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Brook Trout
Salmoniformes Salmonidae Oncorhynchus fontinalis

Brook Trout Material Kit $23.50, enough material for 20 minnows.
Hook & Eye Size

Maximum Size: 30-inches
Shape:  Streamlined
Suggested Hook & Size:  Mustad 33909 #1/0 - #14
Thread:  Green 8/0 Uni-thread

Tail:  Pearl Blue/Olive Hanked Lite-Brite color
Crimson Red and Ultramarine Blue Prismacolor
Pen spots on the tail
Tail Fin:  Color Crimson Red and Ultramarine
Blue Prismacolor Pen spots on the tail
Body:  None
Eye & Insert:  Gold Spirit River, Real Eye with Priz Gold 3-D Molded insert
Lower Side:  Black Hills Gold Hanked Lite-Brite
Upper Side:  Shimmering Chartreuse Hanked Lite-Brite

Snout Color or Change Thread: 8/0 Uni-Thread
Belly or Stomach: Brite Yellow Hanked Lite-Brite
Dorsum or Back: Pearl Blue/Olive Hanked Lite-Brite with Dark Olive Hanked Lite-Brite over

Head Color: Dark Olive
Cheek & Chin Color: Hare’s Ear
Pectoral Fins: Orange Prismacolor Pen
Anal Fin: Orange Prismacolor Pen
Pelvic Fin: Orange Prismacolor Pen
Dorsal Fin: Chartreuse Prismacolor Pen spots

Colored Markers: Orange Prismacolor Pen for all the lower fins: Chartreuse Prismacolor Pen for the Dorsal fin: Crimson Red and Ultramarine Blue spots on the tail fin and Upper and Lower sides.
Tying Notes: None

Distribution: Native range from Georgia northward to Labrador and westward to Manitoba and the Great Lakes.
Habitat: Cold, clear streams, rivers and lakes.
Spawning Period: Fall to early Winter
Spawning Habitat: A nest builder in shallow riffles on gravel bottoms of cold, clear, well oxygenated streams and rivers.
Important Notes: Brook Trout are the only native trout of the Atlantic and Great Lakes Drainages.

Fishin' What They See, Vol. 1 $14.95
The White and Black River Systems Above Their Confluence and The Little Red River System.

 

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