5/29/2023 0 Comments Brook trout![]() ![]() The brookies were aggressively feeding on emergers, but between the two of us, we couldn’t find a fly that they’d eat. A few months ago, I was fishing one of these lakes with a good buddy of mine. I have a few secret brook trout lakes around here where the brookies grow over 20 long on a regular basis, and they get infuriatingly picky. However, the brook trout in lakes and ponds do get picky – especially when they’re big. If you’re looking to read about the techniques I use to chase brook trout read this article – How to Fly Fish for Brook Trout ![]() Finding those cool, clean streams that are shaded by poplars and cedars. Here in the Rockies, where I live and fish, brookies in the mountain streams aren’t terribly picky when it comes to the flies I throw at them.įly Fishing for brook trout summarizes so many things about fly fishing. Now, in most mountain streams where you’ll find brookies, they readily throw themselves at dry flies (with the same reckless abandon that cutthroat are often accused of having). Knowing their diet should help you tweak your approach to catching brookies. Brook trout stick to scuds, leeches, and midges throughout most of their lives. Once brown, rainbow, cutthroat, and lake trout all reach a certain size, their diet primarily becomes other fish. For one thing, brook trout just simply aren’t piscivorous, meaning that they don’t focus on eating other fish as a major part of their diet. Birdsong and John A.Brookies tend to demand a slightly different approach than other trout. Since brook trout only survive in the cleanest and coldest of waters, they are often considered a good indicator of the health of the waterways where they live.Some states supplement native brook trout populations by stocking streams with hatchery-reared fish.This coloring helps camouflage brook trout from predators. While all other trout in the Chesapeake Bay watershed have dark spots on a light background, the brook trout has light spots on a dark background.These fish are popular with fly fishermen.The brook trout is also called a speckled trout.They are the only trout native to the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Brook trout are the state fish of New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.Brook trout reach maturity in 2 to 3 years and live to about 6 years of age. The eggs incubate over the winter and hatch in early spring. The male fertilizes the eggs and then the female covers them with gravel. The female uses her tail to create a shallow, 1- to 2-foot-wide nest or “redd” in a clean, gravelly area and lays 100 to 400 eggs into the nest. Spawning occurs in autumn, mainly in late October to early November, during the day. Larger fish and birds such as ospreys and herons prey upon brook trout. They also eat small fish and minnows if they are easy to catch. Feedingīrook trout feeds on insects, tadpoles, salamanders, small crayfish and small water snakes. Its scaleless head has a rounded snout and large mouth. The brook trout's lower fins are orange-red with a white front edge followed by a black strea. It has a pale, yellowish-orange belly in breeding males, the belly is more vivid red or orange. Its sides are bluish with yellow and red spots. Its dark, olive green back has pale, worm-like markings. Their body is typically wide in the middle and tapers at each end. Brook trout can grow up to 12 inches in length, but most are no more than 9 to 10 inches in length. ![]()
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