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FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Philadelphia Fishing Tackle 



HOUSE. 



A. B. SHIPLEY & SOW, 

 BOS COMMERCE ST., PHILA. 



Manufacturers of Fine Fishing Tackle of 

 Every Description. 



FOE SEA, EIVEK OK BROOK PISHING. 



Rods, Reels, Flies, Leaders, Lines, etc. 



REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS. 



We make a specialty of Wood and Rod Mountings 

 for Amateur Rod Makers. Our Celebrated Betha- 

 bara Wood is far superior to anything known for 

 making rods, being stronger than split bamboo, and 

 has the spring and elasticity of tempered steel. 

 Prices, V&t. long, ^in. 35c; Kin. 42c.; 94in.48c.; 

 lin. 65c; l&in. 85c; IJfiin. sqr., $1 each. 



Our Bethabara Fly and Bait Rods and Split Bam- 

 boo Fly Rods received the first premiums at the 

 Centennial, Franklin Institute and Penna. State 



Price list of wood and rod mountings free. Our 

 66-page new Illustrated Catalogue of Fishing Tackle 

 sent, post-paid, on receipt of ten cents in stomps. 



TO ANGLERS: 



JOHN ENRIGHT & SONS, 



Mi M ail Tackle Maters, 



Cattle Coimell, near IAinerick, Ireland. 



Reels and Lines to match balance of rods. No 

 agents. All information respecting fisheries on the 

 Shannon in this locality, as also catalogues of our 

 ereenheart rods and general assortment of tackle, 

 fo be had on application. 



IHEFISHERMANS 





The reel for 1882 is far superior in mechanism, 

 tension and style to that of 1881. Material used- 

 Solid Gold Bronze, Nickel Plate. Bronze and Brass. 



lilLlDFOIin 8 JtJTTHOjrr, 



Importers and Manufacturers of 



Fist Ms, Ms, Heels, Lies, etc. 



Anglers will find everything for fishing of the most 

 reliable quality, of all kinds and styles. 



We have more than 445 kinds and sizes of Fish- 

 ing Lines; 55 patterns (over 950 different kinds 

 and sizes) of Fish Hooks; 155 styles of Fishing 

 Rods; 120 patterns of Fishing Reels ; 350 varieties 

 of Artificial Bait. 



Artificial Flies for all Waters. 



Also Hunting and Sportsmen's Knives, Camp 

 Axes, Moccasins, etc 



Camping Conveniences, Luncheon Baskets, 

 Flasks, Pocket Stoves, Pocket Drinking Cups, 

 Pocket Knives, Forks and Spoons, Pocket Com- 

 passes, Yacht Compasses, etc., etc. 



Everything that is new and choice in the way of 



Fishing Tackle. 



Orders by mail receive prompt attention. Cata- 

 logues to wholesale dealers mailed on request. 



Bradford & Anthony, 



374 Washington Street,- Boston, Mass. 



Hornbeam Rods 



A SPECIALTY. 



For Catalogue and Price List of 



Fine Hand-Made Fishing Rods 



Hornbeam, Ash, and Lancewood, 



Send to ' 



W. HUNTINGTON, Wilton, Conn. 



$yextwtn'$ $aod£ 



J. & W. TOLLEY, 



PATENTEES of the "PERFECTION" HAI- 

 MERLESS GUN. 



PATENTEES of the "GIANT-GRIP" ACTION. 



Makers of high-class guns only to tie individual 

 orders of gentlemen who cannot content themselves 

 with a gun taken down from the shelf of a gun store. 



Illustrated lists, photos and directions for measure- 

 ment sent on application. 



J. & ¥. TOLLEY, Patentees & MannTrs, 



PIONEERR WORKS, BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND. 



FLOBERT RIFLES 



FOR $5.00. 



For parlor practice and killing small game. 



BOXING GLOVES, 



$2.50 per set of 4 Gloves. 



Ned Donnelly's Art of Boxing. Illustrated with 

 #0 engravings. Price 35 cents. Also Guns, Pistols, 

 Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods of every de- 

 ucriution. 



