TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



streams; this, in turn, has reduced the flow of water, mak- 

 ing it shallow and of a much higher temperature than for- 

 merly ; in many cases these streams which years ago were 

 plentifully supplied with clear, pure water are to-day pol- 

 luted to such an extent that the Brook Trout can no longer 

 live and propagate in them. 



Conservation of our natural resources and the protec- 

 tion of our streams from pollution came too late in many 

 instances to prove of any real value to the Brook Trout 

 and the disciples of Ike Walton. 



While our governments, both National and State, can- 

 not restore the natural conditions that existed forty years 

 ago on and in the streams where the Brook Trout and other 

 species were plentiful, they can make wise laws which will 

 protect for the future generations, if rigidly enforced, the 

 waters that have not as yet been depleted of these game fish 

 and polluted by factories along their banks ; and it is sin- 

 cerely hoped that such work as has already been begun 

 will progress with dispatch and wisdom and be continued 

 with energy and thoroughness. 



This alone, however, will not suffice without the aid 

 of the anglers themselves, who must realize that in order 

 to have their sport continue not one trout should be killed 

 unless to be eaten, or for some scientific purpose. Per- 

 sonally, I should like to see the various States having trout 

 waters within their boundaries enact identically the same 

 laws as to the number of trout one angler could legally 

 kill in one day during the open season. 



The number of trout caught on the artificial fly which 



