Jan. 28, 1905.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Dictionary of Angling* 
COMPILED BY SHAGANOSS. 
Anchor.— A mechanical device for sub-aqueous en- 
gagement with the alluvial or rocky bottom of lake or 
river. Fish-hooks are sometimes so employed, but such 
use is not recommended by the best standard authori- 
ties. 
Angler. — An Enthusiast. See "Bait-Bottle." 
Angleworm. — An attractive kind of bait, highly popu- 
lar with small boys, and sometimes for convenience car- 
ried in the mouth. But this practice is open to some 
obj ections. 
Bait. — Something for the angler to spit on: usually a 
worm. 
Bait-Bottle. — A dark colored, hollow, vitreous recep- 
tacle, preferably of overcoat-pocket size; usually filled 
with enthusiasm in the morning, and always empty at 
night. 
Bite. — When a black bass grabs a minnow, chaws it to 
death and spits it out, that counts as a bite — but it don't 
help the score. 
Black Fly. — An original and malicious back-biter. 
Boat. — A floating, leaky structure of considerable size, 
intended to be loaded with fish, but generally isn't. 
Camp. — A convenient place in which to forget it's 
Sunday. 
Camp-Fire. — A rendezvous for the making up of 
"scores," and a kind of "Clearing-House" for "Fish 
Yarns"- — q. v. 
Clearing Ring. — When you hook fast on to a rocky 
bottom, reel up taut and run a heavy clearing ring down 
the taut line. It will push the rocky bottom down away 
from the hook, and leave the latter free to come up. Sel- 
,dom known to fail. 
Click. — A musical attachment to a reel, and about as 
musical as the bark of a yellow dog. 
Dope. — A filthy, vile and malodorous concoction of 
[castor oil, pennyroyal and tar; chiefly used for fattening 
black flies, mosquitoes and no-see-ums. 
Fish Yarn. — A synonym for what soap-makers call 
'"Concentrated Lye." 
Float. — An, implement used by the lazy to augment 
their own laziness. 
Fly. — A tinseled and feathered delusion, extensively 
;used as a decoration for tree-tops. 
Fly-Fishing. — Wading a cold stream, sitting down in 
it now and then ; monkeying a fly along the surface of 
the water, or hooking it into the neighboring bushes and 
calling it sport. 
Guide. — A native who is hired (and well paid) to go 
along. Presumably he does the hard work, and pre- 
sumably you capture the game; but sometimes it works 
out the other way. 
Gut. — Two kinds. Some are carried in a tub; some 
are tied to a line or hook. See "Snell." 
Hook. — "Deceitful above all things and desperately 
wicked." Jer. 17:9. 
Landing Net. — See "Rod." 
Leader. — There are several kinds. The one that breaks 
is the most common. 
LiNE.^ — A high-priced variety of pack-thread, coiled up 
in measured lengths, frequently rotten, usually tangled, 
and generally N. G. 
Minnow.- — The innocent victim of an angler's brutality. 
Mosquito.— A somewhat numerous denizen of the cir- 
cumambient atmosphere, justly celebrated for five virtues: 
1. Late to go to bed. 
2. Early to get up. 
3. A musical note of friendship. 
4. A long bill. 
5. General cussedness. 
No-See-Um. — Six of them would break up the stiffest 
kind of a poker game. 
Over-Run. — The chief purpose of a reel is to over- 
run the line. 
Portage. — A place where the angler becomes a pack- 
mule (or jackass), acquires an assortment of aches and 
pains not known to Christian Science, and_ frequently 
indulges in highly reprehensible acts of profanity. 
Reel. — In miniature the crank of a grindstone, the 
spool of a windlass, the break of a trolley car, the slick- 
ness of a bunco-steerer, and the howl of a coffee- 
mill. 
Rise. — When an angler sits down in cold water he gen- 
erally rises, and also makes a few remarks "not intended 
for publication," but which are a sufficient "guarantee of 
good faith" on his part. 
Rise-Short. — If, in trying to rise, he loses his balance 
'and goes down again, that is a "rise-short." 
Rod. — Any angler who does not know a fishing-rod 
v/hen he meets one in the woods, is too much of a D. F. 
to learn anything from a dictionary. 
Sandwich. — Nominally an article of food, chiefly in- 
tended to delude the stomach. 
