05-07-2010, 05:26 PM
Well if you want to get really technical, Bull Trout, Dolly Varden, and Arctic Char are all Char. And, Bull Trout were known as Dolly Varden until 1980, at which point it was realized that the Columbia/Snake River system strain of the species was threatened, and in some areas endangered. A common name in the Idaho area for this strain of the Char familia, was Bull Trout. Therefore, in order to narrow the defined strain and geographic area for the endangered species act the common name, Bull Trout, was adopted.
It gets a bit confusing, but it is similar to the many different species of Cut Throat Trout, and Rainbows for that matter.
Anywho, they were really fun to catch, and for their size the fight in them is about twice as much as the Steelhead because they aren't dying in transit like the Steelhead are.
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It gets a bit confusing, but it is similar to the many different species of Cut Throat Trout, and Rainbows for that matter.
Anywho, they were really fun to catch, and for their size the fight in them is about twice as much as the Steelhead because they aren't dying in transit like the Steelhead are.
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