Favorite Fish and Fishing 



natural bait, and in lakes or broad streams 

 succumbs to the trolling-spoon. It is not 

 so great a favorite as the other Western 

 trouts, except in Alaska, where it is abun- 

 dant in all lakes and streams. 

 The Brown Xhe brown trout is the brook trout of 



Trout [Salmo ^ . . , . i t t • i 



fario) h.urope, and was mtroduced to the United 



States from England and Germany, under 

 the auspices of the United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries. Those from Germany (the 

 eggs), were donated by Von Behr, and his 

 name was unfortunately applied to the fish 

 as " Von Behr trout," also " German 

 trout," two most unfortunate and ridiculous 

 names. It is the " brook trout " of Europe 

 and " brown trout " of Great Britain. In 

 Germany it is ^^ bach forelle/^ which means 

 brook trout. Among English-speaking 

 people it has been known since before the 

 day of Walton and Cotton as " brown 

 trout," and brown trout it should be world 

 without end. To rob this fine fish of its 

 good name and substitute the misnomers 

 mentioned was both unwise and absurd. 

 I sincerely hope that those names, to- 

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