FOKEST AND STREAM. 



99 



waters. Then" 

 l'ul uiode of baiting was to run th b the beads 



: 9,1 ;i heir efforts to esonpe 



toal otice oi tie * ' " 



., ,. . . _ . ■ t - . |, oJ deep oolftl the foot 



of a long reach of slmllow watei, where the lisl> had Bppt*- 

 cutlv eoileoto.l in greet nn I to rigorous weather 



r,f winter. Te ■ ■ 

 ity, una were evidently very hungry, as tl ! empty stomachs 

 of those examined clearly indicated. It muBl be remem- 

 I .■( the weather had beei Ij mild fox a fort- 



night previous to the time L eomuiencerl fishing, and I very 



" -i i i io ibt ■■■ ! ' ; '■ ' i old: and effort to 



take I u i fujh d o i weather. Bow w 



lie, 1 intend hereafter to experiment upon them -with diiler- 

 entMndi of bait, and al afl. stages of the water and eortdi- 

 i. i . ho weather, and will be pleased to give your ruad- 



bth tin ben tl •' my eaqleiieftee. A. TO 



FLY-FISHING FOR BASS. 



^ rmLABELPHiA, March 12, 1877. 



Edztob Fobest and Stream: — 



Is it not about time that tlv lishiug for bass should be 

 oalled something elsethana "probletp or questiott"? We 

 wish "to add a little" to the testimony already collected by 

 you. showing that bass do rise to a fly, and that more fish, 

 and larger ones, can be taken with a lly Hum with bait. 



,.- foroass until lost summer (our efforts 

 hitherto having been directed chiefly against brook trout), 

 and although we fished a comparatively unknown stream (as 

 far as fly-fishing was concerned ), our success was a pronounced 

 one. The river Shenandoah in Virginia w:is the scene of 

 action. With tittle- knowledge of the habits of the fish, and 

 loss of that rivet, we had little difficulty in taking more fish 

 than the best of badi nahfirmen. When the water was not 

 muddv. we usually took from 20 to 30hass in an evening, 

 the. fish averaging over half a pound in weight. The largest 

 fish caught by us -weighed four and a quarter pounds. We 

 neii.v.l few points that have not been touched upon in your 

 pages. Qommencing operations early in May we fished more 

 or less until late in September, and found July rather the 

 host month, and after 4 o'clock in the evening the hest time 

 for fishing. We had little success in deep still water, taking 

 thorn usually in moderately rapid water, throe or four feet in 

 depth, and at the extremities of pools. 



Bass do not rise us prettily as- hrook trout, frequently 

 taking the fly from six inches to a fool under the surface of 

 the water, but being fully as game a fish as the trout, their 

 larger size fully atones for any lack of "Style" in rising, as to 

 flies. We found the dark ones most Idlling. That the black 

 bass is to be the "game fish of the future," we feel convinced, 

 and indeed look tor a great improvement in the art piscatorial, 

 from the fact of there being such large numbers of the fish so 

 near home. Everv inducement is offered to the angler for 

 bass, short distances to be traveled, open streams, and large 

 game fish. Let fly-fishers take courage, and in time the bot- 

 tom fisher, witli his sinkers, poles, and whistle, will be a 

 thing ^( the past. We In -lii-ve in using trout tackle for bass, 

 and know of one instance in which throe litrgo bass were 

 taken at one east with a rod that weighed little over sis 

 ounces. The Hobaih. 



YELLOW PERCH OF OWASCO LAKE. 



AtrDTntK, N, ¥., March 5th. 

 Owaflco late, in the county of Oayjuga, is bound in by 

 ranges ol hills, down which, in sparkling rills, over rapids 

 and cascades coro theroinor tributaries of the lake. Two 

 and a htdf miles from the foot of this lovely sheet of water, 

 which is 750 feet above tide, twelve miles inlenghth, and one 

 in width, is the beautiful city of Auburn. The lake contains 

 trout and perch, and in limited quantities, bass and pidkBreL 

 helatl - ijy introduction, much to our regret. Bating upon 

 the br-aeli, in Iron: .:]■ in v ie];; cottage, one beautiful after- 

 noon in August last, J observed frequent swirls upon the 

 cidui surface of the water. I immediately armed myself with 

 my "old Conroy," that had done good service on the Mus- 

 kdka, Beaver River, among the Adirondaeks, on Pine River, 

 Bowman's Creek. Salmon River, and Beavorkill, and pushed 

 ire; skiff to within a reasonable cast of the 'disturbance. 

