TROUTING FOR TOURISTS. 
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entirely undeserved—that of (to put it mildly) habitual 
exaggeration. No one believes them. I don’t ask to 
be believed myself. But on re-reading what I had 
written above, I see I actually understate the case. 
There is trouting in Norway far better than this. 
There are waters that dwarf such description. These, 
1 admit, are remote, involving days of carioling from 
any known base, with the rudest surroundings when 
reached. None but keen anglers care to undertake 
such risks, nor would others reap the reward: since 
really big trout (however remote their haunt) are not 
“ unsophisticated.” "Wisdom, with them, comes with 
age, and they will not be had for the asking. Their 
habits must be studied, and their haunts identified. 
Recently I had thoroughly enjoyed a day’s trouting, 
and even felt proud of a basket averaging nearly 1 lb. 
apiece. Not so my host, friend Knud. Next day, 
accompanied by this local expert, the creel contained 
few so small, while nearly a score weighing between 
2 and 5 lbs. each lay in ranks on the dark green grass. 
These were half killed on fly (long casting with fifteen - 
foot rod), the rest by casting phantom. My companion 
assured me he had taken many of 8 to 10 lbs., and not 
a few even larger, in this water. 
Two other game-fish deserve passing notice, though 
neither afford any great measure of sport to the fly- 
fisher. The grayling is found in most suitable streams; 
but, reversing ordinary seasons and spawning in summer, 
this fish is then in such poor condition that it should be 
left out of account. Then there are the chars. In the 
north, in Lapland, they run large and rise freely to fly; 
but I have never myself so taken them in south or 
