![]() As fish get closer to the spawn, they will spend more time transitioning on and off the gravel and positioning themselves behind boulders and depressions in rapids. Prior to browns’ moving up onto their redds (gravel spawning beds) to spawn, look for them to hold in deep holes and adjacent to likely spawning areas. Successful brown trout fishing requires equal parts stealth and precise presentation. If kiwis are your thing, a trip to the South Island of New Zealand and its famed hydro canals will put you in the land of the current world-record brown trout (42 pounds, 1 ounce). ![]() There, they regularly top 20 pounds in large rivers that course through barren, windswept terrain. Patagonia nearly tickles up against Antarctica and is the premier location for sea-run browns. Scotland and Ireland are home to historic brown trout venues with old-world charm. Prime locations for pursuing trophy browns can be found all around the globe. No sooner do you get a glimpse at their daytime movement than they go nocturnal and vanish into the dark. They are masters of avoidance, spending most of their time in undercut banks and deep pools. They rarely afford anglers a good enough look at them to even confirm their existence. (Antarctica still remains a bit too frigid.) Their allure comes not only from their size and beauty, but also from their wily nature. ![]() So much so that anglers have seen fit to establish significant populations of them on every fishable continent of the planet. Though it might be the greatest understatement in fishing, there is something special about big brown trout. ![]()
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