THE GAME FISHES OF THE WOELD 



half concealed in the weeds, a few feet away, seemed unwilling to be con- 

 vinced that the danger was gone ; and he, in his full, bright colours, 

 sailed backward and forward from the nest to his mate, rubbing himself 

 against her, and swimming off again in a wide circle close along the bank, 

 as if to show her how far he could venture without finding danger. She 

 finally entered the nest.' 



The golden trout of Sunapee is a beautiful charr. Its back 

 is a rich olive or brown, the belly flashing with tints and shades 

 of pink, orange or red, the dominant note being orange or gold, 

 especially in the male when in his nuptial garb. As a fly taker 

 this charr is disappointiag, but it is taken with a spoon and live 

 bait, and more often in deep water which it affects. The angler 

 who has taken the European charr wiU note'a marked resemblance, 

 and Mr. Garman believes that it is merely an immigrant, the off- 

 spring of the Ombre Chevalier {8. alpinus), which has been im- 

 ported and introduced ihto American waters, and which is the 

 common trout of England, Switzerland, Germany and the Scan- 

 dinavian peninsula. 



The golden trout of Sunapee, which must not be confused 

 with the golden trout of the High Sierras, affords no little sport, 

 according to Dr. Quackenbos, and as I have not taken it, I quote 

 his description : 



' The Sunapee saibling takes live bait readily, preferring a cast 

 smelt in spring, when it pursues the spawning Osmerus to the shores. As 

 far as is known, it does not rise to the fly, either at this season, or when on 

 the shoals in autumn. Through the summer months it is angled for with 

 a live minnow or smelt, in sixty or seventy feet of water, over cold bottom, 

 in localities that have been baited. While the smelt are inshore, troUing 

 with a light fly -rod and fine tackle, either with a Skinner fluted spoon, 

 number one, or a smaU smelt on a single hook, will sometimes yield superb 

 sport, as the game qualities of the white trout are estimated to be double 

 those of fontinalig. 



' The most exhilarating amusement to be had with this charr, after 

 the first hot June days, is in trolling from a sailboat with a greenheart 

 tarpon rod, three hundred feet of copper wire of the smallest caUbre on a 

 heavy tarpon reel, and attached to this a six-foot braided leader with a 

 Buell's spinner, or a five minnow on a stiff gang. The weight of the wire 

 sinks the bait to the requisite depth. When the sailboat is running across 



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