March 18, 1893] 
SUPPLEMENT TO THE PISHING GAZETTE 
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E. Moffatt, in three days, sixteen dozen of roach and 
dace; and J. Spring, in seven days, 701b. of roach and 
dace, and a couple of bream. In the river below Kew 
Bridge, one of the netsmen, B. Pearce, caught a trout 
of 20in. in length, which he retained until the arrival of 
head river W. Douglas, who took it to Mr. Alfred 
Nuthall, at Kingston, and it was turned into the river 
there. 
Thames (Windsor). —The coarse-fishing season of 
1892-3 wound up brilliantly here, water getting into 
perfect condition during the last few days. Jack, in 
particular, were well on feed. Messrs. Manning and 
Waterman, of Windsor, out with James Gray, taking 
fourteen fish in six hours, the largest about Clb., in all 
501b., one only under size. The best fish of the week and 
of the season was the 111b. 14|oz. pike taken by Mr. 
Bambridge, of Eton, and which was returned this day to 
the place it came from, in presence of Mr. Howlett, of 
Eton, the secretary to the local society. From this 
same spot Mr. E. Gray, of Windsor, had one of 81b. on 
the 13th inst. On the 9th inst. Mr. Manning, of Wind¬ 
sor, out with James Gray, had ten jack, weighing 401b. 
Some capital chub and roach have also been had, Mr. 
O’Dowd, of London, having, amongst others, a beauty of 
lib. 7oz. Mr. Eich, of the Amicable Excelsior Club, 
London, had a nice basket of roach, in all 141b. In two 
days, gentlemen out with Lumsden, of Datchet, had 
about 401b. of chub. Mr. Allen, of Windsor, has also 
had good bags of roach, and Mr. Couling, of Windsor, a 
brace of jack, 51b. A trout of 4jlb. was taken from the 
bank by a London angler, who. I am told, carefully 
extracted the hook, and returned it, none the worse for 
its trip, to the higher regions. A match between Mr. 
Howlett, of Eton, and Mr. Comber resulted in the 
former winning with a brace of fish, jack and chub. Had 
the season now closed been open a few days longer, 
whilst the water was in such splendid trim, quantities of 
jack, chub, and roach would have been taken, and those 
who could not fish the last few days missed a treat.— 
B. E. Bambridge. 
Aucliolme District. —A few local men were out 
during the closing days of coarse fishing, and roach were 
the fish chiefiy caught. A few fine trout are now seen 
occasionally, and the question is whether fly-fishing 
might not be permissible during the close time ? At the 
close of close-time, the beat time for trout fishing is well 
nigh over.— Thomas Ford. 
Avon (Hants). —Grand angling weather still con¬ 
tinues. Although there has not been so many rods out 
during the past week fairly good sport has been obtained. 
Mr. Arthur Baxter has again been successful with a 
331b. fish, a splendid specimen, and up to the present 
the largest that has been taken this season. Mr. E. 
Booker has also landed a fine fish of 221b. ; and the 
Hon. Henry C. Guest one of 201b. Mr. Arthur Baxter 
also captured a splendid fish in the Biatern water scaling 
26ilb. 
Barle (Dulverton). —The river is low and bright. 
Good baskets are killed daily. Killing flies. Uprights, 
Blue Hackled, and Winged and Silver Twist, Olive Dun, 
and Corncrake.— Iron-Blue. 
Brandon. —Eoach are feeding well here now ; pike 
were well on up to the last week. I saw eight splendid 
fish taken by one gentleman—good ones. Water gone 
down very nicely.—W. Howlett. 
Cam. —This water is now all right, and fish feeding 
fairly well. A capital good place to try is at Upware, 
about two miles from Soham station, G.E.E.; some rare 
big perch there, also good roach.—W. Howlett. 
Coin (Bibury). —I passed through this very pretty 
Cotswold village last week, and saw some good trout 
rising. The proprietor of the public water (T. Woodman, 
“ The Swan ”) tells me he thinks there is a fair show of 
fish, but I understand there is only room for two or 
three rods per diem. The quarters here look comfort¬ 
able, and one might almost fish out of the inn windows. 
