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just caught, between the logs, in the lake, a five and a six 
pound trout; but the small trout don’t take hold yet.” 
—Anglers at the Grand Lake Stream, in Maine, are hav¬ 
ing uncommon good sport this spring catching land-locked 
salmon. Messrs. Rowe and brother, and Walter S. Barnes, 
of Boston, have been giving them a “try,” and Mr. Rowe 
writes to a friend:— 
Mr. Barnes and myself caught yesterday, (June 1st,) with 
the fly 105, we not fishing more than five or six hours in 
the day. Many were taken in pairs. The slaughter of 
leaders and flies was great for a time. The run of salmon 
this spring is quite beyond our anglers’ most ardent and san¬ 
guine expectations, and ’tis a wonder how they hold out 
under such drafts. I think it safe to say that over 500 
pounds were taken out of the stream and outlet yesterday. 
Long may the lordly salmon, (certainly monarch here,) 
swim, and make' his home in Grand Lake Stream, and may 
his appetite for well tied flies never fail him when I have 
the good fortune to cater to his delicate taste. 
Mr. R. never kills more than he can use, and most of the 
105 were packed on ice and sent in care of one of the party 
to many of his Boston friends, our Boston correspondent 
being amoiig the fortunate recipients. 
—A second effort by expert anglers last week at the 
Little Falls of the Potomac, could not induce the shad to 
rise at the fly, although the river was lower and the water 
clearer. From the Housatonic we have quite a different 
account, as we learn from the Hartford Times that two 
gentlemen in Derby hooked eleven a week ago in a single 
day and secured six of them. The fish were represented 
as being very gamey, and it took forty-two minutes to land 
one of them. A friend at Hartford, who is on the qui mve 
for shad anglers, writes June 4th: — 
Have not heard of any one’s taking any shad on Connec¬ 
ticut River with fly this season, the river lias been so high 
and muddy. Trout fishing has been very good in this 
vicinity, and also in Massachusetts; have seen several good 
caskets. Yours for fish, 
F. Bolles. 
—Another Hartford correspondent writes June 6th:— 
The Connecticut River has been so thick and swollen 
until this week that flyfishing has been impossible; and 
though not yet in good condition, the season opened at 
Holyoke, Wednesday, with three shad by Thos. Chalmers. 
I hear also, on good authority, of nine more taken in the 
Housatonic. 
—Walter Holberton, the artist, is at Ralston, Lycoming 
County, Pennsylvania. He says:—“The trout fishing here 
is very fair. I have been out five times and caught 224 
trout. Notwithstanding this locality is fished all the time 
by some dozens of men every day, being right on the rail¬ 
road, the number of fish remains about the same, but they 
get more shy, and I think run a little smaller.” 
—One of the most attractive regions in Canada for sum¬ 
mer tourists embraces what is known as the Northern 
Lakes, a chain lying north of Toronto, and comprising 
Lakes Simcoe, Muskoka, Rosseau, and Cocochong. This 
is fast becoming a popular resort for sportsmen, and sup¬ 
plies the best bass fishing to be had in Canada, as well as 
superb trout fishing. Muskoka river abounds in large trout. 
Steamers run through Lakes Simcoe, Muskoka and Rosseau 
especially to accommodate excursionists, and are under the 
supervision of our friend Hon. A. P. Cockburn, M. P. 
This is no inaccessible wilderness country. Passengers 
can take the Northern Railroad at Toronto, and step on 
board the Simcoe boat at Barrie, where, and at Orillia, 
cheap and good accommodations can be supplied for the 
season. Both are large neat brick towns, and the summer 
trotting matches are among the chief attractions of Barrie. 
At tl;e same time, one is within a few hours’ sail of one of 
the wildest districts of Canada. 
—Those of our angling friends who are annoyed by black 
flies will be interested in the following paragraph from the 
Eastport (Maine) Sentinel: 
Black flies gathered in so large numbers at one point on 
the track of the E. and N. A. Railway one day last week, 
as actually to stop the train. It was an up grade, and the 
■wheels and track were rendered so smooth and oily by the 
crushing of the flies as to prevent the train from going on, 
until the track for a distance was scraped. 
