TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



sub-species, and they are now found in many lakes and 

 streams of the eastern and western sections of the United 

 States. 



Writers on the subject of trout, in many instances, do 

 not agree as to whether or not certain forms are species or 

 simply sub-species and it is not strange that such is the 

 case when so many different features have to be taken into 

 consideration in order to arrive at a proper and reason- 

 ably correct conclusion; such as anatomy, coloration, 

 geographic location, environment, isolation, intergrad- 

 ing, etc. 



On this account two classifications are given, one by 

 noted Ichthyologists and the other by the Author, but 

 either will probably give to most angling sportsmen such 

 information as they desire. 



Of the many forms I have classed ten as species; four 

 of them belong to the genus Salvelinus (The Charr) , and 

 are red-spotted fish ; six of them belong to the genus Salmo 

 (The Trout), and are black-spotted fish. 



The Brown Trout is the "brook-trout" of Europe, and 

 is not a native of America ; it was brought here from Ger- 

 many and England. It has been extensively used for a 

 number of years past in restocking streams and lakes in 

 the eastern part of the United States where the native 

 Brook Trout, owing to changed conditions, has become 

 greatly depleted and, in some cases, nearly exterminated. 



The Brown Trout and the Brook Trout have been 

 transplanted from eastern waters to western waters, and 

 the Rainbow Trout and the Steelhead Trout have been 



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