56 The American Angler 
Care of Tackle in Winter. 
Will you give me some information as to the 
best way to keep, during winter, enamelled 
fish lines and gut leaders? 
Does cold or heat (ordinarily) affect them? 
Should they be confined or exposed to the 
air? 
Should they be kept particularly in a dry 
place, or will they stand a little dampness? 
Will the ordinary heated air of a living room 
injure them? 
In fact, any hints you may be pleased to give 
me whereby I can best keep my lines and lead- 
ers, when not in use, will be much appreciated 
by Wea Wi 
New York City, Jan. 5. 
Keep all your fishing gear in a dry place, not 
too warm or cold. If ina living room, see that 
the tackle is well removed from the source of 
heat — stove, register, or fireplace. Simply 
wrap your leaders and fish-lines in paper, and 
put them away as above. We have kept arti- 
ficial flies free from moth depredation by 
wrapping our fly book in a newspaper and put- 
ting it in a cigar box. Be sure, after the fish- 
ing season is over, and before putting them 
away for the winter, to overhaul your rods; a 
little varnish, new whippings, and, if neces- 
sary, changing the rings to the opposite side, 
will make a well-made fly rod nearly as good 
as new. Split-cane cods in particular require 
revarnishing every year, and, as the best var- 
nish is very slow in drying, it is better to do it 
every fall before winter stowage of them, and 
when this is done lay them flat upon the floor, 
if practicable. Put your hooks in paper that 
has been thoroughly saturated with oil. 
A Desirable Outing Locality. 
Few, if any, of the American anglers are 
aware of the location of the spot called the 
‘‘Grand Etang,” situated on the Gaspi pen- 
insula, 190 miles below Quebec, in the Gulf 
of St. Lawrence, south shore. 
fit Iam writing the present article to impress 
on their minds the splendid advantages held 
out to them for angling and hunting in this 
wild and picturesque locality. Lofty and rug- 
ged mountains lie to the south, and at their base 
are two lakes, one a mile and a half in length 
by three-quarters of a mile in breadth; the sec- 
ond, half a mile in length by a quarter in 
breadth, both teeming with trout from one 
pound to fifteen in weight. To the north is 
the Gulf of St. Lawrence and on the shore of 
one of the lakes is the mansion of George God- 
frey, Esq., proprietor of the Seignory of Grand 
For their bene- . 
Etang, who, with the help of his good lady, 
has left nothing undone to procure for his 
guests every comfort. His house contains all 
that is necessary for the sportsman, tourist, 
and invalid, and the fishing, shooting and bath- 
ing cannot be surpassed in the Province of 
Quebec. Boats and skiffs, horses and vehicles 
are at the immediate disposal of the guests, as 
well as trustworthy guides, and the best of 
board and refreshments will be found at all 
times on the premises. ‘Two steamers ply fort- 
nightly between Quebec and Gaspi, one going 
down, and the other returning; both stop in 
passing Grand Etang. Let my American fel- 
low anglers take a trip down in the beginning 
of next June, from Quebec, on board either the 
S. S. Miramachie or Str. Relief, and try their 
luck in getting ‘‘ big fish’”’ and a ‘‘ good time.”’ 
Dr. J. A. PIDGEM. 
Traveling in Luxury.—ver ready to provide every- 
thing for the accommodation of the patrons, the 
Southern Railway Company has added to their ser- 
vice a new train to the South known as the New York 
and Florida Short Line Limited, which is, beyond 
doubt, one of the finest trains in the world. The 
Dining and Sleeping Cars are all of the Pullman 
Company’s most modern make,and are but a few 
weeks from the shops, the Southern Railway and the 
Pennsylvania Railway being the only lines who have 
as yet received any of the new Pullman Compartment 
Sleeping Cars. The New York and Florida Short 
Line Limited leaves the Pennsylvania depot daily at 
3:20 P. M. Itis a solid Pullman Vestibule train, and 
runs between New York and St. Augustine, carrying 
also through sleeper New York to Tampa and Augus- 
ta; the train is composed of dining cars, compartment, 
drawingroom and stateroom sleeping cars. The 
stateroom sleeping cars enable one to enjoy perfect 
seclusion, the same as the drawingroom, cost being 
little more than a section in ordinary sleeper, each 
stateroom being provided with two berths, wash 
basin, lavatory, etc. Passengers on this train go 
through to St. Augustine and Tampa without changes, - 
dinner being served at Jacksonville at 7 o’clock, St. 
Augustine 8:15 P. M..on the evening of the day after 
leaving New York. 
Henry C. Squires & Son, of 20 Cortlandt street, have 
issued their annual catalogue. It is a very extensive 
one, and from its completeness and practical value to 
the sportsman, we place it in the leading rank of this 
class of publications. There is nothing omitted that 
can possibly be of use to angler, shooter, canoeist, 
bicycler orany other man who delights in outdoor 
life. Such publications have become almost neces- 
saries to an enjoyable life; without them, our ignor- 
ance of useful appliances for sport would lead to de- 
privation of its keenest enjoyment. With sucha 
catalogue as the Squires have published, we can not 
only stock up with what we want, but we can get 
real good solid information about things we can’t 
afford to want. 
