RAINBOW TROUT 



TN former years the rainbow trout, 

 * often called Mountain trout, was 

 found only in the streams west of the 

 Rocky Mountains, where it has long 

 been regarded as a leader among fresh 

 water game fishes. Some twenty years 

 ago the rainbow trout was introduced 

 in Eastern streams, especially the 

 brooks and smaller rivers of New Jer- 

 sey and New York, where it has 



Rainbow Trout 



thrived and is now eagerly sought. In 

 general formation and size it resem- 

 bles the brook trout, and in game 

 qualities is probably equal some 

 anglers claim it superior to the 

 speckled favorite, or "salmon of the 

 fountain," but in colors the western 

 fish, with its tints suggestive of the 

 rainbow, does not approach the 



