40 FISHING WITH THE FLY. 



" The entire tinted portion lias a beautiful golden iri- 

 descence, so that when held in the sunlight, and looked 

 at from the rear, it seems to be gilded." It may be no- 

 ticed that, with the exception of the purple strijie and 

 the golden iridescence, the description of this fish is al- 

 most identical with that of the gardneri. I think it 

 quite possible that they are the same at different ages, 

 and that later in life these Clarkii may become ambi- 

 tious and seek more lofty lakes. None that were taken 

 contained ova. 



"Where they came from, unless they run up the in- 

 let at night, no one found out, for although closely 

 watched in the daytime, none were ever seen in it. 



After about two weeks the greater portion disap- 

 peared, and although sought in the deep waters of the 

 lake, could not be found. Major William Governeur 

 Morris, the Collector of Customs of Alaska, assures me, 

 however, that during the summer of 1882, he found 

 certain places in the lake where he caught them until 

 August. On July 4th he with a friend catching four 

 hundred and three in three hours, baiting with a single 

 salmon egg. 



I am not sure that we could not have again found 

 them, but the fishing having grown slack in the lake, 

 and growing daily better in the creeks, we spent most 

 of our time on the latter. 



COMPARISON OF ALASKA WITH EASTERN" TROUT. 



The principal differences between the Alaska and 



