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FOREST AND STREAM 



June,' 1873, in the Irish setter class. Did not receive any 

 prize, nor was he commended, and was priced at £52 10s, 

 At all English shows they are apt to put a high figure on 

 their stock; for instance, Macdona's Ruth, priced at £1,000 

 —a mere absurdity. Mr. A. W. Hall, of Claremont, Mill- 

 brook, Southampton, England, has an Irish setter bitch, sis- 

 ter to the above mentioned Shot, which is priced at £31 10, 

 and was bred by Mr. J. H. Salter. 



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— From the kennel of Lord Downs, Danby Lodge, York 

 shire, England, Messrs. Seeley & Stevens, of Burling Slip, 

 of this city, have just imported a liver and gray and white 

 pointer dog named Rap. This dog was bred by Jno. Arm- 

 strong, game-keeper to the Earl of Carlisle; got b}^ Lord 

 Carlisle's Rap out of his Bess; Lord Carlisle's Rap got by 

 Lord Downs' Shot out of Wilson's Staff a; Bess got by the 

 Hon. Noel Hill's Blunder out of Mr. Shaw's Helen; Shot 

 got by Drake out of Spot, by Rap out of Dell; Spot by 

 Brag out of Sal. 



CAPT. J. P. WHITE'S KENNEL. 



Savannah, Ga.. July 25th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:—- 



A few days ago I with some friends, was invited by Capt. J. P. White, 

 of tills city, to take a look at his kennel of dogs, and thinking it might 

 be of some little interest to your readers hereaways to know something 

 about the best dogs we have, I send you an account of the same. Capt. 

 White has his kennel arranged as well as could be, not only for the com- 

 fort of its inmates, but for looks also, each dog having his house sepa- 

 rate from the rest, and under the sheltering shade of either a fine, large, 

 fig or plum tree, with a large yard for them to run loose or for exercise 

 when not taken out. 



Taking the pointers first, we come to Snipe or "Old Reliability, " a 

 black and white dog who, though not the handsomest, stands at the head 

 of all sporting dogs in this section for all the qualities that are requisite 

 in a first-class dog, and I understand is of the same stock as Mr. A. O. 

 Waddeirs celebrated bitch, Dream, now dead, his dam being a full sis- 

 ter to that of Dream. Snipe is by W. C. Cozen's Snipe, out of B. B. 

 FcrriU's Belle. We next come to Fan, a large English liver colored 

 bitch, pedigree not known, and lastly to Shot, a very large orange and 

 white dog, the property of Col. Clinch, of Georgia. He is a fine looking 

 dog all over, with the exception of his tail, which does not taper as much 

 as it should. 



At the head of the setters we find Yoek, a very large, deep chestnut 

 and white Irish setter, an account of whom, with his mate, Gypscy, I 

 wrote yon some time ago. His pedigree is as follows: ByJ.W. Cun- 

 ningham's imp. Yock, Sr., out of J. C. Craft's imp. Flora. Following 

 him come Gypsey, a dark chestnut Irish setter bitch from imported 

 stock. Juno, liver and white bitch, by Paul Hawaii's orange and white 

 setter, Grouse, out of R. H. Elliott's liver and white bitch, Rosa. Josie, 

 white and red, by David Brook's celebrated dog, Bismarck, and for ped- 

 igree on her dam's side 1 would refer your readers to that of Allin's (H. 

 Smith's) Gyp, in the list of Gildersleeve setters published in your col- 

 umns under date of December 31st, 1874. Josie belongs to Major Ceo. 

 E. Alden, of 'his city. Dash, liver and white, by J. G. Butler's Sport, 

 out of J. P. White's Juno, and the property of W. F. Scherff. Belle, 

 liver and white; pedigree same as that of Dash, and belonging to Mr. 

 R. Tnraxo. 



Capt. White has also in his kennel quite a number of fine, handsome 

 puppies, among them two black and white pointers by his dog Snipe, out 

 of John Schorl's black and white bitch, Dora. Also three chestnut and 

 chestnut and white setter puppies by Yock, out of Gypsey, four by 

 Yock out of Juno, and five red and white aad chestnut and white, by 

 Yock out of Josie , 



Grouse, the sire of Juno, was a dog noted for his great endurance, as 

 well as sureness of nose and staunchness. His owner, Mr. Paul Has- 

 kell, one of our.moet thorough and enthusiastic sportsmen, frequently 

 hunted him day in and out for weeks throughout the season, always in 

 company with another dog, who, becoming broken down in a little time, 

 would have to be sent back to the kennel and another taken to be 

 hunted with Grouse, who, at the last, would be as ready to so as at the 

 beginning. Capt. White is expecting to receive in a short time a brace 

 — dog and bitch — of fine black and white setters from one of the finest 

 kennels North, and also intends to get out this Winter from Ireland as 

 fine a blood red setter for breeding purposes as can be got in the Emer- 

 ald Isle. Georgia. 



