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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Not n, 



slight rap on the rod and away he goes again, describing 

 circles around the boat, until at last he is fired out and is 

 quickly gaffed ns lie is gcul.lv brought near the boat, We 

 admired him as he lay in the boat, and Tom, who hud pretty 



well lost his .senses, said: "1 suppose he weighs about forty- 

 five pounds, eh?" Another grin from the old SsUernion who 

 remarks casually, "Well, I think he must be about thin v." 

 Tom's pride is lowered bv about fifteen pounds, but he is 

 still much elated. As we went on that day, three more fine 

 tisb were caught there bv vour humble servant, and late, as 

 we returned to the dock,' ended one of the manv fine days' 

 sport which the writer has been enabled to enjoy through 

 the kindness and hospitality of so many Seottish friends, who 

 always shall be kindly remembered by a orateful and enthu- 

 siastic private in the army of American sportsmen 

 New York. G. V. S. 



REEL PLATES AND SEATS. 



J HAVE noticed of late several articles in the Fohest 

 ANn STREAM upon this subject, commenting upon the 

 difficulties encountered in tittiug reels of different makers 

 to one rod, and suggesting as a remedy, that a standard size 

 and shape for plate and seat: be adopted by Ihe different 

 manufacturers throughout the country. It seems to me there 

 are serious objections to this plan, one of which is that for- 

 eigu-mude reels would not be litkely to conform to our 

 standard. But 1 do not propose, at this time, to discuss the 

 feasibility of carrying out the proposed suggestions, but 

 merely to say that an improvement in reel fastenings, which 

 had been under consideration long before this discussion 

 commenced, has now been perfected and will soon be on the 

 market, which will render the adoption of standard sizes 

 unnecessary. This fastening, while perfectly simple and 

 inexpensive, is of such a character, that, it wil'l receive and 

 hold any size of plate, without alteration either of plate or 

 se «t. G. L. B. 



Foim.AND, Me., Nov. 19. 



[We do not think that our correspondent has given very 

 good reasons for objecting to a standard for reel plates and 

 seats. But few foreign-made reels are used in America, and 

 if any are made in future for the American market they will 

 huvc to conform 1o the standard which will be adopted by 

 American makers. The National Rod and Reel Association 

 has begun a good work in this matter, and has received let- 

 ters from most of the large manufacturers iu this country 

 promising to conform to any standard that may be adopted. 

 This will compel smaller makers to follow .suit. Besides 

 we think the adoption of a standard here will be followed 

 by a similar movement iu England, where the annoyance of 

 different sizes of plates and seals must be as great as here. 

 Concerning improved reel fastenings, all that can he said is 

 that several have been invented and placed on the market, 

 but still anglers stick to the sliding ring, and while we have 

 seen fastenings which .seemed superior to the. old style, we 

 know of none which has been generally adopted or" wliich 

 promises to become so. If the reel-plate fits the seat, and the 

 sliding ring is properly made, the reel is firmly held and 

 easily removed. The Association will soon adopt a stand- 

 ard which will give the length, breadth, thickness and curv- 

 ature. It will then have a number of plates made in steel 

 to forward, at cost, to manufacturers who will preserve 

 them as the standard, and in future most reel-plates will be 

 made after the pattern. As so many of the large makers 

 have signified their intention to adopt the standard, those 

 who do not choose to do so will find that they arc not up to 

 the times, after their customers begin to complain] 



Alas' nothing but the click of the hammer falling on a poor 

 cartridge! The antelope heard it also, and before the "shake 

 of B buck's tail'' were off 500 yards. Thev seemed to travel 

 far faster than that celebrated streak of greased lightning. 

 It that rifle could have only leuown all the pet names 1 

 lavished on it, it, would have blushed with pleasure. Well 

 there was nothing to do now but to return. As I was sadly 

 wending my way back a tlock of Bage hen- rose in front of 

 me, so I thought 1 would try that cartridge again. This 

 lime, of course, it went off, and, moreover. I bagged my bird 

 and went, on to the wagon, returning Bill his gun, with 

 manycomplimentary remarks. Late that evening we arrived 

 home, feeling very much better for our little trip, but alas! 

 without the antelope. Spout. 



Crkkttd Bctte, Colorado, Nut. 14. 