Scales.- — There are two kinds : 
1. The armor-plate of a fish. 
2. The protection of a liar. 
' Score. — A sum-total made up of: 
1. Your own game — usually not much. 
2. Your guide's game — a little more. 
3. The game that got away— rather numerous. 
4. Game of imagination — quite abundant. 
Sinker.— An article of high specific gravity, sometimes 
made of lead and sometimes of soggy dough and tough 
ham. It doesn't make much difference which you 
swallow. 
Snell.— A short section of the intestinal secretions of a 
silkworm, tied to a hook, chiefly for the purpose of en- 
hancing its selling price. 
Speckled Beauties.— A cant phrase once much in 
vogue, but now used only by idiots and greenies. 
Spoon.— "Three of a kind" and a pendant that has the 
"jim-jams" when in use. 
Sportsman.— A man who enjoys hard work with no 
pay, and prefers the leaky tents of barbarism to the com- 
forts of civilization. . , 
Sportsmanship.— Trying to get something you dont 
own without paying for it. 
Still-fishing.— Sitting motionless, holding a rod, eye- 
ing a float and damning the fish. • ,1 -r 
Strike.— An excellent way to break a rod, especially if 
you have hooked on to a sunken log, tree-root or rocky 
^ttom. I have tried three, 
Sport with the Steelheads. 
San Francisco, Jan. 16.— For the past ten days local 
devotees of rod and spoon have been having some ex- 
cellent and exciting sport with the big fresh run of 
steelheads which recently swam in from ocean waters 
and assumed temporary position in the tidewater pools 
of Paper Mill Creek, awaiting opportunity for a trip up 
stream to their spawning grounds. The recent heavy 
rainfall afforded the opportunity. The banks of the 
stream were comfortably filled last Friday; the finny 
travelers fared upward, and the anglers were left to their 
own devices. 
The presence of these kings of the water was dis- 
covered ten days since, and while the schools were held 
back by low water, many good kills were made, several 
good tackles lost, and some good "yarns" treasured up 
for future use around camp-fire. 
Frank Dolliver landed a 9-pounder, which was enough 
glory for one afternoon. On Sunday the 8th inst., "Dell" 
Cooper, J. M. Thomson, James Lynch, "Pop" Carroll, 
Bert Spring, Joseph Pincus, "Abe" Banker, and Frank 
Fompf, hea ring that the condition of the stream for 
steelhead angling was about right, repaired thither with 
proper paraphernalia and high hopes. 
Mr. Cooper was the first to "get busy." His antago- 
nist was a big strong fellow, hooked on a spoon. The 
struggle was long and fierce, the steelhead finally dis- 
gorging the spoon. Cooper, nothing daunted, now rigged 
up with bait, and was soon engaged in a second unsuc- 
cessful argument with the same big one. Next Bert 
Spring went a-prospecting for the doughty giant, and 
was more careful and more successful than Cooper. 
After a long and tedious battle, the handsome steelhead 
was laid on the scales, which stopped at the lo-pound 
notch. It was a female full of roe. 
"Pop" Carroll got into an argument with a 12- 
pounder, which proved to be a "spent" fish. Another 
angler, whose name I did not learn, killed an 8-pound 
"buck" trout near the bridge. 
Messrs. Dolliver and Banker explored the "White 
House" pool last Monday afternoon, and found a-plenty 
doing. Their two first strikes got well hooked, but that 
was all. They simply "walked away" with a couple of 
handsome tackles, and are walking yet, for aught to the 
contrary known. These two, after repairing their mis- 
fortunes, succeeded in annexing a brace of handsome 
ones, but their next engagements lost them their tackles 
• — Dolliver even breaking a stout rod. 
By Tuesday more sports had received the tip, and S. 
A. Wells, Bert Spring and Clarence AshHii tried the 
stream. Most of the trout previously seen in the pools 
had evidently gone out with the tide ; nevertheless Mr. 
Spring's cup of happiness was filled to the brim when 
he rolled a lo-pound beauty in the green grass. Mr. 
Wells' luck was with him, as usual ; a 14-pounder came 
to his gaff. Mr. Ashlin was "left at the post." He had 
a number of strikes, but failed to set his barb. 
