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This one was surprisingly straightforward to identify. The lack of a sclerite at the base of the lateral hump narrows the field quite a bit, and the other options followed fairly obvious characteristics to Clostoeca, which only has one species, Clostoeca disjuncta.
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GoofusBug on Jan 11, 2009January 11th, 2009, 2:36 pm EST
Was reading an article on brook trout which said that brookies most often feed on the bottom.
Is this true in your own experience?
Is this true in your own experience?
UPTroutBum on Jan 12, 2009January 12th, 2009, 9:18 am EST
Pretty broad statement there. On my local streams in northern michigan, I have caught most brookies on nymphs, especially the bigger ones, I have caught some small guys on drys like an adams, never any bigger than 8, maybe its just my luck.
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RleeP on Jan 12, 2009January 12th, 2009, 9:43 am EST
It is sort of a broad statement, but it isn't (IMO) without some modicum of truth, even if it is a more comparative truth.
Here's what I mean by this:
In my experience, of the 3 species of trout/char most of us fish over in the East/Midwest, I have found that day in and day out, brook trout are the least likely to be free-rising. This is among wild populations and presumes we are not talking about fish that live (as brookies often do..) in a setting sufficiently infertile that they cannot afford to let virtually any feeding opportunity pass.
I don't think the difference in this between the species is that pronounced, but I do think it is real.
Here's what I mean by this:
In my experience, of the 3 species of trout/char most of us fish over in the East/Midwest, I have found that day in and day out, brook trout are the least likely to be free-rising. This is among wild populations and presumes we are not talking about fish that live (as brookies often do..) in a setting sufficiently infertile that they cannot afford to let virtually any feeding opportunity pass.
I don't think the difference in this between the species is that pronounced, but I do think it is real.
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