Varieties of Rainbows

[Phil Lilley]

It'd be cool to identify the strains of rainbow in Taney- I've pulled a few pics of rainbows caught. they are taken at different times of year so colors will vary.

[loo10]

This would be a neat thing to find out about

but I imagine there are many, many combined strains.

Like people, different fish pick up different traits

of their ancestors.

Thanks for the pictures.

Given a choice...I'd take 3rd from the top.

[Wayne SW/MO]

This might be of interest to some.

Missouri Strains

There are some others on the MDC site, but since the new look was adopted I've had problems pulling up information and this is an example.

[Murdoc]

This is another great example of how we are blessed here in the Ozark's. We need to thank someone everyday and take care of it. No where else is there so much great and beautiful nature. Thanks for the pictures!!!

[tippet7]

The 1st 2 photos is of me and my brother. Both fish were caught the same day Oct 30th within 2 hours or so of each other. Notice how much more of a brownish color my brothers fish has? Where my fish is bigger, but not as colorful.

I have caught 10lb rainbows in the Frying Pan River in Colorado and the colors were incredible. And I know they get their bright red from the shrimp coming through the dam. But why is there such a color difference here on Taneycomo?