—We clip the following interesting facts respecting black 
bass and black bass fishing in the Potomac from the Sun¬ 
day Herald , of Washington:— 
The first bass were turned loose in the Potomac about 
eighteen years ago by General Randolph, then constructing 
engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. About two 
hundred of these voracious beauties were placed in the 
river at Cumberland, having been brought from a Western 
stream in the water tank of a locomotive. Since that time 
tuey nave multiplied so rapidly that now the Potomac, 
irotn tidewater to its source, abounds with them, and every 
year the snort which they afford increases. It is no un¬ 
common tiling to capture them weighing two and three 
pounds, and in some instances four-pounders are taken, 
instances are related of others having been placed in the 
headwaters of the Potomac, and it is no doubt true that 
tner gentlemen have put some in the river, but the largest 
tina er was P ut * n ^ General Randolph, as above men- 
lor successful fishing, good tackle is an indispensable re 
fift G ' i ^ shoi ? ld consist of a twelve-foot jointed rod 
Wh s braided linen line pn a multiplying reel, Net 
f . ass book, and a tin bucket of three gallons capacity 
inn t a f e ^’ so as t0 beep the minnows alive. A cork i 
* i a ! wa ys used, in order to keep the minnow abou 
still 6 mc b es from the bottom of the river when fishing ii 
ui water, as the bass keep close to the bottom, especiall 
warm weather. In rapid waters the cork should b 
earert° the bait to keep it upon the surface. When th 
f a ta ke the bait they swallow it immediately and run off 
taking twenty or thirty yards of line before the' 
an be brought up and successfully hooked. They have * 
° a y mouth, and not much flesh, or skin to hold a hook 
aerefore, you are never sure of landing them unless yoi 
play them so lightly as not to permit them a foot of slack 
line, except, perchance, they have gorged the hook. 
The bass will rise to a fly in turbulent water, and in the 
rapids lust below the dam, at the foot of the Little Falls, 
Great Falls, and many other minor sliutes on the river, 
they are frequently taken by those fond of this style of 
fishing. This mode of angling, however, while it affords 
more excitement, is not so comfortable as from an achored 
boat with an abundant supply of sandwiches and a bundle 
of fragrant cigars and accompanying articles. In selecting 
flies for them bright colors are the most desirable, as the 
fish seem to have a penchant for those colors.. It is no un¬ 
common thing for them to seize a bright float used in trol¬ 
ling, being attracted to the surface by its color and motion 
in the water. In one instance recently an old fisherman 
had his cork sw^owed by a huge bass, but when an at¬ 
tempt was made to haul him up he soon disgorged the cork 
and made off. 
The most desirable fishing ground is at the foot of the 
Great Falls, especially from April to June, when the bass 
run up to spawn, though there are many other places 
where they bite with equal rapidity. Stubblefield Falls, 
about eight miles above Georgetown; the basin, just above 
the dam; the rapids below the dam, and below the.Little 
Falls, are all frequented by the disciples of Sir Izaak 
Walton, and numbers of beautiful bass are thken at these 
points. The season continues from April 15th to the 1st of 
November. 
Brainerd, Minnesota, June 4,1874. 
Editor Forest and Stream :— 
Black bass, pike perch, pickerel and mascalonge began to be hungry 
for spoon-victuals about two weeks ago, and the fishing in all the innu¬ 
merable lakes and ponds of this section, is now first rate. At Gull, 
Bound and Long Lakes the pike perch fishing, (wall-eyed pike,) has been 
something remarkable this spring, even for that fishing country. No 
unusual occurrence to kill one or two hundred pounds in an evening with 
a spear; fish running large this year. The trolling at these lakes is good 
all the season. Reuben Gray keeps a stopping place at Gull Lake, a 
good-enough place for a hungry fisherman. Serpent Lake, at Withing- 
ton Station, seventeen miles from here, is the favorite lake, on account 
of accessibility, its myriads of fish and beautiful surroundings. 
Leaving here in the morning early one can fish all day, and return by 
evening train. Several of our fishists have “taken in” Serpent Lake this 
season for one day only, returning in the evening with from one to two 
hundred pounds of black bass. No one, as yet, has attempted to kill any 
with the fly; we propose to do so this week, when we will report. 
The weather here is delightful, lakes bank full, fish plenty any where; 
and if any of your readers want to pass a few days in Northern Minne¬ 
sota let them “pack their plunder” and have it checked for Brainerd. 
The past mild winter has been very favorable for grouse and deer, and 
next fall there will be rare sport in the timber near here for the still- 
hunter, and further west, among the birds, which will cover the prairie 
as soon as seeds are ripe. Haviland. 
