Dave,
I have absolutely nothing against people who have lots of money and are worthy enough to have earned it. Let them spend it as they wish say I and good luck to them.
The people I do have a go at are the monied oafs who have never done a stroke in their lives to earn their wealth. The majority of these people are spoiled, talentless, onerous swine who have aquired their fortune by inheriting it.
Bang on Colin. In many still waters, browns and rainbows live very well side by side. Any one who has caught a decent brownie from Rutland water will know what magnificent fish these are.
I agree fully about the fighting qualities of browns compared with rainbows, they can be very disappointing, especially in still water.
Gav, when you say that river brownies fight well, what are you comparing them with?
Compared with many coarse fish, river brownies fight much harder of course, but if you hooked a 2 pound naturally bred rainbow in a stream, you might get the shock of your life. I had to follow one once that I landed over 150 yards from the place I hooked it and it ony weighed 2 1/2 lbs.
On a 5 lb tippet and size 10 hook, no barbel or any other species on this earth of the same size would have fought so hard.
Rainbow trout in good condition are among the top 5 hardest fighting freshwater fish in the world. They are certainly the hardest fighting freshwater fish in this country and leave most of the rest standing, including seatrout and salmon.