Minnow Recipe for Cutthroat Trout

Cutthroat Trout Fingerling
Salmoniformes Salmonidae Oncorhynchus mykiss

Maximum Size: 30-inches
Shape: Streamlined
Suggested Hook & Size: Mustad 33909 #1/0 - #14
Thread: Olive Dun 8/0 Uni-thread

Tail: Pearl Green/Olive Hanked Lite-Brite with
Black speckles, color a Light Olive Prismacolor Pen tail
Tail Fin: Light Olive Prismacolor Pen with Black speckles
Body: Pearl Bodi-Braid
Eye & Insert: Gold Spirit River, Real Eye with Priz Gold 3-D Molded insert
Lower Side: Cotton Candy Hanked Lite-Brite with Black speckles
Upper Side: Pearl Green/Olive Hanked Lite-Brite with Black speckles

Snout Color or Change Thread: Olive Dun
Belly or Stomach: Polar Pearl Hanked Lite-Brite with Black speckles
Dorsum or Back: Chartreuse Hanked Lite-Brite with Fire Fox Peacock Hanked Lite-Brite over sparsely with Black speckles on all the Dorsum
Head Color: Fire Fox Peacock
Cheek & Chin Color: Polar Pearl with an Orange Prismacolor Pen throat slash on each side

Pectoral Fins: Light Olive Prismacolor Pen with Black speckles
Anal Fin: Light Olive Prismacolor Pen with Black speckles
Pelvic Fin: Light Olive Prismacolor Pen with Black speckles
Dorsal Fin: Light Olive Prismacolor Pen with Black speckles

Colored Markers: Light Olive Prismacolor Pen for all Fins: Black Prismacolor Pen for speckles on all body parts and fins: Orange Prismacolor Pen for the throat slashes.
Tying Notes: None

Distribution: The native range of the Cutthroat is throughout the Rocky Mountains from Arizona and New Mexico northward to Alberta Canada. Cutthroat have not been as widely stocked as Rainbow. Only in Arkansas in the White and North Fork of the White is this specie stocked with an regularity. Anadronomus Cutthroat are found on the Pacific Coast from northern California northward.
Habitat: Prefers cold clear small streams and ponds to large rivers, lakes, and oceans.
Spawning Period: Early Spring
Spawning Habitat: A nest builder in cold, clear gravel bottom streams.
Important Notes: Fingerling Cutthroat are often stocked in Arkansas. They are quickly added as food items of the large Brown Trout that inhabit these waters. The best time to fish this pattern is an area where fingerlings have been stocked recently. Fish in the low light periods of the day and also at night. This pattern will continue to be successful for a week or more after the fingerlings are stocked.