FOREST AND STREAM. 



way at the proper season." That he may have no excuse, and for the 

 information of others, who, perhaps, may feel like takings trip as far as 

 California the coming Fall, I write to say that our salmon come in the 

 rivers along the coast in October, and for ahout six weeks we have the 

 finest salmon fishing in the world. The fish run into all the rivers after 

 the first rain, generally about the 15th of October, and remain until later 

 and heavier rains raise the waters, when they run up the streams as far 

 as they can go. For about six weeks the rivers are full of them, and 

 they then take the fly, bait, and spoon. Some seasons they bite well at 

 the fly, then again they will not raise to it, but they can always be taken 

 trolling with the feather spoon. In the Navara, ISToyo, and Big rivers 

 they are abundant. These rivers axe about ninety miles up the coast, 

 accessible by railroad and stage. The accommodations are fair; board 

 $2 per day. Boats and men to row can be had at reasonable prices, and 

 fine sport it is to haul in twenty -five-pounders every ten minutes. I have 

 caught for,ty and fifty in a morning and evening in, say four hours' fish- 

 ing. Tackle should be of the strongest description, for they are awful 

 fellows to tear and twist. The best tackle is the regular striped bass rig, 

 heavy rod, large reel, and plenty of line. Spoon baits should have two 

 or three hooks, wire snells, twisted at that. Bluefish tackle is none too 

 strong, and is, in fact, just the thing. If any of your Eastern fishermen 

 are disposed to come out give them mv address, and 1 will take great 

 pleasure in putting them on the right track and posting them fully. 



PODGEKS. 



—We copy from the San Francisco Ledger herewith some 

 salmon scores from the McCloud Kiver, the cold and dash- 

 ing stream upon which the United States Fishery is located. 



S^da SrniNOS, Siskiyou County, August 13th. 



DeauSir: I returned yesterday witb Mr. and Mrs. Goodman from a 

 week's fishing on the McLeod, aiid will very gladly give you an account 

 of our sport. 



To commence with the fishing in the Sacramento, I give you the result 

 of my last six days, as under. Mr. Goodman only fished one clay for 

 salmon, on which he caught twelve, weighing altogether 186 pounds, but 

 brought in the largest baskets of trout that are ever seen here, culmi- 

 nating in a catch of 200 in one day without any undue labor, or ever hav- 

 ing rendered his pleasure a toil. I confined myself entirely to caichmg 

 salmon, and scored as follows: — 



July 23, four salmon— 12, 12}, 7}, and 8| pounds each. 



July 24, seven salmon— 22. 9. 7. 17, 1?, 16+, and 17 pounds each. 



July 26, seven salmon— 13, 15, 6|, 23} 11, 21, and 10 pounds each. 



July 27, fifteen salmon-3, 8, 14, 10, 4, 15}, 7, 9}, 17}, 18}, 12, 24 6£. &, 

 and 16 pounds each. 



July 29, twenty-seven salmon-7, m. 9, 15, 1 1, 13, 13. 9}, 15, 10, 11, 15, 

 14|, 15+, 21, 15, 2, 6£, 15, 13, 9}, 15, 2}, 12}, 7}, 13, and 13 pounds each. 



August 2, siv salmon— 13, 18, 17, 13, 20, and 15 pounds each. 



The McLeod River was swarming with salmon. We killed a good 

 many "Dolly Vardens," (the local name for a large species of trout,) the 

 average run of which were about 4} pounds, and found (hat they took 

 both spoon and minnow greedily. The sa]niou,"iiotwithsl.aiHling their 

 want of condition, averaged at the very least seven pounds more than 

 those of the Sacramento, and became a perfect nuisance from the per- 

 sistent manner with which they seized, spoon, phantom bait, or anything 

 they could get hold of. 



I have fished in roost of the best rivers of Scotland and Ireland, as 

 well as in Nova Scotia and Norway, and consider the rivers here as equal 

 to any, and superior to most of them. As in Scotland, Ireland and Nor- 

 way a man has to pay from $500 to $1,000 lor a single season's lishing, 

 the Californians are to be congratulated on having such sport for noth- 

 ing, though possibly for that reason they do not value it as highly as they 

 ought. The ordinary trout fishing in the McLeod is superb. 



Bosh Price. 



