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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PISHING GAZETTE 
[April 8, 1893 
pretty river, the Thet, during: the Easter holidays. 
There are some rare good holes and deep swims along 
this stream, full of good fish. It is a continuation of 
the Little Ouse, that runs on to Santon, Downham, and 
Brandon, and many good takes of fish I have had from 
it. Caddis is the bait there.— William Howlett. 
Torridge (Torrington).— River getting low and 
very fine. Rain greatly wanted to improve the fishing. 
I should recommend finer casta ann smaller flies at pre¬ 
sent for trout fishing. Salmon are numerous in the 
big pools, and keep on sporting, and many have been 
canghftbis week.— Practical Angler. 
Usk (at Usk). —A large number of fishermen have 
visited the river during the Easter holidays, but the sport 
obtained has been very little. The water has never 
hardly been known so low in the month of March, and 
not until we have some rain will sport be revived. The 
disease is raging very badly in salmon and trout, a few 
of the former (new-run) haring succumbed to the 
attacks, and trout of from 21b. to 31b. each can be seen 
with fungus on them, and dead. 
Waveney.—Beccles anglers had a rare good time of 
it up to Easter Monday, and some rare good lots of 
perch and roach were taken from their fine river. 
Witham, &c. (Mid Iiincolu). —The weather has 
been all that could be wished for during the holidays, and 
a fair number of visitors have come down from the high 
country for the holidays, but not to fish. Trout are only 
a scarce article down in this district, but the Wold 
streams and feeders now contain a nice lot of fish, which 
will be looked after by their cultivators in due season. 
I am told visitors are agitating for a prolongation of the 
season for coarse fish. They argue that the fish are never 
ready for spawning till Mid-April, and if they are to have 
three months’ close time, it would be well to take off a 
month at the beginning and put it on at the end. How 
this would work I do not know, but I would advise those 
who want to coarse fish in April to betake themselves to 
Norfolk, where they would meet no opposition from the 
Mundella Act.—Luci. 
Wye and Derwent (Derbyshire).— The prevailing 
bright weather is very enjoyaole, but it does not improve 
angling pursuits. The water in both rivers is getting 
very low and clear. But scant success was met with at 
Easter on either stream, although there was more rods 
out than usual. The frosty nights prevent any great 
quantity of fly hatching. The following flies have 
accounted for moat fish killed during the week : February 
Red. Hare’s Ear, Dun, and small Claret Bumbles. 
Yare (Norwich). —Fine bright weather prevailed 
throughout the holidays, and many followers of the 
gentle Isaac pursued their favourite pastime with vary¬ 
ing success. I believe the bream still continue to be 
caught near Norwich ; a very fine specimen was captured 
above the city on the Wensum at Cassey, measuring 
24in. in length, and weighing 71b. 5oz. : Mr. Norton 
(North Heigham Angling Club), caught it, and this with 
two others landed by him since February, give a total 
weight of 191b. .5oz., for the three bream. Some except- 
tioual perch fishing has been experienced on the Bure, in 
the vicinity of Salhouse, by Mr. Cushion, of Norwich, 
and Mr. Miles of Birmingham, their catch weighed 
in the aggregate Sst. 71b. (largest 21b.). From 
other stations, I hear of very fair sport. The 
trout season may now be said to have commenced 
in Norfolk in those waters—^which are few and far 
between—where this beautiful fish can be caught. Some 
friends of mine were out last Saturday, but the water 
was too low and clear to succeed with the fly, so they 
tried spinning with small natural bait (dead), dace, &o., 
and several nice fish were thus caught from l.i-lb. to 2flb., 
and one up to 3Jlb. On Monday last they tried another 
piece of private water, and were very successful con¬ 
sidering the climatic conditions, and the low clear state 
of the small stream they fished ; still, they killed six 
and a-half brace of nice trout, from ilb. to lib., and 
turned in several brace of under-sized fish. A friend 
who was out on Monday at Lenwade landed forty 
magnificent roach ; the largest weighed over 21b., and 
the others, he informed me, would average above 11b. 
each. I think your readers will agree that for Norfolk 
this is a very good beginning.— Robert Moll. 
Scotch Reports. 
Altnaharra Hotel Waters (via Lairg, N B.)— 
Since last reported the following fish have been got on 
Loch Naver, viz.: On the 25th ult., Mr. Harrison, 
London, one salmon, 81b. ; Mr. Taylor, Ulverston, one 
of 81b. ; and Col. Blackitt, London, three, weighing 111b., 
91b., and 7Jlb. On the 27th, Mr. Harrison landed a 
salmon of 101b.; and on the 28th Mr. Taylor two, 
weighing 91b. and 101b. On the 29th, Col. Blackett 
caught a 10-pounder, and Miss Harrison, London, one of 
101b. On the 30th, Miss Harrison grassed an 111b. 
salmon. Col. Blackett one of similar weight, and Mr. 
