320 The Trout s of America 



men of ten pounds having been taken with a 

 feathered lure, unless its attractiveness was reen- 

 forced by a bright, spinning spoon. 



The Eastern charr that goes to the sea is 

 fontinalis, the Western one is the Dolly Varden. 

 The effect of their sojourn in salt water is shown 

 in their rapid growth, a more rounded, thicker 

 body, and the striking change in coloration. 

 When they return from their ocean migrations, 

 they have lost all their characteristic colors that 

 adorn them in a fresh-water habitat, and become 

 silvery in coloration, but assume, when belated, as 

 has been stated, in returning to salt water, their 

 original markings and colors. There is no 

 anatomical difference in the structure of the 

 Eastern sea-trout from that seen in the Eastern 

 speckled trout, hence the former has no specific 

 classification other than Salvelinus fontiiialis ; 

 although deprived, as it has been, of this distinc- 

 tion, it displays to the angler qualities on the rod 

 that entitle it to a high grade among game 

 fishes. It is a persistent and eager riser to the 

 artificial fly, and grows to a weight of six or 

 seven pounds ; and when taken, as it often is, in 

 a salmon pool the angler is apt to mistake its 

 strong surges for those of a small but sprightly 



