Fish and Fishing 



most prominent being "the brook trout of west- 

 ern Oregon," and the "McCloud River rainbow 

 trout," from which stock the Eastern and Middle 

 West were first stocked in 1870. 



Another important subspecies is the Shasta 

 rainbow, which rises freely to any of the stand- 

 ard flies and grows to a stream weight of five or 

 six pounds. It yields exceptional sport in waters 

 where it is new to the angler's rod. The dressing 

 of feathers which it prefers, when tied on No. 10 

 sprout hooks, are those of the March brown, 

 coachman and brown hackle. The habitat of 

 this trout is in the streams of the Sierra Nevada, 

 from Mt. Shasta southward, but it is best known 

 in the McCloud River. Two other rainbows 

 are the Kern River trout, and the golden trout 

 of Mt. Whitney, California, both being of peculiar 

 interest from the fact that they are found in no 

 other water than the Kern River and its tribu- 

 taries. Both are very game, taking the fly on the 

 surface and fighting hard by deep and long surges. 

 The Mt. Whitney trout is the most beautiful in 

 color of any salmon trout. 



Of the three foreign species of salmon trout 

 transplanted to American waters, the best known 

 by anglers is the German or brown trout (Salmo 

 fario), which was planted in 1883. An unpardon- 

 able mistake has been made in planting them in 

 small streams where they feed on and destroy the 

 native fontinalis. Being able to exist and thrive 

 in water of a higher temperature than is adapted 

 to other trout they should never be placed in 

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