THE EISHINH GAZETTE 
Eebruart 11, 1893] 
condition, the various outings had been well attended, 
and the competitions keen. Their prospects for the 
coming season were very rosy, they were increasing in 
numbers. There were many good prizes to bo fished 
for, and their good president, Mr. E. H. Bowen, had 
secured for them that splendid sketch of the Teme, at 
Hor.«ham, which they knew so well, and which had been 
so freely and so kindly handed over to them by that 
thorough sportsman and gentleman, Mr. W. A. Eogers, 
to whom their greatest thanks were due. 
In referring to the “ Provincial Angling Association,” 
with whom they were affiliated, he spoke of the growing 
importance of that body — the privileges they had 
secured for anglers, and the good work they had accom- 
jilished on the Severn Fishing Board and elsewhere in 
their interests. 
On presenting the balance-sheet for the last season, 
hir. Wingfield said it had been duly audited and found 
correct, and they would be glad to see that, instead of 
a deficieney as in 1891, they had this year a substantial 
balance to the good. The announcement was received 
with evident satisfaction. 
The balance-sheet having been passed, the election of 
officers for the ensuing season was proceeded with, when 
the president, Mr. E. H. Bowen ; vice-president, Mr. 
Martin Perks ; treasurer, Mr. W. Prosser and the hon. 
sec., Mr. E. Wingfield, were unanimously re-elected. 
Other business before the meeting having been dis¬ 
posed of, a hearty vote of thanks to the officers of the 
past season—special reference being made to the services 
of the hon. sec.—was carried unanimously. 
FROM IRELAND- 
To the Editor of the Fishing Gazette. 
KEEEY.—Eod-fiehing opens in the Ki Harney district 
on Feb. 1, and in this district are the well-known fishing 
centres of Wateryille, Glencar, and Eoasbergh. 
Salmon are running up the Waterville Eiver in more 
than average numbers. During two days of the last 
weekly season, sixty salmon were taken at the weir on 
this river, and when the weir was lifted at noon on 
Friday, the fish were still running up steadily. At 
Killarney, where the netting eommeneed last week, the 
returns have been fair, but below the average. 
The inspectors of Irish fisheries have given notice that 
they have, by order, dated Jan. 18, 1893, and inserted in 
the Duplin Gazette of Jan. 20, 1893, decided that the 
close time, during which fish of the salmon or trout 
kind shall not be fished for, killed, destroyed or cap¬ 
tured by any person by single rod and lino, in the upper 
or fresh water portions of the rivers Feale, Geale, and 
Cashan, and their tributaries, shall be, between the 1st 
day of November in each year and the 30 th day of 
April in the year following, both the said days inclusive. 
On Waterville Lake the prospects are good. It may 
he well to remark hero for the information of angling 
visitors who intend to make the Lake Hotel their head¬ 
quarters during the spring angling, that this house is 
closed for the present, in order that repairs, additions, 
and alterations may be made. I have not heard when it 
is expected to be re-opened. However, it is probable 
that the establishment will again be open for visitors 
when ohe rush takes place during the white trout season. 
The other hotels, the Bayview and Butler’s Arms, are 
ample enough to accommodate all anglers likely to come 
down for the spring and summer angling. 
I wish to remark that despite several articles relating 
to the fishing at Waterville, having appeared in the 
Fishing Gazette and other papers, many anglers think 
that Waterville Lake is not a free water. I, therefore, 
here state, for the information of such, that this water 
is free to all comers, the only necessary qualification to 
fish it being a license, costing £1, and procurable at all 
the hotels. - 
Coppal Lake, at the head of Waterville Lake, is also 
free, and affords good white and brown trout-fishing in 
the late summer and autumn months. The only other 
free water of any importance near Waterville is the 
river Inny, which generally yield-s good sport at salmon 
after a spate during July, August, and September. 
At Portmagee large numbers of ling and cod have been 
had by netting, and anglers using hand-lines have also 
done well among those fish at this station. At Cooma- 
cloucane hand-lines have been very successful at whiting. 