 Wlthabrown hackle for the stretcher, and a couple of gay 

 droppers, the first cast was made, and two fine half-pound 

 perch were struck. ''Business" continued good and excit- 

 ing for some twenty minutes, when onr account of stock 

 showed two dozen of" as tine fish as one often sees. This ices 

 my first experience in taking with a fly any but fish of the 

 rest 



the absence of an opportunity to drop the "artificial " over 

 iln ■ i el beauties,' that good sport maybe had, under 

 favorable eireuuisUnce-i, with the yellow perch. 



J. Lewis Gbant. 



The Nobway Coast Fisheries. — About the latter part of 

 January, the inhabitants of i-.e- Northern Oce.-.n belonging to 



cert; 

 put, 



. Id 



; lit 



icliu 



Im 



mi i an annual rendezvous under the 

 , ri At times the vast shoals almost impede 



the I r< - the boats, and frequently the " deep nets " 

 , hoavy sinkers stop before reaching the bottom, 

 being unable to pus i their way through the dense throngs el- 

 fish. Then the male population of the northern districts 

 make ready their clastic, swift-sailing boats, and hurry out 

 toward Lofoten, and only women, children, and decrepit old 

 men remain behind in the valleys. It is a fin- sight to see 

 the vast fleet sailing out at tie break of dawn toward the 

 fishing-grounds, fml ; t:L ■■ i..- dm.' wph the heavily-loaded 

 boats, followed by a surging cloud of white, screaming sea- 

 lie winter fisheries usually close about the middle 

 of April, and, about a month later, the summer fisheries com- 

 mence. These, however, are not confined to Ehe islands of 

 R. i e: ie but extend up the whole coast toward Russia. 

 They do not yield so large a profit as the former; but, on 



the 



rhai 



tht 



■ da. 



id sto 



then t 



not prevented from e 

 bright as the day: 

 rare. The midnight sun hangs large and red above the hori- 

 zon's tine throwing i '-vi i-,e,e,. ,.- ,i ,n , i . acros H 

 sue-- ticrUSTV-r'n < u ' 

 &( An Aditconuack l<T-H . Stoj!.v. — A correspondent seutls 

 us the billowing as he received it from the lips of Dr. M., 

 who gives eiinionds, of Llizerbelhlown, N. Y. , as his au- 

 thority, cautioning us, however, to receive it ewn unino 

 tOttia: — 



"One day last week a gentleman, accompanied by his 



son, a lad of about ten years of age, went Io Newoomo 

 Pond to fish through the ice. Meeting with unusual luck 

 Lliey decided to tetiiain orer night and fish the next day. 

 In the morning the son, having' opened his hole in the ice 

 and safely landed two or three fish, whs astounded by a 

 bite flint 'seemingly could only have come from th'6 mon- 

 arch of the lake" or a ward politician Drawing up his 

 line he beheld his quarry gazing at him through the hole, a 

 l.'irtre, hairy monster. Obeying his first impulse he chopped 

 his line and retreated. Altera moment's hesitation, liow- 

 ever, he mustered courage enough to make another attempt 

 to bag his game, whatever it might he. Again drawing 

 up his line, the animal (undoubtedly suffering for want of 

 air), wiih commendable consideration-, landed himself ou 

 the ice at the boy's feet, who immediately killed him with 

 the axe. it proved to be a very large and" full grown otter. 

 Its skin brought $12. SCORIA. 



Ven/ewie*, ft, March 9*&, 1877. 



Mnswets §0 {j&ori[esptmdent$. 



No Notion Taken of Anonymoui. Common! «*Modb. 



