Westslope Cutthroat
Feisty and perfectly at home in their mountain haunts, the Westslope is the symbol of the west slope of the Rocky Mountains. Wild and free, surviving in its dwindling habitat, this fish grabs anything floating by during their short growing season.
A perfect genetically pure Westslope, headwaters of the Blackfoot River, Montana
A Sait Joe River, Westlope, amongst the big cedars
High mountain lake finning cuttie, emerger feeding
Blackfoot river 20 incher looking up for a meal
They called it the spotted trout before it was the Westslope
Down deep surfing the bottom pillow
High mountain cutties looking for a spot
It's a cover photo!
Over under from the Middle Fork of the Flathead River, Montana
High Mountain riser, mayfly hatch in the evening
Straight up feeder
Stalking the shallows for a meal
Spinner fall in the backwaters
Wilderness area westslope, spinner fall
The perfect fish
Another perfect specimen, this is the native fish of the Pacific side of the high Rockies
Found each other
from beneath the wood
lining up a meal, Montan a highcountry
Strong and well fed up in the swampy ox boughs