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these shad, and they all say it is the finest sport they ever had in 
fly-fishing. They are very gamey, make rapid runs, and will 
break from the water like a black bass. 
. P, Ac Me VANUAV YG: 
Mr. GREEN then read the following paper : 
When i speak so highly of the California mountain-trout, I 
do not wish to be understood that I have gone back on our 
speckled beauties ; on the contrary, I think our brook-trout one 
of the handsomest and best fish in the world, and that we can have 
both kinds, and the mountain-trout will live in many streams 
that our trout will not live in. 
For some time previous to this meeting I have been racking 
my brain to think of something on which to address you, and | 
find it a very difficult matter to think of anything to say that has 
not been said before. The fact of the matter is, that the Ameri- 
can people, and especially the members of this Association, are 
getting so well educated on the subject of fish-culture, that I 
find that the ground has to be looked over very closely to dis- 
cover a new idea to advance, . 
The New York State Fishery Commission being the first to 
introduce the California mountain-trout into eastern waters, I 
will give you our experience with them. We have at the New 
York State Hatchery 16,000 two-year olds, and 34,000 yearlings, 
the product from 500 spawn which we obtained in 1875. We 
find them a much more easy fish to raise than the eastern brook- 
trout, and they grow almost twice as fast. <A brook-trout at 
three years old will weigh about one-half pound, and a Califor- 
nia mountain-trout will weigh about one pound. For sporting 
purposes they are in my opinion superior to the brook-trout, 
being a much stronger fish and full of pluck, and in regard to 
their qualities as a table-fish they must necessarily be fine, as 
they inhabit pure-water streams and live upon the same food 
principally that brook-trout do. They are an excellent fish for 
the headwaters of our large rivers—the Hudson, Susquehanna, | 
Delaware, etc. We have as yet been able to supply only a lim- 
ited number to any of our waters, being anxious to preserve as 
