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Ft.Y-Fishtng 'For Blacsk Bass. —The reader of our 
paper who asked for instruction in fly-fishing for bass 
will find the whole business defined at great length by 
referring to back files of Forest and Stream, or to the 
Sportsman's Gazetteer. The latter will be preferable, be¬ 
cause full instructions are given as to selection of tackle, 
structure of flies, methods of fishing, places to choose, etc. 
However, we may say that for our own fly-fishing, we in¬ 
variably use an eight-ounce bamboo trout rod and rig, 
with a fly dressed on a hook large enough between the 
shank and the point to adroit a pencil. Flies are either 
gaudy or under-toned. Our best fly is a drab body, with 
scarlet wings., overlaid by a mallard wing. The effect is 
an undecided purplish tint, as any One will discover upon 
trial. With such a fly we waded out last year, on the 
sand bar at the confluence of the Chippewa and Missis¬ 
sippi rivers, and took seventeen two and a half-pound 
bass, never failing to fasten a rise, or to land the fish 
when hooked. There are numberless patterns, and you 
can wind feathers and floss in combinations of color to 
suit your fancy. Swift water is the most suitable for fly¬ 
fishing. A novice will catch few fish in still water, be¬ 
cause his fly will splash, and because he will most likely 
fish where no fish are. Would he glacl to extend instruc¬ 
tion, but space will not admit of repeating what has been 
often told. 
Fur, Fin, and Feather contains all the Game and 
Fish Laws for 1879, hunting and fishing localities, and 
many other good things for sportsmen. 172 large 8vo 
pages. Price, 50 cents. Address, Fur, Fin, and Feather, 
New York City. All gun and fishing tackle stores, and 
news agents have it.—[Adv, 
Largest Salmon on Record.— Without doubt the larg¬ 
est salmon on record, in foreign or American waters, is 
referred to in the following memorandum, which has been 
sent us by a thoughtful San Francisco reader. Such fa¬ 
vors as these are what make Forest and Stream valu¬ 
able, Readers interested in weights will do well to pre¬ 
serve the. sLip for reference. The fish was caught in 
British Columbia:— 
Victoria, June 26.—A salmon that weighed ninety- 
eight pounds when caught has been received horo from 
the, Skeena River fishery by Mr. Turner. Mayor of Vic¬ 
toria. Its length is five feet eleven inches from nose to 
tail. It is said, to be the largest salmon ever caught. 
New York— August 9 —Editor Forest and Stream :— 
Have just returned from the Adirondacks, and as many 
of your readers are familial'with the Ausable Ponds, I will 
pen a few lines of my visit there. In company with 
Local Nomenclature. —A good instance of the perplex¬ 
ity by numerous different names of an insect is afforded 
by the following assortment contributed to a Philadelphia 
paper, which are applied to the be.lgramite or dobson. 
This is called Conniption bug at Towanda, Pa. ; clipper, 
Honesdale and Port Jervis; stone crab. Milton, N. J.; 
water grampus, Lambertville, N. J t ; goggle goy, Tumble, 
N. J.; black crab, Belvidere, N. J.; bogert, Portland, Pa.; 
crock, Interior points in N. J.; liell-devils. Monroe, N. Y.; 
flip-flaps and stone devils, parts of Virginia; alligators, 
Western N. Y ; crawler, Perkiomen, Pa.; ho Jack, Car¬ 
lisle, Pa. 
Massachusetts Bass Fishtno —The Cambridge (Mass,) 
Press reports that on Satin-day last, James C. Carter, 
Esq., of New York, now stopping with his brother, Hon. 
George P. Carter of that city,at Marblehead Neck, caught 
a striped bass weighing fifty-five pounds, while fishing off 
the rooks at that place. The fish was exhibited during the 
first part of this week ill Quincy Market, and has been pro¬ 
nounced one of the largest if not the largest ever hooked 
in the vicinity of Boston. 
Many heavy fish—50 lbs. and upwards—have also been 
taken at Block Island. 
