A juvenile Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii), found in the upper reach of the North Fork of the Middle Fork Willamette River. This fish is fluvial in nature, meaning that this fish was spawned and reared in a tributary stream between 1-4 years, before migrating to the main-stem of a river system where it will grow to maturity. Lane County, Willamette National Forest, Oregon West Cascades.
Fly Fishing, North Fork of the Middle Fork Willamette River, Oakridge Oregon, Trout