E. G. KOENIG, 



875 Broad St., Newark, N. . 

 send Stamp for 38-page Illustrated Catalogue. 



SPORTNIEN'S DEPOT. 



(Established 1836). 



First Premium at World's Fair at New York, and 

 Centennial Exhibition. 



JOHN KRIDER, 



N. E. Cor. Second and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia. 



GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS, 



Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Lines, Hooks. Flies, 



Leaders, Snoods, Artificial Bait. Fly Hooks, 



Etc., Etc. 



^"Salmon, Bass and Trout Flies, Made to Order. 



Also "Krider's" Celebrated Center Enamel 



Split and Glued Bamboo Rods/ 



Birds' Eggs and Birds' Skins in Great Varieties. 



Taxidermy in all its branches. 



Spratt's Patent Dog Biscuit. 



Repairing of all kinds. 



The Hunting Sight. 



LYMAN'S PATENT COMBINATION 

 GUN SIGHT 



Makes a Sporting Rifle perfect. Send for 

 circular containing full description. Ad- 

 dress, 



WILLIAM LYMAN, 



Middlefield, Conn. 



SHIELDS' 



aericaii Improved Gut Leader 



-OR- 



CASTOG LINE. 



All fly fishers will readily see the advantage there 

 is in using them. 



The easiest way to apply a "fly'' or to remove it 

 without impairing the strength or durability of the 

 leaders. Length 3, B, 9 ft., made of superior silk 

 worm gut in all varieties. 



JOHN SHIELDS, 



Manufacturer of 



Fine Trout, Salmon and Bass Flies, 



P. O. Box 221. 



BROOKLINE, MASS. 



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SYRACUSE, N. Y. 



Manufacturers of the 



Automatic Merman's EeeL 



(Patented in the United States and Canada. ) 



This new Reel is now ready for the market, and 

 it is offered in the confident belief that it is the 

 best Reel ever constructed. It is perfect in its 

 automatic action, never allowing a fish when hooked 

 to get the least slack line. It is constructed so one 

 or more extra spools may be used, with one set of 

 gearing. Catalogues sent free giving full descrip- 

 tion. 



We are also agents for the celebrated Lefever 

 Hammerlt-ss Breech-Loading Double Guns, 

 the simplest and best hammerless gun in the world. 

 The only hammerless gun that can be opened and 

 shut without cocking. 



Fishing Tackle of every style and description. 

 Bass and Trout Flies a Specialty. 



$port$u«tt'$i (Soatte. 



WILLIAM H. COHEN & CO., 



Packers of First-Class 



Hermetically Sealed Goods, 



229 & 231 Washin)?ton Street, 



NEW YORK. 



Special attention to Yachting, Fishing and Hunt- 

 ing parties. 



THREAD-WOUND, LONG-RANGE 



SHOT CARTRIDGE CASES 



For muzzle and breech-loading, cylindrical an! 

 choke-bore shot-guns. Made to open just short of 

 SO. 70 and 90 yards, giving close pattern and greal 

 penetration ; 10 and 12 gauge. Send for circular. 



Twenty Sent, post-paid, for %\. 

 H. H. SCHLEBER & CO., Rochester N. Y. 



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SEND FOR CIRCULAR ~6f THE 







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LIGOWSKY r.i 



CLAY PIOEON COMPANY 

 133 VINE ST- CINCINNATI. . 



[Extract from Forest a>'d Stream, July 7, 

 1881, p. 444.] 



* * * This flight so nearly resembles the 

 actual motion of birds that the Clay Pigeons afford 

 excellent practice for wing shooting. We commend 

 all sportsmen to test its merits. * * * 



RICHARDSON AND RANGELEY LAKES ILLUS- 

 trated, a thorough and complete guide, book to 

 the Rangeley Lake region, Kennebagr Jupsuptic, 

 Parmachnee and Connecticut Lakes i-ud the head 

 waters of the Connecticut, ttagallo '/ 

 giii, and Dead rivers; illuminated covers, tinted 

 paper, 320 pages, UO illustrations and a large map, 

 made mostlv from accurate surveys. Price, post 

 paid, by mail, 50 cents. CHARLES A. J. FARRAR, 

 Jamaica Plain, Mass. 



fS *3 f\ Per Week can be made in any locality. 



