BROOK TROUT AND FLY-CASTER 5 



to know that, as a matter of scientific fact, the brook 



trout is not a trout but a charr. Briefly, 



The Brook as regar ds the Salmonidae, the books of 



Charr authority recognize the salmon trout and 



the charr trout, the distinction being 



founded upon the fact that the charrs have no teeth 



upon the front of the bone in the roof of the mouth, the 



contrary being the case with the salmon trout. Of the 



charrs those most familiar to the angler are the Great 



Lakes trout, Cristivomer namaycush, the "Namaycush," 



and fontinaltSj Salvelinus meaning "little charr." In 



this connection it might be well to say that the trout of 



British angling literature is not our common native 



trout but the brown trout, Salmo fario, now pretty 



generally introduced into this country and a true trout, 



not a charr. 



The brook trout, although found in many lakes, is 



essentially a creature of running waters highly aerated 



and of low temperature, sixty-five degrees 



The Brook bdrig about the highest temperature con- 



Horne* s i stent ^h their continued existence and 

 welfare. So, in a way, the speckled trout 

 is a neighbor of the ruffed grouse, the white-tailed deer, 

 and the gray squirrel, living in forest and woodland 

 streams, spring born and fed, where the water, running 

 between wooded banks, is shaded and cool, and the 

 many waterfalls and rocky riffles afford air in abun- 

 dance. 



The appeal of trout fly-fishing to the sportsman is 

 due in great part to the mere fact that "going to the 

 woods" is inseparably connected with the best of the 