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FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 



Trout, Salmo fonfinalis. 



Salmon, Salmo salar. 



Maskenonge, Esox nobilior. 



Weakflsh. 



Striped Bass. 



Kingfish. 



Sheepshead. 



Salmon Trout. Salmo confinls. 



Land-locked Salmon, Salmo Oloveri. 



Black Bas3, microptems nigricans. 



Pike, esox lucius. 



Pickerel. 



Bluefish. 



Eish ik Market.— The stormy weather of tlie past 

 week has driven the fish to sea, destroyed pound nets and 

 seines, and disappointed the hopes of anglers. The market 

 slabs have not had their usual full supply in consequence. 

 Prices, however, have not materially changed from those 

 of a week ago. We noticed some splendid specimens of 

 striped bass at Blackford's stand, and some large sheeps- 

 head and weakfish at MiddJeton & Carman's. Three of 

 the bass named weighed 87 lbs. Blackford has some speci- 

 mens of hawkbill turtle for the Smithsonian Institution, 

 which he always bears in mind. 



Andrew Clerk, Esq. of Maiden Lane, has just returned 



from the Grand River, in the district of G-aspe, Canada, 

 having left there July 29, with a score of 40 salmon and 

 one grilse to his credit, the largest weighing 28 pounds. 

 Dr. Frank Clerk, his brother, remained behind, hoping to 

 add to his already large tally (for this season,) of 92 salmon 

 and three grilse. The doctor is credited with an achieve- 

 ment of an unusual character, authenticated instances of 

 the kind being very few. He captured two fish that had 

 previously carried away his flies! One fish had the fly in 

 his lips, and the other in his throat. The latter fact is 

 important as indicating that the fish was not incommoded 

 by the hook. It helps to answer the question whether fish 



feat 



— A contributor in the August number of the Atlantic 

 Monthly, treating on fly-fishing for salmon as an art, mentions 

 an instance where he played his fish an hour and a half, 

 during; which time, he says: "So severe were the rushes 

 of this fish that I found the brass ring at the end of my 



rod-tip cut so nearly through by the friction of the line 

 that I was afraid to use it again." This fish ran sixty 

 yards at a time, and would sometimes keep the ardent 

 angler following at a break-neck pace for 200 yards down 

 stream, without halting. The unfortunate part of the 

 business was that Mr. Sage did not secure his fish, his 

 Indian having bungled in the gaffing. We never knew 

 but one Indian living on the river referred to (the Resti- 

 gouche) that, could gaff a salmon decently, and that one is 

 Larry Pecaire, a most intellypmt and reliable half-breedi 



New Jersey. — Carman House, Forked River, August 8. — 

 The last report sent you was detained in transitu so as 

 to prevent its publication in time for your last issue. Since 

 that time some improvement has taken place in the fishing, 

 several parties happily succeeded in making good catches — 

 the highest amounting to seventy-eight weakfish. The 

 fish are taking the hook better than before, which gives some 

 encouragement that there will at least be some good fishing 

 yet. To-day the best catches were Mr. Duffy and Mr. 

 Ives of New York, caught seventeen weakfish in the 

 afternoon, fishing only an hour or so. Amos Bunnell, 

 caught sixteen striped bass of good size, and Antony 

 Parker, thirty-eight weakfish, average weight, two and a 

 half pounds. Sheepshead are daily caught in lots of from 

 two to twelve fish a boat, while bluefish are among the 

 things of the past for the present. We look for good bass 

 fishing every day. E. H. 



Barnegai, Kinseyh Ashley House, Aug. 2. — On account of 

 stormy weather and water being very thick the fishing has 

 been very poor during the week. Sheepshead, very few 

 boats out, b^st catch for one man, 12. On Saturday weak- 

 fish running very large (from 1^ to 3 lbs.) were taken in 

 large numbers at the entrance of Double Creek Channel, 

 some boats taking as high as 70. J. Harry Litchfield, of 

 New York, and Mr. Wm. Williamson, of Philadelphia, 

 took 37, 16 and 55 sea bass on three tides off the Stone 

 Piles; they run from f to 2 lbs. E. Y. Comeley, M. D. 

