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THE EISHING GAZETTE 
[April 22, 1893 
EXHIBITION OF POACHING IMPLE¬ 
MENTS AND APPLIANCES. 
SiK,—It is intended that the forthcoming 
Sports and Pastimes Exhibition at the Crystal 
Palace, in July next, shall include a collection of 
the varied implements and devices which have 
been used by and captured from poachers, and 
also relics of historical poaching affrays. 
Will you kindly allow an appeal to be made 
through your columns to country magistrates and 
constables, and to landowners, farmers, game- 
keepers, and others, for the loan of interesting 
articles, such as those referred to above, which 
the manager of the Crystal Palace would be glad 
to receive not later than June 24 next ? 
Early communication to us, with a view to 
preparation of a descriptive catalogue, would be 
much esteemed.— Yours truly, 
J. F. Vexsgooj), '} J<]xhibition 
W. Brooks, j Exectdive. 
Crystal Palace, S.E. 
TROUT FISHING NEAR BRIGHTON. 
De.\r Sir, —In answer to your correspondent 
Mr. Horace C. Dale, I beg to say that the nearest 
trout stream to this town that is worth fishing 
lies between Hassocks and Burgess Hill, and is 
rented by The Sussex Piscatorial Society.— 
Yours faithfully, Wm. F. Booth, hon. sec. 
Sussex Piscatorial Society. 
IS THE HOLDER OF A TROUT LICENCE 
ALLOWED TO FISH WITH MORE THAN 
ONE ROD AND LINE? 
Dear Sir, —Do you notice Williams v. Long 
(reported in the J. P. of the 8th April). 
It is a case stated by the justices of the Usk 
Division, and the point, in short, appears to be 
whether the holder of a trout-rod licence is 
entitled to fish with more than one rod and line. 
Lawrence, J., and Bruce, J., hold that ho is not; 
but the case was not argued on behalf of the 
respondent. 
This decision seems to me to be very important, 
as the same rule may, I think, apply to all rod 
licences, and thus “ harling,” and the like, with 
two rods, may now be punishable and illegal 
without question.—Believe me, yours faithfully, 
_ Arthur C. K. 
TROUT FISHING WANTED. 
Dear Sir, —If “ Fly Rod ” wants easy and good 
trout fishing, plain and clean, I recommend him 
to I’las yn Bonwm, Corwen, North Wales, two 
minutes’ walk from the River Dee, on some of the 
best water on the preserve, w'hich has been pre¬ 
served over half a century; can be fished off the 
bank or wading.—I am, yours, &c., 
Hugh Williams, Water Bailiff, Corwen. 
Sir,—I n reply to “ Fly Rod’s ” letter of April 8, 
I take the opportunity of suggesting to him the 
advisability of visiting the valley of the Dee, at 
the time he mentions. The lovely village of 
Glyndyfrdwy, midway between Llangollen and 
Corwen, is a most desirable spot to stay at. This 
charming resort offers innumerable advantages 
to holiday seekers—8])lendid scenery, delightful 
mountain climbing, bracing air, fine salmon and 
trout fishing, good accommodation, and, above all, 
moderate charges. There are also railway, postal, 
and telegraphic facilities. I can unhesitatingly 
recommend the place.—Yours, Ac., 
_ Salmon Gut. 
FISHING IN THE BARNET DISTRICT. 
Dear Sir, —In your issue of Saturday last I 
see mention made of the Hertford Angling 
Preservation Society. Having recently gone to 
reside at Barnet I would be much obliged for any 
information regarding membership of above, or 
of any other clubs having water in that neigh¬ 
bourhood, which your readers may be able to 
supply.—Y'ours faithfully, W. F. Laurie. 
THE TOWY. 
Sir, —On page 228 the River Toivij is referred 
teas Glamorganshire river. Y ou must be referring 
to the 'Iawe. The Towy enters Carmarthenshire 
above Llandovery, and runs past Llandilo to 
Carmarthen, and empties itself in Carmarthen 
Bay. It is noted for its salmon for at least 
twenty-seven miles.—Y'ours, etc., Davis Rhts. 
[Thanks.— Ed'.] 
THE OUSE AT BRANDON. 
Sir, —After twelve months’ silence allow me to 
approach my angling friends, who have read my 
weekly reports in your journal for several years 
past, respecting the River Ouse at Brandon, and 
the various other advantages, such as railway 
privilege, and hotel accommodation, suitable for 
all classes of anglers. Since my first letter, years 
ago, this place has grown into popularity as one 
of the best all-round fishing quarters in the 
Eastern Counties—free water for miles. Many of 
your numerous readers are aware of the quantity 
of roach, dace, perch, and pike which can be seen 
in this water. I paid a visit to this place (Brandon), 
to the Ram Hotel, which is considered the head¬ 
quarters of the angling here, and to my great 
surprise the entei-prising and obliging landlord, 
Mr. Rolph, has added to the hotel the adjoining 
house, which used to be private, and he has made 
extensive alterations, so that private families can 
now have dining-room, drawing-room, kitchen for 
servants, also plenty of scope for children, plenty 
of well-aired bedrooms, and every other con¬ 
venience under same roof. In my opinion it is a 
splendid place for private anglers with families, 
who require quiet and a healthy place with a lovely 
vale, to row down the river. Plenty of boats on 
the spot. Host Rolph assures me, as he has gone 
to a great expense, nothing shall be left undone 
to oblige his numerous customers. The weather 
—last week and time of writing—cold nights, 
bright w'arm days; water like gin. Fish in 
abundance to be seen, but too shy for the hook. 
What are caught are in splendid condition. Allow 
me to state the same now as I have written for 
years past as to the spawning of the roach in 
this water. They do not, as a rule, spawn until 
the middle of May. This has been my experience 
of forty years here. Dace are now clean; perch 
and pike I must leave at present. But what about 
the chub ? They are here, but when do they spawn ? 
Allow me, sir, to make one remark before 
closing these few lines. I read in Fishing Gazette, 
a few weeks ago, that the Great Eastern Railway 
have now granted the railway privilege ticket 
from London to this place. You are aware Mr. 
Wade (one of the London secretaries) and myself 
corresponded on this subject some three years 
ago. I sent you his letter to me on tW subject. 
At that time there were insurmountable diffi¬ 
culties in the way. Happily for the anglers they 
are now removed, and I am confident the London 
anglers will return their gratitude to the Great 
Eastern Railway Company by continued use of 
their line. 
I am happy to say angling prospects are good 
here.—Yours truly, _ J. 0. George. 
TROUTING IN THE ISLE OF MAN. 
Sill,—During a few days’ visit last week to 
Mona I found the trout taking the worm freely, 
fished on Pennell or Stewart tackle. A dish of 
sixteen (certainly small, but doesn’t the old 
saying run, “little fish are sweet”) taken on 
Friday, in the Glen Helen river, was quite up to 
or over expectations, considering the shrunken 
state of the stream after five weeks’ drought. 
Of course it was necessary to walk up the water, 
and fish “fine and far off.” Still, with an 
unclouded sky, a faint westerly breeze, and sur¬ 
rounded by fields positively white with daisies, 
banks teaming with primroses and violets, and 
braes a blaze of colour made by the golden gorse, 
was the first and foremost consideration to be 
bow many pounds of trout we could kill? Nay, 
rather, perhaps, to stay our hand and say. Let 
them (as we are doing) enjoy the beauty of the 
spring. Still when, as a Douglas friend sung out 
to us, “ Two fishers went a-fishing,” ’twere well 
to bring back an earnest of our endeavours. 
That same day a dish of trout came home from a 
resident of Douglas, fishing high up amongst the 
hills, W'hich it was a pleasure to see. The best 
weighed, 1 believe, all out, a pound ; and the 
smallest was not less than half-a-pound; certainly 
good for a “ burn.” 
I was sorry—and readers of the Gazette will 
share with me—to hear of the deeply-regretted 
illness of that happy writer, genial gentleman, 
and most intelligent student of all matters (sea 
or river) piscatorial, your esteemed correspondent 
“ Stormy Petrel.” E. E. H. 
April 17 th, 1893. 
[All who know Mr. Sam J. Harris will agree with 
the kind words about “ Stormy Petrel.”—E d.]- 
BF NOTES FROM IRELAND. 
