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FOREST AND STREAM 
[May 28, 1898. 
New England Fishing. 
BosTON,_ May 23. — Trout and landlocked salmon fish- 
ing in Maine is good. Reports mention greater catches, 
in several directions, than have ever been known. This 
is especially true of the Rangeley lakes, though the fish- 
ing has scarcely begun in Rangeley Lake itself, and Up- 
per Richardson Lake is 3'et behind. Both these lakes 
are expected to improve, however. Messrs. Brackett 
and Clark have had great sport at Mill Brook. Richard- 
son Lake. The only trouble seems to be that the brook 
is being fished altogether too hard, and more than any 
waters in the world can stand. There is a strong feeling- 
manifested among the guides to close the brook by 
means of a petition to the commissioners. One of the 
Brackett and Clark party is reported to have taken thirty 
trout on a fly there in one da}^, early as it was. It seems 
that the trout began to rise as soon as the smelts were 
done running. As soon as the party arrived at Mill 
Brook they raised the Stars and Stripes, and dedicated 
the spot as Camp Dewey, There they took their lunch 
each day, making their tea or cofTee, and "frizzling their 
bacon," in true outdoor style. In the party were A. D. 
Brackett, W. P. Clark and S. N. B|-own, all prominent 
business men, who have visited the same spot many years, 
in succession. Mr. Nelson, of Lynn, has continued to 
make some good catches at the Upper Dam. At Bemis 
the fishing has been excellent. At the Birches great 
fishing is mentioned. In four days' time guestJ at the 
Moosclucmaguntic House have taken about 40olbs. of 
trout and salmon. Mr. A. Lincoln, of Boston, took in 
one day thirty-six fish weighing gglbs., the greatest single 
catch reported so far. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Henwood,. 
of New York, stopping at the Rangeley Lake House, 
have caught two salmon, one of gj^lbs. and one of lolbs. 
They have also taken several trout of 4lbs. weight. Mr. 
Henwood is building a cottage on the southerly shore of 
Rangeley Lake. The Sturtevant party, of Springfield,. 
Mass., is stopping at Whorflf's new camps, Haine's Land- 
ing. In the party are Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Sturtevant, 
Mr. and Mrs. C. Bemis, Mr. and Mrs. AV. Stewart. Mrs. 
A. Benton, Miss Masales, Mrs. M. Smith and Mr. Leon- 
ard Brown. They are all catching fish. Mr. Sturtevant 
has taken trout of S and 3;^lbs., and Mr. Brown a sib. 
salmon. Mr. S. has fished the Rangeleys many years in 
succession. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dutton, of Boston, are 
at their camp at Pleasant Island, with Mr. and Mrs. H. 
Russell, of Cambridge, as guests. They will visit Mr. 
Dutton's camps at Richardson Pond. Mr. Train, of the 
Tuttle party, at Lake Point Cottage, has taken a salmon 
of 8J41bs., and Mr. Hutchins, of the same party, has 
caught one of 7 and one of 4lbs. 
Later: At the Upper Dam more good fishing is re- 
ported. Mr. W. D. Nelson, of Lynn, took five trout 
on Saturday, the largest weighing sYz^hs. There were 
two in the string of about the same weight. Mrs. Lester 
Poor, of Andover, took six trout in three and a hours, on 
the 15th inst., the lot weighing iglbs. The largest 
weighed 7lbs. On Monday Mr. Chafles Thompson 
caught eight trout, of the united weight of islbs. A few 
days before the same gentleman made a record of four 
trout, the largest weighing 61bs. The same day 
Mr. G. E. Doyle caught a trout of 4j41bs. On 
Tuesday Mr. Freeland How, who has fished at the Up- 
per Dam every season for many years, caught seven 
trout of a total weight of I7>^lbs., the largest 3j41bs. 
In the pool below the Dam a number of salmon have 
been taken. This is all the more remarkable wdien it 
is remembered that only a few have ever been taken 
there before, or at least since the Rangeleys have been 
stocked with landlocked salmon, though a good many 
have been taken in the lakes above, especially in Range- 
ley Lake. The first were taken on Monday by Mr. G. 
