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Susquehanna Fishing. 
Sayke, Pa., July 19,— A torrid July night! The clock 
strikes iQ. Pen and pad are slipped into the capacious 
drawei- of the ink-begrimed Writing dfesk and Wofk for 
the night ceases. 
Then from out a chair in the dim corner of the rOoril 
arises a tall, slim lad of ten with sun-kissed cheeks and 
the big, dark eyes of a sweet mother now abiding beyond 
"the valley of the shadow of death," and softly gliding to 
the back of the desk chair he affectionately rubs a velvety 
cheek against a four days' growth of beard, and anxiously 
queries, "Papa, when are you going fishing?" 
In sootheful tones the father seeks to give the son re- 
newed assurances of the fulfillment of a promise to play 
angler for a day, and the animated discussion of the 
matter concludes by father and son adjourning to an up- 
stairs apartment,- where the younger of the pair plunges 
into the depths of the family trunk and brings forth a 
wonderfully defaced cigar box, from out whose con- 
tracted space a wretched snarl of hooks, lines, spoons, 
bass flies, sinkers, "bobbers," etc., are proraiscously 
tumbled in historic boy fashion. 
Down on the floor with heads dangerously near the 
puffy kerosene lamp go man and boy, forgetful of the 
hour, and all weariness absorbed in the enthusiasm that 
is well nigh universal at this season. The merits and 
capabilities of each particular utensil belonging to that 
rickety_ cigar box are graphically dwelt upon as the 
clock ticks on past the bed time hour, until the extremes 
of age are effaced and only the jo3rous companionship 
of two angling enthusiasts remains to sign and compact 
a mutually delightful agreement to go fishing at the first 
opportunitj'. 
Thus it happens that a chained-to-work citizen of Sayre 
and a bright young student of Forest and Stream litera- 
ture are daily inventing original and deadly fashions of 
flirting the toothsome fly, meanwhile watching alertly 
for a chance to steal away for a day's outing afloat the 
lovely Susquehanna. 
God bless the boys over whom broods the spirit of the 
gentle Walton ! May they increase in numbers and man- 
liness, and become, if not Presidents, the noble citizens of 
the first Republic! 
Some of the gayest angling of the season is now being 
had on the Susquehanna, beginning at a point shortly 
below Athens and continuing well past Wyalusing, Pa. 
Two citizens of Athens were on the aforementioned 
river July 16 and took fifty black bass, avering nice size. 
The i8th inst., Geo. Crawford and C. W. Ballard, of 
Athens, rowed down the river some seven miles, and 
during a merry day's angling caught twenty-seven black 
bass averaging from ^ to i pound. One day last week 
on the Susquehanna, opposite Wyalusing, Charles E. 
Courtney, Dr. Brown and one or two other Ithaca anglers 
took thirty black bass. Wyalusing enjoys more than a 
merely local reputation as an outfitting point for bass 
fishing, and it is easily reached on the main line of the 
Lehigh Valley Railroad. Points between Wyalusing and 
Athens, including Ulster and Towanda, afford excellent 
bass fishing, and just now, by virtue of a continued 
drought and a lack of food coming in from tributary 
streams, the bass are said to be biting voraciously. 
On the Chemung and Susquehanna at points abreast of 
Sayre and Athens, a good many yellow bass, rock bass 
and not a few Wack bass are being caught. Some yellow 
bass running in weight to 10 pounds have been taken. 
One part3r, whose name is not at hand, caught a dozen 
yellow bass one morning recently, the lightest one scoring 
4 pounds, the heaviest 10 pounds. 
The fishing on both these rivers, in this particular 
locality, at least, would be greatly benefited if the illegal 
fishermen, those who use "outlines" or "set lines," nets, 
etc., were forced to desist. So flagrant and open-handed 
have these violaters lately become that the Sayre and 
Athens Evening News last night devoted a scathing article 
to the practices of this lawless element, and concluded by 
calling upon the authorities to suppress the law defiers. 
To any intending fishermen of the Susquehanna, advice 
may be tendered to use for bait live minnows, green frogs, 
helgramites or j^oung bullheads, flies of the approved 
fashion being, of course, always in order. River fishing, 
as experienced from the gleam of the picturesque Sus- 
quehanna, hath its unsurpassed delights, both in the far 
reach of the onspeeding waters and the glorious beauty 
of the bordering country. Variety, such as every new 
bend in the classic river affords, is enriched with en- 
chantments. Added to this, the promise of delightsome 
sport with a "dead game" member of the finny nation, and 
you _ have an inducement that only a patriarch with a 
torpid liver and a fancy for Chinese fiction can passively 
resist. M. Chill. 
