Fish and Fishing 



in the Western waters of the Rocky Mountain 

 water shed. It is found as far North as Alaska, 

 and South to the upper Sacramento River, thence 

 eastward to Montana and Idaho waters, and, in 

 these places, is called the red-spotted trout, 

 malma, Golet, and Oregon charr. None of the 

 trout or charrs rise more freely to the artificial fly 

 than the Dolly Varden. The Eastern charr, that 

 goes to the sea, is the jontinalis, the Western one 

 is the Dolly Varden. The effect of their sojourn 

 in salt water is shown in their rapid growth, 

 thicker body, and striking change in coloration. 

 The Dolly Varden grows to a weight of seven 

 pounds, and when taken, as it often is, in a sal- 

 mon pool, the angler is apt to mistake its strong 

 surges for those of a small but sprightly salmon. 

 Perhaps no fish has been a subject of so much 

 discussion as the Sunapee trout {Salvelinus al- 

 pinus aureolus). It is only found in Sunapee 

 Lake and Dan Hole, Carroll County, both in New 

 Hampshire, and in Flood's Pond, Ellsworth, 

 Maine. These waters are very deep and pure, 

 and contain large numbers of landlocked smelt 

 and crustaceans, upon which the trout feed, 

 to such repletion that they do not rise to surface 

 food of any kind, certainly, most infrequently, 

 if at all, to the artificial fly; but on the trolling 

 spoon, or live smelt in still fishing, they show 

 grand fighting vigor. The bait should be lowered 

 sixty to seventy feet, ground baiting for several 

 days before fishing being most fruitful in scores. 



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