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reason that he has hooked himself in his energetic 

 wallop at the feathery fancy tossed to him. And 

 when he is hooked, Old Scout, he puts up a fight 

 right up to the net and then some. He makes a long 

 steady fight and often when brought to net will start 

 out on another round just when you think you have 

 him " heading " in. 



On water that is not too broken or swift give him 

 a try-out with the dry-fly, especially in fishing the 

 pools and deeper water. In the fast white water 

 the wet-fly fishing will be found more effective; in 

 fact, it is almost an impossibility to really fish an 

 entirely dry-fly on such waters, and you'll save time 

 and cussin' by starting in with the wet riggin'. 



The rainbow trout, like the brown, feels entirely 

 at home in the warmer waters of the streams that 

 have been passed up by the brook trout, and he dotes 

 on minnows and the insects he can forage from the 

 surface. To him, a grasshopper is a dainty morsel 

 and many of the big ones have been tricked into the 

 creel by the wise angler who hooks on a lively hopper 

 and casts it the same as a feathery fly, letting it float 

 with the current in a natural manner and not trying 

 to liven it up with a bunch of jerks in an effort to 

 fool the wise old fellows. 



RAINBOW A SPEEDY FIGHTER 



The rainbow carries more speed in his make-up 

 than the brown trout, making a faster fight in every 



