TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



not cast a shadow on the water, how often is it the trout 

 will observe him and dart away? 



This has not only been my experience but that of many 

 anglers all over this country and every other country 

 where trout are caught. 



Is it not then a fair deduction to make that the eye- 

 sight of the angler and that of the trout are naturally less 

 keen when the normal conditions are reversed, the angler 

 looking through the water and the trout through the at- 

 mosphere? And is it not the movement of the angler or 

 the trout that first focuses the vision of each upon the 

 other? 



We have been speaking of trout found in ordinary 

 stream fishing. Now let us consider the trout found in 

 lakes and large, deep and slow-running streams, and see 

 what their eyesight is in such places. 



After the spawning season is over, trout gradually 

 work down the smaller streams, from the head waters, 

 where the breeding or spawning grounds mostly are lo- 

 cated, to the deep waters of the larger streams and lakes, 

 where they remain during the winter months. 



When the open season begins in the spring, and it 

 varies in different States, the trout are just beginning to 

 move about actively and seek the shallow water as the days 

 grow warmer. 



It is at such time that the eyesight of these trout is the 

 poorest and least keen, owing to the fact that they have 

 been for a considerable length of time in deep, dark water 

 under ice. This condition has had its effect upon the sight 



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