July Fishing in Maine. 
Boston, July 23. — Not only has the interest in angling 
in New England waters been greater this season than 
ever before, but ic is holding out into the hot weather 
most remarkably. I was somewhat surprised to find 
fishermen trolling July 14 on Rangeley waters about as 
much as in the earlier season, and to find that they are 
actually taking pretty good strings of trout and salmon. 
Perhaps the weather and the high water have much to do 
with their success. In that region it had rained every 
day for four weeks up to July 17 — only showers some 
days, but a rain nevertheless. The woods were as full of 
water as in spring time, and the lakes are as full as they 
ever are in early spring. Good strings are being brought 
in at Bemis. H. C. Kennedy, of Brooklyn, and Dr. H. 
M. Wells, of New York, brought in fifty trout one after- 
noon last week, all taken on the fly. T. B. Stewart, the 
veteran angler, is taking some good trout and salmon at 
the Upper Dam. He fiishes the Pool nearly every day. 
Mr. Doane has been fishing there of late. The catch of 
both these anglers is generally returned to the water. 
At Moosehead the same April weather has been ex- 
perienced as at the Rangeleys. and though it has kept the 
sportsmen, as well as summer boarders, indoors, it has 
also greatly improved the fishing, the record being ex- 
cellent for the past two or three weeks. From Eustis and 
the Dead River waters come reports of most excellent 
stream fishing, the rain an<} high water |eneraUy bein^ 
favorable. The fetv" anglers who have had the courage 
to thread the rain-charged forests and wade the some- 
what swollen streams have been rewarded with fine creels 
of trout. 
Mr. L. O. Crane, of Boston, is at B ig Island Pond, 
Megantic Preserve, with Mrs. Crane. He Avrites that the 
camps are all full there now, a party of sixteen having 
just come in. Fishing in all the ponds around Big 
Island is good and iriiproving, In Big Island it has been 
poor since the hot weather, "It rains about all the time, 
and has for the last four weeks. There is not much left 
of the roads, except the rocks. The rains have washed 
them about all away. I got twenty-five tfout in L. 
Pond one afternoon, and Angle" (Mrs. Crane) "about a 
dozen. We saved about half of them for the table. Two 
men got about a hundred in Grant and Northwest ponds 
the same afternoon. Great improvements have been made 
in the camps here the present season, but the greatest of 
all is the big, log dining camp and kitchen. From this 
point the lakes, woods and mountains are everything in 
the way of views, fresh air and ozone. It suits us way 
to the ground. On the way in J. saw one of the biggest 
bucks I have ever seen, across a field a little way from 
the Shaw House. We also saw two large does and three 
flocks of partridges. The deer stood together and never 
moved as we passed by, only about 50 yards away." 
Mr, Frank N. Gannong,'of the Boston Herald, is still 
trying the bass and pickerel in Sudbury River, with occa- 
sional good success. He got a couple of fine bass last 
week. He says that the amount of fishing done there is 
great, boats are moving all the time, and it is a wonder 
that any fish are left. Mr. John G. Wright, a well-known 
Boston angler, has started for an extended fishing trip to 
the north shore of Lake Superior. He promises me a 
full account of that country on his return. Fish Com- 
missioner Henry O. Stanley called on me the other day. 
He is much pkased with the way the fishing is holding 
out in Maine waters this year. He has made another im- 
provement in his Rangeley spinner, attaching a small, 
loose hook to the same, just above the other hook, the gut 
passing through an eye at the end of the hook. He has 
also changed the coloring of the spoon, decorating the 
white body with carmine spots and mottles. 
At Billy Soule's, Gupsuptic Lake. Mr. Hugh G. Brown, 
of Boston, has been taking some fine trout and salmon. 
Mrs. S. J. Knight and Miss Susie Knight are enjo3''ing 
the fishing. Mr. M'. M. Gillam has been enjoying a fishing 
and outing vacation at Munyon's camps. He has had fine 
sport on Quimby and other ponds. The camps and cot- 
tages at the Rangeleys are fast filling up with summer 
boarders, who care but little for fishing. 
Senator W, P, Frye, of Maine, is just out from salmon 
fishing at the Ristigouche. His success has been good, as 
it always is with the gamy fish, and no one enjoyes it 
more. He sent home to Mr. F. H. Briggs, of Auburn, 
Me., a salmon of 22 pounds weight. This was one of four 
large ones taken in one day. The fish fought an hour, but 
Senator Frye was equal to the task in every way, though 
the capture was a long way down river from the strike. 
The Senator will pass the rest of the summer at Squirrel 
Island, going to his camp, Mooselucmaguntic Lake, in 
the early fall, to again try the trout. Special. 
