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FOREST AND STREAM 
when we hope the writers will he within hounds. There is 
fine trout fishing among the mountains of Georgia, — A. K. 
E., U. S. A. 
Fishing Matters — The number of fishing arrivnls for 
the week ending April Mill, was nineteen, thirteen from 
Georges and six from the Grand Banks. The Gcorgesnicn 
are now bringing in split fish, the aggregate catch for the 
week being about 300.000 pounds, and 30,000 pounds hali- 
but, Bank halibut have been in light receipt, the ice on 
the Bank greatly interfering with fishing operations. The 
total receipts have been about 120,000 pounds, which have 
met with quick aide, at good prices. Several of the Heel 
nave been obliged lo put into Halifax' on account of the 
icc, anil some have come home with very meagre fares In 
consequence it will prove a serious drawback to the halibut 
fishery, some of tin - licet losing an entire trip. 
One hundred and fifty-four fishermen have arrived at, this 
port the past week, from Nova Scotia. They will all be 
wanted to man the fishing fleet ,— Cape Ann Ailocrliscr 
April 16/A 
TWIN LAKES, CONNECTICUT. 
THE RANGELEY LAKES. 
Canaan, Conn., April 4, 187*. 
KniTOR FoilEftT and Stiiham: - 
(icnll* Spring Ins Ju»t dropped down upon us. nil of n fliittor, In llio 
•hope of blue bird, and robins, nnd ethereal mlldne.. look, up from 
onr •looping "twin*" through tbolr »noivy hlnnkct« And icyrhc-ir - 
which, by l ho wny, nre notnr ililriy lnctio. thick, nnd warranted good for 
•niiio wank* yet Of cour*c the pot plckorcl fl.hem have lind n trying 
time of It In trying to keep ilietrpot hole., o ynrd deep, open, nnd 
though a few hundred pound, of llr.lt may linvo l.een .nuked out. yol onr 
Summer boarder* may he a-.ared that there will bo n few more left for 
tlielr «poonlng nnd hooking No hn.. or white fl.li have been caught 
• thnafiir. nnd n. itio extraordinary thick Ico I. likely to .hut out Hie pi- 
rntlcat .penr.mi'n until the •pawning n-ii.oii I. over, tho promlne i. 
excellent for a good Summer's •port. Of the throe thon.nnd nnd odd 
mil iiioii Irout we pincod In the hike lu.t Winter, nothing lias boon seen or 
benrd from them a. yet; but If they nil do n« well n« Iho sample that wo 
have In Hit, aquarium that surmount, our dots, they must lie growing 
finely. Trout O.lilng In onr Miw-nchu»ctt. brook, ha. been In legal or- 
der (Into tho ilOth, nnd In Coiineetleut opened on tho 1st of April, hm I. 
still n cloio season «o fur n« Ice nnd snow enn mnko It so, and It I. safe 
to «ny not a trout bus yet boon token by hook or by crook. It cannot 
be long, however, before Spur. Jlnrtholoinow, and ( nndcc brook* will he 
In tty -fishing ordor; ilmn let trout lookout! A. I write the Sngvs Ka 
vine stream that pour, down Hie old Tnconic, Opposite my wont window, 
gleams in the April huh like n cninrnet of diamond., wltli enough pietnr- 
e-qtiowoPT fall, along It* course to keep nil the urtl.l. In the New York 
e'ndlo. In n .tale of excitement to do them tiny kind of Justice, w hile at 
tin- Dry Brook, a few'mlles further north, It. seven I feet ..f per 
peudlculnr wall stand, like the spear of Ithurlel (ahem!) against tho gray 
rrnmte background that supports It. As the brook l» literally n dry brook 
In Summer, It l» not n trout stream nhovo Its Juncture with the Burtlml- 
omew brook, hut below that n brother angler of our. (It, II. ]•., 0 f | {oclt 
Island, III ) has filled ninny n heavy creel with half-pounders, nnd some 
of less weight, but so nice I 
Of tho innny attractions of Hit. region -picturesque, piscatorial, nrtl.t- 
lf. nnd hygienic -the renders of Porknt and Stream are tolerably well 