 Bailey and Wm. A. Yardley, of Yardleyville, Pennsylvania, 

 35 it same place. R. N. and J. R. Valentine, of Wood- 

 bridge, N,.J., 26 weakfish. Eleven members of the Ameri- 

 cus club, of Reading, Pa., are among the arrivals to-day. 



The Fisheries. — The number of fishing arrivals for the 

 week ending Aug. 5th was 93 — 35 from Georges, 49 from 

 mackereling, and 9 from the Banks. Amount of Georges 

 codfish brought in, 575,000 pounds, halibut 30,000 pounds; 

 Bank cod 1,180,000 pounds, halibut 30,000 pounds flctched. 

 Mackerel 1,500 barrels. The seiners continue to bring in 

 very light fares of mackerel and the supply does not begin 

 to meet the demand. Number Pa have advanced to 

 $18 3-4 this week, and if the scarcity continues, still higher 

 prices will be realized,. — Gape Ann Advertiser, Aug. Qlh. 

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THE W1NINNISH. 



^f- Sprjlngfieed, Mass., August, 1875. 



Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Having ended a short season of salmon fishing on the St. Jean, one of 

 the tributaries of the Saguenay, and finding myself so near their haunts, 

 I determined to have a look at the wininnish and see what it was like. 

 The previous week I had met a gentleman at Tadousac, who had, in a 

 day and a half, killed 43 of these fish; so that my sporting fervor was 

 kindled, as well as my curiosity, to capture a few of this somewhat un- 

 familiar member of the salmon family. I found them existing in 

 abundance at the headwaters of the Saguenay, at the foot of the Grand 

 and Petit Discharge, where the river discharges from Lake St. John. 

 The fish were in the great eddies on the margin of the rapids and swift 

 water, lazily floating about on the surface of the water, showing their 

 dorsal fins, and feeding on the natural flies which settled on the white, 

 frothy water. They took little notice of the canoe; sometimes we could 

 approach within ten feet of them, and, generally speaking, little notice 

 of our flies. Altogether myself and a friend took over twenty. Nine 

 we took weighed over 3£ pounds, although we plainly saw several much 

 larger. It is said they are often taken as large as 6 and 7 pounds. I 

 should mention that the two days I fished there the weather was very 

 hot — go oppressive that 1 was not inclined to fish much, and for the same 

 reason the fish may have been disinclined to bite. My guides attributed 

 their indifference to this fact. Now, what arc the wininnish? My 

 learned friend, Mr. Whitcher, of the Bureau of Fisheries of the Domin- 

 ion, says they are a ''long-finned trout,' 1 or, as Agassiz called them, the 

 "Great Northern Char." To my eye they are the same fish as the 

 Schoodic salmon, which the latter mentioned authority called a "land- 

 locked" salmon. And if there is such a thing as a land-locked salmon, 

 I think the wininnish is one. They look wonderfully like their sea- 

 going relatives lower down on the river, except in point of size. 

 Mr. Whitcher says that the same fish exists all up though the northern 

 water systems as far as Hudson's Bay. 



I will only add for the benefit of anglers that an excursion for the 

 wininnish is a perfectly easy and pleasant one to make. Twenty -four 

 hours from Quebec— generally on the same steamboat— finds one at 

 Chicontomi, the head of navigation on the Saguenay. Here provide 

 subsistence for camping out. Crossing the river, take a buck board and 

 drive eighteen miles to the house of Tommy Savard. Anglers are hos- 

 pitably received by Tommy, ana taken into his patriarchal family of 

 eleven children. The next day himself, and enough of the eleven to 

 help, will man the birch canoe and take oue fifteen miles up Ihe river to 

 the camping and fishing ground at the foot of the Grand Discharge. Of 

 this last birch voyage there is a portage, going up, of one mile over 

 rocks and stones— it seems two. Returning, wc left the camping ground 

 at8A.M.,and at 4:30 P. M. arrived at Chicoutomi. It is desirable, 

 though not necessary, to speak a little French. Most of the habitues 

 of that region speak only Fiench. The mouth of July— probably the 

 first half— is the best time to go. B. F. Bowjles. 



[The wininnish is undoubtedly identical with the land- 

 locked salmon of the Schoodic and Sebec Lakes. It is 

 more common in Canada than is generally known . We 

 ascertained that they are taken freely with the fly in the 

 Stoney Lake chain of waters, back of Peterboro, Ontario, 

 in the month of May only, and were surprised to learn that 

 they reach a size of ten or twelve pounds. We have 

 photographs of these fish. — Ed.] 