The latter fish is selling now in the local markets at 
ninepence per dozen. Mackerel have afforded some 
sport lately at a few points in South Kerry to anglers 
using spinning baits. On the North Kerry coast line 
nets of various kinds still continue to make large captures 
of mackerel. It is now several years ago since such 
large quantities of mackerel have been taken so early in 
the year around those shores. As a rule, the season does 
not open until the beginning of March. Pollack fishing 
has declined, and rook fishers have met with only 
indifferent success. The weather is now very mild, and 
high hopes are entertained of good sport amongst various 
fish during the next week. 
Later. —The weather has been very wild and wot 
for the greater part of the past week. The angling, 
which opened on many waters in the county on February 
1, has been much retarded in consequence. Up to time 
of writing very little has been done by rod anglers. At 
Waterville, the salmon have been running up in more 
than average numbers, and eighty-three were taken at 
the weir during the past weekly season. Sport on 
Waterville Lake has been very poor, only four salmon 
being got by anglers up to time of writing. The brown 
trout fishing has been pretty good during the favourable 
spells in the weather, and several fine specimens, weigh¬ 
ing irom 2Ib. to 31b., were had by I. Leary, I. ],. 
Sullivan, E. Denueby, M. Brennan, I at Murphy, and J. 
-B. Sullivan. The Cummeragh is now in grand ply, but 
no anglers have been out on this preserved water. 
Salmon have been coming np since the recent floods, and 
are now fairly numerous in a few of the larger pools. 
On the Iiiny, brown trout anglers had a few days’ good 
sport, but, generally speaking, the fish were small, only 
a few reaching lib. in weight. The news from the 
Killarney waters is meagre, and shows that next to 
nothing has been done there. The had weather, however, 
has been the principal cause of this. 
The sea fishing has been suspended at most stations 
on the coast. At Portmagee, however, the cod and ling 
fishing has been resumed, and some good takes have 
been reported on Thursday and Saturday. In the Tralee 
district, whiting, plaice, and cod have been taken in 
large numbers on a couple of days last week, but, since 
then nothing has been done in this direction. At time 
of writing the sea at Waterville is very rough, and the 
tide coming up several feet beyond ordinary high water 
mark. 'The fishermen along the shores of the bay have 
been obliged to pull their boats to higher ground out of 
reach of the tide. 
ULSTEE.—On Wednesday, the 1st inst., the pollen 
fisheries of Lough Neagh opened. Up to time of writing 
I have only seen a few fish, but they appeared to be 
plump and of a pretty good size. Precautions were taken 
that the boxes containing pollen tor shipment to cross¬ 
channel markets did not also contain trout and salmon, 
as bailiffs were posted on the principal local railway 
stations, with orders to search suspected packages, in 
accordance with the provisions of the Pollen Fisheries 
(Ireland) Act, or the 54 & 55 Viet. cap. 2(1. 
By the time that these notes appear some 4000 perch 
will be added to the stock of perch in the Lagan 
at Belfast. The perch are for the purpose of re-stocking 
the river and affording prospective sport to the rods of 
the N.E.U.A.C. A movement has just been initiated by 
Mr. F. Kennedy, of the B.A.A. and N.E.U.A.C., for the 
establishing of a third angling club at Ballymena, with 
the intention of combating the poaching on the Maine. 
A bailiff named Malian, on the Eoo, has just got into 
a rather serious trouble. . It seems that he was on duty, 
and, it is alleged, caught a fellow named Murphy poach¬ 
ing near near Dnngiven. The latter ran away, pursued 
by Malian, who fired at the poacher, wounding him in 
the cheek close to the car, where the bullet lodged, but 
was subsequently extracted. Before the local magis¬ 
trates, at Dnngiven, the bailiff was committed for trial, 
bail being refused. 
Occasionally wo hear of “ Justice’s Justice,” or the 
decisions of the Great Unpaid. I take the following 
from the Belfast News Letter, a well informed 
journal of the most red-hot Orange character I must 
admit, for if Ulster men could not introduce politics 
someway or another, life w'ould not be worth living: 
“ Daniel Doherty, inspector of fisheries, Stranecuan, 
summoned John McGarry, of Armoy, for having -had in 
his possession a salmon on Dec. 22 last. Mr. John Boyle 
(of Messrs. P. and J. Boyle, Bally money) appeared for 
the defence. A water bailiff, named Jeremiah M’Cauley, 
deposed that on the date in question the defendant 
showed him a salmon at the door of his own house in 
Armoy. During an amusing cross-examination by Mr. 
