40 THE FINE ART OF FISHING 



ful where the fry or fingerlings are planted in the 

 tributary brooks where they are free from the large 

 trout and the generally strenuous life of the river. 



But where little brooks and small mountain trout 



are the rule and heavier fishing need not be taken into 



consideration, fly-fishing for the little 



o " charrs of the mountain streams is a legit- 

 mate Sport. . j , 1 u j 



imate sport and not a half bad one. 



With trout fishing as, in fact, with any sport of the 

 rod and gun, particularly in these days when light 

 creels and hunting-coat pockets are the rule the law 

 in most localities jealously looking out for this and 

 the camera plays so important a part in field sports, 

 the country to be fished or hunted, whether attractive 

 or commonplace, is a primary consideration. It would 

 be difficult to find a more pleasant field of action than 

 that afforded by the typical mountain trout stream. 



When you go fishing for mountain trout you seek the 



country of the ruffed grouse, the woodcock, the gray 



squirrel, and the white-tailed deer; 



Where the w Jthal, a somewhat strenuous country. 



Followin S the brook y u P ass throu S h 

 deep ravines strewn with green and 



moss-grown rocks, steep, slippery, moist, and prolific 

 of mosquitoes, tumbles, tackle smash-ups and trout. 

 You work through little alder swamps, almost impene- 

 trable tangles where there is nothing to see but the 

 work ahead and nothing to do but do it and catch 

 trout. But, however difficult may be the local habita- 

 tion of the mountain trout, it is sure to have the virtues 

 of picturesqueness and freedom from monotony and to 



