THE SALMON TROUT 



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nocks." and in the west of England the 

 Salmon Trout goes by the name of " peal " 

 or " peel." A Sea Trout in Ireland is 

 termed a White Trout, and in Wales 

 it is named '• sewin." 



In regard to the Welsh Sea Trout, it 

 is stated by several naturalists that the 

 sewin differs somewhat in shape and 

 appearance from the Sea Trout of Scotland 

 and Ireland and the "peal" of Devon- 

 shire, and a distinguishing scientific ap- 

 pellation, Salmo Cambricus, has been 

 given to the sewin of the Conway, Towy, 

 and Dovev. 



Sea Trout are visitors to all the un- 

 contaminated rivers of the north-western 

 counties of England, to most of the streams 

 of Wales, in their tidal lengths, and in 

 some cases in their upper waters, and to 

 the rivers of Cornwall and Devon. These 



wandering than the adventurous salmon. 

 They congregate in large shoals in the 

 estuaries during the summer and autumn, 

 and come into the lowest fresh watei 

 pools of the rivers with each tide. If 

 tlie stream is low through a long period 

 of dry weather, the fish travel no further 

 than the first reach of fresh water, where 

 they remain in ex])ectation of a flood 

 which will enable them to continue their 

 journey in safety. 



In the little Aeron, which enters the 

 sea at Aberayron below Aberystwyth, 

 Sea Trout assembled in hundreds bcknv 

 the first weir during the hot drought of 

 the summer of 1908. It is under these 

 conditions that the fish are extremely 

 " shy " of taking an artificial fly or a 

 baited hook, and though they may be 

 seen leaping from the water, and ro\'ing 



HOLTS OF THE SALMON TROUT. 



migrants also ascend some of the Sussex 

 streams : but they are scarce in the 

 rivers of the East Coast until we reach 

 Yorkshire. In the rivers of Scotland, 

 on the eastern side, Sea Trout are found 

 in considerable numbers, and in such 

 streams as the Findhorn and the Deveron 

 they are very abundant in wet seasons. 



Sea Trout are even more restless and 

 passionately impelled by the spirit oi 



impatiently to and fro in the pool, they are 

 seldom captured. 



The bulk of Sea Trout exposed for sale 

 are taken in nets at tlie mouths of the 

 rivers. Their chance of avoiding capture 

 is small in some of the estuaries where 

 numerous nets are continually at work ; 

 but on Sundays, when the nets are taken 

 off. they travel up the stream as far as 

 tliey can proceed without the danger of 



