Fishes of the Yellowstone National Park with Description of the Park Waters and Notes on Fishing . nior authors notes of July, 1919. Grebe Lake,Blacktail Deer Creek, Madison, Firehole, and Little Firehole Riversall contain rainbow trout. Referring to the last-named stream in1897, the superintendent of the park wrote that several good speci-mens had been taken near its source, for which he could not account,as it seemed impossible for any fish to ascend the lower falls of theLittle Firehole. A. H. Dinsmore reports the fish from Tower Creekabove the falls. Many persons who have had experience in
Fishes of the Yellowstone National Park with Description of the Park Waters and Notes on Fishing . nior authors notes of July, 1919. Grebe Lake,Blacktail Deer Creek, Madison, Firehole, and Little Firehole Riversall contain rainbow trout. Referring to the last-named stream in1897, the superintendent of the park wrote that several good speci-mens had been taken near its source, for which he could not account,as it seemed impossible for any fish to ascend the lower falls of theLittle Firehole. A. H. Dinsmore reports the fish from Tower Creekabove the falls. Many persons who have had experience in angling for rainbowtrout say it is one of the best, and some pronounce it the very best,of the trouts. It often dashes from the water to meet the descendingfly and leaps repeatedly and madly when hooked. It has been saidthat it takes the fly so readily that there is no reason for resorting toother lures. However, its activity and habits, as in the case of mostfishes, are modified more or less by its surrounding conditions. Thesame is true of its food qualities, which ordinarily are very Fig. 4.—Rainbow trout. Mary Trowbridge Townsend (1. c.) had the following to say relativeto her experience with the rainbow trout in Firehole River: The California rainbow trout proved true to his reputation as absolutely eccentricand uncertain, sometimes greedily taking a fly and again refusing to be tempted bythe most brilliant array of a carefully stocked book. During several days fishing welanded some small ones, none weighing over 2 pounds, although they are said to haveoutstripped the other varieties in rapidity of growth, and tales were told of 4-pounderslanded by more favored anglers. 5. Scotch Lake Trout; Loch Leven Trout {Salmo levenensis). This trout originated in Loch Leven, the lake made famous byScotts poem, The Lady of the Lake. Typically it was peculiar tothis loch, where it seldom if ever attained much over 1 pound inweight. The claim has been made that it is merely an
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