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told) that the trout will not rise to the fly 

 until they have reduced their local food 

 supply, in a measure. Furthermore it is 

 possible the right fly has not been present- 

 ed, or presented in the proper manner. 



I would try these Michigan trout at dusk, 

 with almost any fly; or if in broad day, use 

 a Marston's fancy, which I have found 

 very killing, in many waters. It can be 

 procured in most tackle shops. It is an 

 English fly, and an imitation of the natural 

 insect. Any of the close imitations to Nat- 

 ure should kill, also. Hare's Ear and 

 March brown are also killing. 



A. N. Cheney, Glens Falls, N. Y. 



William Sweet and Joe Miller, of Lead, 

 S. Dak., were using giant powder, on trout, 

 in Sand creek, a tributary of the Belle 

 Fourche river, when a stick which Sweet 

 held in his hand exploded. This set off 2 

 other sticks that he was carrying, and one 

 which Miller held. Sweet was blown to 

 atoms, and Miller's right hand and fore arm 

 were torn off. At last accounts, Miller was 

 lying at the point of death. This is, of 

 course, a sad affair for the friends of the un- 

 fortunate men; but so far as they them- 

 selves are concerned, it serves them right, 

 and I wish every man, who attempts to use 

 dynamite, or giant powder on trout, might 

 meet a like fate. 



A Walton, N. Y., paper says a number of 

 Walton fishermen have recently made fine 

 catches. C. DuBois and E. L. Guild made 

 a trip to Terry Clove, Monday, and re- 

 turned Tuesday, with an 8 and a 10 pound 

 basket full of trout. David Rothensies and 

 W. T. Smith visited Colchester fishing 

 grounds and caught 225 fish; a number of 

 which measured 15 inches in length. 



If this latter report is true these last 

 named men should be heartily ashamed of 

 their conduct and should have kept their 

 action a profound secret, instead of flaunt- 

 ing their record in face of the public. 



We were fishing in Lake Meddybemps, 

 Ale., last July, when one of the party lost 

 his hand-line overboard, with a piece of 

 wood that it was wound on. Two of us 

 were using rods. We fished on for half 

 an hour, then moved up the lake. After 

 another half hour, we moved the second 

 time. . 



My companion with the rod cast over 

 and let his line run down 20 feet, when feel- 

 ing something on his hook, he reeled in 

 and brought up the line and wood, with 

 a good-sized fish. The distance from our 

 first fishing was not less than a mile. 



How manv readers will believe this? 

 R. C. E., Milford, Mass. 



branch of the Restigouche river. Poor 

 luck attended our party. The fishing on 

 the famous Restigouche, it was said, was 

 the poorest for years. This seems an off 

 year for salmon everywhere. 



Kindly send me the July number of Rec- 

 reation. If it came in my absence it has 

 gone astray. I miss it much. 



H. O. Wilbur, Philadelphia, Pa. 



George Johnston, statistician for the 

 Canadian government, has prepared a 

 statement of the fish taken, annually, out 

 of the great lakes. The catch, both Amer- 

 ican and Canadian, amounts to 140,000,000 

 pounds a year, or 460,000 pounds a day. 

 At this rate it will not be many years be- 

 fore the fish of the great lakes will be prac- 

 tically extinct. 



Last June Miss Lillian Harrington 

 caught a 4-pound laker and a 2^2-pound 

 trout at the same time. I have guided here 

 for years and never saw that happen before. 

 On the next day Mrs. Ham caught 5 trout 

 that weighed 15^4 pounds, and a white fish 

 of 3 pounds. She fished only 4 hours. 



E. A. H., Kineo, Me. 



New York, August 28th, 1897. 

 A reader of Recreation asks for some 

 points on fishing through the ice, for pick- 

 erel and other winter fishes. Will some 

 one who is familiar with this sport please 

 advfse, through these columns, and oblige, 

 The Editor. 



My husband was fishing on Seneca river, 

 to-day, and caught 18 pounds of fish, in- 

 cluding 6 small mouth black bass and 3 

 Oswego bass. The bass fishing is good 

 here, and nearby anglers who go out bring 

 in good strings. Mrs. F. J. Springsted, 

 Seneca Falls. N. Y. 



I caught a trout, June 15th, in Spring 

 creek, near here, that was 19^ inches long 

 and weighed 3 pounds 9 ounces when taken 

 from the water. Large trout are numerous 

 in this stream; but this was the father of 

 them all. 



Jas. Donaldson, Spring Creek, Pa. 



I saw D. T. Smith, of this city, land a 

 17/4 pound shovel mouth cat, on a 4 ounce 

 rod, using a No. 9 bass hook. 



Chas. L. Lundy, Cincinnati, O. 



I have but recently returned from sal- 

 mon fishing on the Kedgwick, which is a 



Please send me the names and addresses 

 of all the sportsmen of- your acquaintance, 

 in order that I may send them sample 

 copies of Recreation. 



