High Country Weekend

[Brett Colvin]

It’s always good to get up above 10,000 feet where working a little harder for the oxygen pays off with clear water and painted trout.

Here are few images from this weekend:

[Zach Matthews]

Very cool Brett. Tiger trout are awesome.

Thanks for posting.
Zach

[Brett Colvin]

Thanks Zach – yeah the markings that some tigers present are pretty amazing. Here’s a more impressionistic shot I took with a gold/blue polarizer:

Crazy how buttery these things get in certain waters.

[Tim Angeli]

Great stuff Brett. Two of my favorite species – brookies are obviously stunning fish, but the markings and color patterns of tigers is just amazing. I was fortunate enough to get into a few tigers in your area years ago, and they remain one of my favorite species.

[Brett Colvin]

Thanks Tim, I’m with you on brookies and tigers as far as the striking visuals, and I also enjoy the savage takes that seem more common with tiger trout than other species in the area. It’s hard to beat a gorgeous setting with colorful fish in the water.

[Zach Matthews]

Brett –

Are the tigers you’re fishing for hybridized with brook trout and brown trout or are they brown trout/bull trout? I’ve heard bull trout are extremely aggressive and I think you can make tigers both ways.

Zach

[Brett Colvin]

Zach – brown trout eggs x brook trout milt. They are very aggressive and have been used successfully in many areas to manage chubs and other unwanted denizens.

I have never seen a brown/bull hybrid. In Montana, brook/bull trout hybridize in the wild to some extent and the results I have seen wind up looking a lot like a brook trout or splake (lake trout x brook trout).

I’d be interested in any info on the brown/bull as I haven’t come across that scenario before.

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