luformod, nnd nlrondy Inquiries for Summer hoard nre beginning lo bo 
m ale, and (hi. season there nre parties on the lake shore Hint will "tnko 
boirrler." for a consideration; nnd we may m well mention Hint tho 
proprietor of Twin Lakes Trout Farm, who own. some half mile of Hie 
loveliest of the lake shoro, will accommodate nil his house will bold nt 
reasonable rate. I see also that the ndverlbement of Fred Coopor, liint 
nil.d id. Iiou.o so promptly Inst season, 1. nl ready In Foiirst and 
Stream, and will here remark Hint Id. place I* one of the honlthle.t and 
most desirable locnlltle. within n mile', ride of the lake. For hotel ac 
comtnodntlons at Salisbury (six miles from Twin Lukes) are two or throe 
tolerable hon.ev and at Ashley Fulls (three miles from the lakes) Ferris 
due. ns well a. he ran nt hoteling, and ut Canaan (four miles oIT) Corbin's 
Union Depot Hotel Is Just the eleunnst, cosiest, nnd beet entered for In 
nil this region, with i.ry moderate charges for .toady hoard . On the 
can come to (lie lake, tho coming season with n good 
Chance fur good accommodations nt reasonable rate. 
Fur parties who want to locale In this region, n. nSununor home, or as 
permanent re.ldent., them are two or three place, for sale Hint con bn 
bought dog Cheap," and not Cordon setter dog, either; one 1 know of 
(not mine, of 26 acres, good house, with t room, and verandah, all 
noedful mit-hou.cs, .plena id view of Iho smaller lake nnd mountains, 
with fruit tiees, garden, Ac , all for lets than 82,600! nnd sums good fel- 
low ought to have It. Who speak, Drat? PteoATOB. 
SALMON 
FISHING IN 
CREEK. 
CALEDONIA 
Caubdonia, Livingston county, N. Y.. April 13 , 1876. 
Euitoi\ Forest and Stueam - 
} have »>e«'n enjoying n little salmon fl-lilng. 1 have not been to Can- 
ada. n„r to Maine, uor to the Pacific coast; l„ fact I have not been 
twenty miles nway from Rochester, nnd yet 1 have caught salmon What 
OMUtlc emotion, pervade the angler', hrea-t when he see. the "swirl" 
t, >o’’iclra 8 ."n* the hook goo. home! Then come. Iho t„g of 
: , ’ P 1,0 11 ' n "' 1 1 ’" T ' Vy side. With Intel, se 
KtS 1 llf ' blm from,hc water wlllwuy rlx ounce rod, and drop 
IhMlin?' K'lttor, yon tl"nk that I am Joking. I assure you sir. 
that 1 am not, and if you wl.l come up to see me. I will give you a chance 
to know how It I. yourself." They arc not tame Ihh, either, out of my 
„*• T 00 *" 1 l " lVt ‘ l' lpl,lv of there, but free denlren* of the 
twh;h r r ml,, '’', UnC °" t ? , " rd ' r, "' Cy r "°-‘-«n>l «l»0 fancy for flies, 
winch they seem to cat with supreme •atUfactlou 
ZZS'V h " Vt ‘ #1 " ,,y8 *"PP 0 "ed, according to accepted nnthorltcs, 
Din Z "m" ' mV V ,00k ,0 ' Ml " l111 " ,rt -" water; that they on^ 
plajod with file, and eschewed cold meat Hut here they are, swollow- 
lng fllea and little fl.1,1 What Is going to be done uhout this* Some- 
tir^tW°i^!fneL” r0,, 'r «"«»''"«y Horn hcadquar- 
° r " fe ' V ,rnc, “ for ‘""trlbutlon by tho American Fish 
Cu turl l. Association? \ on will allow that Ills not n thing to be lol- 
•rated at Ml that these salmon should. In tin* Christina country, go 
knocking their head* ngulnst nil prejudice* of learned men. acting con- 
u«ry to nil authority. a,„l belmvlng in this uncivilized manner 
I be of you, Mr Editor, In the It, tercets of well behaved flshdom in 
£cn* ro , Just to drop them a line, However reeorved uud Hiv they m»y 
hove been before, ! have no doubt that this will bo .uflkhnl to bring 
Ms /, our; and when you have done so, I have faith to believe that no fl.b 
winch once p„«.<* through your hands will ever eat a fly ngutn 
Yoara ’ v ery 'roly, A. S. Cou.ins. 
