08-09-2011, 01:07 AM
They may all be Yellowstone Cutthroats and have the same DNA, but I can't get over how different the fine spotted look from the large spotted. Most of the fine spotted cutthroats that I have caught have been somewhere in the upper Snake River or one of its tributaries.
I was on a tributary of a tributary, and they were sure fun. Here are a few pictures from the day.
The majority of the fish were 8-10 inches.
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The stream was a fairly small one, clear and full, but not runoff full. I suspect that on regular water years by Aug it is probably half this size. It was a good fun size for today.
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And now some of the fish porn:
One of the large ones for the day! Another one that was about this size had me scrambling to find him as I didn't know he was along for the ride when I started to backcast, and he landed in the grass behind me.... Good thing he flopped around a bunch, or I never would have found him!!
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![[Image: 6024068438_a7bfd0c021_z.jpg]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com%20%3Cbr%3E/6142/6024068438_a7bfd0c021_z.jpg)
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![[Image: 6024068438_a7bfd0c021_z.jpg]](http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6142/6024068438_a7bfd0c021_z.jpg)
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I was on a tributary of a tributary, and they were sure fun. Here are a few pictures from the day.
The majority of the fish were 8-10 inches.
The stream was a fairly small one, clear and full, but not runoff full. I suspect that on regular water years by Aug it is probably half this size. It was a good fun size for today.
And now some of the fish porn:
One of the large ones for the day! Another one that was about this size had me scrambling to find him as I didn't know he was along for the ride when I started to backcast, and he landed in the grass behind me.... Good thing he flopped around a bunch, or I never would have found him!!
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