Goldie, London, two, of 121b. and 101b.—McB. 
Brora. —The continued drought has brought the 
river rather low for successful angling. On March 27 
Mr. Hall had two salmon and Mr. Gunnis four. On the 
28th Mr. Hall had three fish and Mr. Gunnis none. Of 
the 166 salmon accounted for by these two rods this 
season Mr. Hall has had sixty-four and Mr. Gunnis 102. 
Good trout fishing in the free tidal waters is expected 
when the river rises. 
Carron, Easter Boss (Ardgay, N.B.UTke river 
has of late been too low for successful angling. Bright 
sunshine also militates against it, in fact, up to the 
middle of this week the weather (since last report) has 
been quite summerlike. On Friday Mr. F. Leverton 
Harris, London, fished Balnagown Arms Hotel waters, 
and landed a salmon of 81b. On Monday, this week, he 
caught a nice trout weighing lib., and Mr. John 
Robertson, on Sir Kenneth Matheson’s rol, had a fine 
salmon on Fearn Lodge water.—McB. 
Dee (Aberdeenskire). —Some grand sport has been 
got on the upper reaches of the Dee, while the middle 
and lower waters, especially the latter, are poorer than 
ever. Few fish are coming from the sea, the rough 
weather having driven them off the coast—not one for 
ten being got in the nets at the mouths of the rivers or 
on the coast. The cry is for rain, and till a twenty-four 
hours’ downpour sets in the prospects of angling will 
get worse instead of better. On Friday, on the Fife 
Arms Dee water, almost the most inland stretch on the 
river, Mr. Martin landed one of 81b., and two of 71b. and 
51b. on the day previous, while Mr. D. McGregor killed 
five fish on the Invercauld Braemar water. Messrs. 
Bush, Chapman, Anderson, Smith, are also having sport 
on these waters. On the Inver private fishings Sir 
Algernon Borthwick, Bart., M.P., and Mr. Oliver 
Borthwick had two fish on Friday and four on Monday, 
all of average weights. On the Balmoral waters a 
good few fish are being got daily. On the Ballater 
invercauld waters the best sport of the season is being 
presently got—the magnificent record score of 245 fish 
having been made on this stretch alone up to date. 
On this section on Saturday, Mr. Heath killed one of 
71b., Mr. Griffith four, scaling from 71b. to 141b., and 
Sir George Chetwode two, of 71b. and 81b., while during 
the last five days Mr. A. Bristowe creeled six, from 71b. 
to 9Jlb., two of 81b. each, one of 81b., seven from 61b. 
to 9^1b.. and three of 71b., fijlb.. and 17.)lb., while 
Mr. E. Bristowe landed four from 71b. to 81b., three of 
71b., 81b., and 201b., six from 7ilb. to 8ilb., one O^lb., 
and tour from 71b. to lOJlb., and Mrs. Bristowe one, 
71b. On the Monaltrie water, Mr. Abercrombie had one 
of 191b., and one of 91b., while Mr. Inglis killed one of 
61b., one of b^lb., one of IJlb., and one of 18lb., on the 
same water. On the Cambus O’May water, Mr. R. B. 
Ussher landed fourteen fish scaling from 71b. to 121b., 
since last report. On the Glen-Tana section, good sport 
has been got daily on most of the beats. One day last 
week, Mr. George Davidson Wellwood creeled seven 
fish to his own rod, lost one other fish, and had to " do ” 
with over a dozen kelts. On the Aboyne section, sport 
has been rather poor for the past two or three weeks 
—about half-a-dozen fish only having been got for the 
past week, the heaviest scaling 161b. On the Kincardine 
Lodge water. Col. C. Hay ihad one of 7Jlb. On the 
Lower Dess, Lord Strathallan landed one of 7^1b., and 
Captain D. F. Davidson one of 71b. On the Carlogie 
water, Mr. H. J. Tenant creeled three on Friday, 
scaling 131b., 71b., and 6ilb., and A. Peebles had one 
of 81b. The Ballogie water has fished blank. On 
the Borrowstone and Commonty waters Sir Herbert 
E. F. Lewis creeled one of 8Jlb. and one of 91b., 
while Mr. Percy Wormald had one of 81b., one of 8Jlb., 
and one of 151b. Kelts are exceedingly numerous on 
this section of the river. On the Woodend water Mr. 
Farnell Watson’s gillie, Charlie Gill, killed two, of 9Jlb. 
and lOlb. ; four, of 91b., 81b., 8Jlb., and 71b., and one of 
81b. On the Blackball section Mr. J. T. Hay landed six 
fish, scaling from lib. to 91b. On the Cairnton Mr. 