E. Doyle. He caught three weighing 4Ji, ^Yz and 
3j41bs. respectively. The same day he made a catch of 
fifteen trout, weighing in all I7^1bs. On Wednesday W. 
P. Clark caught a salmon of 5lbs., and another of 2>^lbs. 
The theory is that the salmon are Avorking down the 
lakes. 
At the Middle Dam fishing is reported to be the best 
ever known. The same is reported from Lower Richard- 
son Lake, the Narrows and B. Pond. Some of the 
catches from Lower Richardson, the past week, are as 
follows: F. C. Hinds, of Boston, May 13, eight trout, 
the largest 6, 3 and 2Y2Vos.\ May 14, five trout, total 
weight isJ^lbs.; May 16, a slb. trout and several smaller 
ones; May 17, twelve trout on the fly, averaging about 
lib. Aveight. May 14 Mr. T. J. McDonald and Dr. Bates, 
of Lowell, caught twenty-two trout, the largest weighing 
6j41bs. and the smallest 2lbs. May 15 they took eight 
trout, the largest slbs. May 16 Mr. C. P. Stevens caught 
in the Narrows a trout weighing lolbs., and nine that 
weighed in all 361bs. Certainly Mr. Stevens is high line 
at the Rangeleys thus far. At B. Pond, Harry Dutton 
and wife, and Harry Russell and wnfe, took on the fly. 
May 17, ten trout, the number weighing 2olbs. in all. 
The same day they took sixteen trout of about lib. aver- 
age weight. The next day they caught twenty trout of 
i^lbs. average weight. Fly-fishing seems to have begun 
unusually early. 
The latest reports from Kineo, Moosehead Lake, men- 
tion better fishing. One of the best catches so far is that 
of Mr. G. L. Burnside, of New York, who alone has 
landed fifty-seven trout of an aggregate weight of 97lbs. 
Mr. Rolae'rt McLaughlin, of Bangor, is also very suc- 
cessful, having averaged about twelve trout a day, the 
most of them on the fly. On Wednesday Mr. A. F. C. 
Hill, of Boston, brought in a fine string of lakers. Sun- 
day was the best day of the season for the fishermen, over 
Bolbs. of trout having been taken by the guests of the 
Kineo House. Mr. Clement Moore, of New York, made 
the best catch of the day, his score being fourteen trout, 
the string weighing 3i541bs. ; all in a few hours' fishing. 
This is Mr. Moore's fifteenth season at Kineo_. C. M. 
Harriman, of Boston, is at Moosehead for his seven- 
teenth season, and is keeping up his record of good 
catches. Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. J. 
S. Snyder and Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Mead, of Everett, 
Mass., and Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Priest, of Magnolia, 
Mass., have just returned from their camp 'at Williams 
Stream, a part of the Moosehead waters. They have been 
in camp ten days and in that time have landed over 
200lbs. of trout. Mr. J. H. Willett, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. 
Chester, of Boston, and Mr. M. A. Pingree, of Havet- 
liill, have been making good catches at Moosehead the 
past week. There have been brought to Kineo during the 
week over 30olbs. of trout, most of which have been 
taken with the fly. 
Newfound Lake, N. H., continues to turn out some 
■excellent fishing reports. The largest fish so far report- 
ed has been a lake trout of i61bs., caught by E. W. 
Morse, of Brookline, Mass. Mr. F. W. Galley, of Bristol, 
N. H., is well up to Mr. Morse with a lake trout of 
i2lbs. and a salmon of S^lbs. Dr. Q. A. Ballou, of 
Bristol, has caught two trout of 6 and gibs, respectively. 
A. F. Gate, of Bristol, has landed three trout weighing 
ri-)4, 1054 and S^^lbs. John and Freeman Berry, of th? 
same place, report a total catch of 2ilbs. Other Bristol 
people who have been successful during the week have 
been C. W. Tukey, with a 4lb. salmon; A. H. Wellington, 
a 5lb. trout; George E. Fowler, a 2^1b. salmon; Charles 
E. Rounds, a 6>41b. salmon; Capt. Saunders, a 6^\h. 
trout. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Philbrick, Mrs. Mary L. 
