Sunapee Golden 

 Trout {Salve- 

 linus aureolus) 



Not a Fly Fish 



Favorite Fish and Fishing 



may be successfully propagated, If only for 

 its handsome coloration. 



This fine fish was first described by Dr. 

 Tarleton H. Bean, In 1887, from Sunapee 

 Lake, New Hampshire. It exists, also, 

 only In one or two ponds or small lakes in 

 the vicinity. It is almost identical with the 

 European char (Sahelinus alpinus) . It is 

 generally supposed to be native to the 

 waters mentioned, but there Is a possibility 

 that It was Introduced from Europe. How- 

 ever that may be it is now recognized as a 

 different species and a fine example of Amer- 

 ican trout. It grows to about twelve pounds 

 In weight, but unfortunately does not rise to 

 the fly. I have had no experience with this 

 fish, but Dr. J. D. Quackenbos, who, more 

 than any one else brought the fish to notice, 

 says: 



" As far as known it does not rise to the 

 fly. . . Through the summer months 

 It is angled for with a live minnow or smelt, 

 in sixty or seventy feet of water, over cold 

 bottom, in localities that have been baited. 

 While the smelt are inshore, trolling with 

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