Boyle, the witness swore positively that .the fish which 
he savy was a salmon. The defence was supported by 
the evidence of Mark J. Stewart and Eobert Morrison, 
and a statement by the defendant was that the fish 
shown to M'Cauley by the defendant was not a salmon 
at all, but a ‘ gbashen,’ a species of fish c.aught in large 
numbers off Ballycastle. It appeared to have been 
shown to M'Cauley in a ‘ lark ’ by defendant. The 
Court dismissed the case without prejudice. The same 
complainant summoned John Brown, of Broughmore, 
for a breach of the fishery laws, by chasing or disturb¬ 
ing spawning salmon in the Glenshesk Eiver on Dec. 31 
last. Mr. Boyle again defended. Evidence was given 
by John Gallagher, a water bailiff, to the effect that he 
watched the defendant ‘ prodding ’ the river at certain 
places where there were salmon-roods, and, subsequently, 
throwing stones into the water, with the intention, as 
alleged, of chasing the salmon into shallow water for the 
purpose of killing them. The defence was that Brown had 
been called to take his cattle out of Mr. McCaughen’s 
field, near his own farm, and that in so doing he drove 
them along the river bed for about ten perches. He had 
thrown small stone.s at the cattle to keep them in motion, 
but it was positively denied that he made any attempt to 
disturb the fish. Wm. Brown and. Mr. F. McCanghen 
were examined in support of the defence. The 
magistrates, after a short consultation, dismissed the 
case without prejudice.” So much for magisterial 
penetration. It is a wonder that the court did not 
dismiss the cases on the merits. It is a mercy that the 
oases can bo called on again. 
Since writing above I observe that Mr. McNeill, 
M.P., has given notice to the House of Commons that 
ho will introduce a Bill for the amendment of Irish 
fishery laws. I infer that this Bill will be in connec¬ 
tion with the agitation among the Lough Neagh 
fishermen in the past three months. 
J/tiUoirrq/'s Pill.i are securities of licaltli to all nations, of what¬ 
ever clime. They have given hope, relief, oiul comfort to millions. 
In irritation and debility, generated by excesses of any kind, or in 
general prostration of the system, their effect is rspiiily soothing, 
renovating ami rc.storative. They rapidly drive from the syalem 
the morbid eaui-o of ailment anil renew in the frame its pristine 
animation, health, and vigour. They greatly increase the 
appetite, give tone to the stomach, assist the digestion, and 
imiiurl elasticity to the .sjiirits; their essence enters the circula¬ 
tion, and, carried through its course, cxeits its cloan.sing power 
over every organ, in the lungs they affect most striking changes, 
converting the impure v.-nous into pure arterial blood, by which 
the whole frame is recruited. 
NOTES FOR CLUB ANGLERS. 
Last Friday night witnessed the inauguration of a 
club which is to be devoted solely to the art of sca- 
iishing. Ibo club was formally set on foot at a meeting 
bold on the evening in question, at the Swallow 
Assembly Eooms, Piccadilly, and all sorts and condi- 
Lions 01 anglers will wish it success. Several previous 
attempts have been made to form such a society, which 
now, thanks to the interest and exertions of Messr.s 
C. H Cook, F. G. Aflalo, and E. S. Shrubsole, is an 
established tact. Sea-angling affords really splendid 
sport, but comparatively few anglers have been able to 
participate in it owing to the heavy railway fares. The 
now club, however, is about to negotiate for a privi¬ 
lege ticket to certain salt-water angling resorts, and 
the application will, I understand, bo made through the 
Anglers’ Association, to which the new club will bo 
affiliated. At no distant date, therefore, sea-fishing 
promises to become extremely popular, and when that 
day arrives, I hope that the London clubs will decide 
some of their competitions on the briny instead of in 
the much-fished rivers. Mr. C. H. Cook, the chairman 
on Friday night, expressed the opinion that the forma¬ 
tion of the club would be the means of relieving, to 
some extent, our inland fisheries ; and I am sure of this, 
that providing the privilege ticket can be arranged for’ 
and satisfactory terms come to with the local beachmen, 
many a party of London club anglers will spend an 
outing by the sad sea waves in the future. Doubtless 
many a club angler will join the new society, but I take 
it that if the various railway companies grant privilege 
tickets, they will be equally available to members of the 
two associations as to those gentlemen enrolled under 
the flag of the British Sea Anglers’ Association. 
