66 Fishcraft 



In Montana the grayling is still 

 found in limited numbers, and the 

 Alaska species is reported to be quite 

 abundant in certain streams. With 

 the knowledge to be gained by careful 

 study, and through the co-operation 

 of modern fish culturists who may 

 make a special feature of this interest- 

 ing branch of the science, it is hoped 

 this remarkably handsome game fish 

 may yet be restored to some degree 

 of the former abundance in the waters 

 of Michigan, in Montana, and if pos- 

 sible, in other portions of the north- 

 western states where cold, clear, 

 spring-fed streams provide natural 

 conditions of apparently the most 

 favorable kind. 



The European grayling has long 

 been known and admired, but on this 

 side of the Atlantic, as before stated, 

 it was not supposed to exist, except 

 in the far north, where, as Dr. Rich- 

 ardson says, with reference to its 

 local name and appearance: "The 

 Esquimaux title (Hewlook Powak) 

 denoting 'wing-like fin, 5 alludes to its 

 magnificent dorsal; it was in refer- 



