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was not at that time in that county, or ever had been 

 at any time in that county, a trout measuring seven 

 inches. Wherefore the injustice of such a measure 

 was palpable, etc., etc. The bill did not pass. 



Trout fishing may mean one thing and it may mean 

 another. It is a fact that in many parts of Vermont, 

 Massachusetts, Connecticut, and other States, trout 

 fishing such as that described by the Honorable Mem- 

 ber is the rule and not the exception. 



Small Stream Fly-fishing 



Where average fishing may be had it is a very poor 

 plan, one finely calculated to spoil sport, to fish the 

 small mountain streams. These little 

 Do not Fish brooks act as "feeders" for the larger 

 the Feeder t d j j th fall th 



Brook. 



trout of the larger streams ascend 



these little brooks to spawn and the little trout 

 remain in them from the fry to the fingerling 

 stage when they seek the deeper and more ex- 

 tensive streams. "Skinning" the small brooks merely 

 means that the stock in the larger ones will surely de- 

 teriorate in numbers and in size, and eventually poor 

 fishing or none at all will be the rule. 



But if the small feeder brooks are religiously pro- 

 tected, the stocking of the larger streams is more or 

 less automatic, no matter how hard these may be fished ; 

 this is especially true where the feeder brooks are 

 stocked by the State or by individuals. It is manifestly 

 futile to stock the small brooks and at the same time 

 allow them to be fished. And stocking is most success- 