— The San Francisco Coramercial, Ilerald of August 19 

 quotes the market well supplied with Oregon salmon that 

 sell as" low as $6.00 for whole barrels. These very low 

 prices are explained by the astonishing abundance of these 

 fish which now fill the Oregon rivers. To illustrate, we 

 quote from the Pacific Tribune of August 6, printed at 

 Seattle, Washington Territory: 



"Probably as heavy a haul of fish as was ever made on 

 the Pacific Coast was that of the Puget Sound Salmon 

 Company, at Muckilte'o, yesterday morning. By actual 

 count 2,900 salmon were taken at one haul of the seine, 

 the fish averaging seven pounds each, making an aggregate 

 of over 20,000 pounds. A previous haul, on Monday last, 

 brought in 1,000 salmon, of about the same average size. 

 Few or no other fish were taken in the same seine. So 

 heavy was the haul of yesterday that the men, could not 

 drag'it ashore, but were obliged to leave it in shallow water 

 till the tide left it bare. The first fish of the present sea- 

 son were taken about ten days since, the run increasing 

 rapidly from that time to this. The salmon are not can- 

 ned at this establishment, but barreled. So far four men 

 only have been employed in the work, but the force will 

 be doubled at once. The season will last until the 1st of 



November. 



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THE ADIRONDACKS. 



Camp Geo. E. Hart, Kolmns Pokd, August 19th, 1875. 



Editor Forest and Stream:— 



It is raining to-day, aye pouring in torrents. "We are loafing. As yet 

 no noble buck hangs from yonder limb, but we hope one will . No trout 

 as yet has been deceived by incomparable flies, which we were assured 

 were taking and never failed. The woods have a goodly number camp- 

 ing out, but many more remaining like butterflies around the different 

 houses discussing the latest fashion. and what we shall wear the coming 

 Winter. As I came in at Martin's I found registered Mr. Manierre and 

 party, Mr. Pell, the Rich party from Nova Scotia, Rev. Dr. Garrison l II. 

 C. Lea and party from Philadelphia. At Bartlett's, Dr. Ely and wife, 

 Rochester; Mr. Stewart, Fall River, Mass.; Mr. Pitkin and wife, New 

 York; Dr. Romeyn and son, Keeseville, N. Y.; Mr. Fulton and family, 

 Philadelphia, and very many others at above well-known and well-kept 

 houses. Paul Smith is full; yes, crowded, but of the Saratoga "cut" to 

 the greatest extent. Paul keeps an excellent house, and knows how to 

 "cater" for the true sportsman, and those who would be if they had the 

 taste. I regret to find the majority of "old stagers," save in a few in- 

 stances, not here this season. The majority of names registered are new 

 comers, who out for the day return to their rooms at nighr. Trout and 

 venison are scarce. No attention is paid to the game laws at any sea- 

 son, and the result will be the entire extermination of game in this beau- 

 tiful and attractive region. Where are our Fish Commissioners? I write 

 from camp Geo. E. Hart, out of respect to a brother sportsman, who has 

 furnished the fraternity with the best bass and trout reel I have ever 

 seen or used, and whose acquaintance I hope to make to thank him 

 again personally for his interest in our behalf. Cordially, S. S.N. 

 . *$*#» 



FISHING IN MONTANA. 



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Fort Benton, M. T., July 21st, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream :— 



Much is being said and done to cultivate in the American people a de- 

 sire to become disciples of Izaak Walton, and many works are in circu 

 lation giving instructions how to wield the rod with dexterity. In the 

 last only one thing stands in the way of many good people becoming 

 amateur fishermen, and that is the expense attending the instruction 

 necessary to become experts, expensive outfitsof highly polished rods, 

 finely working reels, flies, baskets, etc., not to mention the outlay at- 

 tending a trip to the place - where the festive trout sports himself . A 

 few fish are caught, and the fact is heralded in all the sporting journals 

 that Mr. So-and-So, during a recent trip to the North Woods, caught ton 

 or twelve trout weighing, say ten or twelve pounds. This is all very nice, 

 but out here in Montana no such preparation is necessary. All that is 

 required for a fishing trip is a lodge, a few blankets, and a piece of 

 bacon; for fishing tackle, a cottonwood pole, a few bent pins, and a mo- 



dicum of grasshoppers, which a providing Providence is pleased to send 

 in large quantities. A party of five persons left Fort Benton a few days 

 since for a fishing trip to the Highwood Mountains, twenty miles from 

 the Fort. After reaching the stream one of the party went out and caught 

 seventeen trout before the lodge was set up or a fire built. The result 

 of one day's fishing by the party was 150 trout, many of them weighing 

 over two pounds. Two gentlemen went out from Helena a few weeks 

 ago and returned, after fishing one day, with three hundred trout. I am 

 indebted to A. A. Surgeon Will E. Turner, IT. S. A., for the following 

 list of fish caught in the Missouri at this point: Pike-perch, catfish, 

 sturgeon, perch and suckers, and in the tributaries of the Missouri in 

 his vicinity, are trout, grayling and salmon trout. To a frontiersman it 

 is no trick to catch trout; only put a line in, and success attends the 

 effort. The experienced angler can find full scope for practice in any of 

 the streams in this locality, and trouble from Indians is not to be ap- 

 prehended. For real sport I would commend the mountain streams of 

 Montana. A. B. Keeler. 



