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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Maboh 10, 1881 



The Amkrioan Fishottltueal Association. —Do Dot for- 

 get the meeting of this association to be held at Fishmongers' 

 Hall, Fulton Market, New York, on the 80th and 31st of this 

 month. Prepare a paper on some important subject, if you 

 have such a subject, and send its title to the Secretary, Mr. 

 Burnet Phillips, office of the New York Times, so that it can 

 be put upon the programme. Bring collars enough to last 

 while you stay over the first, two days in April to see the 

 trout; opening, and you will return home and be an authority 

 on trout and fishculture for your neighborhood for years to 

 eo 'lie. You will read the signs on the oyster-houses which 

 tell yon to " Take home a fry in a bos," and, treasuring the 

 hint, may go home with a hat full of trout. 



William W. WraoriKsrfiK.— William W. Winchester 

 Vice-President of the Winchester Repeating Arms Com- 

 pany, died of consumption athishome in New Haven, Conn., 

 last' Monday, 7th inst., aged 44 years. Mr. Winchester bad 

 been connected with the company of which he was an offi- 

 cer since its inception. He was an able and energetic busi- 

 ness man, and commanded the respect, of his associates. 

 Socially, Mr Winchester was a genorous-hearted and true 

 friend, lie will be mourned by a very wide circle of friends, 

 in New Haven aud elsewhere. 



Several Game Bills have been introduced into the Con- 

 necticut Legislature and referred to the Committee on Agri- 

 culture It is probable that the present law will not be 

 changed. One of the bills provides for legalizing the trap 

 shooting of pigeons. We have the best of reason to believe 

 that this will not be made a law. 



" Whs Did He Do It ?"— This question is satisfactorily 

 answered in another column, together with some further par- 

 ticulars of who did it, what it was he did, where he did it, 

 when He did it, how he did it, what he did it with, who saw 

 him do it, what, it cost him to do it, and all about it. 



"MAnsTRANu" has drawn a pleasing picture of the Tare 

 angling days on the H Unknown," and he is wise in not di- 

 vulging the local habitation and names of the guides who 

 might conduct the envious angler to those favored pools. 



Me. Thro. Mobfoed, of Newton, N. J., has returned 

 from his Southern sporting and health-seeking excursion. He 

 reports game abundant, and his trip a most pleasant and en- 

 j oyable one. __^__^_^_^_ 



§he ggortmmn §onmt. 



THE SQTJ ATTIC AND TULADI LAKES. 



A SEW BIUJN8WI0K FISUINtl EXOtJBSION. 



ONE of the moat, difficult things to decide in a country so 

 full of lakes and trout streams as New Brunswick is, 

 where to go. All the places of easy access are fished to death, 

 consequently if one wants good sport one must go long dis- 

 tances to obtain it. . 



Early in July, 1879, an English Mend, H. S B., and my- 

 self determined upon going where we would be reasonably 

 sure of good sport— "but where?" That was the question. 

 Wedidi-iot care to take any of the well-known routes, and 

 perhaps follow immediately in the wake of some party who 

 had taken all the cream leaving us the milk, so after pester- 

 ing the life out of ever\ body in the least likely to give us the 

 right tip we were fortunate enough to meet a lumberman 

 from the upper St. John who told us wonderful stories of fish- 

 ing to be bad in a chain of lakes that lies in the extreme N. W. 

 part of the province called the Squattic or Squat-took and 

 Tuladi lakes. But as it does not always do to take every- 

 thing one bears for gospel, especially when relating to fish, 

 we inane further inquiries, and found that our informant had 

 not multiplied the numbers and size of the fish by more than 

 two, and that even by knocking off the fifty per cent, the 

 sport would be worth going any distance for, so we determined 

 upon the Squattic route. . , , 



To reach these lakes from St. John, New Brunswick, the 

 most pleasant way is to take the day boat up the river to 

 Fredericton, where the sportsman will be obliged to stay 

 over tlighf as the St. John and Fredericton and Mew Bruns- 

 wick railroads seem to have gone to infinite trouble to make 

 antagonistic time-tables, and' the consequence is that a jour- 

 ney that ought only to occupy fourteen hours cannot be done 

 in less than two days< From Fredericton the New Bruns- 

 wick R. R lakesyou to Grand Falls, which alone are worth go- 

 ing the whole distance to see. Thirty-nine miles above Grand 

 Falls is Kdmundston, the terminus of the railroad, and from 

 that point the remainder of the journey is by boat, either 

 birch bark canoes, pirogue or batteau, the latter being far the 

 best, both as regards safely and comfort. 



