Rainbows Are In Their Winter Colors...

[Phil Lilley]

Caught these just off the gravel bank below the Narrows today on a #14 Peppy scud tied on a 200R hook, weighted.

More rainbows caught but I didn't want to get the camera wet!

[Quillback]

Some nice looking fish!

[rainbow]

Nice colors on those. good looking fish.

[Ham]

I don't like the colors on the yellow looking ones very much.

I've tried asking various ppl about the diiferent strains of Rainbows we have in the White River below BSL and haven't gotten a lot of useful information.

[Phil Lilley]

I think they may be so convoluted now that no one can name them anymore.

Been catching some males, yellow tints, that are really pretty. Clear bold spots and nice red sides. A lot of the males are dark and not pretty though.

[Ham]

I'll have to make a real effort to get pictures of some of the "prettier" ones I catch. Sometimes though the camera just doesn't seem to catch some of the subtle undertomes. Some are really pink, some have a lot of white on the front edge of their fins, some have that red or pink, or orange "scum" on their bellies, some are loaded with big black dots all over them and others have tiny dots more on their back and tail.

[ness]

Perty!

[fishinwrench]

That fish in the first and third pics looks like a Signature series rainbow.

For a second there I thought it spelled "Phil".

See it ?

[Phil Lilley]

1 and 3 are the same fish. I didn't notice the order... I take pics of the head and full fish usually.

[fishinwrench]

Yeah, I was just referring to the markings. It kinda looks..... Oh nevermind