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FOREST ^AND ? STREAM. 



<;< Fi-m.\v.. Mr. A. Boyce, ol No. I". Whiiehall street., 



citv, and Messre. Wjlderand Bcnderson, of. Brooklyn, Lad 

 fiueflshingon Wednesday, July UtU, oH Rockaway "Shoals. 

 Whilflthey were almost becalmed, tljey drifted into a school 

 of blue and weal Hsu, and caught fifty-two in all, one-third or 

 which were woakfish. Mi. Boyra coughl two weakfishai 

 once, on a ligbl rod and reel, that together weighed ten 

 pounds— tlir smallest lish caught weighed 4 lbs., and the larg- 

 est 1" lbs. 



Where the joke conies in: four or five. " fresh young men" 

 promised to go with tlii'.m andtake a lesson in foiling, none of 

 Whom were on hand nt the time of starting: it is only neces- 

 sary to add that the laugh wa.s on those that did not go. 



(TiamsiliN (Y.mu.u. Pabk.— Alderman Cole, July 10, of- 

 fered a series of resolutions in the Board setting forth that the 

 "largfl lake in the Central Park has become overstocked with 

 lish of several varieties to such an extent as to render the wat- 

 er turgid and unhealthy, and to militate against its attractive. 

 Ei -- ami beauty," anil that " much amusemen! and recreation 

 might be afforded a great many of our citizens of piscatorial 

 • ii permitted to indulge, if only occasionally, in the 

 sport of augling in the waters of the lake under the most strin- 

 gent rules and legulations to he prescribed by the Park Corn 

 mtesioners." The resolution concludes with a rcqucBl to the 

 Department of Parks to "take into consideration the pro- 

 priety of permitting residents or this city only to Jake nsb by 

 angling from the waters el tin large lake in the Central Park 

 near tin- Casino, and to report the result of their dclib. I 

 to this hoard as soon as possible." 



A vole was then taken, but the resolution was lost. A mo. 

 lion to reconsider, however, 'Was carried, so that the matter 

 ■in brought up. 



Itn ii.MoNH V.m.i.ey, S. I.— Anyone desiring a good day's 

 fishing can have it here. The fishing never was Letter than 

 at present Take boats at foot of Whitehall streel at 6,7,9, 

 and ! 1 a, m., or 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 p, M. Stage at depot . 



—The Crossmon House is evidently taking the lead at Alex, 

 andria Bay litis year, The proprietors are very much gratified 

 with their business thus far this season. Already they have 

 over a hundred hoarders, and letters asking for accommoda- 

 tions during the lust of the present month and the first of 

 next, are being received daily. Summer visitors to the St. 

 Lawrence are fast learning that the Crossmon cannot be ex- 

 ceil, -d lot comfort. Messrs. Crossmon & Son have reduced 

 the art ol conducting a tirst-class hotel to a science.— \Vdter- 

 tw.rn, N. 1'., Daily I ' 



— Correspondent G. W. D., July 8: writes us of the fine 

 trout fishing to be found in the wilds of Forest, Elk and Jef- 

 ferson counties. Pennsylvania, which are reached hy wagon 

 from BrookviUe, on the lied Bauk Junction of the A. Y. 

 Railroad, along which the scenery is spoken of as being very 

 charming and romantic. A good hotel, called the Central 

 Hotel, will be found. At BrookviUe a wagon can be hirer! to 

 take the visitor to Marion, which lies in Forest county. The 

 r ftd crosses tbc Clarion lliverat the old village of Claringiou. 

 "noted for its good bass and pike fishing." Col. Hunt keeps 

 a good tavern at Marion, within easy distance of which place 

 arc three good trout streams called the Big and Little Salmon 

 and Millstone Creek. Our correspondent and several friends 

 tried all the streams and caught 105 fish tile, first day, but 

 quii.i- small in size. The next day two iods took 150. The 

 opinion of our friend is that all the streams in the counties 

 named are fished too much, and ought to be rested for two or 

 three years. He adds that deer and bear hunting will be ex- 

 cellent next fall. 



Tiiout Notes From Staunton, Va. —I am moved to write 

 to you once more, even at the risk of being tiresome, by the 

 quantity of trouting news that has been rife among us since 

 my last, Our trout - 

 they are almost 



s 1 have remarked before, are small, but 



.Table. 



