A magic moment exposed in Scumliner media short movie. Mr. John Arnold and Mr. Pat Clayton presenting for us incredible and colorful footage. Cutthroat Trouts going to spawn. Upstream to wilde Yellowstone brooks. Unfortunately, there just aren’t left many places like this. Many thanks Guys for a piece of unspoilt natural beauty!
From the filmmakers:
This unplanned collaborative effort between myself and Bozeman, MT based photographer Pat Clayton fisheyeguyphotography.comtook place on a recent hiking trip in the Greater Yellowstone region. We brought fishing gear, but never made a cast. Instead we spent a couple of days watching this incredible spawning ritual.
After a full day of shooting above water stills, I decided to capture some above-water video to go along with Pat’s underwater images. Pat’s underwater trout photos are superb. These Cutthroat Trout were in the peak of the spawn, bold and showing all their colors. Pat has a deep appreciation for native species and the fragile environments they inhabit, as do I. Wild Cutthroat face a never-ending threat from competing species, hybridization, habitat loss and destruction, and climate change.
Unfortunately, there’s just not many places left like this.
Enjoy!
To see more underwater still images visit Pat’s site at fisheyeguyphotography.com, or at facebook.com/fisheyeguyphotography/