On this occasion the brookie in question was a particularly welcome sight after Riley lost his favorite lure to a huge rainbow the evening before, in an oft-revisited turn of events in which it was roundly concluded by family consensus (with only a single abstention) that FOTL was ultimately at fault for not properly setting the drag on the venerable Scooby-Doo rod and then offering unsolicited advice to horse the hog right up on the dock. And if that's not enough, most anglers would agree the brookie, with its naturally pink-hued flesh, is the tastiest of our 'trout.' Their willingness to take a fly or lure in almost any situation makes them ideal for the family camping trip. More important for our purposes, brookies are admired by anglers (and sometimes smack-talked) for their gullibility. is a char and is distinguished from a trout by its dark coloring and lighter-colored spots (trout, on the other hand, have darker spots on light bodies, among other things). A member of Salmonidae, or salmon family, the brookie isn't really a trout this native of the Eastern U.S. If there was a fish designed.oops, bad word choice.that evolved just for kids to catch, it's the brook trout.
