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columns, anil forthwith n dozen emulous anglers, eager to 
veutilate their experience, write to state that they have 
known the thing done oft and again! Pickerel take a fly Y 
Why, gentlemen, they will take anythin'/; so also will 
frogs, terrapins, and black snakes. Moral: Don’t fly-fish 
where these vermin abide. 
Nkw Jersey. — BamtgaU Kin toy's Ashley House, Any. 2. — 
July 35. —Hurst, Pollard, Best, ami Gamble of German- 
town.' Pa. 14 bluefish; Capt. .John Kelley with party from 
Newark, N. 27 bluefish; McDonald and Merchant, New 
York, 3 bluefish, 16 sea bass. 
July 26. — Dr. llurbert 2 sheopshead, 16 sea bass. 
July 27. — Dr. Bonnet 10 sheepshcad; J. C. Bailey, Jersey 
City, 2 sheepshead, 12 sea bass, W. T. Jones and J. M. 
Winuauts, Bergen Point, 27 bluefish, 15 sea bass, 1 sheeps- 
head. 
July 28.— J. C. Bailv, Jersey City, 12 bart and sea bass; 
N. D. Taylor of Jersey City, 12 sheepshead, 40 sea bass, 30 
kingflsh. 
July 29. — J- C. Bailey, 2 sheepshcad. 15 sea bass and 
bar!; S. B. Trewsdale, Cold Soring, N. Y. 36 wcakfish; 
Walter Southwick, Brooklyn, 36 sea bass. 
July 30.— Southwick and J. H. Crane, 23 bluefish; II. 
M Fraser and J. F. Danze, New York, 30 sea bass; S. B. 
Trewsdale 35 weakfish, average weight 24 pounds; Win. 
Mason and F. H. Southwick, Brooklyn, 17 bluefish. 
Sheepshead fishine good, professionals taking from 150 
to 300 daily. Bluefish are scarce and small, except those 
taken outside. Sea bass and bai t plenty and bite well. 
Wcakfish of large size have made their appearance; the best 
catch was made to-day (of large fish) at the Elbow Bony. 
Canada. — Mt. Julie n Hotel, Sloney Lake, July 31. — Bass 
fishing is in full blast here now, and a string of sixty per 
rod is an ordinary daily catch. Many are taken with fly at 
the outlets of tile numerous lakes . hereabouts. A good 
many guests are here, of which a considerable proportion 
are from the States. 
Gratenhunt, Mutkoka , July 27.— Bass fishing in lakes 
Joseph and Rosseau is now very good. Tourists arc having 
some good sport fishing for them. I have received a letter 
from Richard Crooks of Magnetewan, in which he stales 
that he will act as guide for fishing and hunting parties on 
the Magnetewan, and that he can furnish canoes, a tent, 
and three dogs for $2 50 per day. As far as I can learn 
Crooks is a good and reliable guide. 
CANADIAN SALMON SCORES. 
New York. Aug, 2d, 1875 
EniTon Forest and Stream:— 
Having recently returned from a salmon fishing excursion on oue of 
the New Brunswick rivers, I band you a return of our take, two rods, 
seven davs, in band:— 46 salmon, four grilse, weighing *75 pounds. Our 
heavy weights were as follows:-:*, 22, 23, 17, 23, 22, 27, 24. 20. 27. 20, 18. 
24. 19. 27. 28. 22, 19, 21, 22, 19. 22, 22, 19, 22. Water high, and the »lsb. 
with few exceptions, made the most exciting resistance. The reports 
from nearly all the anglers I met was. poor success, fish not plenty, and 
that the run were late in making their appearance. Killing fly, dark 
maroon body, brown hackle, mallard or wild turkey wings. Novice. 
The above may perhaps be regarded as an exceptional 
score for this season. All accouuts at baud corroborate the 
statements of our correspondent, that salmon augliug has 
been almost a failure thus far throughout Canada. Salmon 
have also been scarce in market here, and the prices re- 
latively higher, the partial failure attributable, no doubt, as 
is intimated, to the late Spring and protracted early floods. 
