June 15, 18»iJ.j 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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got the canoe ready. I tied two large red-ibis flies to trail 

 after the silver spinner and we started for the further 

 side of the lake. As we reached the further side and 

 ran into the cove Davide, turning to me, nodded and I 

 let the hne, a Conroy fifteen-thread Silver King, run out, 

 and the spoon, rotating in glittering revolutions, whirled 

 out of sight, amid "beau, beau," from the guides, and with 

 paddles so softly dipping that scarce a ripple was caused, 

 the canoe went noiselessly on. 



As we rounded the point I cried, "Stop, a tree or the 

 bottom;" but a slackened line answered my call and Josef 

 sent the canoe on, when the line straightened and out of 

 the water rose a huge dark form that made my heart 

 jump to my throat and Josef cry "Sacre Dieu!" As if 

 caused by the fall of a great rock, rose a mass of water 

 caused by the splash of the fish. In less than an instant 

 the form darted straight toward the canoe with a white 

 foam lashed in its wake; it seemed to me impossible to 

 get out of the way. I heard Josef cry, "Ashekanush. 

 tshilipi." (Back the canoe, quick.) Then, as if by 

 juagic, the canoe swung round and shot backward at 

 right angles to the fish, that fairly straightened the line 

 out of the wator, leaving my face to the fish — smart work 

 that! Another rise in the air, as the fish felt the stab of 

 the spoon, a quick slack of the line, a fall with a foun- 

 tain rising around, a rapid hauling in until I had the hne 

 taut, and then the fish went to the bottom, where it sulked 

 and then slowlj^ came to the side of the canoe. What an 

 ugly brute — how viciously merciless a pike looks in and 

 out of water, v/ith gavial muzzle and fangs and ej'es that 

 make you shiver. They picture the sightless eyes of the 

 drowned. Josef reached down and gripped the pike by 

 the eyes with thumb and second finger, and taking his 

 ready knife stabbed it in the brain and threw it in the 

 bottom of the canoe. What a monster! He was 52 in. 



PIKE AND OUANANICHE. 



long, 17in. in girth, mouth llin. wide, tail 9in. broad 

 and weight 471bs. 



Sunday morning, the cat's tail and the mare's tail float- 

 ing lazily across the sky, casting great shadows on the 

 moimtains and changing the turquoise blue of the lake 

 into pearl gray. Not a ripple on the mirrory stretch of 

 waters and "Sortez le ouananiche." "Sortez pas, c'estune 

 traite," from the guides (That is a oiiananiche jumping. 

 No, it is a trout.) "Well, Arnie"^ — but that individual 

 wtis reading "Thomas-a-Kempis" under the mosquito 

 canopy, with blue wreaths from the fragrant bouquin 

 blown around him. I could not endure it. "Francois, 

 sliall we try la roche noir?" "At once m'siem-." 



Black Eock, that had been pointed out to us again and 

 again, jutting out into the lake miles away. Black Rock, 

 like unto which no place could be found, and whereof the 

 fabulous to the verge of language had been told. 



An hour and a half later I retui-ned. What success did 

 I have? I think of the old lines always chanted in the old 

 univei-sity days. Who does not recall "Vos Cyclops" and 

 ending with "Hsec olim meminisse javabit." 



I quote from the Quebec ChronicJe, July 24: "He [my- 

 self] mentioned as a specimen of fishing on the lake, 

 catching three ouananiche weighing 211bs. , three speckled 

 trout weighing ITlbs. and two pike weighing 221bs. , all in 

 an horn- and a half." 



One of the ti-out weighed 81bs. , the skin of which I took 

 to Roberval. If Col. James L. Breese and Mr. Louis 

 Webb should read these lines, I wonder if they will 

 remember our conversation as to the fight I had to cap- 

 ture the big fellow. Mrs. Beemer declared the trophy 

 worthy of a place on the walls of the Hotel Eobeiwal, and 

 there it hangs to-day. Her Ladyship's word was law and 

 I dared not transgress it. 



