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though the latter may l)e said to be rather later 

 than the waters of the higher Catskills and Adiron- 

 dacks. 



Trout naturally grow to a greater size in the 

 deep, cool lakes than in fast-running streams, 

 as less effort is required to get food, which is 

 nearly always abundant because of a greater range 

 for fish food to breed. The most fastidious epicure 

 cannot detect any difference in the taste of a cooked 

 trout taken from lake or stream, if both fish have 

 subsisted on similar diet in both situations — if it 

 be in the wild state. The case is entirely different 

 with trout reared by artificial means and fed most 

 often on chopped liver and eggs. The effect of 

 the artificial rearing and the food consumed, is 

 fully apparent in the taste of the fish when cooked. 

 In addition to that, artificial food has a deterrent 

 effect on the gamy qualities of trout, making them 

 dull, listless after being hooked, no matter what 

 bait is used to capture them. 



The real truth is, the more fish have to hunt 

 for their food the more gamy do they act on the 

 restraining line. There is also no question that 

 those trout captured by means of artificial flies, 

 while feeding on insects, are always more strenuous 

 in resistance, in other words more gamy, than if 



