Brook trout

[Catfish.017]

I was watching one of Matt Hayes 'Fishing Tales' videos yesterday. Brook trout were the quarry and some beautiful specimens were caught. It was then that an odd fact occurred to me. My Dad was a non angler, no interest whatsoever. But on a trip to Canada visiting relatives, 'Uncle' Walter took him fishing one day and he caught a Brook Trout. So my Dad goes fishing once in his lifetime and catches a fish I've never caught. It just struck me as an absurd oddity although obviously I've never had the opportunity to catch one. Perhaps I should follow in his footsteps to tie up loose ends?

[Olly]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews ... river.html

Just found this whilst looking for places in UK where Brook trout are stocked.

[Catfish.017]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews ... river.html

Just found this whilst looking for places in UK where Brook trout are stocked.

Maybe I won't need to travel too far after all!

[Dave Burr]

Aren't brook trout the same as char? If so they can be caught in the lake district. I'm sure Scott has posted on them in the past.

[Liphook]

Not quite the same as our Arctic char but same family -salvelinus. They have been stocked for a long time in UK waters and they have established self sustaining populations in at least two Highland lochs that I know of. I worked at a fishery back in the 90s where they also bred in the spring fed loch, and the associated farm crossed them to create tiger and leopard hybrids. Not something I would be associated with in these more enlightened days!
Fantastic species to catch in their native environs, like trout they will run to the sea and return to their natal system to spawn. Beautiful fish!

[Olly]

Obviously - ? - a cold water species. Even our native Char - Lake District - like deep cold water.
Found this:- http://flyandlure.org/articles/fly_fish ... rctic_char

340 waters! 20 species.

[Phil Arnott]

Very pretty fish and very good to eat so I've been told although I've never tried one. I've caught them up to 2lb 11oz.



A bigger fish

[Iasgair]

Brook trout, or what we like to call Brookies, are all over the Rocky Mountain Region. They will over populate quickly forcing out other fish like our cutthroat trout.

A non native fish to Colorado and I have to wonder why they don't up the bag limit on them since they reproduce so well.

They are an aggressive fish and will take a dry fly sometimes with more aggression than any other cold water fish I have seen. I have had them come completely out of the water taking a dry fly, and its always exciting to see.

In the Autumn when they spawn, generally in late Oct. they are one of the most beautiful colorful trout I have ever seen with their dark backing with gold, red and purple spots.

So if you can get to a place that has them, go for it, because they can keep you busy catching them all day if the conditions are right.

[Catfish.017]

Brook trout, or what we like to call Brookies, are all over the Rocky Mountain Region. They will over populate quickly forcing out other fish like our cutthroat trout.

A non native fish to Colorado and I have to wonder why they don't up the bag limit on them since they reproduce so well.

They are an aggressive fish and will take a dry fly sometimes with more aggression than any other cold water fish I have seen. I have had them come completely out of the water taking a dry fly, and its always exciting to see.

In the Autumn when they spawn, generally in late Oct. they are one of the most beautiful colorful trout I have ever seen with their dark backing with gold, red and purple spots.

So if you can get to a place that has them, go for it, because they can keep you busy catching them all day if the conditions are right.

That aggressive trait was certainly borne out in the video I watched. They were using, well I hesitate to call it a fly as it looked more like a shaving brush in all honesty, a lure then which they fished as we might fish a 'wake' lure for Sea Trout at night.

[Duebel]

I've just caught one today. They're stocked in some rivers around here. It's my second ever brook trout. This one took a lure. The first one, which was much bigger, took a nymph.