C. M. Wjogiss.— I'lcaao send your address to M. P. MoEooo, franklin 

 Delaware County, H, Y. 



3.F.B.B., KtngBton,— The Moore gun Is sold. This will answer 

 many inquirers. 



"Cahob."— We have lost yonr address. Please eend it. You wrote 

 an article ou the Audro ncoggiu lately. 



G. A. S., Toledo, Ohio.— Where can 1 obtain the felt wad f Ans. 

 From any gun dealer advertising in ourcolmmns. 



Oabteb, Philadelphia.— What taxidermist, in this city, cm yen re- 

 commend '.' Ana. George Bondroin, and John Ki'ider, among others, 



W. B., Detroit, Mich Can you refer me to a good work on trout ash- 

 ing? Aiih, " Domesticated Trout," by Livingston Stone. 



H. U., N,-w York.— Ib there a place in this city kept by Ira Paine for 

 practicing at glass balls, and where is it ? Ans. There was such a place, 

 in Priuce street, bat Paine is in Europe, and it is closed. 



,1. K. Li. C, Puiladelplria.— Please inform me ol what kind of shooting 

 there is at Atlantic City, between lat and 15th of April. Ans. If you 

 happened to striko the Deaeh during the spring (light of bay-birds, you 

 would have some sport ; but the dueka would be apt to have passed by 

 the dates you mention. 



K. L., New York.— lat. PleaBe tell me what ia the boBt running-jump 

 ou record/ 3d. The highest? 3d. Where could I got a good second- 

 hand til'." V Ans. 1st. With 6 lb. dumb-bells, 29 ft. 7 iu„ made by Johu 

 Howard, m England (1M54). 2d.C it.2,!i in., at Loudon, by W. J. Brooks, 

 April 7th, 1870. 3d. from Homer Fisher, Broadway, corner of Warren 

 strc-t, this city. 



D. It. 0., North-Kast, Pa.— I want a dog for running rabbits, tares, and 

 foxes, with a view of shooting then. What kind ol a dog shall I pur; 

 chase ? Will beagles run fox6a well ? aud do thoy give tongue freely and 

 loudly, as much so as a fox-hound? Ans. You want a fox-hound. 

 Beagles would fallow a Cox scent, but if they have bean used tor rab- 

 bit hunting, would probably leave one Bcent for another. 



0. J. P., Philadelphia.— Please inform mo whore 1 can go to got board, 

 and good gunning aud UsUiiig eau be found, au.-b as drer, duck, and 

 smaller game? Ans. We can lint tell you where you cm hud fishing 

 duck, deer, andsmall bird staontmg,.aU at the.same tjine aud at this time 

 pf the year. At the proper neaaou, say in -winter, you rtmld accomplish 

 it at Homo6assa, in iMoridft. 



C. H, B., TJaiontown, Pa. — I wish you would please inform mo where, 

 and at. what price, I can get 200 or SOU live wild pigeons, suitable for trap 



wild pigeons. Those states in which the birds nest havo passed strin- 

 gent laws for their protection, and they will bohereatter diilicult to pro- 



A. C, Yonkers.— Please let me know the nearest place where I could 

 buy small trout, or other young tish, to stock a brook and a little pond 

 of 100 by 20 '.' Ana Apply M H. U. Thomas, Randolph, Cattaraugus 

 County, N. Y„ BtSpluju H. Ainsworth, Uloetntield, H, fe, or B. B. Porter 

 Oakland, Bergen (Joimty.N. J. 



K. I. , Ncv,- York.— When will the next meeting of theNew York Bow- 

 ing e'lub be held? Ans. The annual meetings are held on the- first 

 Monday in February; besides those, the elub has no fixed meetings. A 

 list of the officers will be found-in another column. 



W. B. W.. Boston 1st. Where can I get Colonel Dodges' book "The 



Plains of the Great West," aud at what price? 2d. I have two vols. t 3 

 and 1] unbound, el IV-uner and Sxukam; also, nineteen unmbers of 

 vol. t. bo you know of a purchaser V Ans. 1st. S. Y. Putnam's Sons, 

 182 Fifth Avenue. We have advertised this book. 2d. Possibly your 

 notification hero may bringja purchaser. 



