Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A stream in which trout breed or may be taken.

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Examples

  • But trout-stream food chains grind along at their own uneven but steady pace.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • In a context unfamiliar to fly fishers, a mayfly, caddis or stonefly hatch could be considered an “infestation” instead of an occasion to catch fish, and what Bob did, simply enough, was to key the appearance of the major trout-stream insect hatches to the blooming of specific wildflowers along his local rivers.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • But trout-stream food chains grind along at their own uneven but steady pace.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • But trout-stream food chains grind along at their own uneven but steady pace.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • But trout-stream food chains grind along at their own uneven but steady pace.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • In a context unfamiliar to fly fishers, a mayfly, caddis or stonefly hatch could be considered an “infestation” instead of an occasion to catch fish, and what Bob did, simply enough, was to key the appearance of the major trout-stream insect hatches to the blooming of specific wildflowers along his local rivers.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • In a context unfamiliar to fly fishers, a mayfly, caddis or stonefly hatch could be considered an “infestation” instead of an occasion to catch fish, and what Bob did, simply enough, was to key the appearance of the major trout-stream insect hatches to the blooming of specific wildflowers along his local rivers.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • In a context unfamiliar to fly fishers, a mayfly, caddis or stonefly hatch could be considered an “infestation” instead of an occasion to catch fish, and what Bob did, simply enough, was to key the appearance of the major trout-stream insect hatches to the blooming of specific wildflowers along his local rivers.

    Fool’s Paradise John Gierach 2008

  • Of the two families, owners of the Factory (which had spoiled the Brawl as a trout-stream and brought all the mischief into the town), the senior partner, Mr. Rolt, went to Ebenezer; the junior,

    The History of Pendennis 2006

  • Every time I hear this trout-stream platitude, I think of the 24-inch brown trout I caught on a size 24 midge in New York's Delaware River.

    The Mighty Midge 2003

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