228 The Trout s of America 



Their time of spawning is irregular; nominally 

 it takes place in the spring, but frequently gravid 

 females are found in the early days of August, 

 although a large majority are through spawning 

 by the middle of June. 



This trout is an omnivorous feeder, taking 

 indiscriminately whatever is thrown to him, 

 chunks of meat, grasshoppers, worms, white 

 grubs, and minnows, but he has a weakness for 

 insects, hence takes an artificial fly with avidity, 

 particularly the Coachman, Black Hackle with a 

 peacock body, the June Spinner, and the Black 

 Prince. They take these imitations eagerly in 

 the rifts, which they seem to prefer when feed- 

 ing to the pools or deeper currents ; July is 

 the best month for fishing in all the waters of 

 the state, from which a number of these fish 

 have been taken by the United States Fish 

 Commission to the hatchery at Wytheville, Vir- 

 ginia, for the purpose of stocking Eastern streams. 



The Waha Lake trout (Salmo clarkii bouvieri) 

 was first discovered by Captain Bendire, U.S.A., in 

 Waha Lake, a small mountain pond, land-locked, 

 in the state of Washington, to which it seems to 

 be confined, as it has not been found in any other 

 waters. It is singularly colored, with dark spots 



