RAINBOWS AND BROWNS 



When it comes to trouting, Old Timer, the little 

 old native brook trout holds a warmer place in the 

 heart of the average fly tosser than either the rain- 

 bow or the brown, but as a general thing these last 

 named fins grow to a huskier size than the brook 

 trout and with the added weight and the regular 

 trout instinct they put up as fancy a fight as any angler 

 could wish for. And they have one little trick that 

 the brook trout seldom, if ever, pulls and that is the 

 leaping out of the water on a slack line, just about 

 the same kind of a leap as the bass and particularly 

 the brown trout pulls, the same all-body shake of the 

 bronze backer. For that one little old trick we gotta 

 give 'em credit, it's the snappy unexpected leap out 

 of the water that puts the pep into the sport and 

 makes the fisherman keep his mind, eye and hands 

 in the game. 



BROWNIE A HARDY FISH 



The brown trout is a hardier fish than the 'brook 

 trout and for that reason has been stocked in streams 

 that have become too sluggish and warm for the 

 brook. This change in temperature of the waters 

 is due to the cutting out of timber and in many 

 streams the waters have warmed up to such an ex- 

 tent that the native trout have passed to the happy 