FISHING NOTES FROM PENNSYLVANIA. 
Editor Fok«* t axo 8tbiuj|: _ Puiladeuhia, April 19, 1876. 
«•“««•* ° ,ou ^ n ' j • 
— - * t gUlcr* ate mooting with very poor 
Editor Forkst and Stream:— 
Allow me lo bring lo your notice a place where ns good Ashing can be 
hud a. in t lie Adirondack.. Andover, Maine, Is situated In the valley of 
Hu- Ellis River, and nestle, lu iho midst of high hills, from the sides of 
which flow numerous trout brooks. There are three house* where the 
flshennan nnd his family can he entcrtulned-tho Gregg House. Poor's, 
and 1 lie 1 avert), The flr»t mentioned Is the host known to sportsmen, 
a. It 1ms been kept Tor some year.. For the ladle, and children there are 
some beautiful drives nnd scenery, and If they be so Inclined they can 
catch trout with very little fatlgne. Then, loo, there Is u dally mall 
from New York City and cNewliere, so tliut otto can keep posted ou the 
affairs of Iho out.ule world. When the flaherman'a time 1* limited he 
usually .ends word a liend to have III. guide engaged, and strikes nt once 
for the Richardson Lakes; there the lurgeat brook trout In the country 
are caught. On these lakes nre two hotel camp.— the Middle Dam Camp, 
mentioned In OenloC. Scott', works, ul.o in Charles Uollock's "Fishing 
Tourist " The other, or Upper Dam Camp, I. some six miles further 
up the lake., mid although not us much heard of n. the Middle Dam, yet 
many who have 11. hod both place.* prefer the Upper Dam. 
To get to either camp from Andover, u buck-bonrd Is taken for twclvo 
nnle. to the arm of the lake. Tho ride for three miles is over a good 
country road, but the retd of tho wny the road l« .imply execrable, al- 
though the flue natural scenery In the notch repays for tho discomfort. 
On reaching tho arm tho boot, a, e taken; If bound for the Middle Darn 
the distance Is four miles. The distance lo the Upper Dam Is 12 nules 
row or .all, and a half lull,' walk. Going through the narrows connecting 
the two lakes, (whose Indian n nines I shall not try to give, the spoons are 
thrown out for trout. At tho bend of the narrows nre some ruined 
buildings Hero a man tried to make u settlement, but failed from be* 
Ing too far from a market to use his timber, Ac. Several interesting le- 
gends are also told of an Indian, who.e name Metallic Point bears. On 
the upper lake there nre two private camps, owned, one by J P Whit- 
ney, E»q , of Hu. ton, the other by Samuel Belton, Esq., of Philadelphia. 
Mi. Whitney’, camp Is at the mouth of Mosquito brook, where good 
flailing Is had ut time*. Then comes the Dura Landing, n few rods above 
which Is Uolton'M Camp. 
Tho Upper Dam Camp Is comprised of two dwelling camps and out- 
houses Ono camp Is wholly given over for bed rooms, the other has 
several bedrooms, n dining room, nnd a cook room. Cummings, who 
cooked Inst Fall, set a first class tabic, considering Ills resources. For 
those wishing to camp out the best place I. nt the mouth of the river 
about one-half mile from the comp. Last Full there was a comfortable 
log shanty there; one could step into his boat and get trout for breakfast 
without going ten rod. There is another camp opposite Whitney's 
where parties ure allow ed to camp, when nobody Is at the new camp, but 
iislM. remote from all the best fishing grounds we would not reconi • 
meml it. If one wishes to coutlnuo hi. trip by having his boat hauled 
.1 mile or ,0. ho can launch her on the Big Lake, or Moosclncmngantic. 
A rail of re von miles brings ono to Memo's stream, where 71.0 Stanley's 
hatching houses me situated. By going up stream, or rather lake, be- 
tween twelve and fifteen miles, you reach the Oquosstic Club House 
Here partial con bo accommodated usually In July and August. This 
house Is located nt the Junction of Rougcley and Kcntjebngo streams 
about one-half a mile from tho Ink-. There Is n good camping ground 
ou Llitle Island, and foimorly ut Benin's stream. In the upper part of 
the Ink., there Is u good camp on Birch Island, w locn is Just at the 
mouth of Cupsuptlc River, where wo buvo had very good fishing 
I’o got there from New York City, take the night train for Boston; 
then take the eight o’clock A. M train on the Boston and Maine R R 
for Bryant’s Pond. On reaching Portland (hero Is a change of cars to the 
Grand Trunk R R. On arriving at Bryant's Pond there Is a stage wail- 
ing, which takes tho traveler some twenty miles to Andover. Cost to 
Andover from New York, $10, Including everything. Board in Andover 
5,10 per we. It at the Gregg House, kept by Chas. K. Cushman. Guides 
for l he lnKO. charge $2 30 per day and board; boots, fifty cents per duv 
If yon go to tho hotel camp the charge Is 82.50 per day. If you cam'., 
out the cost will be the guido hire, and whatever you feel like spending 
for provisions. In tho Fall there Is splendid partridge (ruffed grouse) 
shooting, and some ducking round the lake and pond.. Should wo take a 
trip lo Andover in the Spring, will let vow know the result. 
of hack, nnd bending troly from butt to tip. The finish Is exquisite 
throughout, and quite equal to the choicest trout rods, than which it Is 
somewhat ■llffor, nnd Is perfectly balanced; yet light us It Is, It ha. the 
requisite strength for killing a large fish. As a mannfactnrer of rods— 
If tho one I received from him Is a fair sample— I can safely nseert that 
Orvi. bos no snperlors and but very few equals. The extremely modest 
price asked for this beautiful rod must make a good demand for them, 
for they supply a wont long felt. It is now very generally admitted 
that the finest rods mode are ptoducud In this country, and many orders 
nre constantly being filled hero for the foreign demand I write from 
disinterested motives, simply wishing to call tho attention of brother 
anglers to this excellent rod . Truly years, F, C. F. 
$nch liny nnd felon liny. 
Alt communication I from Secretaries and friends should be mailed no 
later than Monday In each week. 
HIGH WATER, FOR THE WEEK. 
Mate. 
11 os ton. 
New York 
Apiil 22 
April 23 
April 21 
April 23 
April 26 
April 27 ' 
April 28 
>1. M. 
eve. 80 
1 10 
1 53 
2 38 
•i 28 
A 22 
5 10 I 
n. »t. 
t» 17 
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10 37 
11 20 
eve. 13 
1 0 
2 5 
Charleston. 
—In spite of the snow storm the Model Yacht Club of 
Brooklyn inaugurated 1 he season ou Saturday by exhibiting 
their handsome little crafts on the lake ut Prospect Park. 
Many new boats, averaging five feet in length, have been 
built during the Winter, among them are many flyers. 
—The yacht Eva, of the New York yacht squadron, lias 
arrived at Savannah from ihe Florida coast, and will ro- 
mnin in southern waters until May. 
Our Philadelphia correspondent writes; 
The yachtsmen are not doing much yet, except in tho 
way of getting ready. The first regatta will be given by 
the I htludclphia Yacht Club about the last week in May. 
l ie Leary, Baylcy, Eggleton, Stemmel and Kleintz, all of 
which gained considerable notoriety last season have been 
overhauled. Nathaniel Moore, of Camden, N. J , has 
built a new yacht after the model of the Champion of Bal- 
timore; 15 feet long; 6 feet beam, to carry 80 yards of cim- 
vas She will be called William J. Kennedy. He has also 
bitdt the Schooner Yacht Fairy for Thomas 'Hall Foreman. 
