smallieFanatic 0 Report post Posted July 28, 2010 http://www.google.com/search?client=safari...-8&oe=UTF-8 Must not be too bad. No want of Carp recipes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troutguy 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2010 Brown trout, very large Brown Trout on flies in the dark of night. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BunnyBuster 0 Report post Posted August 29, 2010 Sea run coastal cutthroat. :thumbsup: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishinbub 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2010 although, aren't brook trout actually a species of char? If you want to get technical rainbows, cutts, brookies, lake trout, blueback trout, bull trout, etc. are not actually trout. Just brownies. Brookies by far. Finding them is half the fun... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smallieFanatic 0 Report post Posted September 21, 2010 If you want to get technical rainbows, cutts, brookies, lake trout, blueback trout, bull trout, etc. are not actually trout. Just brownies. Actually Cutthroats, Rainbow Trout, and Brown trout are all true trout. Lake trout, Brook Trout, Sunapee Trout (also known as Blueback trout), and Bull Trout are indeed chars. As to Brook trout not being a trout at all, I suggest reading this article, which besides being slightly profane is very enlightening. http://flyaddicts.com/40rivers/2010/07/26/...ed%3A+40rivers+ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redietz 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2010 If you want to get technical rainbows, cutts, brookies, lake trout, blueback trout, bull trout, etc. are not actually trout. Just brownies. Actually Cutthroats, Rainbow Trout, and Brown trout are all true trout. Lake trout, Brook Trout, Sunapee Trout (also known as Blueback trout), and Bull Trout are indeed chars. That would depend on how you define true trout. Thirty years ago, it indisputably meant members of the genus Salmo, which at the time included rainbow & cutthroats. (Excluding the Atlantic salmon). Members of the genus Oncorhynchus were all referred to as Pacific salmon. By that, definition, Salmo Trutta, the brown trout is now the only true trout we have, at least in North America. When rainbow, cutthroats, etc, were moved to Oncorhynchus, the meaning of "true trout" got a bit slippery. You can define it as "any salmonid who most common strains are land locked", but that would also include the chars. There really is no "scientific" definition of "true trout." If we call it a trout, then it is, except maybe "sea trout" (as used in this country -- the relative of the weak fish as opposed to a sea-run brown.) Back to the poll, though, I voted brown. It's the fish that fly fishing was centered around for two thousand years, a true trout by any definition, the most challenging to catch, and the hardiest. It only beats out brookie by nose, though. If we were to vote on least favorite, it would have to be a hatchery rainbow for me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smallieFanatic 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2010 That is very interesting. However, if it is true that there is no real scientific definition of true trouts, why is there so many books and internet articles that state otherwise? Are they spewers of misinformation or is there more to it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redietz 0 Report post Posted September 23, 2010 Are they spewers of misinformation or is there more to it? They're repeating what they remember to have been "true" when they were learning the sport. (Note I said sport; a biologist isn't going to say anything is a trout or not, just whether it belongs to some genus.) This link to the Pennsylvania Fish&Boating Commission page is edifying: PFBC Q&A They use "true-trout" (with a hyphen in one place) to mean the genus salmo, and explain that, by that definition, the only true-trout are the brown trout and the Atlantic salmon. The then go on to explain that you call a fish by any common name you want, it has no real relationship to the biology. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smallieFanatic 0 Report post Posted September 24, 2010 Very interesting. Thank you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wetflyguy 0 Report post Posted October 2, 2010 Love Brookies. wet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johny Utah 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2011 I picked brown trout. My wife likes the trouser trout though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NJFlyMAn 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2011 My favorite is the tiger trout... Just love the looks of them Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firedad 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2011 Browns on the Truckee River, Cutthroats at Pyramid Lake, and Rainbows at Eagle Lake. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted April 6, 2011 rainbows rolled in cornmeal and garlic butter, hash browns with bacon and cheddar cheese and grilled asparagus! good eats! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishingbobnelson 0 Report post Posted April 8, 2011 Take a look at my picture--STEELHEAD! Can't believe no one has mentioned them till now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites