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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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despair he knows not which way to turn, for nothing Car be 

 clone until all the stock is complete. 



MehQ of sample. rod fame, hearing of the 

 dilemma, kindly furnishes an all-sufficient supply. With re- 

 newed confidence and I'aith in his fellow man, he turns joy- 

 fully 10 Hie bench. Now. with plane, file and sandpaper, 

 the rough wood gradually ni m.t , i he form of a rod. A. 

 it passes through (he various stages of planingj filing. 

 etc., the pattern is often consulted, and the pole 'caret idly 

 calipered and measured. His friends, too, are I'rom time to 

 time called upon to inspect, pasts judgment and advis., and 



flu benefits, (ferived therefrom no doubt assist materially in 

 the perfect success of Ihe veiilui -. 



The wood is finally fashioned to its proper size, length 

 and taper. The ferules are roughly fitted on to salisfv him 

 self (hat the " ham; and feel " ar ■ as they should be. ' "Now. 

 for a. lathe with which to shoulder and smooth his ferules 

 pr, paraiory to nickeling, and for a place and tools to make 

 his reel plate and butt ferule, saw his hollow wire into guides, 

 etc., etc., Ihe room and loots of another convenient "friend 

 are used. To solder the' guides and other work of a like 

 gature the lime and tools of still another friend are borrowed. 

 I may have. fqrgQtteu to mention that amateur rod makers 

 were sometimes obliged to borrow; such, however, is die-Case. 



The guides, tip-pieces, ferules, and all other metallic work 

 connected with ihe rod, are sent to the nickel-platers, thy rod 

 meanwhile receiving its smoothing, coloring, polishing and 

 Biie windings between the points .set apart' for the guides. 

 On the tip he winds the fine turns about one inch apart, on 

 the middle piece a little further, on the butt still further. 

 Here, lor my own part, let me say a word about the guides, 

 for 1 consider them more important than any other part of 

 the trimmings, unless, perhaps, the ferules. 'Avoid always 

 the loose ring and keeper so much in use by the professional 

 rod-maker. Why they continue to put them on their best 

 rods, even unto the bamboo, 1 never could tell, and cannot 

 now. The liue will never run surely and easily through 

 them. Whenever you wish to pay out a little line 'at the end 

 of your oast, you will be sure to find one of them stuck flat- 

 wise to rod. Don't use them. Use hi preference any stand- 

 ing guide, if not too cumbersome. ' 



Our friend, havingnow his trimmings nickel-plated, fastens 

 on his ferules, his reel plate and butt pieces, binds on his tip, 

 ring and guides in the spaces left -for that purpose, gives a. 

 turn or two of silk at the ends of his ferules, coats allot his 

 servings with nix white, shellac giving each bending ..f silk 

 sevoral ccais still preserving an far as possible the bright red 

 color of the silk. 



When the varnish is thoroughly dried, he hurries himself 

 and rod to the spot where his friends most do congregate, and 

 there proudly exhibits the result of his skill and patience. 

 One by one the hoys carefully examine it from butt to pin- 

 nacle, passing remarks on every point, from the quantity of 

 silk used and style of reel plate to the spring, taper "and 

 balance. Thankful for the commendations, if any, and the 

 interest of his friends, he returns his rod to its case and lays 

 it away for an opportunity to test if with a weighty and 

 gamy fish. 



I have endeavored to convey a slight idea of the (roubles 

 and details of the rod-making of the amateur who, with but 

 little capital, attempts to equip himself with home-made 

 tackle. 



In addition to the rod already described, if lie would be 

 well up in stock, he must have a variety of rods of different 

 lengths audwcighls. Should lie presume, to cast a fly and 

 still desire to be his own Caterer, he must learn to tie his own 

 flies, as he has already learned to tie his Carlyle hook and 

 gut leaders. 



Let not the bait fisher be discouraged at the many and 

 varied obstacles 1o successful fly-tying and fly-fishing, nor 

 become dissatisfied with his rank, for, though he may never 

 become an adept with a fly, he is none the less a true angler 

 so long as he pursues the sport observant of all the beauties 

 with which nature surrounds him, never carrying it Beyond 

 that point where it ceases to be a sport and 'recreation' and 

 becomes a butchery of that which might yield new pleasures 

 on some future day. Neither should the "expert fly-Caster, as 

 he whips the open pool and lake, revile him who baits with a 

 worm or minnow. The patience, skill and endurance dis- 

 played by the so-called " worm drowners " as they silently 

 wade the whirling, tumbling brook, taking here and there a 

 speckled beauty from out the pools and rifts so shut in by 

 the overhanging alders that no artist of the fly would attempt 

 a, cast, should entitle them to an honorable place among the 

 followers of the "gentle- art. " Ruody. 



