The Trout 



This was, in truth, a virgin trout stream. 

 No artificial fly had ever before fretted the 

 surface of Its pristine waters. The only 

 sign of man was the mark on a tree, near 

 our camp, where a chip had been cut out 

 by a trapper, years before. Just above our 

 camp was a narrow trail leading from the 

 cliffs to the river, but the only tracks were 

 those of caribou, bears, 'coons, and porcu- 

 pines. 



There are other species of trout in There Are 

 American waters that are fished for In much ^^^^^^ 

 the same way as for brook trout; they are ^ 



the rainbow, steelhead, red-throat, golden, 

 Dolly Varden and Sunapee trout; also the 

 introduced European brown trout. These 

 various species are being Introduced In 

 trout waters in a number of states, so that 

 It may be well to briefly refer to some of 

 their characteristics. 



In the Rocky Mountain region there are Rocky Mountain 

 three groups of trout belonging to the Sp®"^^ 

 Salmo genus — the steelhead, rainbow and 

 red-throat, or cut-throat as it Is sometimes 

 called. They are all black spotted. In 



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