SALTER S 



OR BROOK-TROUT THAT SEEK 

 THE SALT WATER 



IN writing an article on this subject, I am 

 placed in a rather peculiar position for the 

 reason that there are so many conflicting 

 ideas in regard to the habits of what ordi- 

 narily may be termed the brook-trout, and I am 

 comparatively young in experience and have had 

 to enter into consultation with older sportsmen 

 in order to gain certain information which they 

 may have at hand, although in a great many cases 

 I have found that it was directly opposite that of 

 my own experience. 



April first, trout fishing is a sport which is 

 enjoyed, I believe, more largely in Barnstable 

 County than in any other section of the New 

 England States. At that time the law is ofl^, and 

 you will see the trains, the day before the first, 

 carrying among their passengers many sportsmen, 

 and their destination you are well aware of when 

 you witness their luggage, for it usually consists 



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