o 
who modeled tile pilot £' orXr/i/fet 
might ha™ had y a fine regatta, the weather waa so warm, 
" i D J , at his shop in East Boston is building 
a ve'ritoWe Engiishcutter, 50 feet long, 15 feet beam an, 17 
feet draught. b Shc is being built in the best nuuMur, and 1 
jjSjfK.i jTpSSSSS: SS$X*» 
cess. ’ We wish him much pleasure in hw < new departure- 
Xf the new crafts will be furnished with iron 1 keel) ^ M . 
Peabody's keel will weigh 6.800 pounds, and : be 18 : mdjes 
deep and about 35 feet long, tapering to U inc ^; M 0 
San’s keel will weigh 1.500 
inrliM deen S3 feet long, and taper to lj inches, me aeti 
oathe^’t by Messrs. Law ley 4 Son will be as heavy as 
Gorman's, but not quite as long. .. .. M w t year 
Hollow spars are receiving as much attention as last year, 
and a number of old boats will appear in new ngs. 
Nat Wales Esq., is going to have the Wyvern refitted for 
the coming seas^ and again his generous latch-strm.gs will 
hang out for his numerous fri ends. 
—The first annual meeting of the Metropolitan Association 
of Amateur Oarsmen will take plase at the Sturtevant House 
next Saturday evening. 
—Captain Crapo is now playing the role of “The Ancient 
Mariner ” at 647 Broadway, where weddingguests may linger to 
hear.the story of the little “ New Bed ford's ” Atlantic voyage. 
Boston Yacht Club.— The foUowing officers have been 
elected for the ensuing year: 
Com Frank H. Peabody ; Vice-Com., Nat/1 Wales ; Bear 
Com., A. Robeson; Treas., A. Russ; Sec., T. Dean ; Meas- 
urers, D. J. Lawlor, J. B. Smith ; Trustees, Benj. Dean.Wm. 
B Merrill, Eben Phillips ; Membership Com., A. C. Martin, 
C. E. Russ, W. H. Whitney; Regatta Com., F. E. Peabody, 
W. H. Bangs, H. H. Kellet, C. C. Barnard. 
The club is in a very prosperous condition financially and 
five new yachts have been added to the already large list. 
King's Sauce RoYAB.-The great reputation of Worcester 
sauce arose from the fact that an English nobleman once de- 
clared that with it *• he could eat his grandmother.” Wemust 
insist on the possible fact that with a sprinkle of King's 
Sauce Royal any man could devour the toughest, the most un 
savory and complicated mother-in-law. On fin, fur and 
feather, on fish, flesh or fowl, King’s Sauce Royal will be 
found to give a flattering flavor. 
“Try if any time of day you like i but a darfc day. or Just at 
night, is the best. Try it against escb wAJSl <«« ^ ^ 
the same time, and when you have done eP hemerally. 
suit." That’s fair, certainly! We will teat t^^nidwfu 
We should think them also excellent samples f ■ 
try them on those fish also. We have noJoMJ 
Wood can duplicate these patterns on order, if an order 
sent. Brother Wood was in this city last week, and made his 
genial presence felt. 
The Angling Season ArrBOAommi. -In these early 
months of the year the thoughtful angler will prepare for 
spring. On the 15th of next month the trout streams o g 
Island will be open by law, if not by nature aud 
get tackle in readiness for the occasion Th ^ W ^0 H emy 
of flies need replenishing can apply to John Ha ly, - 
street, whose advertisement appears «» 
they wish to learn the art of dressing artificial flies, Mr H y 
lilf impart it in a few lessons. Very opportune and fortu- 
na e we think, are the few days of wintry weather which we 
perceive precede the trouting season. The very contrast of 
deet snow, storm and cold enhances the delights of the mor 
geffiM spring days which are sure to follow, sooner or ater 
We could not fish with half the zest if there were no contrasts 
oHemlwr&ture and weather ; no chauge of 
no temporary repression of the sap in the trees ; of the Mood 
iQ the veins; of the streams in then ice-bound beds^ With 
the reaction of returning circulation comes the glow. Tto 
glow it is which makes all nature smUe; it i re ^ enB 
complexion of men ; it imbues us all with health. It stiff- 
ens the sinews and summons up the blood.' It renovates, re- 
juvenates and renews. Hail, stormy winter, as long as it 
pleaseth. After which, hail gentle spring I 
We have made a tour of the tackle-shops, Crook s, Conroy s, 
Abbey & Imbrie’s, Masters’, Peck & Snyder's, Fish & Simp- 
son's, Shipley's of Philadelphia, Reed & Sons, and Schaffers 
of Boston, and others, and find their cases and drawers filled 
with goodly assortments of tackle, from which they arc filling 
country orders with an activity which would seem to reflect 
credit upon the voracity of fishes and the propagating effo*s 
of fish breeders. 