Swallow and Mrs. W. L. Davis, of Dorchester, Mass., 
have returned from a successful fishing trip to New- 
found Lake. Mrs. Swallow took a salmon of iilbs. 
weight, which it took thirty-five minutes to land. Mrs. 
Davis caught a I2lb. trout and Mr. Philbrick a gib. sal- 
mon. From Grove Hill come excellent reports of 
catches. Dr. A. R. Brown, of Boston, has brought home 
a slb. trout, and C. C. Jones, of Concord, a 7lb. trout. 
Great success is being reported from Camp Diamond, . 
Diamond Pond, N. H. Among the successful fishermen 
for the past week may be noted State Fish Commission- 
ers Shurtleff, Hughes and Wentworth. Another party 
has included C. C. Hatch, Henry C. Hatch, Dr. M. F. 
Young and J. M. Cooper; all having had good success. 
Another fishing company has included M. R. Buxton, 
C. A. Roby, F. O. Ray, E. B. Milliken and F. W. May- 
nard, of Nashua, and F. Chase, of Hudson. W. P. Buck- 
ley and Merrill Shurtleff, of Lancaster, have had most ex- 
cellent success with tlie trout, 
Mr. Rodney P. Woodman, one of Boston's most suc- 
cessful anglers, has again returned with a beautiful catch 
•of landlocked salmon. He showed in his window. No. 
153 Federal street, the other day, six handsome salmon 
weighing from 2Y2 to 4lbs. The string came from Sebec 
Lake, in Maine. Reports say that the fishing there has 
been better than ever before, and that the catches cannot 
be beaten in any other waters. On Tuesday Eugene 
Parsons took twelve salmon, weighing 27lbs., and five 
trout of about lib. each. The same day H. L. Getchel 
caught six trout of about Slbs. , . and tw^o salmon of slbs. 
weight. Edward Runkee was also successful, taking 
three good salmon and two trout. 
Great fishing is reported at Nicatous Lake, Me., with 
a number of Bangor parties enjoying it. The lake is 
easily reached in half a day from Bangor. A party of 
New York anglers are reported to be looking the loca- 
tion over with a view to building a club house there, so 
greatly pleased are they with the fishing. Lake George, 
Showhegan, Me., is becoming noted as a fishing resort. 
Though stocked but recently, a Mr. Brown has succeeded 
in taking this spring a landlocked salmon there of 6^1bs. 
Mr. and Mvs. L. O. Crane, of Boston, are at Round 
Mountain Lake, Me. They are having fair success, 
though it is still early for fly-fishing. At each outing 
they have taken trout: the first nineteen, second twelve, 
third six, fourth fourteen, fifth six. All these fish were 
taken Avith the fly, as they fish in that manner only. 
Visitors to the Boston spprtsmen's shoAv Avill remem- 
ber the many courtesies of S. J. Byrne. With his friend. 
Mr. S. S. Hibbard, he has been making successful 
catches of brook trout in the Moosehead region. Their 
total catch has amounted to 7Slbs., and they have shoAVn 
a very handsome string in the windoAV of the John P, 
LoA-ell Arms Co. The range Avas from i to 3lbs. each. The 
trout Avere all caught at the Northeast Carry, Avithin five 
minutes' paddling of the Winnegarnock House. 
Mr. George H. HeyAvood, of Gardner, Mass., died 
very suddenly Tuesday night at the Moosclucmaguntic 
House. With Mrs. HeyAvood he Avas enjoying his an- 
nual spring fishing, they having visited that resort for a 
number of years. He had fished all day, Avith good suc- 
cess; had eaten heartily and retired, apparently as well 
as usual. Taa^o physicians Avere at his bedside as soon 
as alarmed by Mrs. HeyAVOod, but life Avas nearly ex- 
tinct. He had for a long time knoAvn that heart trouble 
was liable to carry him away at any moment. He was 
but thirty-eight years of age; a devoted angler, whom it 
was a pleasure to meet. Special. 