H, H. F., Allegheny, Pa.— Is the shooting and fishing good in the 



i La. 



l ! ie 



blai 



>nting bo had no furthei 



C. It., Philadelphia.— Where can good 

 from Philadelphia than seventy live miles ? What size bore gun would 

 bobcat? Ans. lu the Beasou, your best point would bo Havre de 

 Grace, but it is.rather late for duck shooting in that vicinity, aud so wo 

 should advise you to try Barnegat Bay. A sun for duck shootingis 

 only much a matter of laucy. We prefer a 10-lb., 10-gauge breech- 

 loader, 32-ioch barrels, rebounding locks, and choke-bored. 



X. Y. Z„ Sum York.— Could I get a few days good duck shooting at 

 Babylon in the month of April ? Can you recommend oio a good guide ? 

 What would be the cost of a trip there, including the price of board, 

 guide, etc.? Am . We should suggest, your t;oing a little further on the 

 island, and trying Good Ground, where ymr cLanc s would be much 

 better. Wine to Wm. Lime Good Ground, Long Island. Your expen- 

 ses, including battery, etc., would be about $6 per day. 



J. L. P., New York.— 1. Will you be kind enough to 'inform me In your 

 next paper where Kinney Br, «., manufacturers of cigarettes, hoad- 

 qii ,,i i btb art i e us- city v -M. Wheie can I purchase Audubon's Orni- 

 thological Biography, and at what price > 1st. Dont't know the Kinney 

 Brothers. 2d. Audubon, octavo and quarto edition, rare, costing $100. 

 Addiess T. T. Wilson, 1 105 Filbert Street, Philadelphia. 



J. A., Bluff City, Scott County, 111.— Would you give us a practical 

 artielo on black bass lishiug tor the Weat, giving us the best places to try 

 in the Illinois River or the lakes, and the best tackle, and, in short 

 every thing about . 1 i V Also, how do you make a duck call? Ans. You 

 will tied in Nos. 2. i, and 6, of present rolume, special instructions in 

 lishiug for black bass, with proper flies to use, etc. Previous volumes 

 oi i . ibesi a B Stbjsam o ptaln very full iufur.nation Df like character. 

 G. 11. H., Glen's Fnllr, N. Y.— Please advlBfl me e.eli you consider 



the moat HUfta ifor n cdt-SaU (ol < BgUaroyai sj.auck, orca.ii™? 



the pwpBi weight, ie.e irti ill - tile u - k mi tftoturedV Ans. 



Youwaotdoeir, ,,i ,.„„,■-:, . Me , i to size and fl lUt; ms lijonld suggest 



thatyouwnte o so JOocl aitil-mnjiei a&y ClieBter & Kiefi at fersej 



Coy, wlio will luieie you a good saili .n.i c-ei,i Seud ti.eiu thefoUow- 

 iog liitneusiuie,: Length of mast to top, length of boom, length of 



. : .in., ... i ton qfnmat go stern of boat, and also from foot of 



mast to stem of beat, 



E. A. E., Newport, Ky.— 1st. I ha' 

 old, who has just had a litter of se 

 every one has died. They seemed t 

 but the mother seemed to be care 



Q E. Wi, Washington, D. C— Living at Portland, Oregon, I would 

 like to know the hest route to Brazil, the fare from New York to that 

 country, aud if Itiere is a line ol steamers on that, route ? Ans. There 



Isno line to Brazil from the United States. The way to go at pi 



is Io take Bteamer to St. Thomas, and from there, by Enelish steamers 

 to Para. BnyOrton's " Andea and Amazon," second edition, for full 

 particulars. 



W. O., Clinton.— Since I bonshtmy dog he has lost all animation, 

 andeatehut very little. He drinks a great deal of water, and has au 

 occasional hacking- cough, .together with soino vomiting ; rune some 

 from the eyes, and has a diarrhoea. Ans. Give yonr dog. first, three 

 drachms compound liquorice powder, and afterward a tonic composed 

 of quln., one grain, and carb. of iron, three grains, made in to u pit! ; 

 give throe daily. 



