Randal Betz Jr

Kype refers to the hooked jaw that develops on male trout during the spawning season. It’s a characteristic physical change, and it’s associated with the fish’s breeding behavior. It allows the males to battle over spawning positions. Some trout seem to have longer hooked jaws than others. That is from the hooked jaws not entirely disappearing from the fish after the spawning season. The surviving fish will grow the hooked jaw again, thus just adding to the length of what didn’t entirely disappear to begin with. Ironically this tiger trout has a kype even though they can’t spawn. Tiger trout are sterile. They still go through the color and physical changes just like brown and brook trout though. Another little secret about tiger trout, they don’t really like bugs. They prefer something moving. So you can get them with a dry fly that’s moving, or a streamer or euro jig, but a dead drifting nymph is most likely a waste of your time. #tigertrout #kype #flyfishdelawhere #troutfly #fishing #flyfishing #trout #spawning