Distribution 203 



length, densely bordered by a growth of over- 

 hanging alders. Under these, and at a depth of 

 five or six feet, the trout lie in wait for falling 

 insects. These fish, when freshly taken from the 

 water, are found to be of dark coloration, the 

 vermiculations or mottlings on the back but 

 faintly outlined, yet the red or crimson spots are 

 more brilliant than ordinarily occurs. They are 

 stouter than usual at the shoulders, the body 

 broader and more aldermanic in its proportions ; 

 they are well fed, do not have to forage vigor- 

 ously for food, and rise to an artificial fly leisurely 

 and lazily. One hundred feet above this pool is 

 another, smaller and more shallow, into and out 

 of which turbulent rapids pour. Take a fish, as 

 I have done, from this swim, and he will be found 

 of lighter coloration, a slimmer and cleaner-cut 

 body, with the olive mottlings on his back clearly 

 outlined, and the red spots not so bright. Near 

 the head of the large pool named there is a little 

 rill that flows into the river over a shallow sand 

 bar, some ten inches in depth, and about five feet 

 broad. The trout from the deeper reaches of the 

 still water occasionally come on this bar, prob- 

 ably to bask in the sun, as there is apparently 

 no food there for them. In a few moments their 



