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Forest and Stream Letters 
NOTES FROM A BRITISH 
SPORTSMAN 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
I HAVE been greatly interested in 
reading the contents of your valu- 
able journal which, with three excep- 

tions, namely in January, February 
and March of this year, I have been 
able to procure over here each month. 
The attitude you take up on wild life 
preservation, a subject in which I am 
keenly interested, is the only one pos- 
sibly at the present day. 
I have often wondered whether that 
fine sporting fish, the black bass, could 
be successfully introduced as a breed- 
ing species into the lakes and ponds 
of this country. Apparently some at- 
tempts have been made from time to 
time, but they have almost entirely re- 
sulted in failure. I imagine, from in- 
_formation which has appeared in 
FOREST AND STREAM and _ elsewhere, 
that, while running water in the sense 
in which that term is usually under- 
stood is not a strict necessity to the 
well-being of the bass, the water must 
be as clear as possible with a good 
clean bottom and absolutely free from 
pollution, conditions which in the aver- 
age ornamental lake or pond of any 
extent in this country are by no means 
easy of attainment. Any information 
which can be given me upon the sub- 
ject of bass propagation and culture 
will be most heartily welcomed, for if 
this fish could be induced to thrive to 
any extent over here, it would provide 
excellent sport to a large number of 
anglers near our big cities to whom 
the luxury of a trout stream or salmon 
river is denied. 
While mentioning trout, I beg to 
Page 87 
enclose a sketch of a 12-pound speci- 
men of the Great Lake Trout (Salmo 
Ferox) which was taken in a loch in 
a remote district of the Scottish 
Highlands several years ago. The 
sketch was made from the mounted 
specimen in the hall of the hotel at 


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KK CARY 
ORY 

which I was staying some two or three 
years ago. The cardinal features of 
this magnificent fish will at once be 
noticed, namely the distinctly ‘‘salmon” 
type of the head which is rather 
small in size compared with the bulk 
of the body, together with the large 
teeth and hooked underjaw which are 
strongly reminiscent of the nobler 
species. 
The general characteristics of this 
fish incline.most authorities over here 






to the belief that it is simply the 
ordinary brown trout which has at- 
tained a very large size owing to its 
deep water habits and an abundant 
supply of food. 
As the great lake trout is a deep- 
water, if not a bottom feeder, in 
angling for him the fly is generally 
conceded to be of little use, and trolling 
from the boat, with either a spoon or 
some form of artificial bait, becomes 
a practical necessity. When fishing 
from the hotel aforesaid, I found a 
2%-inch blue phantom in medium to 
strong gut heavily leaded, to give 
about as good results as anything, 
though these were in any event little 
enough, as though in several cases I 
hooked a heavy fish, unfortunately I 
was unable to land him. Still, all be- 
ing well, I hope to have another try on 
that loch next season, and trust for 
better success. 
To go to quite another subject, the 
possibility of the introduction of the 
North American Wild Turkey into 
some of our larger woodlands as a 
permanent breeding species is a mat- 
ter I always think is deserving of some 
consideration, as not only would the 
species be of value as a sporting bird, 
but it would also lend an additional 
interest and charm to its surround- 
ing which they would not otherwise 
possess. If firmly established in Eng: 
land, the Wild Turkey should also 



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