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TTTE PISTITNG GAZETTE 
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meeting, at 9 p.m., for revision of rules, prize winners, 
&c. A good muster is particularly requested on this 
occasion. — Pelican. 
South liondon United Anglers.— Visiting List. 
—A return visit of the societies on the above list was 
paid to the Rodney Piscatorials on the 21st, and proved 
a fair success, their clubroom being well filled, although 
only twelve clubs rc.sponded to the roll call. The next 
visit will be to the Anchor and Hope, Royal George, 
Rotherhithe New-road. Notice of date next week.— 
A. Conn, hon. sec 
Sundial Angling Society, Plough and Harrow, 
King-street, Hammersmith.—Messrs. Hare and Car¬ 
penter weighed-in on the 19th. Tuesday 21st, we had a 
good meeting. During the evening Mr. Harwood intro¬ 
duced a novelty for adding to the collecting boxes, by 
putting up a live pig to bo drawn for. The proceeds were 
equally divided and placed in the Anglers’ Benevolent 
and T.A.P.S. boxes. Mr. J. Bruce has promised two 
fishing rods for a like purpose. Tuesday next, 28th, 
quarterly night and special meeting. Members absent 
without notice will be fined according to rule.-—H. 
Reaves, sec. 
Sussex Piscatorial Society, Arch 104, King’s- 
road, Brighton. — At the meeting held at headquarters 
on the 22nd, Mr. R. D. Firm presiding, at the proposi¬ 
tion of Mr. W. F. Booth, seconded by Mr. W. C. F. 
Gillam, it was unanimously resolved that one of the 
society’s boats should be placed on the beach for use of 
members sea-fishing. A vote of thanks to Mr. Cooke 
was passed for his present to the society of a number 
of live perch, which will be sent to stock some 
of our club waters. The society has a consignment of 
New Zealand fish shortly to add to the museum. Captain 
Trevan was so pleased with our collection of stuffed fish 
that he promised to add to the collection. It is expected 
that the fish will arrive in London on Sunday, and will 
bo put into the taxidermists hands immediately.— 
W. C. F. Gillam, asst. hon. sec. 
United Society of Anglers, The Citizen, 70, 
Houndsditch. — There was a grand show of fish at the’ 
above address on the 15th inst. Several of the members 
had been away for three or four days, and quite a crowd 
of well-known anglers and friends waited their return 
on Wednesday night. The total weight was 2871b. 2Joz. 
Harry Short, who presided at the scales, weighed in 
341b. roach, taken by himself. A most enjoyable 
evening was spent, and the successful members toasted 
right royally.—H. J. Tibbatts. 
■Wellington Angling Society, Prince George, 
Hill-street, Walworth, S.K. — Several members were out 
on the 12th, but only two succeeded in taking fish, viz., 
Messrs. Gordon and Haines. We have a prize offered 
by Mr Holbrow to be fished for in the Lea on the 2Gth 
inst. I hope members will not neglect to attend during 
the coming fence months, as we intend making our 
meetings pleasant by having a concert every alternate 
Wednesday, and revising the rules on other nights.— 
Chas. Wyer, sec. 
West Ham Brothers Angling Society, Coach 
and Horses, the Grove, Stratford.—Our members were 
out on the lOth, but only one returned to weigh-in fish, 
Mr. E. Smith. I wish to remind our members that it is 
our monthly meeting on Wednesday next, March 29.— 
R. Lowtheb, sec. 
Baster Holidays. — On account of the Easter holi¬ 
days, the Fishing Gazette will next week be published 
on Thursday, March 30, instead of Friday as usual, and 
club secretaries are requested to send reports not later 
than 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning. 
NEW PATENTS. 
The following is a list of piscatorial patents, which is 
supplied to us by Messrs. Hughes, Eli, and Hughes, 
Registered Patent Agents, and Attorneys for British, 
Colonial,^ and Foreign Patents, Designs, and Trade 
Marks, 76, Chancery-lane, Holborn, W.C. All inquiries 
answered by them free of charge to our readers : 
G. T. English and R. S. Bartleet, of Birmingham, for 
improvements in the machinery for the manufac¬ 
ture of fish hooks. 
