Help me confirm a fish ID?

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My son and his friend caught this trout in some small open water in a marsh/swamp (on a homemade tenkara rod from natural bamboo, no less):

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I think it's a cutthroat because the jaw comes back behind the eye, but I'm not certain and they didn't see orange on the throat. Am I right?
 
Zak said:
My son and his friend caught this trout in some small open water in a marsh/swamp (on a homemade tenkara rod from natural bamboo, no less):

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I think it's a cutthroat because the jaw comes back behind the eye, but I'm not certain and they didn't see orange on the throat. Am I right?
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Yeah I think you probably are right.
Now are you gonna find out what the hot fly pattern is or what?
 
@Zak i Hope you know it's no ill will. The A.S. moniker has a decade plus history from the old site. I'm guessing you know that already though.
 
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Millsfly said:
@Zak i Hope you know it's no ill will. The A.S. moniker has a decade plus history from the old site. I'm guessing you know that already though.
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Yup, I was just hoping for an actual informative answer, too, and got two (that agree with each other, even)!

Cuttthroats are rare in Vermont and I've only been here in WA five years, so I wasn't sure of my id and wanted to give correct info to my son and his friend.
 
Zak said:
Yup, I was just hoping for an actual informative answer, too, and got two (that agree with each other, even)!

Cuttthroats are rare in Vermont and I've only been here in WA five years, so I wasn't sure of my id and wanted to give correct info to my son and his friend.
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There is an amazing amount of phenotypic variation within this species of O. clarki clarki. And I bet whatever cutts are in Vermont are Westslope cutts. Coastal cutts can be a lot harder to distinguish from rainbows, especially when they’re little.

I’m not calling your kid’s fish little. Definitely a monster for the habitat! 😸
 
Matt B said:
There is an amazing amount of phenotypic variation within this species of O. clarki clarki. And I bet whatever cutts are in Vermont are Westslope cutts. Coastal cutts can be a lot harder to distinguish from rainbows, especially when they’re little.

I’m not calling your kid’s fish little. Definitely a monster for the habitat! 😸
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As far as I know, there are no cutthroat in Vermont. Brookes are native, though.
 
Zak said:
As far as I know, there are no cutthroat in Vermont. Brookes are native, though.
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I only wrote that because I know some eastern states do stock westslopes. VT may not do that stuff. I have no idea.
 
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Zak - I can’t speak with knowledge to any of the biological details but in my experience some of the coastal cutts in tannic lakes and ponds take on that darker coloration.
 
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