Pennsylvania Association.— The recent election for 

 officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows; President 

 A. M. Spanglcr; Vice-Presidents. W. .1. Sellers, Edwin Ha- 

 gert, G. T. Stokes; Secretary, W. G. Hergesheiiner; Corres- 

 ponding Secretary. J. P. Collins; Treasurer. R. 31. Hartley 

 Executive Committee, F. W. Brown, IT. C. Ford. J. Gilling- 

 ham, C. W. Walton, M. A. Shipley, John Walker, W. H. 

 Ashburuer, J. A. Boyd, ML J. Titlow. 



TROUTING IN THE ROCKIES. 



f\SE beautiful morning last August 1 was sitting in mv 

 W office thinking, "What a day to east the dainty fly.'' 

 My thoughts were interrupted by a voice saying, "Want to 

 go fishing?" The voice emanated from ray frieud Finlay- 

 son, an old-time Rocky Mountain trapper, "hunter and In- 

 dian fighter, and the prince of good fellows, more com- 

 monly known iu this region by "the euphonious name of 

 "Oregon Bill." Replying to his question I remarked, "In 

 faith I do; let us go to that lovely stream the Czbolla" (pro- 

 nounced Sa-voy-ah). Accordingly, next morning our light 

 buckhoard was packed with our lent and grub, and bv 5 

 o'clock we were oft for our sixty-mile drive." We reached 

 our destination and pitched our tent at the junction of those 

 two peerless trout streams, the Czbolla and Powder Horn. 

 It was about 7 o'clock when we reached camp, and while 

 Bill was fixing up the rent, etc., I put together my four and 

 one half ounce rod and went, to catch some trout for supper, 

 the stream being only fifty feet from camp. In half au 

 hour I had twenty-five, mostly small fry, which are, in my 

 opinion, the best eating. The small fry arc while-meat eel, 

 but the larger kind have the colored meat of the salmon, 

 and are very beautiful, but not as good eating. Wc soon 

 had the trout cooked and devoured, and after smoking our 

 pipes went to sleep. 



Next morning, bright and early, wc started out, Bill go- 

 ing up and 1 down the stream. At noon returning to camp 

 we counted our catch, which was: Finlayson 80, averaging 

 i lb. to %i lbs. My catch was smaller, being only 50, the 

 heaviest weighing 2Jlbs. These were immediately cleaned, 

 salted and packed to take home, as when salted (hey will 

 keep all winter, and are very good. Our afternoon and 

 evening's catch was: Finlayson 110, your humble servant 99. 

 These were also salted, and wc agreed to start for home in 

 the morning. 



While fishing in the afternoon, to try an experiment, I put 

 on as a stretcher a very large and gaudy salmon fly, and the 

 first cast took a beautiful fellow weighing 2,J lbs., and subse- 

 quently caught all my large fish with that lly; the Mualler 

 fry being contented with my other ilies. a small grizzly king 

 and a yellow dun. Packing up our fish, next morning we 

 started homeward. It had began to pour rain, and I was 

 driving along, with head down, trying to keep from being 

 soaked through, when Bill remarked "Stop!" I raised mv 

 head and saw by the roadside, not fifty yards off, a band of 

 about twenty -five antelope. My hammerless was lying in 

 the bottom of the buggy done up in a waterproof case, and 

 could not be reached vi-i-y easily. Bill, however, had his re- 

 peater between his knees, and was soon out of the wagon, but 

 by that time the antelope were off a considerable distance, 

 and though shooting several times, they were too far off to 

 be hit save by a chance lucky shot. However, i was bound 

 »ei one of these antelope if it took me all summer, so 

 leaving Bill with the horses, 1 took Ids rifle and Started off. 

 After walking about two miles through the- sage-brush and 

 coming to the top of a little rise, I saw two antelope feeding 

 not fifty yards from my position. Throwing myself on the 

 ground" 1 took careful aim and fired. What 'did I hear? 



<£isJfcuJtttre, 



THE COLUMBIA DAM F1SHWAY. 

 Editor Forest «n3 Strebm: 



The people of Pennsylvania seem to be fully alive to the 

 necessity ot adopting effectual means for the restoration of 



the important shad fisheries which existed on the Susquehanna. 

 River and its tributaries for some 300 miles above tide water 

 before the canal dam obstructions were placed in the river. 



The. Legislature has heretofore made liberal appropriations 

 for the. purpose of beginning the work of restoration, the 

 expenditure of the appropriation, however, being made con- 

 tingent. 