She is 20 feet long, 5J feet beam, nnd said lo be the most 
perfectly modelled yacht ever built in this city. She will 
be launched in a few days. There will he nothing new in 
row mg until next Saturday. 
AN AMERICAN VIEW 
ROWING. 
OF ENGLISH 
Q- 
THE FISH OF MINNESOTA. 
■m, leu fish being the be.t drift . 
tho 
g*iitiemeu'w"ere'«rN«ivWl^^^ 
srr; e ssr abou[ • as 
SOUUA. 
Krainerd, Chow Wing Co., Minn., March 5, 1873. 
Editor Forest and stream;— 
Brook trout nronot fouud In any of the tributaries of thu Mississippi 
River nbove St. Anthony's Falls, nor so far as wo know In any of thu 
trlbutarlus of the Rod River, nnd are common in all tho brooks that 
"npty Into Luke Superior rla St. Louis River below Hie falls at Thomp- 
son, and possibly above tho fulls, although wo have never been them 
there. Flailing In this country Is "good" tho year round, no regard 
whutever being paid to the spawning or any other season. The "who 
met,' of Iho Stale moot once a year ut St. Paul, and "legislate till tho 
cow* come homo;" hut the idea that they, the garnered wisdom and 
hr,,",* of the state, should condescend to legislate about fish Is too 
ridiculous for hem to entertain for a moment. There is a State appro- 
priation for fish culture, Ac. hut of what avail is it? Why spend the 
money for fish spawn, when the countless lakes and rivers of the State 
swarm with fish that are speared, shot, netted nnd poisoned every day in 
for ireu t"i "? T IO l, ! te,fer ‘ !j M wu Nvrite ’ “ P“ rt y 1* just starling 
for Gull Lake twclvo miles north, to Usl, for pickerel and plkc-pcrch 
through the Ice, und doily Indlaus arrive from the same section their 
toboggans" loaded down with fish, some of the pickerel weighing, 
dressed, twenty i„ twenty-flve pounds. Spearing in the outlets, inlets 
Bud along shore, after tho icu molts, commences noout May let Or lost 
days of April, nnd It I* a wonderful sight to see the hordes of fish 
crowding their way up the shallows or basking in the sun on the gravel 
hunks it i, no trick m oil to spear a wagon loud of them any day or 
night for two weeks after May 1st. About the middle or la-t week of 
May pike and pickerel will begin to take u troll, and a few days later 
hHW Sm :C * i y, w l r* l ° ■ ,B#U 8POOU or «ve ball, uud keep on 
oltlug till Into Id the Fall. 
The question i- ut lau definitely settled in onr mind that there ore 
salmon trout in this country, north of here, lu u small lake called Trout 
LnU, , throngh which flows Pine River, n tributary of the Mississippi 
\Se have this \\ Inter seen and examined the fish lu question, and that 
the, nre the same as those In the l ikes of Northern New York, does not 
admit o a doubt. How these trout get there, nnd how they have man 
lived to live und grow to from twelve to twenty-flve pounds isamys- 
teiy, I, nt tl. tit they nre there, und u goodly number of them, too, Is uo- 
onger „ tradl Ion, and n« soon us the ’ sign is right" a few of us propose 
to pitch our tent on the shores of Trout Lake and ".ce bow it Is our- 
n ,7 “ “ 0R f T •hall he duly posted, for the classic 
Bedford, that mighty hunter, that patieut fisherman, that truthful (?) 
P° D ’ or "ever tire-will he one of 
the party, and although he gets his Latin tearfully mixed at times ho 
««n ehoot uud fish, and tell of his exploits afterwards In good style 
Talk I— ye gods! how ho cun talk! Yours truly, <r 0M 
THE COMING BASS ROD. 
Treasury Orrtcit. 
