FISHERMAN'S LURES 



convinced from my experience and that of others, 

 that both the brown trout and rainbow are much 

 more gamy in Eastern than in Western waters. 

 This may be accounted for by the fact that Eastern 

 fish must hunt more diligently for their food, mak- 

 ing them more active, adroit, and cunning. 



One of the most distressing things about angling, 

 everywhere, is the large number of young trout 

 caught under size, both by accident and design, 

 which is due to the extreme voracity of all species 

 of trout. When young they are reckless in the 

 extreme, going for the fly or lure with such dash 

 and vim as to often make impossible their return 

 to the water without injury. With plenty of food 

 it would not be so, and it is a crime to kill a trout 

 of any species under ten inches long, because they 

 grow so fast that an eight-inch trout nearly 

 doubles its size in a year under normal food- 

 supply. For that one reason alone worm fishing 

 in brooks where food is always scarce should be 

 forbidden, especially if such brooks be stocked 

 by the State. Indeed all places where fish are 

 planted should not be fished at all for the reason 

 that a young brown trout only four inches long 

 will rise to a small worm or fly in the most au- 

 dacious manner in precisely the same way his 



