CHAPTER II 



GENERAL MANAGEMENT 



This chapter is intended to cover more ground than 

 would be conveyed in the ordinary course to the- 

 reader by the term managenient. The work of making 

 and improving a fishery is so intimately connected 

 with the general management that I think it should 

 be described here in general terms, and the details of 

 such special work as weeds, weed-cutting, dealing 

 with poachers and other enemies of the trout, and the 

 all-important question of stocking should be treated 

 under their respective headings. 



Making a fishery in the sense of starting with a 



length of a suitable stream in 

 Making a fishery. which there are few or no 



trout or other Salmonidse has 

 been seldom attempted. It would, I think, be a most 

 fascinating undertaking. If only one could find a 

 stretch in a promising river and begin at the very 

 beginning by introducing the weeds and the insects, 

 crustaceans, etc., which would serve as food for the 

 trout, stocking with eyed ova, alevins, or healthy year- 

 lings raised from a good strain of wild fish, it would 

 be a most interesting experiment for a young man who 

 could afford to wait patiently for the results. 



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