I04 Angling Travels in Norway. 



migration, for he is not as yet, so to say, in full 

 plumage. 



Again, the experienced angler will generally recognize 

 the smolt as soon as hooked by the continuous wriggles 

 made in the effort to escape, whereas under like pre- 

 dicament the trout's resistance is more staid and 

 stubborn. 



One word of caution — When about to fish a salmon- 

 river for trout, the novice is generally infonned that he 

 can readily distinguish between them and smolts by the 

 bars or finger-marks which run across the sides of the 

 latter, by which in many districts they have acquired the 

 name of " brandling." 



This, however, is by no means a sure test, as young 

 trout frequently retain these bars, although not of such 

 vivid colour as in the smolt. On the other hand, the 

 bars upon a well-grown smolt may have become so 

 indistinct that they do not catch the eye until viewed 

 in a certain light, and this is more especially the case 

 with the smolt which has existed for two years in the 

 parr stage. 



The more certain characteristics of the two species 

 are : — 



In Trout, the spots are distributed over the flanks 

 without regard to the medial line. * 



In Smolt, there are few, if any, spots on the body 



