The Trout 



the Sierras 



herlted fancy for the Imitations of the May- 

 fly, the green and gray drakes, when the 

 natural May fly is on the water. This fly 

 Is also known as the sand-fly. 



High up In the Southern Sierras, about 9oiden Trout of 

 10,000 feet. In the neighborhood of Mount 

 Whitney, California, are several species or 

 sub-species, of " golden trout," apparently 

 related to the rainbow trout. For beautiful 

 and varied coloration they excel all fishes 

 of fresh waters and rival those of the coral 

 reefs of the tropics. 



For many years the golden trout of 

 Mount Whitney has been described at vari- 

 ous times by enthusiastic anglers In the 

 sportsmen's journals, but not until lately 

 have these fishes been properly systema- 

 tized. In the summer of 1904 a party 

 headed by Dr. Barton W. Evermann, under 

 the auspices of the United States Bureau of 

 Fisheries, proceeded to the locality men- 

 tioned, and thoroughly explored the differ- 

 ent streams, and collected hundreds of 

 specimens of the trout Inhabiting them. As 

 a result of this expedition the following 



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