With anglers Trout are the universal 

 favorites, their pursuit and capture afford- 

 ing the maximum of piscatorial recreation 

 and enjoyment. As fish they are unsur- 

 passed for beauty of form and colors ; for 

 sprightliness and gamesomeness they have 

 few equals. In the city Trout are a luxury, 

 found on the tables of high-priced restau- 

 rants. 



Whether or not Brook Trout, Lake 

 Trout, and Salmon-Trout were originally 

 the same stock, now modified by transplan- 

 tation and other conditions, is a moot- 

 point, not fully determined. All we know 

 is their tendencies have undergone modi- 

 fication, their development is influenced, 

 and their flavor affected by change of food 

 and habit. 



The usual weight is from half to one 

 pound ; in Maine some have been taken 

 of eight pounds ; in the Adirondacks above 

 five pounds. They spawn in shallows, at 

 the head of brooks, in September and Oc- 

 tober, and are angled for in spring, until 

 the early part of summer. 



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