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celebrated Cisco, of Lake Geneva, 

 Wisconsin, is probably most famous, 

 rising readily to the fly during a pe- 

 riod of about two weeks in May or 

 June, while the natural "cisco fly" 

 hovers over the water, then suddenly 

 disappearing into deeper water its 

 usual habitat until the next season. 

 Although ichthyologists name no less 

 than thirteen species of whitefish, 

 none except the cisco is regarded as in 

 any sense a game fish, and this of a 

 rather doubtful nature, the cisco be- 

 ing a surface-feeder for so short a 

 period, and then eagerly taking any- 

 thing resembling the natural fly. 

 Local names of the various species of 

 whitefish include Lake Herring, 

 Michigan Herring, Cisco, Lake 

 Whitefish, Frostfish, Mountain Her- 

 ring, Rocky Mountain Whitefish, 

 Roundfish, Shad Waiter, Black-Fin, 

 etc. 



The Herring 



The branch herring, otherwise 

 known as Alewife, Big-Eyed Herring, 

 Gaspergou, Sprat and Whitebait, is 

 common in the large lakes of New 