The hon. sec. of the club is Mr. F. G. Aflalo, a 
gentleman who has fished in many waters, and the 
author of some capital books on sea-fishing. He read 
an extremely interesting paper on Friday night. In his 
speech Mr. Cook explained the objects of the society, 
and said some very nice things about the niemhers going 
trips in a yacht, and being fGed, like the British Asso¬ 
ciation, when on marine discoveries bent. The associa¬ 
tion is to have branches at various sea-side resorts, and 
the members there will keep their eye on the migration 
and food of the fishes, and inform their London friends 
when there is a chance of sport. If funds permit, the 
society will purchase a number of boats of its own, and 
publish a journal of facts and figures on sea-ang’ling. 
The committee have been wished success by many 
influential gentlemen, including Sir A. K. Eollitt, M P 
the Mayor of Deal, Mr. E. B. Marston, Mr. Wni’ 
Senior, Surgeon-Gen. Parke, Mr. T. E. Sachs, Mr. F. J. 
S. Hopwood, &c., and I, myself, trust the new club will 
have a long, useful, prosperous, and enjoyable career. 
In last week s Fishing Gazette I hinted that matters 
in regard to the new Thames byc-laws had assumed a 
more satisfactory phase. I am glad to be able to say 
that such is the fact. The indignant protests of the 
Anglers’ Association have not been without effect, and 
on Friday morning the deputation from the above body 
waited upon the conservators, with the result that the 
most obnoxious propositions in the bye-laws have been 
withdrawn. The netting-licence for riparian owners 
will 8 ill be enforced, and the mesh of the net is not to 
he interfered with. Satisfaction will be felt that the 
conservators have determined to exclude undersized 
chub from the live-bait list, and the jack angler may 
now prepare for the 40-pounder, as the gaff is to bo 
permitted. Next, please 1 Well, I hear that roach are 
to be increased to 8in., and pike to 22in., and that the 
netsmen between London and Kew will have to be 
licensed and approved by the Conservancy. These are 
some of the alterations obtained, and the London 
Anglers’ Association is to be justly complimented on 
the vigorous stand it has made against the wrongs 
sought to be inflicted on the anglers, and for the 
eminently more satisfactory state of affairs it has been 
instrumental in bringing about. 
The Silver Trout Club have arranged for a paper on 
Tuesday, the 21st inst., under the auspices of the Society 
for Eeading Papers at Angling Clubs. The reader will 
be Mr. G. Moyle, who will dilate on “ 'Trout and Trout 
Fishing.” Mr. McDermott will read his pajier, ” Eoaoh 
and Eoacli Fishing,” at Tonbridge, Kent, on Thursday, 
Feb. 16, before the members’of the local angling associa¬ 
tion. Trains for Tonbridge on the evening in question, 
leave Cannon-street at 0.5 p.m., and 0.28 p.m., returning 
from Tonbridge at 9.‘25 p.m., and 10.10 p.m., the latter 
train being due in London at 11.20 p.m. 'The work'of 
the ‘‘long name society” is steadily moving forward. 
Commencing out of London with a paper at the Epsom 
Angling Club, we now find the society is to bo repre¬ 
sented at 'Tonbridge, which is a step farther on into the 
provinces. As already notified, one of the society’s 
papers has been read at Liverpool, and the Hull anglers 
have applied for another. 
The death is announced of Mr. A. Adams, a once 
well-known angler and sportsman, at Great Yarmouth. 
Mr. Adams had retired from business, and of late years 
had been living at Oultpn, where, in the famous broad 
of that name, ho made many a heavy bag of pike and 
bream. 'The doceasead gentleman was also a keen shot. 
His wife, an estimable lady, and much beloved by the 
poor folk of Oulton and Carlton Colville, only died a few 
weeks ago. 
