CHAPTER III 



SALMON-TROUTS CONTINUED COLORADO RIVER 

 TROUT WAHA LAKE TROUT GREENBACK 

 TROUT YELLOW-FIN TROUT LAKE TAHOE OR 

 TRUCKEE TROUT TROUT OF LAKE WEBBER 

 UTAH LAKE TROUT SALMON TROUT OF LAKE 

 SUTHERLAND SPOTTED TROUT OF LAKE SUTHER- 

 LANDLONG-HEADED TROUT OF LAKE CRESCENT. 



WHILE there are no great differences in physi- 

 cal characteristics between the Rio Grande and 

 the Colorado River trouts, the latter appears to 

 have attracted the attention of the anglers of 

 that section to a greater extent. He is the ob- 

 jective of nearly all their outings, and his game 

 qualities have been heralded in every sports- 

 man's journal throughout the country. This 

 trout is large, handsome, and extremely variable 

 in coloration, with a red lateral band nearly 

 always existent. In some instances the body is 

 profusely spotted, occasionally with large spots, 

 which are more numerous posteriorly, the head 

 being almost entirely free from them ; the lower 

 fins are generally red, occasionally orange, and 



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