228 The Trout s of America 



Their time of spawning is irregular; nominally 

 it takes place in the spring, but frequently gravid 

 females are found in the early days of August, 

 although a large majority are through spawning 

 by the middle of June. 



This trout is an omnivorous feeder, taking 

 indiscriminately whatever is thrown to him, — 

 chunks of meat, grasshoppers, worms, white 

 grubs, and minnows, — but he has a weakness for 

 insects, hence takes an artificial fly with avidity, 

 particularly the Coachman, Black Hackle with a 

 peacock body, the June Spinner, and the Black 

 Prince. They take these imitations eagerly in 

 the rifts, which they seem to prefer when feed- 

 ing to the pools or deeper currents ; July is 

 the best month for fishing in all the waters of 

 the state, from which a number of these fish 

 have been taken by the United States Fish 

 Commission to the hatchery at Wytheville, Vir- 

 ginia, for the purpose of stocking Eastern streams. 



The Waha Lake trout {Salmo clarkii bouvieri) 

 was first discovered by Captain Bendire, U.S.A., in 

 Waha Lake, a small mountain pond, land-locked, 

 in the state of Washington, to which it seems to 

 be confined, as it has not been found in any other 

 waters. It is singularly colored, with dark spots 



