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...
Original story from Brett Prettyman through Trout Unlimited By Travis Banta It is safe to say we are a fishing family. Grandpa Lee crossed the Madison River to his favorite fishing hole in an old 1940’s era Ford pickup. Grandma Margaret hated that bridge because it was essentially a...
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...
Original Story found HERE from Orvis News. Story by Phil Monahan On the second day of our Utah Cutthroat Slam adventure, TU’s Jim DeRito wanted to head downstream on the Bear River to see how the habitat work in the headwaters benefited the fishery below....
Original post found HERE on Orvis News. Written by Phil Monahan Back in April, we posted about the new Utah Cutthroat Slam program, which requires anglers to catch the four subspecies of cutthroats native to the state. Having had a blast completing the Wyoming Cutt Slam with my two brothers...
This video from our friends at KSL Outdoors highlights the new Utah Cutthroat Slam, which challenges anglers to catch native cutthroat in their historic range. We head to Bear Lake with Brett Prettyman from Trout Unlimited, and the Division of Wildlife Resources to catch the...