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Ok... In my usual contrarian (otherwise known as a**hole-ish) fashion, I've gotta ask: why the reverence and all the general hoo-hah towards brown trout? Many other introduced (is it hyperbole to say invasive?) species are fairly roundly hated, but the love-fest with browns just seems to roll along without anyone blinking an eye. Why?
Is it because they get big and aggressively take large streamers? We've got a native species for that; it's called the bull trout/dolly varden.
Are they super fighters? I've never fished for or caught a brown, but I'll take a rainbow or steelhead, thank you very much.
Are they easy to catch? Super-gorgeous? Widely distributed? Varied life cycle? Cutthroat, cutthroat, cutthroat, cutthroat.
Are they hard to catch, a real challenge for the serious flyfisher? Why not introduce Atlantics?
Help me out here, I truly don't get it, but would like to hear the arguments... why are we not encouraging elimination of this species from our waters, instead of celebrating them?
Is it because they get big and aggressively take large streamers? We've got a native species for that; it's called the bull trout/dolly varden.
Are they super fighters? I've never fished for or caught a brown, but I'll take a rainbow or steelhead, thank you very much.
Are they easy to catch? Super-gorgeous? Widely distributed? Varied life cycle? Cutthroat, cutthroat, cutthroat, cutthroat.
Are they hard to catch, a real challenge for the serious flyfisher? Why not introduce Atlantics?
Help me out here, I truly don't get it, but would like to hear the arguments... why are we not encouraging elimination of this species from our waters, instead of celebrating them?