Favorite Fish and Fishing 



Growth and Where the red-throat trout grows to a 



^^^ larger size than usual, as in the Yellow- 



stone and other lakes, it is often called 

 " salmon-trout," and the bull-trout of the 

 Pacific Slope is also sometimes known by 

 the same name, but the only " salmon- 

 trout " is the steelhead trout. The red- 

 throat trout rises to the fly more freely than 

 the Eastern brook trout, though in game- 

 ness and flavor it is hardly its equal. Its 

 habits are also somewhat different. It usu- 

 ally lies in pools and holes, and does not 

 frequent the riffles so much as the Eastern 

 trout. In size it is somewhat larger than 

 the Eastern trout in streams of the same 

 relative width and depth, and like all trout 

 species grows to greater weight in lakes 

 and large streams. I have taken them on 

 the fly weighing from three to five pounds 

 in Soda Butte Lake in the Yellowstone 

 Park, and in Yankee Jim Canon on the 

 Yellowstone River. In Yellowstone Lake 

 some are infested with the white pelican 

 parasite, rendering them emaciated and 

 lacking in game qualities; this condition, 

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