Podcast: The Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout of New Mexico

[Interview starts at 37:18]

This week, we are talking about native trout, specifically the Rio Grande cutthroat of New Mexico. It’s a story of two communities–one a small New Mexico town and the other the Taos Pueblo tribe–told by Toner Mitchell of Trout Unlimited, and Talisa Puentes Ortega, a biologist who worked on the project with the Taos Pueblo.

In the Fly Box, we have lots of questions, as usual, including:

• Can I use Dragon Tails for trout spey?
• Can I use scaled-down versions of classic salmon and steelhead for trout?
• Can I fix a cut in my 5-weight line?
• Do you ever wish you could go back in time and fish a particular river?
• Why do people often recommend different flies for tailwaters as opposed to freestone rivers?
• How should I rinse my Clearwater reel after fishing in salt water?
• Do creek chubs in a river indicate the absence of trout?
• Should I boil my leaders to straighten them?
• My buddy and I caught nice bass on small nymphs while fishing for sunfish.  Is this a fluke?
• What are your recommendations for wet-wading gear?
• I bought a hen cape and realize it’s not good for dry flies.  What can I use it for?
• What rod should I get for going after carp, smallmouths, steelhead, and Pacific salmon?

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