fnchting znd^oatmg. 



All communications from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no 

 later than Monday in each week. 



HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK. 



Date. 



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 59 



New York. 



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M. 



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Charleston. 



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10 

 11 



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59 

 87 

 19 



morn . 

 5 



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03 



in 

 114 

 10 

 10 



Sands Point Regatta.— Sands Point is a pleasant Sum- 

 mer resort on Long Island Sound opposite New Rochelle. 

 On Friday last a pleasant regatta was sailed in the adjacent 

 waters, the race being open for working as well as pleasure 

 boats. The latter were divided into two classes and prizes 

 valued at $40 and $20 given for the first and second boats 

 in each class. The course was from the dock at Sands 

 Point to and around I he buoy at, Throggs neck, to be sailed 

 over twice, making a distance of twenty miles. The work- 

 ing boats sailed over partially the same course, but first 

 rounded Mat tinnicock buoy, making an equal distauce in 

 one round. The following yachts entered: — 



Length. 

 Name. Owner. Port. Ft. In. 



SusiuS IraSinith Brooklyn "JO 00 



Grade, (cat) Revere Peek Sands 1 Point — SO <>o 



A. J . Brush Keegan & Brush Williamsburg. . ..28 Oil 



.SKCoNDCnASH YACHTS. 



F. PirU-eon S. & A. Hill Williamsburg.. .. l 20 



Fidget H L. V an Wyek Port Washington. 10 



Mary Emma I seline Bros New Roehelle ...2?, 



Sophia Emma. .1 - Varian Harlem 21 



G. J. Orr Wm. Davis Williamsburg. . . .11 



The Brush carried away her port shroud when half way 



up the home stretch, but repaired damages and continued 

 the race. The Susie upset on the second round and the 

 Gracic came home alone, making the course in 3h. 19m. 

 Of the second class the Sophia Emma also upset, and the 

 Mary Emma took first prize in her class and the Midget 

 second. Twelve working boats started, but only the fol- 

 lowing four were timed: — 



B. M S.l H. M. S. 



Clara 4 37 20 Sarah Lucinda 4 38 00 



Lena : . A 37 2u£|Hattie Jencks 4 38 29 



Fairchild's Canoe Voyage.— Mr. D. H. Fairchild, of 

 Kansas, who is now en route to Florida in an open canoe 

 a la Bishop, expects to resume his journey about Septem- 

 ber 6th, starting from Ithaca, New York, where he has 

 been having a canoe built by Jarvis & Co. Mr. Fairchild 

 has intimatedto us his desire to have a companion canoe- 

 man accompany him on the voyage, and addressed a letter 

 to that effect to the officers "of the Canoe Club of New 

 York. Mr. Fairchild tells us in a private note: — "I am 

 not undertaking this trip for glory or notoriety, but solely 

 tor pleasure, and I shall not hesitate to resort to steamer or 

 rail whenever I can avoid danger or serious inconvenience 

 by so doing." 



—On Wednesday of last week an interesting regatta, 

 under the auspices of the Long Island Yacht club, occur- 

 red from off Frank Bates' on Gowanus Bay. The entries 

 comprised but three competing yachts, viz., Mr. J. Vari- 

 ant Sophia Emma, Mr. J. Sweeney's Emily P., and Mr. 

 McManus' Joe Saunders. The cruise was from the float at 

 the starting point to and around the buoy on Eobbin's 

 Reef and return, a distance of six miles, the course to be 

 sailed over three times. The Joe Saunders led on each 

 round, and finally came in winner, beating the Emily P. 6 

 min. 14 sec. on corrected time. The following table shows 

 the result: — 



Start. 

 Name. H. M. S. 



