Backcountry Trout Season

[Nick_CO]

Its almost here so I thought I would post up some of the more colorful catches from the last few years. Kudos to anyone who can identify each sub species.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Gets the blood flowing!

 

[el unit]

Nice cutts! Great pics too!
I'll try:
Colorado River Cutt, Westslope Cutt, Greenback Cutt, and Snake River Cutt?

 

[Nick_CO]

Nice cutts! Great pics too!
I'll try:
Colorado River Cutt, Westslope Cutt, Greenback Cutt, and Snake River Cutt?

You got the Colorado River and Snake River Cutt right!

 

[Deleted member 20812]

Man, those are awesome pictures. Counting the days until the rivers come into shape here.

 

[oleefish2]

very nice

 

[406LIFE]

Luv a cuttie.

 

[Southern Elk]

My favorite kind of fishing is backcountry lakes for cutts.

 

[vanish]

I would have guessed the third was a greenback as well.

 

[R.K.]

Are #2 & 3 a Golden and Rio Grande?

 

[Big Sky]

Very nice!

 

[BearFoot]

Awesome!

 

[vanish]

Since #3 wasn't a greenback, we might as well add one.

 

[wyoboypt]

Colorado, Yellowstone, bonneville, snake river?

 

[Nick_CO]

Are #2 & 3 a Golden and Rio Grande?

You are correct! El Unit got the other two. The correct order and geographical area below. Can't wait to get back to some of these spots soon.

Colorado River Cutt - Flat Tops
Golden Trout - Wind River Range
Rio Grande Cutt - Rio Grande Nat Forest
Snake River Cutt - Wind River Range

 

[R.K.]

You are correct! El Unit got the other two. The correct order and geographical area below. Can't wait to get back to some of these spots soon.

Colorado River Cutt - Flat Tops
Golden Trout - Wind River Range
Rio Grande Cutt - Rio Grande Nat Forest
Snake River Cutt - Wind River Range

I just made the decision- I'm crossing golden trout off my list this summer, maybe in July or August.

Couple lakes in the Beartooths have them, but it's a bit of a hike through some grizzly country to get to them. Need to find a buddy to go along, I think.

 

[Nick_CO]

I just made the decision- I'm crossing golden trout off my list this summer, maybe in July or August.

Couple lakes in the Beartooths have them, but it's a bit of a hike through some grizzly country to get to them. Need to find a buddy to go along, I think.

Go for it! I crossed Goldens off my list in 2015 in what turned out to be one of my most memorable solo backcountry trips. I had to construct a makeshift raft out of logs and my inflatable Big Agnes pad to get across a huge lake because the river above and below the lake was cranking with runoff. Totally worth it.

 

[JohnCushman]

This is why I carry my 3 wt when I hunt elk. A couple of brookies for dinner on the campfire make life nice.

 

[406LIFE]

This is why I carry my 3 wt when I hunt elk. A couple of brookies for dinner on the campfire make life nice.

I don't have mine on me, but its always in the truck.

Any of you boys ever do the WY or UT CuttSlam?

 

[Nick_CO]

I don't have mine on me, but its always in the truck.

Any of you boys ever do the WY or UT CuttSlam?

No but sounds like my kind of challenge. Closest I've gotten is Colorado. I could be close in Wyoming. There is some debate now over the purity of the Greenback strains so I probably caught a hybrid. What species are involved in the WY/UT slams?