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[stickler]

 I agree with Froodogga, Cuttbow.

[bederko]

That fish is definitely a male anadromous cutthroat that is preparing to spawn this spring.  He's snuck into the lower Vedder to chow on eggs.  Beautiful fish Milo, those males can be very hard to find...

[bigguy]

Did you say you were flyfishing for the coho Milo or floating?

[milo]

I was flyfishing for coho.
The cutthroat was an unexpected and pleasantly surprising incidental catch.

[bigguy]

Just a bit suprised that they would go for a fly while being in the river that long.  Good job.

[Nicole]

Just so you guys can see, I also got a cutty on the cheddar October 22nd... Similar markings, they do change colour in the fall in preparation for spawning...



Nice cutty milo! There seem to be a few more around these days...

Cheers,
Nicole

[Easywater]

How about this for a rare catch.... A friend fished the upper river many years ago and caught a pink during an even (non-pink) year.        It was really a pink since I saw the fish before he released it.     

My father used to work for DFO in the 60's and 70's and he told me a story about Pinks.

He said that they attempted to start an even year run of Pinks in Jones Creek.
The Pinks didn't take very well but 2 years later while running a fish wheel above Hope, they caught several Pinks in the wheel.

So maybe the Pinks in the Vedder are strays from Jones Creek.

[poper]

You should get a lotto ticket if you caught 4 pinks in the vedder this year because you will probaly win! I I have been out there a lot this year and I haven,t even seen a dead one on shore! Where you drinking at the time?

[SeaRun]

Interesting info Easywater...I also did some work for DFO but in the 80's.

[GoldHammeredCroc]

The Thompson has a small run of pinks that show up during the off years as well.  I understand there may be a few still kicking about.

[Every Day]

You should get a lotto ticket if you caught 4 pinks in the vedder this year because you will probaly win! I I have been out there a lot this year and I haven,t even seen a dead one on shore! Where you drinking at the time?

I already said it was NOT this year..... 2006 was the year I caught 1 (a female) and 2004 I caught 3, all in the same day, all humpies, all within 15 or so mins of each other, so I may have hit a rare school of them. Keep in mind I live right on the river and am out EVERYDAY that the river isnt either blown or closed. I am probably out a good 250 days a year, I have to get lucky sometimes 

PS I dont drink 

[clarki]

typical sea-run cutt colours and spots. you can also see the faint orangey/red belly. a common characteristic of a cutty

How do you know that it's sea-run?

[Coho Cody]

typical sea-run cutt colours and spots. you can also see the faint orangey/red belly. a common characteristic of a cutty

How do you know that it's sea-run?

One look and it is easily identified as an anadromous cutthroat

[bederko]

Clarki - Is that your name or are you just a major cutthroat fan? 

I'd call that fish anadromous only because of its size and the fact that it's caught this time of year.  I'd dare say that there are not many "resident" cutts in the Vedder itself.  The chances of that fish actually having been to the ocean may not be very high.  Many "sea-run" Fraser cutthroat may just rear in the mainstem and move around through many of the tribs.  These fish are very nomadic and very little is really known about them.  There are so many questions about these fish but one thing's for sure, they have got to be one of the best looking fish around...

[YY]

What about the possibility of freshwater cutthroat trouts dropping down from nearby lake systems to feast on salmon eggs/flesh?