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fish for the pan, our fisherman, industrious and capable, 
soon has a model camp-fire going and the coffee kettle 
steaming. To see him enjoying that dinner of fried fish 
and hear him praising it above the efforts of a $10,000 
chef, is something to be experienced to be appreciated. 
The dinner over he lends a ready hand in clearing up 
the debris, lights his cigar and saunters through the shady 
woods, at peace with all the world. He finds pleasure 
in and imparts information concerning every creeping 
plant and wild flower. 
A ground sparrow flies up in the cool, shady distance. 
He marks the spot, a tiny mound, walks toward it and 
stooping dow;i from under an overhanging clod of 
earth, discloses the nest and eggs of the fleeing bird, 
meanwhile reading a short lecture on sparrow ornithol- 
ogy. 
The moss-covered rocks atid trees afford him a subject 
to -which he does full justice. _ And so the sultry hours 
o{ the day pass swiftly away in the cool restful woods 
with out companion quietly discoursing in a sort of 
Soliloquy, itnpa,i:ting information and giving pleasure at 
fevefy Stgp: 
At the SuggeStioii of the bo&ttnftn we tfy the ba.ss 
again, aS tlie aftei-noon fishing should now be at its 
best; The morning's experience is duplicated and the 
setting- sUn sees us quietly drifting toward home, easting 
as we go, and now and then landing a bass. 
Out friend seeins mote Intetested in the gofgeous guii- 
feet, its resulting lights and shades along the shote, and 
■ thfe clbtid efffeCts Upon the watets, than he does in his f od 
and liiig; Tlie occasional leap of a bass from olit the 
i-iiblten feiirfafee, SCattei-fng a golden Sptfty as he falls 
back ihtb tlife Watet, brings oiit ex^lflitiations of delight. 
As tbe shadfeS of e-v,ening begin tb fall and tbe feall Of tile 
-ivhip-pboi--wi]l is heard oyferheaa, -\vfe reScn tlie. land- 
ing. Our trip is over. "Not a i^ery big String," says 
hhi- Cornpanion, as the struggling bass, are lifted f,rom 
the. water. .But what a delightful, a perfefct day we have 
had. , The fishing coiild not have been better to the rea- 
sonable man, or the surroundings more pleasant._ He 
sums it up when he says that all the fun in fishing is not 
solelj^ in the catching of the fisn. 
on "where there are some fish." His constant order tt) 
the oarsman is to move the boat to the next pool. 
He finds fault with everything, and every time he loses 
a fish through careless or unskillful handling he blames 
his rod, line, hooks, in fact everything but himself. 
Nothing suits him and he succeeds in not only making 
himself miserable, but those in the boat with him as 
well. 
And now comes another fisherman, one of a party of 
four oft' for a Decoration Day fish. 
The first preparation he makes toward the trip is the 
purchase of a fair-sized pocket-flask and an extra quart 
bottle of liquid bait, the others doing likewise. Rods 
and lines are looked after and deficiencies replenished, of 
course, but then they are mere necessary evils for the 
trip. 
The longed-for afternoon of May 29 arrives and the 
train carries them along to the far-away lake. Securing 
seats in the smoker, before the first card is dealt number 
one insists that the crowd shall sample his brand of 
whisky, and around goes the bottle. It is a matter of 
two or three hours' ride before their destination is 
reached, and because of frequent passings of the various 
bottles after, between and during the deals, the boys 
are now flushed and somewhat hilarious. But they are 
out for a good time, and Decoration Day comes but once 
a year. • 
Arrived at their sleeping quarters out come the cards 
and the ganM goes on and keeps going until the crow 
of the cock, IcCompanied by the first rays of light in the 
faf east, warn them of the coming day. 
In due course they have eateii an tinrelished and huf- 
tied bteakfast, and pairing off a couple of oarsmen pilot 
them out Oh the lake, t do iiot get out Upon the water 
Until later, but when ffly guide has foWed mie near enough 
1 realize that they ate well located, and that the bass are 
gtfiking: The bleared eyes and bedraggled looks of the 
fi^berineh tfell theit own Story. Everything seems to go 
?lvfbng, atid tbe oarshieh are iri, constant demand Undoing 
hA'ck lashings, knots,, snarls and pi:0-l^ihg tbeniseh^es good 
Sajnafitans in .a hilndred ways to the befuddled boys.- The 
flsh are voracious and qiiickly fake tHeir pi-offefed min- 
nows, and at each strike the fun begins. A fi^h a.i biife 
end of tii.e lin,e and a fool at the othef wfis .neve.r .betteir 
illustrated. The way those bass were yanked and flaiiled 
and the contortions through which the rods were put 
was a sight to see. And halt the time they did not seem 
to know whether they were fast to a fish or to the boat's 
keel. 
