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Chasing Cutts
Registrace 26. 02. 2024
I am a cutthroat trout junky! So I hope you enjoy my adventures as I fly fish for these beautiful native fish in streams, rivers, and lakes across the west!
Blue Lining a Cutthroat Creek - Trout Fly Fishing - San Juan Mountains - Colorado
Hey everyone! In this video I explore a new creek in search of native Colorado River cutthroat trout. It was a really fun adventure and I even saved one fish from becoming trapped in a drying pool.
The term Blue Lining usually refers to fishing small, often remote, trout streams for native or wild fish. And that is exactly what I was doing here.
Enjoy the video as this creek was loaded with these pretty little trout.
Tight lines,
Hayden
The term Blue Lining usually refers to fishing small, often remote, trout streams for native or wild fish. And that is exactly what I was doing here.
Enjoy the video as this creek was loaded with these pretty little trout.
Tight lines,
Hayden
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Catching Rio Grande Cutthroat for the First Time! - Western Native Trout Challenge - Colorado
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Hey everyone, in this video I show a fishing trip in Colorado to catch a new subspecies of cutthroat trout, the Rio Grande cutthroat! This lake is one of the approved locations for the Western Native Trout Challenge, which was my inspiration to come here in the first place. Glad I made it with enough daylight to get some fishing in and that the weather cleared up. Also happy to report that the ...
Newly Discovered Cutthroat Creek! - How Will it Fish? - Colorado River Cutthroat
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Hey everyone! In this video I explore a small tributary stream of some relatively recently discovered pure Colorado River cutthroat trout (Green Lineage). Hope you enjoy these small creek fishing videos, as it's one of my favorite types of fly fishing. The challenge, the exploring, the adventure, its all great! Check out other videos on the channel for more native cutthroat fly fishing adventur...
Abandoned Gold Mine Fly Fishing - Cutthroat in Alpine Lake - Colorado Mountains
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Hey everyone! In this video I travel to a new alpine lake in Southwestern Colorado in order to catch some awesome Colorado River cutthroat. I love to off-road in my Toyota FJ Cruiser and there happened to be a trail that got us pretty close to this lake, then we just had to hike the rest of the way. It was a great day and though the weather turned on us, my dad and I still were able to catch so...
How will this Recently Restored Cutthroat Creek Fish? - Utah Cutthroat Slam - Found Lost iPhone!
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Hey everyone! In this video I wanted to visit a creek that was restored with Colorado River cutthroat trout back in 2018. It's been 6 years since the fish were reintroduced, so let's see how they are doing and how the creek fishes. It was a great time visiting this location and having the whole place to myself. What an adventure! Also came across someone's lost iPhone and wallet, wild right? Lu...
Cutthroat of Yellowstone - Yellowstone & Westslope Cutthroat Trout - Float Tube Fly Fishing - 2024
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Hey guys! In this video I show you some great lake fishing my family and I did in Yellowstone National Park. We first fly fished Yellowstone Lake from kick boats for the park's famous Yellowstone cutthroat trout. Then we hiked into Grebe Lake with out float tubes to fly fish for Westslope cutthroat trout that were successfully restored to that drainage in 2017. It was a great trip and I can't w...
Opening Day on the Dream River! - Colorado River Cutthroat in Utah - Native Trout Fly Fishing
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Hey everyone! Today I take you on a unique fly fishing expedition as I fish this special dream river on opening day. The river was loaded with native cutthroat and most were seeing their first flies of the year. Hope you enjoy watching all the catches, as it was a fantastic day! Enjoy the video and let me know if you have any questions! Tight lines, Hayden - Chasing Cutts
Fly Fishing for Native Cutthroat - San Juan National Forest - Colorado River Cutthroat Trout
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Hey everyone! Today I explore another tributary stream of the Dolores River in Southwest Colorado within the San Juan National Forest. This creek holds native Colorado River cutthroat trout as well as non-native brook trout. I've fished here once before so I just had to visit again. My cousin was able to join me for this adventure and we both caught plenty of fish! Hope you enjoy the video and ...
Western Native Trout Challenge - Colorado River Cutthroat - Fly Fishing in Colorado
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Hey everyone! In this video I explore another tributary stream of the Dolores River in Southwest Colorado. This creek holds native Colorado River cutthroat trout, and is one of the creeks in this drainage where you are allowed to catch trout for the Western Native Trout Challenge which I've been slowly working on. My cousin was able to join me for this adventure and we both found some great exa...
