GAME-FISH THAT LEAP ABOVE THE SURFACE 103 



words of a famous practical angler of fifty years' 

 experience, and I quote him because my own — 

 small compared to his — exactly coincides, except 

 that he fails to mention several game-fish named 

 by Doctor Holden at Catalina Island, Cal., which 

 include the tuna, swordfish, and several others — 

 which is due to the list having been made previous 

 to that time. He also leaves out what has since 

 become one of our most famous fresh-water game- 

 fishes — the brown trout {Salmo farlo), best known 

 in many localities as the German trout, because 

 it was introduced into American waters by Von 

 Behr. 



But the brown trout is not German, having been 

 famous in England centuries before such a place 

 as Germany came to be what it is, and we hope 

 to change the name to British trout. Many anglers 

 will grade their conceptions of real sport by the 

 practice of fish leaping, and with reason too, for 

 here he makes his supreme and final effort to escape 

 from the barb; not because it gives him pain, but 

 because it restrains his freedom. The hook nearly 

 always pierces the spongy, muscular skin of the 

 upper lip when the artificial fly is used, and some- 

 times when live bait is used, though in the case 

 of bass and pike, when allowed to gorge live bait. 



