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20 inches. It was pointed ont that many of the Upper 
River Preservation Societies had turned many thousands 
of small trout and {grayling into the river, and the jack, 
if allowed further scope, would create sad havoc in this 
direction, it being ass rtod that there are not more than 
two out of every dozen anglers who follow j ick fishing 
on the Thames. . . 
It appears from a report of the Anglers Association 
that Jlr. Murphy considers that it was necessary for the 
association to have intimated to him their intention of 
sending a deputation on the question of the bye-laws ; 
but this is considered quite an unnecessary proceeding, 
although it may be added that the Central were willing, 
and made every effort to obtain an understanding, 
and even went out o' their way to meet his committee, 
but was blandly told by his chairman that they had 
settled the question before our arrival. It was, there¬ 
fore, unnecessary to discuss the matter; we plainly 
stated our views to them on the question of roach, and 
intimated that we did not intend to recede from the 
position we had taken up in the matter, and were 
prepared to fight the point out before the highest 
autliority. 
The statement of Mr. Ghurney that we had ever made 
an agreement to act in concert and had broken our part 
is not correct and cannot be borne out by facts. The 
Central has throughout done its utmost to be of service 
to all classes of anglers, and its committee entertain no 
doubt whatever that their efforts will in time be fully 
recognised, and that what has been done will eventually 
prove beneficial to all who fish the Thames. 
I have great pleasure in informing the anglers of 
London that the Great Eastern Railway Company have 
generously granted the concessions recently applied for, 
and which must prove of great value in the immediate 
future. The following is a copy of letter received ; 
“ Great Eastern Railway Company. 
“ Peak Sir,— Referring to the recent meeting in my 
office I have now the pleasure to inform you that we shall 
he willing to add ihe following stations to the list of 
stations to which cheap tickets are issued to members 
of j’our association when travelling for angling purposes, 
viz.; Bluntisham, Bottisham, Brandon, Burnt Een, 
Clare, Colchester, Downham, Earith Bridge, Ely, Laken- 
heath, Littleport, Long Melford, March, Mildenhall, St. 
Ives. Sudbury, and Waterbeach. 
. “ These tickets will, as arranged with you, be available 
for three days, including the day of issue and day of 
return. 
“ Perhaps the most conv’enient day to bring the 
revised arrangement into force will be June 16, which is, 
I believe, the day your new cards of membership will be 
brought into use. 
“ If you assent to this date, I shall be obliged if you 
will, in good time, make the alteration known to your 
members, and I will arrange for the necessary 
instructions being issued to our staff.—Yours faithfully, 
“ Wm. Birt, General Manager. 
“Mr. W. J. Wade.” 
A new list of clnbs is now in the hands, of the printer, 
and secretaries of the various societies will greatly 
oblige by at once sending any alterations in the address 
of club-house, &o., also all comniunications to W. J. 
Wade, 6, Priter-road, Bermondsey, S.E. 
RICHMOND PISCATORIAL SOCIETY. 
On the 17lh inst. the Annual General Meeting of the 
above society was held at the Greyhound Hotel. 
A pike competition had been arranged for the same 
day. but the water, as is usual at this season of the year, 
was unfit for jack-fishing. Several members had 
intended to compete, but most of them had been stopped 
by telegrams from their fishermen, saying that it was 
useless trying : two or three enthusiasts had, however, 
ventured out, but only to return disappointed. 
