ME 109 wrote:Excellent Godot! Some interesting colour/pattern variations, not unlike our trout.
Trout season opens here in about four weeks, and this season my eldest son and I will be onto 'em.
Trout fishing is much more than just catching fish eh?
Yes, there is an interesting mix of trout in the high mountain lakes where I caught these. Each lake is unique. Cutthroat and Rainbows in one, Goldens or Brookies in another. Sometimes they mix when spawning and you end up with CutBows or GoldenBows. Back in the 1930s, this old codger-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finis_Mitchell
stocked many of the lakes here-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_River_Range
with a different species and they now thrive unaided and largely unfished in the deep backcountry. You have to hike or horsepack in to most of the lakes, but the effort is worth it when you have a place like this all to yourself-
And you're right, trout fishing is much more than just catching fish. Good luck to you and your son, and please post some pics. Nice to know I'm not the only one here with trout on the brain.