Averaging 14″ with some males reaching 17″, they start to dress in spectacular colors in mid-September in preparation for the fall spawning ritual. With a distinct love for LARGE flies, the Cutbow is the first to knock a mouse pattern off the water in early summer or smack a hopper with reckless abandon.īrookies-The first to look to the surface in early spring, this species is always an unexpected delight. This fish rarely reaches 22″ in length, but boasts the biggest girth of all Boxwood trout. Easy to recognize immediatly after the hook set because of their leaping ability and speed. Known to reach 28″ in length at Boxwood, this species can be both a joy to hook, or very humbling after countless refusals of the anglers offerings.Ĭutbows– POWER, HEAVY, LINE BREAKERS. Snake River Cutthroat– Sometimes referred to as Salmo inaccessablis, this trout is usually taken in tight water after careful stalking and the perfect cast. Proceed with caution and lets keep them alive. Of course the fish would be dead and we don’t do that. The State will only honor the record if they weigh the fish. Several State Record Tigers have been landed at Boxwood since 2012. These guys have teeth and they want to use them. They fight extremely hard even after you get one in the net….watch your fingers. The result is a very aggressive fish that exhibits the best qualities of both parents.Notice the worm wood/tiger markings and the white tipped fins.
Tiger Trout – The rare Tiger is a cross between the Brown and Brook Trout. Bigger browns of the 2 foot caliber are evening predators, and are usually taken on large streamers like sculpins or string leeches as twighlight begins to shroud overhanging willows where the ambush by a monster brown is usually the big fish of the day. The fisher that likes to swing a bugger in pocket water or skate a mouse pattern across a deep run will find him or herself targeting this species simply because of the rod jarring strikes.
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BIG BOWS? One only has to glance at the big fish board in Boxwoods clubhouse to see countless photos of elated anglers holding fish of 24 and 28″ to see what awaits them among the riffles and runs of Boxwood Gulch.īoxwood Browns – Aggressive, wary, and stout best describes the browns that average 16″ and are full of color and fight. Boxwood Gulches population is made up of over 1500 fish on 1 mile of water with trout ranging from 12 inch brookies to 30 inch bows and browns – 50% rainbows, 30% browns, 20% cutbows, snake river cutthroats, brookies, and the elusive palomino rainbow.īoxwood Bows – Always in tune to the surface, Boxwood bows start rising in March and are still taking hoppers and attractor patterns well into October. Tactics for each of our species varies from midging for super selective rainbows, to streamer fishing for monster browns. Boxwood Gulch offers several species of trout for the angler who enjoys a mixed bag or perhaps hasn’t experienced the pleasure of fighting a certain trout breed before.