AMATEUE FISH CULTURE 



I know that it was a great success for two seasons, 

 but I have not had any opportunity of following 

 it up in this particular instance. In another 

 case it was a decided failure. I am sure that it 

 should not be introduced into streams where 

 brown trout thrive, and I am doubtful of its 

 ever succeeding in waters which are suitable to 

 the rainbow trout. 



Of all the trout, the rainbow is the hardiest, 

 and the one with which the amateur piscicul- 

 turist is most likely to be successful. It is 

 also the fish most likely to supply a want felt 

 by very many fishermen, a good sporting fish 

 in waters where the common trout will not 

 thrive. 



In large and deep ponds with a good stream, 

 or in lakes, char may be tried with a prospect of 

 success. They require cold waters, and I have 

 never heard of their being successfully intro- 

 duced in the South of England. They are a 

 more difficult fish to rear than trout. 



Grayling have many violent opponents, but I 

 am inclined to think that they do but little if 

 any harm in a trout stream, and they supply 

 excellent fishing during part of the close season 

 for trout. They seem to thrive best in chalk 



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