354 TROUT FISHINO. 



cray-fish, his shell being cracked to pieces for several days 

 in succession, previous to fishing it with a fly. 



From the Brook Trout I pass on to his degenerate relations, 

 the various kinds of Lake Trout, Mackinaw Salmon, Siskawitz, 

 and, as it is called erroneously, Salmon Trout of the Lakes. 



Before closing this article, I have judged it well to quote 

 a few remarks on Trout-fishing, from that admirable work, 

 Hofland's '^Angler^s Manual,^^ inasmuch as they are in the 

 highest degree appropriate to the Trout-fishing of America 

 generally, while the observation on bush-fishing, dipping or 

 daping, will be found of great advantage to the angler for 

 small Trout in the beautiful tumbling mountain-streams far 

 inland, in our northern and north-eastern States. 



"THE ARTIFICIAL FLY. 

 " Fly-fishing is certainly the most gentlemanly and pleasant 

 kind of angling, and it has many advantages over every other 

 mode of fishing. In the first place, your apparatus is light and 

 portable ; for a slight rod, twelve feet long, — or, if wanted for a 

 narrow and wooded stream, one of ten feet only would be more 

 convenient, — a reel containing thirty yards of line, a book of 

 artificial flies, and a landing-net, and you are fully equipped for 

 the sport. In the second place, it is the most cleanty and the 

 least cruel mode of angling, as you are not obliged to soil your 

 hands by ground bait, or live baits, nor to torture a living fish, 

 or insect, on your hook. Another charm in fly-fishing is, that 

 you are never fixed to one spot, but continue to rove along the 

 banks of the stream, enjoying, in your devious path, all the 

 varieties of its scenery; the exercise induced is constant, and 