In pursuance of the requirements of the act the State Com- 

 missioners constructed a lishwav at that point. This consists 

 simply ot an opening in the dam forty feet "ideal its upper end 

 and 135 feet, wide at the lower end, the inclination . if tie- Boor 

 of this opening or sluice way being, I believe, about one foot in 

 rhirtv-four. The. plan does not propose, nor does it accomplish 

 any material retardation of the water, the velocity of which 

 at the lower end is the same as a bodv would acquire in falling 

 freely under the action of gravity through a distance iu feet 

 equal to the difference in water level above and below the 

 dam. This distance m the ease of the Columbia dam is, 1 

 believe, about six feet. The theoretical velocity nun be de- 

 duced from the formula— 



't iter second (approx. ) 

 'elocity, therefore, of tin 

 y will be fully thirteen 



v^ I %h=8 * 6 approximately, 



In ordinary stages of the river 

 water at the low end of this sluic 

 miles per hour. 



It is possible, therefore, indeed it. is probable, that vigorous 

 shad may be able to enter this current and ascend it. In full 

 stages of the river the velocity would, of course, be less. It, 

 is probable, therefore, that under favorable conditions, occa- 

 sionally occurring, quite a number of shad may be enabled to 

 reach the waters above the dam through this iishwav. 



What I desire especially to direct attention to is" the. fact 

 that the velocity of the water through tins sluice probably 

 represents the maximum which the fish can successfulfy 

 eneounter. A similar construction on a dam twelve feat high 

 would give a velocity at the lower end of the sluice way of 

 upward of twenty-two miles per hour; a. current which it 

 would be impracticable for the most vtgi aims species to over- 

 come, ft is evident, therefore, that even if the fishwav in the 

 Columbia dam proves fairly successful the same method of 

 construction cannot be bad recourse to in the higher dams 

 that occur above this point on the main riverand its branches. 

 For these other methods would have to be had recourse to. 



The experimental fiBhway, therefore, at Columbia can 

 hardly throw any light upon the additional constructions 

 necessary for the dams higher up this stream. 



Mabsham. MacDoxau), 



Washington, D. C'., Sept. 15. 



buffalo. The fj 



that they can t 



were raised and kept tint 



made with Mr. James Net 



and 3,500,000 



star 



the most of them were lost. 



THE IOWA COMMISSION. 



YIT'E have the fifth biennial report of the Fish Commission 

 V V of iowa. It has been the custom of Commissioner Shaw 

 to lake the desirable Species of fish from the small ponds along 

 the Mississippi each fall, and stock other waters with them. 

 A season of high water prevented this iu 1*83. and therefore 

 the fish pei ished in the holes during the heat in summer. At 

 the new hatchery at Spirit Lake, experiments Mere liegun with 

 "« wall-eyed pike, bass, perch, pickerel and 

 fere bred in sufficient numbers to prove 

 ased to a great extent, and the bufjalo 

 the fall. Arrangements were 

 ._, jf the Wisconsin Commission, 

 1 3.500,000 eggs of the wall-eyed pike were obtained, but a 

 tin delayed the shipment of the eggs for thirteen days, and 

 : most of them were lost. Those taken directly to Milwau- 

 kee by Mr. Nevin were saved. Mr. Shaw prefers the large 

 species, or "American wall-eye," as it is there called, to the 

 small Canadian species, which is the one now found in the 

 Northwestern Iowa lakes. The latter only grow to two or 

 three pounds, while the former are sometimes found to weigh 

 sixteen pounds, or more. Both species inhabit the Mississippi 

 River. • 



The culture of brook trout has proved more successful than 

 that of any other lish which the Commission have cultivated. 

 As there are but few good trout streams in Iowa, and they 

 are comparatively small, the effects of planting can be more 

 readily observed than when rivers are. stocked with other fish. 

 Many of the Ijiooks stocked never had trout in them before, 

 and, therefore, all fish in them are the direct results of the 

 planting. Manv land-locked salmon eggs were received from 

 theU. S. F. C, and were hatched and* distributed from the 

 hatchery at Anamosa. The cold lakes of Iowa should prove a 

 gooa home for this fish. Rainbow trout and lake trout have 

 also received much attention, A few specimens of shad 

 planted by the U. S. Commission, some years ago, have been 

 taken in the. lower portions of the Dee Moines River, and it is 

 thought, that the Mississippi will, in time, prove to be a shad 



The entire work of hatching whitefish has been doue at 

 Spirit Lake in water taken directly from the lake. A ne>v 

 bulkhead, some new hatching boxes, and a number of im- 

 proved hatching jars and hatching cans have been placed in 

 the buildings At, Anamosa six new carp ponds have been 

 made, as the water from the trout ponds was too cold to bring 

 the carp to the point of spawning. The repoit gives some ex- 

 cellent points on the carp, to which we will relet- again. 



