120 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
and Ireland, and in many of those of England, especially 
of Cumberland and Westmoreland ; the other, the great 
Lake Trout (Salmo ferox), an inhabitant principally of the 
larger and deeper waters. In such lakes it is to be 
found distributed over almost the whole of Scotland and 
Ireland. It occurs, to my knowledge, in Lochs Awe, 
Ericht, Lochy, Garry, and Laggan, and has been re- 
cognised in Loch Shin, in Lochs Loyal and Assynt, and 
amongst the Orkney and Shetland lakes. In Ireland it 
appears as an inhabitant of all the best known and largest 
lakes, as, for example, Loughs Mask, Erne, Melvin, 
Corrib, and Neagh; and it is the Ulswater Trout and 
Grey Trout also of the English lake districts. The 
habits as well as the size of the two species are some- 
what different ; the common Brown Trout being caught, 
as a rule, under five pounds in weight, and being prin- 
cipally a day-feeder; whilst the great Lake Trout 
usually averages from five to fifteen pounds in weight, 
and feeds principally at night. 
To begin with the great Lake Trout :—The rod, reel, 
line, and trace recommended for Pike-spinning, are also 
suited to this method of fishing ; as the great Lake Trout 
is one of the most powerful fish that swims, and in his 
manner of running at the bait and showing fight, is aptly 
described by his specific name—Ferox. As, however, the 
Trout is a quicker sighted fish than the Pike, another foot 
or two of stained gimp or gut should be added to the trace 
between the lead and the flight. The latter should be 