Verch fishing at betterton, on 

 the chesapeake. 



Editor Forest and Stream: — 



At the mouth of the Sasafras, twenty miles below Havre de Grace, is 

 found the best white perch fishing in the country. It is a favorite re- 

 sort of Philadelpbians, who leave the wharf on the upper side of Chest- 

 nut street any day, at 4 P. M., by the Baltimore propellers, which, al- 

 though not large, furnish excellent accommodations, arrive at Bstte! ton 

 by sunrise, spend a day on the fishing ground, and return by the evening 

 boat, reaching home by six or seven o'clock n-.'xt mordihg, being absent 

 only an afternoon and a day. These arc the white perch (Labrax palii- 

 dus), and here, in their natural habitat, are much more game than the 

 same fish in northern waters, and run from a half to a pound and a half 



in weight. They breed and spend the early Summer months in the fresh 

 tributaries, but by the first of August drop down to water slightly brack- 

 ish, where they remain in large schools until' October. In August 'it 

 seems that the bottom is covered for acres with themr The lubberly 

 way is to fish for them with dipsy bow lines, or ordinary hand lines but 

 the angler prefers a springy rod of ten or eleven feet, with a stifflsh tip 

 reel, an easy running multiplier; line small and of flax; hooks lorn* 

 shanked and about the size of a No. 7 O'Shaughnessy trout hook. Three 

 of the latter on snood four or five inches long, are attached to the line 

 by loops, beginning a foot above the sinter, and are five feet apart. The 

 sinker varies in weight from an ounce to three ounces, according to the 

 strength of the tide. The baits are earth worms .pieces of soft or hard 

 crabs, or even slips cut from the sides of the perch. There are known 

 resorts of the fish, and an hour or two before high or low water until 

 the same time after the turn of the tide, is the time for taking them. As 

 soon as the boat is anchored the rod is extended from sides or stern; the 

 sinker with the baits runs the line from the reel and finds the bottom 

 There is a pull downward by the perch, a puil upward by the angler, and 

 the tip of the rod is lowered; then another pull, and another perch 

 hooked, and then a third in the same manner, when the angler reels up 

 and lifts his fish on board. On a good day it is not uncommon for three 

 or four fishers to kill from fifty to eighty dozen. The boats are staunch 

 and roomy, and will, with plenty of room, hold four or five anglers 

 The house at Betterton— a peach port, where the boats stop— is kept by 

 a jolly little fellow named Tommy Crew. He has made a large addition 

 to his house, and has airy, pleasant rooms. His charges are very mod- 

 erate. With the high bluffs on the eastern, and the islands (Spisutia a 

 celebrated one for ducks, being one of them) on the western, the tine 

 bay for sailing, and the good fishing, it is a pleasant place of resort. 



- Thaddeus Norris. 



"THIS FLY A3ND THAT FLY." 



Davenport, Iowa, July 36 th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: — 



I take a special interest in anything relating to the use of artificial 

 flies, or the making of them, having used them for half a century, and 

 for the last forty-five years made thousands of them. The article under 

 the above caption in a recent number of the Forest and Stream, by 

 Thaddeus Norris, was tpiite to my taste, and especially so as the writer 

 evidently understood what he was writing about. Mr. Norris thinks that 

 Mr. Pennell "runs the thing into the ground" by reducing his variety of 

 trout flies to the number of three. I am strongly inclined to agree with 

 Mr. Pennell, if he will allow me to vary the size of each of these three 

 flies so as to suit wind and wafer. I should not fear to compare baskets 

 with those who want a different fly for every month. Some old practi- 

 cal trout fishers in Scotland would dare to curtail the varieties from three 

 to only one, viz., a lark wing and hare's ear body, (for a small fly,) with 

 which I have heard them say they could kill through all the season; and 

 I have no doubt of it. Experience find observation have demonstrated 

 to me that on certain streams to be successful you must use a small, 

 spare fly of sober color, while on other streams yon will kill better with 

 a larger and fuller made fly of gayer tints; for instance, on the River 

 Clyde, in Scotland, above the falls, the above first described fly is essen- 

 tial to success, whereas on the west coast, in those streams that come 

 from the highlands and run right into the sea, you will be more success- 

 ful with a fly two or three times the size of the former; or on any of the 

 small lakes which abound in that country, the most of which contain 

 trout, a good sized fly is not objectionable, regulated always by the 

 roughness or smoothness of the surface of the water. The little experi- 

 ence I have had in fly fishing in the West for trout has been in small 

 brooks in Wisconsin and Minnesota, and near to the Mississippi River, 

 and that experience has led to the conclusion that the trout in those lo- 

 calities are not so nice about either. the size or color of the fly offered to 

 them as those I was accustomed to fish for in my early days elsewhere. 



