crashq Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 I caught this trout last month in Pennsylvania. I caught one rainbow al week long. All of the rest were brown trout. THis one, however has strange making for a brown trout. Is this just an outlier, or could it be a brown/brookie hybrid? I know that there are a few brookies in this stream. I caught a couple here last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandsaltyfly Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 Hi I'd say brownie . Doesn't have any of the long maxilla that might be present if brook trout genes were there or any of the tiger trout markings Fish doesn't look particularly fully finned, the caudal fin looks eroded ,the dorsal and pecs too . Looks like a stocked fish . Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Patricelli Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 Heavily spotted brown. Out on the edge of the Bell curve of normal variation. https://flyfishingfotography.smugmug.com/ http://www.flyfishingfotography.com/flyfishingfotography_new_001.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonefishdick Posted June 18, 2018 Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 It is a Hatchery Brown, we get a lot of them here in Mass as well. The Tug Is The Drug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Stu Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 I'm no expert but the spotting looks like the other tigers (hatchery hybrid) I've seen in photos. Nice fish. Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyrodder44 Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Tiger is my vote! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonefish Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Another vote for Tiger trout. SF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrBob Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 My initial impression was tiger as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossafrbz Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 looks like a tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theflyguy Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 I would say a hatchery tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titleguy Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Tiger based upon the vermiculations on the back. I would ******* LOVE a grave blanket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrmyln Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Typical stocked PA brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theflyguy Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 1 hour ago, jrmyln said: Typical stocked PA brown Highly doubtful I would put money on it that it’s a tiger trout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Patricelli Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 I agree that one can make a case for Tiger......BUT......the inter-melding of the spots does not reach the degree of latent vermiculation pattern of ANY of the Tiger trout pictures I could find online AND there is no trace at all of a white line on the leading edge of the pectoral fins......which is the one most universal visual findings in all the pictures. That characteristic is quite obvious in some and just a subtle light line in others.......but there is NOTHING at all on the unknown fish. The variation on colors and spot patterns in Tigers (looking at online pictures) is at least as wide or wider than either a true Brown or Brookie. In spite of that, If this is a Tiger, then it is more of an outlier for a Tiger than it is for a brown. I have personally only caught one Tiger and it was quite different that the pictured fish. Beyond that we can only go on the one picture of the fish and the available Tiger pictures online. We will never know for sure. https://flyfishingfotography.smugmug.com/ http://www.flyfishingfotography.com/flyfishingfotography_new_001.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrmyln Posted June 21, 2018 Report Share Posted June 21, 2018 Here is a wild tiger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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