72 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 



fishing waters. Many streams of this character if 

 stocked with the brown brothers would in a short 

 time make fishing in them sport of the highest class. 

 The brown trout is a killer and the fact that he has 

 been planted in streams in which the native brook 

 trout held domain, and then routed this little sport 

 out of his home waters has in a way given him a bad 

 name with some of the frat, but plant him in waters 

 that have been deserted by the brook and you will 

 be surprised at his rapid growth and the amount of 

 kick he develops in his tail in a few years. He tacks 

 on weight like an off-season ball player, running up a 

 score of about a pound a year, which sizes him up 

 well in a short time. 



While the larger brown boys are generally found 

 in the deeper water and the pools, which is often the 

 hiding place of the larger brook trout, the smaller 

 fins of the tribe weighing around the one- to three- 

 pound limit are found in the swifter and more broken 

 waters, especially in the waters cut up by rocks and 

 bowlders. In this white water he is nearly always 

 found on the upper side of the bowlders, keenly on 

 the lookout for the food as it comes down stream. 



STRIKES WITH GREAT FORCE 



Although the brown trout is not as speedy in his 

 fight as the native brook trout, he takes to the arti- 

 ficial fly with a drive that sure has some punch and 

 it is often unnecessary to strike him, for the simple 



