BROOK TROUT 



Sawdust. 



There are two subjects that sadly need the attention 

 of the Fish Commissioners on the Beaverkill — the ques- 

 tion of sawdust and " posting." The saw-mill at Voor- 

 his's has ruined all that part of the stream from Voorhis's 

 to Ellsworth's for fly-casting ; the bait fisherman may 

 be able to catch fish by sinking his worm, but the fly- 

 caster cannot catch trout when his flies float on saw- 

 dust or a piece of scantling. Unfortunately for the 

 fisherman, the saw-mill people and the commissioners 

 had a legal set-to, in which the commissioners did not 

 secure their point; this was virtually a victory for the 

 saw-mill. Prior to that lawsuit the sawdust was carted 

 over on the bank, but afterward it was dumped into 

 the stream, and especially so when a luckless fly- 

 caster happened that way. It is sad to think of the 

 beautiful pools that are now ruined — all that lovely 

 stretch of water above and below " Pappy " Dumond's 

 and along by and below Mr. Jersey's place. A move- 

 ment was once started to induce the saw-mill people 

 to put in a " blower," but it fell through. Something 

 should be done. 



Posting. 



This is a vexed question. Some fishermen pay the 

 twenty-five or fifty cents; others refuse, and go right 

 along and " talk back " at the farmers. Some farmers 

 refuse all overtures to " fish over them," and threaten to 