Out of one stream near this 

 •n by two rods in a day and a 

 tray's Draft— there have been, 

 of April, over one thousand 



place (30 miles) thci 

 half 393 i out of an 



as known to me, sir 

 taken, and how man, 

 course, unknown. These fish were all small, running from 

 six to eleven inches. I wish you could see the "Bamsay's 

 Draft (" it is nearly ten miles from its source to the culti- 

 vated land, where it ceases to lie a trout brook. All this dis- 

 tance it tlows through a narrow gorge, between lolly mountains 

 clothed in maple, ash, fragrant pine and hemlock. L T Dlike the 

 generality of mountain streams, its bed is not rocky : neither 

 does it, flow through laurel, the harbor for rattlesnakes and I lane 

 o - jointed rodsand delicate tackle. For one who does nol like 

 i. run rheumatic risks by wading, there is good sport . lo he 

 bad picking the way along the banks. The skill of the scien- 

 tific fly-fisher is not recpiired, but a light, ten-foot rod, as 

 many feet of good sea-grass, a box of the much despised angle 

 worm and a bur basket is all one needs; and, with such equip- 



ment, and a Ltttli 



e >me in April or May to Uu 



basket. 



the foot or the Shenandoah 



Do veil, ruuning past -which, i 



I -. ■■. r 1 . 1 1 tall sycamores, 



" Bull-pasture;'' and wherev 



he found emptying - and thei 

 the brook trout. Not such 



knowledge of trout, to the fisher who will 

 •uarantee a full 



i where liamcay's Draft touches 

 lomitabi. is the hamlet of Mc~ 

 ider a quaint-looking old bridge 

 a the tierce and brawling lillle 

 • on its bunks a large spring can 

 are many— there you will litnl 

 those I have jusl spoken of as 



bp.trtg takes in Ramsay's Draft, but stalely, old, 



backed" fellows, whose power and weight-will try the strength 



Of the best tackle, and the skill of the most scientific angler. 

 i siw Mir Of them two weeks ago, fifteen anfl three-quarter 



;.m-. lving on a silver salver. Hanked on either side, 

 by otic of twelve inches, giving symmetry to I he picture, which 



i her element of beauty. These three were caught 



i , , -i, ,,i ii,,. deep blue pools of the Hull pasture, at. a point 

 urine rises iu the bottom of the stream. Tin; bail, 



, i minnow or a (mgerling trout, cut intpstrips and 

 pi died on the hook as we tix the red amde-worm. 'these l.ig 

 f -Hows are a distraction to the dwellers in the mountains, as 

 I i..,.li l.ait lisheniieu. There is only one certain way 

 ,, taking them, and that is the fly. I saw a htdicrou exam 

 n'e of this ii, the summer of 1874, while making a 

 t mr, with a comrade, through Mack water and Cheat counties. 



It was late in Aue' < n, numerous as they are in 



i u -il country, could not be taken with live bait of any kind, 

 i imrade anil self wen, fishing down, the Dry Perk "I 



, ,, .. ,i,|. ■,, miii that Hows along the western b a '" 



... \i ,in using flu 



.. | 



what to do with, when, late in the evening, we came upon an 

 old mountaineer, sitting al tneheadof a lovely pool, fishing 

 away for dear life, Bo had been hard -it work for Borne three 

 hours, he told us, and had hut one Iront, one sucker, ami a 

 small fall tish. We came plunging down the rough mountain 

 spur that jutted into the Stream 80 closely as to force us lo 

 climb, waded the ripple to our ancient fisherman, whipping 

 the pool its we crossed, landing three fine trout each. Such 

 astonishment as was depicted on the Old fellow's countenance, 

 was rare to see. •• Wen' sort o" ha't you got, mister?" was 

 his question. We showed him the collar, when he gave vonl 

 to an exclamation more remarkable for t-Tsenos of expression 

 than piety, wrapped his line on his pole, put onhisbrogans 

 and struck for home. I have had this experience repeated 

 several times, and the result has ever been the same. From 



of the raveno 

 unmolested h\ 

 tr 



nldet 



iloi 



music of the 



brook, or the yarns'..!' your hi 

 to cook just one more lish as y. 

