The Brook Trout is the only trout (actually a char) native to the eastern waters
of the US. And, for many flyfishers, it is a prized catch.
Often displaced by planted browns and rainbows,
it retreats to the cold, clean and highly oxygenated smaller upstream waters
of its habitat, and thus tends not to grow to a large size in inland waters.
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Brown Trout is the most prevalent inland water species of trout in the upper
midwest. It was introduced to the US from Scotland and Germany over a centery ago.
Brown trout tend to grow bigger, live longer, and tolerate a wider range of
habitat types than either brook trout or rainbow trout. Fishermen consider them
to be the smartest, most difficult to catch of the trout species.
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Rainbow Trout, is a native of the US west coast. It is
very successful as a hatchery raised fish, but does less well
in establishing naturally reproducing populations in inland waters.
Rainbows are know for their acrobatics; they are likely to
take to the air when you hook one.
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The Steelhead, or coastal rainbow, is an anadromous rainbow trout.
They hatch in a stream or river, migrate to the great lakes and return
to the river to spawn.
These are big fish and often the devotion of many flyfishers.
It is during their spawning runs that most flyfishers pursue them.
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