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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aran, 8, 1880. 



■wide, lower jaw received into the upper, two very long 

 and eospicuous teeth in front of each— those ol the lower 

 jaw received into cavities above. The length of my speci- 

 men is twelve inches, but they are taken in the lakes 

 more than twice that length. It is reported that one 

 thirty inches long was found dead on the shore of Chau- 

 tauqua Lake, which had attempted to swallow a duck. 



i :,: k'a head was thrust though the gills of the fish, 

 and both had perished, attached together, 



1 have not given a minute and scientific description of 

 this fish, but pointed out: some of its most striking pe- 

 culiarities, so that it can easily be identified. — William 

 Wood, in Hartford Times, 



East Windsor Hill, March mil, 1880 



£#t and §ivq <gi$htrtg. 



FISH IN SEASON IN APRIL. 



Speckled Trout, SalveUr, 



GAME AND FISH DIRECTORY. 



In Bonding reports for the 

 Game and Fish Resorts, our co: 

 the following particulars, witt 

 may deem of value : State, Tow 

 and other accommodations ; C 

 season: Boats, Guides, etc: Na 



'okkst and Stream Directory of 

 respondents tire requested to give 

 sueii other Information as they 

 I, County ; means of access ; Hotel 

 itmo and its Season ; Fish and Its 

 ae of person to address. 



—See the notice, above of the FOREST AND STREAM 

 Directory, and act upon the suggestions contained it it. 



ti —The trout of Green's Eiver, Long Island, are famous 

 for their game qualities and a flavor which is unsurpassed, 

 we. believe, by the fish of any other stream in the world. 

 A happy combination of favoring conditions unite to 

 give them these qualities. Green's River is one of those 

 Long Island streams which bubble, up in abundant 

 springs of clear, pure water, and flow down through 

 watercresses and fringes of thicket directly to the 

 sea. Unlike many of the other streams, its course to 

 the saltwater is free from obstruction, and untram- 

 meled by dam or screen. The watercresses, the muddy 

 bottoniB and the brush on the banks afford a marvel- 

 ous supply of choice food for the trout, and to this 

 are added the shrimp and other dainties which the 

 fish find when they go down to salt water. Living 

 thus, partly in fresh water and partly in brackish and 

 salt water, the Green's Eiver fish acquire a flavor 

 which, as we have said, is not to be excelled by the 

 daintiest trout in the world. Add to this, that they 

 are game — every inch of them ; that in many places 

 one must cast from a boat, and throw long casts at 

 that— and we have a fish which it is well worth while 

 snatching ^aday from the round of business to capture. 



Greens River, we should add, is private property, 

 and is protected from the attacks of poachers by a dense 

 growth of thicket along the banks, and a series of 

 mud-holes and treacherous mire, into which a man 

 who does not know the stream, or who is not guided 

 by some one familiar with-it, must inevitably fall ; and 

 if.he falls he is lost.! -The river litis been for years re- 

 served by Messrs, L. H. Abbey and Ghas. F. Imbrie, 

 and thither each opening day. with invited guests, they 

 repair with the happj' assurance of finding an ample 

 supply of fish for themselves and their guests. Last 

 week these gentlemen went down to Sayvillo, accom- 

 panied by Mr. Joseph Jefferson, who is really an expert 

 with the fly. The success of the party is told in the 

 following note :— 



The number of anglers who left this city last Wed- 

 nesday was entirely unprecedented. Our party consisted 

 of Joseph Jefferson, L. H. Abbey and myself. 

 us had time— but we took it. Jefferson s motto, •■J'L-a.s- 

 ure before business," we found good not only in theory. 

 but also in practice. On our return we felt as if .we had 

 new mainsprings in us. 



We went to Sayville, Long Island, and made our quar- 

 ters at the Foster House, where we always find a good 

 table, comfortable bed, and a hospitable host. 



On the first we fished Foster's Brook and Green's River 

 above the bridge. In the last named stream we took lil- 

 teen trout. These were taken in a few minutes' fishing. 

 during a short period of south wind. During all the 

 rest of the day we had every sort of wind but south, and 

 consequently could get no fish, for it is a, well-Known 

 peculiarity of this Locality that the wind must be either 

 exactly south, or sou-BOU-west, or one cannot take trout 



On. the second day we fished Green's River below 

 the bridge, and as the wind was right during an hour in 

 the morning and about an hour in the afternoon, we took 

 thirty-six fine trout. Thus our take for the two days was 

 fifty-one in all. ,. . 



I never passed two more delightful days and 

 evenings than these ; not only was the fishing of the 

 rio-ht sort, the fish being killed fast enough to satisfy 

 any sportsman, and yet not fast enough to become 

 mere butchery, but the ready wit and kindly ways of 

 Jefferson imparted a zest to the occasion which will 

 ■rive it a most pleasant place in my memory. 

 s Chas. F. Imbeds. 



