AN ANGLER S NOTES ON THE BEAVERKILL 



up his mind that he would." Weavers is about as 

 far as most anglers go ; the stream there is small, but 

 having the same rifts and pools that characterize it 

 lower down. From the falls to where Alder Brook 

 " comes in " the Beaverkill is only a mountain-stream, 

 but from Alder Brook the bed of the stream widens 

 and the mountain-stream becomes a " little river," and 

 from there on down the fly-caster generally has plenty 

 of room for his back-cast It will matter little to the 

 fly-caster where he starts in, he will surely find beauti- 

 ful water to whip his flies over. 



Changes Caused by Floods. 



The great rush of water that flows every few years 

 in the Beaverkill causes many changes in the bed of 

 the stream. One of these big " freshes," as they are 

 called, occurred about the year 1895 and it made great 

 havoc, especially between Shin Creek and Ellsworth's. 

 Just below Shin Creek there was a large pool on Abel 

 Sprague's land that we called the swimming-hole ; this 

 was completely filled up with stones and a flat rift 

 above was hollowed out into a deep pool. At Voor- 

 his's great changes took place, the big pool called the 

 " Second Docking," one of the most enchanting places 

 for fly-fishing, was entirely turned about, the pool filled 

 up, and a new channel formed back under the hill-side. 

 " Little Pond Brook," another pool, beloved by all old- 

 timers, was ruined. At the " Big Bend," about midway 



between Jersey's and Ellsworth's, there was a great up- 



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