Brownie or Salmon Parr

[phill_itofish]

Alright guys, was out with the fly rod today chasing Brownies. I landed this fish, I initially thought it was a salmon Parr now I'm not so sure. Any ideas

 

[phill_itofish]

It had quite a large dorsal fin

 

[Kev1n]

It looks like a trout to me.

 

[d-a]

sea trout

sea trout

sea trout

 

[d-a]

sea trout

sea trout

all the parr I have had have been under 3"

 

[natonthetyne]

It looks like a rainbow to me ;-)

 

[phill_itofish]

It looks like a rainbow to me ;-)

Haha, I'm pretty convinced it's a brownie, too many spots on the gill plate for a Parr I think

 

[Wadey]

No "thumbprints" on the flanks, trout I think......

 

[Bushwhacker]

What length was it??.
I can,t see the tail but it looks like a Salmon or Seatrout Smolt with it being so silver.
If it was a Parr it would have the thumb marks on its flanks.
Plus, theres no red spots so its not a a Brownie.
The tidal pools are full of Smolts at the minute.

 

[Huahin]

Red spots

Red spots

Alright guys, was out with the fly rod today chasing Brownies. I landed this fish, I initially thought it was a salmon Parr now I'm not so sure. Any ideas

Small brownie

 

[phill_itofish]

What length was it??.
I can,t see the tail but it looks like a Salmon or Seatrout Smolt with it being so silver.
If it was a Parr it would have the thumb marks on its flanks.
Plus, theres no red spots so its not a a Brownie.
The tidal pools are full of Smolts at the minute.

It was about 7inches mate, it did have a few red spots, you can see them if you zoom in a bit, I think the flash of the camera has masked some of the markings. A Sea Trout Parr would count the same in the lure challenge as they are technically the same species.

Thanks for the help