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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PISHING GAZETTE 
to their number; also, that Mr. Wm. Ferguson be 
appointed secretary and treasurer for the ensuing year.” 
■t. “That Mr. F. ./. Kennedy be appointed president of 
the cinb.” It was also adopted that a general meeting 
should be held on Tuesday, 10th inst., to receive draft 
of the rules, confirm the appointment of office-bearers, 
and to transact any other business which might be put 
before it. A vote of thanks having been cordially passed 
to the chairman, the meeting terminated. 
Prince Arthur Piscatorials, Prince Arthur, 
Golborne-road, North Kensington. Since my last report 
very few fish have been taken. Mr. Eodler had a nice 
jack, IJlb.. from the Thames. I must call members’ 
attention to note that next Wednesday. Jan. 11, will be 
quarterly night, when some most important business will 
be brought forward, and I hope to see all members 
present.—J. Harris, sec. 
Royal George Angling Society, Queen's Arms, 
Bateman-street, Soho.—On the 1st inst. Mr. Harris 
weighed in with roach. Our return visit will take place 
on the 18th inst.. when we hope to have a very jolly 
evening. I should like to see the members turn up in 
full force, and bring their music with them. I should 
also like to mention that we intend talking over an 
outing next Wednesday evening, when please turn up 
and give your opinion.—W. E. Shaw, hon. sec. 
South London United Anglers’ Visiting List. 
—The next visit on the above list will be to the Battersea 
United Angling Society, held at the Lord Eanelagh, 
Verona-street, Ingram-street. Battersea, about five 
minutes' walk from Clapham Junction station, close to 
Price’s candle factory, on Monday, the 9th. 'This is a 
new society, and they have turned up in full force at 
nearly every visit since their enrolment, and I trust that 
the older societies will return the compliment and give 
them a bumper.—A. Conn, hon. sec. 
Sussex Piscatorial Society.— List of fish eligible 
to compete for the cup presented by Mr. Holland, sen., 
“ for the best specimen freshwater fish captured from 
public or club waters during year 1892.”—Barbel, 
71b. 8oz. ; bream, 41b. ; carp, 81b. 7oz.; chub, 41b. 14oz.; 
dace, 6oz.; perch, lib. 6oz. ; pike, 91b. 4oz.; roach, 
lib. 9oz.'; rudd. lib. 9oz. ; tench, .31b. OJoz. ; trout, 
81b. 8oz.— Wm. F. Brook, hon. sec. 
United Brothers, Deptford.—The members of the 
above have voted one guinea to the Thames Angling 
Preservation Society, and lOs. fid. to the 'Wind.sor and 
Eton Preservation Society.—H. Tyler, sec. 
Waggoners’ Angling Society, George and 
Dragon, Vanxhall Cross.—Our distribution took place 
on Friday. Deo. 23. The prize-winners were Messrs. 
Pain, Phillips, Franklin Clegg, Betts. The remaining 
prizes wep drawn for. The prizes consisted of joints of 
beef, spirits, wines, and cigars. &c. -H. C. 
Walworth Waltonians Angling Society, St. 
Paul’s Tavern, Westmoreland-road, Walworth, S.E.— 
The following resolutions were carried on Wednesday 
for the competition on the 8th inst. for three prizes ; 
First, i61 Is., given by Mr. Mark Wheeler; second, 
cash lOs. fid., given by Mr. Hawkins, jnn. ; third, cash 
10s. fid., given by Mr. Williams, be open punt or bank, 
public or private. The prizes for Wednesday, Jan. 11, 
be fished for on same conditions.—C. Hibble, sec. 
Wellington Angling Society, Prince George, 
Hill-street, Walworth.—The January competition will 
be fished at Bures, on the 8th, from the gate above the 
tan-yard to end of association water. Members to be 
allowed to go overnight. Mr. Haines weighed in a nice 
show of roach on the 1st inst.— Chas. Wyer, sec. 