Now, when an individual or party has decided upou this 

 it is absolutely necessary that their boatmen should be ener- 

 getic, obliging and, above all, thoroughly acquainted with 

 every inch of 'the route, for it is strange, though nevertheless 

 a fact, that the very best looking streams and p ,ols are des- 

 titute of trout, while the best fishing is to be found where the 

 most experienced angler would never think of wetting his 

 line. William Malcolm and Bernard McLaughlan have 

 been my men on both the trips I have made 

 through these lakes, and better men in every re- 

 spect it would bo hard to find. Their address is Grand 

 Falls, New Brunswick. Their terms, too, are most 

 reasonable. They furnish batteau, good new tent, cooking 

 utensils, etc., for $3 per day for one passenger, or $4 for two 

 or more I f expense is no object, an extra man with canoe 

 to earrv lent, provisions, etc., will make things more com- 

 fortable as this will make more room in the batteau, and the 

 third man can go ahead, make camp, do the cooking and 

 many other things. Tom Ryan, also of Grand Falls, is 

 just the man for this work. Before leaving St, John lay in 

 what canned goods will be necessary, not forgetting con- 

 densed miik aud a few bottles of pickles ; and if there are 

 any thirsty souls in the party, a small keg of something to 



dilute the water with. Everything else can be bought at 

 Edmundston, good and cheap. 



Bear in mind that the lighter the load Isthelightcr the work 

 ill be. Another very necessary article is a preparation sold 

 by A. Chipman Smith for keeping off .the flies and mos- 

 quitoes. This, if rubbed on about once every hour, is an ef- 

 fectual check to these pests. 



Any man who values his personal appearance or whose 

 complexion is too delicate to be trifled with has no business 

 here, for the sun, black flies, mosquitoes aud midges will, in 

 one day, make such an alteration in him that bis most inti- 

 mate friends woud hardly recognize him, ami even his in- 

 tended, unless she had "a remarkably well-balanced Head, 

 would be ashamed to be seen in his society. In fact, unless 

 a man is a thorough sportsman he had much better stay at 

 home. 



The most killing flies for these waters are Jenny Linds, 

 brown fairies (trout size), and hackles, red, brown, gray and 

 black. Baillie or Scribner of St. John tie good flies and 

 know the best sizes When arranging for the men give them 

 a week's notice, and when yon leave Fredericton telegraph 

 them, and they will have their batteau and traps ready tc go 

 on with you to Edmundston from Grand Falls. Y r ou can lay 

 in your provisions the same evening and be ready for an 

 early start next morning. Ten pounds of ship biscuits per 

 man will be found sufficient. You must guess at the quanti- 

 ties of the oilier stores. 



The first day's poling takes you up the Madawaska River 

 to Griffin's, seventeen miles, where you make your first 

 camp, having previously stopped six miles below at Lynch's, 

 and secured him with his oxen to portage you over to 

 Beardsley's, better known us Mud Lake, 



The outlet from this lake is culled Basley's Brook, but 

 there wa< not water enough in it this year to float the bat- 

 teau, and it took us from noon until 9 p. M. to do seven 

 miles, as we had to drag batteau and loa i the whole distance, 

 and a harder day's work 1 never pu.1 in. A mile or two 

 below our camp we struck the Squattic stream, and from this 

 time until our journey was finished it was all beer and skit- 

 tles, as we had plenty of water. 



From the forks to the first lake is ten miles, with a good 

 current running, and enough trout, may be picked Up while 

 going to the lake, to suffice for the next meal, but, they are 

 generally small. 



I am told that there is sometimes very good fishing where 

 this stream enters the first lake. but. that has not been my ex- 

 perience and, tliough you may get a few good trout trolling, 

 it is not until y-u get to the foot of the lake, twelve miles, 

 that the fishing improves. By camping at the Fool "I the 

 lake you are certain of fair sport, but it is not until the Squal- 

 lic lakes are passed that you get the good fishing. Tuladi, 

 weighing from five to thirty-live pounds, are often killed at 

 the foot'of the big lake with a. troll. If ever 1 go over this 

 route again I intend taking a salmon rod, with Stilt tip, and 

 spinning for them, either with a phantom minnow or small 

 Spoon, and feel convinced that good sport can be had in this 

 way. Tuladi, or, as they are called by many. Togue, are 

 identical with the lake orsalmou trout, of the upper bikes and 

 have no equal, in my opinion, for the table. The thorough- 

 fare between the first and second Squattic is ten miles long 

 and the fishing does not amouut to much. By keeping along 

 the right hand shore of the second lake, near the lower end, a 

 fine brook will be seen aud as pretty a. camp as there is on 

 the whole route. I have taken some splendid trout at this 

 spot that would average two pounds each, but from eight, to 

 a dozen will be a good take here. 



It is l.est when leaving this camp not to stop until you 

 have passed the next two lakes, as they are not worth wasting 

 time upon. 



The angler will have observed that up to this time there 

 has been very little fishing, but when he has passed the last 

 Squattic and enters the thoroughfare, Galled the Tuladi 

 stream, he can put up his very best tackle, for believe me he 

 will have it well tried. 



