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Title: With fly-rod and camera
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Samuels, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1836-1908
Subjects: Fishing Fishing
Publisher: New York, Forest and Stream Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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rs or fringe marks which entitle it to be calleda parr, and which it retains while remaining in fresh water, sometimes until it isseven or eight inches long. It continues a parr until the second or third spring,when, in preparation for, or perhaps in consequence of, a descent toward the sea,a uniform bright silvery coat is assumed, and the parr becomes a smolt. Afterremaining from four to twenty-eight months in the salt water, it again seeks itsnative river, having become either a grilse or a salmon. The grilse is theadolescent salmon. It weighs from two to six pounds, and is more slender andgraceful than the mature fish, \\ith smaller head, thinner scales, more forked tail,and spots rounder, more numerous ami bluish rather than jettv black. The twomay easily be distinguished, even though both should be of the same size, as notir.frequently happens. The male grilse is sexually mature, but not the female inAmerica , in Europe the same is claimed for the male parr and the female grilse.
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A Dark-Colored Sea-Trout. 68 IVith Fly-Rod and Camera. They do not pass the interval in the estuaries andbays, for I have made special inquiry, and could neverlearn of one having been taken in any of the numeroussmelt nets during the winter; nor have I ever heard ofone being picked up dead along the seashore. They seemto retire to deep water, probably far from the coast.When they are about three and a half pounds in weightthey return to the rivers, and they are then universallyknown as grilse. As you know, they are long, slenderfellows, as bright as silver and very active. Did you ever see a female grilse, sir? asked Hiram. No, replied Frere, the most curious thing is theyare all male fish. Thousands have been taken in ourrivers, but there is no record of a female. So I have heard, said I. It is very singular.How do you account for it? I cannot, replied PVere, the males probably matureearlier than the females, for they all contain sperm, andso do the smolt for that matter. But where a

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