FOREST ANlT^TR^oP 



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Your committee think that it will be in the power of the 



Association, availing themselves of this statute by proper 

 publications, to greatly discourage the sale of trout illegally 

 caugut, 



The association can do much more in another direction. 



It is painful to have to admit, as we must, that reputed 

 sportsmen often leave word with the farmers and guides 

 who live near the ponds and brooks that furnished them 

 their summer sport, that they would like a few large, ones 

 during the winter. The bribe is greedily taken, and the 

 boors, only too familiar with the spawning grounds, and 

 eager to please tbeir summer boarder, think nothing of 

 killing the great mother trout with their millions of eggs, 

 and so depopulating the streams. This Association can 

 make it very uncomfortable for such pseudo sportsmen. 

 And it will be easy to start a similar association in every 

 State in New England. Each member to become a live de- 

 tective and report to the brotherhood or sportsmen all vio- 

 lators of the law. A few published notices of such char- 

 acters would diminish their numbers. Such associations, 

 corresponding with one another, would soon make their in- 

 fluence felt, and in high places. 



One of your committee reports throu ,z>- us an experience 

 which shows the necessity of such influence, an experience 

 which show3 that wicked violations of the law in .sister Stales 

 have been duly and carefully brought to the notice of per- 

 sons in authority, and whose official position enabled I hem 

 to do something about it, and nc proper notice was taken 

 of it by them. Persons guilty of spearing, grappling and 

 netting trout in the spawning season, contrary to the State 

 law, were excused on the ground of personal friendship. 

 No trial justice, nor fish commissioner, nor inspector ot 

 provisions, would dare be guilty of such conduct in this 

 State now, when he knows that an association of such num- 

 bers and influence as ours would have his name reported 

 to them, and his conduct discussed, and an effort imme- 

 diately made and persistently kept up to have him dismissed 

 from his office. 



To sum up then, your committee are of opinion that the 

 Association can do something for the protection of trout in 

 the following ways; 



1st. By influencing public opinion, procuring similar as- 

 sociations to be formed in other sister States, and co-operat- 

 ing with them for the purpose. 



2d. By calling the attention of the community to the ex- 

 isting provisions of the fish law and of tne laws for the in- 

 spection of fish as food, and doing all we can to secure their 

 enforcement in this State, and for this purpose offering re- 

 wards for detection and conviction of offenders. 



3d. By specially teaching that the killing or taking of 

 trout on their spawning beds by any process is not merely 

 stealing but worse, as it destroys the source of property. 



4t.li/ By procuring the enactment of a law which shall 

 make it unlawful to expose for sale in our Massachusetts 

 markets fish illegally taken in other States within the peri- 

 ods for which their taking is prohibited in such States. Re- 

 spectfully, Simon W. Hatiieway, ) 



Solomon Hovey, Jr., [• Committee. 

 J. H. 0. Campbell, j 



The draft of a bill for the protection of trout accompan- 

 ied tais report, of a very stringent nature, which will be 

 presented by the Association through their committee to 

 the Legislative Committee on Fisheries. 



The President in this connection read several letters 

 from Mr. J. II. Kimball, one of the Maine Fish Commis- 

 sioners, endorsing the work of the society, and favoring 

 the- passage of similar laws in all of the New England 

 States, relating to the catching and sale of trout. 



♦ 



Tabular Statement of the Catch of Salmon by Messrs. John W. Nich- 

 olson and R. C. Boxall, dining portions of the months of July and 

 August, 1873, on the Nepissiquit River, New Brunswick, teased by 

 John W. Nicholson of St. Johns, N. B., from the Dominion of Can- 

 ada for the purpose of Angling for Salmon with the Fly. 

 1873. 



CATC1 



BY JOUN W. NICHOLSON. 



CATCH 



BY RICIIAUD 



C. BOX ALL. 



Date. 



Salmon! Grilse 



Remarks 



Arrvd on 



Date. 



Salmon 



Grilse 



Remarks. 



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July 7 



3 



4 



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•' 8 

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" 11 



2 



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4 

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5 



7 



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July 12 



9 







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" 12 



Lt 13 



10 



6 



Sunday. 



