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exact replica of the first, in size and beauty 

 equaling anything taken from the larger stream. 

 Perhaps had I remained longer I might have 

 doubled or even tripled the catch; but six were 

 all I could use and to take more would have been 

 to have laid myself open to a certain charge 

 which I hope I never justly deserved. Perhaps 

 those fish were simply seeking colder water, but 

 their brilliant coloring seemed to indicate that 

 the reproductive instinct was strong upon them. 



Late in the fall I have found large fish away 

 up where there was not sufficient water to cover 

 their back fins, and have lain for hours watching 

 their interesting courtship. Even a stream ap- 

 parently possessed of only a few fish will turn 

 out an unbelievable number during the spawning 

 season. It is this habit of the trout, ever seek- 

 ing waters higher up as the season wanes, that 

 leads the experienced fly-fisherman to visit the 

 pool above when he misses large fish in a pool 

 before-time inhabited. But the fishing of the 

 little streams deserves a chapter by itself, and 

 those interested in such fishing will find the mat- 

 ter more fully treated in chapter ten. 



Perhaps nowhere will we find a better de- 

 scription of a trout courtship than in "The 

 Trouts of America," by Mr. William C. Harris, 