—From our valued correspondent, the author of some 
early papers on Anticosti Island, Gulf of St. Lawrence, we 
have received the following notes of fly-fishing in New¬ 
foundland:— 
. Abbeyleix, Queen’s Co., Ireland, ) 
H May 10, 1874. \ 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
In fulfillment of a promise made to you last autumn, T 
herewith forward you the undermentioned data, in connec¬ 
tion with fly-fishing in some of the rivers along the south¬ 
west and western shores of Newfoundland. They are plain 
unvarnished extracts from the daily journal of an officer of 
one of H. M. gun vessels, whose duty last summer and 
autumn it was to cruise round the south and west coasts of 
the island for the protection of the Colonial Fisheries. At 
some of the rivers named below the ship only remained a 
few days, at others but as many hours, givinglittle time or 
opportunity for fishing. The officer, who has placed his 
journal at my disposal, assured me, however, that from the 
numbers of salmon seen in the rivers, and the fair success 
that attended the efforts of himself and brother-officers, he 
is convinced that had their stay been longer the “catch” 
would have been proportionately increased. Trusting the 
few facts here given may prove of interest to some of your 
readers, and help to settle the hitherto much-vexed question 
amongst sportsmen as to the possibility of killing salmon 
with the fly in the waters of Newfoundland, 
I remain, very truly yours, 
W. H. Poe. 
Trepassey , Biscay Bay River , in the month of June fished 
at high water on the sandy beach at the mouth of river, 
one rod in a few hours killed eight dozen sea trout, run¬ 
ning from 1-L 8 and 4 lb. 
La Poile Bay, northern arm of the river that empties into 
this bay contains salmon, and there are several good “runs” 
§ mile from its mouth; 4th July, Captain- killed one 
12 lb. salmon, day cloudy; 5th July, the same gentleman 
killed one 12 lb. salmon, day foggy; fly—No. 4 hook, red 
body, gold twist, turkey wings, peacock tail; another officer 
rose, but failed to hook, two more fish. The banks of this 
river are wooded, but you can fish up stream, where there 
is a shallow bank, with deep channels on either side; in the 
right hand channel only were salmon seen. 
Port au Basque , about five miles to the westward ot La 
Toile Bay, has a small, deep, but narrow stream; current 
very rapid; about one mile up are two small falls, four to 
five feet in height; 5th July, rose a salmon, evidently run¬ 
ning up; day bright and clear. 
Trout River , between York Harbor and Bonne Bay, 
(about thirty miles to the westward of York Harbor,) 
affords good casting ground from Shingly Beach, and sea 
trout are caught at junction of salt and fresh water. Three 
rods in five hours caught fifty fish, smallest weighing 2 lbs. 
and largest between 8 and 4 lbs.; no time to try for salmon 
up the river. Settlers catch them, as also the sea trout 
with nets, but knew nothing of fly-fishing. 
Hawke Bay, Ingornachovx Ray.—Three rivers discharge 
into Hawke Bay, which is completely landlocked, the land 
being high and thickly wooded. The eastern river of the 
three, about a mile from the mouth, which, is narrow, is 
bifurcated by a small island, the forks., however, after 
diverging some 400 yards, uniting again in the main stream. 
23th July, fished the left fork; the pilot, with a fly with 
red body'and dark wings, rose four fish, one of which, an 
eleven pounder, he killed. An officer the same day hooked 
three fish, all of which he lost. 27th July, a bright clear 
day, two rods killed four salmon weighing 30 lbs. 28th 
July, above the forks, some two miles up the river, in a 
good pool, below the rapids, rose and hooked three fish— 
1st was lost by bad “gaffing;” 2d, killed and weighed 16 
lb.; 3d, while the man was trying to land it without a gaff, 
broke the line; fly, small hook, claret-colored body and 
hackle. During the ship’s stay-kere some nice river trout, 
averaging from £ to l£ lb. each, were taken on the rod. 
—A letter from our correspondent in Queen’s County, 
Ireland, says that the drought has been so severe in that 
section this spring as to wholly prevent salmon fishing. 
The rivers are low, and repeated attempts to get a rise have 
proved utter failures. 
—There is a law in Massachusetts directed towards catch¬ 
ing the baby lobsters. Exactly the same ordinance should 
be passed in all the States, in order to protect Hie 
infant trout. It is a crying shame for us to know—and 
we hear of it every day, that fishermen bring in poor little 
fislf, not longer than a baby’s forefinger, and brag of a big 
score of fifty and sixty trout, when the whole of them 
would hardly weigh a pound. Let all true fishermen unite 
with us in stopping this useless and wasteful slaughter of 
trout. If we ever have a suitable opportunity we will press 
a legal provision of $25 penalty for any one found with 
fingerlingsjn his possession. 
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desired.] 
The American Yacht List for 1874, is the title of a 
.register’s book for the American Yacht Club, recently published by J. 
H. Bigelow of 13 William street. In the first pages are the club signals 
—“burgees”—of all the existing yacht clubs, and the body of the work is 
filled with the registry of the club officers, secretary’s addresses, yachts, 
and with the names of winning yachts for 1873, with tables, moon phases, 
and other information valuable to yachtsmen. The work is edited by 
Mr. Neals Olsen, and it is nicely printed. 
