04-03-2014, 11:02 PM
[#0000FF]The rainbows from Deer Creek have been widely regarded as some of the best eating trout in Utah for many years. They subsist heavily on "green soup", the clouds of zooplankton that have always fed the rainbows well. Of course they eat other invertebrates and some small fishies too, but the diet of "shrimpettes"...rich in vitamin A...helps give them firm pink flesh that is among the best.
In recent years the "Starvation steelhead" rainbows from Starvy have come to rival Deer Creek's bows in flesh color and prime table qualities. Same deal. Lots of aquatic bugs...rich in vitamin A. Both seem to grow fairly fast on that diet but the Starvy strain is from the Jones Hole hatchery and is a bit different than those dumped into Deer Creek.
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In recent years the "Starvation steelhead" rainbows from Starvy have come to rival Deer Creek's bows in flesh color and prime table qualities. Same deal. Lots of aquatic bugs...rich in vitamin A. Both seem to grow fairly fast on that diet but the Starvy strain is from the Jones Hole hatchery and is a bit different than those dumped into Deer Creek.
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