Popular Fresh=Water Game Fish 



handling and playing the grayling. Gently keep 

 the line taut all the time or it will surely get off; 

 the slightest jerk will lose it, the flies 

 Game and being so small, and its lips somewhat 

 Traits tender; for that reason many fish get 



away. The grayling repeatedly breaks 

 water after being hooked, and it makes an excel- 

 lent fight beneath the surface, being much aided 

 in its resistance, by its tall dorsal fin. 



The Michigan grayling may be found in the 

 Au Sable, Manistee, Marquette, Jordan, Pigeon, 

 and other rivers in the northern part of that State. 

 It may also be found in the river Boyne and Pine 

 Lake. The Montana grayling is found only in 

 the tributaries of the Missouri River, 

 Found ^"^^^^ the great falls ; in Sheep and Ten- 

 derfoot creeks, tributaries of Smith River, 

 in the Little Belt Mountains, and the three 

 forks of the Missouri — ^the Gallatin, Madison and 

 Jefferson rivers. But the ideal home of the Mon- 

 tana gravling is in several tributaries at the head 

 of the Red Rock Lake, in the upper reaches of 

 the Madison, where the water is rapid, though 

 unbroken; also the Beaver Creek, in the upper 

 canon, is an ideal stream. The best season for 

 fishing is in September, October, and November. 



TROUT 



Next in order to the salmon is the large and 

 important group of trout and charrs. There 

 are twenty-four species and subspecies of salmon 

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