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Old August 10th, 2010, 10:51 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
D. LaCourse
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Default Why'd we stop calling them "German" Browns?

On 2010-08-10 17:48:49 -0400, BJConner said:

On Aug 9, 12:59*pm, Todd wrote:
On 08/09/2010 12:37 PM, BJConner wrote:

On Aug 9, 11:20 am, *wrote:
Hi All,


* * *When I was a kid, we always referred to Brown trout
as "German" Browns. *I have not heard that expression
in years. *Just out of curiosity, why'd we stop calling
the "German" Browns and now just call them "Browns"?


-T


We called them "Loch Levens"


Wikipedia gives me a lake:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Leven

Were your "Loch Levens" native to the area or were they imported
from Germany?

-T


They came over from Caledonia in a clipper ship


And some were shipped to Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia.

Dave