T. 'Turner Farley has had good sport,while Mr. Barbour 
and Dr. Wright have also done fairly well on the Inch- 
marlow beat. On the Durris section Mr. Baird and 
party have made a score ot over forty fish for the season up 
to date. On the other waters, including the lower Crather 
Park and Drum waters, an occasional fish is being 
brought to the bank On the Heathcot and tidal reaches 
splendid finnook-fishing has been got. On the Don 
salmon angling has been entirely a minus quantity this 
season all through. Yellow trout are feeding fast, and 
an early season is confidently anticipated. The Ythan 
is yielding fair baskets of flnnook, and a number of 
Ea^ter anglers have been holidaying there.— Deesider. 
Deveron (Banffshire). —Since our last report there 
has been no improvement in the net or rod-fishing on 
this river. The weather continues exceedingly dry, no 
rain having fallen, and high westerly winds have been 
pretty prevalent. The water in the river has reached 
its lowest mark since the opening of the season, and the 
bed of the river is getting into a dirty condition, which 
will require a heavy spate to cleanse, and to open up the 
entrance to the sea, which is silted and running 
irregular. Scarcely a fish got into the river during the 
whole of the past week, and, unless in the deeper pools, 
wheie a few are lying and will not shift, the lower pools 
are clean, and the net-fishermen, busy from morn till 
night, only managed to kill about fifty salmon and 
trout for the week. On the tidal water and several of 
the upper sections, especially on Friday, which was a 
Bank-holiday, anglers were trying the trout-fishing, but 
the low and clear water was somewhat against them, 
and only a limited number were grassed. On the coast 
a slight improvement is reported from the some half 
dozen stations. The weather permitted the fishermen to 
visit the nets daily, and the salmon got therein were of 
a larger size, averaging in weight about l^lb. more than 
that of the previous weeks. Although from the river 
and sea few'er fish have been taken, we understand that 
their weight was up to that of last week, and that the 
prices were also better. The total weight sent to the 
markets was about lOcwt. On the Gardenstown coast 
the fishing was similar to that of last week, two boxes, 
which were also consigned to the London market. — H. W. 
Eden (Fife). —Many have been out on this favourite 
stream, and at the present time it is well stocked with 
fine yellow trout. The most killing flies have been 
Blue Wing, Red Heckle, Black Spider, and GreenwelTs 
Glory. Mr. Pratts Kettle, with the last-named fly, had 
fourteen brace of fine trout on Saturday. The stream 
was in good condition, a fine ripple being caused by the 
gentle breeze blowing. Good sport is about certain as 
the season advances.— Iasgair. 
Farg (Perth). — This romantic stream is now in fine 
ply, and a good many anglers have been out, using both 
bait and fly. Trout are plentiful and in good condition, 
but small. Mr. W. Bosomworth, in a few hours, had 
eleven brace, and Messrs. Alexander Smith (Corsiehill), 
John Wright (Kirtnoul), and Robert Trotter (Perth) had 
thirty-six brace among them. — I.asoair. 
Helmsdale (Helmsdale).—A marked difference in 
the number of salmon caught this week as compared 
with last has to be specially noticed. The falling off 
has been so sudden, and by outsiders it was totally 
unexpected. Those who read my last report, however, 
will not be surprised. For two weeks, at least, we have 
had very fine weather, calm, with plenty of sunshine, 
but not a drop of rain during the whole time ; the con¬ 
sequence has been that the river has fallen very low, 
and become very clear, so, that without a very good 
ripple on the water fish refuse to move to a fly. There 
are certainly plenty of them on the lower reaches, as 
they are daily seen disporting themselves in pool and 
stream. Even with the low water, some new fish must 
have got over Kildonan Falls—no small obstacle— 
as several were caught there during the week. It fared 
badly with the kelts there, as they cannot get over this 
formidable barrier without a good rush of water, and 
sportsmen inform me that this section of the river is 
literally swarming with them, all now quite silvery in 
their coats. When a spate does come, and I do not 
think it is far away, there will be a rush of those poor 
fi.sh for the “briny deep.’’ Trout-angling is showing 
an improvement still, but they, too, want a drop of fresh 
water badly, and to-day, as I write, it is extremely 
br’ght, and no immediate appearance of rain. The 
following is the record of the past week : On Monday, 
March 27, Mr. Pilkingtor, on No. 6, had four salmon, 
averaging 101b. : on No. 5, Mr. Frank Hardcastle had 
two, 91b. and 101b ; on No. 4, Capt. Dick had two, 8lb. 
andO'ib. On Tuesday the 28th Mr. Ashworth, on No. 6, 
had four salmon, averaging 91b : on No. 5 Mr Pilkington 
got three, averaging 101b : on No. 3 Capt. Dick got one, 
101b. On Wednesday, the 29th, Mr. Loder, on No. 6, had 
one salmon, 81b.; on No. 5, Mr. Ashworthgottwoof 101b.; 
on No. 3, Mr. Frank Hardcastle, one, 91b. On Thurs¬ 
day, 3()th, Mr. Watney, on No. 6, had one salmon, 91b. ; 
on No. 4, Mr. Ashworth, one, 81b. On Friday, 31st, on 
No. 4, Mr. Loder, one salmon, 81b. ; on No. 3, Mr. Ash¬ 
worth, two, 91b. and 101b. On Saturday, April 1, Mr. 