" 14 



12 









" 14 



6 



i 





" 15 



8 



4 





" 15 



9 



3 





" 16 



10 



1 





" 16 



7 



3 





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8 



3 





" 17 



4 



2 





'• 18 



13 









" 18 



7 



3 





'•' 19 



12 



1 





•' 19 







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" 20 







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9 



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" 22 



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" 22 



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" 23 



14 



6 





" 23 



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17 I 3 





" 24 



4 



7 





" 2il 27 1 5 





" 25 



6 



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" 26 



18 



6 





•' 20 



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" 27 







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" 27 







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" 88' 



11 



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'• 28 



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" 99 





1 





" 29 



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4* lb 





St. John, Neav Brunswick, 7th January, 1874 



—Dr. Fowler, of Syracuse, has placed anglers under ob- 

 ligations by giving them a newly invented reel, made of 

 hard rubber" which for the simple quality of lightness 

 makes it a great desideratum. It has been difficult to com- 

 bine this requisite with the strength necessary to support 

 the sometimes complicated machinery of the reel, and all 

 anglers who use the finest tackle will appreciate Fowler's 

 improvement. There are other new features in his patent 

 which are worthy of attention. Andrew Clerk, of Maiden 

 Crane, is the sole agent for their sale. See advertisement 

 elsewhere. 



—Our correspondent "Fern Fly" shows how trout can 

 .be caught that will not cost "a dollar per pound" — this 

 being the estimated average when travelling expenses and 

 outfit are taken into account. He writes: 



"We planned a pedestrian trip from Rondout to Callicoon on the Del- 

 aware river, a distance of about one hundred miles. Accordingly we 

 left New York one evening by boat for Rondout, and the following 

 morning we went up the Rondout and Oswego Railroad to Big Injun 

 Station, and from there began our tramp up the Big Injun Creek to its 

 head; then over the mountain to the west branch of the Neversink, 

 down this stream to its junction with the east branch at the little tan- 

 nery village of Dcwittsville, and from there twelve mites through the 

 woods to Balsam Lake and the headwaters of the far-famed Beaverkill. 

 Then down the latter to Westileid Flats, where we took stage for Calli- 

 coon, and from here a few hours 1 ride en the Erie Railway brought us 

 back to New York, after an absence of two weeks, ten times stronger 

 and dirtier than when we left it. The expenses of such a trip will not 

 cost anywhere near the proverbial dollar a pound. 



Two are enough to make such a trip as this. It will be necessary for 

 the sportsman to carry blankets, woolen and rubber, cooking utensils, 

 and other appliances for camping, but pork, bread, butter, &c, can be 

 obtained at the log cabins which are scattered all through this region, 

 and if the party are accustomed to camp life they can find an abundance 

 of real solid enjoyment. The Coachman, Beaverkill, Brown Hen, Alder 

 and Grizzly king are some of the best flics for this country. 



Fern Fly. 



These pedestrian excursions are often most enjoyable, 

 and are frequently undertaken by students of New Eng- 

 land colleges with pleasure and profit. 



♦ - 



208 West Logan Squake, 



Philadelphia, Feb. 2, 1874. 

 EuiTon Forest akd Stueam: — 



The private letter which states that I am "presently to 

 start a large fishing tackle and rod factory at Philadelphia," 

 does so in error. I have for some years been making fine 

 fly rods and tackle and furnishing such outfits, but the 

 rods, from but to top, including ferules, also trout and 

 salmon flies, are all of my handiwork. Consequently the 

 production of my workshop is not very large, although I 

 am kept constantly busy. I do make fine bait and trolling 

 rods when ordered, but rny work is almost exclusively fine 

 fly-fishing tackle. Thaddeus Norms. 



All communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed not 

 later than Monday in each week. 



HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK. 



HATE. 



BOSTON. 



NEW YORK. 



| CHARL'ST'N 



Feb. 5 



Feb. 6 



Feb. 7 . 



Feb. 8 



h. m. 



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3 49 



| a 26 



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11 32 

 eve. It 



53 



1 42 



2 30 



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10 54 

 1 10 49 

 I 11 26 

 j eve. 6 



Feb. 9 



rcb. 10 



Feb. 11 



. 1 4 55 ! 



5 50 

 . 1 6 53 



55 



1 50 

 1 2 5: 



Brooklyn Yacht Club. — The annual meeting of this 

 well-known Club was held in their rooms, in Court Street, 

 Brooklyn, on the evening of the 28th of January, hereto- 

 fore this meeting has taken place during the month of 

 April, but, considering that month too near the opening of 

 the season, in order to give them more time, they changed 

 it to the above date. 



The business before the meeting was the discussion of 

 matters of interest to the Club and the annual election of 

 officers. The business "behind the meeting," (as the 

 Dutchman said,) was the discussion of a most brilliant 

 champagne "feed," in honor of the birthday of the Club, 

 and, as yachts are always called "her" and "she," being 

 gallantly inclined, we won't give the age, (fact is, we don't 

 know it.) Of the supper more anon. 