\D O \J Something entirely new for agents. $5 

 outfit free. G. W. ISGKAHAM & CO., Boston 

 Mass. 



Ifatds ami *§mte $ Uk gyoxUmtn. 



"THE FISHING LINE." 



TAKE THE 

 Grand Rapids and Indiana K. R. 



THE ONLY ROUTE TO THE 

 Trout, Grayling and Black Bass Fisheries, 



AND THE 



FAMOUS SUMMER, HEALTH AND GAME 

 RESORTS AND LAKES OF 



Northern Michigan, 



THE WATERS OP THE 



GRAND TRAVERSE REGION 



and the Michigan North Woods are unsurpassed, if 

 equaled, in the abundance and great variety of fish 

 contained. , . .. 



BROOK TROUT abound in the streams, and the 

 famous AMERICAN GRAYLING is found only in 

 these waters. - 



The TRO09 » gSns Mav J and encls Sept. 1. 



The GRAYLING season opens June 1 and ends 



N BLACK BASS, PIKE, PICKEREL and MUSCA- 

 LONGE, also abound in large numbers in the many 

 lakes and lakelets of this Territory. The Sportsman 

 can readily send trophies of his skill to his friends 

 or "club" at home, as ice for packing fish can be 

 had at nearly all points. 



TAKE YOUR FAMILY WITH YOU. The scenery 

 of the North Woods and Lakes is very beautiful. 

 The air is pure, dry and bracing. The climate is 

 peculiarly beneficial to those suffering with 



Hay Fever and Asthma Affections. 



The hotel accommodations are excellent, and will 

 be largely increased in time for the season of 1882 

 bv new buildings Snd I Iditions. 



During the feason ROUND TRIP EXCURSION 

 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT LOW RATES, and 

 attractive train facilities offered to Tourists and 



P Dogs?Gtins and Fishing Tackle Carried Free at 

 owner's risk. 



It is our aim to make sportsmen feel at home 



on this route. For Tourists' Guide a handsomely 



illustrated book of 160 pages sent free. For Time 



Cards, Folders and further information, address 



A. B. LEET, GenT Pass'r Agent, 



Grand Rapids, Mich. 



LEVE & ALDEN'S 



American Tours. 



Single and excursions tickets issued to all summer 

 and winter resorts In the United States and Canada. 

 Special excursion parties, under personal con- 

 duction, providing for every expense en route, 

 constantly formed. 

 Send for "American Tourist Gazette" giving full 

 , . • . 



CHIEF OFFICE: 



207 Broadway, New York. 



^L-C-AJST LINE. 



ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS. 

 During summer seasons. May to December, one 

 of the elegant mail steamers leaves Quebec every 

 Saturday. 



SHORTEST OOEAN VOYAGE. 



Only 5 Days From Land to Land. 



For information, passage, &c, apply to 



GENERAL AGENTS. 

 New York, 207 Broadway. N. Y. 

 Boston, ilass., 15 State street. 

 Philadelphia, Pa., N. E. Oof Broad and Chestnut 



streets. 



!<rt*l;s and %t sorts f ov\ JPporfemtn. 



TO SPORTSMEN: 



The Pennsylvania R. R. Co. 



Respectfully Invite attention to the 



SUPERIOR FACILITIES 



afforded by their lines for reaching most of the 

 TROUTTNG PARKS and RACE COURSES in the 

 Middle States. These lines being CONTINUOUS 

 FROM ALL IMPORTANT POINTS, avoid the diffi- 

 culties and dangers of reshipment, while the excel- 

 lent cars which run over the smooth steel tracks 

 enable STOCK TO BE TRANSPORTED without 

 failure or injury. 



