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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PISHING GAZETTE 
[March 18, 1893 
a gardener, weighed 251b., girth l{)|in.: Vincent, one, 
over i)lb,; Cross, Whitchurch, one, about 121b.: Ashby, 
one, over 81b.; and a great many over 51b. As they were 
fishing in the punt they saw a jack a good deal over 
2()lb. after another over 21b.; it caught it just by 
the boat. When it saw them, it left the fish, which 
they took out, it being bitten all over. They tried 
there for some time, but could not get it to take a bait, 
though they put a good-sized jack on. A gentleman with 
me and my son went to some private water. We got 
twenty-five jack and some very good perch; we brought 
away a jack 211b., several 51b., the others we marked 
and threw in ; the largest perch 2§lb. So that gentle¬ 
men shall not be disappointed, there will be no day 
tickets till after June.—W. H. 
Plymoutli. — Mullet are still hovering round the 
coast, I had forty very nice ones last Tuesday. The 
spring pollock have not come inside yet, but some nice 
catches have been taken in the bay near the East 
Tinker. If this weather should last, we shall have them 
inside the breakwater at their usual haunts, when they 
are to be taken in great numbers either by natural 
worm or the red and black India-rubber sand-eel. On 
the rivers everything is in full swing, plenty of water, 
plenty of fish, and weather desirable ; the size of the 
trout I have had up to now are above our average, and, I 
think, taking all things into consideration, we may 
fairly look forward to a very good season.— William 
Hearder. 
Scarborough (sea-fishing). —Pier anglers have had 
good sport with billet and cod during the past week. 
Billet are rather small at present, but several of the 
cod-fish landed weighed about 81b. each. Flat-fish are 
very abundant, and boat anglers are making good 
catches in the bay.—H. 
Severn (Shrewsbury).— The streams have been in 
excellent order lately and ample opportunity has been 
afforded to anglers to successfully open the trout fishing 
season. Spinners have not been slow to avail them¬ 
selves of these favourable conditions, and some good 
captures have been made. Mr. H. Pescall, a jirominent 
member of the Shrewsbury Angling Society, has taken 
three nice trout with the natural minnow, the heaviest 
being Ijlb.. while Messrs. Dixon, Young, and Main- 
waring have also brought to bank the first fruits of the 
■season. Reports to hand from Ford go to prove that 
there are a good many salmon in the river in that 
locality, and that the fishing is good. A pike of 14^1b. 
was taken last week at Uffington—a splendid fish and in 
excellent condition. An important meeting of the 
Shrewsbury Severn Angling Society is announced for 
Thursday next.— Piscator. 
Suir and its Tributaries (Clonmel). —We have 
still further good sport to report from the upper waters, 
where every stand appears to be well stocked with 
salmon. The lower river, below Clonmel, is still too 
high. The following are a few of the takes: On the 
Olenaheiry waters, the Hon. F. Le Peer Trench landed 
■a splendid fish of 311b. on the lOtb, and Lord Ashtoun, 
one of 201b. on the 13th -. Mr. McCulloch, one of 271b. 
.at Hymenstoun on the 9th, and Mr. Conran, one of 
251b. on the 11th; Mr. E. E. Smith got one of 161b. at 
Caher weir on the 13th, and another 221b. on the 14th : 
Mr. Daly, of Dunsandle, one of 201b. on the Ballycarron 
waters on the 9th; Mr. Francis H. Wise got three on 
the 10th at Roehestovvn. 25Jlb., 211b., and 221b.; and 
on the Nore, Mr. Brown, of Kilmacon, landed six 
■lalmon to his own rod yesterday on Lord Carrick's 
preserves at Mount Juliet, weighing from 91b. to 221b. 
—Richard Bradford. 
Sussex Rivers. —’Tis ever so ! After a long spell of 
enforced idleness, just as rivers are getting in order and 
ti.sh on feed, the close season is upon us, and the 
majority of waters closed for a brief time. The weather 
was favourable for the wind-up, and many anglers were 
out. Bream, roach, and small pike were taken from the 
Arun, and from the Rother a few roach and a pike of 
71b. Mr. Lawrence, of the Brighton Anglers’Assoeiation, 
had good sport among the pike on Friday. Fishing on 
the Adur, in less than three hours he landed four fish 
weighing 111b. 8oz., 101b. 8oz., 71b. lOoz., and 61b. SJoz. 
Some good roach and chub were taken early in the 
week. A few dace and roach are recorded from the 
.Vdur, and bream and roach from Chichester canal; 
■ •odling and smelt are on the coast. A nice basket was 
recently taken from the old pier, Brighton, and good 
takes of whiting have been made.— Georoe F. Salter. 
