<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[SwittersB &amp; Exploring]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://swittersb.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[SwittersB &#38; Exploring]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://swittersb.com/author/swittersb/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Ape Reports: Group Spurts Alert (Steelhead&nbsp;Spawning)]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Essentially it’s a major free for all with a “may the best and closest ’spurt’ win” mentality….  Yup, this means that the male rainbow trout is able to fertilize the eggs of a female steelhead. So much for all those steelhead snobs who turn their noses up at the “measly trout”.&#8221; <a href="http://flyaddicts.com/flygal/2010/02/19/trout-in-a-new-light/" target="_blank">Ms. Vokey</a> points the way toward more <a href="http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/assets/25/4245_06172004_122523_steelhead.pdf" target="_blank">info starting on Pg. 42.</a></p>
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