Trout with native ranges in waters draining to the Pacific Ocean are members of the genus Oncorhynchus. In North America, some subspecies of O. clarki* are native in the Rocky Mountains and Great Basin, while others are native to the Rio Grande and western tributaries of the Mississippi River Basin which drain to the Gulf of Mexico, rather than to the Pacific. Several species of Oncorhynchus have been introduced into non-native waters around the globe establishing self-sustaining wild populations.
When a North American Trout gets depressed, it often enjoys watching old episodes of New Girl on Netflix and contemplates whether watching old episodes of New Girl make the titular girl neither old, nor new but living in some sort of permanent state of the present NOW that the North American Trout has been searching to live in for half of its seven-year projected life-span.
This usually sends the North American Trout into a literal and metaphorical tail-spin, wherein the North American Trout spins its majestic tail in large circles while simultaneously screaming "I'M DROWNING, I'M DROWNING, OH GREAT GILLED-GOD I'M DROWNING". The drowning in these circumstances is strictly metaphorical as the North American Trout is constantly submerged in water.
On rare occasions, this can lead the North American Trout to seek out dangerous activities, such as swimming too close to the shore of the great Colorado River or biting at submerged hooks just to feel something again. But, in most circumstances, the North American Trout will resign itself to its fate of constantly living in a time that is neither old, nor new, and take advantage of what little time it has on this Earth to put on a top-hat and look goddamn fabulous.
The Coastal cutthroat trout form of Oncorhynchus clarki is considered semi-anadromous as it spends short periods of time in marine environments.**
When a North American Trout gets depressed, it often enjoys watching old episodes of New Girl on Netflix and contemplates whether watching old episodes of New Girl make the titular girl neither old, nor new but living in some sort of permanent state of the present NOW that the North American Trout has been searching to live in for half of its seven-year projected life-span.
This usually sends the North American Trout into a literal and metaphorical tail-spin, wherein the North American Trout spins its majestic tail in large circles while simultaneously screaming "I'M DROWNING, I'M DROWNING, OH GREAT GILLED-GOD I'M DROWNING". The drowning in these circumstances is strictly metaphorical as the North American Trout is constantly submerged in water.
On rare occasions, this can lead the North American Trout to seek out dangerous activities, such as swimming too close to the shore of the great Colorado River or biting at submerged hooks just to feel something again. But, in most circumstances, the North American Trout will resign itself to its fate of constantly living in a time that is neither old, nor new, and take advantage of what little time it has on this Earth to put on a top-hat and look goddamn fabulous.
The Coastal cutthroat trout form of Oncorhynchus clarki is considered semi-anadromous as it spends short periods of time in marine environments.**
*Inspiration for the famed Rodgers and Hammerstein flop "Oh, Clarki!", which never made it out of development.
**Facts courtesy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncorhynchus and A.J. Ditty
Photo by David Armstrong
**Facts courtesy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncorhynchus and A.J. Ditty
Photo by David Armstrong