Troutmg in the Empire State* 
All central Ncav York is now radiant in the gloAV of 
apple blossoms, a sight ahvays enchanting to the fly- 
fisherman, for then trout are at their best, and on the 
alert for any fresh-born bug or fly which may be so un- 
fortunate as to drop or alight near the shades where 
they are hiding. A lad at the head of one of our fly- 
dressing departments, a veritable "Fishing Jimmy," and 
a sleek one Avith a fly rod, is just in front the foothills 
of the Adirondack Mountains with a bonny lot of trout. 
None so very large, but all above 6in. in length. A fcAV 
in the lot Avould scale 8 to i2oz. each— a fine and royal 
Ccltcll 
As I Avas dreaming very early this morning of old- 
time sports, the rhyme turned to 
THE COON AND THE FROG. 
Out on a log in a dark lagoon 
Sat a cute little bit of a ring-tailed coon. 
A green little frog came swimming along, 
Charmed by the notes of the coon's sweet song. 
When out on the log the frog took a halt, 
The coon took him in without pepper or salt. 
"Then what for do you kick?" said the coon to the frog, 
"AVhen so kindly I took you in from the log? 
Had you lived till the day when your saddles were prime, 
Some nabob would have feasted on you and fine wine. 
It is better, dear froggie, you quietly rest 
With me and those birdies up there in their nest. 
For soon they'll be planting your graveyard around 
With flowers as fine as e'er sprung from the ground." 
John Brainerd MacHarg, Sr. 
Rome, N. Y. 
American Anglers in Canada. 
Quebec, May 21.— The recent long spell of cold May 
weather, that seemed as if it properly belonged to the 
early days of April, has given way to a warm spring- 
like spell that has brought out of their Avinter cases and 
other hibernating places the first insect life of the season 
upon the surface of our inland Avaters. The result is that 
trout are rising freely in all parts of the country; Amer- 
icans are flocking into Canada, and the recently opened 
buds of the birch and maple are rapidly spreading into 
full leaf. Less than a fortnight ago Gen. Henry and 
party visited their club lakes at St. Bernard, and though 
fish Avere plentiful and took bait readily, scarcely any of 
them rose to the fly. This week all this has been 
changed. Mr. Porter, son of Dr. Porter, of Bridgeport, 
Conn., has spent the last ten days on the waters of the 
newly organized Bostonnais Fish and Game Club, situat- 
ed between Kiskisink, Lake Edward and the St. Maurice, 
Avhere he has enjoyed splendid sport, the fish all the time 
rising very freely. The lakes of this club are drained into 
Rat River, a feeder of Lake EdAvard, and mav be reached 
either from the latter place or from Kiskisink. Already 
Messrs. C. G. Gregory, T. D. Wilken, A. T. Brown and 
L. C. Smith, of Syracuse, have left for the Triton tract, 
where they will be followed to-day by Messrs. A. N. 
Cheney, State Fishculturist, of Ncav York, and a party 
of friends, including Mr. Goddart, Mr. Walter Witherbee 
and Mr. HcAvitt. Messrs. N. Benham, Burns, J. P. 
Warner, C. P. Bradley, Wm. D. Bishop, Samuel Dodd, 
John W. Coe, W. B. Hale, A. Chamberlin, Geo. A. Fay 
and Frank S. Fay have left for the Metabetchouan Fish 
and Game Club, and to-night Dr. Geo. L. Porter, W. E. 
Lincoln and EdAvard S. Hotchkiss, of Bridgeport, Conn., 
leave for Kiskisink. , 
Lake Edward continues to yield the large fontinalis 
for Avhich it is so noted, and a bait fisherman returned to 
town from fishing there last Monday, having as part of 
his catch a 5-pounder and a 3-pounder landed at the 
same time. Fly-fishing is good on Mr. RoAvley's preserve 
on the Vermillion River, Avest of Lake EdAvard. From 
Mr. John B. MacHarg, Jr., of Rome, N. Y., the dealer 
in flies and tackle, I have received two specimens of-new 
flies at the instance of their designer, Mr. W. F. J. Mc- 
Cormick. of Miami, Florida. One of these is called the 
"Moise," the other the "Lake Batiscan," and both 
promise to be killers. The localities Avhose names they 
bear are noted for the large trout that they produce. 
