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Brook Trout Information

This page has information on brook trout, a species of freshwater fish.

Brook trout are typically smaller than other trout. On average, brook trout reach sizes of 7-12 inches, but trophy fish can reach 18 inches or more.

Brook trout belong to the char family, which includes lake trout, bull trout, blue-backed trout, Dolly Varden and arctic char. The brook trout is also Pennsylvania's official state fish.

The species is the only stream-dwelling trout native to the Great Lakes region. They often move out of streams and into the estuaries and bays of the Great Lakes where they prefer clear, cool oxygenated water.

The brook trout is the official state fish of West Virginia, Virginia (freshwater) Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Vermont (coldwater)

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Top Flies for Catching Brook Trout

fly tyingAnglers use a wide variety of flies for catching brook trout. Patterns for catching trout are usually ones that mimic what the trout are feeding on at the time of day you are fishing. These are some of the all time favorite patterns:

Ginger & Gold
Black & Peacock
Damsel
Cats Whiskers
Buzzers
PTN's
Hares Ear
Montana Nymph
Yellow Dancer
Bibbio
Clan Chief
Diawl Bach
Pheasant Tail nymphs
Terrestrials Ant's
Beetle's
Daddy's
Black Gnat's
Black Foam Beetles
Shipmans Buzzer

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Brook Trout Identification

brook trout photoBrook trout are mostly gray marked with red, yellow and orange, topped off with cream spots and white tipped fins.

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Trout, Salmon and Char Poster

According to Harold F. Blaisdell, "All the romance of trout fishing exists in the mind of the angler and is in no way shared by the fish."

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Hybrid Brook Trout

Brook trout occasionally hybridize with other species. The tiger trout is a hybrid between brook trout and brown trout (genus Salmo). Another unusual trout is the splake, a hybrid between brook trout and lake trout.

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