 reminder, or to refresh yourseJ 

 water, sugar nml anything cist 

 are pleasant things-, "and the 



i T 1 1 LT to the wield 



the trout 

 s. anon getting up 



ivesyou a pat-tine 

 decoction of cold 

 ve handy. These 

 thai happen to most 



of the sportsmen in the Shenandoah Valley not mtfrequently. 

 rOing to happen to some six of us week alter next 

 • be, 25") up ill the valley of the Cow-past tire- -another of those 

 Euphonious names— and if von like I will send the particulars: 

 or, if you ever throw tt line in bright waters, conie down and 

 fio with us. We will give you a hearty old Virginia welcome, 

 and show you fine sport. A.SA. 



^\MioxiMMEn ANCit.iNo rot: Tr.orr wiru Worms. — Provi- 

 dence has so regulated the laws of nature that trout take the 

 By host in March, April and .May: the mitmo.v best m May, 

 especially in the evenings, and ihe worm best in June and 

 July, returning again to the Hy in the months of August and 

 September. At least this is the case generally throughout 

 North Britain. In June and July, the 8sh having been 

 fattened by the Hies ol May. arc in the best condition, and 

 then the larger sized among them look with ct ntempt OU Hies; 

 they are too tat and lazy to trouble themselves about such 

 small morsels, hut will eagerly seize a goodly worm, if offered, 

 as it provides 'them with a meal in an easy manner. Now. 

 nothing will ever persuade me that when Providence lias lints 

 [nttened the larger trout, it is to be supposed that they should 

 then be left uncaptured to die a natural death, and so be lost 

 to the foo.l Supplies of the nation. Rather, the presumption 

 is that I h.y are' then meant to be Captured, when they have 

 attained full size and are, in excellent condition. To do this 

 effectively and extensively in June and .Inly, the best means 

 iu Clearwater is with 'worm. Give up the old-fashioned 

 single hook, and use a Sluarl tackle, mounted on ven fine 

 guL Next must com" three or four lengths of thick gut, and 

 then the reel line, so that a proper gradation of thickness may 

 ba obtained: for, note, that in casting with worm the 

 throw must be made as delicately as in fishing with fly. Vour 

 rod must be IS feet U inches or 14 feet long, and your line 

 fine; the worms well secured, and tough, of a paleplukor 

 fiesh color, which are the toughest colors. Toughness] in- 

 sist upon, as a long line must oEten be thrown, and that oc- 

 casionally against the wind. 



Take the case of two anglers out for a day's Rahing in 

 . ii!., , one preferring the fly and the other using worm. The 

 morning is warm, the water low and clear, myriad- 

 a:-,, ailoa-. ,:"el t he tiv-tisher lias to contend against their attrac- 

 tions He fishes I he streams, we will say; carefully, and at 

 leas! captures a dozen trout, all of which are small, and by noon 

 not another fish is to be had. The worm -fisher, on the Other 

 baud, essaying first at the bottom of the rough streams, walks 

 upward, casting his lure first to the edge of thostream nenr- 

 esttohim, where the water is partially quiet, then i. il.e i ii . 

 water immediately beyond the stream, but still in the current, 

 and lastly in the rough stream* itself. Where tbt iddii in 

 rough and deep a larger worm than asnaTmusl be employed 

 The worm-fiiher meets hjs comrade at noon with two dozen 

 ami :< half trout, ol goods':-:-', l am speaking ei '■ i 

 border and Scotch waters, not. of the much-fished English 

 rivers. Luncheon is now eaten, while the. fish are not leed- 



!"ber'lavsl L o!"a"walk'u tatamta look at the beautiful wild 

 flowers and plain- n nto 51s I b. Is. in Bomaofthe 



■ -.. 1 jearched for pearls, pebbles picked up, or the geoloj 



Leal features of the river explored. The true, an?;. ■! 

 eralh lend of all branches of natural knowledge. So llifi 

 time passes until 3 o'clock, and now commences the real test 

 between fly and worm. The afternoon generally brings a 

 slight breeze, without which the fly-fisher could do nothing, 

 for the bulk or the fish have left the streams, andaroswim- 

 miugin shoals about, the shallow pools, lazily enjoying the 

 sunsnino. Six o'clock Minis the fly-fisher with half a dossen 

 1, ., - 1 mil fish; possible, if lucky, he may have one or two 

 of good m-'c. 