We publish herewith a letter which was omitted l>y an over- 
sight, and which should have more properly appeared 
when written. It, however, fully serves its purpose, in 
our resume of the angling seasoD, the facts being furnished 
by a gentleman whose presence on the rivers made fully 
cognizant thereof. We arc not advised of any material 
improvement in the fishing since the date of writing, and 
it is altogether probable that a black mark will have to be 
set against the season of 1875. We quote : — 
River York, Paspb Basis, Lower Canada, July 7th, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
The fly Ashing in the Gaspo Rivers this year up to July 7th was un en- 
tire failure, save in the Dartmouth, a email river of bat two good pools, 
where Messrs. Guild and Barnes, of Boston, made a handsome score 
On the York, Mr Reynolds, the lessee, in three weeks got but seven 
fish, and his friend. Col. McNeil, but three. Col. McNeil, who was sec- 
ond In command in the Ashantee expedition, came from England ex- 
pressly to fi6h the York, w hich, all things considered, is one of the beat 
in Canada, and returned. One thousand miles to a fish is rather dear 
sport. On the St. John Frederick Cnrtis and myself during one week’s 
stay killed only one-fourth the usual number, and during the same length 
of time in the York killed only abont twenty fish, including, however, 
three of thirty-two pounds each, one to my rod and two to his. We are 
told that nearly all the rivers of the Bay of Chalenr, Including the fa- 
mous Restigooche, Cascapediac and Matapedia arc giving very little 
sport. On the latter river is Mr. Stevens, of Canada, and Mr. Douglass, 
eon of Sir Cha‘. Douglass, of London, Eogland. Mr. Douglas was with 
me a week on the St. John, and was to telegraph from the Matapedia if 
he had good sport there, so that Mr. Curtis and myself might drive down 
the coast and take a day or two in that river, and also on the Cuscnpc- 
dluc. We have not beard a word from him, and, therefore, credit the re- 
ports that no rivers are as yet giving the us^al amount of sport. 
The Spring has been very backward, and when we reached the St 
John, June 25th, it was a roaring torrent of enow water. Ice formed 
quite thick on the York as late as the 10th of June. In addition to the 
difficulty of ascending the swollen streams the taltnou have been gorged 
with cupelin, whicb was never known U» be so abundant as during tine 
Spring; tbe farmers have even used them for manure as we do menha- 
den. When tbe rivers did get down so thut the salmon could run up 
they bod no time to fool with flic*, and. of course, pushed rapidly to the 
upper pools. Even there they showed little disposition to rise to ■ fly, 
iuid out of fifty or sixty flab (by actual count; lying In a pool, one or two 
only woo Id rise. Tbe York was full of the largest fleb, but only a few 
could be taken. Many predict splendid fluid ig when the second run of 
vnialt fish come* on, about the last of July, Iri which case Mr. Ruther- 
ford Stay vesant, of yoor city, who is expected hourly w ith his yacht— the 
FaUner— will have the cream of the fishing lu the York and St. John, 
both of which ri'cra he Is invited to flsli. As for myself, killing my 
thirty-two fish on my excellent Leonard split bamboo of leas than two 
pounds weight amply repays me for the trip. I have met a dozen men 
tills Bummer who have discarded all other rode. Mine has stood two 
seasons, and been used in the rain at that, and you can hardly loll It 
from a new one. I killed two Osh on my greenheart just for compari- 
son. and I could not be induced to go b ick to it A. G. Wilkinson , 
From all we cun learn, our correspondent's anticipations 
as to Improvement toward the end of July, do not appear 
to have been realized. We have but meagre reports from 
the Lower St. Lawrence. Messrs. Molson and Ives, of 
Montreal, visited a large number of rivers on tire Labrador 
coast in July, taking few salmon, but a large number of 
sea trout, making their cruise in Mr. Molsou's beautiful 
steam yacht of 160 tons burthen, which carries a steam 
launch besides her ordinary boats. 
— Another correspondent, who lias been fishing the St- 
John, on the Lower St. Lawrence, North Shore, writes, 
July 8d, twenty-sevon miles up the river, ns follows: — 
“We have been hereabout a, week, getting over from 
Gasne in a 45-ton schooner. This is a glorious river, scen- 
ery beautiful, current, very rapid, and plenty of fish; but 
they are very sliy at taking the fly. In seven days I have 
J7 fish, averaging about 13 pounds, a 37, 18. and 161 being 
the biggest. "11 took a 34 pound one. The river runs 
about six miles an hour; it is a long, steady shore up hero, 
but no bad rapids; it is easily affected by rains. After a 
twelve hours’ ruin the other day it rose four feet, and of 
course did for our fishing; but it is now falling gradually, 
and we anticipate grand sport." W. A. M. 
TWO DAYS’ FISHING FOR SALMON IN 
LAKE SAN ANDREAS. 