If either of the men I have named as boatmen have been 

 employed they will show exactly' where to commence fishing, 

 and one fly will be found sufficient, as the fish are very large 

 and game as any fish I ever saw. One is apt, the first few 

 casts he makes," to have a fish on each fly, and this sometimes 

 severely tries both rod and temper. In ihese holes 1 found 

 that after kiffing two dozen or two dozen and a half with the 

 fly that they got shy and would not rise. Then you want a 

 good, stout Stewart's tackle and put up a live m nnow, any 

 quantity of which can he caught on the upper side of tee bar, 

 behind which the large fish lie, and you can kill as many 

 more, I am not romancing when I say that I have frequently 

 seen, when I have bad a large fish in play, three or four other 

 trout, as large, and often larger, cha ing the poor beggar 

 about and worrying him like dogs, and when 1 got my fish 

 into the landing-net would find Ids throat all scarred by their 

 teeth. The fish taken from this bole will average a pound 

 each— scarcely any under half a pound and a good many 

 from three to four pounds each. A short distance below this 

 place the Haughton branch runs in, aud Barney (Bernard), 

 who has fished it, says it is the best place by tar he ever saw, 

 but there is a bad jam a mile or so from its mouth, over 

 which it is impossible to take a boat. There is an easy way 

 of getting up along the bank, I believe, and then fishing it 

 down. I did not try r it this year, us my time was limited. 



Less than a mile below this branch is another ripple, very 

 much like the last I have described and which is fairl.y alive 

 with big trout from one pound to four each, and tile lislung 

 can all be done by wading, which does not disturb the fish 

 nearly so much as a boat dues. The best plan is to camp at 

 the upper ripple, where there is a first-rate chance, and as 

 the places are within easy reach, go from one to the other 

 in the boat, After leaving this camp there will be no use fish- 

 ing any more until the Tuladi lakes have been passed, as 

 there is no fishing in them, but at the foot of the last lake, 

 where the Temisquatta stream leaves it there is a magnificent 

 series of rapids and falls, through which the boatmen 1 have 

 named will take you, aud where you can kill all the trout 

 you wish. Camp" here by all means for one day at least. 



After passing fhese rapids the fishing is done, and a four- 

 mile paddle, with rapid water most of the way, takes you in- 

 to Lake Temisquatta, the largest of the chain, being twenty- 

 seven miles in extreme length, though only ten from where 

 you enter it. ., 



Mr. Terriean. member for that district, built a house a 

 couple of years ago, and this is occupied by a French family. 

 We stopped there in passing, as it was the first house we had 

 seen since leaving Griffith's, and saw one of the worst sights I 

 ver remember. There were several children and grown peo- 

 ple, all of whom were more or less covered with sores from 

 fly bites, but one poor little fellow was literally scalped, for 

 he had not one hair or a bit of skin on his head 

 We had a fair wind down the big lake, so we rigged one of 



my waterproof sheets for a sail, and while we were booming 

 along Bill enlivened us with songs, of which he seems to have 

 an inexhaustible collection. One of his heroines must have 

 been unique in her dress, tliough I should not bke to have to 

 foot her dross-maker's bill. 



The grammar, it will be seen, is a little defective, but that 

 is nothing. Near the foot of the Temisquatta there are some 

 very fine. echoes, some of which, on a favorable day, will re- 

 peat three and even four times. An easy day from the head 

 of the Madawaska takes you back to Edmundston, aud any 

 body who has gone this route and is not satisfied with the 

 sport must be bard to please indeed. The time required to do 

 if properly is fourteen days from St. John and back again, 

 though of course more time can be profitably spent upon it, 

 but, nothing less than a fortnight will do. B. F. T. H. 



" A TRIP THROUGH THE PROVINCES." 



Nitw YoiiK, Feb. 28. 

 MdUor Fornnt and tilream : 



I never intended to assert, that no good salmon fishing 

 could be had in Canada, as Mr. Fay says in his very inter- 

 esting account or a trip there, in yours of 10th inst. I did 

 say no good salmon fishing could be depended upon by any 

 one having only the open and public wafers of the Nopise- 

 guit and ftesfigouche or any other salmon river, and only 

 two weeks at Ilia!,, at his disposal. 1 also said that few could 

 make a salmon trip for so small a cost as Mr. Fay men- 

 tioned. 



[ repeat that, in nine seasons out of ten, it is waste of 

 time and money to expect to get good salmon fishing in Can- 

 ada without several weeks and hundreds of dollars at your 

 disposal. Salmon are proverbially fickle in the time of their 

 arrival at the pool, where they are usually taken. 



