Green River Utah 2011

Green River 2011 from R. Riedy on Vimeo.

"On the Streamer" NFOW June 2011

December 2010 Winter Ozark Trout

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Winter Ozark Trout - December 2010

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One Word Spectacular !! Watch This and Enjoy

Here is a link to Brian Wise' Website

http://flyfishingtheozarks.com/

North Fork of The White River November 2010

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North Fork of The White River - October 2010

North Fork Of The White River from R. Riedy on Vimeo.

Roaring Fork Colorado August 2010

Fly Fishing the Roaring Fork River Colorado August 2010 from Ray Riedy on Vimeo.

NFOW Late March 2010

This weekends trip included many nice Browns on the upper stretch above Blair Bridge.

We also encountered strong thunderstorms on our mid point camp. Hats off to my friend

Judd Claussen who did a great job on his first experience fly fishing.

North Fork Brown

North Fork of The White River in March

Pictured here is Kris is Chuffed to score a nice Brown on the North Fork of the White River

Note to Self - Stop by Home Depot to Get Plastic Sheeting Before Fishing Trip

Next time you catch a World Class Brown Trout you should probably have some plastic sheeting to put down so when it drips on moms living room carpeting she wont get too mad.

World Record Brown Trout, 38 lb. 9.0z caught by Huey Manely, Aug. '88. Still the second largest brown ever caught. Six days later, David Wooten caught the 34 lb. 8 oz. brown trout shown here.

Way to Go Huey !! I mean David !!

von Behr or Loch Leven

Brown trout (salmo trutta) are not native species to North America. The first documented introduction of brown trout was on April 11, 1884, J.F.Ellis stocked 4,900 brown trout fry(von Behr strain) into Michigan's Pere Marquette River. After this initial distribution in 1884, distribution of brown trout was swift and wide. The first North American introduction of Loch Leven trout, Salmo trutta levenensis (a lake form), appears to be made in Long Pond near Saint John's, Newfoundland, in 1884. The sea run strain (S. t. trutta) was also introduced around this time but, the only currently known strain exists in Nova Scotia and Massachusetts. After the first North American introduction of the Lock Leven trout occured in 1884, brown trout were introduced into every province except Prince Edward Island. Incredibly, there was little or no attempt to keep the Lock Leven and the von Behr strains isolated or distinct. Goverment and private fish distribution records listed both types, but widespread shipment from one hatchery to another (crossbreeding), and the introduction of both strains into the same waters apparently resulted in the merging of the original distinguishing characteristics.

The von Behr trout, (S. fario) lived in small streams, were brightly coloured, and rarely exceeded the lenght of 12 inches. In contrast, the Loch Leven trout, (S. levenensis), was a lake-dwelling form, silvery gray with black spots, reaching a size of 18 lbs. If, as reported, the von Behr and Loch Leven strains have been widely interbred and broadly distributed, and if the brown trout has a plastic genetic ability(polymorphic), I'm not surprised that North American brown trout are, in appearance and life history, similar to practically every form originally described in Europe.

One things for sure it was isn't sea run brown ! This Brown measured approximately 23 inches and estimated weight of 5 - 6 lbs. It was released unharmed.