Last Thursday the "Dook of 'Ayden," Chas. Lynn, 
and his son, John Schloen and Messrs. Gorden and 
Dougal made the last killings, taking a number of splen- 
did trout. Besides the noteworthy catches mentioned 
above, a large number of smaller ones were made. Alto- 
gether the sport was excellent while it lasted. 
The storm of last Friday drove the fishermen home. 
But a number of the regulars went away with ill-con- 
cealed intent to further prospect the stream last Sunday 
— yesterday — and the early part of this week. 
A close season on steelhead will prevail from Febru- 
ary I to April I. It is now lawful to catch steelhead in 
tidewaters only. The law, I am sorry to say, is scantily 
observed. Many violations are reported to have 
occurred in Paper Mill Creek above the flow of the tide, 
where the spearing of trout is the favorite method of 
capture. This sort of vandalism, I am reliably infornied, 
is of annual recurrence in this section. The fault lies not 
so much at the threshold of the game protectors as at 
the lack of State game protection. The Florida game 
hog seems to have emigrated to California after having 
almost killed every living thing within the borders of 
the Land of Flowers. 
Russian River at Duncan's is reported_ to be yet too 
high for good angling. This is a favorite resort with 
many anglers. If there is opportunity for any sport 
before the close season falls, a number of local sportsmen 
purpose giving the stream a final test. J. D. C. 
Fish and Fishing, 
The Court of Appeals of the Province of Quebec, 
technically called the Court of King's Bench, has given 
its long-expected decision upon the appeal of the Eraser 
estate from the judgment of the court below, which lat- 
ter was favorable to the Government, in the_ action in- 
volving the salmon angling rights in the Moisie River on 
the north shore of the Lower St. Lawrence. The his- 
tory of this river and of the litigation in connection 
therewith is a most interesting one. The Moisie has 
yielded the largest salmon ol the coast, and some of the 
biggest fishing scores. The property along the banks of 
the river opposite the famous pools has for many years 
past belonged to Mr. Alexander Eraser. These riparian 
rights were supposed to carry with them the rights to 
the salmon angling, and so valuable have they become 
in recent years that the sum of $40,000 was placed upon 
them. They were acquired some time ago by Mr. Ivers 
W. Adams, of Boston, who also owns a number of other 
valuable salmon fishing rights in different parts of 
Canada. The Provincial Government, however, con- 
tested the right of Mr. Adams to the fishing, and leased 
it to Messrs. Fitch, Boswell and others, of Quebec. Mr. 
Adams enforced his rights, and the Attorney-General _ of 
the Province, being pressed by the lessees, took an action 
in law to dispossess him, the Superior Court deciding 
that because the river was, in its opinion, a navigable one, 
the fishing in it was the property of the Crown. Mr. 
Adams, in the name of the estate of Mr. Fraser, ap- 
pealed from this judgment, with the result that it has 
been unanimously reversed by the full bench of five 
judges of the Court of King's Bench, and Mr. Adams, 
or rather the Fraser estate, from whom he looks for the 
complete title, is confirmed in possession of the fishing 
rights It has not yet been decided whether or not the 
casf will be furthw appealed to the Supreme Court of 
the Dominion. The present judgment is not based upon 
the navigability or otherwise of the river, concerning 
which the judges differed, stating that they found they 
could decide the matter unanimously on other grounds, 
and that the fishing was secured to the owner of the 
riparian rights by the Crown patent conveying the 
property. The judgment is a most important one, both 
to salmon fishermen and to the Government, since it 
tends to upset what was supposed to have been already 
definitely settled concerning the jurisprudence affecting 
riparian rights in both navigable and non-navigable 
rivers. And it is still a mooted question with the judi- 
ciary as well as with the Government and with fishermen 
as to what constitutes a navigable river in the sense of 
the law affecting salmon fisheries, since many rivers are 
necessarily navigable by birch bark canoes which could 
not be navigated by an ocean steamer, nor even by a 
schooner or sailboat. E. T. D. Chambers. 
Forbid the Sale of Trout. 
J. W. Pond, Chief Protector of the Forest, Fish and 
Game Commission, recently returned from an extended 
trip through the Adirondack region. When asked if the 
people he met made any reference to legislation affect- 
ing fish and game, he replied as follows: 
"There seems to be an almost unanimous sentiment 
against the sale of venison and brook trout taken withim 
this State, and many go so far as to say that if the law 
cannot apply to the whole State, they sincerely hope 
that a law will be passed that will apply to all of the 
Adirondack counties included in the Forest Preserve. 