San Francisco, July 19th, 1875. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Although not by any means lending a sedentary life in tills city, a 
change of air, especially when my favorite sport of angling is concerned, 
is always beneficial to my health and spirits; so taking, at seven in the 
morning, the ears fourteen miles to San Brnuo station and house, aud 
trumping it three miles to Lake San Andreas, to the keeper's shanty and 
rauclie, I found myself and a small boat all ready to flsli for the three or 
four-year-old salmon with which this Spring Valley Water Company’s 
lake is stocked and preserved. At this season trolling with a small spoon 
bait seems to be the most successful method, while about two months 
earlier bait fishing answered also with it. At Lake Merced, leased for 
fishing by the California Acclimatizing Society, about twelve roller nearer 
San Francisco, just the reverse lias taken place, bait fishiug now succeed- 
ing best; but this maybe owing chiefiy to this last sheet of water con- 
taining a large number of Luke Tahoe trout, as well as grilse, or young 
salmon, the trout readily taking the worm, shrimp, and alices of fish. 
I designed staying two days and nights at the superintendent’s cottage, 
in preference to walking the three miles backward and forward to the 
San Brmio house, although I had to put up with n bunk for a sleeping 
place, and rather rough food for fare. But revenons nau a salmon. The 
weather during my sojourn at this clear aud intensely blue colored lake 
of two miles in length and half a mile In breadth, was charming. Light 
and fresh breezes pleasantly rufllcd its bosom, and a few alabaster fog 
clonds from the near Pacific, rolling over its neighboring hills and moun- 
tains, barren on oue side, but clothed in its vegetation with a variety of 
green shades on the other, added occasional variety and beauty to the 
placid scene. 
As the keeper had to attend often to bis stock on the ranche, I could 
not get any person to row for me as I trolled from the boat's stern, but 
had to he coutented with handling the oars myself, and laying ray rod 
before me, with line extended in the water some seventy-five feet, and 
reel checked, awaiting the lightning jerk of some hungry salmon seizing 
the spoon bait, when down went the oars aud up went the rod, with the 
delightful sensation of a one or two pounder fastened to the trio of books 
at the end of the glittering revolving spoon, and presently leaping one, 
two, three times out of the water, and occasionally, notwithstanding all 
my care, jerking himself free from his unacceptable acceptance. But 
when ho cannot free himself he comes generally, and apparently not 
very unwillingly, near tbe boat, and seeing his enemy commences to divo 
and plunge rather tryingly to the single got; yet in spite of his straggle?, 
being well hooked and Dot in the hands of a complete neophyte in the 
gentle art, he comes gradually to the surface, the net Is placed ready for 
him. and he Is safely laid in the bottom of the boat— a silvery, flne con- 
ditioned beauty, to gladden the sight of the eager and gratified sports- 
man. When Ibis exciting amusement goes on, and say three or four of 
these game inhabitants of this pretty lake are captured every hour, the 
mujority of fishermen will be sure to have the measure of their happiness 
well filled; they will be at peace with themselves and the rest of man- 
kind, and have reached Ihevery acme of their piscatorial delight, al- 
though, of course, this spoon-bait angling, or what some might term 
spoouey fishing— cannot by any means approach that highest point of a 
sportsman's ambition, the killing of a treut or salmon after seeing a nee 
of one or the other in the water, throwing his fly precisely over the spot 
where it rippled, aDd finding fast to his line a fish of three orfonr 
ponnds, which, after the usual fierce and exciting struggle, Is success- 
fully landed. 
During my pleasant stay at this peaceful lake I had the good fortune to 
capture twenty-five salmon, averaging three quarters of a pound, which 
was poor fishing compared with what had been done previously for about 
two months. This lake is well filled with the silvery beauties, and you 
see them at nearly all times rising aud leaping over the ultramarine col- 
ored waters. K. j. Hooter. 
WISCONSIN ITEMS. 
inreniu ftor., V» ID. 
.A IAJ J I >IU| AOIbJ. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Black bass fishing at Oconomowoc and other places in Michigan Is n< 
in its prime. I have seen many strings of from twenty to forty bre 
averaging two and a half pounds each. Tbe largest bass recorded th 
far this season weighed six and a quarter ponnds, and the largest pic 
crel turned the scale at seventeen and throe quarter pounds. At Ocoi: 
mowoc and vicinity tbe angling fraternity Is well represented by dclef 
tion* from Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Louisville, Indianapolis, o' 
other cities. 