Taw (N. Devon). —A gentleman living in N. Devon 
has reared many thousand trout and intends putting them 
into the rivers. To one river he gave 1 ..jCm) last Monday, 
close to Barnstaple, and hopes every week for the next 
two months to give a good number.— Rusty Game. 
Teme (Ludlow). The Teme in this part is now 
running elear and a nice level, having gone down, and 
all the colour has run off. The weather has been 
heantiful and fine, and suitable for anglers to get out, 
and a fair number of rods have been on the water. The 
fish have been ri.sing well at the fly, and have taken the 
March Brown, February Red, Blue Dun, Red Palmer, 
.ind Cow Dung. Bottom fishing has been tried by a 
few, but the late flood brought so much ground bait out, 
that the fish came but slowly at it. Worm is the best 
bait. On Saturday, the water under Whitcliffe was 
tried, and some very nice trout were landed. The fish 
are improving in condition. Along the Folley, several 
good trout were taken with the worm. On Monday 
near Ludford, some good trout were caught with the 
Red Palmer and Cow Dung. On the water near New 
Bridge, on Tuesday, five trout were taken with the fly. 
The Ony, Corve. Clun, and Ledwyche are all clear, and 
in order for either fly or bottom fishing. In the Corve, 
some good trout have been landed this week. Fishing 
in the other quiet as yet.—S. Ludlow. 
Teme (Tenbury). —The fine weather has brought 
a good few flies on the water, and the fish are now 
beginning to move better. The water has gone down, and 
is now in order for fly-fishing. The best flies are the 
Blue Dun, Iron Blue, March Brown, and February Red. 
A few rods have been out, and one or two nice fish have 
been taken, and there is every prospect of some good 
sport. The Rea, Kyre, and Ledwyche are all clear, but 
little done in them this week.— Worcester. 
Torringi;ou. —River in capital order for fishing. S. 
Jackson took twenty-four with the fly since last week's 
report. Salmon are sporting all over the river, but we 
are not allowed to fish for salmon until the 1st of April. 
Weather showery.— Practical Angler. 
Trent (Newark). —The closing week has been pro¬ 
ductive of good sport to the chub fishermen of the 
Newark district, both the Trent and the Devon re¬ 
turning capital specimens running from 21b. to 31b. each, 
and anglers regretfully lay aside their rods just at a 
period when both streams are in the best possible condi¬ 
tion for success with Cuprinvs cephahts. The Pisca¬ 
torial Club room was well patronised nightly, and trays 
shown far in advance of the winter season, Mr. E. 
Nirton being to the fore on three occasions, his best 
fish weighing 21b. 15Joz. Dace are heading up the 
Devon in countless numbers to the spawning grounds, 
and conditions are favourable for reproductive duties. 
Taken all round the season 1892-93 cannot be considered 
satisfactory, so few have been the opportunities favour¬ 
able for successful negociation.— Trentsider. 
XTsk (at Usk) . —The river Usk has been in fine order 
for trout angling during the past week and good baskets 
continue to he caught, the most successful anglers being 
Mr. R. Rickards, Mr. H. Humphreys, Mr. E. Wadding- 
ton, Mr. H. S. Gustard, Mr. E. W. Rickards, Mr. J. 
Pitt, Mr. S. A. Hiley, Mr. T. Rees, Rev. Johnston, and 
Mr. Geo. Edmunds. 
Waveney. —This, the best perch river I know of, is 
in first-rate order now for anglers, not only for perch, 
but big roach and fine smelts ; water down all right.— 
W. Howlett. 
■Windrush (Glos.) —This stream has a good head 
of water, and I hear that throughout its course there is 
every prospect of a good fly-fishing season, which 
generally begins about March 25. The Dickler, which 
runs into the Windrush at Bourton-on-Water, is reported 
by a friend and owner as full of trout. 
'Witham, &c. (Mid Lincoln). —The cheap trains of 
Saturday and Monday brought a good many anglers to 
the different stations on the Witham and Forsdyke, but 
the majority came to the stations in the neighbourhood 
of Boston, and to Boston for the drains in that district. 
A good many who deem themselves experts returned 
well satisfied with their enterprise, and, according to all 
accounts, they did very well. They report the water in 
good trim, and though many tried bottom fishing for 
roach, pike seem to be the chief object. I do not hear 
that any exceptional fish were taken, but plenty of 41b. 
and 51b. fish adorned not a few baskets. Most of those 
who have lately visited the Witham, say the river will do 
well with a rest, and those who have the interests of 
the fishermen at heart, and there are not a few who 
reside on the river banks who make a good thing out of 
them in the season, will do well to look after the net- 
men, who take advantage of the absence of anglers. It 
is believed that not a few make a good thing by taking 
fish to stock other waters.— Luce. 