Joe Saunders 2 11 20 



EmilyP 2 10 45 



Sophie Emma 2 11 45 



Royal Halifax Yacht Club, N. S — On Saturday the 

 yachts of the Royal Halifax Yacht club competed for the 

 Dufferin Silver Medal, the Dufferin Bronze Medal and a 

 third class prize presented by the flag officers. The en- 

 tries were : 



FIRST CLASS. 



Yacht. Tons. Entered by 



Squirrel 20 R. F. Armstrong. 



petrel 16 Vice Commodore Black. 



SECOND CLASS. 



Spray 8 H. St. G. Twining. 



Xipbias 6 R. Macdonald. 



Cloud 9 ...Commodore Scott. 



Cygnet'.'.'.!'...! 9 8. Norris. 



Mystery 10 F. C. Snmichrast. 



Kate 9 Rear Commodore Hutching. 



Falcon".! ? F.W.Bullock. 



T1IIUD CLASS. 



Siren 4. Major Drnidas, 60th. 



Minnie 1 Dr. Douglas. 



The Squirrel won in the first class by two minutes. In 

 the second class the Spray did not start; Commodore 

 Scott's Cloud returned first, followed by Mr. McDonald's 

 Xiphias, to which a time allowance has to be made, and 

 the race is not yet decided. 



The Royal Canadian Yactit Club, — This club- will 

 hold their annual regatta on the 8th and 7th of September. 

 On the first day there will be three races— the first for the 

 champion flag and $275, open to all yachts in the Domin- 

 ion or United States of teutons and upwards; the second 

 for $85, open to all yachts and open boats under ten tons, 





Elapsed 



Corrected 



Finish. 



time. 



time. 



H. M. S. 



II. M. S. 



H. M. S. 



5 48 24 



3 37 04 



3 37 04 



5 54 33 



3 43 48 



3 43 18 



6 02 '62 



3 50 47 



3 50 37 



at 



and the third for $40, for all open and half-decked skiff 

 under 18 feet keel. The race on the second day, open to 

 all yachts owned by members of the Royal Canadian Yacht 

 club, will be for the challenge cup, the gift of thePrj m . ( ! 

 of Wales, and two cups recently presented by Dr. Hodder 

 he Commodore. ' 



Canadian Yachting Items. — September promises tr 

 be a lively month for Canadian yachtsmen. The regatta 

 of the New Burlington Yacht Club, of Hamilton, %\\\ 

 commence on the 4th, to be followed on the 6th and 7tj, 

 by that of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club at. Toronto 

 The prizes in both instances are very _ tempting. Tj ie 

 object sought for by the officers of the Royal Canadian 

 Club has been to secure a series of races along Lake Gte 

 tario which would combine a cruise in company, or as a, 

 fleet, to the various points. Toronto Bay never looked 

 lovlier than at present, and its waters during the yachting 

 season present a most animated sight. 



—The little sloop yacht Julia, of Newborn, K. ft, wiii L 

 a party consisting of I. E. West, the owner, John 8. Pal. 

 mer, Esq., Dr. W. A. Lodge, of Raleigh, N. C, and if 

 G. West, Esq., Secretary and Treasurer of the Atlantic 

 & North Carolina R. R.,Capt, Joseph W. Davis, sailing mas- 

 ter, and Lorenzo, the steward, recently arrived at Philadel- 

 phia, having made the run outside from Norfolk up ibe 

 coast. The trip was considered by some to be foolhardy, 

 as the yacht is only forty feet overall; but it is only by 

 such attempts that amateurs in yachting may ever hope to 

 become thorough sailors. The run from Chincoteague In- 

 let to the Delaware Breakwater was made in Utile over 

 half of a day, and part of the time under two reefed 

 mainsail. 



Saratoga Regatta.— The result of the first clay's racin| 



the International Amateur Regatta at Saratoga was given 

 in our last issue. On the second day (Wednesday) there 

 wert 

 fl 

 of 

 of 

 Ar, , 



throp, of the Beaverwyck; Ackerman, of the Atlantic, ami 

 Orr, of the Seawanhaka. The water was in fine condition; 

 Courtney, who was a strong favorite, took a commanding 

 lead at the start, and won easily in 10 min. 59 sec; dis- 

 tance, one mile and return. The second race was for pair- 

 oar shells, a mile and a half and return. Three crews 

 started— the Argonautas, Beavcrwycks and Mutuals. The 

 Argonautas won in 21 min. 30} sec, ti e Beaverwyck crew 

 second; the Mutuals withdrew. 



The regatta closed on Thurs day with a double scull race 

 and a four-oared race. For flic first event, one mile and 

 return, lour crews started, as follows: Neptune— Robert 

 Lefinan, bow; James Riley, stroke; Union Springs -R. H. 

