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Cutthroat: Native trout of the West
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Cutthroat tells the full story of the genuine native trout of the American West. This new edition, thoroughly revised and updated after 20 years, synthesizes what is currently known about one of our most interesting and colorful fishes, includes much new information on its biology and ecology, asks how it has fared in the last century, and looks toward its future. In a passionate and accessibly written narrative, Patrick Trotter, fly fisher, environmental advocate, and science consultant, details the evolution, natural history, and conservation of each of the cutthroats races and incorporates more personal reflections on the ecology and environmental history of the Wests river ecosystems. The bibliography now includes what may be the most comprehensive and complete set of references available anywhere on the cutthroat trout. Written for anglers, nature lovers, environmentalists, and students, and featuring vibrant original illustrations by Joseph Tomelleri, this is an essential reference for anyone who wants to learn more about this remarkable, beautiful, and fragile western native.

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CUTTHROAT

NATIVE TROUT OF THE WEST

Patrick C. Trotter

Foreword by Robert Behnke, Colorado State University

Color plates from paintings by Bob Friedli
Maps and drawings by Dan Berglund

COLORADO ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITY PRESS

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Publication of this book was made
possible by a generous contribution
from the Vanetta Rickards Betts
Memorial Fund

Copyright 1987 by Patrick C. Trotter
Published by Colorado Associated University Press
Boulder, Colorado 80309
International Standard Book Numbers 0-87081-160-6 (cloth) and 0-87081-166-5 (paper)
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 86-72332

Page v

Contents

Foreword

vii

Preface

1. Cutthroat: Native Trout of the West

2. Cutthroat Evolution and Prehistoric Distribution

3. Coastal Cutthroat

4. West-slope Cutthroat

5. Yellowstone Cutthroat

6. The Fine-spotted Snake River Cutthroat

7. Bonneville Cutthroat

8. Lahontan Cutthroat

107

9. The Humboldt Cutthroat

125

10. Paiute Cutthroat

135

11. Willow Creek/Whitehorse Creek Cutthroat

142

12. Colorado River Cutthroat

151

13. Greenback Cutthroat

163

14. Rio Grande Cutthroat

169

15. Extinct Subspecies

175

Afterword: Alvord Basin Cutthroat Update

183

Notes

187

Bibliography

193

Index

203

Color plates follow page

Page vii

Foreword

During the twenty-five years that I have been studying salmonid fishes, the cutthroat has become my favorite species of trout. Its elegant beauty and grace, combined with the rarity of most of the interior subspecies, make the cutthroat a true collector's item. My affection for it is also a matter of "rooting for the underdog." The cutthroat trout is like the canary in the mine: it is the first species to succumb to environmental degradation. Some subspecies are extinct, some others rare and of local distribution. The species has largely been replaced throughout most of its original range in interior regions of western North America by nonnative brook, brown, and rainbow trouts. The present diversity and original distribution of cutthroat trout tells us that the species was in North America and already separated into three major evolutionary lines (coastal, west-slope, and Yellowstone) before any member of the rainbow trout species was on the scene.

The diversity represented by the different subspecies and populations of cutthroat trout harbors many traits that could be used profitably in modern fisheries management; but it is a resource that has hardly been tapped and that has been vanishing at a catastrophic rate since the turn of the century. As I have said before, the historical attitude of state and federal resource agencies toward native cutthroat trout ranges from benign neglect to outright extermination. If the remnants of the interior subspecies that still exist are to be perpetuated, public awareness and support will be needed. I hope that Pat Trotter's work to popularize the cutthroat trout will stimulate interest and understanding and develop a loyal following of those willing to demand proper management and preservation of this vanishing native.

ROBERT BEHNKE
DEPARTMENT OF FISHERY AND WILDLIFE BIOLOGY
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

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Preface

On a late afternoon in August 1947 a hip-booted boy, eleven years old, has set out from his family's picnic site on a shady bench of land overlooking the river to fish a pool a short distance downstream. His uncle has told him that this pool is a good place to find harvest trout, and it's a good place to practice his fly casting.

He's making tough work of it, though. He has only been fly-fishing for a short time now, and the heavy tubular steel fly rod is a cumbersome thing. About the only good parts of his outfit at all are the line, a double taper HCH purchased at his uncle's suggestion to balance the old rod, and the size 6 Royal Coachman bucktail affixed to the end of his leader. The boy tied that fly himself, and it's a good job too.

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