Cornish Streams. —Last Wednesday, the 15th, was 
the opening day for trout fishing on all the Cornish 
streams. Good reports have from time to time been 
made of the water during the spawning season, and so 
the opening was more promising than it has been for 
many years. The tributaries of the Camel and Fowey 
and the shorter streams which run into the sea on the 
north coast at Mawgan, and on the south coast at 
Looe, are all well stocked, although the latter river is at 
its best when the peal run up. From Bodmin many 
anglers started to the upper reaches of the Camel, and 
to St. Xeot on the Fowey. On the moors north of St. 
Breward, capital trout fishing is nearly certain, 
although, of course, moorland trout are small. The 
weather on Wednesday was fairly bright, hut the wind 
was colder than usual. Some anglers returned early 
with very fair baskets of from two and a-half dozen 
downwards, taken with fly, while others opened with 
worm. The flies useful in March and April are small¬ 
sized Browns, winged and hackled. Blue, with hare’s 
flax, gold ribbed, and Bed, with hare’s flax ribbed. 
The trout are in exceptionally forward condition, and 
generally speaking, the whole of the rivers are well 
furnished with trout.— Bodmin. 
Dove and Tributaries. —We have had beautiful 
weather this week up to to-day (Thursday), and the 
water has fined down, and many fishermen were out 
yesterday, but we have not heard of anything specially 
heavy being done as yet.—D. and W. H. Foster. 
Earn. —On the Lower Dupplin water Lord Strath- 
allan and Mr. H. Kelsall killed ten whitling each on 
Tuesday. 
iSast and West Cleddan (Fembrokesbire).— 
There are bitter complaints as to the continuance of 
excessive poaching, by night-lines, &c., on the West 
Cleddan, above Haverfordwest, so much so that one 
angler writes that “it will not be worth while taking 
out a trout licence this season.’’ A fine salmon was 
hooked and lost, after a game fight, on the East Cleddau 
a few days ago.—H. 
Eden (Carlisle). —The cold, boisterous weather 
makes salmon fishing anything but a pleasant pastime, 
and fish are not rising as freely as could be wished. 
They have been what the Scotchmen call very “ dour’’ 
of late. Still, there have been some “tight lines.” 
Mackenzie, the Warwick Hall keeper, had three fish one 
day. On the 9th. Mr. G. H. Dixon killed one, 171b., at 
Armathwaite. On the 10th, Stephenson, Corby Castle, 
had two, S. Wright one, 191b., and Mr. Caddie two in 
the association water. Stephenson has since killed three 
more, weights, 81b. to 101b. The Solway and river net- 
men complain that, in spite of the strong west wind, fish 
are not running well. There is less disease in the Eden 
than has been known for many years, though it is 
beginning to show more the last few days. Trout fish¬ 
ing can hardly be said to have begun. The river is 
getting low and fine, but appearances point to rain 
shortly.— Silver Grey. 
Exe and Canal (Exeter). —We have been favoured 
with some thoroughly spring-like weather during the 
past week, and the fly-fishermen have enjoyed capital 
sport all round. Some of the best bags have been made 
on the upper association waters, Mr. J. Harwood 
scoring thirty-seven and forty-three respectively in two 
visits, Mr. Paines a very pretty show of thirteen and a 
half brace, and Mr. Austin a nice lot of eleven and a half 
brace. On the Brampford waters smaller scores have 
been the rule, but some very decent baskets of from 
three to six brace have fallen to a few of the old practi¬ 
tioners. Several of our pikeists have paid their fare¬ 
well visits for this season during the week to the old 
well-trod battle grounds. Sergeant Shepherd winding up 
with a total of ten fish taken in three outings, largest 
81b., 6.jlb., 61b., and 51b. This old veteran has finished 
up his season in good style, having in the last few days 
grassed thirteen fish, weighing in all just 6.51b. Mr. 
Roberts has had four small fish, and one or two other 
anglers have scored, but, speaking generally, the season 
has been a poor one throughout, and the majority of our 
anglers will have little cause to cherish its memory. I 
notice that our Bristolian friends have been giving the 
Tiverton Canal a further taste of their quality, four 
members of the “ Golden Carp ” Angling Society in two 
days’fishing turning out no less than forty pike, the 
best specimen being a fine fellow of 22Mb.— Eed 
Palmer. 
