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RECREATION. 



pany, and after arranging a trip in the 

 morning to Old Maids' brook with Robert 

 Adams I slept my first night in Maine. 

 Mr. French called us at 4 o'clock a. m., 

 and after a hasty breakfast we shouldered 

 our rods and, going about 3 miles up the 

 brook, fished down stream. The trout bit 

 freely and we had good sport from the 

 start, returning to the water many under- 

 sized fish. 



The following day we could not fish for 

 trout, as the law permits trout fishing in 

 this vicinity only every other day in the 

 season. The off days we went bass fish- 

 ing in a lake 3 miles from Andover, where 

 bass rise to the fly and are great fighters. 



Among the many streams within 7 miles 

 of Andover are Lone, Sawyer, Black, Bog, 

 Old Maids', Ellis and Devil's Den brooks, 

 all of which afford fine trouting. My 

 time being limited, I left this region with 

 regret, and taking the stage to South Arm, 

 up the Rangeley lakes, boarded the boat 

 for the upper dam, stopping at the Upper 

 Dam hotel, a fisherman's headquarters. 

 There I enjoyed lake trout fishing and 

 made some good catches of rainbow trout, 

 of which the lake has a great many at that 

 point. From Upper Dam you can cross on 

 the boat to Bemis and return to Portland 

 by way of the Rumford Falls line. I am 

 sure readers of Recreation would be well 

 pleased with a visit to this section of 

 Maine. 



Thomas A. Bennett, Scarboro, Me. 



SALT PORKERS. 



It is not often that I say anything about 

 salt water fish hogs. As a rule, I let them 

 wallow in the brine, for the ocean is great 

 and there is plenty of room there for them. 

 A case has recently been reported to me, 

 however, that is so flagrant and so disgust- 

 ing in its character as to require attention. 



The Pittsburg Dispatch of March 23, 

 1903, printed a picture showing a large 

 number of kingfish hanging up on the side 

 of a building, and 3 men ranged about 

 them. The report printed with the picture 

 states that Congressman W. H. Graham 

 and his party hold the record for the great- 

 est catch of kingfish for the season ; that 

 on March 3, in Miami bay, Florida, they 

 took 267 fish, of a total weight of 2,403 

 pounds ; that on returning to Pittsburg 

 they had their catch photographed, and that 

 the picture above referred to is the result. 



I wrote Congressman Graham and W. T. 

 Lindsey, of Pittsburg, for confirmation of 

 the story, and Mr. Lindsey answers as 

 follows : 



Two of us caught the kingfish mentioned, 

 the particulars of which I may give you 

 when I hear from the dealer who disposed 

 of them. 



Wm. T. Lindsey, Pittsburg, Pa. 



Thus it seems that these apolitical salt 

 water swine not only violated the rules of 

 decency in slaughtering 2,403 pounds of fish 

 in a day, but that they sold the fish to a 

 fishmonger. If the butchers had given 

 their fish away, the case would not have 

 been so repulsive, but it seems the brutes 

 wanted to realize something for their time. 



It is a disgrace to the sportsmen of Pitts- 

 burg and vicinity that they should have 

 sent Graham to Congress and allowed 

 Lindsey to occupy the position of Clerk of 

 the U. S. District Court, as he does. 



NEW PATENT" FISHING ROD. 

 719,603. — Folding Fishing Rod. Hiram M. 

 McNamee, Guysville, Ohio. Filed June 

 18, 1902. Serial No. 112,133. (No 

 model.) 



Claim. — 1. In a joint for folding fishing 

 rods, a ferrule fitted on one section of the 

 rod, said ferrule being cylindrical where it 

 surrounds the rod, a semicylindrical por- 

 tion formed with the ferrule and extending 

 outward beyond the rod, a cylindrical fer- 

 rule fitted and secured upon the other sec- 

 tion of the rod, the last named ferrule be- 

 ing of such diameter as to fit snugly within 

 the semicylindrical portion of the first 

 named ferrule, the cylindrical portion of 

 the first named ferrule being hinged to the 

 other ferrule, and means for holding the 

 male ferrule within the female ferrule. 



2. A ferrule C fitted and secured upon 

 the end of one section of the rod, said fer- 

 rule consisting of the cylindrical portion 

 C surrounding the rod, a semicylindrical 

 portion C 2 formed with the ferrule and ex- 

 tending out from the end of the rod, a cyl- 

 indrical ferrule E fitted and secured upon 

 the end of the other section of the rod and 

 adapted to fit snugly within the semicylin- 

 drical portion of the other ferrule, the 

 cylindrical portion of the ferrule C hinged 

 to the ferrule E, a curved strap fitted in 

 suitable guideways in the outer end of the 

 semicylindrical portion of the ferrule C, 

 said strap adapted to be pulled around 

 the ferrule E, and means for securing it 

 around said ferrule to the semicylindrical 

 portion C 2 . 



FISHING AT AVALON, CAL. 

 Jewfish and barracuda have already 

 made their appearance along the coast of 

 Southern California, and some good 

 catches have been made. Four large jew- 

 fish were taken recently off Redondo beach. 

 W. W. Woolley, of Redondo, caught 3, 



