Cutts are just differnent types of fighters than brown or rainbows, no
differently than most browns fight differently than rainbows. Cutts
GENERALLY thrash and twist, rarely jump, occasionally run, and most of the
time will dog it out in their spot where you can't them, particularly if it
happened to be a pool or hole; if hooked in a shallow spot, my experience is
they will often scoot up or down stream.
Interesting comments about the cutts being dumb. I know lots of folks who
would dispute that. I believe that cutts, in more wild areas, are
aggressive when they get on the bite. I know a lot of folks who have been
stymied by cutts, not being able to find the right pattern when the fish
were obviously feeding. However, when you get in the groove with them, it
can be a hey-day. The coolest thing about cutts, to quote my friend Gene
Gudger, "seems they are always 'looking up'." A great dry fly fish!
And, the water temperature, as it will with most trout, will VERY much
affect their fight.
Richard Embry
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Subject: Re: Suggestions for BC Over Labour Day?
> Ken,
>
> I have found the westslope cutts on the St. Joe to be strong fighters.
They certainly aren't on the level of a wild rainbow but the cutts on the
Joe really use the current to their advantage.
>
> My bet is that the water was warm enough or low enough on oxygen that they
were sluggish.
>
> Mike
>
>