Frank C. Parker, the guide of Keene Valley, we struck the 
Lower Pond late in June. Parker rowed us to the rapids 
at the cany, where we footed it to the Upper Pond. This 
is the prettiest sheet of water in the mountains, and one 
duly patronized. After striking camp, we settled down 
to a good old time fishing, and, it is to be had there. Our 
luck in trolling for speckled trout in the Lower Pond, and 
deep fishing and trolling in the Upper Pond was unusually 
good, never failing to tally a good mess at every effort. 
We stopped there four weeks, and on our way home spent 
a day trouting on John’s Brook in Keene Valley, where 
we had fine sport and good luck, having caught about 
fifteen pounds. The prospects for deer hunting the com¬ 
ing fall are flattering, and Keene Valley is an excellent 
place to start from, W. W. J. 
Shelter Island, August 7.—The bunkei'-fishing has not 
been very successful the past week. The Peconic works 
took 392,000, and the Hawkins works 472,000. McL. 
Movements of the Fishing Fleet,— The seiners con¬ 
tinue to meet with good success “ down east,” but although 
the quality of tire catch shows an improvement; over last 
year’s supply, the fishery still fails to produce what is most 
wanted by the trade, a good proportion of handsome No. 
1 mackerel. Several good fares nave been reported since 
our last issue. The number of arrivals for the week has 
been 21, and the receipts 3,950 bbls. The news from the 
Bay is not of an encouraging character. 
The halibut receipts from Grand Bank continue small, 
and are taken readily at fair prices. The number of arri¬ 
vals for the week has been 10, and the receipts 275,000 
lbs. 4 Bank arrivals from codfishing trips have been re¬ 
ported since our last, with 365,000 lbs. The number of 
arrivals from the Shore codfishing grounds has been 3, 
and the receipts 78,000 lbs. 
The Georges fishery continues to employ quite a, fleet, 
and the returns are very good for midsummer trips. 27 
arrivals have been reported the past week, bringing 459,- 
000 lbs, codfish and 19,000 Ibs.thalibut. Whole number of 
fishing arrivals for the week, 66. — Cape Ann Advertiser, 
August 8th. 
New Jersey— Forked River, August 8— Editor Forest 
and Stream : —Those of your readers who are seeking for 
a summer resort, combining all that is desirable for fami¬ 
lies as well as sportsmen, can find a most - enjoyable abode 
at the Riverside House. Forked River, Ocean Oo., New 
Jersey. The house is beautifully situated on the river, 
about three-quarters of a mile from the celebrated Bay of 
Barnegat, in the immediate vicinity of the best hunting 
and fishing grounds on this coast. This house was built 
by the late Chas. E. Carman for a club house, and pur¬ 
chased soon after his death by the present owner, Chas. 
A. Smith. Fishing now very good, boats coming in with 
150 or more weakfisli, weighing from one to three pounds. 
There are also plenty of bhiefish in the bay, and some 
king-fish and striped bass. ' A. 
Wisconsin, — Messrs. C. H. Morse and George W. Mun- 
ger, of Chicago, arrived from White River Tuesday, 
where they had been for the past fourteen days fishing 
and hunting. During their trip they visited Long Lake, 
where they enjoyed some of the finest bass fishing to be 
had in the northwest. On White River they took 546 
brook trout—four hundred of which they brought down 
the river in a crate alive, a distance of seventy-five miles. 
They landed them in nice shape at the railroad bridge, 
where they were packed in ice and forwarded by express 
to Chicago. — Ashland Press, Aug. 6. 
Canada, Sherbrooke: Aug. 2 — I returned from Lake Me- 
Megantic last week. Plenty of small trout on the Upper 
Spider. Bais do not rise well to a troll on Spider Lake, us 
the season is rather late there. I am putting up a shanty 
on spider, and hope to have it ready for occupation by the 
end of this month. I have engaged a man (with family) 
to occupy it a year and do settlement duty, so that any of 
your fnends who may visit Spider lake, can have a place 
for headquarters, with grub and lodging of the kind. I 
shall be there for Jack-shooting first day of open season 
(Nov. 1st). W. T. 
