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Rise A Yellowstone cutthroat trout rises to slurp an emerging mayfly on the surface of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park's Hayden Valley. Geotagged,Oncorhynchus clarkii bouvieri,Summer,United States,Wyoming,Yellowstone National Park,Yellowstone cutthroat trout,fish Click/tap to enlarge

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A Yellowstone cutthroat trout rises to slurp an emerging mayfly on the surface of the Yellowstone River in Yellowstone National Park's Hayden Valley.

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  1. How did you time this? I'm guessing your knowledge of fish species comes in handy here? Posted 10 years ago
    1. Knowledge, a little bit, and a whole lot of luck! Many trout species, like other fish, feed on aquatic invertebrates such as mayflies, stoneflies, craneflies, caddisflies, dragonflies, etc. These bugs live out their adolescent life forms as aquatic, water breathing entities. As they mature and are ready to transform into their adult stages, they either hatch and come to the surface or they come to the surface and then hatch. Either way, as they emerge, trout feed on them.

      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
  2. Brilliant. I love fish, and more so fishing. Although we do not have Trout, this shot makes me wish we had some ... Posted 10 years ago

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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
Species identified by travismorhardt
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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.
  • NIKON D3300
  • f/5.6
  • 10/2500s
  • ISO100
  • 270mm