"FROSTFISH" OF THE ADIRONDACKS. 



IN looking over the report of the American Fishcultural 

 Association for 1881, I find the "frostfish" of the Fulton 

 Lakes described as a "smelt," and think there is a great mis- 

 take about this matter. 



My impression is that I he "frostfish' of the Adirondack 

 waters is neither more nor less than the "shad-waiter" of 

 Lake Winnepesaukee, or the Proxopiuw tpmrlribrtcrrtUr of 

 Prof. Milner, a small variety of the whitcfish. 



No smell, salt water or fresh, that I ever saw would weigh 

 a. pound, or half of it, and one or two ounces is nearer the 

 weight of the fresh water smelt, Besides the smelt does not 

 -pawn till spring, while the "shad-wail ei ." like the frostfish, 

 runs up to spawn in October and November, and then dis- 

 appears until next spawning season. I have never seen the 

 In istfish, but I'rom Mr, Wilson's description of him he an- 

 swers exactly to the Winnepesaukee wbiiefish. which aver- 

 ages about one pound in weight, has a. snout and is a bottom 

 feeder. 



When at Connecticut Lake last .Time trout fishing, 1 was 

 told of the existence of a fish in that lake, called by the 

 lumbermen the "blue-bil! fish." which also answers thesame 

 description, and 1 fancy from the peculiar habits of only ap- 

 pearing at spawning time, that these fish may be more 

 widely distributed than we, are at presenl aware of. 



Sami.. Wkbbeu. 

 charles-town, n. ii 



Reel Fittls«s.— A correspond -nt writes; "Will you 

 obliLy by ini'i.-nigmt if th::a Fardy win:h fittings id 

 verlised in the hue n umber-. of tlic English h'Mrihy < 1 'i tn'itc, can 

 be obtained at any place in Ibis country 'Keel fixings' we 

 Yankees eall them, f am making a small rod for fishing 

 brustkeovered '■■., d want to get these fixings to put 



on it. Shall esteem it a favor if yoii can give me the infor- 

 mation desired;'' We have seen several new fittings for reel 



This winter, more ()] less excellent, which abolish the 



old sliding ring altogether. We have forgotten whose inven- 



iions they were, and. :i.-; : hi v ere no! vel advertised, if the 



inventors will send us a description of them lS e will forward 



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CAN ANY FOOL CATCH FISH? 



N Raquetfe Lake, at Ike Keuivill's. 1 found litem hard 

 at work on an addition to their house, preparing fftr 

 the summer iron. Looking into one ui the merits 1 found a 

 plasterer and his helper at work. W-e were soon chatting. 

 "You're come up here' to fish, ain't vet".'' 



"Yes; I'm going to try it," said l' 



"Wall." said he, "I used to think any troll darned fool 

 could ketch fish. Why, to'ther Sunday 1 went eoul, in a boat 

 with two other fcllars, and they was a iishin', and fust, one 

 hauled up a" fish an,d then the to'ther. and sich whoppers— 

 why one on 'em had a mouth on him big cnuf to stick my 

 head in." I could not make out which had the bin' mouth', 

 one or other of the "feliars," or the fish, bul supposed he 

 meant, the fish. However, that point was soon settled, for 

 Ins helper, a raw youth of seventeen, clapped his old cap over 

 his mouth and fairly snorted at his yarn. "What's yer biffin 

 at?" said he. "Well." said the boy, "\ou might cm that 

 down abeout half, mighlen't you'/" 



Nothing daunted, lie continued : " I thought (here was no 

 knack about eatchiu' fish, so next SuudavT went out, and 

 sot there in Ihe boat most all day. 1 baited mv hook and 

 hung it over the wide of the boat, hut not, a bite did f get! I 

 moved tile boat and tried again, and nary a iish did I get; 

 nn' so 1 made up my mind that every dunicd fool culflni 

 catch fish, and 1 rolled up my line and went home," 



And from my little knowledge of the business ) think he is 

 annul right, To be a fisherman requires sMU, and this can 

 only be acquired by long practice, patience, adaptibility and 

 good nature. A lazy man can never be a good fisherman; 

 and a nervous, excitable man should never handle a fishing- 

 rod within half a mile of any other fisherman. J. R.. Jr. 



creasing the food supply of the county, therefore. Resolved. 

