TROUT HABITS; LURES AND USE 



Other Trout Habits. Further data in refer- 

 ence to the habits of trout are that the principal 

 feeding times are from five to ten A. M. and five 

 to eight P. M. They rarely rise at night after 

 the steam begins to come up like smoke from 

 the water, or in the early morning till it has 

 cleared away. After a hard rain or in misty 



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Bro\\m trout, 20 inches. Dried skin mounted flat on birch -bark panel, 



Nipigon Indian style, in camp by the author day after it was 



caught, and eaten 



weather they are all-day feeders. The observa- 

 tion that the largest trout are not great surface 

 feeders applies more particularly to the native 

 Eastern brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) than 

 to the brown or German trout (Salmo fario) . 3 

 Trout are more agile in rapids than in shallow 

 water or pools, and must be struck quicker 

 indeed they frequently hook themselves in 

 swift water, before the angler has time to strike; 



3 Eggs originally introduced into America from Germany, by von Behr 

 in 1882, the first hatching being in 1883. 



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