200,000+ mile club!

[CutthroatSlam]

Spent last week catching small mountain trout (rainbows and browns) in the Smoky's. When we were in Glacier, I rented some fly rods and hit the rivers. I saw some BIG fish (assuming they were cutthroat), but they wouldn't even look at my fly.

Now that you showed that awesome boat pic, let's see some big montana cutthroat to go with your username!

Depending on where you were in Glacier and how BIG those fish were, they could have been Bull Trout (pics 1 and 2). Bull Trout are piscivorous (i.e. feed on other fish), so your fly offerings may not have represented what they eat. Typically you would throw large streamers at Bull Trout, sometime large Golden Stone nymphs. Bull Trout often exhibit lockjaw and will ignore all offerings. In contrast, Cutthroat (pics 3 and 4).

 

[Jivewalker]

Depending on where you were in Glacier and how BIG those fish were, they could have been Bull Trout (pics 1 and 2). Bull Trout are piscivorous (i.e. feed on other fish), so your fly offerings may not have represented what they eat. Typically you would throw large streamers at Bull Trout, sometime large Golden Stone nymphs. Bull Trout often exhibit lockjaw and will ignore all offerings. In contrast, Cutthroat (pics 3 and 4).

Awesome pics! We were fishing Mcdonal Creek and Middle Fork Flathead river close to the Apgar area. Place we rented rods from sold us wollyboogers and small red things that looked like redworms. Some of the bigger fish we could see looked darker in color. I did see a school of about 20 or so that were silverish in color and hanging out under a bridge. You guys have it good there in Montana, never take it for granted! Fishing freshwater around here is crazy with alligators and snakes and water you can't see into. Could be a gator right in front of you waiting to grab your head and pull you down.

 

[CutthroatSlam]

The red worms are called “San Juan Worms”.

Could also be Lake Trout in the Middle Fork Flathead. Both Lake Trout and Bull Trout are members of the Char family which also includes Brook Trout. I have caught lake trout there in the Middle Fork Flathead. Bull trout begin their spawning migration up the rivers in July, so that could be what you saw in the Middle Fork Flathead.

Bull Trout are the native species in that area and their population has been seriously damaged by the non-native Lake Tout and secondarily by non-native Brook Trout. The South Fork Flathead below Hungry Horse Reservoir is the only River in Montana that you can intentionally target Bull Trout on a catch and release basis. There are a number of other rivers in Montana that host Bull Trout, but you can’t intentionally target them, though incidental catches happen and you must release immediately without removing from the water.

 

[USaleem]

Nice I hope to put miles like that on mine


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[fishman]

Awesome thread jack for sure... fishing for those bull trout and going to Mongolia for taimen are on my bucket list.

If you are ever heading to the Eastern Sierra hit me up and I will put you on some prime fishing for all species.

Here’s a smallish Lahontan cutthroat I caught a few weeks back.

Tight lines...

To the op congrats on 200k. I’m not far behind at 180k on mine.


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[Jivewalker]

Awesome thread jack for sure... fishing for those bull trout and going to Mongolia for taimen are on my bucket list.

If you are ever heading to the Eastern Sierra hit me up and I will put you on some prime fishing for all species.

Here’s a smallish Lahontan cutthroat I caught a few weeks back.

Tight lines...

To the op congrats on 200k. I’m not far behind at 180k on mine.


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Damn, got the build of a catfish! If I ever head out that way I'll definately pick your brain.

 

[Argyle Edison]

Bringing this back as I just passed 200,000 miles today on my 2010 sr5

:rockon:

 

[gjcarving]

Bringing this back as I just passed 200,000 miles today on my 2010 sr5

:rockon:

Congrats on breaking 200K! Have you had it since new?

 

[Argyle Edison]

Congrats on breaking 200K! Have you had it since new?

Thanks, I bought it with just over 100K on it. Still in very good condition

 

[02SE]

I only have 199,150 miles to go to join the club.

 

[Nick B]

My 2010 Trail just turned 64K. At this rate I’ll be dead before it sees 200K.

 

[Wolfman’s Brother]

2014 Trail is now halfway there. Rolled over inbound to FL.

Trying to put as many adventures on this thing as possible. We’re due for a trip to the West so that should help.

 

[TacoRunn0517]

Always like seeing this. Bought mine 2016 TE brand new on Memorial Day Weekend 2017. Prior to the new "normal", I was averaging 3,000 miles/month. I've been working from home since March 16, 2020 and have stop really doing anything that would normally do outside of work (that would relate to me driving). I currently sit at 103.5K on the ODO (I've done about 500-1,000 miles since working from home). I can't lie and say I haven't considered getting rid of my 4Runner given the drastic change of my driving habits. I just can't go through with it because I know I have a well-made vehicle that has the HIGH probability of making it to 300K miles and beyond. Thanks for the reminder of what the 4Runner provides us [MENTION=85141]Jivewalker[/MENTION] in that it will treat you well over the long haul!

 

[peekaboo]

Always like seeing this. Bought mine 2016 TE brand new on Memorial Day Weekend 2017. Prior to the new "normal", I was averaging 3,000 miles/month. I've been working from home since March 16, 2020 and have stop really doing anything that would normally do outside of work (that would relate to me driving). I currently sit at 103.5K on the ODO (I've done about 500-1,000 miles since working from home). I can't lie and say I haven't considered getting rid of my 4Runner given the drastic change of my driving habits. I just can't go through with it because I know I have a well-made vehicle that has the HIGH probability of making it to 300K miles and beyond. Thanks for the reminder of what the 4Runner provides us [MENTION=85141]Jivewalker[/MENTION] in that it will treat you well over the long haul!

Mine has 3k on it after 4 months.. it will probably do 10k a year for as long as I have it, which will be forever lane:

 

[TacoRunn0517]

Yea, I've always done alot of driving so I can now relate to people like you who don't drive nearly as much. Good to know that you literally could have the 4Runner for decades with those type of miles.

 

[peekaboo]

Yea, I've always done alot of driving so I can now relate to people like you who don't drive nearly as much. Good to know that you literally could have the 4Runner for decades with those type of miles.

Yep just keep the rust off and be wary of "time" based maintenance as opposed to your standard "mileage" based maintenance. There is a threshold for most maintenance items in both of those categories.

 

[TacoRunn0517]

Yep just keep the rust off and be wary of "time" based maintenance as opposed to your standard "mileage" based maintenance. There is a threshold for most maintenance items in both of those categories.

I'm well aware of routine maintenance and have had my 4Runner in for service every 5K miles. As for rust, that is inevitable given where I live. I just make sure to overwash during the road salt-laying parts of the year.