Favorite Fish and Fishing 



but in American waters it is hardly so 

 gamy, and not quite so good a food-fish 

 as our native trouts. It grows to a larger 

 size than our brook trout, and will thrive 

 in warmer water. A variety of the brown 

 trout, the Loch Leven, was introduced into 

 Firehole River, in the Yellowstone National 

 Park, some years ago, and it is remarkable 

 how well they thrive in the warm geyser 

 water. They must have been planted in 

 some stream in the Park tributary to the 

 Yellowstone River also, for I know of two 

 being taken near Livingston, Montana, one 

 weighing more than ten pounds, the other 

 about twelve. In a pond near Bozeman, 

 Montana, some brown trout fry were 

 planted, and at the end of four years two 

 were taken weighing six pounds each, both 

 of which were weighed by myself. 



Fly-Fishing The brown trout rises well to the fly, as 



well if not better in American waters 

 than in England, and does not seem to be 

 so fastidious as to the color or shape of the 

 fly offered. Any of the popular trout flies 

 will answer, and it seems to have an in- 

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