![]() ![]() Yet in my opinion, the Southern Appalachian Brook Trout, makes up for its small size by being the most beautiful freshwater fish living in the Appalachians, and perhaps all of North America. In the process, I’ve grown to appreciate the true uniqueness of these beautiful and elusive aquatic jewels.įor all you “blue water sport fishers” out there, wild brook trout rarely attain sizes as large as the bait fish you use out in the Gulf. I’ve acquired much of this information empirically over the years, as well as a bunch of reading and hanging out with fish biologist. ![]() In this article I’ll focus on the Brook Trout - where they came from, what they eat, how long they live, how big they get, what they look like and more. All three are now accepted as having a permanent place in the natural order of things. But for us fly anglers, it’s all three trout species we pursue - the native Southern Appalachian Brook Trout and all its genetic variants, as well as the more plentiful Browns and Rainbows. Perhaps that’s because rainbows are the ones most seen on restaurant menus. Yet when most people think of trout, it’s the rainbow that comes to mind. The other two “exotics,” as fishery biologists call them, are relative newcomers in the scale of evolutionary time. Of the three trout inhabiting the Appalachian Chain, only one has a natural claim to be here. AKA: Brookies, Squaretails, Specs, Natives, etc. ![]()
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