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You Can’t Know Everything About Brook Trout
That the brook trout is most eccentric in its habits is generally conceded. Whether it is more finicky than the black bass is a question, for this fish, also, is famous for its uncertainties. The man who "knows all about trout" does not exist, although you have probably met him. Long experience in trout fishing, both with fly and bait, is conducive to a deeply rooted belief that the brook trout will most certainly not "stay put." When you think you have pinned him down as to some phase of character or habit, your next fishing trip is quite apt to result in a complete reversal of opinion as to that same characteristic.
Experts agree to disagree, and arguments concerning fontinalis are unending and profitable only in that they serve to sustain angling interest. Not only is there confusion as to these matters of character and habit, but the scientists meet with more difficulty in dealing with the Salmonidae than with any other group of game fishes. With elusive ease and supreme indifference the trout refuse to be classified and ichthyologically tagged. As to this, however, the fisherman need not concern himself over-much, since he has his own troubles.
In stream fishing, for instance, it frequently happens that after a run of good luck the fish suddenly cease rising and are apparently down to stay. The angler who faces this situation is usually hopelessly at sea. The question of what to do obstinately remains unanswered. It may be that some temporary hatch of flies upon which the trout have been feeding has ceased. It may be that that particular stretch of water is temporarily deserted by the trout for some unknown reason. Perhaps this portion of the river is permanently avoided by the fish. Explanations and theories buzz merrily in the angler's brain, and finally he "goes it blind."
Camp, Samuel Granger. The Fine Art of Fishing. New York: Outing Pub., 1911. Print.
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