Miss and hold on till I get there I Let me have it. Whew 
terfpounds or not an ounce!” Watch him as ho works hi 8 
line now hauling in ; now paying out ! now holding f (l8t . 
Sv in sight; now out of sight rushing madly to and fro 
endeavoring to free itself from the grasp of death. 1 ho captain 
never smiles. Ills line always on the same s rain ; no jerk. 
mJ no wavering. “Ready now, Charlie, and the boy stauds 
wft’h a net raised in the air. Dash! splash ! and the enemy 
h captured in the meshes, swung from the water and laid in 
the bottom of the boat, secured safely from further temptation 
ami all wet weather. There is no sport like it when they b.te; 
there is no sport so tedious when they do not bite. But t| le 
chances of a turn at the glorious pleasure are well worth the 
cost and should the tyro happen to meet with a fortunate trip, 
I fcel assured that he (if lie possesses any sense for true sport, 
Un not rue the trouble he undertook nor envy the moments 
spent in the boat of Jenkins while in search of the hidden 
treasures by the walls of the Breakwater. 
ireasuico uy Charles Gibbons, Jr. 
jfp# and jj^mr fishing. 
FISH IN SEASON IN FEBRUARY. 
SOUTHKBN WATERS. 
• ssrsiflscr si s^asraawardcsu 
n (Ur&TtUM. 
KingflMi. ilenticirrus nebulosui. Striped Bass, or Rockfish, Roccus 
sea Bass, Scitmope oceUatua. HneeUus. 
Sheep tfietuLA%Ao*argut 'probate- Tallorflah,' PovuUomue saltatrtx. 
aiire^ucnu, " j r R|»V Rmu Mirrm.trrux ealmou 
cephalui. 
1 U.l.l - — 
Black Ba 98 », Uicroptertui ealmoida: 
M. nigricat ve. 
Snapper, MUjanu a eoscua. 
Fish in Market— Retail Prices— E nglish turbot and sole 
are in market. Shad of 5* pounds each are coming in from 
North Carolina, with very fine red snappers from Mobile. 
Spanish mackerel, caught at Key West, are also on sale. A 
very rare and curious fish, the iMchnolaemua fakalua , was ex- 
hibited to us by Mr. E. G. Blackford, of Fulton Market. This 
fish resembled in part the red snapper, but is distinguishable 
by three elongated spines coming from the dorsal, these spine 
being over six inches in length. The mouth is huge, and capa- 
ble of any amount of extension, the end of the jaws being 
covered with long and sharp teeth. Length 28 inches, breadth 
9. This makes the second fish of this kind brought to New 
York. The Lachnotaemua faUalus is not often caught, even 
in Key West. It is said to be an excellent fish to eat. Striped 
bass, 20 to 25 cents; smelts, 15; blueflsb, 15; frozen salmon 
35; mackerel, 25; Southern shad, $1.50; white perch, 15 1 
Spanish mackerel, 40; green turtle, 25; terrapin, $18 per 
doz. ; frost fish, 8 ; halibut, 18 ; haddock, 8 ; codfish, 6 to 8 ; 
olackfish 15; Newfoundland herring, 0; flounders, 12; sea bass, 
15 ; eels, 18; lobsters, 10; sheepsheads, 25 ; scallops, $1.50 per 
gallon ; soft clams, 30 to 60 per 100 ; whitefUh, 15 ; pickerel, 
10 ; sunfish, 10 ; yellow percb, 10 ; salmon trout, 16 ; black 
bass, 18 ; hard crabB, $3 per 100. 
Connecticut— New London, Feb. 1.— Fishing through the 
ice attended with but poor success. Few pickerel aod many 
in spawn. No black bass. Misal. 
The “ Wood" Fly. — B rother Reuben Wood, of Syracuse, 
who conscientiously captures the leading prizes at nearly all 
the Fly-Casting Tournaments, has kindly sent us a half-dozen 
of the peculiar pattern of flies which is happy in bearing his 
name. Now, it need not be supposed that the Hies are 
wooden. Nay, they are of most delicate floss and feathers. 
