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Ron Troversial Clay
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I know that beauty is in the eye of the holder and there is likely to be some disagreement here.
However here is my list of British indigenous freshwater fish in order of beauty to my eyes.
1: The rudd. The colours are gorgeous. Those bright reddish orangy fins, brassy flanks and orange eyes are truly magnificent.
2: The brown trout. Again such grace of form, and those spots. And in the sea going form, bright silver with spots shaped like little swastikas.
3: The Grayling: Not loud but the subtle colours of the Lady of the Stream are wonderful.
4: The salmon. A fresh run springer is truly magnificent with that flash of blue down it's flanks which rapidly disappears when the fish is dispatched.
5: The roach: A good conditioned roach is a true thing of beauty.
6: The Barbel: It's shape means only one thing - Power. The Trent fish are the best looking I have ever seen.
7: The Perch: Stripes and spikes, a pugnacious look and some lovely colurs.
8: The Tench: again a lovely fish to look at. Those flanks look as though they are sculptured out of bronze set of by the little red eye.
9: the Chub: Some can be beautifully coloured, others, rather dull and drab
10: The Pike: the look of this fish spells Predator. Some can be ugly.
11: The Crucian Carp. Some people love them. I think that they are a little too chubby to be called beautiful.
12: The Dace. silvery and bright nothing much to add.
13: The Bream: Not a great looking fish
The slime puts me off a bit but I respect them greatly as a quarry.
14: The Eel: No one could ever call them pretty.
This is my list of the prettiest British freshwater fish in order.
What's yours?
However here is my list of British indigenous freshwater fish in order of beauty to my eyes.
1: The rudd. The colours are gorgeous. Those bright reddish orangy fins, brassy flanks and orange eyes are truly magnificent.
2: The brown trout. Again such grace of form, and those spots. And in the sea going form, bright silver with spots shaped like little swastikas.
3: The Grayling: Not loud but the subtle colours of the Lady of the Stream are wonderful.
4: The salmon. A fresh run springer is truly magnificent with that flash of blue down it's flanks which rapidly disappears when the fish is dispatched.
5: The roach: A good conditioned roach is a true thing of beauty.
6: The Barbel: It's shape means only one thing - Power. The Trent fish are the best looking I have ever seen.
7: The Perch: Stripes and spikes, a pugnacious look and some lovely colurs.
8: The Tench: again a lovely fish to look at. Those flanks look as though they are sculptured out of bronze set of by the little red eye.
9: the Chub: Some can be beautifully coloured, others, rather dull and drab
10: The Pike: the look of this fish spells Predator. Some can be ugly.
11: The Crucian Carp. Some people love them. I think that they are a little too chubby to be called beautiful.
12: The Dace. silvery and bright nothing much to add.
13: The Bream: Not a great looking fish
The slime puts me off a bit but I respect them greatly as a quarry.
14: The Eel: No one could ever call them pretty.
This is my list of the prettiest British freshwater fish in order.
What's yours?