 That we recommend the Legislature 'now in session at Des 

 Moines to make a liberal appropriation for the advancement 

 of fishcultiire, for the propagation of native and foreign fishes 

 adapted to the waters of Iowa. And we. further recommend 

 that the Hon. B. F. Shaw be continued as fish commissioner, 

 and that the Legislature take such other steps for the advance- 

 ment of fishcultiire as thev may deem necessary.— A. G. 

 PAiYGHimx, Chairman Committee." 



One. hundred thousand lake trout spawn were received arid 

 placed in the state fish house a few days ago. 



WHITEFISH CULTURE.— Milwaukee, Miss., Feb. 17.- 

 The United States Fsh Commissioner's boat, having' on board 

 .T. b\ Ellis, ft. H. Moore.. Frank N. Clark and S. Bowen. of the 

 United States Fish Hatchery, at NorthviUe, Mich., passed 

 through tin's city last night. Six million whitefish spawn were 

 taken out on this trip, of which. :.',0L)iJ,Oi)il were deposited at 

 Muskegon, Mich, 2,000,000, at Racine, and the other •2.000,000 

 were to bfe placed in Lake Michigan at Sheboygan. 



THE AMERICAN FISHCULTURAL ASSOCIATION".— In 



addition tu the papers to be prepared for reading at the next 

 meeting, announced in our last issue, one is promised by Mrs. 

 Amelia Lewis, editor of Food and Health, The subject chosen 

 by Mrs. Lewis is "The Carp and its Qualities as a, 1'ood Pish," 

 a, subject of great interest, and one with which site is highly 

 qualified to deal with. 



CALIFORNIA NEWS.— The Sacramento Bee says that Mr. 

 R. D. Hume, intends starting an extensive salmon hatchery 

 on Rogue River next summer. The result of a, small hatchery 

 established by him has been so satisfactory as to justify a 

 permanent establishment. 



Canadian Dctv on Fishing-tackle.— The Toronto Mail 

 .says: Mr. ration, collector of Customs, and Mr. McLean, 

 chief clerk of the Customs, were interviewed yesterday r. 

 specting the alleged grievance sutfercd by Toronto firms- who 

 import, fishing-tackle. The complainant, as one of the muu 

 Iter, said that nearly a year ago (hey had a difficulty with Hi I 

 Government in connection with the duty imposed on lishi-i 

 hooks and lines. It was staled that, for nearly twenty ye t 

 these articles had been passed free through tlio'Custom lie , • 

 in Toronto, but suddenly they had been stopped and d.dy 

 demanded. It, was further alleged that hooks and lines w r • 

 passed free in Montreal, and the question was naturally ask i 

 Why not in Toronto? To these statements and question to- 

 following replies have, been made by the gentlemen alio; 

 named: First, that fishing tackle, except of a certain kini. 

 was passed free under the old tariff, and that under the now 

 tariff there was a certain kind of fishing-tackle on which no 

 duty was charged. For instance, fishing-hook:-:, lines, etc.. 

 when not imported for amateur fishing, that is for use by 

 person's 1 who might, desire L; fish Urftr it own amusrmnt 

 were not chargable with duty, If tin importer made affi- 

 davit that the articles wei'e to he used only for fishing pur- 

 poses proper— in the prosecution of a business — then they 

 were admitted free. But of course if was impossible for them 

 to make such affidavit, for they could not I >ll how the fishing 

 gear would be used after it left their pos <<& ion. With regard 

 to the statement that these articles were passed dutyfree in 

 Montreal, there was probably a misconception of f lets. The 

 tariff was not so definite in its instructions as to ix th • duty 

 on each separate article of fishing gear. The articles could 

 not readily be enumerated, and therefore the I ,i important 

 duty was left to the appraisers, who sometinc diffjred in 

 what they considered dutiable portions of fishing-lick!-. 



§he Hennel 



.endent. 



J/jisffculfnre. 



FISH AND LAWS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



THE land-locked sabnon, which the Fish Commissioners of 

 this State have been planning the last few vea» ; . arc beine- 

 heard from. Passing by Sunapee Lake a few' days since the 

 conductor of the train on the Concord & CTaremoht Road 'told 

 me that he weighed one last summer which was brought on 

 board the cars by a man who did not know what: he had g< >t 

 hold of which weighed i«- 4 lbs. This was probably "no of the 

 first plant of 1878. 