West Ham Brothers Angling Society, Coach 
and Horses, The Grove. Stratford.—On the 1st inst. I 
have to report another blank, and at our last meeting it 
was decided to have our visit on Monday, Jan. 23, hoping 
all the secretaries in the No. 1 Eastern District will note 
this, and give us a bumper, as we are at a new house.— 
E. Lowther, sec. 
Westminster Angling Society, held at the 
“Windsor Castle,” Francis-street, Victoria-street (near 
Victoria Station). A very agreeable smoking concert 
was given by the members of this society on Tuesday 
evening last, Mr. Wheeler presiding. There was a 
large attendance of members and friends, and the 
entertainment as regards quality and variety, was 
excellent, and much appreciated by the company 
present, and passed off in the pleasantest manner 
possible. The names on the programme included those 
of some well known vocalists. Mr. Mayo’s two songs, 
the “Island of Dreams,” and “Mona,” were much 
applauded, equally good were Mr. Digby’s “ True Till 
Death” and “The Vagabond.” Amongst others who 
sang were Messrs. F. Bnddington, G. Draper, J. 
Wheeler, W. Greenwood, E. Eoser, F. Mandry, J. 
Greenwood, sen., E. Pope, H. Eccarus, and F. Taylor. 
Mr. Bremley played two very pretty cornet solos, Mr. 
Heathcote gave two recitations in masterly style, the 
“ Life Boat,” especially suiting his nautical appearance. 
Mr. Digby very ably presided at the piano. The next 
concert takes place on Tuesday, Jan. 17.—F. Taylor. 
REPORTS FROM RIVERS, LOCHS, k 
English and Welsh Reports. 
The Lower Thames.— General Eemarks. —The 
river is now to all intents and purposes, as far as the 
anglers are concerned, in a perfect state of obstruction 
by ice, and the fish are daily becoming prison-bound 
under the ice, as the reports on AVednesday from some 
portions of the Thames were to the effect. “ the river in 
some places is completely frozen over.” Instead of 
“Thames Angling,” I shall have to head my remarks 
with “ Thames Skating ” and give such reports; instead 
of “ Eesults of Fishing,” a description of “ Caimivals 
on the ice ; ” but it is to be hoped this weather is not 
going to last very long, and the river will soon be again 
open to the followers of the rod. When I was by the 
river on Tuesday, in the tidal portion, it was not frozen 
over, but there were plenty of moving masses of ice, suffi¬ 
cient indeed to put angling out of the question. 'There 
was a party, however, came down to T wickenham, and en¬ 
deavoured to persuade John Spong to take them out, but 
the worthy fisherman was more discreet than the anglers, 
and nothing would induce him to go out. It will appear, 
however, in the only report which I can give, that the 
river at Staines was fishable, as my friend Mr. Newbury, 
of the New Albion Piscatorial Society, on New Year’s 
Day made an extraordinary take in three hours ; but I 
apprehend since then, like other parts of the Thames, 
the anglers are blocked out. If the club-rooms are 
devoid of any display of fish, the members can spend 
their time in discussing the proposed new bye-laws, as 
the question is a most important one at the present 
moment. AVhatever bye-laws are now approved by Her 
Majesty in Council, there will be no chance of making 
any alteration unless the matter of fresh-water fish is 
taken up by the Legislature, and a general law is made 
as to the sizes and seasons of fish, and to the modes of 
catching them.—B. 
Upper Thames. Angling on the Upper Thames is 
a thing of the future, for, as I write, there are very few 
portions of the river but what is wholly or partially 
frozen over. I visited the Maidenhead waters on 
Wednesday, and certainly the reach below the bridge 
towards Bray, in consequence of the rapid stream, is 
fairly free from ice. and therefore fishable, but the 
Cookham, Bourne End, Marlow, Hurley, and reaches 
thence to Oxford, are more fit for hockey and skating 
than fishing, conseijuently angling visitors to the grand 
old meanderer had just now better arm themselves with 
knob-sticks and skates than with fishing impedimenta. 
The oldest oracle in my locality tells me, for half a pint 
of mild, that it is going to thaw within twenty-four 
hours. With the thermometer registering 22° of frost 
I think the old man must be a distant relative of 
Ananias.— Marlow Buzz. 
Thames (Monkey Island). Very little prospects 
at present, as the river is half-frozen from each bank. 
At Monkey Island, the river is frozen the Berks side, 
opposite the hotel, the ice being of immense thickness, 
so no chance of any fishing being had for some time 
to come.—E. Plummer, Sen. 