As showing the unanimity and good fellowship existing 

 in the Club, most all of the officers of the past year were 

 unanimously re-elected, with the exceptions of "Happy," 

 John Oakey as Judge Advocate, in place of Henry A. Mott, 

 Esq. , whom Stuart of Winter Garden fame used to call 

 "Bon. Mott," and J. A. Brawan, Esq., in place of J. 

 Varnum Mott, M. D., on the Regatta Committee. 



The members then, whose appetites had been growing 

 fro"\ the "sound of preparations" and the smell of "sundry 

 hot things" from an adjoining room, shaped their course 

 for that room and soon fell too, as yachtsmen only can. 



After doing ample justice to the Steward's "fixtures," 

 the "feast of reason" commenced; the following are some 

 of the toasts and responses, not in order, it may be, as this 

 is from memory alone: — 



"Our past;" responded to by Mr. G. L. Haight, of the Genia. Add an 

 "1" to the name of his yacht, and yon have the man, and the same may 

 be said of the speech. 



"The New York Yacht Club, the parent organization; 1 ' responded to 

 by Chris. Gunther, Esq. 



"Sister Clubs;" responded to by the ex-mayor of Detroit, Mr. Smith. 



"Woman;" by John Oakey. 

 -"Our future;" by Dr. Hall. 



"The navigators of the Sound;" responded to in a sound manner by 

 Rear-Commodore Dillon, whose yacht, like all "Kates," is pretty and 

 graceful. 



"Our officers and ex-officers;" by ex-Commodore J. S. Dickerson, of 

 the Fleur-dc-Lis. 



After some charming singing, they rose from the table 

 at eight bells sharp, all satisfied with themselves, the 

 Brooklyn Yacht Club, and everything and everybody. 



Among other well-known yachtsmen the following were 

 present: — Commodore Voorhis, Captain; "Joe" Ellsworth, 

 P. McGiehan, John Sawyer, of the "Mystic;" Commodore 

 Langley, Captain Waterman, of the "Quickstep;" J. T. 

 Pierson, of the fast beauty, "Jeannette," carrying the pen- 

 nant of the Bayonne Yacht Club, and many others. 



The Club contemplate moving from their present 

 quarters to the new building at the corner of Montague and 

 Court Streets, and by another birthday, hope to spread 

 themselves in more roomy and elegant shape. 



The Measurer, Mr. J. M. Sawyer, reports that there were 



seventeen schooners, forty-four sloops, and five steamers en- 

 rolled on the books, and that there were several more buil- 

 ding, which would be added to the fleet in the spring. 

 . The following are the list of officers for the year 1874: — 



Commodore— Jacob Voorhis, Jr. 



Vice-Commodore— John S. Dickerson. 



Rear Commodore— Robert Dillon. 



President— P. W. Ostrander. 



Secretary— W. T. Lee. 



Treasurer— Chauncey M. Felt, 



Assistant Secretary— George G. Dunning. 



Measurer- John M. Sawyer. 



Fleet Surgeon— Samuel Hall, M.D. 



Judge Advocate— John Oakey. 



Trustees— G. L. Haiaht, J. J. Treadvvell, J. H. Dimon, H. S. Wood 

 Rufus Hatch, W. B. Nicholls, John T. Barnard. 



Committee on Membership— Charles L. Franklin, W. M. Ringewood. 

 Thomas Fry, M. D. 



Regatta Committee— H. Baragwanath, J. A. Breman, Ernst Wendt, M. 

 T. Davidson. Dr. Samuel Hall. E. M. 



— Mr. A. E. Smith, proprietor of the marine railways at 

 Islip, has on the stocks a first-rate yacht of forty-five feet 

 keel for parties in Albany; a twenty-five feet keel cat-boat 

 for Mr. Van Vorst, of New York, to be finished in hard 

 wood; a twenty-two feet keel cat-boat for parties in Islip, 

 and has contracted to build a schooner-yacht of eighty- two 

 feet keel, twenty-two feet beam, and five and a half feet 

 hold, for Wm. H. Langley, of Brooklyn, to be finished in 

 time for the usual June regattas. 



— The following is a list of the officers of the Bunker 

 Hill Yacht Club, of Charlestown, Mass., for the ensuing 

 year: — J. H. Pitman, Commodore; A. A. Lawrence, Vice- 

 Commodore; P. Lobdeli, Fleet Captain; Warren Ferrin, Sec- 

 retary; George Melvin, Treasurer; P. J. Hencby, Financial 

 Secretary; William P. Cooper, C. H. Hatch, E. Cutter, 

 Trustees; R. B. Brown, J. G. Lovell, Measurers; W. Mc- 

 Laughlin, Steward. Ex-Commodore Daniel R. Beckford, 

 of this club, has purchased a fine residence in Marblehead, 

 and will soon move thither. He has negotiated for a new 

 schooner yacht, which will be thirty feet long and about 

 twenty- five tons burden. 



