Austjst 3, 1882 1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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we need in tin's State as regards our game laws, and the 

 sooner the sportsmen understand it the better it will be for 

 all concerned. Laws that are too hastily drawn up and 

 passed, which clash with the views of sportsmen of different 

 counties, fail of their effect and intention. We have no ob- 

 jection to the shooters on the Connecticut River passing any 

 law they mav see fit that is adapted to their own waters anil 

 county, but we do object to their embracing the entire Slate 

 with a September 13 rail law.— F. B. 



Philadelphia Notes.— Although many "quail are re- 

 ported whistling all over the country" in almost every State. 

 it does not absolutely prove we are to have a plenty of birds 

 this autumn. Your' correspondent knows of not a few nests 

 of eggs that nev< t hatched owing to the cool and wet season, 

 and some broods of young birds that were "draggled out" 

 and perished in the rain. We will have more quail this fall 

 than last most surely, but the whistling of Bob White does 

 not prove lie has brought his youngsters safely through the 

 host of ills quail flesh Is heir to. We have gained greatly, 

 however, on last year, but we need one or two mild winters 

 like our last to put us a.head. Owing to the rainy summer, 

 and what more affected the birds, the deluge of water 

 throughout the spring, woodcock shooting has been poor in 

 our State. Most of the birds that have been shot proved to 

 - be old ones, which carries out, the expectation that I he nest- 

 ing was interfered with aud the young birds were destroyed 

 by the floods and wet weather in the spring. The longbill 

 can uow feed almost anywhere so moist is the ground, con- 

 sequently the remaining birds a.e scattered ovoi a grca.1 

 extent of country and are hard to find. Next. month he will 

 hie to his moulting ground and find a rest and return again 

 in cooler weather.— Homo. 



Tennessee Game Notes. — Now that the grain has been 

 harvested, as I predicted some time back, doves have appeared 

 in countless numbers. The sport is a grand one, and those 

 who do not. have 8 day or two at it are to be commiserated. 

 Fancy lying quietly on the Ion- blue grass sward in one of 

 the many heavily wooded pastures protected by huge forest 

 trees from the parching sun of July, and having frequent 

 shots at single or double, birds flying past at s lightning 

 speed, and about as hard to kill as a blue rock, and then 

 answer if that is not luxurious sport? Yet that is the mode 

 of shooting doves, only to be varied later in the season, 

 when tiic fodder has been pulled from the corn, by strolling 

 through the fields about sunset to have a few more rounds at 

 the lovely emblems of purity. Why doves are considered 

 not game in other portions of the land I cannot imagine, for 

 certainly from the immense quantities of them out here and 

 the high excellence of their flesh as food, certainly I hey were 

 intended for man's use. Charley Griffith bagged quite a 

 number of them on Saturday last, — J. D. H. 



Adirondack Dmeh.— Our well informed correspondent 



writes, under date of July 15: The slaughter of deer on the 

 Sixteen-Mile Level and ' in the vicinity of Blue Mount still 

 continues. There are at the present time five or six different 

 parties of hunters hunting in that neighborhood. One large 

 party went up on Thursday, but that came from St. Law T - 

 rence county. And there are now quite a large number 

 from the cities aud large towns in different parts of the co 

 trv camping at many of the ponds throughout The St. Regis 

 district hunting deer. Thev make the'ir headquarters at 

 Paul Smith's, and other large posting houses, from which 

 they fit out themselves with tents, guides, boats and all 

 camping outfits, and go often fifteen or twenty miles away 

 to some pond or small lake, away from any settlements; and 

 kill all the deer that they can. 1 tell you, this early hunting 

 in June and July destroys more game than all the rest of the 

 hunting combined, and I know it to be a fact. 



Michigan:. — In a recent conversation with Mr. W. B. 

 Mershon, Secretary of the Michigan Sportsmen's Associa- 

 tion, we were told that the prospects for quail and partridge 

 shooting about East Saginaw are very satisfactory. It is 

 thought there will he a fine supply of birds. 



<$amp ^ire ^litkttiin^n. 



"That reminds me." 