Fen Waters (South Lincolnshire).— The weather 
has been very favourable this week for angling, and 
local anglers have been having some very fair sport, not 
only among pike, but among other fish. The chief 
work, however, has been trolling, and the warm sun¬ 
shiny days have tempted more than the ordinary 
number. The Forty-foot has been in capital trim, and 
about Billingborough the local anglers have had some 
good pike catches, though heavy fish have been some¬ 
what at a discount. The best I have heard of have run 
to 51b. or 61b. each, but .31b. to 4jlb. have been the 
ordinary size. From the Welland also some nice fish 
have been banked. If the present spring-like weather 
lasts, those who have the opportunity will be paying 
attention to trout. I hear the Gwash, in the Stamford 
district, now contains some good trout; fish uij to 41b. 
each were taken last season, and the season is believed 
to have been a good one for breeding, which is favour¬ 
able for future operations. Several other small streams 
in this district also contain trout.— Limpet. 
Idle (North Notts.). —A good many visitors paid 
a last visit to the public waters on the Idle this week, 
owing to the very tine weather which has characterised 
the close of the season. Eoach have been feeding and 
have been easy to take, and some very good baskets 
were got by the bottom fishers. Most of those who have 
visited the river below Retford have tried for pike, and 
several good fish have been taken. Indeed, on Saturday, 
one of the best fish, if not the best, of the season, was 
taken by a Sheffield visitor named French. It was a 
splendid fish, and weighed over 141b. Now that the 
season for coarse fish has come to an end, it is antici¬ 
pated the trout will have a turn. Notices as to licences 
have been issued, and licences may be obtained at the 
usual places. I do not hear that the Trent Board have 
done anything for the trout fishers with the revenue 
derived from last year’s licences on this water ; but 
they have issued notices offering rewards for the con¬ 
viction of dynamiters and other illegal practitioners. 
Anglers think they|ought to do a bit more for their 
money.—L. 
Lake Coron (Bodorgau, Anglesey).— Mr. Buddi- 
com, J.P., Church Stretton, staying at the Prince 
Llewelyn Hotel, Aberft'raw, had ten good trout on the 
river one day, and a dozen the next, with fly. The lake 
and river have fallen a foot, and rain is wanted.—W. H. 
Lake District. —Very little ha.s been done in this 
district during the past week in the way of angling. 
Bright sunny days have alternated with cold high winds. 
May and March having been presented in their typical 
weather. A few anglers have been out, but the adverse 
circumstances have resulted in very poor sport. One 
gentleman, however, had a trout of 2Mb. from the Bela ; 
others have had to be content with two to four fish of 
smaller dimensions per outing. Messrs. Jackson and 
Watson had this afternoon (Wednesday) each a nice 
basket from Underbarrow Beck with the worm. At the 
time of writing (Wednesday) it is blowing half a gale, 
accompanied by rain, which may turn to sleet or snow 
on the mountains. 
Lake Vyriiwy (North Wales, via Oswestry).— 
A few days ago another lot of 500 healthy yearlings 
arrived from Solway Fishery, making 1500 this season, 
and not one life lost route. These were duly placed 
in the nurseries, from which about 600 had been turned 
into the lake, third part of which were takeable fish. 
The relaxation of rule re spinning and trolling ought to 
show some heavy captures in the early part of season, 
as the large trout have not really yet been touched, anu 
it is not judged advisable to leave them to them¬ 
selves any longer. The seasonable rains of “February 
Filldyke ” should bring the fish on well this season, and 
followed by this glorious sunshine, we may expect a 
great hatch of flies.— Long Drift. 
Lark. —This river is all right now for roach and dace ; 
several good lots were taken at Prickwillow (three miles 
from Ely) last week—some very fine perch.—W. How- 
LBTT. 
Lea and Stort. —Up to the last day or two, the 
weather has been most favourable for angling opera¬ 
tions, and as a rule some very fair sport has been had. 
On the 12th inst. Mr. Geo. Rochester, of the Edmonton 
and Tottenham A. S., had a nice jack; some decent 
perch wore also taken. At Games’s Higham Hill 
fishery, on the same day, three good chub, weighing from 
21b. to 31b., were caught, and on the following day a 
few nice perch ; a large pike was also lost. There pro¬ 
mises to be a big meeting of fishermen at Rye House, 
on the 19th inst., when the great competition for the 
benefit of the Anglers’ Benevolent Fund and Con¬ 
valescent Home will take place.— Spliced Joint. 