Reply. — Possibly some readers of the paper may incline 
to accept this liberal offer, which will afford a rare oppor¬ 
tunity for sport. The writer is a high county official.— 
Ed. F. & S.J 
— From a camp with a terrible name (called Assamet- 
quaghan), somewhere on the Metapedia, an enthusiastic 
salmon angler writes to Messrs. Conroy, Bissett & Malli- 
son of this city : * 1 What think you of my catching three 
salmon one evening, within two hours'? Glorious, was 
it not ? And with one of the best rods, the very best, 
that has ever cast a fly on this or any other river.’ It is 
the admiration of all who examine it". My guides are in 
raptures over it, and its action with a salmon is magnifi¬ 
cent.” 
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Neversink Lodge Kennels. 
The following celebrated Dogs 
are for sale. 
DOG-S! 
St Bernard dog- “ Marco": rough coated, two 
years old; a magnificent animal—Rev. J. Cum- 
ming Macdona’s stock—second prizes Hanover 
Show and Rochester. 
New Foundland dog “ Keeper": fouryears old: 
first prize Westminster Kennel Show, 187!!. 
Pointer dog, 11 CroScteth,"; liver and white; one 
and a half year old: out of Lord Sefton's re¬ 
nowned stock—one of the handsomest pointers, 
in the United States. Second prize in the H an- 
over International Show. Broken. 
Blue Belton setter, “ Decimal Dash, eighteen 
months old; sired by Llewellyn’s celebrated 
"Dash 1 ’—a magnificent stud dog—never exhib¬ 
ited. 
Irish setter, “Rover 11”; pure red; son of Mac- 
dona's champion “Rover.'' Never exhibited; 
thoroughly broken. 
English setter, “Ranger ll”;Ta pure bred Lav- 
crack, son of Macdona’s celebrated “ Ranger". 
His get won flrstat Hanover and Paris shows. 
English setter “Hanger Rival," a half brother 
to Ranger II., never exhibited. 
Any of these dogs will serve approved bitohes 
at $26.00. 
BitoKes. 
St. Bernard "Braunfels," rough coated, out of 
Prince Solm's celebrated stock; a magnificent 
bitch, in whelp to “ Marco," 1st prizes in Han¬ 
over and Rochester show. - 
Pointer “ Queen,” liver and white. IstWestmin- 
ster Kennel Show 1878, in whelp to champion 
“Sensation." 
Gordon setter “Beauty,” 1st Boston Show 1878, 
2nd New York Show 1878. 
Pointer “ Dora "—liver and white, out of 
“ Queen ” and " Sancho.” in whelp to Croxteth. 
Blue Belton setter" Silk,” in whelp toRnnger I. 
Irish Setter 11 Moya,” out of Col. Hilliard's 
" Palmerston ; " will be bred to Rover J. 
English Setter "Donna,” white and lemon, in 
whelp to Ranger II. 
Pups out of all the above first-class bitches can 
be seoured by an early application. Besides 1 
offer for sale pointers, setters of minor quality, 
but of good thoroughbred stock; full pedigrees. 
Particulars will be furnished on application to 
A. E. GODEFFKOY, 
Guymard, Orange Co., N. Y. 
-A o Humius uhl nue uRuurwu Jhiunu, utuu 
imported “ Stella." Price, $50. CHAS. DENNI¬ 
SON. Augl-i, It. 
T?OR SALE.—A BEAUTIFUL GORDON PUP 
l 1 by Champion " Tom ” and “ Lou." Price, $25. 
CHAS. DENNISON, Hanford, Conn. Aug U, It. 
