Why'd we stop calling them "German" Browns?

On Aug 9, 11:20*am, Todd 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"

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

On Aug 9, 2:59*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

"Early stocking efforts in the United States used fish taken from
Scotland and Germany. The Loch Leven strain is more often found in the
western United States, while the "German brown" is found more toward
the Midwest and East."
wikipedia/brown trout

Frank Reid

In article , Todd
writes
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

from Scotland, see http://www.lochwinnochac.net/Trout/leven.html

--
Ellis Morgan

On 08/10/2010 06:32 AM, Ellis Morgan wrote:
In article , Todd writes
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

from Scotland, see http://www.lochwinnochac.net/Trout/leven.html


Great link. Thank you!

-T

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

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