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In Yreka, Calif., Mrs. Dorothy Hill, troutless after casting her entire collection of flies, plucked a pretty red hair from her companion's head, landed two beauties.

From Time Magazine Archive

The companions of those times are scattered, and live under strange stars and in converse seasons, by troutless waters. 

From Angling Sketches by Lang, Andrew

Down99 there in the twilight one felt a sense of being defrauded, in contemplation of the fact that the stream was troutless: it was such an ideal place for trout.

From Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic by Quick, Herbert