Yes or No, Brooklyn.— A friend aid myself went off the other day to 

 shoot squirrels. We came across one after a short walk; the cunning fel- 

 lowwaa on the trunk of a large tree, watching ue; not being In a suitable 

 position for a good mark, we walked a few feet to the left, but as 

 far as we walked he would ran aronnd the trunk jnateuonghto keep 

 the trunk between us and himself; this continuing till we had en- 

 circled the tree. Did we, or did we not, encircle that squirrel? Ans. 

 We replied to this question in our issue of April (Hh, 18"6. 



P. D. M., Nashville, Tenn — IM. Can you inform me of anything 

 that will cure worms in dogs? 2d. What is good for mange, andfor 

 sore eyes? 3d. Is there anything that will improve the development of 

 a dog's .nose? 4th. What ia good for flux! Ans. 1st. Areca not, in 

 powders of 20 grains each, three being given, aud followed by an ounce 

 of castor oil four honrs afterward. 2d. For mango, Basilicou oint- 

 ment, 2 oz.; flour sulphur, i oz.; turpentine, enough Io mix. Would 

 have to kn ow further about the sore eyes before prescribing. 3d. No. 

 4th. Describe the symptoms accompanying the flux. 



W. 0-, OUnton —lat. Can you teU me how I can train my pointer ! I* 

 not, will you recommeudme to somo first-class work on tho subject? 

 one by referring to which I can train him in a soclion of country 

 where there ia but little game besides partridges. 2d. Whatisaroni- 

 edy for canker in the ear ? 3d. Will you give me tho address of soma 

 good trainera in thia State? Ans. 1st. You will find tho information 

 you want in "Dinks, Mayhew & Hutchinson." We can send it ; price, 

 $3. 2d. Twenty grains sulphate copper, in four ounces of water; a 

 little to be poured in the ear twice a day, first washing the oar thor- 

 oughly with castile soap, 3d, We must reler you to our advertising 

 columns. 



itter, "Gyp," thirteen month 

 npB, but in the last three days 

 oing fine, and were very lively, 

 f them, and did not give them 

 sufficient caro. Is there any remedy for this, or is it on account of her 

 being too young? As all her pups are dead, how long before she wll 

 go in heat? I have another, a dog, who has a hacking cough, toss of 

 appetite, and matter in the eyes, but is aa lively as ever. What Is tho 

 remedy? Ans. 1st. You bred your bitch too young, hut there muat 

 bavo been some other cause for the death of the pups than want of care 

 on the part of the mother. Bitches are usually in season twice a year. 

 2d, Your symptoms are rathor indefinite, but we Bhould give him five 

 grains of quinine twice a day, and if he does not improve, twenty 

 grains of calomel. 



J. MoE., Elmtra, N. Y.— 1st. Can you tell me tho nearest place to El- 

 mira that I can buy some wild pigeons for stools, and price? 2d. I have 

 a Scott breech-loader, 10-gange, that has got rusted near tho breech. 

 Can I have it bored or emerged out, ao as not to injure its shooting ? 

 Does it lessen Its penetration and pattern, or increase it, to make it 

 larger at breech ? Who, in New York, can I send it to, and have a good 

 job done, and cost of same? Ans. 1st. See answer to C. H. H. 2d. Wo 

 Bhould suggest that you show your gun to the nearest gunsmith, and 

 get his opinion about re-boring. The increasing of the bore need not 

 affect its eh ootiug, if it is bored uniformly. 



B.,New Haven, Ct.— Where in Virginia would you recommend a 

 sportsman to go for a tew week 's snipe shooting before the 1st of May ? 

 Ans. Mark Horn, Hog Island, and along tho tributaries of the town! 

 Chesapeake. Take rail from Wilmington, Del., to Salts bury, and 

 change cars forChrisfleld; or take steamboat from Washington to cherry- 

 stone, and there hire boat, or wagon. Any of tile branches of the Wil- 

 mington road ( down the Delaware Peninsula), leading to the Chesapeake 

 or Eastern Shore, will give von all the Bnipe shooting you want. Chin- 

 coteague and Sinepnxent Bays are first-rate places. 