Lngg and Arrow (Leominster).— Both these 
streams have now gone down considerably, and have 
cleared, and are now in good order for fishing. The 
weather has been beautiful and fine and warm, and suit¬ 
able for anglers to get on to the river banks. A fair 
number of flies have been on the water, and the fish have 
been rising well at them. The best flies are the March 
Brown, Cowdung, Iron Blue, Eed Palmer, and February 
Eed. Some nice trout have been taken with the Blue 
Dun and March Brown. The Pinsley is now in good 
order for fishing ; fair sport has been had.—G Wynne. . 
Liigg, Arrow, and Pinsley (Hingslaud).— 
The two former rivers are still too heavy, and sink but 
very slowly ; by beginning of next week they should be 
in order. Pinsley is clear and in good condition. Some 
fair fish have been taken with Blue Dun and Eed Palmer. 
February Eed, Blue Dun, Red Palmer, Cowdung fly. 
Mulberry Dun, and March Brown will be the flies for the 
next fortnight.—E. T. Williams. 
Medway, Maidstone. —The season, on the whole, 
has been a fairly good one, but very few pike have been 
taken; the largest, 111b., was taken at Teston.—W. 
Shrubsole. 
Nene (Feterborougk). — The floods have now 
abated, and we have been favoured with some fine 
weather, a good many anglers have been out, and some 
good sport has been obtained. Eoach and perch are 
biting, and some good sport amongst pike has been 
obtained. The water is in a muddy condition, and the 
current swift. A curious story is told of several fish 
which lived in a tank on an engine. A driver caught a 
roach and an eel, and threw them into the hot water 
tank of his engine. Some days afterwards on looking 
into the tank he saw the fish swimming about, and he 
fed them with crumbs every day. They lived in the 
tank for a considerable time. The Peterborough County 
Council, at their annual meeting on Wednesday, decided 
to sign the memorial, which has been prepared by the 
Peterborough Town Council, for the cleaniog out of the 
bed of the river from Wellingborough to Peterborough; 
—E. A. S. 
Ouse. —Brand Creek is a place I can recommend 
anglers to try, now the waters have gone down ; plenty 
of rare good fish lay there, three miles from Littleport 
Station, G.E.E.—W. Howlett. 
Ouse (Huntingdon). — The weather and water 
were most favouraole to finish up the season. The 
nth and 12th were most favourable for good fish, which 
were taken with live snap and spinning bait. Local 
anglers were fortunate in taken one 13Mb., one SJlb., 
and another 111b., whilst visitors took fish, 10|lb., 
91b., and several from 41b. to 61b., but the last day they 
were not anything scarcely to record. No doubt many 
know this has been a very bad season, but let us hope 
that the next will be better; for last season was bad, 
but this has been worse.— H. Bout. 
Ouse (OfFord). —The season is now at a close until 
June 16 for bottom fishing. Gentlemen have had very 
good sport during the summer months, Mr. McKenzie 
taking 309 bream, 663 roach, 10 eels, and a great number 
of small ones, which sportsmanlike returned to the 
water, from a swim in Mr. Priestley’s meadow. Mr, 
and Mrs. Ritchie also had very good sport from a swim 
not more than twenty yards from Mr. McKenzie, some¬ 
times both hooking a fish at the same time. Mr. Porter 
and Mr. Hay took 146 roach in one day, several weighing 
over IJlb. As to jack fishing, the weather has been bad 
during the winter months until about Feb. 9; then we 
had a fortnight's good weather. Jack were feeding well 
all round us, but not a rod on our waters until 
March 10, when we had very fair sport. On March 13 
thirteen good jack were taken scaling from 81b. to 31b., 
and several small ones, which we returned to the 
water.— Collins. 
Ouse (St. Neots). —The season in this district finished 
up in glorious style: several anglers have had good 
sport, and during the past week I have been successful 
in landing twenty-one pike, the largest scaling 14jlb., 
the others ranging from SJlb. to 101b. The previous 
week I took a roach which turned the scale at 21b. 3oz. 
it was in splendid condition, and is being set up by 
Anstiss of Chelsea.—A Scard. 
Faugbourne. —As I said in my last report, if we 
got no more rain there would be some good fish taken 
before the close, such has been the case. I know of 
over thirty being captured, largest taken at Goring by 
