TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



in gaminess to the Eastern brook trout. But while this is true, it 

 must not by any means be inferred that it is without game qualities, 

 for it is really a fish which possesses those qualities in a very high 

 degree. Its vigor and voraciousness are determined largely, of 

 course, by the character of the stream or lake in which it lives. 

 The individuals which dwell in cold streams about cascades and 

 seething rapids will show marvelous strength and will make a 

 fight which is rarely equaled by its Eastern cousin; while in 

 warmer and larger streams and lakes they may be very sluggish 

 and show but little fight. Yet this is by no means always true. In 

 Klamath Lakes, where the trout grow very large and where they 

 are often very logy, one is occasionally hooked which tries to the 

 utmost the skill of the angler to prevent his tackle from being 

 smashed and at the same time save the fish." 



The oldest scientific name for the Red Throat or Cut- 

 throat Trout is Salmo-mykiss. It was given to this trout 

 by Walbaum in 1792. Later it was called Salmo-Pur- 

 puratus by Pallas in 181 1, and in 1836 Richardson 

 gave the species found in North America the name of 

 Salmo-clarkiiy by which name it is now generally called. 



Sub-species of Salmo-clarkii 



The Colorado River Trout 

 Salmo-clarkii-pleuriticus (Cope) 



This trout is a native of the waters of the Colorado 

 Basin. It is both large and handsome, having very small 

 scales, and in western Colorado is extensively sought after 

 by anglers. This trout abounds in all suitable waters 

 throughout the Colorado Basin. 



It is "variable in color, size and form with its surroundings, 

 and in most respects substantially identical with lewisi, the chief 



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