The latest video from the “Find Your Water” series follows anglers Ben Kraushaar and Anna Ortega on a trek into Colorado’s San Juan Mountains to fish some high-country lakes for stunning . . .
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Utah Cutthroat Slam, Days Five and Six: Oh, to Live on Boulder Mountain
My first Colorado River cutthroat was also my largest fish of the trip.
Photo by Mike Hadley
On our way to our final destination in our quest to complete the Utah Cutthroat Slam, we picked up Trout Unlimited’s Intermountain Communications Director Brett Prettyman at his home in Salt . . .
Read MoreUtah Cutthroat Slam, Day Four: Into No Man’s Land
The Yellowstone cutthroats of George Creek were incredibly beautiful.
Photos by Phil Monahan
To catch our third species for the Utah Cutthroat Slam, we had to travel to a part of the state that few residents have ever visited: the Raft River Mountains. Located in the far northwest, on. . .
Read MorePhotos: A Multi-Species Trip into the Colorado High Country
The payoff for long, hard hikes into the rockies can be glorious, colorful cutthroats.
All photos courtesy Jon Hill
Last week, we made a four-day trip into the Rocky Mountains and did quite a bit of hiking and fishing. Tom, Shawn, Carper, and I hiked and bushwhacked into multiple lakes in a section. . .
Read MoreUtah Cutthroat Slam, Day Three: Cutts and Ladders
This gorgeous Bonneville cutthroat came from Utah’s North Branch of the Ogden River.
Photo by Phil Monahan
On the morning of our third day in Utah, we drove to the small town of Coalville, where we met up with a group of heavy hitters. In attendance were Greg Sheehan, the Utah Division of Wildlife. . .
Read MoreUtah Cutthroat Slam, Day Two: Downstream Effects
The Bear River cutthroats downstream were much larger, beneficiaries of the habitat work upstream.
Photo by Phil Monahan
On the second day of our Utah Cutthroat Slam adventure, TU’s Jim DeRito wanted to head downstream on the Bear River to see how the habitat work in the headwaters benefited the. . .
Read MoreUtah Cutthroat Slam, Day One: Into Bear Country
The Bear River cutthroats were both beautiful and feisty, like true natives should be.
Photo by Phil Monahan
Back in April, we posted about the new Utah Cutthroat Slam program, which requires anglers to catch the four subspecies of cutthroats native to the state. Having had a blast completing. . .
Read MoreClassic Photo Essay: Maturing as an Angler
Written by: Hannah Perkins
Hannah Perkins with a gorgeous spring creek cutthroat.
Photo courtesy Hannah Perkins
When I first started fishing without anyone to tie on my flies or anyone showing me where to cast and when to mend, my mission was to just catch one fish on my own. Any fish would do. When that became a reality, fishing became a. . .
Read MorePhotos: Fighting the wind at 12,400 Feet in the Rockies
Written by: Jon Hill
The casting was difficult, but it was worth fighting the wind to catch these stunning cutthroats.
Photos courtesy Jon Hill
Another hike into the high country with some buddies yielded some amazing-looking cutthroats! There’s usually some wind to deal with when hiking and fishing at high altitudes, but this time. . .
Read MorePhotos: Father-Son Time in Idaho
Writteh by: by John Herzer, Blackfoot River Outfitters
Young Dawson rocked the cutthroats all day.
Photo by John Herzer
I took a half day off and ran over to Idaho with my son, Dawson. (You may remember his video lesson on double-hauling a couple of years ago.) He caught a pile of cutties, and I pinned. . .
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