In reference to flies for bass fishing, I doubt not there are differences of 

 opinion among anglers as to what is the best colors to use. I presume all 

 who fish for bass with the fly will admit that a large fly is what is wanted. 

 I will state, however, that the first good take of bass I had with fly was 

 with small flics; they w ere some I had used for sea trout in Scotland, 

 and they were not more than one-third the size of those I now use. As 

 to color, I am not very particular; I would, however, prefer always hav- 

 ing more or less bright red in them. I have been successful with a bright 

 yellow body and light gray drake wing and red hackle. Anything that 

 will make a good show will not fail if the bass are at all disposed to bite. 

 For the information of the less experienced anglers who read Forest 

 and Stream I would state that the bass is not the only (though the prin- 

 cipal) fish we take in this locality with the fly. During last Summer, 

 from this time of the year till cool weather set in, I caught four varieties 

 of bass— black, Oswego, white or striped, and rock bass— the last one 

 not plenty, the three former very common; also pickerel, wall-eyed pike, 

 and sunfish, and, for a variety, can't help hooking a gar sometimes. To 

 all who desire to enjoy angiitis to perfection, strive to acquire the art of 

 fly fishing for any fish that will take a fly. It has a great advantage over 

 bait fishine, especially fishing on the bottom, where you are liable to get 

 fast to stones, roots, and otlrer matter, which is very annoying. Then 

 you can always have your lure at hand— a few flies in an envelope in your 

 pocket, (unless you wish to carry a regular tackle book.) "iou are saved 

 the labor and trouble of carrying a bucket of water with your minnows, 

 and sometimes when you want to go fishing minnows are not convenient 

 to be had; and a further recommendation to many is that it is a great 

 deal more genteel. Wm. Gray. 

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MUSKOKA FISHING. 



^ Port Cockbtjrn, Ont., August 2d, 1875. 



Editor Forest and Stream:— 



I have been spending a couple of weeks in the Muskoka Lakes, mak- 

 ing this my headquarters, and if any of your readers want good sport 

 they can find no better place. Maskinonge can be had in abundance by 

 traversing a few good portages with a canoe, and Mr. Win . Ness, of 

 Bolton, our guide, Mr. Wm. Bowers, and myself brought home from 

 Blackstone Lake eight fish, varying from 12 to 25 pounds in weight, in 

 two mornings' fishing, whilst at certain hours of the day bass can be 

 caught in any quantity, ranging from \\ to 3£ pounds in weight. In fact 

 v\e were obliged to put them in again as fast as we caught them, as we 

 were not fishing for such small fry. 



Duck, partridge (grouse) and deer are in abundance in season, and if 

 any of your readers will put up at Hamilton Fraser's, at Port Cockbaro, 

 they will find good guides, good canoes, splendid sport and excellent 

 treatment, at very low rates. By-the-bye, Lake Joseph abounds with 

 salmon trout, but the Fall is the time to troll for them. Tours truly, 



L. Perceval. 



Peterboro, Canada, August 6th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



The general monthly meeting of our Fish and Game Protective Soci- 

 ety was held at the Huffman House, on Wednesday evening last, the 4in 

 inst. President Ludgate took the chair at 8 o'clock, when the secretary 

 read correspondence from Mr. John Turner, of Blairton, making en- 

 quiries for trout spawn to stock waters in that section; from Mr. Chas. 

 Gilchrist, fish way overseer for the Rice Lake section, giving informal 

 of contemplated breaches of the game law, by parties who intend kuliii* 

 ducks on the Otonabee River before the 18th inst. The Society hav 

 taken action in this matter, and will place a special police on the spot 

 once. With other letters read was one from Mr. T. Herbert MarsJ J' 

 Toronto, informing us that a society was about being formed in t « 

 city, bavins for its especial object the protection of fish and game. ' 

 hope soon to hear of its successful organization through the columns o 

 Forest ano Stream Our Society decided to extend an invitation i 

 Lord DnHcriu, as its patron, to participate in a hunt on our backlaRe 

 this Fall, to be organized in his honor. We should be pleased to n*^ 

 through your columns, what other fish and game protective societies l 

 Canada are doing. Respectfully yours, 0. A. Post, Secy. 