—Messrs. Corrroy, Bissett & Malleson have on exhibi- 

 tion at their store a very faithful picture of Long Island 

 brook trout, painted by W. Holberton for a member ot 

 the South-Side Club. It represents a couple of trout of 

 about a pound weight on a bed of bright green. DM 

 Violets. In the background is a veiy ,;,r 

 split bamboo rod, and in the foreground a glimpse of the 



stream is shown. Anglers, as well as lovers of pictures, 

 can see for themselves how carefully true to nature this 

 seasonable painting is treated. 



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The Nefisiguit and Matafedia.— New York, March 

 dath. —Editor Forest and Stream : — A communication in 

 van paper of the 11th inst. on salmon fishing in Canada 

 is likely to mislead such of your readers as may never 

 have been to the Nepisiguit Eiver, in Kew Brunswick, 

 but who may desire to cast their fly on its waters. 

 That stream is leased to private parties, like all other 

 salmon rivers in Canada that are worth anything : but 

 the .lower division, or what is called the Rough Waters, 

 can be fished by anyone on payment of §1 per day to 

 the Warden. The consequence of this practically open- 

 to-all privilege is a great crowd of anglers, good and bad, 

 and no sport nor pleasure to any one. 



And much the same result obtains on the Matapedia or 

 the lower part of it, which is open at the same price. I 

 can't see any recompenses for a considerable outlay in 

 traveling and other expenses, in threshing waters sur- 

 rounded by a mob of like foolish and deluded sportsmen. 



I think that t'our correspondent also estimates the ex- 

 pense of a salmon trip too light. My experience is to 

 allow for all probable outlay, and then double the amount: 

 and this will bo the cost on counting up the expense 

 after returning home. Manhattan. 



Massachuse 



ing season has 

 than usual. M 

 in then "traps 

 ties of fish have bee: 



10 Bedford, March 24th.— The, lish- 

 ced here at least two weeks earlier 

 the fishermen have been putting 

 st week, and considerable quanti- 

 taken. mostly Inning, alihougl 



tautOg and a few menhaden, the earliest , 

 known, have been caught ; also a very few shad. Qvc_ 

 7,000 herring were yesterday brought over in the Vine- 

 yard steamer, caught the day before. CONCHA, 



CoNNKcTictiT— Bridgeport, April 1st. — Mr. D. Stirling, 

 of this city, this day brought to basket twelve trout— 

 from half a pound down. Total weight, SI pounds : 

 time, 4. 11 a.m. to i P.M. Of all the articles that have ever 

 appeared in your interesting paper, none Lave interested 

 me more than. "A Day's Trout Fishing in Ireland." by 

 '•Ringwood." He is one of the few who know how to 

 use their pens, J, M, S. 



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Adirondack Fishing.— Indian Lake, March 2dth.—A 

 few stray ducks visit our lakes and streams hi the spring, 

 but they are very few. Hunting is very good here in the 

 fall, game consisting of deer, bear, ruffed grouse and 

 some woodcock ; no quail, Trout fishing is very good 

 here in the right season in some localities that I know of. 

 One great trouble with the majority of spfcrtsroen who 

 come to the Adirondack* is that tiiev come too late in 

 ft 1 u, and sometimes have to return dissatisfied. I 

 always had the best fishing here say from May 15th until 

 June :.'5th, and I have fished in this country for the last 

 ten years. If a man comes here at that-time" he will have 

 the satisfaction of getting some very nice trout, but he 

 must not be afraid to rough it to ruerit success. 



If any of your readers wish to come to this place I 

 would be very glad to inform them of SOnie first-class 

 fishing grounds and also hunting grounds in the fall of 

 the year. There is very good prospect for deer next fall, 

 as they have not been crusted this winter, thanks to the 

 small amount of snow that wo have had. Three years 

 ago about two hundred of our noble deer were kdled in 

 the deep snow within twenty-five miles around by some 

 of our most unprincipled guides and hunters, who should 

 have been prosecuted if the authorities had done trifcir 

 duty. But I have not heard of a ease this winter. 



O. St, Marie. 

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The Beaverkill Club, — No, 99 Nassau street, Netv 

 York, April 3d. — The Beaverkill Olub has been in success- 

 ful operation for more than two years, and has absolute 

 control, under its leases and agreements, of the head- 

 waters of that excellent trout stream, which have never 

 been polluted by the refuse of either sawmill or tannery. 