District Railway, —On Good Friday and Easter 
Sunday, early trains will leave Hammersmith at 7.28 
a.m., and Putney Bridge at 7.23 a.m., to New Cross, 
calling at all stations, for the convenience of passengers 
desiring to join the early excursions to the seaside. 
The ordinary service of Sunday trains will be run 
generally. Concert at the Royal Albert Hall : a 
special L. and N.W. train will be run on Good Friday 
to South Kensington, arrive 5.52 p.m., returning at 
10.4f) p.m., calling at all intermediate stations, except 
Wormwood Scrubs and Kensal Rise. On Bank Holiday 
(Easter Monday), an early train will leave Ealing at 
5.-42 a m., calling at all intermediate stations, for the 
convenience of passengers desiring to join the early 
morning trains to the seaside, &C. Trains will run 
every few minntes to Mark-lane, for Tower of London • 
Temple and Charing Cross, for Theatres, &c.; St. 
James s-park, for Royal Aquarium and Ancient Egypt; 
South Kensington, for the Museums ; Hammersmith and 
Putney Bridge, for the River.side. Half-hourly trains 
will also run throughout the day to Kew Gardens and 
Richmond, Hampstead Heath, Wimbledon (for Hampton 
Court and L. and S.W. line). Ealing (for Windsor and 
G.W. line), Hounslow, for Hounslow Barracks. The 
District system extends from New Cross and White¬ 
chapel to Putney Bridge, Wimbledon, Ealing, Hounslow 
Barracks, Kew and Richmond, and all the western 
suburbs, and frequent trains run between these points 
throughout the day. 
REPORTS FROM RIVERS, LOCHS, 4c. 
River Reporters xvho want forms and envelopes 
should send a post card to the Manager of the Fishing 
Gazette, St, Dunstan’s House, Fetter-lane, London. 
Time of High Water in the Thames, 
To find the time of high water in the Thames at any 
the following places, to the time of high water at London 
Bridge given below. 
r30 min. for Chelsea. ^55 min. for Kew. 
\40 ,, ,, Putney. >75 ,, ,, Richmond. 
Add-<45 ,, ,, Hammer- Add-<80 ,, ,, Twicken- 
/ smith. / ham. 
'■50 „ ,, Barnes. '■85 „ „ Teddington 
Example ;—If it is high water at 2 o’clock at London 
Bridge, it will be high water at Teddington at 3.25 or 85 
minutes later. 
N.B.—A strong wind up-stream accelerates the tide 
very much, and one down-stream retards it. 
Time op High Water at London Bridge. 
Saturday, 
Sunday, 
Monday, 
Tuesday, 
Wednesday 
Thursday, 
Friday, 
Mar. 25 . 
„ 26 . 
27 . 
28 . 
, „ 29 . 
Morning, 
. 6.49 . 
. 7.58 . 
. 11.15 . 
Evening. 
. 8.44 
. 10.29 
. 0 ‘27 
1! OO . 
31 . 
. 1.36 . 
English and Welsh Reports. 
Lo-wer Thames— General Remarks.- One of the 
closing acts of river preservation after the termination 
of a general aneling season is the examination of all the 
punts below Staines Bridge by the officials of the 
Thames Angling Preservation Society. Under the 
management of the active head river keeper, William 
Douglas, this was accomplished on Wednesday and 
Thursday in last week, and from the official report there 
is the satisfactory intelligence that not a single fish was 
found. There are some few records of the final days, 
which will be found under the head of the different dis¬ 
tricts, and now the trout anglers are looking forward to 
the commencement of their season, the 1st April. In 
addition to my personal visits to obtain information as 
to the movements of the fish, I have received several 
communication from other portions, and all are in 
accord as to the satisfactory prospects of a good season. 