Yare (Norwich). —The bream fishing still continues 
remarkable near Norwich. On Saturday last, and also 
on Tuesday, some excellent sport was experienced at 
Trowse, Hythe, the junction of the Yare and Wensnm. 
I am told that many of the fish caught weighed from 
31b. to 41b., so that it did not require a great number to 
a catch of 5 or 6 stone. Roach fishing has been indulged 
in by several with much success. When an angler suc¬ 
ceeds in landing four roach, weighing in the aggregate 
61b., he may congratulate himself, especially as the 
heaviest one scaled lib. KOz. With regard to jack 
fishing, of. course it is over for the season, but still, 
during the past week several friends have been out, only 
to find the fish are busy spawning. The mildness of the 
air is calculated to make the early rooding or spawning 
the feature for 1893. About a dozen jack were reported 
to me from 111b. down to 3.jlb., and now I hope all good 
anglers will let ’em alone to pursue their parental func¬ 
tions. The Yare and Bure Preservation Society held 
their annual dinner on Wednesday evening at the Maid’s 
Head. Sir Edward Birkbeek, president, occupied the 
chair, and a most successful meeting was enjoyed by 
about ninety members under the genial chairmanship 
of our old, long tried, and reliable fisherman’s and 
mariner’s friend. 
Scotch Reports. 
Altnaharra Hotel'Waters (via Lairg, N.B.).— 
The weather has of late been very stormy and unpro- 
pitious for angling. On Wednesday, last week, Mr. E. 
AlacDonald fished Mudale river, and landed a salmon, 
weighing lljlb. ; and on Friday, Colonel Blackett, 
London, on same stream, caught three fine salmon, 
weighing 121b., 101b., and 81b. respectively.—McB 
Birnam Hotel (Dunkeld). —On Thursday, March 9 
on the Mnrthly water, General Owen Williams caught 
one splendid salmon, weighing over 161b.. and on Tues¬ 
day the 14th, on Lower Murthly, General Owen Williams 
landed one, also weighing over lOlb. 
Carrou, Easter Ross (Ardgay, N.B.). — In 
addition to the two salmon, of 7flb. and 8jlb., caught 
last week, as already reported, Mr. James Wilson, Bad- 
voon, on Mr. E. T. Coupland's rod, was out on Ardgay 
Hotel water on Friday, and landed one of 6jlb. on Gled- 
field pool. On Monday, this week, Mr. J. Mackenzie, 
Invercharron, on Mr. Littlejohn’s rod, caught one salmon, 
lOilb., on Bridge pool; Mr. J. Wilson, one, of lljlb., on 
Stonewall pool (hotel water); Mr. J. Robertson, one of 
about 71b., on Fearn Lodge water; and Mr. D. Mac¬ 
Gregor. on Captain Maxwell’s rod, a fine fish of about 
131b. on the Gninards water. On Tuesday and Wednes¬ 
day the weather was exceedingly stormy and with no 
appearance of abating.—McB. 
Findhorn. —The past week has been a very suc¬ 
cessful one in the net fishing, no fewer than forty-five 
excellent salmon having been got up to Saturday fore¬ 
noon. They were all clean run fish, and some of them 
weighed about 301b. The water has been in good con¬ 
dition, the snow on the hills having melted, and caused 
the river to rise considerably. The fish have been 
running up the river from the sea, and with the con¬ 
tinuance of the present fine weather, good results may 
be expected. There has been little to chronicle in rod 
fishing, but on the 12th inst. one angler had a good 
basket of sixteen trout with the tube. The prospects of 
good rod fishing are also promising, and as the weather 
is now becoming warmer, anglers may look forward to 
the season with hope.—H. F. 
Garry and Locn Oich, Invergarry (Lord Berke¬ 
ley Paget’s 'Water). —The angling on this water is 
now showing sign of improvement. Over sixty fish 
have now been landed to two rods, but it will need to 
fish well for the rest of the season, or it will lose its 
reputation. Boisterous weather was prevalent during 
the week, and the river is in full flood. 
