BROOK TROUT 



scattered over the lakes and streams. The monster 

 lake trout, which often weigh sixteen to twenty pounds, 

 can be taken by surface-trolling with a "gong" or 

 " spoon," and sometimes with a fly. The season, how- 

 ever, is cold, and lacks the attractions of leafy June ; 

 but there are no flies or mosquitoes to annoy. In June 

 the trout lie in the quick water of the streams where 

 bowlders make an eddy or divide the current. Later 

 they are found at the mouths of cold brooks, prepar- 

 atory to spawning. 



The necessary expenses of the tourist are about $3 

 per day, whether he stops at a hotel, camps, or takes a 

 guide. The charge for boat and guide is $2.50 per 

 diem; hotel fares from $1.50 to $2.50. 



I was most impressed, in my trip through the Adi- 

 rondacks, with the beauty of the forest in and around 

 Childwold, the solitude of Long Lake and the Fulton 

 chain, the view from Lake Placid and over Mirrcr 

 Lake, with the peaks of Mount Marcy and its fellows 

 in the south, with the vistas of woods, lakes, and 

 streams along the line of the Webb railroad, and par- 

 ticularly with the superb prospects from the Chateau- 

 guay road as it climbs Lyon Mountain, which recalls 

 the scenery of the Blue Ridge. I found much of in- 

 terest and information in the talk of the guides of the 

 region. The older guides are, as a rule, pessimistic as 

 to the future of the woods, and groan over the change 

 from the old sporting days. They do not care for the 

 tourist business and the hanging round the hotels, even 



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