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grayling have been caught, no specimens have been sub- 

 mitted for examination. 



The Bitter Root River is a large fine trout stream and 

 seems an ideal home for the grayling, and much interest 

 is manifested in the result of the planting. Nothing could 

 be more successful than the stocking of Georgetown 

 Lake, hence the hope for similar results elsewhere. 



To those who know and have fished for the grayling, 

 or who have tasted its delicious flesh the stocking of suit- 

 able streams with this fish is a matter of much interest. 

 The Montana waters which are profusely supplied with 

 this fish are the Madison, Jefferson, Gallatin, Red Rock 

 and Bighole Rivers, and many of the lakes found at the 

 heads of these streams are also well supplied. 



Should the details with reference to the propagation 

 of the grayling be desired, attention is called to Bureau 

 of Fisheries Document No. 628, where full information 

 is given. It is the belief of the writer that an effort 

 should be made to stock streams along the Atlantic sea- 

 board with this fish.* They multiply rapidly, have all 

 the game qualities of the trout, are unexcelled as a food 

 fish and to the sportsman are a source of great pleasure, 

 because they take the fly readily and make a game fight. 



*The experiment was made long ago in New York and abandoned. 

 Montana Grayling were planted in Sunapee Lake, N. H., in 1904, 1906 

 and 1907, but Mr. W. C. Kendall (Bureau of Fisheries Document 783, 

 1913) states that there is no evidence of any success. Conditions ap- 

 pear to be unfavorable in our waters. — Editor. 



