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The amazing struggles of big brown, rainbow, and cutthroat trout leaping waterfalls at Dry Run Creek, a tributary of the North Fork and White River near Mountain Home, Arkansas.
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Gene's Trout Fishing Resort, site sponsor, is one-half mile from where the 2Cooleys trout photos were taken.

Trout Traffic Accidents - Photo 70

Why it's so hard for trout to get over the falls

dry run creek norfork, arkansas

Here is what would have been a perfect leap. But the trout landed head forward with it's tail uselessly finning the air. While this condition lasts only a fraction of a second, it is all it takes for the current to take control away from the fish. This is why they must land flawlessly parallel to the water. If they do, the current passes right around their bodies reducing drag, and most importantly, they can instantly use their tails to power them up the current. Without the use of their tails they will not make it. The only exception to this are the really big trout.

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