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Smaller
brown trout feed primarily on insects. The most important insects vary with
the season but the bulk of them are
mayflies, caddis flies,
midges or terrestrial insects. Browns in smaller streams are also
dependent on food washed from the banks. Small browns select an area for
feeding in a drift and do not move from it until a predator is introduced.
This foraging site is characterized by a good view of the drift near refuge
sites such as deep water or complex structure. Small browns never feed
immediately upstream of a larger fish. Large browns' diets are more diverse
than that of younger browns. Smaller trout account for 80% of the large
brown's diet. The remaining diet consists of large aquatic insects such as
Hexagania and Brown
Drake (Ephemera
simulans) mayflies and larger species of caddisflies Crustaceans, snails, amphibians, and food washed from the bank. Also, the
feeding habits of large browns is primarily nocturnal. They eat whatever is
in the immediate area, preferably about 4 inches from the stream's floor in
riffles, pools, or eddies. In contrast to young browns, large brown trout do
not sit and wait for food, they hunt it actively.
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