onpoint
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Triploid too. Fought like a wet sock.
Seriously those are stocked fish (or were) but the browns are naturally occurring. Some of the bigger bows have been around for a while, but aren't brood stock. They get educated in the summer and by August/Sept they are very wary. In spring though, they're dumber than a box of rocks. We fished the river next to the creek and did well on wild browns on streamers.
All were caught on pellet flies. I refuse to fish bait. I have standards.
This is a tough crowd. No mercy given, none expected.