ANGLING IN ATJSTEIA, GBEMANY 



In Austria the Eainbow has been successfully caught for a 

 quarter of a century, and many streams are stocked with them, 

 also -with brook trout. The black bass is also doing well in 

 Austria, according to Mr. Von Pirko, President of the Imperial 

 and Eoyal Austrian Fishing Society. 



The Ehine run of salmon is important, and as the river flows 

 through several countries — Switzerland, Germany, Grand Duchy 

 of Baden and Holland, they aU obtain some benefit from it, but 

 mostly professional fishermen ; in a word, there is nothing to 

 compare with the EngHsh salmon rod fishers in any of these 

 countries. 



There is good trout fishing in the waters of Belgium, though 

 many are not free, or are private fisheries. If the river is free, a 

 licence can be taken out at the nearest post-offlce. Some salmon 

 are found in the Meuse, and trout in the Ambl^ve and in the 

 EiverOarthe. The trout are confined to the rivers which drain 

 the provinces of Li^ge, Namur and Luxemburg. The cool rivers 

 of the Ardennes have been stocked with the Eainbow trout, which 

 is also found in the ponds of La Hulpe, Court St. Etienne, 

 Groenendael. The barbel occurs in the Meuse, and specimens 

 have been taken weighing seventeen pounds. Bream and pike also 

 occur, and in Holland the canal of Vemengen is known for its 

 large pike. There are a number of other fishes, as the grayling, 

 in the tributaries of the Meuse, the sauger or pike-perch. As for 

 sea fishing, in Belgium little attention is paid to it, though anglers 

 are seen on the piers at Blankenberghe, Ostend and Nieuporto. 



The huchen, previously referred to, ascends the Danube in 

 March and April to its headwaters to spawn in the Zeller or 

 Tyrol, half a mile above the sea. There it is taken with a spoon 

 or fly, but the largest numbers are speared by the natives in the 

 shallow waters of the upper streams. One of the interesting 

 lakes in Styria, Schwarzensee, has for four centuries been held 

 by the monks of the monastery of Admont, who on feast days 

 and during Lent use the preserve to seine the trout. The native 

 Styrian boat used here is quaint and artistic. It resembles a 



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