Under the warming influence of the sun first one and 
then another got drowsy, and it was not long before 
they were all lying in the bottom of the boats sound 
asleep. The oarsmen rowed them into a shady nook 
along the shore and they slept on. 
And when the evening train carried these chaps home 
they had but few fish to show. But they all voted that 
they had had a roaring good time and never enjoyed a 
fishing trip more in their lives. 
Thei; there is the fisherman who lives in a very halo 
of pi-ofanity. He is an Uncomfortable companion to 
baVe in a boat. He curses his rod, his line, his reel, his 
iibOks, bis flies and even cufSes the bait. He curses his 
lufeic, hfe cufSeS tbe fish if he iriakeS a sturdy fight, and 
yfet dUrfeeS hitn if he does not fight. He cUrseS the fish 
wben be strikes him and again when he breaks loose. 
He curses the sun because it's too hot, and curses be- 
cause there's either too much wind or no wind at all. 
Like the Abbot in Ingoldsby: 
He cursed him witti flies, he cursed him with bait; 
From the scales on his tail to the crown of his pate; 
He cursed him in sleeping, that every night 
He should dream of a muscalonge and wake in a fright; 
He cursed him in eating, he cursed him in drinking, 
He cursed him in striking, in biting, in gorging; 
He cursed him in running, in jumping, in sulking; 
He cursed him in swimming, in diving, in sounding; 
He cursed him in living, he cursed him in dying! 
Never was heard such a terrible curse! 
But what gave rise to little surprise, 
Not a fish seemed one penny the worse 1 
This fellow in a boat even for a day becomes tire- 
some, in fact decidedly unpleasant. 
And here is our Icind friend who prides himself on the 
smaliness of his fishing paraphernalia .and ridicules the 
"junk" a fisherman takes into the boat with him, What's 
the use of it? A rod, hue, reel and hook are all a fellow 
wants. He breaks his leader before he has been fishing 
fifteen minutes, and levies on your supply, which have 
cost you a dollar each. He next snags and loses his 
hook and again calls on you. He strikes a good, heavy 
fish and in no uncertain tones calls for yoirr landing net. 
The string by which he secures his fish to the side of 
the boat comes out of your "junk." He thinks a spoon 
for a change would prove a killer, and selects one out of 
your stock. Finally he breaks his rod clean off at the 
second ioint. It's an unspliceable break and without 
qualm or hesitancy he borrows your pet reserve rod. 
The air-cushion seat, out of which you take so much 
comfort, and at which he laughed in the early morn as 
an effeminate piece of rubbish and truck, he borrows of 
you early in the afternoon "just to try it and see how it 
goes," and the consequent change and relief from the 
hatd board seat is so pleasant that it soothes and quiets 
his memory into fotgetfulness. and you find yourself 
doubling up your jacket on your seat to reduce the hard- 
ness Until such times as his irteniory may return and get 
into Working order. 
Tben there is 6tlt Wise and knowing friend who knowe 
ihore abbut tbe lake and mtktn in five minutes than is 
known io out gUide, who has paddkd in it almost from 
the hour of his birth. 
He will tell the guide where to go to get ofl s£*ndy 
bottom, he will mark out the most likelv place fof^ 
spring hole wliere the trout shotfld be, he'll point to the 
distant shotc and oft:hand select the most likely spot to 
cafnb and dine. He even essays to correct the guide s 
stylfe of rb-iving, and succeeds generally m creating no 
end of afguliieht and ttaffling the temper of the guide 
to its limit. 
Then there is the expert wbo eSSdyS to be a critic, and 
while doing little himself in the Way of correct or scien- 
tific fishing, criticises your every move arid aetloll. When 
Dame Fortune proves fickle and yoU lose the fish you 
have been playing, he then, like Mack Tapley, 'cottiea 
out strong." Many are the good and valid reasons giv- 
en you for the mishap and you are informed of them 
with a positiveness that can leave no doubt as to where 
the fault rests. Our critical friend qinckly tries one s 
patience and temper sadly, and soon tempts a fellow to 
invite him to go to Hades, and you fall into temptation— 
and then comparative quiet reigns for the rest of the day. 
Nor vet are they all included in the above, m the experi- 
ence "of my readers undoubtedly "there are others. 
Charles Cristadoro. 
Again there is the nervous, impatient angler. Five 
minutes of unproductive casting over a likely pool, with- 
x>ut an attempt to change his flies, decides him to move 
Boston. and Maine, 
BostoN, June 3.-H, L. Buss, of the Chamber of Com- 
mefce. is at home again from a very enjoyable 
and fairlv successful fishing trip to the bt. ^roix 
waters in Maine. In the party were also H L. 