The bodies are white, head red, hackles brown, wings 
and tails of the rayed feathers of the mallard. No other flies 
are arrayed like these. Mr. Wood tells us that they are to 
become the “ bass fly of the world.” While we considerately 
accept his assurance, we prefer to leave the fact to the bass 
themselves to determine. This he begs us to do. lie says : 
SHBKPSHKAD AT THE Bbeakwater. -Perhaps the greates 
place for sheepshead fishing on our coast, and a place the least 
resorted to by sportsmen, is the Delaware Breakwater, si tu- 
ated at the mouth of Delaware Bay, on the Delaware shore, 
just inside of Cape Henlopen. The peculiar formation of this 
structure, and its close proximity to another work of the 
same description, namely, the "Ice Break," has everything to 
do with the fact that sheepshead are so numerous around its 
base The large stones, sandy and muddy bottom, and pre- 
cipitous, or rather sudden descent of the walls, forming the 
breakwater, and its comparatively undisturbed locality, render 
every encouragement to the tourist seeking the capture of the 
finny specimen. In order to thoroughly enjoy the sport un- 
dent to fishing of this description, one must familiarize him- 
self with the customs of the “game,” or his most energetic 
efferts would only be rewarded by disappointment. ‘An 
ounce of experience is worth a pound of theory and ex- 
perience is not to be obtained in this matter without the aid 
of one accustomed to its toils. On the bleak surface of this 
Breakwater, in a bleak house, exposed to all the bowlings of 
the winter’s gale, and alike to the stifling rays of the sum- 
mer’s hottest sun, a middle-aged man and his family proudly 
hold in hand the responsibility of tending “keeper to the 
light-house projecting from the roof of his storm-beaten dwell- 
ing Rather tall, straight as any arrow ever made, with a 
face covered by a thick, black beard, an honest and open 
countenance, imposing full confidence at first sight, Captain 
A1 Jenkins is a person calculated to entice success to those 
entrusting themselves to his care for the purpose of taking 
chances with the line in fathoming the mysteries of the deep. 
Good morning, gentlemen — Miss!” and the captain springs 
ashore from his boat. “ Haul up her bows, Charlie. Keep 
her stern off, and lay out the gang-plank ! Now, if you will 
take my hand, ladies, 111 see that you are safely seated ; 
the gentlemen have boarded my craft before, and they can take 
care of themselves. All aboard ! Step aft, please sir ! Shove 
her off ! Up mainsail ! Trim aft ! Give her some board !” 
We are off, and, oh what fun ! Skipping lightly over the top 
of the little waves, as they splash against the sides of our boat, 
or driving headlong through a larger swell, which refuses to 
lift our bows, skipping along, accompanied by the flap of a 
bonnet-string, the gurgling sound of the rudder, and the merry 
voices of a merry party, a breeze on our beam, with the sun- 
burnt skipper mindful of his trust, his eye fixed on the beach, 
and silent as a grave. We leave the shore astern and rapidlA 
approach the spot selected for the battle-ground. Passing a 
few schooners, and perhaps a stray ship or so lying in the 
harbor waiting for orders, we glide gently in the quiet waters 
to leeward of the Breakwater, where, having made all fast 
by stern anchor and bow-line, we rest upon our oars. A 
bushel basket of speckled-back crabs is uncovered, aud the 
captain and his son “Charlie,” bringing to sight the coveted 
lines in short order, have all hands baited, “eager sense" 
waiting for the nibble. “ Dropdown your lead till it reaches 
bottom, then haul up about six incHes toa foot,” are the orders 
of the captain, speaking for the first time since leavin g shore, 
as he quietly lowers the bait over the bows of his boat. “ I 
think we'll have some work to-day ; wind nor’west, and not 
too much of it. Mind the bite, sir! it feels as if some one had 
hold of your line pulling steady down," and a little voice 
speaks up, “Captain, my line feels heavy !” “ Pull il quick, 
THE BASS ROD. 
CHICAGO, Jan. 33, 1878. 
Editor Fobbbt and Btrbam : ....... 
In answer to some of your correspondents who Inquire about the kind 
of rod used In black bass Ashing, I say that the rod I ubc Is made by j. 
C Wells of Milwaukee, has an ash butt, aecu re Joints, and tip of nntur 
al’cane or bamboo. 1 aometlmea substitute o tip of laucewood for tha 
of cane, and thus add a little to the stiffness of the rod. 
I notice In llal lock's ■•Gazetteer” a strong recommendation of tho 
Meek reel In casting for bass. While I commend this reel for superior- 
lty of workmanship and flnlah, and Ita perfection In some kinds of UMi- 
lng my experience In casting for baaa la. as stated In my former note 
that this reel la not tho best. In reeling iu after a cast, the rapid action 
of the reel la an advantage, for the reason that you can then control It ; 
but tn making the cast, thla same rapidity la sure to Involve you in dim 
cullies, and your line In exasperating confusion. I have abandoned the 
Meek reel, and used only the double multiplier. 
