CHAPTER III 



FLY-FISHING THE MOUNTAIN BROOK, 

 THE POOLS, AND STILL-WATERS 



QUITE recently at the Upper Dam, Rangeley 

 Lakes, Maine, "the place, of all others in the 

 world, where the lunacy of angling may be 

 seen in its incurable stage," a genuine brook trout, 

 fontinaltSj weighing twelve and a half pounds was cap- 

 tured. This trout, authenticated beyond doubt, was 

 not taken by an angler but by some hatchery men for 

 spawning purposes. At the same place, in the fall of 

 1908, a brook trout scaling nine pounds seven ounces 

 was taken on the fly by Mr. Raymond S. Parrish, of 

 Montville, Connecticut. 



Some little time ago, at the biennial session of the 

 General Assembly of a certain State, a bill came up 

 for consideration making seven inches the length of 

 trout to be legally retained. Whereupon the Honor- 

 able Member from but that might identify the State 

 at any rate, the Honorable Member arose and, with 

 tears in his eyes, protested that in his county, although 

 there were several trout streams, many trout, and a 

 well-established industry devoted to their capture, there 



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