 Permit me to say it yeur columns, that a few more 

 gentlemen will be admitted to membership upon intro- 

 duction or satisfactory reference. Gentlemen so dis- 

 posed are Invited to write to, or call upon the under- 

 signed. Geo, W. Van Siclen, 



The Wiccapf.f Sporting Association. — The name 

 taken unto themselves by this society of anglers, of the 

 pleasant little village of Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, is " Wie- 

 eapee " and not " Wiceassee," as some have erroneously 

 given it. We shall hope to hear of some of the red letter 

 days of the clubs. 



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The Trout Streams of UiflTEB.— Stamford, A'. Y., 

 March 26th. — As every summer finds me. rod in hand, 

 enjoying gentle sport in bright waters, it may not be 

 amiss to tell your- readers where I delighl to go. I 

 used to haunt the lakes and streams of the '-North 

 Woods,"so wall described in Hallook'e Gazetteer and Wal- 

 lace's Guide to the Adirondacks. But as age creeps on, 

 . trike on more accessible waters. The Beaverkill in 

 Lifter County is my favorite of all near-by streams. It 



affords very is 

 hoarding am' 

 sufficiently ti 

 men away. 

 Midland to : 

 ware and UL 

 From eithi 

 had to take' y 



'Li 



1 skillful hand, has many ft 

 in its vicinity, and is protected 



rs, poachers and market fisher- 



:. go by New York and 



ion, or to Arkvillo by the Dela- 



tns at reasonable rates can be 

 to good quarters on the stream. Driving 

 my own team, I always put up at Tripp's Brookvale Cot- 

 tage, sure of good stabling for my team, nice beds and 

 good cookery in the cottage, at very reasonable rates. 



Murdock, Flint, Leal, Sliter. Charley Waters, the Joneses 

 and a dozen more keep sportsmen comfortably ; but I 

 have made Tripp's my headquarters for ten yea 

 and shall fly my flag there as Jung as 1 last, 1 reckon. 



The Beaverkill from Kew Sfork is only a day away, 

 taking an early Hudson River train, and reaching Ark- 

 ville by Delaware and Ulster Railroad in plenty of time 

 to catch your supper at Tripp's. A line to CM. Tripp, 

 :nii STOod, Ulster County, will insure you a team to 

 carry you right through from the depot at either station 

 named above. Ned Btjktline. 



Rochester, April Sd. — The opening day of trout fishing 

 was favorable to anglers in local waters, and rare sport 

 was enjoyed by several from this city. One man inter- 

 ested in a preserve on the famous Caledonia Creek is said 

 to have taken seventeen pounds of trout from its waters 

 the first day, and then ho returned small fish to the 

 stream. Some unpreserved small streams were bait-fished 

 with success, but the anglers were nearly as numerous 

 as the fish ; on one stream, about half a tntle long, eleven 

 fishers were simultaneously dropping their bait hi its few 

 inches of water. DIVING Decot. 



esske— Savannah, March -Nth.— I caught my first 

 bass for this season last week. Myself and friend took 

 ten, the largest weighed (several hours after being- 

 caught) two pounds ; average of ten, one pound. We 

 used live minnows for bait. The fish bit rapidly for 

 about thirty minutes in the middle of the day and then 

 seemed to stop feeding, as we caught only two more dur- 

 ing the afternoon. For their size, they were among the 

 gamest specimens I have ever seen, and afforded us fine 

 sport. Another party, two in number, were out on Iri- 

 day last and caught nine. Did not learn the weights. 



Tilt; (HARMS OF COLEBROOK. 

 H colebkook, n. h., itfarcn, laao. 



AS the days begin to lengthen and tho btthny air of spring 

 greets us, tho true sportsman begins to loan for tho woods 

 and streams, the open camp, the Massing tire, the fragrant breath 



of the bed of Br boughs And the sweet and refreshing slumber in 

 the pure air or the forest. He begtmj in his leisure hours to over- 

 haul Ins ay-rods and fishing- tackle, takes the trusty title down 

 from the antlers where it lias taken its winter's rest, and anx- 

 iously looks it over to find out if perchance a speck of rust has 

 intrudes itself upon it. Often in his iniud rises the question; 

 '• Where shall I go to rein rigorate myself after the mils una seclu- 

 sion of many mouths? " May f intrude tipon.tyour columns 80 far 

 as to invite, attention to my spring and summer fishing and shoot- 

 ing for the last ten vein s ': 



la the " Coos," above the " Upper Coos," thirteen miles above 

 the North Stratford station 011 the Grand Trunk Bullroad, nestles 

 among tl» hills tho village of Colebrook, than which none mora 

 charming is found in the old ''Granite Stale." In the beautiful 

 Connecticut Hiver valley, with bold ilonudnook Mountain stand- 

 ing sentinel over it, the village itself is u resort most welcome to 

 the stranger and most dear to him who returns to it year after 

 year with fresh pleasure. But as t he center of a fine fishing coun- 

 try and a point from which, with easy trips, Llie sportsman can 

 readily reach places where he can take all the trout he ought to 

 iake,il is iin~unij;-fi-a in northern Maine, or New Hampshire. 