Mr. Heath, on taking the chair, informed the members 
that he had just returned from the west of Ireland, 
where he had been endeavouring to lure to their de¬ 
struction some of the monstrous pike supposed to inhabit 
those loughs. He had had fair sport, but had left the 
40 pounders behind for the benefit of those who^vvere 
competing for the handsome prize offered by the Editor 
of the Fishinrj Gazette. On presenting the balance 
sheet, he congratulated the members on the position of 
the society; recapitulating some of the work, other 
than angling upon which they had been engaged; 
notably the active part they had taken on the question 
of the bye-laws, both at the original discussion and on 
the consideration of the draft lately presented by the 
Conservators, and alluding with pleasure to the fact 
that, although many objectionable clauses were intro¬ 
duced into the latter, several of the propositions made 
by the society were adopted by the board. Such, for 
instance, as the gradual extinction of netting above 
London ; the abolition of trailing; the restrictions on 
bait-catchhig; and the retaining of the present fence 
months. He trusted that when the revised bye-laws 
appeared, the objectionable clauses would be removed, 
and new ones introduced to meet the requirements of 
all true anglers. He sincerely thanked the members of 
the society for the courtesy and forbearance they had 
exteneed to him during the short time he had held the 
office of chairman. 
A conversation followed on the bye-law question, 
when it was remarked that the members had had suffi¬ 
cient proof lately of the folly of seeking to forbid 
summer and autumn pike fishing. They had, to-day, 
postponed for the third time, solely on account of the 
state of the river, a comiietition originally fixed for 
Dec. 16th, since which date the water had been practi¬ 
cally unfishable. Seeing then, how these fish are pro- 
THE FISHING GAZETTE 
tected by nature in the winter, it certainly seems 
unnecessary to lengthen the fence months, and thus 
prohibit fishing earlier in the season. 
Proceeding to the election of officers for the current 
year, Mr. E. V. Powell proposed, and Mr. W. Cockburn 
seconded, the ro-elootiou of Mr. Heath as chairman, 
which was carried wnth much acclamation. Mr. H. 
Davis was also re-elected treasurer; Mr. Wright for 
the fourth time, secretary; Mr. Emery, curator; Mr. 
Herbert, librarian ; and the following gentlemen were 
again elected to serve on the committee, viz. ; — Messrs. 
Blarney, Cockburn, Holt, W. Jones, Perkins. Poupa,rt, 
Powell, and Reeve. A vacancy having occurred during 
the year, Mr. Potter was unanimously elected to fill it. 
WINDSOR AND ETON ANGLING PRESERVATION 
ASSOCIATION. 
Report for Year 1892. 
In announcing by this, their fourteenth annual report, 
the continued prosperity and success of the association, 
your committee have also great pleasure in stating that 
during the past year there has been a notable increase 
in its income. 
It was resolved early in the year, that an appeal for 
pecuniary assistance should be made to the London and 
other angling clubs whose members fish in this part of 
the river, and also to the City Livery Companies. 
Messrs. Bambridge and Hewlett very kindly undertook 
to draw up a circular and send out the copies. 
Altogether about two hundred and fifty were trans¬ 
mitted. The names of the various angling societies 
which forwarded subscriptions in response, will be found 
in the subscription list. The committee of the Rivers 
Preservation Fund also sent ten guineas, which was 
moat gratefully received. 
Your committee are sorry to report that Mr. Bam¬ 
bridge has resigned his membership in the association. 
This is much to be regretted, as a more zealous or inde¬ 
fatigable member it would be impossible to find. For 
years past he has willingly undertaken—free of expense 
_the netting operations, which entailed considerable 
exposure to inclement weather, and much personal 
inconvenience ; besides this his adv^ice and assistance in 
other matters were always at our command. A firm 
friend of all fair anglers, but a most determined adver¬ 
sary of the fish poacher. Not only our thanks, but those 
of all anglers are most heartily due to him. 
The welcome addition to the funds have enabled the 
committee to purchase various requisites for netting, 
&o. ■ among others may be mentioned two shove nets, 
for"rescuing small fish and try from ditches after floods, 
and two pairs of waders. 
There is still a balance in hand of .£20 Os. 3d. which 
will shortly be judiciously expended in the purchase of 
some more fish. _ ,, 
By the kind permission of the following gentlemen 
private waters have been netted, and the fish taken 
placed in the Thames. , 
T. White, Esq., Dorney—result, 3o jack, some bream, 
and roach. , , 
Wilberforoe Bryant, Esq., Stoke Park—la perch and 
a few roach. 