THEY were cooting at Brant Rock, and one of the party, 

 probably venturing too far in the surf in order to se 

 cure his game, had filled his rubber boots. At night, as al 

 hands sat around the stove, the boots were brought forth and 

 the question arose as to which was the best way to dry them. 

 Various methods were proposed by the company, one of 

 which was to fill them with hot beach sand and leave them 

 over night. This being gravely suggested by one of the old- 

 est of the party, and sanctioned by all present, was imme- 

 diately carried into effect. 



I don't think he looked mure thunderstruck when he came 

 to see those boots in the morning than Charlie Bickford did 

 When he rowed out to Manotnet Point cooling, and got into 

 line only to find be had left Ins gun and shells on the beach. 



WBEn the boots caine to be emptied, out came stuffing, 

 linings, everything but the outer skin. To cap the whole, 

 they were borrowed boots. Sassa-cits. 



South Auington, Mass. 



Uncle Siah was an old fellow, fond of his bottle, fond of 

 the woods, and of telling big stories; but he would fly into 

 a passion if anyone doubted his w r ord. On the banks of the 

 Merrimacwas an old, deserted farmhouse, withno doors nor 

 windows. We were sitting around the store, one evening, 

 when Uncle Siah said he was sitting in the old farm house 

 that, afternoon, when a partridge flew through the house, in 

 at' one window and out at the other. 



One of the boys said, "i guess it was a two-legged par- 

 tridge." 



"It's a lie," shouted Uncle Siah, as he left the store and 

 wended his way home, mad all through that anyone doubted 

 his story. WAS These. 



lui.vEr 



l.ooli at tl.iK.-W. & C. Scott & Sons' br 



cleaning rod, for Jtifl.OO, and same -aa with extension rib for $75.00. 

 Each gun Is warranted in the first place to be a genuine gnn by these 

 celebrated makers, secondly to shoot to satisfaction, and third ir any- 

 thing should not suit will make it right on gun or exchange for 

 another ir within thirty days from purchase. CHARLES L. RITZ- 

 ttANN, 948 Broadway. New York.— Adv. 



$ez and §iver Jjfishing. 



Open Seasons. — &e table of open seaspTtsfo)- gam* ana fish 

 in issue, of July 30. 



FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 



FRESH WATER. 



Lake trout, Crustivtmier luxmaii- i'ike (N. X. pickerel), Mob lucius. 

 ^Sh. Pickerel. Esoxretirulatus. 



■ •vet. 'VisliV-oiiw sisvom-t. Pike-perch i Wall-eyed pike) Sti- 



3alm 



ialmo iridea. 

 Ima clarkii. 



rout, Sali-wilnux 



idftSr. 



mat salmon, Oncorhyiu 



ouuchii, 



k bass. Microifterun, two spe- 



Masidnonge, Bsox nohiliojr. 



SALT v 



Sea bass, Centropriatei 



Striped bass. Rocaas H 

 White perch, Moroni- a 



L!f«. 



War-mouth. Chamobryttus gulo- 



Crappie (Strawberry bass, etc), 



Pomoxy.i nicronivculafus. 

 Bachelor, Pe„ mm 



Line,. s ...!■! ,';/.,.. ;,,,.,'!,,, -',, 



"Sea trout," Vynascyan caralinm- 



Sheapshettd, Archosargits proba- 

 tocevhalun. 



Barb, Mentlrimts ne- 



ickerel, Cyhium mncu- 



Tautos or blackflsh, Tautoga nni- 

 tie. 



luettsh or taylor, Pomatomus 

 saltatrix. 



"eakfien or squetague, Cynos- 

 ci/nn reoalii. 



E^~ This table, is general. For special laws in the several 

 States see table of Open Seasons in issue of July 20. 



1\iii K lj.-h 



Spanisl 



(tt(t»n. 

 Drum, Pogonins chromis. 

 Lafayette, Lio&tomust ,Mig\i»t. 