New York, April 1», 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream;- ,1 ’ 1 10,0 ^ 
Among tho recent odvertisements in yonr paper tho abovo attracted 
my attention. I tent an order io Mr. C. F. Orvls, of Manchester, Vt H> 
hnT/^ ' hC cl,0lc ‘ !81 ot lUuse 1,0 had in stock. Yeeterday It came to 
^iu d K 1 .“^.° l “ yCn0Ufih It ia simply perfection 
weighing but eight ounce., beautifully tapering and willowy with plenty 
1WTR Julian Hawthorne, who— if not yet in possession of 
A”! us lofty a literary position as his revered father, slill 
exhibits talents farabove mediocrity— has contributed to the 
columns of tho Herald an etching of the late University Boat 
Race, which is not only graphic in detail, but contains an 
announcement of such interest and encouragement to 
American oarsmen as to be worthy of more than a passing 
notice. We are ignorant as to the right of Mr. Hawthorne 
to be considered an authority on rowing matters, but it is 
fair to assume from his Harvaid experience, opportunities 
for observation on both sides the water, and the facility of 
his description, that he is thoroughly au fait. 
Abandoning (lie idea of seeing the race from ono of the 
three steamers allowed to follow in the wake of the con- 
testants, and resisting the importunities of (he Thames 
watermen, our writer took up his position with the plebeian 
crowd on the bank of the stream near tho “Ship” Inu at 
Mortlake, where, notwithstanding that the rising tide was 
within twelve feet of him, he escaped a wetting and ob- 
tained an uninterrupted view of the last three-quarters of a 
mile of the course. Although the distance was four miles, 
both banks of the river between Putney and Mortlake were 
crowded with spectators, and the news of the start was 
telegraphed from mouth to mouth in five minutes. At last 
they were in sight, the famous “eights” of which we Ameri- 
cans stand«in such awe. The following description is in 
Mr. Hawthorne’s own words: 
“ First came the dark blue, and with them the cheer 
which had traveled steadily beside them along the banks 
all the way from Putney. They pulled a long, slow, hang- 
ing stroke, feathering clean and well together— well drilled, 
conscientious oarsmen, thoroughly used to one another ; 
but the starboard stroke was, if I may be permitted to say 
so the only man in the boat who really understood rowing. 
Edwardes-Moss, of Brasenose, i9 the best oar, next to Wil- 
liam Simmons of Harvard, that I ever remember to have 
seen. He pulled in a spontaneous, leonine, unconcerned 
style, delightful lo contemplate ; the others, as if they had 
earned the art with great pains nnd labor, and were Mill a 
IS 1 ® U1 L?. ,0US lest they should forget and make some mis- 
take. There could be no doubt ubout their strength and 
endurance however. After all those toiling, tugging miles, 
they pulled in as neatly, and to all appearances us 'freshly 
as though they were just setting out. Only their stroke 
seemed a trifle tired ; lie was a small, nervous man. who 
had put his heart into every pull from Hie word “Go!” 
1 ; T hey pa sed, and then came tho light blue, heavy heart- 
ed despatnng, desperate, flabbergasted, the waist oars 
v?f fnTlVlf fV 1 CVery Slrol w’ Wdessly beaten ; and 
.Vi - 1 i dizzy moment, Mr. Rhodes called cheer- 
smirt w! ,"- nhap P y crew anfl Quickened .hem up to a final 
He "! mBelf wa , s another bow oarsman, nnd looked 
Tmk -r n ,he “. of . winning the race on his own 
Cambridge spurted, in the breathless, disjointed, 
ided h dUmInL y * °' a f 1,auslc d men, and so their boat hob- 
in?iS y °!V Thc p,s ' 01 SOUH ded and all was over. 
I did not see the crew which beat Harvard ; but among 
iimu.n'rnn 3 lng .,^ en whj Were ,lie flower of English 
SS,®” ?' Sn ? H ei ? ,h “ yew. iwo only — Edwardes-Moss and 
hmtr 1 , .'“ v ® bcea considered fit to row in the same 
iT Harvard crew that I remember. Let 
me entreat my fellow countrymen not to despair. Let them 
