… aka mountain whitefish, from the Bitterroot River yesterday.
I knew he was healthy and energetic when I caught him, but it wasn’t until I saw his pixels that I realized what a striking example of our local bonefish he is. Something to angle for.
John
P.S. REEd’m and weep.
Nice cheeker; I like to think of them as stripped-down grayling.
Regards,
Scott
That’s a nice lookin’ feesh!
John - that a real nice photo. Thanks for sharing. I went to my favorite whitefish haunt a couple of days ago and despite switching flies and moving around I only managed 2 whites about the size you are holding. But all was not lost - those pesky rainbows were kinda hungry and I did get 7 or 8 of them.
Thanks again.
Tim
John, Caught this one and several more the day after Jack and I fished with you.
Brad
John,
I am curious, what fly did you use?
Nice catch. thank for sharing.
‘Rocky Mountain Oyster’ imitation. (Sorry 'bout that, lol)
Allan
:lol: I’ll have to add that fly to my arsenal.
What’s really is bad is when you run out of those flies and the fish are still biting…
As I recall, it was a size 20 midge larva pattern - dark olive thread with a silver rib, trailing a Griffith Gnat. Caught several fish with it, and had a few that hit the gnat but didn’t eat it.
John
P.S. Those “Rocky Mountain Oysters” in size 20 really aren’t much good for anything.
Same thing happened in my fishing haunt. Did you fish North West Colorado the other day? Hmmm?
For those of you who are having difficulty catching these things (assuming they are present), you might try a beadhead prince nymph. When I lived up north, I gave up on the prince because I got tired of fighting my way through the whities to get to the trout whenever I fished it. Luckily, I live just south of Dub’s whitefish heaven, so I don’t have to worry about them any more, although I do catch a few on the trips north and try to get pictures to show to REE, knowing how much he likes the things.
No (lol). I was fishing in Central Oregon.
Tim