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Trout guides from the Stillriver hatchery
Plain answers to the questions dam owners, new farmers and cooks ask us most.
- Fish health checked before every dispatch
- Stocking advice with every order
- You speak to the people who raise the fish
- Delivering to Dullstroom
Why are my trout dying?
The usual causes of trout deaths in farm dams, how to tell them apart, and what to do today.
The trout life cycle
From eyed egg to table fish: every stage, how long it takes and what the fish needs at each one.
Smoked trout recipes
Five quick ways to use smoked trout ribbons and hot-smoked fillets, from pate to a weeknight pasta.
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