So many pleasant hours, kindnesses and gracious court- 

 esies went into the days spent at Roberval — ^the gems in 

 the filagree of the necklace, the colore in the painting, 

 days stolen from sport. Some message then to Roberval: 



E'en weave it as thou wilt, thy garden musters 

 Mute hints of ditties to inspire the lute, 



And to thy face and sense stoop mingled clusters 

 Of glowing flowers and fruit. 



Wednesday we left the lake, and Friday night we 

 supped at the Islaxid House, Grande Dechai-ge, on our 

 way home, E. J. Myers. 



SPRING FISHING IN NORTHERN CANADA 



Few seasons have alforded so much sport in recent 

 years to anglers in Canada as this spring time. Fisher- 

 men who could get away to our northern rivers and lakes 

 during the last half of May, were indeed fortunate beings. 

 The weather continues rather raw and cold, and so long 

 as the temperature of the water remains low. may we ex- 

 pect to find the monster fontinaliR postponing his sum- 

 mer sluggishness and descent to his deep-water hiding 



DAPPLER'S point, lac TSCHOTAOAiVIA . 



places. Lake Beauport has yielded plentifully the bright 

 silvery trout for which its crystal waters are so widely 

 notedl 3Iessrs. H. H. Sewell, H. C. Austin and others ol 

 tlus city have been extremely successful there. Lake St. 

 Joseph has also yielded better sport recently than foi 

 some three or four weeks past; especially during the pasi 

 week have a number of very heavy fish been taken fron 

 its waters. In Lake Edward the spring fishing is always 

 good and this year is proving no exception to the rule. 

 J. U. Gregory and L. S. Odell of this city, whose angling 

 successes have long been widely known, took a numbei 

 of trout over 41bs. in weight out of this lake in the early 

 part of tlie week, the best fishing in this large body ol 

 water having been found near Shirt Point, oif the Brule, 

 and in t' e vicinity of the Press Club House, a short 

 distance north of 'Kit Clarke's Camp. The fishing al 

 these points and between the islands off Farnham"s 

 Camp, will continue good iintil the arrival of the dop 

 days, and then the fish will have to be sought in deeper 

 water or up Rat River. It will surprise nobody who 

 knows tlie beautiful lake to learn that a number of addi- 

 tional fishing camps are being built this year on its 

 shores. 



The members of the Stadacona and Laurentide clubs 

 are vieing with each other as to the size of the tixjut in 

 their respective territories. In each of these tracts fish 

 have been killed this spring exceeding olbs. in weight. 

 Messrs. J. L. Bell, Frank HoUoway and Thomas, have 

 been extremely successful on the Stadacona lakes, and 

 Messrs. E. B. Garmeau, L. Stafford and others have done 

 s]3lendidly on those of the Laurentide lakes. 



The spring fishing for ouananiche has so far proved ex- 

 ceptionally good, and some anglers have killed over forty 

 in a single day*. Mr. E. J. Meredith, N. P., has had 

 splendid sport in the mouth of Metabetchpuan. Ouellet's 



A iT-POUND pncE. 

 "Lac Tschotagama." 



pool at the mouth of the Ouiatchouan, has also afforded 

 some very large catches to Messrs. Bailey and Floyd of 

 Boston, .John Wallace of Ansonia and Frank Ross of 

 Quebec, the latter of whom took seventy fish last week, 

 some weighing 61bs. each. 



Senator Read and party have returned from their visit 

 to Lake Kiskisink with glowing accounts of their sport 

 there. Mr. and Mrs. G. AA''. Davis, Stewart Davis, W. 

 Austin, and servant from Narragansett Pier, R. I., are 

 in town, on their way to the Cascapedia to fish for 

 salmon. E. T. D. ChaJiIBERs. 



Quebec, June ^ 



Fishing in Sullivan and Ulster. 



Liberty, N. Y., .June 7. — Editor Forest and Stream: 

 A 10 days' trip among the hills and .streams of Sullivan 

 county has given me information that may^ be of interest 

 to your readers. 



