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lined with city anglers. It is consid- 
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ered one of the best trout streams in 
the county. The river proper and its 
branches run through the 
Bethel, 
There is also good trout fishing in the 
towns of 
Thompson and Forrestburg. 
Bashers Kill (named after a squaw), 
in the town of Mamakating, and a few 
Wurtsboro station on the 
Ontario and Western Railroad. The 
miles from 
The American A neler 
some of them so small that they are not 
named upon the map. These cannot 
be found by the visiting sportsman 
without the aid of a guide, who charges 
$2 or $3 a-day for his services. One 
good stream that is quite well known, 
and that is fished by persons hailing 
from Port Jervis as well as from Monti- 
cello, is the Bush Kill. The head of 
this stream is about a mile and a half 

Hanging Rock Falls, Ellenville, Sullivan Co., N. Y. 
Kinney brook is another good stream, 
about a mile and a half from Monti- 
cello. This stream is about eight miles 
long and empties into the Mongaup. 
Another favorite resort is Callicoon 
creek in the town of Callicoon. This 
stream empties into the Delaware river. 
There are several good trout streams 
in the immediate vicinity of Monticello, 
south of the village of Monticello. It 
is eight or nine miles long, follows the 
line of the branch railroad from Port 
Jervis to the county seat, crosses the 
railroad at Hartwood, and empties into 
the Neversink river at Oakland. One 
enthusiastic and successful fisherman, 
Lewis Weed, of Monticello, tells me 
he has taken several good messes of 
