By Brett Prettyman Jerrad Goodell, an aquatic biologist with the Bureau of Land Management’s Green River office, releases native Colorado River cutthroat trout into Range Creek with a formation known as Locomotive Rock in the background. Brett Prettyman/Trout Unlimited The ancient rock art, ruins and even corn...
Original story found HERE on Orvis News. Written by Phil Monahan. https://youtu.be/J4mT-m1HoqI We’ve posted three times about the fantastic new Utah Cutthroat Slam program, which requires anglers to land the state’s four native subspecies—Bear River, Bonneville, Yellowstone, and Colorado River cutthroats. I was able to complete the Slam in 2016,...
Original Story found HERE on Orvis News. Story by Tyler Coleman. After fishing the Arizona Wild Trout challenge, I was eager to find similar programs that could teach me about native trout species. One that stuck out to me was the Utah Cutthroat Slam because I had...
By Scott Root (Conservation outreach manager) THE UTAH CUTTHROAT SLAM has generated a lot of excitement for anglers since its 2016 introduction. The Slam challenges anglers to catch four different subspecies of native cutthroat trout within the state in designated waters of these trout. The cost to...
Original Story found HERE on Orvis News. Story by Aaron Smith. I first heard about the Utah Cutthroat Slam—which requires anglers to catch all four of Utah’s native cutthroat trout subspecies in their historic range—just days after it had been introduced. The Utah Division of Wildlife...
By Paul Thompson (DWR Northern Region aquatics manager) My love of native cutthroat trout began when I moved from the Midwest to begin my Master's Degree at the University of Wyoming in 1992. My graduate project allowed me to study the beautiful Colorado River cutthroat trout...
Original story found HERE from Trout Unlimited. By Tom Doxey My quest for the Utah Cutthroat Slam began in April 2016 when the program was introduced at the Wasatch Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo. I was lucky enough to be the high bidder on an auction item...
Original Story found HERE on Orvis News. Story by Phil Monahan. On our way to our final destination in our quest to complete the Utah Cutthroat Slam, we picked up Trout Unlimited’s Intermountain Communications Director Brett Prettyman at his home in Salt Lake City. Our destination...
Original story found HERE on Orvis News. Story by Phil Monahan To catch our third species for the Utah Cutthroat Slam, we had to travel to a part of the state that few residents have ever visited: the Raft River Mountains. Located in the far northwest, on...
Original Story found HERE from Orvis News. Story by Phil Monahan On the morning of our third day in Utah, we drove to the small town of Coalville, where we met up with a group of heavy hitters. In attendance were Greg Sheehan, the Utah Division...