The California Heritage Trout Challenge gives anglers a chance not only to catch wild trout from their native drainages but for completing the challenge by catching, photographing, and recording any combination of the 6 of 11 native trout species still fishable in California. You will receive a personalized certificate with artwork from renowned fish illustrator Joseph Tomelari, showing color images representative of the 6 trout you caught along with date and location.
3 subspecies of cutthroat trout and 8 subspecies of rainbow trout are your target. Mosquito has identified 7 of them that are in our in our fishing range. Excluding the 3 golden trout for they require long hikes into wilderness in southern California, every other fish can be accessed within a reasonable area for a five fly's trip. Coastal cutthroat and lahontan, and coastal rainbow, eagle lake, McCloud, goose lake, and Warner lakes redbands are all catchable.
So are you up for the challenge.
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