream to the other side without difficulty.  But don't let that make you think that there are no big fish! I've learned that many small streams can hold monsters.  Deeply cut banks give these elusive huge fish places to hide from predators and allow them to hide from prey. Below is a 19+ inch cutthroat trout caught on one such stream in Colorado.  The stream manager who has maintained these pristine waters for over thirty years said that while he knew there were big fish in the waters he'd never seen a cut there nor heard of anyone catching one. Well the proof is in the picture! Since several people who are cutthroat purists have pursued and caught much larger specimens.