THE LINES OP THE 



Pennsylvania Railroad. Company 

 also reach the best localities for 



Gunning and Fishing 



in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Excursion Tickets 

 are sold at the offices of the Company in all the 

 principal cities of Kane. Reuover, Bedford, Cresson, 

 Ralston, Minnequa, and other well-known centres 

 for 



TROUT FISHING, WING SHOOTING AND 

 STILL HUNTING. 



Tuckerton, Beach Haven, Cape May, Squan, and 

 points on the New Jersey Coast renowrfed for salt 

 water sport after fin and feather. 



L. P. FARMER, GenT Pass. Agent. 



FRANK THOMSON, GenT Manager. 



Chesapeake & Ohio R'y. 



THE ROUTE of the SPORTSMAN and ANGLER 

 TO THE BEST HUNTING AND FISHING 

 GROUNDS OF Y1RGINL4. AND 

 WEST VIRGINIA. 

 Comprising those of Central and Piedmont Virginia 

 Blue Ridge Mountains, Valley of Virginia, Alleg- 

 hany Mountains, Greenbrier and New Rivers, Kena- 

 wha Valley, and including in their varieties of game 

 and fish, deer, bear, wild turkeys, wild duck, grouse, 

 quail, snipe, woodcock, mountain trout, bass, pike. 

 ; ,.„;., , : 



Guns, fishing tackle and one dog for each sports- 

 man carried free. 



THE ROUTE OF THE TOURIST, 



through the most beautiful and pictureesque scenery 

 of the Virginia Mountains to the White Sulphur 

 Springs and other famous summer resorts. 



The C. & O. R'y is reached by rail at Huntington, 

 W. Va., from the West. Northwest and Southwest: 

 at Charlottesville, V., from the North and East, and 

 at Richmond. Va.. from the South. 



The completion of the Peninsular Extension in the 

 summer of 1881 affords 



THE ONLY ALL RAIL ROUTE TO THE 

 "YORKTOWN CENTENNIAL." 



and establishes a continuous rail line, via Rich- 

 mond, Va.. and Huntington, W. V., between the 

 mouth of Chesapeake Bay and the Pacific Ocean. 



H. W. FULLER, 



G. P. & T. A., Richmond, Va. 



Bromfield House, Boston. 



EUROPEAN PLAN. 

 MESSENGER, Proprietor. 



Wild Fowl_ Shooting. 



SPRINGVILLE HOUSE OR SPORTSMEN'S 

 RETREAT, SHINNECOCK BAY," L. I. 



By a practical gunner and an old Dayman. Baa 

 always on hand the best of boats, batteries, etc., 

 with the largest rig of trained wild geese decoys on 

 the coast. The best ground in the vicinity of New 

 York for bay snipe .shooting of all varieties. Special 

 attention given by himselt to guests, and satisfac- 

 tion guaranteed. * Address WM. N LANE, Good 

 Ground, L. I. Refers by permission to J. B. Shep- 

 herd, 891 Broadway, and Wm. Dutcher, 320 Broad- 

 way, N. Y. 



ST. CLAIRE HOTEL, 



Comer Ninth and Grace Streets, 

 Opposite Capitol Square, Richmond, Va.,. 



STEPHEN HUNTER. O, R. FUNSTEN, 



Proprietor. Chief Cle 



The only up-town hotel in Richmond. The enter- . 

 tainmentof sportsmen and ourist a specialty. 



OLD DOMINION LINE. 



The Steamers of this Line reach some of the 

 finest wat'-rfowl and upland shooting sections in the- 

 country Connecting direct for OhincoteagudJ 

 Cobb's" Island, and points on the Peninsula, City 

 Point, James River, Currituck, Kittyhawk Club- 

 Grounds, Van Slyck's, etc.. etc. These potats can 

 now be reached by rail and stage from Norfolk. 

 Norfolk steamers sail Tuesday, Thursday ant* 

 Saturday. Lewes. Del., Monday and Thursday. J^ 

 " Full information given at office, 197 GreetrwE 

 street, New York. 



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jmryrt WEEK. $12 A DAY -.T HOME EASILY 

 JpiZmaele. Costly Outfit ,.e Address TRUE 

 & CO., Augusta, Maine 



