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Brook Trout, and takes the artificial fly more 

 quietly, but is none the less a fine game-fish. 

 Weighs up to less than two pounds. Brook 

 Trout flies of subdued color are best for the 

 Grayling Oak, Queen of the Water, Brown 

 Hackle, Professor, etc. 



Herring, Branch (Alewife, Allwife, Ellwife, 

 Ellwhoop, Big-Eyed Herring, Gaspereau, Gas- 

 perot, Sprat, Whitebait, etc.): Caught on the 

 artificial fly in Lake Ontario, the large lakes of 

 New York, and the salt rivers of the Atlantic 

 coast. Is common in the Albemarle, Con- 

 necticut, and Potomac rivers and off the 

 coasts of Maine and Massachusetts. 



Herring, Inland (Alewife, Skipjack, Shad, 

 Herring, etc.) : Caught throughout the Mis- 

 sissippi Valley in all the larger streams, 

 and Lake Michigan and Lake Erie. In the 

 neighborhood of the ocean it descends to the 

 Gulf. Attains a length of one foot. Feeds 

 on crustaceans and worms. 



Minnow (Shiner, Minnie, Menawe, Penk, 

 etc.): Caught with bits of worm and a silk 

 thread and needle-hook. There are four 

 species one in Tennessee, one in the Beaver 

 River, Utah, one in the upper Missouri, and 

 one in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa. The 

 Black-Striped Minnow is abundant in clear 

 streams from Ohio and Virginia to New Eng- 

 land. Measures a few inches in length. 



Moon-Eye (Moon-Eye Herring, etc.): 

 Caught on the artificial fly and with Minnow 

 bait in Lake Pepin and other waters. Is a 

 handsome fish. Attains a weight of two 

 pounds. Often takes the fly and discards it 

 before the angler can hook the fish. 



Muskellunge (Mascalonge, Maskalonge, 

 Maskinonge*, etc.) : Caught with small-fish 

 and large-frog bait, on the stoutest bait-cast- 

 ing rod, and the same reel, line, leader, etc., 

 used in ocean surf-fishing for Striped Bass and 

 Red Drum. Found in the Great Lakes, the 

 St. Lawrence River, and other rivers of our 

 northern boundary. Is a member of the Pike 

 family. Resembles the Pike and the Pick- 



