The Yellowstone cutthroat trout
is a subspecies of the cutthroat trout and is a freshwater fish in the salmon family of the order Salmoniformes. Native only to a few U.S. states, their original range was upstream of Shoshone Falls on the Snake River and tributaries in Wyoming, also across the Continental Divide in Yellowstone Lake and in the Yellowstone River as well as its tributaries downstream to the Tongue River in Montana. The species is also found in Idaho, Utah and Nevada.
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Similar species: Salmonids
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Uploaded Apr 18, 2015. Captured Sep 4, 2014 14:35 in Yellowstone National Park, Grand Loop Road, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190, USA.
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I saw that there were mayflies flying around, meaning that there was a hatch going on. I simply watched this trout from shore (you could see it swimming in a couple feet of water) and just watched the surface for bugs to float by and for him to rise up to eat them. Luck played a huge role in timing :) Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago