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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PISHING GAZETTE 
April 15, 1893] 
ness will be done on the following Tuesday, as onr visit 
on the Anglers’ Association will be announced for that 
date.— H. W. Morgan, hon. asst. see. 
^ince Arthur Piscatoriale, Prince Arthur, 
Golborne-road, North Kensington.—On Wednesday last, 
at a special meeting, it was resolved that our annual 
dinner take place on Wednesday, April 26, and I hope 
members will attend and clear the books, so as to enable 
the auditors to close last season’s accounts. The follow¬ 
ing officers were elected: Chairman, Mr. Smith; vice, 
Mr. Buck : secretary, Mr. Harris; treasurer, Mr. 
Walton; auditors, Messrs. Scott and Eodber. A com¬ 
mittee has been formed to carry out the’arrangements of 
the dinner, and it has been arranged to meet at the club¬ 
house on Saturday night at nine o’clock sharp, when I 
hope members will attend and pay in the prizes 
promised.—J. AV. Harris, sec. 
Koyal George Angling Society, Queen’s Arms, 
Bateman-street, Soho. W.—We met again last Wed¬ 
nesday and made another attack on the rules, and made 
very satisfactory progress with them. There weren’t 
as many members present as I should liked to have 
seen, hut hope to see more next week as we want to 
finish the rules and settle some other very important 
business.—W. B. Shaw. hon. sec. 
South London United Anglers.— Visiting List. 
—The next visit on this list will be to the Anchor and 
Hope Angling Society, held at the Eoyal George, 
Rotherhithe New-road (about one minute's walk from 
the Canal Bridge in the Old Kent-road, on Wednesday, 
the 19th inst. On this occasion Mr. Alfred Jardine 
will read a paper entitled, “ Angling Ways and Angling 
Days,” chair taken at 8.30, and I hope to see every 
society on the list present.—A. Conn, hon. sec. 
Sundial Angling Society, Plough and Harrow, 
King-street, Hammersmith.—On Tuesday next a special 
meeting will be held to consider proposed alteration of 
rules for ensuing season. Mr. Brougham has promised 
to attend to open T.A.P.S. box. Members will oblige 
by attending by 8.30 sharp.—H. Reaves, sec. 
Tanfield Angling Club.— The committee, in 
making their first annual report, are glad to be able to 
congratulate the members on the condition of the club, 
especially considering the short time that it^ has been 
established, and the circumstances attending its forma¬ 
tion. Pour committee meetings have been held, viz., 
two at Tanfield and two at Leeds. A hatchery, large 
enough to accommodate 100,000 ova, has been erected, 
but at present boxes have been laid down to hold only 
half that quantity; in these 30,000 ova from an excellent 
strain of large trout have been placed. A rearing-pond 
is also in course of formation, in which to keep the fry 
until they are a year old. In April, 1892, 1000 yearling 
trout were ordered from Mr. Pratt, of Otley, but from 
some unforseen cause that gentleman subsequently dis¬ 
covered that he only had 190; these were safely 
conveyed by Coldbeck from Otley to Tanfield, and 
placed in the river near the bridge. In June, 1892, a 
gentleman offered the secretary thirty Loch Leven 
trout, three years old ; these were also safely deposited 
in the club’s waters. In February, 1893, 270 yearling 
trout, of good strain, were purchased from Mr. Ford, 
some of them being seven inches in length, and none 
under three. 100 of these were placed in Hackfall, and 
the rest distributed between Tanfield and Mickley. 
During the season 1892 twenty of the members visited 
the water, and fourteen visitors, the total of fish taken 
being 436 trout, and 431 grayling, in addition to pike, 
chub, dace, eels, &c. Tbe grayling season after 
November was one of the worst on record, or no doubt a 
great many more would have been taken. Nineteen 
pike, fifteen large chub, and twenty-two roach and dace 
were taken frOm the club’s waters by the keeper, but 
Mr. Ford advises the association to purchase nets, and 
take them out by those means during the present 
season. There are three vacancies and twenty-one 
applications on the books. Mr. P. M. Halford, Mr. 
E. B. Marston, and Mr. William Senior are honorary 
members of this club.— Francis M. Wapbran, hon. sec. 
United Brothers (Deptford).— The members of 
the above will celebrate their 10th annual dinner on 
the 25th inst. Mr. Alfred Nuthall, J.P., president of 
the Thames Angling Preservation Society, has kindly 
consented to take the chair upon this occasion ; vice- 
chairman, our old friend, Mr. R. Lawes, sen. I am 
quite sure a very pleasant evening will be spent. H. 
'Ttler, sec. 
Waggoners’ Angling Society, George and 
Dragon, Vauxhall Cross.—Our usual weekly meeting 
took place on the 11th, with a good attendance, Mr. 
Philips in the chair, faced by Mr. Betts. I wish to 
remind those members who are in arrears to settle up 
at their earliest convenience. I hope to see a monster 
attendance next Tuesday, so that we can fix a date for 
our distribution and other important business. Any 
gentleman wishing to become a member of a very pro¬ 
mising angling society cannot do better than apply at 
the above —H. C. 
West London Angling Club, Dartmouth Castle, 
Hammersmith.—A special general meeting is called for 
Thursday, the 20th inst., to arrange the annual dinner 
and settle other important business matters. Members 
are requested to attend at 8.30 sharp. The prize com¬ 
mittee met at our last meeting and dissected the prizes 
for the past season, which will be announced at our 
special meeting, and the following members were elected 
to serve on the prize committee for the ensuing 
season:—Messrs. Leaf, Brittain, Peart, Mallinson, 
Lidgard, and E. Hunter. As several members’ sub¬ 
scriptions are in arrears, I shall be glad to receive same 
on or before Thursday next, to enable the auditors to 
get out their balance-sheet, as the accounts for the past 
season will then be closed.—J. J. Hunter, hon. sec. 
REPORTS FROM RIVERS, LOCHS, &c. 
River Reporters who want forms and envelopes 
should send a post card to the Manager of the Fishing 
Gazette, St. bunstan’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. 
! 30 min. for Chelsea. p5 min. for Kew. 
40 „ „ Putney. \75 ,, „ Richmond. 
45 ,, „ Hammer- Add (SO „ „ Twicken- 
smith. I 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 3.2.5 or 85 
minutes later. 
N.B.—A strong wind up-stream accelerates the tide 
very much, and one down-stream retards it. 
Time of 
High Water at 
London Bridge. 
Morning. Evening. 
Saturday, April 15 . 
0.54 . 
. 1.14 
Sunday, 
„ 16 . 
1.33 . 
Monday, 
„ 17 . 
2. 9 . 
Tuesday, 
18 . 
‘^.4*8 . 
. 3. 9 
Wednesday, 
„ 16 . 
3.30 . 
. 3.51 
Thursday, 
„ 20 . 
4.13 . 
Friday, 
21 . 
4.5s . 
. 5.22 
English and Welsh Reports. 
Lower Thames. — General Remarks. —There re¬ 
quired a great change in the weather to put the river in 
anything like condition for trout fishing : and, with the 
cold easterly wind, the fish have almost entirely gone off 
the feed. It would appear from the Hampton Court 
report the barbel, as usual, have been going up to the 
river, and the trout anglers have been catching them up 
to 101b. each. When the time ooraes for retaining them 
they are conspicuous in their absence, and get down 
more in the channel. Some of the principal anglers for 
trout have been much disappointed; but when George 
Eosewell, of Shepperton, reported to me at the end of 
last week the capture of his third trout, he added : “ I 
hope very soon to send a report of one or two fine fish as 
I have spotted several.” There is something remarkable 
in the fact that so many fish of about 31b. each are being 
taken, and is sure evidence the trout are not degenerating 
in the Lower Thames. My good old friend, Mr. T. E. 
Sachs, is very anxious for the introduction of the black 
bass, and kindly offers to procure some for nothing, but 
I do not see my way clear to help him without the 
opinion of the committee and their sanction in that 
direction. He thinks it would be a welcome addition to 
the short supply of Thames perch-indeed, he says, 
they are a perch, and feed on small fry and worms, and 
are about the same size — a 41b. fish being considered a 
good one. I was at my friend Mr. Mason’s of the 
Wherry Hotel, Oulton Broad, when some black bass 
were received, and I must write and ask him the result 
of their introduction there, as by this time he will be 
able to give me some information of practical value. 
There was an error in my reports last week from Wey- 
bridge that I wish to correct. It was in the capture of 
Mr. Wheeley’s first trout of the season—he was not 
attended by Herbert Carr, the well-known fisherman, at 
Weybridge, who kindly sent me the report, and from 
the wording of his letter I concluded he was in attend¬ 
ance. The fisherman entitled to the first capture is my 
old fisherman George Eosewell. 
Upper TKames. —The frosty nights and the cold 
easterly winds which prevail during the daytime, pre¬ 
vent much chance of success amid the trout. The 
opening week of the season showed unmistakably that 
trout in the Thames are on the increase, and the past 
week’s lack of success must assuredly be put down to 
the dreadful inclement weather. I only hear of one 
success, and that at Henley—two fish on one occasion, 
one retainable and the other returnable.— Marlow 
Buzz. 
Thames (Hampton).— Mr. E. Dangerfield, an old 
member of the Larkhall Angling Society, fishing hereon 
Friday in last week, caught a nice little trout of 31b. 
Thames (Hampton Court).— William Melbourne 
writes: “We have not done anything with the trout 
yet, and I do not think we shall do anything till we get 
a change in the weather, as the wind has been blowing 
so long in the east it has taken the trout off the feed. 
There are a great many barbel drawing up to the weir. 
I have landed several while I have been out fishing for 
trout, the largest with Mr. Wheeldon, a fish of 101b.” 
Thames (Shepperton).— Mr. C. Wilson, fishing 
with George Eosewell, has taken a beautiful trout, 
weighing 6Hb. 
Thames (Windsor).— Very few anglers are trying 
the trout here, and I should advise all to wait till we get 
a good rain with wind in a better quarter. Several fish 
have been noticed, but unless the angler is lucky enough 
to be there just when the fish is in the act of chasing his 
bait, the chances of taking him are very poor in such a 
bright water as the present. Anglers will be pleased to 
hear that Mr. Plummer, sen., of Monkey Island, does not 
intend interfering with anyone fishing fairly in those 
waters. Being one of those who have been warned off I 
am pleased to hear it, as it is extremely unpleasant to be 
told you have no right to fish after walking about four 
miles, or worse still, pushing a punt that distance. A 
trout of 4^1b. was caught in Boveney weir on Wednes¬ 
day night by Richard Gray, the Windsor fisherman. 
B. R. Bambriuge. 
Aucholme District.— The weather is much colder 
with easterly and northerly winds, which check the hatch¬ 
ing of aquaticflies. TheCowdung Flyis,however,onnow 
in goodly numbers, andthereis no better fly to uselocally 
than it. It is continually blown upon the waters, and 
as it is a bulky and attractive insect, trout take it readily- 
I assisted yesterday at the tnrningoutof some Unefariu 
yearlings up to 7in. long in the Bealsby Beck. These 
were Ihe gift of a Grimsby gentleman. 2000 fario fry 
were turned in at the same time by another local gentle¬ 
man. Our becks are sadly over-fished, and onlv about 
one angler in fifty ever thinks of restocking— Thomas 
Ford. 
Avon (Hants). — We have little to record from 
the Hampshire Avon, at Ringwood, daring the past 
week owing doubtless to the continuance of fine 
bright weather. A gentleman staying at the White Hart 
Hotel, landed two fine fish of 211b. and 321b. respec¬ 
tively, on Monday and Tuesday. The river, although 
rather low, is in good condition. — G. R. 
Barle (Dulverton). —The river is very low. A few 
fish dail.y are taken, some of good size. Visitors have 
nearly all left.— Ikon Blue. 
Capel-Curig. —Fishing from this hotel. Master E. 
Cohden killed twenty-five good trout yesterday, in Lake 
Dywydnydd, Tan-y-Bwlch Hotel, Capel-Curig. 
