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outdoors mmjmmj speckled trout a thing of beauty artbriggjude correspondent it seemed like only yesterday as our light craft drifted along on the strength of a fresh breeze when my son asked whats so special about a speckled trout actually his tone of voice seemed to challenge our very presence at this remote place and after a day of fruitless fish ing the lads impatience could have become contagious after a few more casts i came up with an answer when you see a good one up close bob youll never ask that question again we had arrived at this spring- fed lagoon after several portages through some rugged temagami landscape pleasant lake was well named it was a long sliver of pristine beauty that mirrored the emer ald of the surrounding forest down towards the centre a boulderfringed island rose above the shadowed surface it was our campsite near the waters edge and protected from the sun by a rocky overhand chunks of ice still resisted the warming trend it took a little time to fashion an icebox by scooping out the mossy soil and replacing it with gmemlakew was a long sliver mirrored the surrounding forest a large square cookie tin now with the ice packed all around and a soil and leaf cov ering we had the ideal arrange ment for keeping our fish cool but what fish it was now seven oclock and none of us had raised as much as a fin then while changing lures for the umpteenth time it all start ed the trout erupted on the calm surface in a feeding fren zy with renewed excitement we began casting at the largest rings yet our spoons spinners and streamers were nonpro ductive finally in desperation i put on a little gold spinner dressed with a redfeathered hook the lure settled into the depths at the end of my cast and as the slack was taken up i felt the line stiffen and instinc tively struck back my question about a snagged limb was quickly disspelled when an answer came back on the line fish it was a good fourletter word and judging by the way it was moving the letters were all capitals it headed for its favorite hole and took most of the bend in my sevenfoot rod to try and restrain it the slip clutch squeaked as the fish demanded more line and then after several more leaps and mad dashes it began to tire in the fading sunset my boys face beamed like a full moon as he gently removed the folds of the netting when it was clear and he had an unobstructed view of the trout he looked up happily and said youre right dad theyre the best there are several features that make the speckled trout number one in my book with its dark olivegreen back showing a light marbled pat tern its lighter sides marked with a hue of multicolored spots and reddish bands and the lower fins fronted with white theres no question the speckled or brook trout is a thing of beauty but apart from its attractive clutch soueakeu as tne fish demanded more line and dashes it finally began to tire appearance the speckled trout stands for everything that is pure and clean in our out of doors for when you locate a stream or lake that contains thesestrik- ing beauties you know that pol lution has not made ugly inroads there and whereas all trout signify clean- water the speckled trout especially is a natural monitor in this regard unfortunately its silent pres ence is often over looked in the rush of development for the sake of a term all too often referred to as progress on april 28 ontarios inland trout fisherman were out in force from the icechoked waters around sudbury to the little gurgling streams of the southern counties up on the beaver river at thornbury shouldertoshoul der enthusiasts have been land ing big rainbows while down in the niagara glen the locals were out after some trophy- sized browns there are canoes cruising the clear waters of algonquin park and the creeks and rivers flow ing into the north shore of lake ontario are dotted with eager fishermen and somewhere in between in this paradise we often take for granted a boy and his dad were spending some time together drifting worms in the quiet pools of a tinkling stream when they turned home with some 10inch speckles in their creel the- lad would have lifted the lid on more time and smile our little black book has the best numbers in newmarket -ir- at newmarket hohda we dont love you and leave you in fact wed like to have a longterm relationship with everyone who leaves our dealership with one of the worlds most loved automobiles thats why we provide a little black book containing the phone numbers for the owner sales manager and service manager if you ever have a question or problem we invite you to call one of them personally on the surface that may seem like a small gesture but to build a lasting relationship we know that its the little things that count