You saw it in person but I agree with your buddies based on the photo.
Small creeks
- Thread starter rotato
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I would love a better look at the head/maxillary but to me it looks like a coastal cutthroat.
rotato
Life of the Party
Thanks for that - I'm sticking with coastal cutthroat!
Pink Nighty
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That's a cutty all day! Pretty feesh
Bambooflyguy
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I haven’t made it to mine yet…..summer’s winding down, hopefully I can wet wads at least once this year. My little blue line has rainbows, cutts and brookies, all waiting and willing to eat dry flies! We’ll see if there’s a report to follow….
I think I was there again earlier this week.
The fish were dark with that purple cast to their dorsal area and shoulder. I don't handle them, unhooking and letting them swim out of the net. I could only see jaw slashes on a couple of them.
I've had one in the net too, along with what looked like a snowberry. I actually sized down once to catch a Red Shiner. They were hitting my larger fly before it could get to an obvious lie I was trying to reach.
I do love me a small stream, and they tend to be really pretty and enjoyable this time of year, even if I did have to put on the waders this morning.
Love the yellow tinge on these guys! Your Curtis creek looks great!