In the report of Mr. Mosher, assistant, commissioner, ho says 

 that in the year 1888. at the hatchery at Spirit Lake under 

 his charge, only 5oo,olio fish of all kinds, principally lake trout 

 and whitefish, 'were turned uut. In the winter of 1883-3 the 

 number was nearly two million. He says that the boffalo-flsh 

 can be batched in countless numbers with little trouble, and 

 while not good for the table, they will prove valuable as a 

 food supply for better species. 



DEATH OF O. M. CHASE. -Petoskey, Mich.. Sov. 13.- 

 Yesterday about noon the wind changed" round into the west 

 and by the middle of the afternoon a violent gale was blow- 

 ing a tremendous sea. into the bav In the forenoon O M 

 Chase superintendent of the Slate fisheries, accompanied by 

 C. H. Brawnell. his assistant, and George M. Armstrong, fore- 

 man of the P. >t oak ey liiilehery. went over to Harbor Springs 

 to give some final directions about the shipment of spawn. 

 They chartered a Mackinaw fish boat, manned by Moses Det- 

 wiler, his sons, George and Charles, and ueohew, i-r. 

 experienced and brave seamen. At 3:30 P. M. the party left 

 the harbor on the. other side iu spite of earnest remonstrances 

 against the perilous passage. When about half way across 

 the boat was seen to capsize. Although it seemed impossible 

 for a boat to live in such a sea, the volunteer crew made a 

 desperate attempt to reseuetwo of the party, who could be 

 plainly seen from the shore, clinging to the boat, but they 

 were unable to reach them on account of the blinding snow- 

 stoi-m and heavy sea. and were hardly able to get back t hem- 

 selves. About 9 o'clock the Detwiler boat, with one of its 

 sides crushed in, was driven on the beach at Bav View hut 

 not one of the bodies had vet come to laud. The probabilt- 

 ties are none of the bodies will be recovered immediately, as 

 theysuukin dedp wafer with a heavy undercurrent making 

 out into the lake. At, 1 o'clock this morning, the new- city 

 dock, Bell's dock, Roses dock, and the Bay View dock wore 

 swept out. The pound and gill-nets in the. bav were de- 

 stroyed. The loss to individual and public property is veiy 

 large, Mr. Chase was vei-y popular with our people, and his 

 loss to the State cannot easily be made good. [We ha ve long 

 known Mr. Chase, and have hatched shad with him on the 

 Potomac, the Hudson, and the Connecticut rivers. He was a 

 hard-working and enthusiastic lisheulturist. and the inventor 

 of the Chase batching jar. He. had been engaged iu fishculture 

 since about 1ST3, and was employed by the "X. Y. Fish Com- 

 mission for several years, until he received a call to take 

 charge of the work at, Detroit. He was about forty years of 

 age. and leaves a wife and several children. This" unhappy 

 incident recalls the fate of Mareellus Hoi ton and party when 

 attempting to get eggs of the lake, trout on Luke Erie some 

 years ago. ] 



WYOMING.— Lai 



about the success ( 

 country, a lot of tro 

 Laramie River by 1 

 sion. Three ye 



ie, Nov. 10.— If any one had any doubts 

 iu- experiments at lishcultme" in this 

 irought in this w<-ek from the Little 

 liole would be apt to dispel that illu- 

 ■:' this eilv, stocked 

 Since then little 



that stream with a lot of brook trout ti 

 was heard or thought, about thorn. This week Mr. I 

 ceived a dozen fine trout from there weighing an av 

 pound each, dressed. Thov new beauties, too: tl 

 old-fashioned, down Ka-t. piiik-.-poueil fellows we n 

 in our boyhood days. From the reports received 

 stream it is behoved it is so well stocked that all ..... 

 branches and their smaller tributaries will hereafter furnish 

 splendid sport and lots of fish. 



teof a 



.'gular 



i that 



PROS'. UALUwREN VERSUS FLSHCULTU HE.— About 

 year ago a certain Russian I'rofe-sor published fi Long tirade 

 against ttshculture in Finland. There is no evidence whatever 

 that the Professor had any knowledge of the subject, but he 

 has had his screed published in Germany, and our German 

 friends have become unduly excited over it. Thev have ad- 

 dressed prominent lislieulturists in America, a -king for facts 

 to overthrow Prof. Malmgren. and the tacts were furnished. 