Gilbert Blane, Esq., Foliejon Park—13 large carp, a 
few perch, and thousands of small roach. 
Sir Henry Simpson, South Lea Farm—9 jack and 
some small fish. . , - 
and in addition some .500 bream have been received from 
Norfolk and placed in favourable spots for their well- 
Yoiir committee recommend that the part of the river 
preserved by this association be limited to that between 
Boveney Lock and Old Windsor Weir. 
Your hearty thanks are due to those gentlemen who 
so kindly gave permission to net their ponds ; to those 
assisting in the netting ; to Messrs. Hewlett and Bam¬ 
bridge, for the time and trouble they so willingly gave 
with regard to the circulars, and in attending meetings 
of anglers on your behalf at Reading and London ; and 
to your chairman and Mr. A. Brown for the use of a 
room to meet in. And in thanking the committee of the 
Rivers Preservation Fund and the angling clubs that 
have BO generously come forward to assist this associa¬ 
tion your committee wish to assure them that, as in 
the past, so in the future, they will do all in their power 
to further their interests and increase their chances of 
success in angling in these waters. , . 
List of London clubs subscribing to the W. and E. A. 
P S • North Lambeth Angling Society, Pontefract 
Piscatorial Society, Waltonian Angling Society, Anchor 
and Hope Angling Society, Waggoners Angling Society, 
The Grange Angling Society, New Albion Piscatorial 
Society, Prince Arthur Piscatorials, Uxbridge Rovers 
Anglin'^ Society, Globe Angling Society, Camden and 
Kentish Town Piscatorials, United Brothers Angling 
Society, Rivers Preservation Fund (per Mr. Crumplen. 
LAKE DISTRICT ANGLING ASSOCIATION. 
The annual meeting of the members of the English 
Lake District Angling Association was held at the Old 
England Hotel, Bownesa, on Tuesday, Mr. J. R. Bridson, 
in the chair. 
Mr. Gatet read the annual report as follows :—• 
“ The committee beg to report that they have secured 
the control of ton of the fisheries in Windermere. Of the 
two Curwen fisheries one is in hand and will not be 
fished, and the other falls into the owner’s hand this 
year The pike will be netted during the spawning 
season, and at other desirable times. Through the 
aid of Mr. Fell, the directors of the Barrow Steel 
Company have placed at the disposal of the Associa¬ 
tion the use of their trout in one of their reservoirs 
for the extraction of ova in order to stock the waters 
of the association. The trout in the reservoir consist 
of Loch Leven, fontinali.'i, and common trout, and are 
from l|lb. to .5lb. weight each ; and from these 
sufficient ova will be procurable next siason to stock 
the hatcheries of the association, and such artificial 
redds as they may determine to make. The Barrow 
Coi'poration have offered their three reservoirs on 
Pennington Moor to the association for £10 lOs. a year, 
reserving certain tickets to the members of t’ae Corpora¬ 
tion. Two of those are now stocked with trout, the 
other is b'ing constructed. The acquisition of these 
reservoirs will largely increase the members of the 
association. The Hatchery Committee purchased 8000 
yearling Loch Leven trout; 7000 of these it is intended 
to distribute in Windermere, and lOOO in the two Barrow 
reservoirs. They have also purchased 100,000 Loch 
Leven eyed ova, which are hatching out well at Storr.s, 
and at a hatchery at Mr. Boulton’s. These hatcheries 
have been filled up at a comparatively trifling cost, 
under the superintendence of Mr. Boulton, and from the 
ova purchased, and those obtained this season from the 
trout in the Steel Works reservoir, it is hoped that 
100,000 young fish will be issued into Windermere this 
spring. The accounts for the past year have been 
audited, and there is a balanco to the credit of the 
association of £64 14?. The Furness Railway Company 
have agreed to grant to the members of the association 
cheap tickets for fishing purposes. About 200 siiawning 
char have been transferred from Windermere to 
Coniston. There appears to be no fear that the associa¬ 
tion will be able to stock, and greatly improve, not onl.v 
the fishing in Windermere, but at other waters and 
streams under their care.” 
