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Eccles
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I'm vaguely working on something that touches on one of those perennial fishing questions and as there are a lot of very experienced fishermen on this forum I wondered if I could get some opinions.
It is often said that there is a hierarchy among trout in how easy they are to catch (some angling sages refute this it should be said - Bob Wyatt for one and I think Paul Schullery has intimated the same). Essentially the saying goes that cutthroat trout are considered to be easier to catch than rainbows which, in turn, are easier to catch than the wise old brown trout. Brook trout fit in there somewhere but I'm not sure where - nearer the cutthroats I imagine.
So, first question is whether you guys consider that to be true - particularly, in this neck of the woods, the brook trout/brown trout comparison. And just to head off some objections I realise that brown trout can be ridiculously easy at times, when they are young, when they are in poor water and are hungry etc etc. I am more imagining everything else being equal, a brook trout and a brown (or cutthroat or rainbow - whatever comparison you prefer) side by side, same size etc etc - is one easier to catch than the other?
Secondly - what is the reason for your opinion? Obviously if your answer is no - it is just environment that dictates the vulnerability of the fish - then there isn't much to explain. But if you do think there is a difference why so?
Apologies if this has been debated to death before.
Eccles
It is often said that there is a hierarchy among trout in how easy they are to catch (some angling sages refute this it should be said - Bob Wyatt for one and I think Paul Schullery has intimated the same). Essentially the saying goes that cutthroat trout are considered to be easier to catch than rainbows which, in turn, are easier to catch than the wise old brown trout. Brook trout fit in there somewhere but I'm not sure where - nearer the cutthroats I imagine.
So, first question is whether you guys consider that to be true - particularly, in this neck of the woods, the brook trout/brown trout comparison. And just to head off some objections I realise that brown trout can be ridiculously easy at times, when they are young, when they are in poor water and are hungry etc etc. I am more imagining everything else being equal, a brook trout and a brown (or cutthroat or rainbow - whatever comparison you prefer) side by side, same size etc etc - is one easier to catch than the other?
Secondly - what is the reason for your opinion? Obviously if your answer is no - it is just environment that dictates the vulnerability of the fish - then there isn't much to explain. But if you do think there is a difference why so?
Apologies if this has been debated to death before.
Eccles