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Meant to add graying have a huge following around the World and a bunch of different species including one with huge sharp fangs.
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Art, you need to use more "l"s in your writing.
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Art, you need to use more "l"s in your writing.
Funny, I try to get all of them out!
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Love me some pan fried dollies.
Always felt dollies from the saltwater, feeding on salmon fry and sand lances, are superior to salmon egg gorging, freshwater ones.
I agree.
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VIDEO
Fun to watch... and some wonder why we live in AK. And this is probably the most heavily fished spot in Alaska!
those look like char
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VIDEO
Fun to watch... and some wonder why we live in AK. And this is probably the most heavily fished spot in Alaska!
those look like char
Dolly Varden are char.
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Well, that would explain why they look a lot like my fave trout...
brookie
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Yup, close relatives for sure. When they spawn, they look even more like a brookie.
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that is one gorgeous fish, brook trout on steroids. I actually caught a huge speck up on Nipigon, could have been a five pounder
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Campfire Kahuna
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Dolly and Char are related. Some say Bull Trout too, give or take. Dolly's are of the char family, IF I recall correctly and or understand correctly.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Oops... should have refreshed... LMAO.. its been a long double day so far and up early to look for silvers
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I'd guess an egg pattern would be a good choice.
awesome video.
I use a crystal meth or sucker spawn egg fly pattern on the kenai when fly fishing . better than beads imo
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F’ing awesome. I caught an 18” dolly in a small north Idaho creek years ago. Never forget it.
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F’ing awesome. I caught an 18” dolly in a small north Idaho creek years ago. Never forget it.
Uhhhhhh, that would have been a bull trout.
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Dolly and Char are related. Some say Bull Trout too, give or take. Dolly's are of the char family, IF I recall correctly and or understand correctly.
Dolly Varden were named way south of AK after a Dickens character. Eventually the powers that be decided there were two different species and called the more northern one Dollies and the southern one bull trout.
There are many species of char and several more that live in AK... It is a confusing family.
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