Camping near Ruth Lake and Catching Some Really Nice Tiger Trout

We hiked into Teal Lake in the Uintas, camped overnight. We caught some Cutthroat Trout, and 2 really nice Tiger Trout. We then hiked out to Cutthroat Lake were we got skunked and didn’t catch anything. Then we hiked up to Hayden Lake, where another big Tiger Trout was taken from the small lake.

[@lazylearner967]

Great trip report Clay! What scenic country. I would say you handle that fly rod quite well! How do you store your food so the critters don't get into it? What time of the year were you up there?

[@Clayonthetrail]

I just keep my food in a food bag in my pack and hang my pack from a tree branch to keep it off the ground . The only issue I have had with rodents was when I used a water bladder, and they chewed my mouthpiece. We don’t really have a bear issue in the Uintas. We went in early August. Thanks for watching!

[@doogert8594]

Any tips on what you were using to catch those fish?

[@Clayonthetrail]

Been using a fly pole with a big black beetle and a nymph. Nymph was catching earlier in spring, beetle working lately. Elk hair fly works once in a while. I’m new to fly fishing so don’t know much. My friend Shadd that has been in a few of my videos ties them for me. Best advise, find a lake that hasn’t been fished to death.

[@Sometimesitsjustthatway]

Tiger trout? No such creature. Brown trout is what you caught. Yelowish fins, huge mouth, spots of multi colors. Golden brown body color. Scientific name Salmo trutta. I'm glad you had an awesome trip and caught fish too.

[@Clayonthetrail]

I’m not a biologist, just a backpacker, but; The tiger trout is a sterile, intergeneric hybrid of the brown trout and the brook trout. The name derives from the pronounced vermiculations, which evoke the stripes of a tiger. The fish is an anomaly in the wild, with the brook trout having 84 chromosomes and the brown trout 80. It’s what Utah says they stock.