LONG ISLAND 



X ^1^ ■'^'^ waters of Long Island are familiar to few beside 

 l(t r^ the anglers of New York and vicinity, and althongli 

 A/^i ^ extolled by them, wonld hardly be appreciated, I 

 X'^s^ fear, by the brotherhood at large. The most expert 

 ^ disciple of Izaak Walton may have wet his line in 

 many a movmtain lake and stream, or purling meadow-brook, 

 and still have much to learn if he has never thrown a fly 

 where the saline breezes blow over the salt marshes of the 

 famed " South Side," or attended the roysterous opening of 

 the season on the 15th of March. For thus early, while in- 

 terior streams are bound by Winter's fetters, and snow-drifts 

 mount the fences, the waters of Long Island have been 

 released by a more southern sun and the tempering breezes 

 of ocean. The ebb and flow of tide have purged them of 

 snow-water, and the eager trout, after his long Lenten sea- 

 son, is glorious game for the sportsman. 



Long Island is said to resemble a fish in shape — a remark- 

 able delineation of its physical character. Gotham experts 

 deem it the finest troutinc^ region in the world for scientific 

 anglers, because none but skillful rods can take the fish of 

 its creeks and streams. Worthy members of the brother- 

 hood who are wont to steal a march upon the Culex family 

 in their annual trips to the north, may have taken at times 

 their fifty pounds of trout per diem in Adirondack or Cana- 



