Favorite Fish and Fishing 



tent, where water plants and grasses flour- 

 ish. Such waters seem to be more con- 

 genial than the colder mountain streams; 

 and moreover it has a way of disappearing 

 from the smaller streams to seek those of 

 greater depth. It will thrive in warmer 

 water than the other trouts. The rainbow is 

 similar in contour to the red-throat, though 

 somewhat deeper, and with shorter head, 

 smaller mouth, and larger scales. Its dis- 

 tinguishing feature is the broad red band 

 along the lateral line, common to both male 

 and female. It is a handsome fish, with 

 considerably more gameness than the red- 

 throat, but is not so vigorous on the rod as 

 the steelhead of the same size. Owing to 

 its tendency to descend streams it is par- 

 ticularly liable to enter irrigation ditches, in 

 which event its doom is sealed. As a food- 

 fish it is superior to the native red-throat 

 trout. 



in New Waters In no new waters has the rainbow done so 



well as in those of Michigan and Colorado. 



In the former state it has populated streams 



that were once the home of the grayling, 



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