Now mark the procedure of the worm-usher, equipped as 



I have .leseiibed him. lie looks out for lilting slreleh of s.hal- 

 ,,,,., water Still to Ihe eve, Inil Cetllly having;, gem. 1 , ■■u'r, 



llOV tbrtmgll it. lien- he nlaei s his hack closely amongst 



the hushes, which frequently line me haul,, .. i- lo throw his 

 person into s'.ia.l-.-. N.:-.'. e--ea-:s aline ol from twenty' to 



twonty-fonr test straight up the river, then straigbl Up the 



centre of the river in "t hi; current, and. lastly, far Over 10 the 

 other side ot I lie river. A slight, breeze, v, uppOse, 



curls the surface, and the water varies from sis to W' " 

 inches in depth. Soon thu worm is quick! ■. 

 best flsll ill Ihe shoal, and a very ircntle turn of the angle 

 Wrist fixes the. hook. ' This done, the angler draws his quarry 



, : j ii. toward him, allowing the fish to swim about as 



naturally as possible; and, its t tc shod of lish will almost, 



, , .h ,,,,. their head! directed up Btream, the fish, with a 



lj tile care, may lie drawn to the angler's feet witho u 



ing the others— and so fish alter lish may- he taken without 

 stirring a yard. Next Ihe li-shcrman moves onward two Ol 

 three steps, and oasis his line iu similar style. Let hi... wade 

 very quietly so as to disturb the water as little as possible, and 



hy casting licbtly 10 a good dislate ■ : lieoughLto 



have taken ihree or four .!,, ai Pit iv,o baskets 



•'a, a, .a, I ...'. " • I '■, : I I i I 



Ihe worm for ...to gained hv Ihe ll> . ,-n.d I he lish taken 111 the 



h.nn-r ra iei lire gutu callj tftm L ' ■■ - • STcrv ['elagiiis 



h In 1111 1 



, ,,,1 ei. ,. . ' ba ,1 h.if ! - untnt 



lish hundreds of times by worm-flshing in this [ashion during 

 •lunc and .July iu the Scotch and Border streams. Of course 

 all dayB in those months are not hot. neither are all windy-. 

 but rely upon it that there is no thy in these months on which 

 the angler with worm will nol till a much heavier basket than 

 is possible for ihe fly-fisher. -SeWs Life. 



The remarks of our English contemporary apply also to 

 American waters with slight variation as 1 o season (which may- 

 be said toextend from July 1st to August 20th), "and •■ a 



as to high latitudes, where them,, ml, of June is the best of all 

 for Hy-Mshing— notably in the .Vpigoii Kiver, on the north 

 shore,,!' bake Superior, As to worm-fishing up slream or 

 down, a good rule to obSBrveJwould be, not to fish against. Ihe 

 wind under any circumstances, if it can be avoided; other- 

 wise, the wind being fivoral.le, to lish down stream, if Ihe 

 current be swift, and up stream if it he sluggish. As between 

 wonn-tishing up stream and fly-fishing up stream, the former 

 would be preferable. 



— .-a— « 



Mr. Henry Dj-er has been testing one of Cunt. White's 

 Air Beds, upon which he drilled complacently for fourteen 

 hours about Long Island Sound, when he was picked up by a 

 passing schooner and taken to tfewllaven. The advantage 

 of this bed is Ilia! it answers equally well on kind and waiei . 

 If blown up on n steamboat on the ocean, or a lomaQo on laud, 

 it is all the same, as loD.g as the occupant keeps the bed under 

 him. 



SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 



To Our Customers and the Public : In reply to the damndng 

 eports which have been circulated respecting the quality of 



we shall h. pleased to mail to any addr. 

 of their assertions. 



he falsity 



-[Adv. 