I lately had the opportunity to examine and teat one of the black b« 
rods made by C. F. Orvis, of Manchester, Vermont. This rod is mo 
in accordance with my description of the “Comlug Bass Rod” in Font 
aso Stream of February 11 th, 1875, and I must express myself as me 
tlmn pleased with It. It is just right— eight and three quarter feet 
length, w eight nine ounces, well balanced and handsomely finished, plla 
enough to yield to the slightest movement of the fish, aud yet stiff euou 
locust forty yards with ease. The standing guides are neat and ligi 
While (lie tapering ferrules, without dowels, arc quite un Improvemci 
It is made of neii and lauccwood, whicb are, when well selected, the vc 
beet woods that can be put Into a rod Upon the whole, I consider It l 
b:st and cheapest black buss rod manufactured, aud Mr. Orvis dt-eerv 
tbe commendation and gratitude of all black ba-s anglers accordingly 
Lovers of the gun and dog will be pleased to learn that woodcock t 
more numerous m il ls vicinity than for several years pust, while pinunt 
groose (Cu/ndonla cupltlo), ruffed grouse (Ooruua umbtllu.), „ n d shui 
tolled grouse U’eduxceU* jihaHun/Uui) promise to be more plentiful th 
ever throughout tlm State, notwithstanding the extreme cold weather 
last Winter, and Hie la o and wet Spring. Geese, brant, ducks suit 
and plover will he here In the Fall lu full force. Oconomowoc 

EUZZARD’S BAY. 
New Bedkord, Mass,, July 27 th i« 7 <i 
Editor Forest and Stream:- y , in/a. 
!' am b0 wr * lu ' n In n few word 
Swordfi'lilng continues Inter than usual this year; thosnmckT II Mn 
hew brought In thirty one yesterday, making y.y, to that v ««k|' . 
J one 15th Tim Cuttyhnnk Club caught about 600 pounds buss hut Pri 
day, and Capt. Butler this morning brought over from No Mini's i.,,,,,; 
six buss, nvcrlng about forty live pounds enoli, the largest weighing fifty, 
five pounds. Bottom fish, such as seup, tnutog, etc., thunks to the nu- 
merous traps, pounds, etc., that Infest our waters every Spring, lire very 
scarce. Bluefish lire plenty and large A hill fish nlioiil six feel long 
was brought lu here and sent to l’rof. Baird, at Wood's Hole, lust even- 
lug. Z. Concha, 
TROUT FLIES. 
Canaan, Ct., July 20lh, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream: — 
I noticed In a lute number of your paper nn article by Thud. Norris, 
"This Fly and that Fly," which put me tn mind of on experiment I made 
o number of years ago at almost my first ulicmpt at fly fishing, 1 at- 
tempted to make an imitation of n peculiar caterpillar, and, ns It was my 
first attempt at fly making, the result can lie readily imagined. It was 
j made by twisting n black nnd white hackle, winding it around the bore 
shank of tho hook; then, after f listening It, I clipped off the pinna rather 
short, leaving a couple of long tufts at the bend and at the tall. With 
this fly, which, despite of my pains, was "neither in the likeness of any- 
thing that Is In heaven above, or lu the earth beneath, or In tho waters 
under the earth," 1 have caught trout so early In Spring (April 1st) that, 
it being a cold day, my fiy caught also on tho Ice, and until September. 
From my success with this fly . mid w ith similar ones, 1 have come tu the 
conclusion that it depends more upon tile luiltniloii of the peculiar ruff- 
ling of the water which un insect makes In swimming lhun anything 
else connected with the fly. In support of this "theory" Is the fact 
which probably every fly Usher lias noticed, viz., tlmt sometime* a trout 
will rise to the ripple made by u piece of frayed silk or the ends of a bad 
knot ou the leader in preference to the lly Itself. A. 
U nfiotuil jgngtimes. 
THE CALEDONIAN CONVENTION, 
GAMES OF THE TORONTO CALEDONIAN CLUB. 
T HE ninth annual convention of the North American 
United Caledonian Association was held at Agricul- 
tural Hall, Toronto, Canada, on the 21st ult., being called 
to order by President A. J. Young, of Syracuse. Tho 
other officers present were First Vice President It. Mal- 
colm, of Toronto; J. B. McIntyre, of St. Catharines, sec- 
retary; Thomas Monroe, of Hazleton, asst, secretary; Hon. 
Thomas Waddell, of Pittslon, treasurer; anti (J. G. Nichol- 
son, of New York, member of committee. Only two offi- 
cers were absent — the second vice president and ouu of the 
members of the committee. 