— At the annual meeting of the Madison, Wisconsin, 

 Yacht Club, the following officers were elected for the en- 

 suing year: — Commodore, Myron T. Bailey; Vice Commo- 

 dore, S. C. Cabanne; Recording Secretary, N. P. Jones; 

 Corresponding Secretary, Charles G. Mayers; Treasurer, 

 George A. Patterson; Measurer, John Gallagher; Collector, 

 Charles K. Kenney; Steward, John W. Rudd. Regatta 

 Committee, C. G. Mayers, George S. Case and William G. 

 Pitman. The Club is in a flourishing condition. 



—The "Yacht Mercury" of the South Boston Yacht 

 Club will carry the Commodores' Flag the coming season, 

 she having lately beer, purchased by Commodore J. N. 

 Roberts, who will put her in first-rate order, and make her 

 worthy of the prominent position she will occupy in the 



fleet. 



Boston, January 29, 1874. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



I see in the last number a question by J. E. W., regarding the where- 

 abouts of the yacht Julia, mentioned by "E. M.," which he says he 

 Hiw in Narragansett Bay in 1871. 



I think Ihere must be some mistake about the date, as the Julia men- 

 tioned by E. M. was at that time in Eastern waters. She was built by 

 Mr. Waterbury, is 77 feet in length and 20 in breadth; she was sold into 

 Eastern waters in 1861 or 1862, and there changed to a centre-board 

 schooner. Afterwards she was sold to New York, and from there to a 

 gentleman living on Narragansett Bay, who changed her to a keel 

 schooner. She remained there till the fall of 1870 or the early spring of 

 1871. when she was sold to a member of the Eastern Yacht Club. At 

 any rate she arrived in time to participate in the annual regatta of the 

 E. Y. C. held at Marblehead July 14th, 1871, and I feel sure did not go 

 round the cape afterwards. In 1871 and '72 she sailed in several regattas 

 of the E. Y. C, being re-changed to a centre-board in the spring of 1872. 

 Last season she flew the Vice Commodore's flag, and led the fleet on 

 the annual cruise to Mt. Desert; she also sailed in the regattas of the 

 clu b, barely missing the prize on the 23th of June. I would refer you to 

 the N. Y. V. C. books of 1863 and 1670 and the E. Y. C. books of 1871, 

 '72, and 73. "E. M." also speaks of other yachts of which I can give 

 him some information. The America is no longer owned by Uncle Sam, 

 as E. M. would have seen if he had read the Forest and Stream for 

 November 13. She was purchased last August by a Boston gentleman 

 and sailed over the course in the E. Y. C. regatta of the 4th of Septem- 

 ber, where she was badly beaten by the Halcyon; the Silvie also beat 

 her one minute by allowance. It is, however, only fair to state that it 

 was blowing very hard and puffy, and that her rigging was in a fearful 

 condition, as she lost her boat, sprung her jibboom and main-topmast, 

 &c; but on the other hand, the Halcyon lost her flying- jib and the 

 Silvie her jib-boom. 



The Rebecca also was mentioned by E. M. She was changed to a 

 schooner and has been for several years in Eastern waters, being flag- 

 ship of the E. Y. C. for three years. She is now owned by a member of 

 the club. 



The Narragansett also belonged to the E. Y. C, and is now owned at 

 Boston. 



The Una is now a pleasure boat at the Boston wharves, while the Has- 

 well raced the Sadie of the E. Y. C, in 1871. Yours truly, 



Blue with a Gold Castle. 



— That was a good example which Mr. Thomas Brassey, 

 M. P., for the venerable borough of ^Hastings, England, 

 lately set our venerable yachtsmen. Not content with 

 mere amateur proficiency in nautical knowledge, Mr. Bras- 

 sey, has passed the Hastings Marine Board, and obtained 

 his certificate of proficiency as a master in the mercantile 

 marine. Mr. Brassey has the honor of being the first amateur 

 sailor who has obtained such certificate, which is only 

 granted upon the candidate displaying a thorough know- 

 ledge of practical navigation. 



— Capt, Dana, of the Harvard crew, and a delegate to 

 the recent convention of rowing associations, has sent a 

 letter to Mayor Waller, of New London, Conn., in which 

 he asserts that Harvard boatmen are strongly opposed to 

 the proposed College regatta at Saratoga, and intimates 

 that another convention will probably be soon called. He 

 thinks New London would be a suitable place for the re- 

 gatta, provided certain conditions can be complied with 

 by the authorities of that city. 



