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Utah ought not to miss visiting one or the other of these localities. 

 The Webber River near Ogden, Utah, is also a good place to fish. 



This fish is (as in fact all the western trout are), exceedingly 

 capricious regarding food. At times they will rise beautifully to 

 flies, dark ones, being generally preferred, and at others will take 

 nothing but grasshoppers or minnows. In Provo River they are 

 not known to rise to a fly, but grasshoppers answer well ; in the 

 Beaver River nothing can be done with flies, and at Pang-witch 

 Lake fat pork and fishes' eyes succeed admirably. 



At Utah Lake enormous numbers are taken by nets, frequently 

 five hundred pounds at a single haul, and formerly as much as 

 three thousand seven hundred pounds have been taken. As may 

 be .supposed, at this place fishing will not be good much longer. 

 Two hours' ride from Salt Lake City will bring the sportsman to 

 Provo and when there he should visit Mr. Madsen's place, near 

 the Lake, if he desires good fishing. 



Yellowstone Trout. — Salmo carinaius. Cope. 



Specific characters. — Head sharp, well keeled above, 4.66 times 

 in length to notch of Caudal, which is well marked ; diam- 

 eter of eye enters length of side of head five times ; dorsal fin 

 nearer muzzle than end of caudal scales, which are large ; 33 be- 

 low the first ray of the dorsal ; spots large and distinct, far apart. 

 Color. Light rosy, marked with round black spots sparsely 

 distributed over the entire body. The dorsal and caudal fins are 

 spotted. Fins and sides of head crimson. Habitat, Rocky 

 Mountains. Prof. Cope considers this species distinct, but possibly 

 future study of specimens will show it to be identical with the pre- 

 ceding species. The bait taken by the others of its family will also 

 serve for it. 



Lewis Trout ; Missouri Trout.— Salmo lewisi. Suckley. 



Specific characters. — Body somewhat thick ; back well arched ; 

 head rather small, entering about five times in length of fish ; 

 tail somewhat notched ; first dorsal ray nearer point of snout than 

 base of caudal. 



Coior. — Above bluish grey ; lowef, orange or yellow. Th? 

 aack, peduncle, dorsal, adipose and caudal fins SDOtted. with black. 

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