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Brook Trout
Salmoniformes Salmonidae Oncorhynchus fontinalis
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.
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