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lose their spots in the sea, becoming pale and silvery 

 in color. Brook trout were originally found at a dis- 

 tance not greater than three hundred miles back 

 from the ocean in waters tributary to it. Where 

 conditions of temperature were favorable, they in- 

 variably sought salt water. When transplanted to, or 

 found in, inland waters, they have adapted themselves 

 to fresh- water conditions aS well. All members of the 

 trout family require cold water for their habitat, 

 averaging about 68 degrees or less. Therefore, they 

 must either seek the cold water of the ocean, or, if 

 barred from that by long stretches of warm-river 

 waters, they must seek the cold, small tributaries 

 high up in the hills. While trout are found in the high- 

 land streams south of New York as far as South 

 Carolina, they are not able to seek the sea on account 

 of the warm, intervening waters. In Long Island 

 (N. Y.) streams all trout are sea-going. From that 

 point along the coast northward sea trout are rarely, 

 if ever, found until the northern shores of Maine and 

 New Brunswick are reached. All rivers flowing into 

 the St. Lawrence as far west as Quebec, as well as 

 those entering the Saguenay and those of the Labra- 

 dor coast, are especially noted for most excellent sea 

 trout fishing, and are the favorite resorts of Anglers. 

 ... In all ways the sea trout corresponds with the 

 brook trout when taken in fresh water. If taken in 

 salt water, there will only be the variation of coloring. 

 . . . ouananiche . . . and sea trout . . . with the 

 exception of salmon . . . afford the greatest sport 

 that the Angler can find. . . . Exactly the same 

 tackle is used (for sea trout) as for ouananiche, trout, 

 or bass, and the same flies, both in kind and size. . . . 

 When the fish begin to leave the sea and ascend the 