Mr. Poole moved the adoption of the report. The 
members generally would agree that during the past 
year the association had done a great deal. They had 
acquired the control of the nets in Windermere, which 
in itself was an important step. The simple fact that 
the nets were taken off, and that the trout would not be 
destroyed in years to come would very speedily lead to 
a very large increase of trout. Coupled with this, it 
was intended, to stock the lakes, and they promoted 
hatcheries. He understood, from observations made by 
members, that some of them did not think it desirable 
to put the young fish so early into the lake. For his 
own part he believed it to be a good plan to put them in, 
at a place whore there was plenty of shingle and gravel, 
or into the streams a little way up, so that they could 
come down naturally. This plan had been adopted with 
success in the Cumberlind lakes. Perhaps it would be 
desirable, when the association had made a little farther 
progress, that they should have some ponds in which to 
keep their young fish. At the present time they had 
not, but the board were making some effort towards it, 
and by that means the public would see that they wore 
exerting themselves in their interest. 
Mr. Watson, iu seconding the adoption of the 
report, said they might congratulate each other 
on the amount of progress made during the short 
time, and he did not doubt that in the end as 
good fishing would be provided in the district as 
there were anywhere in the country. He believed that 
the turning in of yearlings would prove much more 
remunerative than the fry—he was sorry not to agree as 
to the advisability of turning in fry, but he was afraid 
that if five per cent, of them were successful, that would 
be the limit. Iu the big stretches of water, where net¬ 
ting was not done pretty regularly, the fish^ almost 
invariably deteriorated in size, and the netting for char 
was also advisable as affording a prospect of a consider¬ 
able revenue to the association. 
Mr. Holland supported the adoption of the report in 
a few remarks. He had not heard the work of the 
association spoken of with anything but approbation. 
It would be a great boon to visitors to be able to catch 
a few VVindermei'e fish. The question, however, would 
presently come forward, what would become of the fish f 
Thera were never any seen in the shops, and seldom on 
the tables at Bowness, where visitors were naturally 
anxious to taste the flavour of the lake fish. 
The motion for the adoption of the report was put and 
carried. 
Mr. Poole moved that the subscription entitling a 
member to the title and position of vice-president, be 
reduced from five guineas to one guinea._ 
Mr. PoLLiTT inquired whether the objection as to the 
higher subscription came from any vice-president or 
originated with Mr. Poole. Forty pounds a year seemed 
a large sum to let drop. He proposed as amendment 
that the vice-president’s subscription be two guineas. 
Mr. Poole said he proposed the reduction to a guinea 
as a matter of policy, because he did not think a vice- 
president would care to pay five guineas for more 
than a year or two. The association would gain con¬ 
siderably by an influx of guinea subscribers. There 
were some gentlemen who, while not enthusiastic 
anglers, were nevertheless anxious to see the association 
get on its legs. 
'The amendment was carried, it being undirstiod that 
the two guineas should include the 23. fid. for licence. 
The committee (with power to add to their number) 
were re-elected. Major Braithwaite-Wilson, Mr. Roberts, 
and Mr. James Martin (Ulverston), being named as 
suitable gentlemen to add thereto. 
Mr. A. B. Dunlop was re-elected treasurer, with 
thanks for past services, and Mr. Gatey was re-appointed 
hon. secretary. The proceedings then terminated. 
[We have, for many years, advocated the turning-in 
of yearling or two-year-olds instead of fry. A thousand 
yearlings will do far more in stocking a water than ten 
thousand fry.—E d. F. Gt.] 
