34 THE FINE ART OF FISHING 



said of the great majority of streams in which are native 

 trout alone. Personally the writer confesses to a genuine 

 admiration for the brown trout with the conviction 

 that he is not alone in this opinion, and also with the 

 knowledge that many anglers have no use whatever for 

 the brown trout and, while still maintaining that our 

 native brook trout is an unrivaled game fish, he is will- 

 ing to give the devil his due ; in other words, to declare 

 that the brown trout is a game fish worth any angler's 

 consideration and skill. 



The Rainbow Trout 



The rainbow trout, Salmo irideus, is far less com- 

 mon to Eastern trout streams than the brown trout ; in 

 the West the rainbow is indigenous to many streams. 

 This is a true trout, a salmon trout and not a charr 

 and, in fact, has more points in common with the brown 

 trout than with the Eastern brook. It is a black-spotted 

 trout; as in the case of the brown it will live in water 

 of a higher temperature than will the native; it is 

 famous for leaping when hooked, and is a faster grower 

 than the native trout. 



For some unknown reason stocking trout streams 



with rainbow fry or fingerlings is successful only in 



isolated cases. The common impression 



Stocking seems to b e t ^ at t j ie ra j n b OWSj if circum- 



Rainbows stances P GTm ' 1 ^ desert the shallow water 



of the average trout stream and run 



down into deeper rivers and lakes. Whatever may be 



the reason, it is a fact that although many streams have 



been stocked with rainbows only a few of them are ever 



