A westslope cutthroat trout caught on a #12 Blue Hackle Olive Stimulator dry fly, on the Middle Fork, above Placer Creek. Granite County, Montana

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A westslope cutthroat trout caught on a #12 Blue Hackle Olive Stimulator dry fly, on the Middle Fork, above Placer Creek. The Ross Fork is a tributary of Rock Creek, in Granite County, in the western Rocky Mountains of Montana. Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Salmoniformes Family: Salmonidae Genus: Oncorhynchus Species: O. clarki Subspecies: O. c. lewisi

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Size: 4500px × 2960px
Location: Anaconda Pintler Mountains, Granite County, Montana, USA
Photo credit: © Martin Battilana Photography / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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