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on the drains for skatinar p^rposes, and rendering the 
exercise, where possible, dangerous. Prior to the fall 
the ice was clear and very transparent; so transparent, 
in fact, that skaters and others passing over it could 
discern the fish beneath. This, doubtless, led to the 
illegitimate killing of many a good pike, for those 
inclined for fish poaching found it comparatively easy 
to drive the fi-sh to where the water was shallow, and 
then by breaking it the fish could be easily got out. 
Again,.owing to want of water for their cattle, farmers 
had to break holes in the ice to obtain it. and as fish 
congregate near the boles, they are often caught by 
illegitimate means. Both these methods of what may 
be called poaching are in vogue in the Fens in the 
winter time, when opportunities offer. The heavy fall 
of snow, though, has largely made these methods 
impracticable. For the last few days there has been a 
warmer temperature, but the thaw has been very slow, 
and it will, even if the change continues, be some time 
before the drains are again available for angling. Ponds 
and rivers are almost equally unfit for sport.— Limpet, 
Idle (North Notts).— Next to no sport is to be had 
in this district, for nearly all water is closed by ice. In 
addition to the other inconveniences, there has been a 
heavy fall of snow, and,since this has come through, there 
has been warmer weather, and angling might be possible. 
The thaw is taking snow water into the open water¬ 
courses, and spoiling what chance of sport there may be. 
Anglers must possess their souls in patience yet a while 
longer, like the foxhunters. Both kinds of sport practi¬ 
cally stoiiped with the advent of the holidays. By way 
of interesting a good many anglers who at times patro¬ 
nise this district and the adjacent Trent, we are glad to 
learn that the Local Government Board have refused the 
Manchester Corporation its sanction for the conversion 
of the Rampton Estate into a vast sewage farm, on the 
ground of its being liable to foul the water of the river. 
The estate occupies the bank of the Trent for several 
miles, I believe, and affords pretty good fishing. Rumour 
has it now that the estate has been purchased by a locally 
known baronet fond of politics and sport. Many will 
rejoice if that is so.—L. 
Ziea and Stort.— Angling prospecis are now in the 
ascendant, as the milder weather we have had during the 
past day or two has broken up the ice on both the navi¬ 
gation canal and the old river. The canal yet contains 
quantities cf floating ice, but there are plenty of open 
spots available for the roach pole or the pike rod. On 
Thursday morning I visited some of the lower parts of 
the old river, and found matters much better than I ex¬ 
pected ; the water is moderately clear, and of a good 
colour, bearing, altogether, a very fishable look. Mr. 
Geo. Burberry, of the Edmonton and Tottenham 
Angling Society, gave a handsome silver watch to 
be fished for by the members up to the end of the year, 
gross weight of all kinds of fish. Mr. Cook was the 
winner, having run a close race until nearly the finish 
with Mr. George Rochester. The takes of both anglers 
were principally pike, some very good ones falling to 
both rods : the best being close on 101b. The members 
have still two silver cups, presented by Mr. Tom 
Burberry, to be fished for, in addition to a lot of club 
prizes. There are many places where a bit of good 
perch-fishing should be had now. Worms, when ob¬ 
tainable, I should prefer to any other bait, though a 
lively minnow would be attractive enough to some of 
the larger specimens.— Spliced Joint. 
Lugg and Arrow (Leominster). —Both these 
streams are low, and are in fair order for grayling fish¬ 
ing. The weather has been very cold and the river is 
frozen over in parts, and angling has been quite at a 
standstill; but sport could be had with maggot and 
grasshopper if any one cared to venture out. The Pinsley 
is now clear and low ; no sport in it.— Gwtnne. 
Lugg,Arrow, and Pinsley (Kingsland).— Rivers 
are at normal winter level and clear, yet much incum¬ 
bered with ice at sides and floating. Very few anglers 
have cared to face the severe weather, and those who 
have do not report any big baskets ; still, some fine 
grayling, in splendid condition, have been landed, 
swimming the worm, maggot, and sink and draw being 
the baits used.—R. T. Williams. 