The formal constitution of the convention was effected 
by the appointment of a committee to examine the cre- 
dentials of the delegates. From their report, which was 
signed by W. B. Smith, John S. Dingwall and A Murray, 
and as amended by a fulure addition, it appeared Hint the 
following clubs were represented: Montreal, New York, 
Philadelphia, St. Catharines, Hudson county, N. J., Au- 
burn, Piltston, Detroit, Newark, Syracuse, Brooklyn, Ha- 
zleton, Bridgeport, Toronto, Washington, South Adams, 
Albany, Hamilton, Buffalo, Cohoes, Troy, Scranton, New 
Haven, and Charlottetown. The following were unrepre- 
sented: Boston, San Francisco, Hartford, Newlon. Glen- 
garry, Westerly, Paterson, Baltimore and Saginaw Valley. 
The committee being also appointed lo consider applica- 
tions for membership, recommended that the mimes of 1 lie 
following be added to the roll: Norwich, Richmond, SI 
Andrew’s Society, of Milwaukee, Sonoma, Marin and 
Charlottetown, P. E. I. The report aud recommenda- 
tions were adopted, the latter seriatim. 
After a recess and a reading of the minutes of the last 
convention, President Young delivered his opening ad- 
dress, in the course of which he made a touching allusion 
to the loss sustained by the Caledonian clubs ot Boston and 
New York by the death of Mr. James Kelso and Chief 
Harry Thomson respectively. The secretary’s report, us 
presented by Mr. McIntyre, gave a review of the business 
of the year, which showed the finances of the association 
to be in a sound condition. The treasurer’s report slated 
the total income, expenditures and assets, und displayed a 
handsome surplus in the treasury. 
A very interesting part of the proceedings was the pre- 
sentation of reports from the affiliated clubs and societies. 
It appeared that all were in a very prosperous condition; 
that the literary features of the constitution of none were 
entirely neglected, aud that the Caledonian cause generally 
was flourishing. New York lias the strongest club, with a 
membership of 601 and assets stated at $33,000. R. Ham- 
ilton supplemented the report of the New York club, by 
stating that, at I he next annual games, competitors from 
sister societies will he treated like those of the club, inas- 
much us they would receive parts of the Highland costume 
as prizes, and not all money, us hitherto. 
The committee upon increasing the usefulness of the as- 
sociation recommended — • 
First, The appointment of a committee to devise n system of life »• 
enranco for the advantage of t; >h (Ionian*. 
Second, That no nfillmu-d club allow a profesalouul to compete at its 
games, unless special prizes are offered for such. 
I In rd, Thai the association offer threw prizes for tho heat written es- 
says on subjects thoroughly Scottish, and which huvo been delivered 
before tUe club to whicb the writer belongs; tlmt siu-li essay be forward- 
ed too committee of five, appointed by Un- ussocintlori to award the 
prizes, which ore not to exceed in the aggregate the sutn of fifty dollars. 
Fourth, That the association furnish all clubs tu uffilluil«i with regu- 
lation hammers and putting stones, slumped by the nseoclallou, the club 
receiving tbe eomc to pay tho cost. 
The report was adopted, und the following committees 
appointed; On Life Assurance, Thomas Waddell, U H- 
Itamsuy, and John Shedden; on Essays, A. A. Stevenson, 
R. Bertram, Dr. Smith, Dr. Gunn, and Thomas Moffat. 
The report of the committee upon the Brooklyn appeal 
opened the way for the removal of a source of petty ill- 
feeling, which has existed between tho clubs of Brno klyu 
and New York for a few years. Thu hitter can afford to 
be magnanimous aud “bury thy hatchet," after tho ex- 
pressions of regret dropped at the convention by the gen- 
tlemen most concerned. The report was adopted. 
A series of notices of motions lo he made at the next 
convention were given in, one of which has reference lo 
the regulation of the quoiling competition. A coinmil'.ce 
of five was, in the meantime, appointed to revise the exist- 
ing by-law; uuothcr referred to the weight ot the hammers 
which il was proposed lo change to 14 lbs. and 31 lbs. re- 
spectively It is unnecessary to detail them all here, os 
they will lie over till the next convention. 
Philadelphia was appointed the place for holding tho 
seven i h meeting of the association. 
'1 lie election of officers resulted as follows— president, 
\V. B. Smith, Philadelphia; first vice president, Adam 
Brown, Hamilton; second vice president, Paul Buchu»im t 