Thames (Staines).— John Keene, jan., at the end 
of last week was out one day with Mr. Taylor, who 
caught 201b. weight of good roach. Another day, with 
Mr. Wilson, 121b. of good roach, and on New Year’s 
Day, in three hours, twenty chub weighing 301b., and 
twelve roach weighing filb. 
Thames ('Windsor District). —The arctic severity 
of the weather has, in a few days, converted the river 
here into a huge skating rink, many hundreds indulging 
in the exhilarating pastime. Only on the 31st ult. did 
ice begin to appear on the surface of the river, yet on 
the 3rd inst. I walked across from Windsor to Eton in 
the widest part. To-day I have seen the whole length 
skated over, from opposite the Bridge House Hotel, 
Windsor Bridge, to Clewer Point, where a very pretty 
effect has been caused by the ice-laden ripples being 
frozen, and each clearly defined. This novel sight is 
well worth a visit before the frost breaks, though it is 
impossible to skate over. Since my last very few have 
attempted angling; in fact, I can hear of none having 
taken a fish. I was at Maidenhead on the 29th ult., and, 
having to wait for a train, James Andrews, a very good 
“ chubbist,” suggested an hour at the chub. We did; 
result—five, going 81b. Many local anglers and the 
boating public of this district who knew Mrs. Headland 
when Mr. Headland was the lock keeper at Eomney Lock, 
Windsor, will be sorry to hear that she died a few days 
back in Aberdeen, Mr. Headland’s native town. AVhen 
north, last autumn, I called on them in Crown-street; 
it was a sad contrast, Mr. Headland was bedridden, his 
wife then very ill; her sister, who was nursing them, 
also worn out through increasing attention, and I, stand¬ 
ing by his bedside, was in the best of health, enjoying a 
holiday. This sad bereavement must be a great blow to 
this hardy old sailor, who has weathered many a fearful 
storm in mid-ocean, and only for a short time has enjoyed 
with his devoted wife that haven of rest for which he 
had toiled so many years to reach.—B. E. Bambridge. 
Ancholme District. —Frost holds undisputed sway 
over the waters, and all angling is for a time at an end. 
The commissioners will continue stocking the main 
river with new varieties of fish.— Thomas Ford. 
Dove and Tributaries. —Frost and snow have not 
prevented some fishermen from plying the rod. Sport 
has not been, however, very heavy. General Martani, an 
old Derbyshire fiy-fisher, who came down from town for 
Christmas sport with rod and gun a week ago, fell down 
dead whilst out shooting on Saturday last near here. 
'This lamentable event will be regretted deeply by all 
habitual frequenters of the Derbyshire trout streams, to 
whom the deceased gentleman cannot fail to have been 
known personally or by repute. The general was son-in- 
law of Sir AVm. Fitzherbert, to whom the angling public 
are largely indebted for access to the Dove Dale length 
of the Dove.—D. and AY. H. Foster. 
Exe and Canal (Exeter). -Frost still holds us in 
his iron grip, and the most ardent piscators are 
thoroughly frozen out. Skating has been pretty general 
on the river for three or four days past, and although 
the ice on the canal has been broken up repeatedly. 
it has rapidly re-formed, and traffic is at proeent 
entirely suspended. AVith ice varying from three to 
six inches in thickness, even those “ heroic ” anglers who 
break holes to pursue their favourite pastime now find 
it difficult to open operations. It is undoubtedly the 
most complete freeze-out we have experienced for many 
.years past, and, should there be any demonstration of the 
“great unemployed” shortly, the angling fraternity 
would certainly have good grounds to form a contingent. 
However, in the meantime we may console ourselves 
with the thought of hon: those pike will come at it when 
we do get a chance. “Oh: May it be soon!”— Eei> 
Palmer. 
Medway (Maidstone). Skating, not fishing, is the 
order of the day—too much ice to allow the angler to 
pursue his favourite pastime. Most of the pens have been 
frozen more or less, and no signs of alteration at present. 
—AY. Shrubsole. 