Recurring once more to the Wells rod : In addition to the lightness of 
lta weight, It |has sulllclent elasticity and strength to capture any flsh 
found in our waters. I took a green bass one day last summer, that 
weighed (on the scales, and not In the eye) five pounds, thirteen ounces. 
He made a vigorous fight, and tested the rod thoroughly. 
On an afternoon Ute In the fall, I had come In from duck shooting. 
Thinking to finish up the day, I shoved out In La Bun Lake In a stuui 
duck boat, taking a rod, landing-net and an artificial minnow. On the 
second cast a flsh struck the bait, and lu a moment I wus fully aware 
that he was a big one, for he made a rush that carried out, at least a 
hondred feet of line. When I checked him, he mude a bee line for the 
boat, passing quickly under It, and would have doubled and broken the 
rod in pieces, had I not quickly slipped the tip of the rod over the stern 
of the boat, and given him foil scope. He tried this same plau three or 
four times, but finally gave It up for more distant action. After atom 
twenty minutes of hard and exciting work, standing ail the time in a 
crank boat, I brought him alongside, and slipped the landlug-net over 
hla head, and the flsh In the boat. It proved to be a email muskelonge, 
three feet two Inches In length, and weighing fourteen pounds. The 
rod worked to perfection during the whole content. By tlioway, 1 
notice that some of your correspondents persist In calling the rod a 
“pole.” No fisherman will submit to that, and our friend, Capt. Fltz- 
gtbbon, of Indianapolis, will sorely kill any man who perpetrates the 
crime In his presence. 
Our brother, Wm. C. Eagan, of Chicago, has taken onto mina.-it * 
wife, as fair and beautiful as the brldo of Morning, and flown lo 
warmer climes for hla honeymoon. His sporting days are not over, 
and yon will see him, no doubt, In the comlDg summer time, on the 
banks and bosom of the broad 8t. Lawrence. Geo. A. Suukki.dt. 
SPLIT BAMBOO RODS. 
To our customers and the public :— In reply to thedamag 
ing reports which have been circulated respecting the quality of 
our split bamboo rods, by " dealers ” who are unable to com- 
pete with us at our reduced prices, we have issued a circular 
which we shall be pleased t© mail to any address, proving the 
falsity of their assertions. 
Conboy, Bibsett <fc Mali.ebON, 
Manufacturers, 05 Fulton Street, N. Y. 
Dudley’s Patent Pociet Cartkidoe-Loader.— A mong tho late In- 
ventions patented Is ono by J. It. Dudley, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. It U 
a cartridge-loader. The old method of loading cartridges for breecti- 
loadlng guns necessitated the uso of several cumbersome tools. The 
Dudley Pocket Cartridge Loader Is not larger than a good-sized Jack- 
knife. The whole la combined In one Instrument, and Is very simple. 
The price la about three-fourths leas, also, than tho old appliance. - 
Brooklyn Boyle. 
J$nBwet[S to $ot[reB0otidentB. 
No Notice Taken of AnoDTmoa* Commanlonllona. 
fTA number of anonymous correspondents will understand why 
their queries arc not answered, when they read tho lines at the head of 
this column. 
A. B. n., Tullytown.— Havo sent to California to find out. 
n. R., Philadelphia.— 1 The papers you requlro have been sent you. 
J. P. 8., Philadelphia.— Refer you to reply to T. A. Me. as to bcaglos- 
N. E. R., Fairfield, 111.— We sent you lost week the pamphlets you re- 
quired. 
W. n. W., Cincinnati.— Mr. Jefferson has not hod his picture obroui"- 
llihographed. 
B. M. 8., La Grange, Texas.— In noxt number will havo a full descrip- 
tion of the breed. 
J. R. M., Hillsborough, Ohio.— •• Rob Roy on tho Baltic” Is publish' 1 
by Roberts, of Boston. 
W. W., Albany.— Tho difference of tlruo between London, ling.i & 1 
New York Is fi hrs. 1 min. 
Pioebt, Victor, N. Y.— We will do what wo can for you. Write 118 
again In about two weeks. 
P. R. 8 , Stewardsvlllo.— Tho Perry gnn out of date ; would not khO'f 
where to get tho parts yon require. 
H. n. 8., Ithaca.— Pleoae soud mo forms of entry for St. Ix>uls Uon cU 
Show. Aus. Sont you Homo last week. 
