TROUT FLY-FISHING IN AMERICA 



this last-named section is restricted entirely to fly-fishing 

 with the artificial fly, which naturally keeps this method 

 of fishing "at par" year after year. 



The Fish and Game Commission of the State of Maine 

 is doing great work in preserving the fishing all over the 

 State, and especially in the Rangeley Region, by stock- 

 ing the waters yearly and by having wise laws passed by 

 the Legislature restricting the number of trout and salmon 

 that shall be killed in one day by one angler. 



All the waters so restricted are well watched by fish 

 wardens, and the guides, in almost every instance, see to 

 it that their patrons observe the laws. 



It is only fair, however, to say that nowadays and for 

 a few years past anglers have seldom intentionally broken 

 the laws, for they are beginning to realize that "their 

 sport," if it is to be perpetuated, must be carried on with 

 judgment, and that game fish should not be needlessly or 

 wantonly killed. 



The laws do not restrict the fly-fishing angler, in cer- 

 tain places, from catching in numbers both trout and 

 salmon. They simply restrict the number he shall catch 

 and kill in one day. 



This is a wise law, because the angler is not deprived 

 of the pleasure of catching fish by the number of fish he 

 may legally kill, and the fish that are caught on the fly and 

 returned to the water are seldom hurt. 



For a number of years I have carefully studied and ob- 

 served the fish and the fly-fishing conditions in Kennebago 

 Stream, both above and below the Falls and in the upper 



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