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August 10th, 2010, 10:48 PM
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Why'd we stop calling them "German" Browns?
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 
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