 Robinson, bow; C. E. Courtney, stroke; Beaverwyck— 1 

 W. Lathrop, bow; James T. McCormick, stroke— Seawaffi 

 haka, R. H. Orr, bow; J. W. Maxwell, stroke. Courtney 

 and Robinson were strong favorites, and after rounding 

 the turn opened a gap of ten lengths between their boat 

 and the Neptune, and landed winners by this distance ill 

 the excellent time of 12 min. 421 sec, the Neptunes doing 

 the distauce in 18 min. 5f sec, and the Beaverwycks in 13 

 min 14f sec. The Seawanhakas were not timed. 



The great event of the regatta was the four- oared race, 

 for which six crews started, viz , the Beaverwyck, of Al- 

 bany; the Atalanta, of New York; the Mutual, of Albany; 

 the Diiquesne, of Pittsburgh, Penn. ; the Buffalo, of Buff- 

 alo; and Argonauta, of Bergen Point, N. J. The Beaver- 

 wycks were the winners of the challenge cup of the asso- 

 ciation last year, and the Duquesnes had just returned vic- 

 torious from the Toledo regatta. • The Atalanta crew was 

 comprised entirely of college men, Rodgers and Downs, oi 

 this year's Wesleyau crew, Eustes, stroke of last years 

 crew, andGunstcr, Williams'last year's stroke. Here was a 

 crew that would not be denied, and when the race was 

 half finished they had obtained a lead of half a length, 

 the Duquesnes rounding second. On the run home the Buf- 

 faloes drew into second place, but the Atalantas won by a 

 length and a half, doing the three miles in 18 min. 32J sec. 



Regatta on the Hudson.— On Saturday last the mem- 

 bers of the Gramercv Boat club held their reguuir 

 monthly" contest for a gold medal and the single scull 

 championship cf the club. The contestants were Henry 

 Mills, Frank Winnie, E. J. Atkinson, and R. E. Weisaefc 

 The course was two miles in length, being from tlieKWj 

 road Bridge, 130th street, to Pollock's Dock at W 

 Bridge. Upon the signal being given, Mills took the lead, 

 and keeping on the Westchester shore, had the advantage 

 of the tide," passing McComb's- Dam Bridge eight lengUJ 

 ahead of Winnie, and winning easily. It being darK-JJ 

 the conclusion of the race no time was taken. Mills l»j 

 iug won the champion trophy three successive times no 

 retains it. 



Seneca Lake Regatta.— The Watkins and Seneca Lake 

 Rowing and Regatta Association announce then seco 

 annual amateur and professional regatta to be held at s 

 kins, at the head of Seneca Lake, on September 7tMj 

 and 9th. Premiums aggregating $2,000 will be gJ7 e JrJ 

 follows:— To amateurs, for six-oared shells, pw; } 

 oared shells, $400; pair-oared shells, $250; senior ^ 

 sculls, $250; junior single sculls, $150. For profession**. 

 pair-oared shells, $300; single sculls, $150. Oarsmen »j 

 their boats will be transported free on the lake and on 

 New York Central and Hudson River, Erie, and JNor J*J 

 Central Railways. In addition to the attractions oi u ibj 

 gatta visitors will have the opportunity of visiting trio 

 brated Watkins and Eldridge Glens. The rules of tno 

 gatta will be those laid down in Engelhardt's Amey 

 Rowing Almanac," governing regattas. The assoc 

 definition of an amateur is essentially the same ^ oj 

 governing entries at Saratoga and Troy. The offl ■ .^J 

 the WatKins Association are Capt. D. P. Dey, ri c T 3 . 

 Henry C. Silsbee, Vice President; Geo. A. ^cKes. a 

 urer; .A, S. Stothoff, Commodore; C. H. B » lfld f^3 

 Commodore; L. M. Gano, Secretary; JVI. Ells, Asa 

 Secretary. r 



—A single scull race was rowed on the Charles J 

 Boston, on the 25th inst. between Fred. J. p ^ lsle( *a crc* 

 F. Davis, an amateur, of Portland, Maine, the rat e 

 sed the line bow and bow, but the judges awameai | 

 to Davis on account of a foul by Plaisred. the uj ^ 

 the three miles was 22m. 13s., being the fastest eve 

 by single sculls over the Charles River course. 



— Brayley,of St. John, defeated Landers, of ^ 

 a single scull race at St. John, N. B. ? on the 23d m* ■ 



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