Medway (Maidstone).— The ice has broken up, 
but it will be some days before the water is fit for the 
angler, owing to the snow water from the various triLi- 
taries.—W. Shrubsole. 
Nene (Northamptonshire).— Review of the 
Past Season. —The season has been most remarkable 
for the quantity and (juality of the roach, which have 
often reached remarkably good weights. In the earlier 
art of the season boiled wheat was a regular killing 
ait, but, towards the close red worms have proved 
most attractive, and the worm is the most useful 
tempter at the present time: and I expect some 
2-pounders will be obtained now that the weather has 
broke. Mr. John Powell has confined his attentions to 
the roach, and several times his takes have had to be re¬ 
corded in stones. His best day was early in August, 
when he landed almost more fish than he could carry 
home. Waternewton, AVansford, and near Nan- 
ingfton have been the best localities. Bream 
have, generally speaking, been unusuallv back¬ 
ward, and some anglers have told me that the 
past season has been one of the poorest in their 
memory. The most successful angler after the bream 
has been a local veteran, Mr. Doughty, and I well 
remember one particularly good week’s sport some 
months ago,when he had a splendid haul. Mr. Eayres has 
also been conspicuous in his attendance upon the' bream. 
Chub have been heavy ; perch about the average ; and 
eels plentiful. As to the pike, the least we say about 
them the letter, for the season has been very remarkable 
for their scarcity ; in fact, hardly a decent fish has been 
taken anj'where along the river, and this is the more 
noticeable compared with the previous season, when 
several bordering upon 201b. were taken at Oundle and 
near Peterborough. But perhaps the next few months 
will yield better as regards pike. A couple of good tench 
were taken a fortnight ago, and anglers will be busy 
this week if the present weather continues.— Nene- 
BANK. 
Flymouth.— Sea Fishing. —The cold weather vir¬ 
tually puts a stop to all fishing except the pilchard and 
herring drift-nets and a few trawlers. Pollack, being 
out of season, are not much sought after, especially as 
they are gone oS into deep water, as is their custom at 
this time of the year. Grey mullet are still congre¬ 
gating, but the rough weather we are occasionally having 
keep the schools out of the bays. Smelt are being taken 
from several of the piers by the usual paternosters by 
those who can stand the cold weather. The edible fish 
for this month are, atherine (smelt), tub, piper, red 
gurnard, mackerel, dory, skate, sharp-nosed ray. 
Homelyn ray, sprat, anchovy, eel, ling, cod. whiting, 
haddock, pouting, coal-fish, pike, and all shell-fish.— 
William Heabder. 
Severn, Vyrnwy, Tanat, and Cain (Llany- 
nxynech). —AVe have had another week of most un¬ 
favourable weather for angling. The snow, with which 
we had been so long threatened, descended in earnest 
on Friday and Saturday last, to the depth of several 
inches. The storm was followed by a very cold thaw, 
which lasted some days, but not long enough to melt 
the snow, which still covers the ground. Frost has 
again set in, and there is at present every appearance of 
a long continuation of it, so that anglers are now wait* 
ing, with as much patience as they can muster, for a 
change in the weather.— Vtrnwt. 
Stour (Bures).— The ice has nearly all disappeared, 
and roach are feeding well. In a few hours’ fishing 
local anglers here had from 121b. to 151b. of fish.— 
Goosequill. 
Sussex Rivers.- Frost still holds sway in the south, 
and many of the angling resorts are ice-bound. Hunt¬ 
ing, angling, and football have given place to skating. 
Chichester Canal is available from the rea.ch beyond the 
basin to the lock at Birdham, a stretch of three miles. 
The basin is still open, and a few pike have been taken 
live baiting. Those portions of the Arun and Bother not 
frozen are in good order, but I do not hear of any sport. 
