Roaring River Greenbacks

What a fun day out on the river with Linde.  We hiked past the steep initial mile to get to the more gradual dropping section of the river.  The river flooded in July of 1982, almost 30 years ago as the result of an older damn failure.  The flood released a lot of water that damaged the drainage quite severally.  Floods, while regular and part of the natural process scourer the bottoms of the creek clear of boulders and sand.  This removal of debris usually results in a straightening of the river bed.  This straitening is not a good thing for trout habitat, as they require slower waters and varied depth to survive.

Since 1982 there have been quite a few different groups that have worked to reclaim the river as a quality spot to catch some native greenback cutthroats.

The bottom throat has quite a orange-red tint to the gill slits and probably the most shocking color on a fish that I have ever caught. With a quick day of two fish it was quite a successful day.