Native Cutthroat Trout from a Tributary Stream - Southwest Colorado - Dolores River - Fly Fishing
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Hey everyone! In this video I explore a small tributary stream to the Dolores River in Southwest Colorado. This creek holds native Colorado River cutthroat trout, and they were sure fun to find and fish for! Conditions were perfect and the fish were beautiful. Hope you enjoy the video and let me know if you have any questions! Tight lines, Hayden - Chasing Cutts
Finding Cutthroat in Utah's Uinta Mountains - Early Summer Trout Fly Fishing - 3 Species Day!
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Hey everyone! Recently made a trip to the Uinta Mountains with the goal of finding native cutthroat trout. Along the way I visited some beautiful waters and found some pretty fish, 3 different species in fact! The lakes were beautiful as always and the creek fishing was fun too. Hope you enjoy the video and good luck in your own cutthroat trout adventures. Let me know if you have any questions....
Yellowstone Cutthroat in Utah's Raft River Mountains - Native Trout Fly Fishing - Runoff Season Pt 2
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Hey everyone! In this video I travel to the Raft River Mountains/Sawtooth National Forest in order to fish for Utah's most elusive native trout, the Yellowstone Cutthroat! Conditions were tough though as runoff is still in full swing, making many pockets which would hold water blown out and rushing too quickly. Lower in the creek it was also a bit off color and muddy, but as I travelled up into...
Catching Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in Utah! - Early Summer Fly Fishing - Runoff Season Pt 1
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Hey everyone! In this video I travelled to the Raft River Mountains/Sawtooth National Forest in order to fish for Utah's most elusive native cutthroat, the Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout! Conditions were tough though as runoff is still in full swing, making many pockets which would hold water blown out and rushing too quickly. Luckily however I still did find quite a few fish and even landed a few...
Catching Springtime Cutthroat from Beaver Ponds - Utah Fly Fishing - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
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Hey everyone! In this video I attempt to fish at this new lake. Though the lake didn't end up being very productive, several beaver ponds near the lake did! These waters hold Bonneville cutthroat trout, brook trout, and some cutbow hybrid trout as well. Hope to find the video entertaining and check out the channel for more cutthroat trout fly fishing adventures! Tight lines! - Hayden
Colored Up Cutthroat! - Fly Fishing for Utah's Prettiest Native Trout - Colorado River Cutthroat
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Colored Up Cutthroat! - Fly Fishing for Utah's Prettiest Native Trout - Colorado River Cutthroat
Cutthroat Trout Fly Fishing on a Small Desert Creek - Searching for 12" Native Cutthroat
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Cutthroat Trout Fly Fishing on a Small Desert Creek - Searching for 12" Native Cutthroat
Early Spring Fly Fishing for Trout - Utah Creek Fishing - Pre-Runoff
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Early Spring Fly Fishing for Trout - Utah Creek Fishing - Pre-Runoff
Fly Fishing for Native Bonneville Cutthroat in a Local Creek
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Fly Fishing for Native Bonneville Cutthroat in a Local Creek
Hi Hayden - I really enjoy your CZcams Channel, very well edited and well put together and your commentary is not overbearing and on point. I I think you just started the channel within the last year or so, keep up the good work. I also see you post often on FishBrain and I follow you there as well. I especially like what I think you are trying to accomplish, and that is to catch Cutthroat in their native environments. As the Milan Miller quote goes, “Trout don’t live in Ugly places” , I am sure this pursuit you have will lead you to some incredible adventures and places, as your content has shown so far. I am also a Fly Fisherman that lives in Oregon that has a similar task in trying to catch as many species as possible on the Fly, including all of the different types of Cutthroat Subspecies. I am at 21 species so far, including 7 different type of Cutthroat. I am just wondering if you have any plans to come out to the PNW and get your self a Sea-Run Cutthroat, Coastal Cutthroat, a Crescenti Cutthroat, and a Lahanton Cutthroat, even though I think you have Lanhanton’s near you. Anyway, just wanted to see if you needed some help and on these Cutthroat. Let me know and I can try to help where I can.
Thanks for the positive words! Glad you enjoy the videos, and yes I just love chasing these native cutthroat, and would love to explore other states in order to find their local species 😁 sounds like you need to do the Western Native Trout Challenge with how many fish you’ve caught on the fly! Hope to catch some of those species you mean to ones, haven’t had the chance to get, and I had never heard about Creacenti cutthroat until now!
@@ChasingCutts - Cool just contact me if you need any more info on when and where for those PNW Cutthroat species.
Great video! This has really opened my eyes to exploring all the small streams I never thought to fish before!
