TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



cated in Washoe County, Nevada, in the northwestern 

 part of the State. It is about fifteen miles from the Cali- 

 fornia line, and slightly to the northeast of Tahoe Lake, 

 which is fifty miles distant. Reno, thirty miles away, is 

 the nearest large city. 



Sub-species of Salmo-henshawi 



Silver Trout of Lake Tahoe 

 (Salmo-henshawi-tahoensis) 



This sub-species is found in the depths of Lake Tahoe, 

 where it lives, spawns and grows to the great weight of 

 twenty-five to thirty pounds. 



THE GOLDEN TROUT 



Genus: Salmo, Species: Gilberti, 



The Golden Trout is a native of the Kings and Kern 

 rivers of California and the creeks running into them. 

 These are very handsome trout, being most beautifully 

 and brilliantly marked and colored. 



They rise with alacrity to the fly, and the game quali- 

 ties disclosed when hooked greatly surpass, for size and 

 weight, all other species of Salmo-trout. All of the fins 

 are especially large and powerful for such small trout, 

 and it is on that account, in a measure, that they fight so 

 savagely and persistently when hooked. 



There is a peculiar lightish coloring to the tip of the 

 dorsal fin, which is always present to a greater or less de- 

 gree, and is a distinguishing characteristic of the species. 



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