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has no spots. The large trout has a few spots, these 

 being particularly brilliant in the mating season 

 September and October. The best time to fish for this 

 large species is in Atigust and September. Both of 

 these unidentified trout will rise to the artificial fly, 

 but in fly-fishing I have never taken a specimen of the 

 large species that weighed over six pounds, the fish 

 ranging beyond this weight favoring small fish and 

 red meat for bait. The waters are overstocked with 

 the large variety; the small unspotted variety is only 

 in one stream." Undoubtedly these two trout are 

 odd forms of well-known species. Mr. Dunham 

 should send specimens of each to the United States 

 Fish Commission at Washington. The small trout will 

 undoubtedly prove to be the common mountain trout, 

 whose peculiar habitat the one stream Mr. Dunham 

 mentions is responsible for its peculiar coloring. The 

 large fish that ranges up to forty-nine pounds is no 

 doubt a form of lake trout which has been known to 

 attain a weight of eighty pounds and a length of six 

 feet. 



The Trout's Symmetry. "Few humanly designed 

 lines are more graceful than those of the yacht. The 

 trout is made up of such lines. It is a submarine 

 designed by the Almighty. It makes the most of the 

 simple elements of artistic beauty symmetry of 

 line, suggestive of agile power, and delicately blended 

 harmonies of rich color. " New York Evening Tele- 

 gram, editorial page, July 17, 1915. 



The Beautiful Trout. "Of all the many species of 

 trout, Salvelinus or Salmo, the brook trout, fontinalis, is 

 by far the most beautiful. " Charles Zpibeon Southard. 



