Fresh Water Fishing 341 



worked away for nearly an hour and finally crossed 

 the river and begged my brother to tell him why 

 the fish were rising in one part of the stream and 

 not in another. 



Next to the steelhead in size comes the cutthroat 

 trout, to be known at once by the deep orange- 

 coloured blotches under the throat. After the cut- 

 throat follows the glorious rainbow trout, which — 

 according to Dr. Jordan — may be distinguished 

 from the young steelhead by the smaller scales of 

 the latter, — there being in the rainbow trout about 

 130 in the lateral line, and in the steelhead about 

 150. Last but not least is the Dolly Varden, 

 which, in salt water, grows to an immense size, and 

 which swarms in the streams and inlets of the 

 North. 



These are the principal species, but there would 

 seem to be many varieties. From the culinary 

 point of view, trout vary in an extraordinary degree. 

 Out of the same creel, filled with fish of the same 

 species, caught in the same place, some prove deli- 

 cious and others only middling. In Lake Cowichan 

 we found a hideous parasite, something like a 

 lamprey, which attaches itself to the big trout. 

 The fish afflicted by this loathsome reptile were 

 always thin and out of condition, and showed but 

 poor sport. In the streams this parasite is washed 

 off by the swiftly flowing water, but in the rivers 

 we caught trout with the mark of the beast upon 

 them. 



Speaking of lake trout, I am inclined to believe 

 that if you want to capture the monsters you must 

 troll for them at a depth which demands the use 