What weight rod and line are you using on these tiny creeks?
I was using a 6.5 ft 4wt rod with a 3wt fly line. It’s a really nice combo that works for me on these smaller creeks!
Rio Grand or possibly San Juan Cutthroat?
@@EvilBlonde1 these guys are Colorado River cutthroat!
Glad to see that I’m not the only one that gets a bunch of false takes 😂! Congratulations on the new species my dude!
Got a couple of better ones. Nice to see that. Congrats on your first RG's.
Very Nice.. I'm struggling with the Wyoming Slam myself.. but being disabled its very hard. Destiny
Epic video! Was curious if that forest road 257 up to it is open? Keep seeing it’s closed.
Thanks! Which road is 257? I'm not familiar with that one.
@@ChasingCutts May be wrong but pretty sure it’s the final road you take to get up!
Thats a gorgeous subspecies! You had a great example of one, and that big one was nice. I can't wait to get into one myself.
Are you doing the WNTC Hayden?
I’m slowly working towards that goal yes!
@@ChasingCutts nice! I chose NM for my Rio Grande but this is inspiring. Anxiously waiting for Greenback to get into it.
Love catching cuts! I’ll be producing another cutthroat chronicle series on my channel here soon. Got the first two episodes filmed 🎉
Great video! Nice to meet you at the neighborhood hive event yesterday. Thanks for all your work protecting cutthroat!
To anyone watching this video, there is a great article from Hayden on the Utah Cutthroat Slam website about these fish. My favorite one yet Hayden 🎉👏👏
Thanks for the video! What does "green lineage"mean?
Here is a basic rundown; what we call today the Colorado River cutthroat is the subspecies native to the Upper Colorado, Gunnison, Dolores, San Juan, White, Yampa and upper Green River watersheds. However in the 2010s, it was discovered that we had unintentionally lumped together all Colorado River cutthroat when they are actually three separate "lineages" or subspecies. There have been proposed names for these lineages, but one way to differentiate them is by the "Green Lineage," "Blue Lineage," and "Red Lineage". The Green Lineage CRCT is specifically what is native to the Upper Colorado, Gunnison, and Dolores rivers. The Blue Lineage CRCT (proposed to be named the Green River cutthroat) comes from the White, Yampa and upper Green River watersheds. And the Red Lineage CRCT (officially named the San Juan cutthroat) is from the San Juan watershed. These lineages are just as distinct genetically, if not more so, as Rio Grande cutthroat are from Colorado River cutthroat and Greenback cutthroat. But it will take time for it to become more well known.
@@ChasingCutts Thanks for the info!
Nice Video Hayden.. I see we have to call them Green Lineage instead of Green Back Cutthroat Trout.. Sigh. One of Utah's controversial Cutthroats.. the other being the Lahontan. Best Subscription this year. Destiny
Actually those are two entirely separate cutthroat subspecies! I know it can be confusing, but here is a basic rundown; what we call today the Colorado River cutthroat is the subspecies native to the Upper Colorado, Gunnison, Dolores, San Juan, White, Yampa and upper Green River watersheds (all of which are west of the continental divide). Meanwhile the Greenback cutthroat is native to the South Platte watershed (which is east of the continental divide). However in the 2010s, it was discovered that what we had unintentionally lumped together as the Colorado River cutthroat is actually three separate "lineages". There have been proposed names for these lineages, but one way to differentiate them is by the "Green Lineage," "Blue Lineage," and "Red Lineage" CRCT. The Green Lineage CRCT is specifically what is native to the Upper Colorado, Gunnison, and Dolores rivers. The Blue Lineage CRCT comes from the White, Yampa and upper Green River watersheds. And the Red Lineage CRCT (also called the San Juan cutthroat) is from the San Juan watershed. These lineages are just as distinct genetically, if not more so, as Rio Grande cutthroat is from Colorado River cutthroat and Greenback cutthroat. But it will take time for it to become more well known.
I saw your fish on Fishbrain but I never knew you had a CZcams channel.😂
Love the larger spots on some of these fish
What a cool place! I have two questions. What state do you live in? And were you able to drive to this location? Thanks
I was able to off-road within a half mile and then I hiked the rest of the way! And currently I'm in Utah but I'm originally from Colorado
@@ChasingCutts Thanks for the reply. I also live in Utah, born and raised, but I love the Colorado country up by Silverton.
Loved every second of this video! Keep it up!
Beautiful river. That's where I caught my colorado cut for the slam. I used to be the only one on it, now it's getting crowded. Unfortunately the guides are ruining it just like the Provo
Got some pretty ones. Love the color of that water.