If a man has not time and money and, _ above a'l, 

 a permit from the lessee to fish upon the private part of 

 a salmon river in Canada, he had better save his energies, 

 unless he be content with trout fishing an ' to make a hasty 

 traveling tour, slopping a few days in each place. It is a 

 question of preference 



"A rolling stone gathers" — no salmon. I prefer to spend 

 my lime on one river, camped out in the woods and wait for 

 the salmon if they have not arrived as soon as I. To fly fish 

 for salmon properly, also, each angler requires a canoe man- 

 aged by two eunoerneu. This costs money. I cannot com- 

 prehend any enjovment or success in having two anglers i: 

 one canoe, as must be done if the trip is to cost within or 

 near Mr Fay's figures. Fancy two lines, each with a 20- 

 pound salmon oil, from the same canoe ! Ur fancy a man 

 traveling "1.757" miles and then taking turns with three 

 f i lends in fishing from the same, canoe! 



I have leased salmon rivers and been salmon fishing many 

 years aud I know that proper enjoyment of the noble sport 

 lakes time and money. Still, if any oue prefers to take his 

 sport '• on the pun," why de tjuMbu.% etc. Manhattan. 



SADDLE MOUNTAIN. 



WILL you set down and fake a bite with us?" 

 It was a wild see ' 



mlock 

 c the 

 ■eader 

 -r had 

 ; cold, 

 I'ith cold and ex- 

 of the cabin and 

 pith which I have opened my , 



wild country, where this 

 rude but sincere invitation to partake of frontier hospitality 

 was given. A small and roughly built log cabin, located at 

 the foot of Saddle Mountain, in the heart of an Oregon forest 

 and about twentv-five miles from Astoria. A building with- 

 out a door or window, its OUlside walls ornamented with 

 several half dried elk and bear skins ; a roof of shfi 

 hole in the top, through which the blue smoke was slowly 

 climbing up among the heavily fringed boughs of he 

 thai towered to the height of more than 200 feet abo\ 

 ridgepole. But rude and primitive as it « -as I assure the 

 that it was one of the most, welcome objects the writ 

 gazed upon for at least, twenty-four hours preceding thai 

 damp October morning, when, s" ' 

 tremely himgiy, he stood at the 

 was greeted with the welcome \ 

 tale of adventure. 



A year's incessant toil in one of the quartz mills upon the 

 great Oom-tock lode of Nevada, had SO reduced me physi- 

 cally that 1 determined upon a few weeks' recreation in the 

 coast range of Oregon. Accordingly 1 went down to the 

 "bay," purchased a Mississippi Ye-iger, a Colt's dragoon re- 

 volver, some trout, lines and >m ample suply of ammunition, 

 bought a ticket for Astoria on the steamer " Orifl 

 and a week later found myself sipping a glass of Bas 

 the "Columbia Bar," located immediately upon the wharf of 

 that historic town. I had heard a great deal about the ter- 

 rors of the "Columbia Bar," its heavy seas, its shifting 

 channels and its dangerous currents; but before I was half 

 through with that glass of ale I was satisfied that, the whole 

 thing was a put up job or a means of self-g orificatiou used i 



men intent upon awe inspiring 



I this Seylla and Charyhdis of | 

 some of the passengers chat- l 

 no kind of a bar we had passed 

 this was the only bar I saw, and 

 out this being the "Columbia 

 ink only of things whereof I know, 

 me of the old shellbacks who were hanging about 

 ;s, I learned that elk and bear were very plenty at 

 untairij that there was an old trail leading directly 

 llietown and thai two hunters, known as "Old j 

 and "Happy George," had built a cabin at its 

 ding to pass the vinter hunting and trapping 

 as was exactly what I had been looking for, aud 

 rail was impassable for horsemen on account of the 

 iber, I'set out the next morning on foot and without 

 ir the hunters' camp. The first Tew miles were j 

 h comparative ease, but as I penetrated deeper and 

 to the immense forest of spruce, hemlock aud yel- ' 

 the undergrowth kept encroaching upon the trail 

 until finally it formed but a narrow path beneath a complete 

 archway of foliage. Everything was dripping with moisture 



ry those who had been the 

 the louts who had only hef 

 the far northwest. To be s 

 tered vociferously about so 

 over the night before, but ; 



Bar," I si 



From s< 



the whan 



Saddle M 



to it, from 



Dawson " 



base, iute 



there. T 



as the Ira 



fallen tim 



a guide i 



deeper in 



low fir, 



i the l.< 



ry fogs 



frc 



timber 



ly prevented any i 



rolling 

 vith a h 

 ing pro 



,-tb of i 



id the fallen 

 , entire- 



e 300 feet long by 8 



i mass of punk, green and 



herous to the feet, and use- 



regelation, some of which 



10 feet in diameter, were lying so 



requentlv directly across the trail that traveling soon became 

 erv laborious, and early in the afternoon I became satisfied 



very laborious, and early 



