I spent a couple hours with Dan on the Cub River for a little Labor Day cutthroat action. I only took a picture of one fish, although we each caught a 5+. I just had to have pictures of this bright guy, one of the reddest Bonneville cutts I’ve ever caught. It’s jaw looked like it was bleeding (these pictures tend toward the orange, but it was slightly more reddish).
Whose the idiot eating the endangered Bonneville?
Well, I guess it’s self-explanatory. Was it tasty?
Tastes exactly like Alvord!
Not like yellowfin or Paiute?
Yellowfin and Paiute are a little dry…kinda like bald eagle.
Hi Scott,
I’ve never caught a cuttie – sure would like to! Are these all caught on dry flies?
How’s are the water levels these days? Sure hope the “prayer” has helped!
Tight Lines…
Bob
Hey Bob!
Yep, the “prayer” worked–we picked up about 0.5″ (a lot for us in a 24 hour period). I was noticing the weather pattern for your neck of the woods, and it looks wet again/still. Water levels for us are good. All are rivers are pretty much spring-fed and don’t fluctuate too much once the snowmelt has disappeared. It takes a couple of incredibly dry years before we start seeing low flows, but I’ve never seen our rivers so low or warm to impact the fish (much–a couple of years ago after several years of drought I was catching thinner fish).
And yep again, all the cutts were caught on a dry. In fact, 98% of the fish I talk about or photograph on my website are caught on dries. OK, 98% is a guess, it’s probably a little closer to 99.27%! The major attraction for me to fly fishing is the take, so I stick with dries. A handful of patterns, eager cutthroat, and that’s about all I need.
Any time you want to catch the cutts, come on over this direction and I’ll guarantee a few cutthroat for you.