Starting over the New York, Ontario & Western R. R., 

 EUenville, Ulster county, was the first stop. There we 

 found most of the waters closed streams, the overflow of 

 fish, however, affording fair trout fishing for short dis- 

 tances. The only open stream near the village is Rondout 

 Brook, where some good catches have been made this 

 season. 



I then returned by way of Summitville to South Falls- 

 burg. This is one of the best points to reach good fishing. 

 Four miles to the west is Pleasant Lake, well knoAvn as 

 one of the best points in the county for black bass. Two 

 miles north of this same station is Fallsburg, on the Nev- 

 ersink River, where are found trout of good size. The 

 same can be said of AA^'oodburne, a little beyond. 



Eight miles further are the Neversink Flats. Here you 

 find fine trout streams, excellent hotels, and hacks meet 

 all trains at South Fallsburg. This is a good half-way 

 place to the wilder sections around Claryville and DeWitt- 

 ville, where the number of trout is legion. 



Liberty also affords the best of accommodations, and 

 from here the places already mentioned can be easily 

 reached as well as many others that interest a lover of 

 the rod and gun. It would be hard to find better pickerel 

 fishing than that at Stevensville Lake, six miles away. 

 At Loch Sheldrake, three miles, bass and pickerel are 

 plenty. 



Livingston Manor and AVillowemoc need special men- 

 tion, as the streams Beaverkill and Willowemoc have been 

 thoroughly enjoyed by fishermen this season. The tan- 

 neries which formerly dotted the small sti-earas in this 

 part of the country and completely^ destroyed the fish, 



Al xn 

 ■ Lac Tschotagama. 



have nearly all been given up, and where a few years ago 

 no ta-out co\ild be found there is now a goodly nunilier. 

 and this stocking of the streams is increasing every year. 



Excellent shooting can be found at nearly all these 

 places for partridge, rabbits and some larger game in 

 their season. T. 



Quarles and The Catfish. 



Chicago, 111., June 8. — The following special was cut 

 from one of our daily papers, and it interested me inas- 

 much as it has given me a clue to the invention of a new 

 weedless hook. Verily science is making rapid strides, 

 although many suggestions are due to accident. This 

 tale is undoubtedly true, for I find, upon consulting the 

 map, that there is a Tippecanoe River which runs througli 

 Indiana, which proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that 

 the story is true. Alas, for the probity of fishermen when 

 it becomes necessary to furnish proof in order to substan- 

 tiate their exploits. This is the adventurQ: "Winamac, 

 Ind., June 7.— [Special]. — John Quarles has for a long 

 time been in great misery because of an ingrowing nail 

 on one of his big toes. Yesterday he went on a fishing 

 excursion along the banks of the Tippecanoe River, and 

 after a while he fotmd a nice shady spot, and seating 

 himself, pulled off his slipper. As he was rubbing his 

 aching toe a bright idea came to him. Were he to hold his 

 foot in the water it might ease the pain. He did so, and 

 the sensation was so pleasant that he went to sleep Sud- 

 denly he was aroused by something laulling at his sore 

 toe. He gave his foot a tremendous jerk and landed a 

 101b, catfish. He lost his toenail in the operation, as it 

 remained in the fish's mouth, but is a gain'^r tiiereby. for 

 his toe gives him less pain to-day." Old Avalanche. 



A Casting Record. 



New York. — Editor Forest and Stream: At a casting 

 tournament held at New Dorp. S. I., May 30, the follow- 

 ing long distance casts were made by Mr. E. Holzinan 

 and witnessed by seven other reputable fishermen. The 

 distance was measured off by myself. Ten consecutive 

 casts were made by E. Holzman on perfectly level ground 

 with 8ft. Sin. bamboo rod, 2-0 patent reel 18-thread linen 

 line, 2^oz. sinker: 



1st cast 240ft. 6th cast 255ft. 



3d cast 257ft. 4in. 7th cast 2im. 



3d cast fouled 1 65ft. 8th cast ^Ift. 9m. 



4th cast 245ft. 9th cast 25eft. 4in. 



5th cast 253ft. 10th cast 256ft. 



A. H. D. 