 Although the learned Professor was touted, horse, foot and 

 dragoons, the Germans are still hara-sing his retreat. In a. 

 late number of OieJ)eAt?che /'.'s./.. , ■ /., /,,,,,/. Herr vender 

 Wengen is still throwing hot shot after him, hut is wasting 

 much good ammunition. He is shooting at a dead duck. 



MICHIGAN.— Detroit, Nov. 15.— Theseaso 

 short one, and the several lake hatcheries 

 selves scant of their expected er 

 found to have spawned much sooner than is 



has been a. very 

 nay find them- 



Mimy fish were 

 sual. -Delta. 



NEW MEXICO.— Jorge K. Gauiuer, de Santa Fe, ha sido 

 nombre como comisionado de peseado por este Territorio.— 

 Lo.s Leno.s [X. M.) Vindicator. 



POT LUCK FROM EXCHANGES. 



Two Lowistou young men passed a day recently at Sabbntis 



Pond, and didu't get home until morning. They intended to 



fish, but came near making bait of thcnwlve- Thev an 

 chored in the middle of Sabbatis Pond at about noon. The. 

 wmd was milling the pond and freshening even' moment' 

 The boat was a ilat-bouomod craft that bobbed so persistently 

 that it evidently alarmed the Bsh, for the couple can -ht mm.- 

 A flirt of water over the bow was followed by u •■• ■ 

 and things began to be alarming. The vonm men'.- -.pint' 

 were good. One of the two thought, he was equal to the task 

 of navigating the craft into land. Both allowed thai II was 

 out of the question to do so. The sail wa» a leg-of-mutton 

 affair, such as those with which small boys sail flat-bottomed 

 crafton fresh-water ponds the world over. Thev make a boat 

 more uncertain than a kicking mule behind, aud as unsteady 

 as a pair of roller skates. The wind caught the sail and she 

 went down on the starboard tack. "Struck a sung'.'' veiled 

 the captain. The boat came up standing and whirled around 

 into the wind with flapping sail. The other sailor was bailing 

 out the boat. History records that the two Lewiston fisher- 

 men tacked, wore ship, sailed on and against the wind in vain 

 from 3 o'clock till :; : :;u. They wci e in -a circle of snags," the 

 captain said. Finally he bethought himself of an idea. He 

 looked over the stern at the "The anchor!" 



shouted he. They had been tacking for two hours the. length 

 of the rope around a 100- pound stone. The breeze was blow- 

 ing a miniature hurricane. In making a lauding on the south 

 shore the boat made leeway enough to land them half a mile 

 from the place of their embarkation. Mishaps never come 

 singly. The captain was running full tilt upon the shore. 

 The pace was alarming. He relinquished the helm to go tor- 

 ward to fend off. The boat struck a shore line 

 struck dryland. The captain was fished out with a pole. 

 They had a walk of a mile aud a drive of ten. It was tnid- 

 niglit before the couple were at home in bewistou. The fish 

 in Sabbatis Pond were none, the less populous lor their visit, 

 -Le.wixton [Me.) Jonr.wl. 



'-In the. early days of this century, when white settlers in 

 Florida wore, lew and far between, when every man look his 

 trusty rifle with him to the tied and carried it' with him wl en 

 he ploughed, the weapon became a part of his life, much 

 dearer to him than the wife who cooked his bacon or the 

 children who called him 'Pap' and stole his tobacco for sur- 

 reptitious chewing. Only the othor dav. during his weekly 

 trotting at the country store, I met a keen eyed veteran 01 

 seventy-four who in "year- e^one had lost a wife aud two 

 children at the hand.-, tit the -ava,.-. old us he is, this man U 

 erect and hearty, aud can outwork and outwalk many a. man 

 of half his age. He was miles aw..y from his home when hews 

 reached him that his farm had been raided by a roving band 

 of Indians, his house and outbuildings bmncd to the ground 

 and his wife aud two children killed aud scalped, to 

 ruin all complete. Instead of wringing his hands anil bursting 

 into tears, as one of weaker mould might have done, he 

 exclaimed in passionate words: 'Yes, and Ell bet thov got mv 

 new gun, too. 1 "— B>. 