I made it 12 seconds into this video before feeling the need to comment. You stumbled onto a literal gold mine!! ❤
That looked like a fun session. Very nice video :)
Stunning truchas in this stream! It’s probably the closest CRC water to me in Albuquerque, NM. I may message you for a hint or two.
Well done, Hayden! I’d really love to do the slam when we visit UT but mostly family stuff takes us there.
You totally should! It’s a fun challenge!
These are the ones I’m looking for…
What rod setup you using Hayden?
I am using a 6.5’ 4wt rod called The Quill. I also have a Run 3/4 Reel and I think I have Rio 3wt Creek fly line on there
Well done fellow Hayden😎
Any hints on the location of that Beaver Dam ? As a Old Disabled Woman, the Yellowstone is my Nemesis for sheer accessibility due to the overgrowth of One Mile, Johnson, and the Basin no longer has fish due to the drought die off. Congrats on #11. Destiny
Cool stream. Gorgeous little cutts.
i wanna head up to yellowstone sometime. nice video dude!
You should! It’s a magical place, from the scenery, to the wildlife, to the thermal features, to the fishing, it’s a dream come true!
I'm working on my WNTC. I'll either be at that spot or north of Durango. I'm pretty sure I know what stream you're at right now. I'm from AZ. Going to NM, CO, then Utah.
Good luck! I’ll be north of Durango sometime this week to hit Hermosa Creek 👌
What kind of cutthroat?
Bonneville cutthroat 😁
This is why we can't have anything nice ...fucking hot spotters
Exactly. With his dumbass drone too
Couldn’t live anywhere else other then utah most beautiful state
Wonderful, Spent the morning Fishing for a Bear River Cutthroat and I see one of your videos in my feed.. it truly is a glorious day. I do have a question.. with the Slam Coins, will the Yellowstone change to something else at 1500 ? Thanks for all you do.
Yea every 250 coins they will change it up to two more times. They did the Colorado river cutthroat edition already. My guess is it will be Bear River next and end with the Bonnie; and finally go back to the original coin at 2000 completions
Thanks for the kind words! And to answer your question, yes, we will be getting a new medallion soon once we reach that 1,500 slam mark. Like Skiddy mentioned, either the Bonneville or Bear River cutthroat will be next 👍
Those Dang its!!! Great video!
How long of a pole are you using on these small busy streams?
I have both a 9 ft 5wt rod and 6.5 ft 4 wt rod. If the creek is smaller I usually use the shorter rod, but at times like during this day I used the 9 ft rod. Both work well for smaller water, but when the creeks get really small and tight or brushy then the 6.5 ft is a must.
Beautiful trout beautiful setting thank you for sharing! I love fly fishing. Great casting and very beautiful cuttie
Right?! Big or small fish, I love them all on the fly! Beauty video 👌🏻
Your cousin is hot
Such a fun place to go, I need to get back there soon! Also we have the same name😂
Fun that we share a name! I get mine from Hayden Valley in Yellowstone Nation Park as my family visits there every year 😁
I’ll be there next week! Great video
Good luck!
"oh snap!" You sound like me when I get into unicorns like that!
Did me and my friend run into you up on Saturday? You passed us before going up the creek that starts with V?
Bingo! Yes you did, I didn't end up finding any fish up there by the way haha
@@ChasingCutts dang! Yeah I bet it was a tough creek
Pretty little stream.
Wow!!! Super cool. I grew up in Durango for 20 years and never fished the Dolores. Now I need to plan a trip up from New Mexico.
More Dolores River tributary videos coming soon! You can hit multiple creeks and find lots of pretty cutthroat!
@@ChasingCutts I’m excited for more videos! Aside from blue-lining on a USGS map, do you recommend any resources for learning the area and public access?
@@ScottKershawRX well I use apps like FishBrain to get ideas, but particularly when it comes to cutthroat trout I study various cutthroat population assessments that are put it ever few years and other research articles to learn where core populations are located 👍
Pretty little stream. I learned to love the outdoors in Durango. Beautiful part of the world.
Very nice video and amazing nature.
Utah yellowstones in late summer is the hardest I ever fished for one fish. Would love to fish it earlier in the year. Nice video.
So you uintas are kind of like the Sierra nevadas man cold in a lot of Rock but they also don't grow that big of fish not in high production I'll just let you know that I wasted a couple of Summers going to the northern part of the state to the uintas and I've never gone but gone back the middle of the states where it's at