Markusarulius Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 A few days ago when the season opened in the NW Calgary stretch of the Bow river I landed a nice little Cutbow. I've caught a bunch of these guys in the last 2 years and didn't think much of it. But, when I downloaded the photo I felt that it looked familiar. Turns out it was the same fish I caught on my very last day of last season. The location was a little over 2km up river from where I first caught it. And, while the flies I used were similar the water features were completely opposite. Not sure how common this type of thing is, but I was surprised none the less. Check it out. Top: June 2nd 2014 Bottom: Sept 29th 2013 5 Quote
FraserN Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 I have had this happen in the NW stretch of the Bow, several times. I caught a 17 inch rainbow in 2011 on a streamer in July, then another the same size in August on a dryfly about 200 yds downstream. When I compared the photos of the two fish, they had identical spot patterns. It is pretty neat. Quote
fishinglibin Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 What markings did you use to ID it and think it was the same, If I may ask? Quote
FraserN Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 It had a pattern of spots on the cheek, adipose fin, and spots along the sides were all the same size and spacings, sort of like you see in the comparison photos shown above. My fish also had a notch on the upper gill plate and same leader marks on the body, meaning it had been caught many times before. 1 Quote
RedBeard Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Cool, did you notice how much that guy grew in 8 months? Quote
TerryH Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 It's neat when that happens. I had the same situation with a cutty that I caught and which my buddy then caught exactly a month later. The fish was living behind the same rock both times. 2 Quote
BillyGopher Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 trying to see the bow part of that cutthroat. the only bow feature might have been a possible white tip on the anal fin in top shot (was simply backlit) but it is not white in photo #2. Quote
Markusarulius Posted June 24, 2014 Author Posted June 24, 2014 trying to see the bow part of that cutthroat. the only bow feature might have been a possible white tip on the anal fin in top shot (was simply backlit) but it is not white in photo #2. I'm no expert. Lets call it a Cut (caught-in-the) Bow trout. Quote
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