Rainbow Trout : A Helpful Guide
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The rainbow
trout is a well-traveled species of fish. Originally, the rainbow
trout was found in the coastal rivers in the United
States on the west coast. Today, rainbow trout are found throughout
the United States, as well as in the cold-water streams of South
America, Europe, New Zealand and even Australia.
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| Picture of a Rainbow
Trout. Note the numerous spots and colorful rainbow running
down it's middle. |
The reason
for the range of rainbow trout is that rainbows are easy, relatively
speaking, to transplant. Virtually all of the areas rainbow trout
now inhabit are due to transplants – both of the intentional
and unintentional variety. Regardless, rainbow trout are the most
popular types of trout found in the world today and are the most
sought after trout by anglers.
The rainbow
trout is equally famous for it’s displays when
fly fishing. A rainbow trout, once hooked on the end of a fly line,
is famous for it’s acrobatic displays and very long runs.
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| Another picture
of a Rainbow Trout. The pink stripe makes a rainbow trout
easy to identify. |
Rainbow trout
are also well-known for both being highly selective in what they
eat while at other times seemingly gorging on everything – much
to the dismay of the fly fisherman that is stalking them.
Rainbow trout
are easily distinguished by the red stripe that travels the length
of the fish, from the gill plates to the tail. Rainbow
trout also have hundreds of black spots that cover the dorsal of
the body (the dorsal part of the body of a trout refers to the “back
side” of the fish).
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