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What's the Holy Grail item in your hobby? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm into fly fishing and the holy grail for many anglers is catching native brook trout. Most trout are stocked or introduced with wild reproduction. Brookies were plentiful at one time before the loss of habitat. There are those that crawl on their hands an knees through brush to catch a 6" fish out of a stream you can jump over

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    In California Brook Trout is non-native, but we have a Heritage Trout Challenge where anglers try to catch six of the native trout species in their native streams. When somebody completes the challenge they get a custom certificate showing the species they caught and dates. So far I’ve caught one - California Golden Trout.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I had no idea California had so many native species. Those golden look wild!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    They don't, they're sub-variants of the same 3 species. This is like calling Deschutes River Redsides something separate that any other Rainbow Trout.

    Golden Trout are definitely special. I remember celebrating when I caught that 6 in fish on a tiny #18 mosquito.

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