Brown Trout With Marble Pattern

The marble trout s diet changes with age.

Brown trout with marble pattern.

Its habitat is limited to the rivers of the adriatic basin. See more ideas about trout fly fishing fish. Its colouring and marbled pattern changes from river system to river system so it is possible to find genetically pure marble trout with red dots or splotches. A shy predatory fish prefers staying in secluded and covered places.

Marble trout originally evolved from the brown trout. Salmo marmoratus marble trout is a species of freshwater fish in the family salmonidae it is characterized by a distinctive marbled color pattern and high growth capacity. Personally i do not agree with few scientists in the past that classified marble trout as a species because it is a fact that it can be crossed with brown trout and the descendants are fertile. Brown trout can grow to 20kg.

However in rivers a 1 to 1 5kg fish is normally a good fish with reservoir or lake fish growing substantially bigger catch one of these with a fishing fly and it really will tug your string. Interestingly even a scandinavian brown trout of the otra river in norway skaala solberg 1997 which belong to the atlantic evolutionary lineage were found to express marbled color pattern although genetic markers and phenotypic characters of these trout are not similar to those characteristic of the adriatic marble trout delling 2002. Marble trout idrijca 2005 caught on streamer. Marble trout present a distinctive grey brown or green marble pattern on the back and sides which extends to the gill cover but not to the fins.

Known to develop its masking pattern specifically for the river and its lay. One of the best rivers are vipava rižana reka and soča. Marble trout salmo marmoratus native to adriatic basin can only be found in rivers flowing into adriatics known for its marbled pattern also referred to as adriatic river ghost is considered the pride and symbol of slovenian fly fishing. Marble trout is the largest trout species in europe.

In slovenia one can successfully fish for it with fly fishing and spin fishing technique as well. They have a slender cylindrical shaped body large head extremely large mouth with the jaw extending beyond the rear edge of the eye and strong teeth. Feb 6 2015 explore falconsledge1 s board marble trout followed by 222 people on pinterest. Large brown trout in reservoirs and lakes produce runs like you have hooked a torpedo.

The smaller fish feed on nymphs principally and sometimes take emergers or dry flies. The marble trout is found in only handful drainages and rivers of the adriatic basin in going from north to south italy slovenia croatia bosnia and herzegovina and montenegro while in albania species is considered. The brown trout may grow up to 10 kg 22 lb and a length of about 90 cm 35 in in some localities although in most rivers a mature weight of 1 0 kg or less is common.