Help me identify this trout

[marcusn]

Caught this beauty on my fly rod in the eastern Sierra back country, but i can't seem to find out what kind it is. It looks like a rainbow but that vivid pink line and narrow shaped head makes me think it could be a cutthroat or rainbow/cutthroat hybrid. Except the area I fished was only known to have rainbows and brook trout. And this trout doesn't have the cutthroat marks under its jaw. All the rainbows I caught had rounded heads and none had that pink line through the middle. I think the anal fin is white tipped also. Otherwise, one of the most beautiful trout I've ever caught.


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[Ca_Bass]

maybe it's a golden trout, they are native the sierra nevadas. Maybe PM Ken he'll probably know for sure.

[marcusn]

i thought it was a golden at first but then I noticed it had spots under the lateral line, goldens usually don't have that. im guessing a hybrid of some sort.

[Stan Wright]

Looks more like a brook than a rainbow to me. I bet Ken will know...