TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



to these waters), which is also generally supposed to furnish food 

 to the monarchs of the lake. 



"They come in an immense army, actually filling the streams 

 here and there with a dense, struggling mass, which the natives 

 capture by the bushel and by the barrel in nets, buckets and pails ; 

 even scooping them out by hand and throwing them on the bank. 

 They are salted down and preserved in the same way as mackerel 

 are cured. 



"These blue-back trout have never been found more than nine 

 inches in length, nor less than six inches. 



"In flavor, they are quite as rich and delicate when cooked as 

 the brook-trout. 



"After spawning, they return to the lake just as suddenly as 

 they appeared, and, notwithstanding the number in which they are 

 captured during their brief stay in the stream, they do not diminish 

 in multitude year after year. 



"It is inferred that their regular haunts must be in the deepest 

 waters of the lake, since their capture by the enticements and ap- 

 pliances which prove irresistible to the speckled trout is almost un- 

 known." 



Sub-species of Salvelinus-oquassa 



The Lac de Marbre Trout 



(The Marston Trout) 



(Salvelinus-oquassa-marstoni) 



The Lac de Marbre Trout receives its name from the 

 water in which it was first discovered ; the lake is located 

 in Ottawa County, Province of Quebec, Canada, and it 

 is near Ottawa. 



This trout is also found in the Lake St. John district, 

 Lac a Cassette in Rimousky County, Lake Saccacomi and 

 the Red lakes in Maskinonge County, Quebec. 



These beautiful trout are probably identical with what 

 is commonly called the Canadian Red Trout that are 



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