There’s a lot to like about brook trout – even if they're technically a char, not a trout. They sport otherworldly colors, dwell in only the cleanest bodies of water, and attack dry flies with ...

They spawned; they grew fat; they ate their young; and, yes, they did exactly as the xenophobes predicted—they muscled aside the native brook ... trout had taken control of the Beaverkill River ...

The creeks flow into the Williams Fork River, which flows into the Colorado River ... Cutthroat trout are measured and released, while brook trout are removed. Photo credit: Denver Water.