We secured several amendments to the Fish and (fame laws 

 at the last session of our Legislature: one prohibiting the intro- 

 duction of different varieties of fish into any waters in the 

 State without the consent and permission of the Pish and 

 Game Commissioners. This was done to prevent the introduc- 

 tion of pickerel and black bass into trout waters, and The pen- 

 alty fixed at fifty dollars. 



One, forbidding the owners cf private WfitaSS to restock 

 them from, public waters during dose time. This to get round 

 a weak spot in the old law. which the trout-breeders slipped 

 through. J 



One, restoring the prohibition of ''the capture of female lob- 

 sters while carrying their spawn or hatching their youm " 

 which was stricken out of the statutes by the Legislature of 

 1879: and here we want Forest and Stueaju to take h,ad and 

 help us. and urge the Legislatures of Maine and Massachusetts 

 to pass a similar law. It will do more, if enforced, to replenish 

 the fast diminishing crop of lobsters alon- the >:.-w England 

 coast, than anything else f can think Of. 



About 375,000 young salmon are in the hatching house at 

 Plymouth developing themselves, so as to become inhabito"*"-' 

 of the I'emigewasset River next Mm. The ri 

 young ones last summer, and the natural pla 

 all along the. river must have been very large, 

 salmon entered the Merrirnac last year, but wei 

 the drouth from reaching near waters, and pro 

 where best they could. Mr. Powers, however, 

 eggs at Plymouth. The total prohibition on this river for sal- 

 mon expires June If, I883j and a friend made me a present of 

 a salmon line last week! I shall lay in a few hies by the time 

 the birds sing, and if f "hear anything drop" to oiir line, I'll 

 drop you another. : Haul. Webber. 



Chablestown. N. H. 



WHAT'S THE USE?— Did I hear somebody say, "What's 

 the use of stocking the streams with trout and other fish, only 

 to have them caught out again.'" Why. bless you, dear neigh- 

 bor, what's the use of planting potatoes in the spring, onlyto 

 dig them again in the fall." We want people to come here and 

 catch these fish, and we want them Hb go botm and tell their 

 friends what a fine time thej had Bsnii g ap 1 - ■,■■;., and 



they -will be on hand next year 1 1 i ',■< ! ; i r. ,.±^ -■, .• ■ ! r 



all the v. ay from s.iit to ••slO'l) each.— J-/:iar-.i!/,-, i.Y. J \ Herald, 



FIXTURES. 



BENCH SHOWS. 

 Matron 7, 8, !l and 10— Pittsburgh, Pa.. Bench Show. Chas. Lincoln, 

 Supariirtenclent. Entries close Eeh. 28.' 



..pr;! IS. l!l. at aid 21— Xew York. Sixth Animal Bench Show of thfi 



-: m nsrer Kennel Club. Chas. Lincoln. Superintendent. 

 May », lit, 11 and 12— boston, .Mass. Third l-toneh Show of the Massa- 

 '" '), Edward J. Forscer. Secretary: f'has. Lincoln. 



FIELD TRIALS. 



September— National Americas] Kennel Club Field Trials on Prairie 

 C.ueicens. Jos. H. Dew, Columbia. Teuu.. Secretary. 



December— National American Kennel Chili Field Trials on Quail 

 I rand Junction. Tenn. D. Bryson, Memphis. Tenu., Seeretari . ' 



LAVERACK PEDIGREES. 



W^E publish below an interesting article upon this subject 

 M > from the pen of our valued correspondent "East." 1 who 

 gives a, lawyerlike review of the question, that can but com- 

 mend itself to our readers. At the some time he gives us a 

 dig on the color question. The. veteran, John Davidson, also 

 gives us a rap on the knuckles. That is right, boys, pitch in; 

 we own that we were to blame for our carelessness in allow- 

 ing the mistake of "Justice" to appear. Of course he referred 

 ouiv to the progeny from pure Laverack bitches, and never 

 ha\ ing seen nor heard of one of the color, wrote as he did, and 

 -■■•■>■, by adopting the article, have got into aprettv scrape. We 

 never did fancy the color anyhow, and now we like it less than 

 ever. The following is the letter of "Bast:" 



In the Forest and Stream of Feb. 3 the writer of the ar- 

 ticle upon "Laverack Pedigrees," presumably the field kennel 

 editor of Forest and Stream, puts a question to Mr. Llewellin 

 which exhibits so forcibly either one or the other of two traits 

 not uncommon in newspaper writing — great carelessness. 

 where extreme care is demanded, or great" ignorance of the 

 subject treated, that, it seems to demand more than a, passing 

 notice. 