"Personally I believe this would be a move in the right 
direction, and if such a law could be enacted there would 
be no further need of legislation for the protection of the 
deer of the Adirondacks; and surely all fair-minded 
people must admit that, in view of the expense the State 
has been put to in the last fifteen or twenty years in 
propagating and distributing trout — which are the 
property of the general public and not of any few indi- 
viduals, as the courts have unanimously declared — it 
seems too bad that a small number of persons who 
might be termed "fish pirates" are permitted to whip the 
streams _ from the time the trout season opens until it 
closes, in all kinds of weather and under all circum- 
stances, merely to sell to meat markets in the neighbor- 
ing_ villages, the proceeds of the catch supporting them 
in idleness to the detriment of the majority and better 
class of people who realize that good trout fishing 
furnishes healthful recreation, and brings to the Adiron- 
dacks a large revenue annually." 
Mr. Pond further said: "In past years several persons 
who persist in fishing for the market have been caught 
with small gill nets that can be carried in the pocket, and 
which will span the ordinary trout stream. If the sale 
of trout could be prohibited, it would certainly put a 
stop to this illegal mode of fishing, and must result in 
great good — a fact which cannot be disputed." 
Major Pond, said he saw a petition which was being 
freely circulated through three or four of the Adiron- 
dack towns asking for legislation of this nature. 
Lake Pleasant Landlocked Salmon. 
Sussex, N. B., Jan. 13. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
I notice in your issue of December 10, 1904, a letter 
from Mr. E. T. D. Chambers in re landlocked salmon 
in Pleasant Lake, near Sussex, N. B., wherein he 
describes the lake planting of 25,000 salmon fry, the 
growth of same, and a certain number caught in one 
day ; also, in your issue of December 31 of the same 
month, a reply from The Old Angler, in which he takes 
Mr. Chambers to task for using extracts from the re- 
ports of Prof. Prince and the managers of several hatch- 
ing houses, "mere incredible fish stories as truths, and 
by so doing leads his readers and himself astray." 
I beg to state that Mr. Chambers is quite right in what 
he says in re young salmon in Pleasant Lake; and 
although The Old iVngler writes that he is "familiar with 
all the lakes around Sussex," I think that Pleasant Lake 
is not quite clear to him, as it is about ten or twelve 
miles from Dick's Lake (which I think he refers to), 
and flows from Big Salmon River and not to it, as he 
states. 
After the salmon fry had been in Pleasant Lake for 
two years, there were places in it where it seemed im- 
possible to catch anything other than young salmon. 
The writer, along with other gentlemen, has been com- 
pelled to move his boat on account of catching salmon 
only. 
The Old Angler says "he will have to see a salmon 
ten inches in length taken from the lake before he will 
believe it." V/ell, during the coming summer I will try 
and show him one, as I have, caught them twelve and 
fourteen inches long. 
The fifty caught by one rod in one day should read 
"hooked," as we put all back that are not hooked too 
badly. The young salmon rise to the fly with a ven- 
geance, and show the trait of what they are by the fight 
they put up. 
The Old Angler says he has "tried to get a specimen 
of these salmon for the past five years, and so far has 
not succeeded." This I cannot understand, as the club 
is composed of gentlemen well known in this town, any 
of whom would gladly have shown him one or more had 
his wishes been made known. 
In closing, I would like to state that in matters per- 
taining to fish and fishculture I take off my hat to The 
Old Angler; but as regards the young salmon in Pleas-' 
ant Lake, he has been misinformed; and I take this 
opportunity to invite The Old Angler to Kamp Kill 
Kare (our club house), where he may have the privilege 
of fishing the Lake and catching some of these young 
salmon. Jasper J. Daly, 
Managing Director Pleasant Lake Club, Ltd. 
A German review contains an article by Bertarelli on 
a new adulteration of coffee. The roasted beans are 
plunged in a 5 per cent, solution of borax, and then left 
to dry. The borax makes them shine, and absorbs water, 
thus adding to the weight of the coffee. The way to dis- 
cover this ingenious fraud is to dry the coffee, and if it 
loses over 4 per cent, of its weight, there has been a 
fraudulent ^l^sorp^lon Ol water,— Londop QJobe, 