Helmsdale (Helmsdale). — This week, notwith¬ 
standing that it was in weather a regular succession of 
severe gales from the west during the whole week has 
been in the matter of numbers of salmon caught, the 
best since the season began. Had the weather been 
favourable, with the west wind that prevailed, much 
better sport would have been got. As it is it reflects 
credit on the part of the anglers here for the pluck and 
perseverance they showed in going out at all, because 
on most days it was neither pleasure or sport to have to 
encounter the wind which sometimes was accompanied 
with rain, snow, or sleet. I am glad to say, from all the 
reports that have reached me this week, there is an 
abundance of proof that the river is fairly stocked with 
spring salmon, thus confirming what I have more than 
once stated in this journal. As an instance of this, a 
fair angler, fishing on the river last week, lost no less 
than ten salmon, and only landed one. The fish all came 
short, but possibly the very strong wind had a good deal 
to do -with it. For all this good appearance it is, how¬ 
ever, too much to expect that the shortcoming in the 
number caught this season as compared with last will 
be made up, but this, too, is not impossible. The 
temperature of the water last week underwent a very 
rapid change. Writing me on the 13th Mr. Frank Hard- 
castle, M.P., Swisgill Lodge, says: “The tempera¬ 
ture of the water on 7th and 9 th was the unusual 
height of 40 degrees, whereas during the previous 
week it ranged from 32 degrees to 34 degrees. 
In consequence of this Norman Fraser saw fish 
ascending Kildonan Falls on the 9th inst.’’ This 
is rather an unusual circumstance at this date, and I 
think betokens good sport. The record is as follows : 
On Monday, March 6, Mr. Frank Hardcastle, on No. 6, 
landed one salmon of 91b.; on No. 5, Mr. Pilkington had 
one of 91b. ; on No. 4, Captain Dick one of 101b.; on 
No. 3, the Forrish rod one of 91b. ; on No. 2 one was 
got; No. 1 was blank. On Tuesday, on No. 6, Mr. Hicks’ 
rod had two .salmon 91b. ; on No. 5, Mr. Pilkington one of 
101b. ; on No. 3, Captain Dick two, 91b. and 81b. ; and on 
No. 1, Mr.W. Radcliffe oneof 91b. On Wednesday, on No. 
6, Messrs. Bannner and Fielding (one rod) three salmon, 
average 91b. : on No. 5, Mr. Radcliffe had three of 81b.; 
on No. 4, Mr. Pilkington two of 91b.; on No. 3, Mr. 
Frank Hardcastle four, average 91b. ; and on No. 1, Rev. 
G. McMillan one, 91b. On Thursday, on No. 6, Mr. 
Watney landed two salmon, 91b. ; on No. 5, Messrs. 
Banner and Fielding three of 91b.; on No. 4, Mr. W. 
Radcliffe one of 201b. ; on No. 3, Mr. Pilkington one of 
91b.; on No. 2, Mr. Frank Hardcastle one. 911).; No. 1 
was blank. On Friday, on No. 6, Captain Dick had one 
salmon 91b. ; on No. 4, Messrs. Banner and Fielding one 
of 81b.: on No. 3, Mr. W. Radcliffe one, 81b. ; on No. 1, 
Mr. Pilkington one, 91b. On Saturday, on No. 6, Mr. 
Frank Hardcastle landed four salmon, average 91b. ; on 
No. 5, Captain Dick two of 91b. ; on No. 3, Messrs. 
Banner and Fielding one, 9Ub. ; on No. 2, Mr. W. 
Radcliffe one, 81b. : on No. 1, Mr. Pilkington one, 91b. 
On Monday, the 13th, Messrs. Banner and Fielding, one 
of 81b., and Mr. W. Radcliffe one of 7ilb. No news of 
Tuesday’s fishing has come in.—S. C. 
Isla —Several parties have been out, but have met 
with little success, trout not taking freely, and being 
in poor condition. The river has been freiiuently in 
flood lately from the melting of the snow, and it will be 
some time in April before the trouting season will have 
fairly opened.— Tasoair. 
Eillin Hotel (Loch Tay, Perthshire). —On the 
Reserve water. Dr. Weekes, of Cnatliam, one salmon, 
181b. ; on the 11th, one of 211b. ; on the 13th four fine 
ones, 231b., 231b., 181b.. 151b., the doctor killed them all 
in one hour and a half, and lost another; onthj 14th, 
three, 301b., 211b., 2Dlb., the fourth one going away with 
his Phantom. On Hotel water. Mr. Lonsley William, 
March 10, one, 201b ; the 11th. two. 181b., 161b.; 13th, 
Mr. Watson Lyall, two, 211b., 181b. ; Mr. Speid, one, of 
181b. ; on the 14th, Mr. Watson Lyall, two, 191b., 191b. ; 
Mr. Frances Frances, one of 191b. The wind has been 
much too high the last few days for fishing, and this 
morning quite a deep snow.—H. J. Maisey. 
Loch Ness (Inverness-shire). ---The sport got^on 
this water is as yet rather discouraging. 'Visitors at 
Lovat Arms and Chisholm's Private Hotel, Fort 
