Thank you for all the great input on the Dolly and Bull trout , I think we should pay more attention to those fish , they are joy to cast to.
It is very difficult to distinguish one from the other , it can be done only in the lab.
What ever we might call them , we should be very happy that they still exist !
I wish there was more books on those fish , or better yet maybe you should write one!
Thanks again for a great in depth info.
Ps: Would love to try Souk but I never been there , don't know where would be good place to start.
Les Korcala
>From: "Preston Singletary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Bull Trout
>Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 08:46:49 -0800
>
>As you probably know, differentiating between the two is not a simple task;
>in fact the bull trout was only officially rcognized as a separate species
>in 1978. Even though it was known that both Dolly Varden and bull trout
>occurred in this area, everyone assumed that the large, anadromous char in
>Puget Sound and coastal rivers were Dolly Varden. The latest studies
>indicate that quite the opposite is true. The current belief seems to be
>that the only Dolly Varden populations occur in the small, upper
>tributaries, often above insurmountable barriers and that the big "Dollies"
>caught in rivers like the Sakgit, Stillaguamish and Skykomish are, in fact,
>bull trout.
>
>Thirty-plus years ago we caught them frequently while steelheading in the
>winter, especially on the Sakgit and Sauk, and everyone called them Dollies.
>Although they don't put up as spectacular a fight as a steelhead, rarely
>jumping, a good big bull trout can pull pretty hard and be pretty tenacious.
>When targeting them I usually use a 6-wt.; that allows them to put up a
>better scrap than the usual 8- or 9-weight winter steelhead gear. The
>largest one that I've caught was 6 1/2 pounds and I took one just last week
>that was easily five. WDFW biologist Curt Kraemer says that they will go to
>more than ten pounds.
