Among the Trout of the Pacific Slope. 
any fish I know of, save that his fins are 
smaller and tail squarer than the other. 
Soon I had another weighing a trifle 
over a pound to keep. company with 
my first, then several others of about 
Y% ib. each followed. I found with 
these excessively small flies I missed 
hooking a number of fish. It may 
have been from lack of skill in striking, 
but, I think, should I venture there 
again, I should get a little larger flies 
than those I used. After taking about 
a dozen trout I returned. Though like 
all lake fishing it was without the pecu- 
liar fascination of the stream, yet it was 
gentle and delightful sport, and the 
SOF 
usually killed more fish than the others. 
I also observed one fisherman who had 
considerable success, when the _ fish 
were not rising freely, by being rowed 
very slowly and dragging his flies be- 
hind, a practice much in vogue at Lake 
Independence, situated eight 
miles from Webber. 
The boatmen and the boys have an 
amusing way of ensnaring the trout. 
some 
They first cast a fly near the shore and 
take a minnow, this they apply to a 
hook and cast out for trout, and get 
them, too. The largest cut-throat I 
saw was caught in this manner and 
weighed 2% fb. 

The Black-spotted or Cut-throat Trout—Sa/mo mykiss. 
game and jumping qualities of the fish 
added a zest and grace to its pursuit. 
I usually fished mornings and eve- 
nings, probably about four hours, and 
took from fifteen to thirty fish a day, 
which would average 34 ib., perhaps a 
little less than more. The largest fish 
I took weighed 134 tb. I hooked him 
foul through the back and for a time 
thought I had found the father of them 
all. Many of the fishermen used a 
small spoon; some of them two, and 
there were those who were out at sun- 
rise and stopped at 10 or 11 o'clock, 
and then took a “whack at ’em” after 
the noonday meal until dark. They 
The fishing in Webber during June 
and July yields trout of smaller size 
than in September when they are said 
topaverase trom Tilb) to! 1Y \Tb.each: 
During August the fish are not apt to 
rise. In some of the smaller lakes to 
the southwest of Tahoe, and at White 
Rock lake in the neighborhood of 
Webber, these fish are occasionally taken 
with the fly up to 6 or even 7 Mb. in 
weight. 
As a table fish one cannot help real- 
izing that the cut-throat is the most 
savory and delicate of trout. When 
cooked the skin appears to separate 
from the body, and you have only to 
