centuries as beyond comparison until the bended rod 

 and singing reel announced the impalement of the na- 

 tive of the Golden West, with its mad rushes and ter- 

 rier-like fights; then the rosy beauty of the East had 

 to yield the palm to the rainbow-colored, fighting pirate 

 of the Pacific. 



The brook trout may easily be distinguished from any 

 of the other trout of the coast by its marbled back and 

 red spotted sides. Besides this the whole fish is more 

 of a pinkish color. It varies in size like the others of 

 the family, according to the waters it inhabits, attain- 

 ing about the same size as the rainbow in the same 

 waters. 



Tackle and Lure On account of over fishing the 

 streams, and the very bad habit of killing so many 

 small fish, the majority of the trout caught on the Pa- 

 cific Coast are small. If there were more sportsmen 

 and less fishermen on our streams this condition would 

 not exist. For the sportsman will throw back all the 

 little babies that are not over six inches in length and 

 allow them another year to grow. And in this connec- 

 tion I want to say to the young boys and girls: be true 

 sportsmen and sportswomen and never fish for trout 

 with anything but artificial flies. You may not catch 

 as many fish while you are learning, but you will soon 

 find that you are having ten times more sport. As to 

 the rod and line, you will never get it too light. The 

 longer you have been a flycaster, the lighter you will 

 want them; and the lighter they are the more sport 

 you will have. 