Wild fowl are numerous on the coast. Three wild swans 
were recently shot at Siddlesham, and one at Selsea. 
Quantities of snipe, golden plover, wigeon, and duck 
have been shot by the puntsmen and shore-shooters at 
Chichester Harbour. Sea fishing is excellent; several 
good cod fish, one of 221b., have been taken off Brighton 
during the week.— George F. Salter. 
Teiue (Ludlow). —The Teme in this district is now 
running clear and a nice level. The w-eather at the end 
of last week changed, and snow fell to the depth of 
eight inches, the rivers thawed, and the ice disappeared, 
but the water was not coloured. Angling has been 
quite at a standstill, and no anglers have been out. In 
the water near AVoofferton, in one of the streams, a large 
number of trout have been found frozen to death, the 
water being one solid block of ice. On Saturday, Mr. 
R. Brown was out near the New Bridge, when his dog 
came across an otter; the dog ran the otter on to the 
ice, and a battle ensued, the otter eventually getting 
away under a weeping ash tree. The Ony, Corve, Clun, 
aud Ledwycheare all clear, and the ice has disappeared. 
No an glers have been out fishing of late. 
Teme (Tenhury).— Inthis part the water is running 
clear and a nice level; the weather has been very 
severe, and snow has fallen, and is several inches deep. 
No anglers have been out, or will be until the weather 
changes, when sport may be expected. The Red Kyre 
and Ledwyche are all low, and no fishing in them.— 
AA’'orcester. 
Trent (Newark). —A slow thaw has been in pro¬ 
gress the greater part of the week, and the Trent now 
presents a mass of blocks of floating ice. and, although 
running low and in fair condition respecting colour, the 
temperature of the water caused by the dissolving ice 
and the obstructions before mentioned, prevent any 
attempt at angling, but, from appearance, the usual 
accompaniment of the breaking up of a frost—a flood- 
will not result, and fishermen will shortly be able to get 
amongst the pike and chub, which should take the lure 
ravenously after the past fortnight’s abstinence.— 
Trentsider. 
Witham (Mid-Lincoln). —Nothing is being done 
in the way of angling as yet since the setting in of the 
frost, and from what I can make out the only water open 
will be the brook and feeders of the river, which, for the 
most part, are occupied by trout, if they contain fish at 
all. Careful observers are reporting the trout as pre¬ 
paring for spawning if not actually at that occupation, 
and there is some concern that they may suffer either 
from being frozen up in the holes, or left where they 
may be at the mercy of unscrupulous fish killers. 
AA hether that is so or not I cannot say, but the frost is 
said to have been the severest there has been for some 
years. This, along with the heavy snowfall, will stop 
angling for some time, even though the thaw should 
make itself complete.— Luce. 
Yore, Wharfe, &c . —The rivers have been prac¬ 
tically unfishable until the last few days, when the 
frost has given way a little. I fished the Tanfield Club 
water on Tuesday, and killed twelve grayling averaging 
half a pound; the huge masses of ice are breaking up, and 
during the day I had to keep a sharp look out to avoid 
them, as they came floating down behind me.—F. M. 
AA’allbran. 
[January 14, 1893 
Scotch Reports. 
Helmsdale (Helmsdale). —Before the following 
notes are in print, this river will have opened for 
salmon and trout angling, but I am sorry to say that 
at the time I write the prospects are not particularly 
bright, but the opposite. For several weeks past we have 
had a succession of snowfalls, and always accompanied 
by very severe frost. On several days of last week the 
thermometer showed 20 degrees of frost, being the 
lowest indication for a number of years. The conse¬ 
quence has been that the river has become very low and 
clear as crystal, while many parts of it are entirely frozen 
over; add to-all this the very low temperature of the water, 
and the look out is not a hopeful one. That there are 
some new' fish already on the lower reaches I have 
no doubt, but, until milder weather and a thaw 
comes, sport will be fair. I have not yet heard who are 
to be‘‘first in the field,” but as the state of matters 
becomes known, sportsmen will not be in any hurry com, 
ing north. It is probable, however, that a change of 
weather is not far off, and when a real thaw does 
come, it will cause a big rush of water, as there are 
immense quantities of snow on the hills and along the 
watershed. Sea fishing has been doing little for some 
time, the weather not being favourable. Herrings do not 
seem to be very plentiful on the coast yet, the best 
catches only being a few hundred for each boat.—S. C. 