?OR SALE.—Pure Red Irish Setter Pups, 
by Champion Rory O'More; exNora, winner 
1 the 2d prize N. Y., April, 1879. Nora is by 
lampion Elcho, ex Champion Fire-Flv. For 
idigree and price address A. A. SAMPSON, 
No. 18 First street, Troy, N, Y. 
A rare opportunity to obtain this celebrated 
ockat a reasonable figure. aug 14-2t 
(Hie EmttfJ. 
F OR SALE.—Sharp’s J,ong Range (Sights, good 
as new ; will be sold cheap for cash. Address 
B., care Forest and Stream. AugH.lt. 
P Ht SALE.—Full blooded Gordon Setter Bitch; 
very handsome and kind to children ; ill color, 
black and tan; not a white hair on her; was 
broke on quail; ts good on woodcock and snipe. 
Lowest cash price. $50. 
Lemon and white Pointer Dog, 18 months; has 
been hunted and handled; some retriever, and 
charges at word of command. 
Gipsy Irish Setter Bitch, sired by Rodman's 
Dash, the best Irish dog of lils day. 
Pups out of France, sired by the Llewellin setter 
Brussels, full brother to L. H. Smith’s celebrated 
Paris, he got by Leicester andDart. These pups 
must make good ones for the field. Franco's pups 
turn out first-class. II. B. VONDERSMITH, Lan¬ 
caster, Pa. 
XT’OR SALE.—My Red Irish Setter Bitch “Ruby," 
A 1 whelped January 1, 1879, out of imported 
“Kate," by Lincoln & HeUyar's "Dash.'' Ruby 
was highly commended New Fork Bonch Show 
1870, being exhibited at only 3 months of age. She 
will be very fast and staunch. Also, 5 dog and 3 
gyp red Irish setter, puppies, whelped Julv 14, 
1879, “Kate” and “Dash litter, younger'than 
Ruby. Address M. P. BRAY, Proprietor Derby 
Kennels, Birmingham, Conn. jy31 3t 
T?OR SALE CHEAP, OR EXCHANGE, 
V Killarney, Imp., Grouse-Frisk. Three .red 
gyp pups, by Prince, Mflo-Belle. One year old 
Setter dog, Mllo-Killarney. Address BARTON, 
New Dorp, S. X.. N. Y. aug 7-8t. 
F OR SALE.—A Setter Dog two years 
old: used last season—a fine dog. Price $.20. 
A Pointer biteh, same age; broken—$15. A 
Pointer and Setter dog. four month! old—$10. 
A Red Irish hitch, two years old; very handsome, 
but not broken. Price $10, orwill trade the Bed 
Irish for gun. Address ]), G. WEBSTEE, 
aug 7-2t Park's Corners, HI. 
Tj^OR SALE, when eight weeeks old, 
A seven puppies out of Pat, by my Rattler 
(Boy-Pickles) Address L. F. WHITMAN, 5 City 
Hall, Detroit. Mich. juneiotr 
F OR SALE,—Four Fox Terrier Pups, 
when six weeks old—three dogs and one 
bitch. Price $25 for the dogs and $20 for the 
bitch ; or would exchange for a good pug or 
Yorkshire terrier. Address 
W. J. COMSTOCK, 
augT 2t 105 Canal street, Providence, R. I. 
Tj'OR SALE.—Dash III Diana puppies. 
-L Diana by old champion Rock out of Nesblt's 
Maud. Further Information at 291 State street. 
Boston.aug7 2t 
F OR SALE.—A young Cocker Spaniel 
dog; imborted stock; full pedigree. Very 
intelligent; color, liver and white, beautifully 
marked. Price $35. Address 0. A. R., Look 
drawer 5.315, Boston, Mass. aug7 3t 
OPORTSMEN INTENDING to come 
- South the coming winter can have thnlr dogs 
boarded during the summer, itnd broken on early 
full shooting, by an expert. Terms reasonable, 
and satisfaction guarnteed. Reference given and 
reqmj^d. Cqrrcapondenoo solicited. Address 
A, WINTER, Cairo, Thomas county, Ua. waylSJtf 
