The brown trout, a toothy cousin of the Atlantic salmon and a very tough fighter on a fly rod, has come a long way from an isolated range in the high elevations of Eastern Europe. The species is piscivorous, tends to grow very old, and can be quite menacingly large especially in the lake- and sea-run populations. The brown trout is easily recognizable by its pronounced jaw line and distinctive red and black spots. The species was discovered and named by Linnaeus in 1758 and has remained to this day an impor