('ON-|:OY, BlSSETT it M.VI.l.F.SON, 



Manufacturers, 63 Fidton Street. H". Y. 



ffni-Jiting unci j§ontinfy 



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I.os-o f-i.AM, V1.111 Ci.t 1:.— The Long Island Yacht flub 

 held their annual regatta -Tuly tG, tuo course for three classes 

 being from off the club-house, toot of Thirty-seventh street, 

 Brooklyn, to and around Kobbin's reef buoy, theno to intl 

 around Fori I.afav.-iti . and back to the place, of departure — a 

 .lioanee of ten miles— to he sailed over twice. The cat-boats 

 Bailed 1 , a, lies over twice. We hive space for only a sum- 

 mary : 



CAUIN fl.o Its. 



Elapsed Corrected 



Start. Finish, Time. Time. 

 n. m. s. n. m. s. h. M.S. 



Reveittc t 46 28 s :-:?, 10 s -tr, :u 316:11 



Rmma 6 t 4(1 lly f, 5112 \ 11+ D3 8 55 53 



wan 1 in 11 5ASD3 3 63 .is 8680! 



FiasT-ct.vss ei-KN n.eoe. 



Let Tier Be 1 is 31 5 25 12 3 36 41 ,H M nt 



,-n-ie s ...J 55 H 5 vii 11 :; at 67 :: M a7 



C. M. Frlr 149,17 5:m» S 44 VI 3 ,-;7 :i-i 



FaunlrK i -is ii r. r.t ::-i 4 in 511 s so in 



Artful noflget t It ■-., i !>9 ii7 ;: „•: tfl 



M n;h, 'in in --. 1 54 -ill r. i'.i :il 3 35 11 



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Faith 1 68 04 r. 88 61 I tut » 3 on no 



An tievoir 15S5S 5 40 02 o -!1 ua S il (10 



euvnicGSn euatb. 



Only Ddnghter 2 412 09 tn5-9T 2031s 2 OS OS 



lv.ie .ruruleuinn 2 02 no 4 (iu it 2 04 11 2 0(11 



Hi PI 2 02 2$ Withdrawn outirst, turn. 



Thus the Reveille won in the cabin sloops, beating the 

 Emma B. 6m, ?8s, [n the first-class open boats the Susie s. 

 won, beating the Martha Munh Am, ols. In the second das,, 

 open boats t.ho All I levoir w on, beating the Faith lSi... Sis. . 

 ami in the cat-hoiit class the Hi Pi wins, beating the Only 

 Daughter 1m. 08s, The chiimpioti pennant is won by the 

 Susie S. as the first yacht in. The breeze was iu every respect 

 favorable. 



NtwBrrBGii Yacht :Ci,nn. -For the Newburt;h Bay re- 

 galta, which takes place AllgllBt 1, four classes are op.'-.i fir 

 yachts. The RVstisfrce to all open yachts orerS 

 [01 Mi lie sec, in. I to all between '33 and ','0 feet in length, 

 nai the third class Lo all under 33 feet in length ; the fourth 



ClftgS is for all cabin yachts or yachts with working sails. All 



those cniered in the first 1,1. re. n tiled clai ei , istrictcd to 



single jib and mainsail ; also open sloop i-il'i»,-,i vachis entered 



in life fourth class will not he allowed a main boom which ex. 

 ceeds the length of the boat, by over four I'e.-t. 



The first prizes in the lirst, second and third 1 

 $75, $50 an,! $30 respectively ; the second prizes 

 classes will he pieces of silver plate. 



i a, |.i a e in the fourth class fonly oneheiuu; offered in this 

 class ,1, \vill be a piece of silver pis 



Two minutes to the loot, water line measurement, will he 

 the. lime allowance. 



Tin- ink-soi'the Brooklyn Vael.t Club will govern the race, 



Entries- no fee being-required nw be merle to Mr. Jamw 



SI 1. of '-M ■-. In 1 Ii 1 He as the 31s! of the prea. 1 



A purse Ol ■" Hi ' "lleied to the VRChl lea 



fastest corrected time over the t m If. F. 8. 



itoecnr.- 1 1 This i Mb held a regatt* at 



bli u ,el, July 1 Itll. The race was 



the wind lie Dg 80 1 the first class keel boats 



were able to sail over the coursein the given time >] 



hOUrS, Almost iuiillediali . , 1 ' 



one, the N'e lie, s wree 



In Ihe third cllt 10 ■! loops, ihe lirttid eaniu 



in Aral : Inn I" ,,■ i ■'■> < ■" - \> ■ . 



