The Dolley Varden is not as known as the Rainbow Trout, but they play an important part in the cycle of our streams and rivers, by eating the good/dead eggs and pieces and parts of decaying fish that have spawned.

The Dolley are also fun to catch. They don't fight as well as a Rainbow Trout, but they will give a 4 wt. fly rod a work out.

They vary in sizes of 1 lb. to 10 lbs. While you are trying to catch that trophy, you will catch a lot of smaller dollies. They fight a lot different than the Rainbow Trout does. When you hook and Rainbow, it jumps out of the water trying to get rid of the hook. When you hook a Dolley it stays down and fights with a hard pulling weight.

The Dolley is a great fighting fish, and is one of the prettiest in the river.