 Red bass, Gtc.SckenonsoccllatUit. 



no for yon that have heard many grave, serious men pity anglers, 

 lie tell you, sir, that there he many men that are by others taken 

 e serious and grave men, whem we contemn aud pity. Men that 

 taken to be grave, because Nature hath made them of a sour 

 iplexiou, money -getting men, men that, spend all their time first 

 in getting, aud next in anxious care to keep it: men that are con- 

 demned to he rich, and then always busy or discontented ; for these 

 poor, rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly , and stand in no need 

 to borrow their thoughts to think ourselves so happy. No, no, sir, 

 we enjoy n contenteclness above the reach of such disposition.— Tzaak 

 Walton. 



FLY OR BAIT? 



IN a late number — I think it is dated July 13—1 notice Mr. 

 .Thonson holds forth on the fly and w T orm question. This 

 is an old aud much argued matter, but always interesting to 

 the angler. If not taking up too much o"f your valuable 

 space, I would like to state a few facts bearing on the case. 



There are streams so small or overgrown that it is utterly 

 useless to try the fly; and again, sometimes the water is so 

 high and discolored that trout will not, rise to them, and will 

 hardly touch bail; but taking the streams when in proper 

 condition and the two anglers equal in skill and knowledge 

 of the locality, the fly-fisherman will kill more trout and 

 larger ones. This is a well-known fact, to old anglers, and 

 in England would not be questioned. Most men "do better 

 with the worm, because there are far less good fly- than bait- 

 fishermen. Fly-fishing requires more skill, practice and ex- 

 perience, and is no more to be compared with worm-fishing 

 than shooting birds silling does to wing-shooting. I pre- 

 sume it is easier to kill birds on the ground than on the 

 wing, but I believe sportsmen do not advocate the former 

 because it iB easier. Knowledge of the locality is of the 

 greatest importance; no amount of skill will make up for 

 that want. There is, generally, where the angler fails; he 

 goes to some trout stream and fishes it, carefully aud does 

 the best he knws how, but, to his disgust, finds that the boy 

 or countryman with the worm beats him. It is not the 

 worm that does it, but the countryman is at home, and 

 knows where, everv trout is to be found and where to expect 

 him, and if anything of a fisherman, beats the stranger out 

 of sight. 



I fished one stream in Lycoming county, Pa., for eleven 

 seasons, and fished it from one to three months each year, 

 and I found after the first two or three years 1 was just be- 

 ginning to learn how, when and where to cast my flies in 

 that stream. I do not wish to boast, but 1 never met a bait- 

 fisherman there, during the last few seasons, that could kill 

 the trout that I could. Yet I met a Welshman one day on 

 the stream — a miner — who was using his own make of flies, 

 and who could discount me. 



There was a gentleman from Baltimore there one summer 

 who enjoyed the reputation of being a great bait-fisherman, 

 and he looked upon fly-fishing with the utmost contempt. 

 He was very anxious to go out with me, and, 1 must admit, 

 I was a little afraid of him. I knew if he beat me, there 

 would be no more peace for me in that place, but finally 1 

 agreed to make a day of it with him. The first pool we 

 started in at — we fished side by side — I took seven nice 

 trout, three times two at a time," and he three small ones. 

 Ho gave up fishing at noon. I caught sixty odd and he 

 thirteen. The next night, to my surprise, he was practicing 

 with n fly. 



Another time, one rainy day, 1 came across a boy fishing 

 in a favorite pool. He was perched on a log overhanging 

 the best part of the water. I took eight, fish almost from 

 under him and he did not get a bite. A little latter he ran 

 after me, holding up a fair-sized fish and yelling, "Hello, 

 mister! I got one!" He wanted me to see he could catch 

 trout too. The experienced angler will not bother with flies 

 in the middle of the day in hot, clear weather; the trout 

 are hiding. Then a worm or a grasshopper, cast with a 

 light line aud leader, will tempt them out when flies arc use- 

 less; but as soon as the sun is off the water and belu'nd the 

 bills put on your coachman and yellow — sally and fish until 

 you cannot, see the end of your rod. W."Holbi<:j<to.n. 



"It's an awful pretty thing to see one of those dandy fish- 

 ermen get to work, so' it is," said Tom Jenkins one day. 

