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Of sea trout we have no great run here, nor 

 are they of any considerable size. I think 

 7 lb. is the greatest weight we have recorded. 

 Lars was of opinion that there were less than 

 there used to be, and I hope he may have 

 been right. I have heard of more than one 

 Norwegian river where a falling off of sea trout 

 has been followed by a great increase of salmon. 



The run of sea trout is nothing like as regular 

 as that of salmon, and varies very much in 

 different years. I fancy that in some seasons 

 they come here, and in others ascend one of the 

 minor rivers which enter the fjord between Osen 

 and the sea. From observation in Norway and 

 elsewhere, I believe that sea trout prefer a river 

 which gives them access to a lake within a few 

 miles of the tideway. In some of the rivers of 

 the great Sogne-fjord, the fjord immediately to 

 the south of ours, very heavy sea trout run in 

 July and August, a 20-pounder being by no 

 means uncommon. Whether they are all the 

 true Salmo Trutta I do not know. No such 

 fish are to be found here. 



Sea trout fishing has been much extolled in 

 angling books, but it is of course inferior to 

 salmon fishing, and in the opinion of many to 



