cutthroat color

August and some colorful Cutthroats. Their water in the mountains is still cool in spite of the mid-summer heat. Cool but low. Lowest I’ve ever seen.

Also some colorful dry fly patterns tied to pursue them. Old fly patterns: Usuals and Haystacks.

Cutthroats caught on dries. Caught in cool water. Caught sometimes in the slightest of water…

shallow water cutthroat found in shade of tree