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gon, undoubtedly, at some time was a Grayling stream. 

 The Pigeon River, the Sturgeon, the Au Sable, the Maple, 

 the Black, and other streams flowing into the "Inland Chain" 

 of lakes and rivers, are, however, still fairly stocked with 

 this fish. 



It has been said by some anglers that the flesh of the 

 Grayling is preferable to that of the Trout. It is assuredly 

 most palatable, and has this in its favor: that "one can eat 

 it every day during a long outing, and the last meal is as 

 hearty as the first." 



There appears to be a difference in the structure and 

 habits of the Grayling in different waters. Those found in 

 the streams emptying on the western shore of Michigan are 

 smaller than those of its eastern waters; and it has been said 

 that "the fish of the Manistee is a jumper, while that of the 

 Au Sable is a low, deep, hard puller, with slightly different 

 tactics to free himself than the Manistee Grayling." 



With regard to the Montana Grayling, I can hardly do 

 better than introduce an article from the pen of William C. 

 Harris, editor of the "American Angler:" 



"Within a short distance (soon walked) from the hotel, 

 the three rivers above named— Gallatin, Madison and Jeffer- 

 son — flow close together and are indiscriminately fished by 

 the resident anglers. In all the rivers the Grayling, the 

 Rocky Mountain Trout {^Salvclinus purpura t us) and White- 

 fish {Coregojiics ivilliamsonii) can be found, but the Gallatin 

 is the fish river of my dreams. In its waters the three fish, 

 just named, veritably 'swarm.' 



"We fished the Gallatin at a point about four miles from 

 the town, and as I descended the bank to reach the stream, 

 the surface of the pool before me was mottled with jumping 

 and feeding fish. Here a Grayling, there a Trout, and in 

 between, a White-fish. It seemed a sacrilege to the memory 

 of Brother Izaak to place a lure before them. Stifling our 

 qualms (easily done) we walked above the pool and cast our 