Frank Hardcastle, on No. 6, one salmon, 101b. On 
Monday, the 3rd, Mr. Loder, on No 2, had one salmon, 
8lb. ; on No. 1, Mr. Ashworth, one, 91b. The following 
g 3 i.tlemen lave left here : Capt. Dick, Kildonan, and Mr. 
vVatney, Tanish. Sja fishing during the last three 
weeks has been very poor, codling, haddocks, and 
herrings being very scarce-—S. C. 
Inveran Hotel Waters (InversKin, N.B.).— 
On Monday week the angling tenant of the Shin fished 
t ie lower beats, and landed three salmon, weighing 81b., 
8 Jib. ,and 101b.,and on Tuesday an 8-pounder on Blackstone 
Pool. On Wednesday the same angler grassed four 
salmon, of 351b., 2llb., 151b., and 13ilb. respectively, or 
an average of over 211b. each. The 35-pounder was the 
heaviest fish ever known on the Shin. It was taken on 
Cruives Pool, by a dark Cromarty fly, dressed by John 
Ross, the well-known gillie, who attended its capture. 
Being in excellent condition and form, it was sent to 
Tain to be photographed, shortly after it was landed. 
On Thursday an 8-pounder was caught on Fir Dam, and 
on Friday two salmon—a 26-pounder on Blackstone and 
one of 71b. on Fir Dam. On Saturday Mr. Lake caught 
a salmon of 7ilb. on Cruives Pool, and Mr. Jackson an 
8-ponnder on Blackstone. On Monday, this week, Mrs. 
Farrar caught a 7Jlb. salmon on Blackstone Pool, and 
Mr. Jackson one of 81b. On Tuesday Mr. Lake grassed 
a 91b. salmon on Cromarty, Mrs. Farrar one of 9Jlb. on 
Little Fall, and Mr. Jackson a 9-ponnder on Hector’s 
Pool. The weather here is delightful at present —McB. 
Isla. —A good many anglers are out daily, and though 
the stream is very low and clear, some have met with 
fair suceess. Seldom at this date have so many large¬ 
sized and fairly conditioned trout been got. On the 
Upper Isla the season has opened. During the week 
Mr. I. Bennie, Arbroath, has got baskets of very fairly 
conditioned trout.— Iasgair. 
Eenmore (N. B.) —The Marquis of Breadalbane, on 
reserved water, killed one salmon, 201b. ; Mr. Castle, 
Hotel water, salmon, 181b. ; Mr. James Lord, three 
salmon, 24lb., 221b., and 201b. ; Mr. Thomas Lord, one, 
241b. ; Mr. Macfayden, one, 181b. 
Eillin Hotel (Loch Tay, Perthshire). —March 
21th, Viscount Combermere, one salmon, 181b.; Mr. 
Albert Smith, one, 311b. 27th, Mr. Berger, one, 
181b. 29th, Mr. Renshaw, one, 201b. 30th, Mr. 
Wheen, one, 141b. ; Mr. Renshaw, three, 211b., 
2Ub., 181b.; Mr. Cutler, one, 211b. 31st, Mr. Hodgson, 
one, 351b., a fine fish; Mr. Berger, one, 231b.; Mr. 
Cutler, one, 221b. April Ist, Mr. Cutler, one, 211b; 
Mr. Bayley, two, 261b., 151b.; Mr. Berger, two, 
201b., 141b.; Mr. Wheen, one, 191b.; Mr. Renshaw, 
one, 181b. ; Col. Hill Holme, one, 111b. 3rd, Mr. Hodg¬ 
son, one, 171b. : Mr. Wheen, two, 191b., 171b. ; Mr. 
Cutler, one, 191b, 4th, Mr. Speid, one, 181b. 5th, Mr. 
Cutler, one, 231b.; Mr. Berger, one, 231b. 
Lairg, N.B. —'This season promises to be one of the 
earliest of recent years. Local anglers are already on 
the move, and some very good baskets of well-condi¬ 
tioned trout they are getting. On Thursday last, fishing 
Loch Shin from the shore, Mr. Hugh Mackay, watch¬ 
maker, caught sixteen fine trout, weighing 5JIb. On 
Friday the same angler killed a dozen. On Saturday 
Master John Butters killed seven very fine trout, 
heaviest scaling nearly 21b. Weather breezy and fair. 
Loch Awe (Fortsonachau Hotel).— On March 30 
the first boats for the season were out from Portsonachan 