Steamship and Yacht Signals. Mr. Arthur Grand- 
ville has just issued a book which will be found useful to ship¬ 
masters, as well as yachtsmen, as it contains the house flags, night sig¬ 
nals, funnel marks, &c. of the coastwise and transatlantic steamships, as 
well as the private signals of the various yachts of the American Yacht 
Club. The book is published by Pelletrean & Raynor, 35 Vesey street. 
Geology. By A. Geike, LL.D. D. Appleton & Co. 
This is one of the series of those valuable little books issued by the 
Messrs. Appleton, under the title of “Science primers.” They contain 
a large amount of kowledge that should be in the possession of everyone. 
The simple, practical style in which the subject of geology is treated, 
renders this work valuable alike to the agriculturist and scholar. We 
can cheerfully recommend this little work as every way deserving the 
consideration of even the general reader 
Harper & Brothers have placed before us “John Wor¬ 
thington’s Name,” an American novel of American society and private 
life. This effort at American novel writing is by Frank Lee.Benedict, 
not an unknown name to American readers. In this work he gives a 
racy, readable book about life at home and sketches of foreign travel. 
The leading incidents, which are exceedingly well told, will be found 
in the experiences of a “fascinating young widow,” who gets severely 
handled in her associations with Wall street bears and bulls; becoming 
much involved in sundry speculations, she finds, too late, that “all is not 
gold that glitters,” and in one of her sad moments—we suppose becom¬ 
ing somewhat desperate at the gordian knot that ties up her purse—she 
does just as many other desperate people have done before her. She 
forges the name of an old friend, who proves himself her true friend, in 
whose large breast there dwells sufiicient charity to cover her multitude 
of sins. He says he “loves her;” at any rate he marries her, and all is 
bright and beautiful. This is the main story of this interesting plot, 
while a second episode runs on in an undeF current, and develops into 
quite a story at that world-renowned watering place—Baden. From the 
memoranda beneath his hand Mr. Benedict Lee gives us a truly readable 
American novel, the interest of which never fags from the beginning to 
the end. 
Beaten Paths; or, A Woman’s Vacation. By Ella 
Witherspoon Boston: Lee & Shepard. 
The wandering of seven unprotected females up and down Europe lead 
us to pronounce them well fitted to travel without a male escort. This 
work, although it is only a new traveler upon the old beaten path of a 
tour to Europe, develops in good, plain English, many things seen by 
the writer and is written in a somewhat humorous, lively style. We 
see sometimes in the course of this narrative some old ideas and new de¬ 
scriptions of old places that much please us. We have read many books 
upon the subject upon which this treats with far less satisfaction and 
pleasure than we perused this. The authoress is a Boston lady, unknown 
to fame, but she has given us a book that will receive a cordial reception, 
and we think in her next book she will find a full appreciation of the 
talent for narrative story-telling she so evidently possesses. 
Poems. By H. R. Hudson. Boston: James R. Osgood 
& Co. * 
This is a collection of poems of more than ordinary interest, and 
breathes a freshness not often found in poems of this varied char¬ 
acter. Much will be found in this little Unobtrusive volume that will 
find a ready response in many hearts. Every lover of the pure, refined 
and beautiful in humanity will find his heart strengthened and his sym¬ 
pathies for all that is good awakened, and we feel that he will arise 
from its perusal a better man. How true the poem of “Grandma!” Who 
will not readily recognize in the lines 
“Grandma does not hear or stir, 
Only lies there with a smile; 
Nothing seems to trouble her 
Fcr the while” — 
one sweet remembered face, one kind heart that beats no more; one deai 
old venerable face, as he iooks back to the days of his early youth 
when he looked on those silvered hairs for the last time on earth. These 
poems may be read with profit by anyone who loves the pure and good. 
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BOOKS RECEIVED. 
Chapters on Animals. Philip Gilbert Hamilton. Roberts 
Brothers. Boston: 1874. 
We have received the first volume.of Porter & Coates’ 
Household Edition of the Waverly Novels, and judging from the style 
engravings and letter press of this new candidate for public favor, we 
know almost that it will have a re'idy sale. It is in fine, large, clear 
type, and furnished by subscription at the low price ©f $1.50 per vol. 
—Thirty kinds of fish are known to dwell in Cayuga 
Lake. 
—A horse left uncovered when not in exercise will soon 
grow a heavy, coat of hair. This becomes a hindrance to 
rapid motion, and should be prevented by judicious blan¬ 
keting. 
