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themselves with worms, etc. Then they refuse the 

 Angler's bait for several days " trout feed on a 

 rising stream, not on a falling stream. " E. Curley. 



A Tame Trout. "Sunbeam, the pet speckled trout 

 in the fish hatchery at Estes Park, is very fond of being 

 stroked and petted, and will swim around and rub it- 

 self against a person's hand whenever a chance is 

 given it." Estes (Calif.) Correspondent New York 

 World. I'll warrant this fish only rubs its lips against 

 the hand of man. No fish will willingly allow its body 

 to come in contact with a man's hand, because fishes 

 are covered with a slime that protects them when they 

 encounter rocks, logs, etc., and they naturally would 

 not voluntarily waste this valuable armor. 



Traits of the Trout. The brook trout (Salvelinus 

 fontinalis), using its tail with vigor and precision, will 

 splash water into the midst of a mass of flying insects 

 (midge, black gnat, mosquito, etc.), and thus disable 

 these insects so that they will fall on the surface of the 

 water, where they become easy prey to the voracious 

 trout. Fontinalis will also use his tail in striking to 

 disable larger insects (butterflies, beetles, cricket, 

 potato-bug, etc.), and the Angler's artificial flies when 

 they are floating in or upon the water. 



Rainbow Trout. "The rainbow takes the fly so 

 readily that there is no reason for resorting to grass- 

 hoppers, salmon eggs, or other bait. It is a fish whose 

 gameness will satisfy the most exacting of expert 

 Anglers, and whose readiness to take any proper line 

 will please the most impatient of inexperienced 

 amateurs." Prof. Evermann. 