Irisli Reports. 
Ballinderry, —The water is falling at the carries, and 
no| doubt if the watchers and the constabulary be not 
doubly vigilant, poachers will be on the war-path 
towards the close of the week. As far as I can learn, 
only about two dozen salmon were gaffed at Ardtrea, 
Coagh, and Cloghog weirs this season, owing to the 
height of the water, but the lower reaches were re¬ 
peatedly swept by the fishers from Lough Neagh. 
Neither the Inspector of Fisheries nor the bailiffs have 
had a single prosecution as yet. 
Blackwater (co. Tyrone).— This stream is keep¬ 
ing at winter level, but should soon rise owing to the 
melting of the snow on the mountains and higher hills 
in Tyrone, Armagh, and Monaghan. AVhere the stream 
runs through the last-named county a little pike spin¬ 
ning is reported from the small tributaries. At Benburb 
the spawning of salmon is almost over, and, barring the 
usual amount of poaching, has been very good. — 
Lough Melvin.—Messrs. Carty, of Clery, lessees of 
the Bundrowes fishery, reiiort having seen numbers of 
large salmon passing from the sea into the river. This 
is very satisfactory. The netting does not commence at 
the Bundrowes where the Drowse river discharges the 
■water from Lough Melvin into the sea, until the 1st of 
Feb. next, so that the anglers frequenting this famous 
lake may on that date expect to find it lairly stocked 
■with fresh run spring fish. Any reader of your paper 
desiring any further information can obtain same on 
applying to Mr. A. Scott, Garrison, or te Michael Rogan 
and Sons, Bridge End, Ballyshannon.— Innish-Owen. 
Maine (co. Antx^),—The Maine, which holds the 
best spawning beds in the rivers of Antrim, has been 
well frequented by salmon and lake trout in the past 
three months. A little poaching was indulged in by 
the fraternity, but their operations were limited as 
compared with former years. S. fario have nearly all 
spawned. Fishing does not commence for six weeks 
yet. Some of the best reaches are preserved by Major 
J. J. Rowan, himself a genuine sportsman, and a member 
of the local board of conservators.—J. A. B. 
Upper and Lo-wer Bann.— The Lower Bannat pre¬ 
sent is pretty high and encumbered with ice floes. The 
spawning season for so far has been nretty favourable. 
The floods kept gaffers away at the' weirs and fords’ 
though some harm ivas done to partially spawned fish by 
the floods sweeping them off the redds, which themselves 
were partially injured in some places. The number of 
salmon that have passed np to the sj^awning beds in the 
tributaries is equal to that of any season previously. No 
salmon have been yet observed in the upper stream, and 
it is now almost certain that they have ceased to haunt 
it owing to the pollution. Angling does not open till 
March 1. Recently some half dozen of nets set in the 
river were seized by the keepers. 
“Imperial” Silver Cup Competition. —On the 
8th inst., the club room at the Imperial Hotel, South- 
wark-street, Blackfriars-road, London, was crowded 
with angling expectants, but there no fish. Since then 
the iron embrace of Jack Frost has relaxed, and should 
the clerical individual who is reputed to be in special 
charge of the various meteorological departments of the 
universe remain in the same mood, there may be some 
good shows of fish on the 1.5th inst. Result up to date • 
Mr. R. H. Morris (Battersea Friendly^ six points; Mr. 
J . AA'heelhouse (Blackfriars Angling Society), three 
points. — John Smith, hon. sec. 
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