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large spoon which was cone-shaped, having two 

 wings, and a series of gangs of large hooks, entirely 

 too large, as a rule ; sometimes, however, a single 

 hook or an eighteen-inch snood was used (the 

 proper thing). The handline was also too heavy 

 and coarse, and the local tackle was proven to be 

 out of keeping with the size and game qualities 

 of the fish, from the fact that several visiting 

 anglers have had more pleasure and taken as 

 many trout with comparatively light rods, reels, 

 and small spoons, as were caught by the guides 

 and local anglers. I have not heard that these 

 trout will rise to an artificial cast of flies, their 

 habitat being in the deep water, yet, in follow- 

 ing their tribal instinct, they will naturally come 

 into relatively shallow water preparatory to 

 spawning, and at such times, if the law is open 

 and the conscience of the angler permits, they 

 could doubtless be lured with the feathers. 



But if the Lake Tahoe trout taboo the fly, there 

 is within easy carriage distance of the lake a 

 grand water (Webber Lake) for the fly fisherman, 

 where the trout are surface feeders and great 

 fighters. It is closely allied to the Lake Tahoe 

 trout, which I have as yet failed to fish, but it 

 is difficult to believe that trout should so radi- 