Pike and daughter, of Medford^ and D. J. Pufter 
wife and daughter, of Boston. They had pretty good 
fishing, landing a good many trout and several salmon. 
Mf Buss is much pleased with landlocked salmon fish- 
ing tbougb, as is almost aUva;y'S the case, he lost his 
biggest salmon, bis majesty haying, leaped entirely out of 
tlie water several times, and at last succeeded m breaking 
tbfe hook Mr. Frank Wise, also of the Chamber of 
Cbtainetce, returned Tuesday from his fishing tfip to 
Nova Scotia.- Me was accompanied by Mr. Charlie Boss 
of Connecticut. TheSe gentlemen have camped and 
fished together for several seasons. This time they went 
to Tusket River. Their route was from Boston to Yar- 
mouth by boat, thence to Brazil Station by tram, and 
thence to Tusket River, at the point they proposed to 
fish some twelve miles bv buckboard. All of the buck- 
board road is hard and smooth, except a mile or two, 
and the ride a very enjoyable one. They took all the 
trout they wanted, finding them to come to the fly freely. 
In swift water the trout were particularly lively; ranging 
in weight from ]4 to ij^lbs. They "camped out" for 
several nights, for the pleasure of it, the weather being 
fine, though rather warm. 
The success of the Allerton Lodge fishing party. Lake 
Mooselucmaguntic, has been something remarkable, and 
adds another triumph to the Rangeley system as king 
of the trout waters of the world. Mooselucmaguntic 
Lake is certainly the leader of that system this j^ear in 
the magnitude of the catches recorded. The Allerton 
Lodge party took in all 183 fish, the united weight_ of 
which was 3S4lbs. This was done in eight days' fishing 
by a party of eight sportsmen. All the party claim that 
they did not fish very hard, though spending some time 
on the water. No very large fish were taken, though 
several weighed from 31^^ to S^^lbs. The fish were all 
"trout with the exception of four salmon; one of 4^1bs. 
and the others of 2 and 2j41bs. This year the party in- 
cluded Col. E. B. Haskell, Col. H. T. Rockwell, John 
E. Hah, H. A. Priest, D. F. Appel, G. W. Russel, John 
A. Lowell and F. L. Felton. Messrs. Haskell, Rockwefl, 
Priest and Lowell have visited the same location for 
several years, but have rarely found the fishing_ quite 
equal to this year. Mr. Haskell, who has been visiting 
the Rangeleys annually for many years, believes that the 
fishermen are now reaping the results of the many acres 
of new feeding- grounds the flowage of the lakes has 
made for the trout. Others claim that, under restocking, 
the fishing in the Rangeley system is annually grp-wing 
better. It is certain that more fishermen are visiting 
these lakes, and that the strings last year were large, and 
this year larger. 
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Sweet, of Boston, are at the 
Rangeleys for a few weeks. Mrs. Swe&t has had the 
good fortune to land a salmon weighing Bj^lbs, — a good 
one for those waters. Late reports say that the salmon 
fishing is better in Rangeley Lake, and that the promises 
are as good as last year, when a great many were taken. 
Mr. W. F. Sturtevant, of Springfield, Mass., who has 
been fishing the Rangeley waters for some days, as has 
been his custom for many seasons, had a very novel ex- 
perience at Rangeley Lake the other day. While trolling 
for a 151b. salmon, with his guide, Will Huntoon, they 
sighted a deer swimming across the lake. Giving chase 
they soon overtook it, when the guide, seizing it by the 
ears, soon had it in the boat. Pulling for camp with 
their prize, they landed him on the grounds of the 
Rangeley Lake House, where all the guests, as well as 
employees, had a good look at the beautiful creature. 
When all bad admired his catch to their satisfaction, Mr. 
Sturtevant told the guide to let him go. With a few 
most graceful bounds the deer was quickly in the grove 
near the hotel. 
June 6. — Fishing at Moosehead is reported to be hold- 
ing out better than ever. The rainy weather is believed 
to be favorable, though not so pleasing to the fishermen. 
Mr. Frank S. Harrison returned Friday from a month of 
excellent fishing at Moosehead. He was located a part 
of the time at Capen's Deer Island. Lie brougtat out 
two beautiful fish, which he showed in Appleton & Bas- 
sett's windoAV Saturday. The pair, weighing 4lbs. each, 
were a brook trout and a landlocked salmon. The trout 
was a good one for Moosehead, and the salmon shows 
that the restocking done there is bearing fruit. Mr. 
