Popular Fresh=Water Game Fish 



minnows, insects, worms of all kinds, grasshop- 

 pers, fresh meat; and, above all, the artificial fly, 

 when properly and skilfully manipulated, is most 

 attractive, for it is at all times, when the water is 

 clear, a surface feeder, though not particular as 

 to color or form of the lure presented to it. The 

 anMer, visit infj the native waters of this fish, needs 

 only to stock his fly book with flies used in luring 

 the Eastern brook trout. If he visits the Yellow- 

 stone or any of the large rivers containing this fish, 

 it would be well to have a fly rod not less than 

 eight ounces, as the fish attains to the weight of 

 six or seven pounds. A subspecies is found in the 

 Yellowstone River adjacent to Livingstone, ]\Ion- 

 tana. It is a typical trout water, where the fish 

 take the fly viciously with deep and long surges 

 to escape the hook. 



The Rio Grande trout is more familiar to the 

 anglers of the Middle West, particularly those 

 residing in Colorado. It is an exceptionally game 

 fish and a choice feeder, takes the fly greedily and 

 fights hard under restraint. In the opinion of a 

 resident angler it is "the best fish that swims in 

 any waters of the earth." There is little differ- 

 ence between the Rio Grande and Colorado River 

 trout. The latter seems to have attracted the 

 attention of the anglers of that section to a greater 

 extent. It is the objective of nearly all their out- 

 ings, and its game qualities are heralded in every 

 sportsman's journal throughout the country. It 

 grows to a weight of over nine pounds, though the 

 average is much less; but it takes the artificial 

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