My goodness, they're beautiful!
Those fall colors! And I don’t mean leaves…
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Omega
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He needs another year 
I loved catching them out of the Colorado and Platt rivers, but my BIL says they are very scarce now. Said he caught his first in about 2-3 years, but he lake fishes so rivers may still hold a few.
I loved catching them out of the Colorado and Platt rivers, but my BIL says they are very scarce now. Said he caught his first in about 2-3 years, but he lake fishes so rivers may still hold a few.
are they spawning?
Not yet. Definitely in prespawn. About 50/50 on spawning coloration. I won't be wading those streams anymore until I'm sure the spawn is over.
Those fish would be northern strain, they are a little different.He needs another year
I loved catching them out of the Colorado and Platt rivers, but my BIL says they are very scarce now. Said he caught his first in about 2-3 years, but he lake fishes so rivers may still hold a few.
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Black Titan
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Used to go after them a lot in my younger days. Biggest I ever caught was 11" from the Alum Cave creek. My favorite fish.
Black Titan
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Woah man I didn't mean any offense. Just was trying to be funny.
It's a cool looking fish, and you're right I don't have much experience with wild trout streams. Closest I got is the Clinch. I mostly fish lakes for other species.
BT
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Buzzard Breath
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Man, those things are beautiful. Am I going to have to watch for this on Creek Fishing Adventures?
Yeah, there will be a video but I don't know when. I will say I forbid him from videoing certain landmarks that would have made it much better and he honored that request. Some places, you just don't kiss and tell…
Omega
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We called them brookies, what do they call them here?
I caught a nice rainbow in the clinch 1 year and was thinking October, most vivid colors I ever seen, was proud to turn it back, hope somebody else got a chance to see him, have a picture stored somewhere , somebody should make a thread let folks add fish pictures.
Beautiful!
tnfisher46
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Pretty fish!
Crappieaddict
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Most beautiful fish in the Appalachians!
Amen brother
They are both called brookies, some folks around here call them specks. There is a genetic difference between the southern strain and the northern strain. The northern are usually not as vivid in their coloration but they grow MUCH larger than the southern strain. A 10" southern fish is considered a trophy whereas I've seen northerns push 16-17". Southerns are native to the southern Appalachians and aren't found anywhere else. Any Brook trout caught outside the region is a northern. It's kinda like Alabama bass vs Kentucky bass, they are both spotted bass but they are both genetically different with different traits.
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