74 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 



way; fact is, his battle with the fly resembles the fight 

 of the native brook trout far more than that of the 

 brown boys. About the first thing he does when 

 hooked is to go up into the air, both figuratively and 

 leapingly speaking, and his leap is a thing of beauty, 

 way up out of the water, generally, and at this point 

 of the game many of them depart to other waters, 

 having passed up the fly on the way. 



The rainbow is a voracious cuss and speedier to 

 accept an invitation to strike than either the brown 

 or native trout, whether you offer him the fly, min- 

 now, spinner or the small rubber artificial minnows. 

 Early in the season the worm, scorned by many 

 fishermen as the " garden hackle," makes 'em sit up 

 on their tail and take notice, although later the flies 

 and minnows are the most attractive lures. The 

 fellow who usually howls with horror when you men- 

 tion worms in the same breath with trout, is gener- 

 ally the cherub who sneaks out alone with a nice 

 bait-can full of the wigglers and proceeds to play a 

 little solitaire on the stream. In the early season the 

 worm with the usual light trouting tackle is no kid's 

 bait for trout; many a sure-enough fisherman finds it 

 necessary to play the game with his utmost skill and 

 knowledge of the trout to coax 'em into the creel 

 even on worms. 



In a selection of flies for the rainbow and brown 

 trout, the usual flies used for the native brook are 

 effective, playing up strong on the hackles, making 