Harrison also took a lake trout of 2olbs. weight. 
Mr. Thomas Baxter, one of the "high divers" at the re- 
cent Boston Sportsmen's Exhibition, is a great lover of 
the trout rod. He has started for Machias waters with 
his old guide, Scott. He will camp out most of the 
time, visiting a number of trout waters in the wilderness. 
Mr. A. S. Woodworth, with Mr. Kidder and a couple 
of New York friends, is absent at the Rangeleys for his 
spring fishing trip. They will visit Billy Soule's and 
other noted points. Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Crane have left 
Round Mountain Lake for the Upper Dam, where they 
nope to take one of those big trout for which that locality 
is noted. At Round Mountain they had all the fly-fishing 
for small trout they could ask for. Mr. Crane speaks in 
tlie highest terms of the fly-fishing at that point, and 
says that it is improving. 
Mr. W. C. Hemmenway reports some good brook fish- 
ing at Nashua, N. H. He went out the other day, with 
his little boy of eight years, to a brook not over two 
miles from the city, and took twenty-seven trout, nine- 
teen of which he returned to the water again. The boy 
caught two, at which he was greatly delighted. Mr. 
Henimenway says that the brooks in that section afford 
particularly good fishing this year, the continued rains 
having kept the water high and given the trout a chance 
to run up from the larger waters. He believes tbat he 
coifld take a larger string by fishing some of the streams 
through the meadows in that vicinity. 
Mr. E. C. Stevens is back from his first pickerel fishing 
trip to Lake Dunmore, Salisbury, Vt, this season. He 
was accompanied by Mr. N. M. Markwell and a friend 
from New York. They found the Avater high and the 
weather cold, hence their success was not great, though 
they took two pickerel of 8 and 8j/2lbs. weight, and a 
lake trout of 4lbs. It seems that Lake Dunmore is 
particularly noted for the large pickerel it affords. 
Continued good reports of the fishing at the Rangeleys 
are coming. At the Upper Dam fly-fishing is beginning 
in good earnest. T. B. Stewart, there for his fifteenth 
season, has taken several good ones on the fly. Mr. 
Charles Davis, of New York, has taken on the fly a 
trout of 4lbs. Mr. Freeland Howe, of Norway, Me., has 
just taken a fine salmon of 61bs. Warren Page, of 
Salem, Mass., took a string of trout the other day weigh- 
ing respectively 7H. 4 and 3lbs., with several of 2lbs. 
weight. The catch of Mr. Phinney, already noted in the 
Forest and Stream, in part, proves to have been the 
most remarkable on record at the Upper Dam. Mr. 
Phinney's first catch was three trout of 7, 6j/< and 5?/<lbs. 
weight. The next day Messrs. Phinney and Gormley 
took four trout weighing 7J4, 6, 6 and 4lbs. Mr. A. E. 
Lincoln, of Boston, has taken two trout of 7^4 and 5;4lbs. 
Prof. J. F. Moody took a trout of 4lbs., one of 3lbs. and 
one of 25^1bs., and fishing from the same boat Miss 
Madie Moody took one of 3lbs., all in a few hours' fish- 
ing. The next day he made a record of twenty-seven 
trout, the largest 2^1bs.; returning more than a quarter 
of the number to the water. 
At Rangeley Lake the salmon fishing is reported good. 
Mr. W. F. Sturtevant has taken a plb. salmon, and 
Mrs. Sturtevant one of 81bs. Mrs. Sturtevant has also 
recently taken a trout of 5j41bs. Mr. E. C. Astby has 
taken two salmon of 7% and 4yilbs, weight; G. C. 
Graves, a 43^1b. salmon; F. A. Field, a SJ^lb. salmon; O. 
I. Wellman, two 4Hlb. salmon; A. S. Woodworth, a 
6Hlb. and a 3lb. trout; J. B. Smith, a 7lb. salmon and 
a 4^1b. trout; W. C. Miller, a 7lb. salmon; B. D. Sweet, 
a 4Hlb. salmon. 
At Newfound Lake the fishing has continued good, 
though the season is nearly over. Walter Merril, of East 
Hcb ron, has taken the largest trout of the week, weighing 
i2lbs. He is closely followed by J. W. Slaven, of Boston, 
with one of iij^lbs. Charles E. Rounds, of Bristol, has 
landed a trout of 5lbs. and one of 4lbs. Elwyn Robie has 
taken one of slbs. A party of Massachusetts anglers 
took home eight good fish Thursday. John F. Maynard 
and B. G. Ooburn, a couple of local anglers of Plymouth, 
took over 100 trout in one day from Orange Hifl Brook 
the other day. The brook is in Hebron. 
Special. 
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