 "Why, they rig up in high ole style, 1 tell yer; they get on 

 a pair of tight-fittin' treowsers that's cutoff at the knee — 

 gip s> the cloth run short — then they has a wes'eoal that's gol 

 pockets all the way up, and a bob-tail coat that fits like the 

 bark on a spruce tree, and it's got an awful sight, of pockets 

 and lixiu's about it ; and feen they has a pair of ingy-rubber 

 treows. is witluuil any seat to 'cm. that rams up uieler their 

 arms and looks like they was made for their gran'father, and 

 on t'other end they has 'rubber boots which has big iron nails 

 on the purl they walks on, and on top of all they gets a dandy 

 little hat, and then you has apicter. My, ain't he nice! 



only them big rubber breeches, them's overcomin'. Wall, 

 it don't ameount to much what kind of close you has on 

 when yer goes a-flshin', but I ginerally leaven my Sunday 

 close home on fishin' days. But that ain't all his rig; oh, no! 

 he has a basket slung over his shoulder big enull to hold a 

 peck of treont, and a net hooked onto n Button-hole of his 

 coat; and then he's got a fishin' pole; golly, wl . ;,, : 

 It's a little bit of a thing, about as big round as the stem of 

 one of them long clay pipes, only it's smaller than that at 

 t'other end, and it's ail finished off with bright shiny rings 

 around it that looks like some of that jewelry that the ped- 

 !ers bring round for the women folks to go crazy about ; and 

 he has a wheel on it to wind Up his fish line. "Wall, now 1 

 just like to look at one of them fellers, they look so nice in 

 all their good close, and their putty little bits of fish poles. 



"One day last week one of thein fellers went fishin' in 

 the branch, and was at it all day, and be thrashed the stream 

 like a man a whiilin' at his boss"; and he got his hooks away 

 up in the trees, and left 'em then,' so's he could find 'em 

 when the waler got up high enull, and when ho got back 

 from his days' fishin' he didn't look so nice, for he tumbled 

 down and tore his putty coat, and busted the knee out of 

 his rubber boots, and twisted his feet, on the stones, and got 

 all wet in the big mud hole and got chock full Of mild all 

 over him: and then the basket, got loose aud he smashed the 

 beautiful little fishpole into a good many pieces, and the 

 worst of it was, he only got one little fish. These kind of 

 fellers always vows they'se had such a jolly day's fishin', 

 but they has'n't any fish to show. 



"My little cub Sam went out fishin' that, day; he had on 

 all that's left of a pair of my old treouwsers", fastened on 

 with one of my old galluses," and he had on his bare feet, 

 and a straw hat; he got a pole up in the woods, that was bi» 

 entiif to make about six of the other feller's, anil he started 

 out fishin' on the branch too. Wall, sometimes he'd be or 

 the hank and sometimes in the water, then he'd he on both 

 sides the stream to once, and then he'd be a swimmin' a 

 ;}iece, and you ought to see him ketch the fish. Wall, it 

 ain't no use a talkin', he did ketch 'em lively. And when 

 he cum home before supper time, he had jest the. nicest mess 

 of treotit you ever see. I guess he must have had five dozen 

 Psb and they wus good ones too. 



'Blit that "ain't all my story, either, for the dandy fisher- 

 man with the little thin* pole, he seen Sam a ketehin' of the 

 fish and havin' sich a jolly good time; so when he wus 

 comin' along he ses to 6am, 'Say, sonny, what's yer goin' 

 to do with yer fish?' And Sam 'told him that there wus a 

 big family to home to supply, and it wuz his day on at lhat 

 bizness; and do you know, "the feller followed him home, 

 and when he found out that we were not starvin' fut fish, 

 he up and offered Sam five dollars fur his fish — the hull lot — 

 and Sam got five dollars for that day's work, you bet. 



"Idunno, but. 1 'sped thai feller went home, and told his 

 t'okes what a gelorious day's fishin' he had, and how he got 

 'em all with Ids little pole, and uever said anything about 

 hir •' re dollars." 



