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may not care to go in for smaller game again ; 

 but in all our experience we never knew a 

 salmon fisher who did not enjoy trout-fishing 

 as much in its own way as ever he did that of 

 the nobler animal. There is something in the 

 gossamer gut and small flies irresistibly at- 

 tractive to all sportsmen, and from which no 

 amount of salmon-fishing can ever wean them. 

 The salmo ferox is a fish on which many 

 opinions have been expressed ; and we have 

 heard more than one old boatman say that he 

 did not believe it to be anything but a big 

 loch-trout, as, they ask, Who ever saw a young 

 one ? We see the young of all other fish, but 

 why do we never come across a young ferox ? 

 It seems pertinent enough questioning, and we 

 do not pretend to settle their doubts in either 

 one way or another. Certain it is, he is a big 

 strong fish with some features distinct from the 

 ordinary loch trout, and that when caught he 

 shows an amount of fight not to be equalled 

 by any of his neighbours, either white or brown. 

 He is usually caught by trolling either natural 

 or artificial minnow ; and the tackle should be 

 mounted on gimp and fixed to a strong line, 

 and plenty of it. We have read of a ferox 