The -writer asks "why it is that the Edmond Castle strain. 

 when crossed with the Laveracks does not show its colors in 

 some of the progeny of such a cross?" and adds "it is well 

 known that none of Pride of the Border's get have shown a 

 trace of liver, which is the characteristic color of the Edmond 

 Castle setters." This is certainly a very curious statement, 

 and if this was the only question" which Mr. LleweEin must 

 necessarily answer before, he can prove Pride of the Border 

 crossbred, and if his being crossbred or not depended upon 

 this answer being in the affirmative or negative, it would be 

 a very simple matter, and the decision could be quickly 

 reached, for it is indeed "well known" that Pride of the Bor- 

 der did get pups showing liver color. For we find 

 that among the pure-bred Laveracks in this country 

 Brough, Charm, Daisy Dean and Banger, and in Eng- 

 land. Bandit, all direct descendants of Pride of' the Border, are 

 marked with liver, and again in this country, Pride of the 

 Border It. and Fate, and in England Fred V., La Peine, Maid 

 ot Honor, Pearl, Silk II. and Witchurch Bess, descendant in 

 the second generation from Pride of the Border, are also 



marked with liver, 

 the old dog, but 

 might be mention* 

 what really does tl 

 it prove or disprot 

 Pride < if the Borde 



And l 



otln 



nd daughte 



: of 



iolo_ 



strain 

 tio 



If so, does it not at th 

 ul as this one dog 



t fairly satisfactory^! 



;rossbred that he 

 same tit 



In orde 



r does it not make 

 s liver and white in 

 implicate the entire 

 ser these ques- 



ine thepr 



against Comet as 1 

 Border from all th 

 breeding:. Mr. Lie 



ir, it wdl be. necessary to ex- 



giyen by Mr. Llewellin when he 

 •ebred and singled out Pi 



■ i ri i 



ilof 

 t last summer 



as many large. 

 ! prevented by 



collateral evidence 

 tended to show tin 

 As proof oE the cl 

 rack said at one tii 

 and again that he i 



y 



rotested 

 >fthe. 



Of the. strain to bear the onus t. 

 a says that "when Pride of the Border 

 '.ed him as a crossbred one, and further 

 rered I com M r. Laverack and others, 

 'asnot mistaken." 



ireeclin- he gives, first, that Mr. Lave- 

 at l'rido of the Border was bv Dash II.. 

 y Fred ft. ; second, that Mr." Laverack 

 ami Air. Kobmson admit at least one Edmond Castle cross- and 

 drd a at Mr. Laverack stated that the color of Pride of the 

 t.oro,-r was due to a cross with the Edmond Castle breed. 

 Mr. Llewellin does not state in plain terms why it was that 

 he recognized Pride of the Border as a crossbred one but 

 leaves it to be inferred that it was on account of his color. It 

 could hardly have been on account of his type, since he was of 

 The general Laverack build, or at least varied no more fr 

 than Fred il., varied from Moll III. or Fred II 

 T. varied from Dash IL, as can readily be seen by 

 '"" with that of other well-known speci'm 



5SE* 



if, the 



tid Fred 

 mparing 

 s of the 



it wa 



• THE IOWA COMMisSIurC-At a reeenl ; meet* i 

 Fanners' institute ol Cowa s tvlrich Mi B F - w made -m 

 address, resolutions were offered: Whereas, -, 

 citizens of Jones Comity, we have carefully observed the work- 

 ing of the Iowa Fish Commission under the efficient and 

 honest ■management of Hon, B, F, Shaw, and Whereas, We 

 behove fish eultmv to l,c ■, j.,,,,1 ;; ad practical nictL., I ■ ,. , 



habit _ 

 ga.ved I 



not his type which caused his l 

 -'■Le_. „ ha list have been his color, and 

 information that liver color had never bi 

 : ■ :enn I until Pride of the Border apt 

 -authorhativclythatMr.Laveraokhadn 

 destroying liver-colored pups from hi 

 - - -ide ot the Border because lie was the out 

 litter or because the litter wag small, we are haic_, 

 ness to aceep i , ,,.. ,, : , evidence pro vim 'i : ,yi on. f,' 

 however, undoubtccUy has a certain value in the .-i; .,■■,■, ;,,, ,", 

 the question of Pride's breeding, and consider! n_ u Ml ,,,,",, 

 tiou with the rest we have then as evidence from wi, 

 nvc at, some conclusion in the matter; first, the statement, ot 

 s- that Pride of the I-:,. 



litters and 

 one of the 