There's a moral to this tale. I suppose it is this: Don't 

 despise « humble bait rod; don't exalt your light fly rod — 

 you can't alwavs sometimes tell which will do the work. 

 ' .1. B., Jk. 



THE REST1GOUCHE SALMON CLUB, 



WE make the following extracts from the St. John, N. 

 B„J3unot July 24: 

 The fish stories that are annually wafted down to this 

 city from the northern portion of New Brunswick are not 

 infrequently cunningly devised fables calculated, if not d; 

 rectly intended, to impose on the credulity of our amateu" 

 sportsmen; and only those who have correspondents al the 

 front are in a position to detect the amount of exaggeration 

 underlj'ing each particular story and to form a pretty coi 

 rect idea of the exact state of the salmon crop in the par- 

 ticular locality to be visited. But it sometimes happens 

 that the stories from a good station are so contradictory as 

 to puzzle even the old stagers, and then nothing short 6f a 



personal visit to the spot will suffice. 

 "Going to Metapedia !" echoed a 



pedia !" echoed a well-known fisherman, 

 as a fiWreporter, seated in the Quebec express a f .v uvea 

 ings ago, had indicated his destination in answer to a lead 

 ing question — "good fishing there now; never was better,'' 

 and this was with the air of one speaking with authority 

 and not as a novice. The reporter smiled at: the veteran's 

 enthusiasm, as some hours later he contrasted it with the 

 gloomy picture drawn of the sport generally in northern 

 waters by a railway man who acknowledges" no master in 

 the art of whipping a stream or tying a. fly. " Salmon are 

 salmon this year," said the R. R. Man, "and don't you for 

 get it; but if you want to see some of the prettiest trout that 

 ever came down the line, stop over to-night. I'll hitch lip 

 my horse at. daybreak and drive you out to the spot. If 

 they don't catch on by the basketful in two or three hours, 

 I'll never say tish to you again." 



On arriving at MeJapedia the Siiii'h reporter was most, cor 

 dially received by Mr. John Robinson, Superintendent of the 

 Restigouche Salmon Club, an association of American and 

 Canadian gentlemen who have purchased the eelebrateo 

 hotel aud fishery privileges of Mr, Daniel Eraser, the long 

 time popular landlord, and who is now to be found about a 

 mile below on the New Brunswick side. 



The officers of the club for the present year are as follows 

 President. Locke W. Winchester ; Vice-President, Francis 

 L Lawrence; Secretary-Treasurer, Oliver K. King; Counsel. 

 John L. Cadwallader; Superintendent, John Robinson - 

 Executive Committee, L. W. Winchester. .Marvel].: W. 

 Cooper, Oliver T. King, A. L. Mason: Directors, L. W 

 Winchester. M. N. Cooper. O. K. King, V. C. Lawrence, W. 

 H. Penfold, C. F. Fearing, W. E. Dodge, Jr., A. L. Mason. 

 H. I. Nichols, D. T. Wordcn. 



The gentlemen who compose the club have gone to a heavy 

 expense to secure this, one of the best fishing pi'-. 

 Canada, and it is to- be regretted that the epott this season 

 has fallen far below their expectations or the average catch 

 of past years. [A detailed statement, of the catch of 1881 

 is given. It is: Division No. 1—90 salmon an. l 93 grilse, 

 weighing 1,471 lbs,; largest fish, 39A lbs. by Mr. Robinson. 

 Division Is o. 3— Mr, King, 2 fish, 4. r j lbs. Division No. i(- 

 49 salmon and 2 grilse, 1.15S1 lbs.; largest fish, 38 lbs hr 

 Mr Jones. | 



At. the present date the club house is practically deserted , 

 and little fishing has been done for some lime. The srna" 

 attendance of members is due entirely to the scarcity of lis! 

 Mr. Robinson not, feeling justified in forwarding e'ueourap 

 ing information to the members, Indeed I hose who hav^ 

 visited the grounds this season have not remained as long- 1 H 

 in years past, simply because the sport is 80 bad. Tie 

 patrons this season have been: J. Hartt Welch, A. Stack 