San Francisco Fly-Castingf Cltib. 
Medal contests, series 1900, contest No. 9, held at Stow 
Lake, July 14. Wind, strong Avest; weather, good: 
Event Event Event 
No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, • 
Distance, Accuracy, . Event No. 8, , Lure 
Feet. Per cent. Acc. % Del. % Net % Casting^ 
Brooks 107 67 78 60.10 69.5 
Brotherton ..... 115 84.4 87.4 63.4 75.4 85 
Edwards 105 84.4 87.8 74.2 80.11 64 3-5 
Everett 101 91 84 71.8 77.10 
Golciier 124 86.4 77.8 79.2 78.5 
Lovett 124 91 79.8 79.2 79.5 97 
Mansfield 93.8 91 76.8 83.10 87 3-5 
Muller 102 ■ 90 85.4 75 80.2 
Young 101 89 88 73.4 SO. 8 
Judges, Golcher and Everett; referee, Brotherton; clerk, 
Smyth. - 
July 15. Wind, strong west; weather, foggy: 
H. Battu 95 89 89 80 81.6 73 4-5 
Brooks 106 79,8 83 67.6 75.3 66 
Brotherton 121 87.8 91.8 78.4 85 87 1-5 
Golcher 126 91 91 75.10 83.5 
Everett 108 93 90 75.10 82.11 
Huyck 103.6 83.8 92.4 73.4 82.10 
Haight 90 91 87.8 78.4 83 
Lovett 123.6 9.04 90.4 75 82.8 98 4-5 
Mansfield 95 89.8 84.2 86.11 85 1-5 
Roos 74 .. 71.4 50 60.8 
Stratton 99 82.8 86 79.2 82.7 73 
Young 109 92.4 91.8 79.2 85.5 
Judges, Lovett and Battu; referee, Everett; clerk, 
Smyth. ' 
Chicago Fly-Castingf Club. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Here is the score of the first contest of the Chicago Fly- 
Casting Club for this season. The lagoon was in such 
filthy condition we could not finish the scores : 
Distance and 
Accuracy, Bait Casting, 
T ^ „ , Per Cent, Per Cent. 
|- & ''^ 96 4-15 
I. H, Bellows 871-3 9614-15 
L. I. Blackman 521-3 94 745 
C Brown....,,,',.,.^,.,...,, 861-3 88 2-5 
H. Greenwood 812-3 94 2-5 
G. Hascall 891-3 96 2-5 
N. C. Heston 89 2-3 92 2-15 
E. R. Letterman 911-3 85 8-15 
^- N. Peet , 92 2-3 95 4-15 
G. w. Salter .. 95 
L. G. Stiles 911-3 92 14-15 
J. Wood 87 
H. H. Ainsworth 731-3 8613-15 
Geo. A. Murrell, Sec'y-Treas. 
Caytiga Lake Fishingf. 
Word comes from Cayuga Lake, N. Y., to the effect 
that at Union Springs all the witchery of good £shing is 
now to be had. Union Springs has for some time enjoyed 
the distinction of being a splendid outfitting point for 
the best muscallonge, pickerel and bass fishing in central 
New York. At Canoga Point, across from the Springs, 
are some noble pickerel and muscallonge grounds. For 
this fishing, go via Auburn division of the Lehigh Valley 
Hajlrpad; stop off at Union Springs a,nd outfit at Norm 
Carr's supply house. Perch of large dimensions are als© 
to be caught at the above point. At Cayuga village, the' 
extreme north end of the lake, muscallonge, pickerell. 
Oswego and black bass, perch, and, I am told, pike, may 
be taken. Mud Lock, two or three miles below Cayuga,, 
furnishes some excellent pickerel fishing. While the' 
muscallonge do- not average large in size, they are ofr 
high quality, and fighters to the final degree. Oswego* 
bass are taken of goodly weight, and they are of delicioti& 
table quality. 
Cayuga village is a sequestered hamlet clinging, in' 
part, tenaciously to an unromantic hillside, but there is 
an ancient flavor and a fine old art look to the place which 
the true angler cannot resist. So he will be charmed with 
its setting, fall a victim to its calm, still behavior and 
proceed to catch fish for the public gaze. 
Upon the whole, there are happy days in store for the 
angler who chooses to pass a brief vacation along 
Cayuga's waters. M, Chill. 
American Fisheries Society* 
The American Fisheries Society annual meeting was 
held at Wood's Holl, Mass., last week, President Jno. W. 