When I was at Staines on Monday last my old friend, 
Mr. E. H. Blarney, of the Pack Horse Hotel, told mo 
there was a splendid trout feeding just opposite to his 
well-know hostelry, and he believed if the season had 
been then on he would very soon be found in his posses¬ 
sion ; and at Hampton Court, directly in front of the 
Castle Hotel, there is a very large trout constantly on 
the move. Now as both these houses are amongst the 
few who subscribe to the preservation of the river, it is 
remarkable the trout are becoming prominent attrac¬ 
tions. It is now nearly three years ago when one thou¬ 
sand fine healthy yearling trout were turned into diffe¬ 
rent portions of the river, part of them the gift of Mr. 
R. B. Marston, and the other part at the cost of the 
T. A. P. S., and as some of them were then about ten 
inches in length they ought by this time to be ready for 
the sport oi the anglers, though not sufficiently large 
for retention. It was remarkable on the reconstruc¬ 
tion of the weir, at Sunbury, some few years back, and 
about the second year after the late Mr. Spreckley had 
turned in 298 of same size from the rearing pond, 
we found large quantities lying amongst the stones as 
though they were afraid to come out in the rougher water, 
but being there at the time we got all we could possibly 
find, and turned them in lower down in the channel of 
the river. The late Mr. F. H. Dickinson, of Kingston, 
when he was vice-chairman of the Richmond Piscatorial 
Society, on three separate occasions collected funds for 
the purchase of some two-year-old trout from Mr. 
Andrews, of Guildford, which were all placed between 
Richmond and Hampton Court, so that, with all these 
contributions of young trout, the river, as I hope it is, 
should be found plentiful of that species of fish, and in 
the capture of trout it would be practical to ascer¬ 
tain whether or not they are of the old Thames trout 
character. Then, again, there are the trout, with their 
significant rings, and numbered, that were placed in the 
river by Mr. A. E. Armstrong, from the fish-houso of 
the late Mr. James Forbes, and of which I think only 
two two or three had been detected—they must be 
somewhere at least. In another week the opening day 
will have arrived, and I hope soon after to chronicle 
the capture of some good fish.—B. 
Upper Thames. —Now the coarse fishing on the 
Thames is over, I can for the time being only tell of the 
doings and shortcomings of the past season, and this I 
purport doing to the best of my ability in my weekly 
memos, during the “ recess ” in the all-round fishing. I 
have had already many rambles by the river-side in hopes 
of noting the feeding grounds of some lusty trout, but 
as yet, personally, without success, but from informa¬ 
tion received from interested parties, the river is evi¬ 
dently swarming with trout. The days are delightfully 
warm, but the nights so cold that trout as yet will not 
show their whereabouts.— Marlow Buzz. 
Tliames (Chertsey).- —John Poultor, one day, got 
four brace of jack; Mr. C. IVastell, three dozen of roach 
and one brace of jack ; Mr. A. E. Armstrong, one brace 
of jack, the largest fish 441b. A jack of 71b. was taken 
by one of the anglers, and J. Hackett, one day, a brace 
of jack, and another day 161b. of roach. 
Thames (Hampton Court). —William Melbourne 
says : “ The last few days of the season fini hed up very 
well with the roach and dace, the best take in one day 
was twenty dozen. There are a great quantity of dace 
still heading up to the weir. The trout are beginning 
to show well. I have seen several good fish between 
Hamilton Court and Thames Ditton.” 
Thames (Kingsto’n,). — John Johnson, on the 
closing day, three dozen of roach and dace and one brace 
of jack; N. Bolton, three jack and two dozen of roach 
and dace ; J. Knight, five dozen of roach and dace ; and 
J. Wilkes, three dozen of roach and dace and one 
jack. 
Thames (Monkey Island). —The last few days of 
the fishing season turned out exceptionally good, there 
being some good takes of chub, roach, and jack. As 
many as fifteen jack were taken on the 12th between 
Bray Lock and Oakley Court. There were a great 
many anglers down, and most of them had very good 
takes. Out myself the last day, got nine good chub, 
the largest going just upon 41b., and the eight averaging 
21b. They were all caught in three swims just above 
the island in about one and a half hours. I never saw 
chub in better condition, and I think that roach and 
chub ought to be left open for angling till April 1, as 
they are never better than in the month of March. I 
have seen several good trout moving this last three 
days, and will be well worth trying for in the opening 
season.—R. Plummer. 