Severn, 'V'yrnwy, Tanat, and Cain (Llany- 
mynech). —The severe frost still continues, but we are 
fortunate so far in escaping the snow storms which 
have visited some parts of the country, and during the 
earlier part of this week the sunshine was so very 
brilliant that it tempted several anglers to the river 
side, and not without success, amongst the coarse 
fish, and some grayling have also been taken in the 
Vyrnwy and Tanat. During the last few days the frost 
has been more intense, with very little sunshine, and it 
is many years since so much ice has been seen on those 
rivers, as in very many places it has been for days of 
sufficient thickness to allow of sliding and skating even 
where the streams are rapid.— Vyrnwy. 
Teme (Tenbury). —In this district the water is 
clear and low, and the weather has been very bad and 
dead against angling. The river has been frozen over 
in parts, and it has been so cold that no rods have been 
out, or will be until the weather gets warmer. The 
E’d Kyre, and Ledwyche are all frozen over. No 
fishing in them.— AVorcester. 
Trent (Newark) .—Angling might be placed amongst 
the sports of a byegone era so little has it been indulged 
in in the Newark district during the past two months, 
and, at the present time, about four miles of the upper 
portion of the Trent, from Newark to Farndon, is ice¬ 
bound, and skating the general amusement, and with 
the thermometer registering 20 degs. of frost prospects 
of an early change do not appear close at hand.— 
Trentsider. 
Scotch Reports. 
Dee, Don, &c. —Such a protracted spell of frost has 
not been experienced since 1881, when the rivers were 
literally ice bound from bank to bank. At present this 
is daily coming nearer and nearer a repetition of the 
same state of matters, and several of the narrower parts 
on the upper reaches of the Dee are already bridged 
over. The late spawners have received a severe check, 
but, on the whole, the season on the Dee, Don, Deveron, 
Ythan, and smaller streams, has been a very good one. 
A considerable fall of snow came away on New Year’s 
Day and the following days, but the accumulations are 
nowhere heavy among the Grampians as yet. Nothing 
can be seen of fish just now for ice, but from the show 
on the coast it is confidently anticipated that a good head 
of spring beauties are ready to take the river on the 
first fresh.— Deesider. 
Tburso (Halkirk). —Intense frost during the whole 
of last week has brought the river down to almost 
summer height. The ice is, in some places six inches 
thick. Snow fell heavily on Tuesday. The prospects 
for the opening on the 11th are very poor. Should this 
weather continue, angling could not be attempted, and 
should thaw set in soon, the river could hardly be in 
order : besides, a run of early fish is necessary before 
anything like sport can be got. At pi-esent, none can 
be seen in the bay. a rain spate would do a lot of good. 
The work of filling icehouses is being carried on 
successfully.—A. H. 
Irish Reports. 
Ballinderry. —The water is falling lower, and in some 
places is partially frozen. This, just at present, is rather 
unfortunate, as it gives better opportunities to the ubiqui¬ 
tous poachers who infest and drive a good business on 
this stream. The last runs of salmon are now up on the 
redds, and some shrimpers have crossed the Coagh and 
Ardtrea weirs. In the e irly part of the spawning season 
the water kept high in flood, so that numbers of salmon 
got over the weirs to the higher spawning grounds, 
which otherwise they could not have attained. In the 
lower three miles pike absolutely swarm in the water, and 
few are being taken. The angling season doos not open 
till March 1. 
Blackwater (co. Tyrone).— Up till a week or so 
the spawning season progressed most favourably as the 
water was high, and poaching was thus kept down at a 
minimum. However, since the water commenced falling, 
netters have been at work, and the lower Benburb 
reaches have been swept and plenty of fish taken off the 
redds. McKean’s weir at Benburb is an almost unsur- 
mountable barrier to the ascending salmon and lake 
trout, and, by the judicious outlay of a small sum in a 
fish pass, this could be remedied and angling greatly 
improved. A petition, in which Mr. John Mills—a first 
r.ate angler—is taking the initiative, is about to be got 
up to have the sea.son for angling extended from Oct. la 
to Oct. 31, as formerly. The season opens March 16. 
■Waterville (co. Kerry).— Sea angling has been 
resumed, but very little has been done beyond a few 
whiting being taken off Ballinskelligs Island. AA’eather 
now very fine and frosty. Thos. J. Dennehy. 
