CHAPTER II 



FLY-FISHING FOR BROWN AND 

 RAINBOW TROUT 



WHEN the Eastern angler speaks of fly-fish- 

 ing for trout the speckled brook trout, 

 Salvelinus fontinalis, is always implied; but 

 while it is true that, fortunately, the red-spotted trout 

 is still the most common resident of our streams, yet in 

 many streams fontinalis now shares the water with one 

 or both of two other good game fishes, the brown trout 

 and the rainbow trout, Salmo fario and Salmo irideus 

 respectively. Of the two the brown trout is the more 

 common and it is well for the fly-caster to know some- 

 thing about its nature and habits and the most suitable 

 tackle and methods for fly-fishing for brown trout; 

 also he should know the facts of a similar nature re- 

 garding the rainbow. 



The Brown Trout 



Notwithstanding the fact that the brown trout had 

 been a resident of many of our streams for a good many 

 years, to be exact since 1882, it seems that among an- 

 glers in general exact information concerning this trout 



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