E. H., New York.— 1st. Please inform me, through your paper, of the 

 cheapest way to get to the ( Black Hills) Deadwood City, M. T.? 2d. 

 Do you really think two boya, 18 years of age, could make a living out 

 there? Ans. 1st. Via Bismark, on N. R. K. It., steamer thence to 

 Fort Benton, thence foot it, or steal a wagon ride for 15 miles. A tri- 

 weekly mail service between Kearney, Neb., and Deadsood, in Ule 

 Black Kills region, 339 miles, will commence May 1st, and a dully service 

 between Hat Creek and Deadwood, 121 miles, April 1st. There Is now 

 daily mail communication with Hat Creek aud the Union Pacific E. K. 

 at Cheyenne. The distance from Deadwood from the the railroad ia 235 

 miles. 2d. We really think they could not, and would advise them to 

 be content to stay at home. 



ISQiaaEB, San Francisco, Cal.— lat. Do you consider thebroech-load- 

 ing shut gun made by Joseph Braddell js Son, of Castle Place, Belfast, 

 Ireland, a first-class gun ? 2d. Would you advise mo to havo the bar- 

 rels of a breech-loader, length 31 inches, bore 10, woigbt 9 lbs., short- 

 ened to 2S incheB, or shortened at all; and if so, to what length? 3d' 

 For what can a setter pup, with first-class pedigree.be bought and 

 shipped to San Francisco ? Ans. 1st. We do not know from personal 

 inspection the guns of the makers you name, but they have the reputa- 

 tion of turning out first- class work. 2d. The barrels of your gnuaro 

 not too long for the weight, and if the shooting is satisfactory wo should 

 not shorten them. 3d. A pup of good peJigrco, boxed and shipped, 

 would cost you about if-lO. 



D. R. C .Northeast, Pa. — We cannot conceive of more favorable condi- 

 tions for fish culture than your ravine aud springs would seem to af- 

 ford, from ymr description. If yon Will communicate with W. II. 

 Oruwell, Ludlow, Melvoan County, or J. B. Thompson, of Now Hop* 

 they will probably advise you to stock your Wat: I Witt I CflUl e y, K .- 



;;,-Ti lite IC'OV. N.lli _ , 1 e | , : L _ 11 1: ! e U Here the e , ]•- , i" ■ e ;-. ! IllelVi 



in tie end. You will require no hatching-houses, but simply separate 

 lateral ponds for different sizes of fish— one tor the ".v oue for year- 

 Hugs, one for two-year-olds, and one for t-pawners. li you prefer black 

 bass, adopt y. mlmoides, the Southern variety. Livlugstou Stone's 

 work, oalled " Domesticated Trout." is the best for that species. With 

 regard lo bass, all the published matter you can Bod will not contain as 

 much information as can be collated from articles already printed in 

 Fqft&ST and Stream. 



E. L. MoF., Scottsburgh, N. Y.— 1st. My Gordon setter puppy, six 

 aekaold, has a breach at the navel; tho intestines protrude to the 

 ze of a hickory nut. Can th robe anything done for it, and it so. 

 hatcourse of treatment would you advise 1 Should ho be led lightly ? 



,,-t' with the ""seba'.l. 'which n-.-e.r-. B thi : I WotBl '. I... 



L.fi.rhim? Ana, 1st. Y.mr puppy is offlii e ' ei Bll I I 



. • ,. . ir...... .e.u perform the optsratioi „i ,, I ' by cutting 



lug the aao of 



u the 



eial - 



! lai 



, and briuging the sides of the opoirli :u 



s&ttttai i he abdonieti should be kept weH II I ratal weeks, 



01 until the. wound is healed. Tho operation should be performed at 

 once. 2d. Washthe eyelids frequently with tepid water, aud, unices 

 there is a malformation, iho eyelid will grow into proper Bhapn. 



