U>SC, ISLAND TKOlT FlSlllNi;. 'Ml 



fontiiiiis imicli lar<;t'i- ti>li, tin- u\os\ hf.-mtitul, hotli in sli:i])c ami 

 bri^litiu'ss ut colour, ot any (»ii the Inland. In this .stream, two 

 pounds is a \try conunou size; perhaps, tish arc as freijuently 

 taken of this wei-^ht as uu(hr it, and ujjwards to tour ])oun(ls. 

 Their tlesli is very hij;hly coloured, and their llavour, as 1 have 

 observed before, second to none. Indeed, it is but a few years 

 Carman's tish were estimated l)y old sportsmen the on/if fish 

 worth eatin:; ; of late, however, fashion — w Inch ndcs in i^astro- 

 nomic tastes, as otlierwise — lias veereil a little in favour of tlu' 

 Islip '['rout, and it remains at present a debateable point between 

 the two. Tlie course of Carman's stream lies chiefly throuj^h 

 open salt meadows, and the banks are entin-ly di'st it ute of covert, 

 so that very careful and delicate tishinj? is necessary in order to 

 fill a basket. Even with j;round l)ait it is desirable to keep 

 completely out of sijj^ht, walkin«;; as far from the l)ank as pos- 

 sible, and to avoid jarrinj; the water, so wary and shy arc the 

 larj'cr fish. It is also advisable to fish d(»\\n wind. Trollinir is 

 very successful in this water, the same precautions bciu}; taken, 

 and the bait-tisb being dropped as lif,'htly on the surface, as if 

 it were a fly, so as to create neither splash nor sound. The 

 pond above is likewise desenedly celebrated, the fish avernr/inf/ 

 at least a pound in wei;;ht, and e(iual in all respects to anv 

 pond Trout in this or any other region. The tly-fishiu}? here in 

 sK'ason is probably the best on Lonj; Island, althon^'h of late, 

 here, as everywhere else, Trout arc becoming comparatively few 

 in number; mo that it luus bet'n found necessary to impose a 

 limit to sjwrtsmcn. 



" Not many years ago, a celebrated En-jlish slujt and angler, 

 who has since left this country, and who, I believe, was among 



