. Rod and gun. Great Britain keep a stock of selectedadult fish from which they annuallycollect the spawn, and by a carefulstudy of the subject they have pro-duced strains of exceptionally strongand hardy fish, selected probablyfrom many thousands. Every ang-ling club of any importance purchasesfish annually from these farms, andthus introduces new blood into theirrivers. But let us take the pioneerfish breeder, working independentlyof any professional institution. For some years past I have had theprivilege of observing the resultsachieved in a small hatchery, the pro-perty of an angling club
. Rod and gun. Great Britain keep a stock of selectedadult fish from which they annuallycollect the spawn, and by a carefulstudy of the subject they have pro-duced strains of exceptionally strongand hardy fish, selected probablyfrom many thousands. Every ang-ling club of any importance purchasesfish annually from these farms, andthus introduces new blood into theirrivers. But let us take the pioneerfish breeder, working independentlyof any professional institution. For some years past I have had theprivilege of observing the resultsachieved in a small hatchery, the pro-perty of an angling club in one of thebest known fishing districts in thenorth of England, and though I donot profess to the possession of anygreat store of knowledge in the vastscience of pisciculture, the followingbrief description may serve to enter-tain others who, like myself, take aninterest in the habits and habitat ofbrook trout. As winter advances, and the fishingseason comes to a close, the work of 1128 nOD AND GUN IN CANADA. 1. Alliberty 2. Arlrer the afte of 2 years the fish lire (iiven theirin some shallow backwasli of :i river famous trout fisher at worii in a famous the river warders is by no means dim-inished. These men now turn theirattention to the recognized spawningbeds, scattered over a vast stretch ofrough and mountainous of these places, indeed, aresituated far up in the highlands, at adistance of many miles from the mainriver. The river warders work in closely observing the trout in thebrooks they are able to tell when thetime has come for collecting the with water carriers andhigh wading boots they now maketheir way to the favorite pools, andcatch all the adult trout they can laytheir hands upon. This is a verychilly business when the snow is onthe ground, the only way of takingthe fish being by grovelling themby hand from under the rocks. The adult fish are now carried tothe hatchery, and as the female fishi)ecome ripe the spawn is gentlys
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