Food of the Yclloivstone Trout 497 



Your Catch. — The following suggestions are important for be- 

 ginners in the gentle art of angling: 



1. It is not necessary to catch the legal limit to prove yourself a 

 good fisherman. The true sportsman looks for quality, not quantity. 

 Quantity does not necessarily indicate skill, — only some luck, and 

 greed. 



2. Kill your fish as soon as you have caught him, and before clean- 

 ing. There is no need of causing useless suffering. The habit of 

 cruelty to animals engenders the habit of cruelty to men. 



3. If your trout is below legal size, carefully disengage it under 

 water, taking care not to rub off the slime which is the protective 

 covering of the fish. 



4. Do not allow your catch to lie in the heat of the sun, or de- 

 composition will set in. Clean and pack the fish before returning to 

 camp, burying the offal so as to leave no disagreeable traces for those 

 who follow you. 



5. When packing trout to take back to camp, wrap each one 

 ' separately in coarse grass and see that they lie compactly so that 



they will not jolt. If loose, even slight movements of your body 

 will jar and bruise them, and they will speedily become soft and 

 unappetizing. 



6. Weigh and photograph your trout ; and possibly you may also 

 wish to write a permanent record of your fishing adventure. In 

 retrospect, this frequently proves to be the most satisfying part of 

 one's catch. 