The "Moise" has a silver body, a broAvn hackle, red 
tail and yellow and red Avings. The "Lake Batiscan" has 
black palmer hackle and body, yellow tail and wings of 
red and white, sometimes like those of the Parmachenec 
Belle. Mr. McCormick is noAV fishing on the Triton 
tract and his father, Mr. R. R. McCormick, vice-presi- 
dent of the Bank of Bay Biscayne, Florida, is for the 
present at the Laurentides House, Lake Edward, Avhich 
he Avill make his headquarters until the ist of November 
next, making, in the meantime, various excursions after 
the finny tribes to Lake St. John and the far north as 
Avell as to the Triton and other club limits. 
As an instance of the immense resources for anglers 
of the Lake St. John . country, it is interesting to note 
that some sixteen to twenty -ncAv lakes have recently 
been discovered on the Laurentides Club's limits. 
Ouananiche are rising very freely to the fly in large 
patterns just noAV, but not in the Discharge. I look for 
the fishing there to open about the 8th of June this year, 
which is about a Aveek earlier than usual. The mouths 
of the Ouiatchouan and Metabetchouan rivers have 
given good yields. An angler from Chicontimi last week 
took forty-five at one catch. A specimen weighing Slbs. 
and measuring 3oin. in length was shoAvn at Chambord 
the other day. E. T. D. Chambers. 
Scores and Records. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The hopelessness that comes to the would-be record 
bolster is pitiful in the extreme, when a ncAv score is 
made by some fortunate individual. Yet there is some- 
thing sublime in the way the horde girds up each his 
loins and strikes away at the numerical and pound- 
weight top-notches in the endeaA^or to make little his own 
puny stature beside the vast heaps of flesh taken from 
land and sea. 
These photographs of men with records— what spec- 
tacles! It shoAvs such a curious state of mind. The man 
photographed, the captor of the fish, stands there with a 
beautiful desire of self abasement. "See!" he says, "these 
fish, more cubic inches than I, more pounds Aveight. 
more brains than I, fighters from Avay back, more 
radiant, more beautiful than I — yet I, who am so small 
beside them, so apparently insignificant — behold, I say. 
what a man am I!" 
Sometimes certain strictures are laid on men who 
kill game, or fish, beyond limits hitherto observed. But 
why is this? If people wish to make themseh'es mere 
irritating bacilli in a background of feathers, fur or 
fish scales, let them do so. Their reward shall be great 
in proportion to their deeds. 
Let no man fail to put an exclamation point after fish 
or game records! It is a duty OAA'ed to mankind. I 
remember tha-t a man killed eleven coav elk one day. He 
told about it in this paper. He had such an exclamation 
point put after his record as he and many others will 
never forget. 
On a time I too have striven for a record, have tried 
to see if I could seem small beside my game. My best 
impression of this event is that on a Christmas, when I 
was still in knickerbockers, the "boys" at NortliAvood 
had a "shoot," and everybody Avanted to get game in 
unlimited quantities. I Avas after unlimited game, too. 
I tramped all day. It was deep snoAV time, and rabbits, 
partridges and red squirrels Avere plentiful. At- nearly 
noon I saAv a red squirrel aAvay up in a spruce tree. I 
shot Avith my .32cal. rim-fire rifle, and the squirrel came 
doAvn, shot through the hips. I ran to pick the cripple 
up, but it ran too, ran tAvo rods and climbed 3ft. up a 
birch tree into a hole and out of my reach. It Avas the 
only thing I s^av that day to shoot at. But I have a 
record. It was Avritten on the snow that day, and in 
the tree js the parchment with ai) pffipi^l record of the 
