Deaner,
I agree with most of what you said, but as far as wild and farm raised trout having the same instincts, I disagree. Wild trout are born and grow up in the wild, where they must learn survival skills, such as choosing food, evading predators, camouflage, etc. Farm raised trout are raised in a controlled environment where there are little or no threats to their mortality. Therefore, they have nothing to worry about and have very little survival instincts. This makes them easier to catch because they don't know powerbait from a maylfly from goldfish flakes. Wild trout however, most of the time, have an understanding that mayflies are good to eat, leaves aren't, etc. This makes them more picky about their food, and more of a challenge to catch. Since they also grow up in the wild, and know the consequences of making bad decisions, they tend to pull harder than planter trout (wild trout FIGHT for their survival in every sense of the word). It is my opinion that wild trout are harder to catch than planter trout, because of the fact that they grew up avoiding predators, and learned to make good decisions, while planter trout did not.
-Brian