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Sameguy	February 13th, 2009, 6:11 pm
Posts: 1	MY friend caught this in a high mountain lake in wyoming. Never seen anything like this, wondering if anyone knows what it is. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2962669650_7f7d2f86eb_o.jpg
Taxon	February 13th, 2009, 7:18 pm
Site Editor Royse City, TX Posts: 1350	Sameguy- My guess would be Oncorhynchus clarki utah, which has a common name of Bonneville Cutthroat Trout.
	Best regards, Roger Rohrbeck www.FlyfishingEntomology.com
CharlieSawd	February 26th, 2009, 1:39 pm
St. Michael, Minnesota Posts: 26	I think it is Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi, the westslope cutthroat. Bonni's tend to have more of a yellow hue. There are resident westslopes in north western WY, and as you said you were fishing a high mountain lake, my guess is you were in this region. -Charlie
	Charlie Sawdey www.driftlessflybox.com

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