Thames (Sunbury). —Edward Clarke, on the last 
two days, got two brace of jack, one brace of perch, and 
five dozen of roach and dace. The trout are showing 
well in all parts of the river. 
Windsor District. —That coveted object of capture, 
the Thames trout, the season for which commences on 
April 1, is now exercising the thoughts of many anglers 
throughout the Thames ’Galley, but the daily rambles of 
the keener class have not been rewarded with the sight 
of many of these sportive Salmonidie. The excep¬ 
tionally cold frosuy nights will account for this, and the 
few that have been seen have been in the middle of the 
day. The hawk-eyed professional, whose business takes 
him to the river-side daily, in several instances has 
many fish marked down, or, as they pnnningly call it, 
“ spotted.” The ambitious amateur who may on the first 
draw a prize from the great Thames lottery, but who, if 
a. sportsman, will not (mind a blank, but return to the 
fray with increased enthusiasm. If no rain before the 
first, water will be very bright, and fine tackle delivered 
far off must be the rule.— B. R. Bambridge. 
Aucbolme District. —Prospects for Easter are at 
present very rosy. Trout are rising all day at flies in 
both reservoirs and local brooks, and quite an unusual 
number of flies of the patronised class (Browns) are out 
with a few Drakes. As yet I have seen no Duns. These 
are of a more delicate type. A little more local stock¬ 
ing with trout is going on.— Thomas Ford. 
Avon (Halits). —Bport in the Ringwood water has 
not been quite so good during the past week. Mr. Arthur 
Baxter has landed one fine fish of 251b., making the 
fourth fish he has taken, and Mr. G. Baxter killed one 
of 26Jib. in the Bisterne water. The river is rather low 
just now, and rain is needed to insure a continuation of 
good sport.— Angling. 
Barle (D’ulverton).- Good baskets are daily killed 
(some fish cf grand size for our river). Visitors and 
local men are doing well. Water low. Killing flies : 
Blue-uprights, winged and hackled, and “ Hare’s Flex,” 
with gold twist.— Iron-Blue. 
Brandon. —The river now is capital for fish of all 
kinds. Plenty of big roach are working up the stream 
after the long winter, and at most all the swims have 
been feeding fairly well. I never saw more roach, 
perch, and dace in this little Ouse river than I did on 
Monday, 20th; the whole place was swarming with them. 
Some of the best swims can only be got at by boat.— 
William Howlett. 
Brandcreek. —Capital place this now to try at. 
Swarms of good fish at any of the swims, both roach, 
perch, chub, Ac.— William Howlet'i'. 
Coin (Pairford). —The Coin here is in good ply, and 
by the time we begin fly-fishing on the 1st of April, 1 
think there will be a fair show of trout. 1 have seen 
some large fish on the clear gravel beds, and, though we 
do not expect to do much during the early weeks 
of the fishing, I fancy later on there will be some 
capital sport to be had on this favourite old stream. 
The abolition last year of season tickets on the public 
water has undoubtedly been beneficial to the stream, for 
there has been scarcely any fish killed since last season’s 
fine May-fly time. About noon the trout can be seen 
rising freely from the town bridge, and sucking in every 
Dun and March Brown that comes over them. I 
recently counted upwards of twenty brace of rising fish 
from this one spot, and some of them were evidently 
pounders. In and below the Collis some big fish can be 
seen, and Shyhole on a clear day rovetls some beautiful 
speckled ones. In Radclyffe’s Mead and Meg there 
are some fine fish, though perhaps not so nume¬ 
rous as in former times. Below Whelford, at 
Dndgrove, the water looks in good trim, and 
there are some few big ones to be caught here. I 
hear that ^ome of the water below Broadboard is 
reserved this season by the lord of the manor for his own 
private fishing, and that this may probably necessitate a 
small reduction in the number of rods allowed on the 
public water. 
Cornish. Streams. —Since my last communication 
sport has been getting generally poorer each day. The 
waters are very clear, and the cold winds prevent the 
tise of flies, except in sheltered corners. On Friday, 
