The Trout 



" As a game-fish the golden trout is one 

 of the best. It will rise to any kind of lure, 

 including the artificial fly, and at any time 

 of day. A No. 10 fly is large enough, per- 

 haps too large; No. 12 or even smaller is 

 much better. In the morning and again in 

 the evening it would take the fly with a 

 rush and make a good fight, jumping fre- 

 quently when permitted to do so; during 

 the middle of the day it rose more de- 

 liberately and could sometimes only be 

 tempted with grasshoppers. It is a fish 

 that does not give up soon but continues 

 the fight. Its unusual breadth of fins and 

 strength of caudal peduncle, together with 

 the turbulent water in which it dwells, en- 

 able it to make a fight equaling that offered 

 by many larger trout." 



In the autumn of 1906 several hundred Propagation of 

 golden trout from Volcano Creek were 

 brought by a fish-car to the Bozeman Fish- 

 eries Station. In the following spring sev- 

 eral hundred eggs were taken from a few 

 of the largest fish, about six inches long, 

 and it is hoped that this beautiful trout 