 Tumbling and rippling down from grand old Diiville Notch, the 

 Mohawk Hirer affords to him, who desires to take hie ease at his 

 inn tit night, splendid brook fishing for trout from one and one- 

 half pounds downwards. Ten miles easterly from the village are 

 the Diamond Ponds, and thej are rightly nun ml. Cleat n ■ 

 sheets ol water set in their dark forest Surroundings; to lovers of 

 nature they furnish quiet and Intense BatisfacSlon apart from the 

 sport of the splendid rush and gallant light of the inhabitants of 

 the waters. There are two of these pond-, the smaller about twu- 

 tliirds of a mile long and hidf a mile wide, and the larger about 

 si.v times us great. Although the smaller empties into the larger, 

 the to nit si em to be almost distinct in their species. Little Dia- 

 mond furnishes trout from three pounds down to bait apound, 

 few being taken smaller, and they are short, plump and very 

 gamy, while in "Big Diamond" they rarely exceed a. pound In 

 weight, though much moro numerous, and the fisherman seldom 

 fails to take all he needs. 



Twenty-live miles to the north, up the valley, are the Connecti- 

 cut Lakes, abounding in brook and lake trout, Last year the Fish 

 Commission sioeked the hikes with hu.d-loeked salmon, and they 

 are said to be rapidly increasing in Bine. .Many parties 1 Isit these 

 waters and sel 1 torn again. At First Lake there is a 



good hotel with reasonable prices, and nt Second Luke genjal Tom 

 Chester bus a comfortable camp and agreeablj entertains all that 

 nn. loom tins lake there is a path across to I'lirmii- 

 1 aenee, wki 1 thi ae wl 1 deslri ti 1 ike I eg tramps frequently 

 pass. It is eleven miles and a respectable carry. Bin to go In 

 Parmaehence— beautiful PnrmflCheni • 5— the latter way is to to 

 through Hixv iiie Notch toLnoi Qam, a distance Ol twent) mi en 

 over a flrsb-ratc read, and from t hence up the river in the Steamer 

 Diamond to Brown's Farm and Fred Flint's camp and thence by 

 beat to "Spoll'8." 



■ :l I remember the first trip to Parmaclienee with that 

 rugged, good-natured giant, " Spell Flint," tor a guide. The de- 

 scriptions in the FOBXax anij siaiiAM of the fishing iu those 



...,, in read irtth great interest i> those who have 



been in 1 hut country, but 1 believe the great mistake made bj 

 most of the sportsmen going up the Mugulloway [sth< 

 haste to reach the hike Itself, and consequently thay pass many 

 points of great interest and leai e their praises untold. From the 

 head of Aziseoos Falls at Fred tint's camp to the l.iitle Mugullo- 

 way is about thirty miles, and in spring the first fishii 



iB quick water on the liver, but. the beauty of tic- 

 river for him who curries the gun is the abundance ol fleer 

 moose and cari too to be found ail along Its borders. Faddbng 

 softly up or tloiui the stream, it is by no means uncommon to 

 find one of these animals feeding- upon the lily-pads growing in 

 the water. 



From Spi ff Flint's camp at Sunday Pond there is a path to 



1 n : oil, Where is undoubtedly the finest trout tlslungin 



1 he Magalloway country, it bas been fished but little und is com- 

 paratively little known, but I have never seen so uuiloiuily large 

 1 een tuken from this pond. The fishing and country 

 above Sunday Pond have been so fully described bj jour former 

 correspondent that further eon mem is unnecessary, but if your 

 Sportsman is not in too great haste to reach the utmost limits of 

 his Journey at onee, let htm tarry along the river; let him stop at 

 si nidi..:.- in nn camp and go to Lincoln, Little Mi galloway and the 

 , let huu watch for the lour- footed game 



along She river where lew er sportsmen abound, and my word lor 

 i 1 , be will be amply repaid for his time. 



Good guides to all points, and among them W111. T. Keyes, of 

 Coltsbrook, N. H., can be procured at reasonable prices to any of 



the points mimed. Tickets from Bosti k to Erro 



Dam, And return over the Boston. Concord und Montreal Hail- 

 road, tan be obtained for SIS, and the trip will repay any loverof 

 nature, whether he drop a line to the fish, or leave them t" "gang 

 their ain gait." 



I shall be pleased to give uny person who desires any informa- 

 tion in my power as to 1 he sporting faeiUrits iu tins 1 



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