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Super Trout: The Donaldson Rainbow

April 4, 2008 By JD 7 Comments

amadorWhile I’ve never been a big fan of the hatchery “round-tailed” rainbow trout that get planted in waters throughout the West, I have to say that the Donaldson strain rainbows of Nor. Cal’s Lake Amador (and other places) are extremely cool “truck trout.”
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Filed Under: Where to fish Tagged With: donaldson trout, lake amador, trout

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