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in color in salt water, but spots appear 

 on it after a short time in fresh water, 

 making it resemble (more nearly a 

 trout of the lakes. In weight, the 

 range is from two to twenty-five 

 pounds; the run in fall, September 

 and October, averaging about three 

 pounds; in winter, December and 

 January, run ten pounds or larger, 



Steel-head Trout. 



those of largest size being taken at 

 this time. The steelhead salmon do 

 not die after spawning. 



Dolly Varden Trout 



This beautiful species, bedecked 

 with large crimson dots, is found in 

 the upper Sacramento and its tribu- 

 taries, the upper Columbia, the 

 McCloud River and tributaries ; and 

 those of the region north of Puget 



