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a food and game fish that it is now artificially propa- 

 gated by both Federal and State hatcheries and the 

 range has accordingly increased far beyond its original 

 limits. Stocking waters with lake trout is usually very 

 successful and few if any failures to obtain results are 

 reported. In every case known to the writer where 

 the stocking was carefully and intelligently done the 

 results have been entirely satisfactory. The lake trout 

 is a hardy fish and its growth is fast, especially when 

 planted in lakes not previously having these fish, since 

 in such waters food is very abundant. 



It is a noteworthy fact that many of the "big trout" 

 stories industriously circulated every year, particularly 



fish tales from Maine and Canada, are 

 .big I rout f ounc i e( i U p n the more or less skilful and 



authentic capture of a good-sized lake 

 trout on trolling tackle and not upon the taking of a 

 brook trout, fontinalis, on the fly. Of course, in the 

 waters of Maine and Canada, some very large brook 

 trout are taken quite frequently by fly-fishermen, trout 

 running from three to six pounds and, far less fre- 

 quently, heavier than that. 



Anglers who specialize on lake trout fishing con- 

 sider a six-pound fish a small one. Anglers who spe- 

 cialize on fly-fishing for brook trout, it goes without 

 saying, do not consider a six-pound fish a small one. 

 Consequently, if you are a worthy and hard-working 

 fly-caster with, as yet, a two-pound trout as your record 

 fish, do not be unduly shocked when a friend reputedly 

 not over-skilful in angling affairs writes you from the 

 North Woods that he has captured an "eight-pound 



