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fall. Fly-fishing, however, is the most successful 

 method. 



Large baskets of whitefish are made in the 

 three forks of the Missouri River, especially in 

 the lower Gallatin River, where it is taken with 

 the grayling, the red-throat trout not being so 

 plentiful in that part of the stream. The tribu- 

 taries of this river are also well supplied with 

 whitefish. Bridger Creek, one of the tributaries 

 of East Gallatin River, has some large whitefish. 

 I have taken them in that stream up to two 

 pounds ; for gameness they were equal to trout of 

 the same weight, and just as good for the table. 

 They are at their best in the early fall months, 

 before spawning, when they are fat and in fine 

 fettle. At this season they must be looked for in 

 deep holes, especially in August and September, 

 when they are gregarious, and one's basket may 

 be filled from a single hole when of considerable 

 extent. Later they depart for the shallows and 

 pair off for spawning, when they seldom rise to 

 the fly. 



There is a sentiment among trout fishers, 

 and among people generally in a trout region, 

 that no other fish is quite so good to eat, or pos- 

 sessed of as much gameness, as the trout. While 



