l8 FISH : THEIR HABITS AND HAUNTS. 



very elaborate apparatus, and in either case 

 it gives to the enthusiastic fisherman the 

 keenest delight. 



The old and young, the learned and igno- 

 rant, the poor and rich, all classes, ages and 

 conditions, have enjoyed angling for trout. 

 Once, nearly every stream in the Middle, 

 Northern, and Eastern States teemed with 

 both trout and salmon. The salmon has 

 been driven away, and, had not anglers inter- 

 fered to save the trout, they would now be 

 known only from books and from the stories 

 of the oldest inhabitants. 



For bait-fishing, the convenient tackle is 

 a light rod of ten or twelve feet in length, 

 with reel and line, and small hooks, with 

 well-scoured worms for bait. The stream 

 should be approached with the greatest cau- 

 tion, as this fish is very wary, and the line 

 should be dropped lightly into the water, 

 and in an instant the fisherman may be re- 

 warded by a sudden pull and the landing of 



