TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



same habits, because their habitat changes in every 

 stream ; so much so that it is a very conservative statement 

 to make that in streams (not small brooks), there are at 

 least three well-defined and different habitats of trout 

 which govern their habits as well as their coloration. 



These three environments are, the rapids, the shallows 

 and the pools, and each one has a peculiar effect upon its 

 inhabitants. 



The trout that live in streams have a decided advan- 

 tage over all other trout in that they "live and have their 

 being" in more aerated water than trout found in still 

 water ; and this condition, as a rule, gives the stream trout 

 more life, makes him more active, rising more snappily 

 to the angler's fly, and striking in a readier fashion. 



In addition to the best kind of water in which to live, 

 the stream trout have the finest trout food to live upon, 

 consisting largely of flies, bugs and insects, and this is 

 another reason why they show more agility, size for size, 

 than do trout which live in lakes and still water. 



The stream trout which live in "The Rapids'* repre- 

 sent, without doubt, the nearest approach to perfection of 

 all trout life, for it is in such places that nature has given 

 the trout every opportunity for full development. 



Here it is the trout have to work hard for their food, 

 when rising to the surface or forging ahead against the 

 current of the stream; this keeps the trout in good con- 

 dition and develops their agility to the utmost, making 

 them "snappy" risers to the fly and hard and persistent 

 fighters when hooked, 



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