salvelinusfontinalis
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most trout fisherman have a "favorite trout" that they prefer to catch. not all of us do, but most. even to the point we will go to a certain stream just to seek these fish out.
when talking about wild fish, mine is the brook trout. i would rather catch a brook trout over a brown. also i would rather catch a brown over a rainbow. just what i prefer.
some of my observations. now not all of these are absolute but just from my experince this is what i have found.
i like brookies because they are more opt to eat any fly thrown in front of them. even educated ones. simpily because of millions of years of evolution teaching them that they must otherwise they may not eat for awhile. also a 10-12 inch brook will fight as hard as a 15-18 inch brown trout. i also like brookies because you must enchance stealth to catch them. because of they way there eyes are positioned they have the best overhead movement sight of any trout. you quickly learn that approach is 3/4 the battle. and finally they are i belive tied for the most beautiful freshwater fish next to the golden trout in california.
i like browns next because i belive them to be the most wary and "smart" of all trout. even wild uneducated browns can be selective. i have found you can take the most unatural looking and bright fly you have and catch a rainbow or brook trout. usually this will not work on brown trout. so as far as "game" they can be the most difficult. just look at letort! they also adapt well to watersheds and can grow very fast. wild browns can also reach a better length in our small waters than a brook trout.what they lack in beauty, when compared to brookies, they make up in size and brains.
not that i dont like rainbows, i just consider them the carp of trout. they have been known to eat whole pieces of alge, mud from the stream bed, and even cigarette butts. often i have found bright flies like, meta eggs and greenie weenies work well on rainbows. so as far as "game" they make the bottom of the list. but not all is lost for these trout. the adapt the best to impaired or declining water and also spend more time out of the water than in the water during a fight. ive even had one high jumper hit is head on the bottom of a bridge. they can be very exciting. what amazes me is that with there ability to adapt.....we dont have many class a wild rainbow streams in pa. maybe because of time when they spawn?
i dont know what do you guys think or feel? agree or disagree? share some thoughts or experinces.......im just interested. :-D
also if brook trout in small streams do not have much food, how long can they not eat before starving to death?
when talking about wild fish, mine is the brook trout. i would rather catch a brook trout over a brown. also i would rather catch a brown over a rainbow. just what i prefer.
some of my observations. now not all of these are absolute but just from my experince this is what i have found.
i like brookies because they are more opt to eat any fly thrown in front of them. even educated ones. simpily because of millions of years of evolution teaching them that they must otherwise they may not eat for awhile. also a 10-12 inch brook will fight as hard as a 15-18 inch brown trout. i also like brookies because you must enchance stealth to catch them. because of they way there eyes are positioned they have the best overhead movement sight of any trout. you quickly learn that approach is 3/4 the battle. and finally they are i belive tied for the most beautiful freshwater fish next to the golden trout in california.
i like browns next because i belive them to be the most wary and "smart" of all trout. even wild uneducated browns can be selective. i have found you can take the most unatural looking and bright fly you have and catch a rainbow or brook trout. usually this will not work on brown trout. so as far as "game" they can be the most difficult. just look at letort! they also adapt well to watersheds and can grow very fast. wild browns can also reach a better length in our small waters than a brook trout.what they lack in beauty, when compared to brookies, they make up in size and brains.
not that i dont like rainbows, i just consider them the carp of trout. they have been known to eat whole pieces of alge, mud from the stream bed, and even cigarette butts. often i have found bright flies like, meta eggs and greenie weenies work well on rainbows. so as far as "game" they make the bottom of the list. but not all is lost for these trout. the adapt the best to impaired or declining water and also spend more time out of the water than in the water during a fight. ive even had one high jumper hit is head on the bottom of a bridge. they can be very exciting. what amazes me is that with there ability to adapt.....we dont have many class a wild rainbow streams in pa. maybe because of time when they spawn?
i dont know what do you guys think or feel? agree or disagree? share some thoughts or experinces.......im just interested. :-D
also if brook trout in small streams do not have much food, how long can they not eat before starving to death?