Sir, —As I know w'hat an objection you have to 
your admirable paper being made the medium of 
misleading information, kindly permit me to 
point out that Lough Dan has neither perch nor 
pike in it, and is two miles from any hotel, and 
that to catch a large trout there does not often 
fall to the lot of fishermen. 
I have fished it for the last twenty years. Mr. 
Syme, of Bray, landed one trout 7^1b. last week, 
and as he has sent it to Williams, of Dame-street, 
Dublin, to be “ set up,” you may imagine how 
few and far betw'een they are. 
Sir, on Lough Derg we eat fish 71b. or 81b., or 
give them to our friends. 
The distance from Bray railway station to 
Lough Dan is seven miles at least. I live three 
miles from Bray, and it takes me three hours 
of hard driving, with the best horse I can hire, to 
get there; one hill is a mile long, and you have 
to walk it all the way. I have no interest what¬ 
ever in this matter. The fish are about six to the 
pound, frequently eight. Y"our Irish correspon¬ 
dent may, for all 1 know, aspire to sit in our 
Home Ruin College Green Parliament, and we 
can quite understand wishes things to be as they 
are represented, and not as they really are, to try 
and catch the Saxon.—Y’^ours, A'c., 
Charles C. Mayne, 
President of late Peacock Pishing Club, 
Lough Sheelin, Co. Cavan. 
ANTI-FLY MIXTURE. 
Dear Sir, —I enclose a recipe for an “anti-fly ” 
mixture which I found very effective in keeping 
off mosquitoes while fishing in America. I trust 
it may prove of some use to “Sentry.”—Yours 
faithfully, R. Thom Annan. 
The Club, Stirling, N.B. 
Anti-Fly Mixture (to be rubbed over exposed 
parts).—37 grains thymol, 4.0 p.c.; 2 drachms oil 
of eucalyptus, 12.5 p.c.; 2 drachms firwood oil 
12.5 p.c.; 2 drachms chloroform, 12 6 p.c.; 2 
ounces rectified spirits, 58.5 p.c. 
The above is easily made up, and does not smell 
disagreeably. 
Mr. F. C. Nash, the hon. secretary of the 
Canterbury Stour Trout Pishing Association, 3, 
The Parade, Canterbury, informs us that they 
have vacancies for one or two rods. This is the 
cheapest trout fishing, in the nature of a club, 
that we know of. Mr. Nash is indefatigable 
in breeding, rearing, and stocking. Since the 
introduction freely of two-year-old trout, sport 
has, we are told, greatly improved. 
Honour to Whom Honour is Due. —“ ‘ Honour 
to whom honour is due! ’ Hereby I do most 
solemnly protest, as scores have done before me, 
against the malpractices of the literary pirate. 
I have been his victim on more than one previous 
occasion, and submitted meekly, but now I raise 
my voice in chorus with the other indignant 
wronged ones, knowing full well that I am in 
good company. A glaring instance of eithir 
gross piracy or culpable negligence upon the 
lart of some person or persons unknown has 
just come to my knowledge. A Knaresborough 
fishing story which first saw the light of 
publicity in this column a few weeks ago, has, it 
seems, been going the round of the angling press, 
and last Saturday appeared verbatim in the 
pages of the Fishing Gazette, under the head of 
‘ A Good Pish Yarn,’ by which journal it was 
attributed—not to the ‘ Angling Column ’ of 
The Yorkshire Weekhj Post —but to the iVbrtAem 
Angler. I do not know who was at fault in this 
particular instance, but I cannot think it was 
the affable and courteous editor of the Fishing 
Gazette. Sub-editors will please note that 
henceforth the right of reproduction of any 
portion of these articles is ligorously reserved. 
At the same time the usual courtesy in the 
matter of quoting from this column is freely 
offered, provided that the original source of such 
extracts as may be published in other journals 
are definitely and rightfully acknowledged.” 
[So writes the Angling Editor of the Yorkshire 
Weekly Post. With him remains the “ Honour.” 
We accept his compliments, and pass on the 
rest of his remarks for Mr. Blakey to deal with. 
Ed. F.G.] 
