New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-04

From Tic Washington star.
Tho rainbow trout Of the Pacific Coast 50 cclc-
irat.d FOR IT, beauty ~ COOring size ana game
qulnuc.. h., lccn successful, introduced IN tie
western part o! NOuh Carolina Four years
car,d from he inied STATE, Fish Commission by NIr
ruy stewart and placed In breeding pond adjoining
-cycr. mile, through Highlands Park. the property
OF MIR. stewart. IN Lincoln County. us troubled
Hood, tiaVo always abOundj~A like every othey
good ilcd stream in thar section with the common
sprckcd trout and on that account va, anticipated
The rainbow trout, othciwi-e called the 'aitprnia
or PACING brook trout IS found tn n@riy a n, ,gS
In California II {, beautiful hsh. IL, siNery SID
adornfl with irridcsccni UNITS In ,aln9rna 1t ata l
q weight IL seven poand-. However II J., Ndid tha'
sp' an, "-",,s ri.yJ pre ~ongbt with ay OF
spoon bait, and will tglt every inch OF the way from
the time they are hooked 10 tho moment OF their
'Thr waters Of the Culasagec Cherokee for sweet
Water are VI ley temperature and ~ transparent
is crystal. The stream wnds among towering noun,
tain ana through lovely valley I'm the picturesque
Land - sly every now and then madly rushins
with foam lerhcd torrents tGroush narrow rock
t Gne Sth bestit rhod odcndrons and azaieas in
the paai.st prfI,on, while the uoddng boushs OF
white pine ard hemOcll ar mirrored hro" b"Hlders
from thc snc Of a WINTER bucket Ia that OF holse
pctuou, river with reel and line Is no chd play nut
The lover OF the gentle art and the admTcr OF natur
in her grandes aspects alike rewarded for the ton
il cor, them.
such are the waters in which the lovely and zane zane
speaking OF the fntc Of his lngcrlingS Mr. stewart
writes.
"Thc next summer these fish had increased In size
10 ten inches and two ~ them were taken In the
pond. \ few had Como over tn dam into the river.
and one was taken four miles down the stream. TWO
year, ago astounded 10 lind these fish had grown
10 "A sizc ~ twenty -twO inches and weight ~ three
pounds They had also gone down the stram for ten
miles and one OF this size and weight VA, taken In my
lover pond five miles down the stream, aud one IN the
pond where they first planted. The past sea
son a large number were taken from one To three
weight. but the river ful OF small fish.
Evidently there are big ones. the size Of which
no has vet ascertaincd because no tackle used
has been able to hold them. However | should judge
there Of these hsh In the stream unite -Ven
pound, I'm weight. even morn, and viii measure
over two feet In length ON account Ut the Swlttne~S
Of the stream, IT. rocky banks and lis narrow and
crooked bed. II T. difficult 10 hold such large fish
with fine tpcle and slender rod. Consequently
ever hooked has got away. They rise Ia the ny
more freely than the common trout and beat them ont
rs fighters. They lively salmon and give
tho angler all he do Ia them. For the
table they good the sp"ckled trout. and their
rcd flesh j. lat and firm and finely favored. Three
years ago | them uniting on the spawning beds
with The spcccd trout, aud last year some evidently
cross bred hsh caught. and am watching closely
for Il specimen to fully determine tll,.'