296 The Trout s of America 



cally known as Salvelinus malma, and has not 

 been found in any other waters than those of 

 Kamchatka. 



The spawning habit of trout {fontinalis) are 

 similar to those of other members of the salmon 

 family. At the approach of winter they go up to 

 the head waters, or as near them as the conditions 

 permit; in fact, from the time they leave the 

 deeper lower waters, to which they resort after 

 spawning, they head up-stream constantly, taking 

 advantage of every rise in the brook. The repro- 

 ductive instinct impels them to do this, and as 

 the warmer months come this feeling grows 

 stronger and stronger, and although they seek in 

 hot weather the health-giving spring hole and the 

 cool depth of a pool and remain there for some 

 time, they are apt, as soon as a greater volume of 

 water pours over the shallow rapids, to look for 

 other comfortable quarters, but always higher up. 

 It is the practice of experienced and observing 

 fly fishermen who have from day to day noted the 

 haunt of a large trout, and missed his presence 

 there, to seek for him in the next likely pool 

 up-stream. 



Arrived at the spawning ground in October or 

 later on, the female shapes with industrious care 



