Reply #5

[Fllyfishy]

It may not necessarially be

On a live salmonoid this would cover Rainbows, Steelhead, and all species of Salmon; the eyes will appear to be looking downwards they only appear to look straight ahead if the fish is dead or fatally stressed. It is surprising how many photos are of dead fish or ones on the way. 

They tend to look at the water, I read a great thread on PP or IFISH that talked about this.  I found the thread that the discuss this.  Here they are

Eyefish on fish eyes

PP thread on fish eyes