Coin (Fairford).— We had a lot of anglers here for 
Easter, too many, in fact, to expect to have much sport 
in the very bright weather and gin-clear water, to say 
nothing of the indiscriminate and unnecessary wading 
which was carried on. The season opened on Good 
Friday, but I think there was but about two brace of 
fish killed by visitors. On the Saturday things were a 
little better, some three or four anglers getting their 
brace, one brace weighing 2jlb., whilst Mr. Titley got 
his two and a-half brace. On Easter Monday uowards 
of twenty rods were on the water. Giving a rod to about 
every 100 yards, it is scarcely necessary to say that very 
little sport was had amongst such a crowd of fly-fishers, 
several of whom had not the slightest knowledge of the 
art. One holiday joker even mounted three large May 
Flies on his cast. I wonder what he expected to catch. 
A well-known local rod, however, managed to get into 
fifteen fish thus early, with the red spinner ; they were 
how'ever, mostly under theflb. limit, and were all freely 
returned to the water. Saturday last opened cold and 
dull, but it became warmer about noon, and the Blue 
Gnats and Olive Duns coming on thick, brought such a 
rise on that I have rarely seen equalled on the Coin in 
small-fly time. The only three rods then on had a busy 
time of it for about an hour. A resident divine, a good 
angler, seemed to enjoy the sight. In this rise Mr. 
Blakiston, a young hand, got his brace, besides losing 
and returning some other good fish, and Mr. Titley 
grassed three brace. This gentleman again, on Monday, 
got one and a-half brace with the Blue Gnat. The water 
is still very clear and bright, and some rain is sadly 
wanted. I don’t think much can be done here until this 
comes. The flies now on are Olives and Blue Gnats. — 
PiSCATOR. 
Cornish Streams.— The Inney seems to have given 
the best sport during the past week. Most of it is pre¬ 
served and the owners very wisely limit the sportsman 
to the use of artificial fly. The consequence is there is 
probably no river in Cornwall which is so well stocked 
with trout. Numbers of salmon and peal have run up 
during the past season, and the parr have been more 
plentiful this year than for many years. The moorland 
streams are very low and clear, and only occasional sport 
has been got on them. Every stream is below its average 
summer level, and fish food scarce. Salmon kelts are 
unfortunately too plentiful in all the pools of the Camel, 
and the trout fisher leaves this river alone until there is 
a change.— Bodmin. 
DarentK (Farningham).—There were three brace 
of trout taken in the Lion water last week, besides a 
peculiar specimen captured by a very experienced angler. 
It certainly looks like a species of trout, and yet is so 
curiously marked that it resembles a trout and mackerel 
combined. It is as pretty a fish as one could wish to 
see, and was game to the last. Length, 13-14in. A. R. 
Stone. 
Dee (Corwen). —The same old tale, rain is badly 
wanted. In spite of low water, anglers are doing fairly 
well, especially evening. Mr. J. Dickers on Saturday 
had a nice basket, also on Wednesday, ten fish, 4Jlb. 
Mr. H. Williams on Monday, while a strong east wind 
was blowing, had eight fish, 4|lb. On Saturday Mr. 
Liddle had two pike with live bait. On Wednesday, J. 
Vosper, jun., had three pike.— Alwen. 
Dove and Tributaries. —Water low and exception¬ 
ally bright ; rain badly wanted. Mr. Close Wetton has 
been doing pretty well on the Manifold, mainly 
with the March Brown; and we hear Mr. Prince has 
succeeded in getting a few fish from the Dove Dale 
length, and this is all we have heard of worth special 
mention in the way of sport.—D. and W. H. Foster, 
Ashbourne. 
Exe and Canal (Bxeter).— The bright weather 
which characterised the Easter Holidays still continue ; 
but there has been a considerable fall in the tempera¬ 
ture during the last day or two. The wind still sticks 
persistently in the wrong quarter, and angling is a very 
uphill game. A few brace have been had on the Bramp- 
ford and Thorverton Waters, from day to day, by those 
assiduous members who keep pegging at it, the best 
I killing flies being Blue Upright, Half Kingdon, Silver 
