![[ Picture of Kamloops Rainbow Trout ]](images/rusty.jpg)
This trout is from the upper Columbia and Fraser Rivers of British Columbia. It was first classified in 1992 as Oncorbynchus Kamloops under the mistaken belief it represented a landlocked species of Pacific salmon. It is now known as Salmo Gairdneri which also includes Steelhead and Redband trout of the upper Columbia. We have used the Gerrard strain from Kootenay Lake in British Columbia, which live twice as long as most rainbows and can exceed 50 lbs. They are spring spawners and meet the small window of opportunity available in eastern streams to produce viable eggs. I have traveled several times to British Columbia to fish for these trout. They are exciting to catch and fight like steelhead. Here is your chance to land one in the East.
- Roy Magarigal