http://www.patagoniaflies.com/fly-fishing-tierra-del-fuego-cold-and-windy-but-worth-it Blog about patagonia. Sat, 08 May 2010 00:57:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.patagoniaflies.com/fly-fishing-tierra-del-fuego-cold-and-windy-but-worth-it/comment-page-1#comment-45 patagoniaflies Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:02:04 +0000 http://www.patagoniaflies.com/?p=74#comment-45 From what I have learned the longer they stay in the Rio Grande for spawning purposes the more vibrant pigmentation they put on to attract female mates usually darking the steel color to deeper hues of brown and orange which reflect a vibrant redish brown on their cheeks, but I think it is not common to look this red but this is a huge male, maybe the sun made the cheeks look redder than normal in this amazing photo. From what I have learned the longer they stay in the Rio Grande for spawning purposes the more vibrant pigmentation they put on to attract female mates usually darking the steel color to deeper hues of brown and orange which reflect a vibrant redish brown on their cheeks, but I think it is not common to look this red but this is a huge male, maybe the sun made the cheeks look redder than normal in this amazing photo.

]]> http://www.patagoniaflies.com/fly-fishing-tierra-del-fuego-cold-and-windy-but-worth-it/comment-page-1#comment-44 Jeremy Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:35:14 +0000 http://www.patagoniaflies.com/?p=74#comment-44 that is a sweet looking fish! interesting red coloring for a brown trout?? is that common for the sea run brown trout in argentina? that is a sweet looking fish! interesting red coloring for a brown trout?? is that common for the sea run brown trout in argentina?

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