THE GAME FISHES OF THE WOELD 



of Lake Southland, near Lake Crescent, and the spotted 

 trout. 



There appears to be no end to the varieties of Salmo. A 

 large spotted feUow, Salmo clarJcii spilarus, occurs in the Eio 

 Grande, -while pleuriticus is found in the Colorado Basin. These 

 are the most important trout of Western America, though the 

 angler may find many more, which have been introduced, as 

 Lock Leven. While fishing in the Big Meadows of the Feather 

 Eiver in California for rainbows, which, apparently averaged 

 from five to seven pounds, I took eastern Brook trout, of course 

 introduced. This wonderful angling region is now being flooded 

 and will become a lake and one of the great angling resorts of 

 America, abounding in trout and salmon. 



It will be seen we have in Western IsTorth America three 

 distinct series : the rainbow series, the cut-throat series, and the 

 steelhead series, described elsewhere. !N^early all of these trout will 

 take a fly, except, of course, the Tahoe trout, which is taken 

 with a big spoon trolling deep. The tackle should be a battery of 

 eight- and ten-ounce rods of split bamboo, or greenheart, and silk 

 lines for casting. The Eoyal Coachman, Klamath, March 

 Brown and Kamloops are good average flies, but in every 

 locality there are certain flies suggested. On the Feather Eiver a 

 grasshopper fly was killing in September. At Klamath, March 

 Brown was the favourite, and large salmon flies were used. At 

 Pelican Bay I flshed deep ; that is, allowed the fly in casting to 

 sink a few seconds, then moved it quickly and repeatedly, and 

 generally with results. In 1912, after a return from England, 

 interested in dry fly fishing, I tried it along the beautiful shore at 

 the head of the bay, with notable success. It was dry fly casting 

 adapted to the conditions. I cast only at rises, and took the 

 fly from the water before it sank. In this way I hooked some very 

 large rainbows. In the Klamath FaUs region the angler needs 

 at least an eight-ounce rod ; my own being outclassed practically 

 by the seven-, eight- and ten-pounders. 



Eeference to the Pacific Coast trouts would not be complete 

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