Titcomb presiding. The attendance was large, all parts 
of the country being represented. A visit was made to 
New Bedford and the Wild Wood trout hatchery at 
East Freetown, the proceedings of the society being con- 
tinued on the United States Commission steamer Fish 
Hawk on the way. Another excursion was to Provi- 
dence and the oyster beds in Narragansett Bay, with ara 
old-fashioned Rhode Island clambake. The next meet- 
ing will be held July 19-21, 1901, at Milwaukee. The 
new oflicers are: President, F. B. Dickerson, Michigan;; 
Vice-President, E. Bryant, Wisconsin; Secretary, Sey- 
mour Bower, Michigan; Corresponding Secretary, W.. 
DeC, Ravenel; Treasurer, C. W. Miller, Rhode Island; 
Executive Committee, Alden Solmans (Connecticut), 
Frank N. Clarke (Michigan), Dr. James (Philadelphia), 
Mr. Hamilton (New York), Mr. Stranahan (Georgia), 
Mr. Wentworth (New Hampshire) and Mr. C. CyMalley 
(Washington). 
Fishing and Shooting at Gaspe* 
In response to an inquiry. Com. J. U. Gregory, of Que- 
bec, tells us of Gaspe, which is on the Bale des Chaleurs, 
or Chaleurs Bay : 
Shooting caribou, partridge, duck and snipe begins in 
September. Fishing is allowed up to October for trout, 
and salmon can only be fished by permit from lessees of 
rivers, and hard to be obtained. Sea trout plentiful up 
the rivers. Sea fishing for cod, mackerel, etc., can be 
enjoyed. Hotel good, and rates not high — about $1.50 per 
/ day. There are also one or two boarding houses. Taken 
all in all, Gaspe is a very nice place to spend some time, 
in at very reasonable rates. Carleton, Bale des Chaleurs, 
is another beautiful place; good fishing and shooting, and 
cheap. Can go there by rail all the way. This is the 
cheapest, and, I think, the finest place. Port Daniel is 
another beautiful spot in Bale des Chaleurs. 
Fishing with Kites. 
Allenhu^st, N. J., July 21.— Mr. E. I. Horsman has 
been conducting a series of experiments for catching fish 
in the ocean by the use of kites. Fishing in this way is 
unfortunately limited to days when the wind is blowing 
off shore. A tandem of kites is sent into the air and a 
small pully is attached to the main string, through which 
the fish line is rove, then the kites are let out enough to 
enable the fisherman to drop his baited hooks into the 
surf or wherever the fish may be running. At the first 
trial a big bluefish was caught, but Mr. Horsman had left 
the reel, and the delay in drawing in the kites caused the 
loss of the fish. This system of fishing can be used in 
swiftly running channels, the surf or in rapids where boats 
could not go with safety. 
Barnegat Bay. 
Barnegat City, N. J., July 21. — Rod fishing in the 
surf for channel bass or red drum continues good. Many 
striped bass have been taken. A new way to reach 
Barnegat City is by the steamer Connetquot, which plies 
between this point and Barnegat Pier. The Pennsylvania 
Railroad from New York at 12 :20 reaches the pier at 
3 :37 and the steamer brings one there in an hour. 
In the morning it connects at the pier at 7:16 with 
the Toms River express, which gets into New York at 
9:53. This route is sixty miles shorter than the old 
one, and saves two hours in time. 
July 22. — Mr. E. G. Chandler caught fifty-seven fine 
striped bass yesterday. This makes 102 for two days' 
fishing. Fishing is very good. Weakfish are very plenti- ■ 
lul and running very large, some of them 4 pounds. 
Sea Bass and Fluke by the Barrel, 
Queenswater, L. I., July 23.— The new fishing grounds 
known as Queenswater Ridge are proving a veritable 
bonanza for local fishermen. It is no uncommon thing for 
. fishing parties to catch two barrels of fish to a boat at one 
tide. The first bass of the season was caught last Aveek. 
It weighed 8 pounds. 
Fire Island Bluefishing. 
Sayville, L. L. July 23. — Renorts come of large catches 
of bluefish off Fire Island Inlet. One captain came in 
with 300 pounds caught by trolling. Mr. E. Childs and 
some friends caught thirty-two on Friday weighing from 
8 to 14 poimds. 
The Belgian Hare. 
The Belgian hare breeding industry has assumed the 
dimensions of a craze. Starting on the Pacific Coast, it 
has crossed the Rocky Mountains and is making gigan- 
tic strides— or leaps, since we are speaking of hares — 
eastward toward the Atlantic. Reports are printed of 
profits of $40 per year from the produce of one doe. 
marketed in New York city; and it appears that fancy 
breeds which boast requisite pedigrees run in value from 
$500 to $1,000. The hare is in many section? a clo,sp, scq- 
ond to the hen as ^ revenue bringer. 
