SUPPLEMENT TO THE FISHING GAZETTE 
SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1893. 
NOTES FOR CLUB ANGLERS. 
Thk annual dinner of the New Albion Piscatorial 
Society will be held at the Duke of Kent, Old Kent- 
road, on Thursday, June 8. 
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A TROUT of between 81b. and 91b. was, I hear, taken 
in the Lea, at St. Margaret’s, a day or two ago. 
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With reference to the Anglers’ Association’s recent 
netting at the East London Waterworks, I received the 
following note, which will be read with interest, from 
Mr. Ghnrney, too late for insertion last week;—“The 
fish arrived at Rye House as lively as when they were 
placed in the barge. The jack were put into the river at 
October Hole, and the bream at Black Pool, not a bit 
worse for their journey.’’ 
The general annual meeting of the members of the 
Great Yarmouth Piscatorial Society was held at the 
club house, the Duke’s Head, on Tuesday evening. 
Mr. Wm. Kirby, the hon. secretary, had sent me, as a 
memher, a circular asking me to attend, and I am very 
sorry I was unable to be present. I am particularly 
fond of Yarmouth and its anglers ; but I have only one 
fault to find with good old Bloaterville—it is 120 miles 
too far away. # # 
Me. Haret Seymour Foster, M.P., who presided 
at the Gresham Angling Society’s dinner the other 
evening, has, I am pleased to announce, been appointed 
a J.P. for the county of Suffolk. 
*** 
The Rodney Piscatorials have, I understand, taken 
up their quarters at the Prince and Princess of Wales, 
Bagshot-street, Walworth, where Mr. W. J. Crisp, vice- 
chairman of the New Albion Piscatorial Society, is host. 
The split in the ranks of the Rodneyites has resulted in 
a new society being started, called the Pixie Brothers. 
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A NICE dish of brook trout, twenty-three in number, 
has recently been caught by Mr. Tom Keeble, of the 
City Piscatorials. ^ # 
I ALSO hear that some of the members of the Anchor 
and Hope have been after these pretty little fish. The 
scene of operations was a tributary of the Mole, but 
they only bagged a brace of fish. 
The Colne is like a spring in colour, and the other 
day I saw some grand roach, dace, and chub (thousands 
of them) at-. You will find me there on the 16th I 
The bream in the Ivel (Bedfordshire) are the finest 
for size and condition that are to be found within 100 
miles of London. 
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What I think;—■ 
That J. Osborne won the silver cup fairly ; 
That if we don’t get some rain soon we shall start 
badly on the 16th; 
That the Anglers’ Association ought to have a net of 
their own; 
That it is a feather in Mr. Wade’s cap for having 
secured two miles of the Arun, at Amberley, for the 
C. A. men. ^ ^ 
The River Brent seems to be in a terrible condition. 
The Standard has opened its columns to a discussion on 
the subject. These are some of the correspondents’ 
descriptions of the state of the river :—“ Filthy state,’’ 
“ Nothing more than an open sewer of the worst 
description,” “The pestilential odours that arise from 
this river,” “The stench from the black sewerage 
where the river ought to be was truly awful,” <fec. 
With rumours of cholera in the air this is a nice state 
of affairs, and what I should like to know is, how this 
pretty little river has been allowed to become so 
shamefully polluted. Anglers can remember the days 
when they took many a basket of fish from its waters, 
but it is evidently another case of the Ravensbourne. 
Surely it devolves on the local boards to at once 
attempt to remedy this disgraceful and dangerous state 
of affairs which I have read of in our contemporary, the 
Standard. ^ 
“ Long Casts and Sure Rises” is the title of a book 
which has just emanated from the pen of Mr. E. S. 
Shrubsole; and, although I have not yet seen a copy of 
it, I think that, judging from the writer’s experiences of 
anglers and angling, it is likely to be a very interesting 
publication indeed. Messrs. Eden, Remington, and Co. 
are bringing out the book, which, I trust will be read by 
all club anglers. The price of it will be Is. 
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All my readers, I think, have heard of the Imperial 
silver cup competition which was fished off in the Thames 
and Lea. Last Monday evening was selected as the night 
for distributing the prizes in connection with the same. 
The committee had adjudged Mr. J. Osborne the winner 
of the silver cup, and they had awarded Mr. J. W. Biggs, 
as second man, a roach-pole. The committee invited 
Mr. Thomas Crumplen to present the prizes, but 
an unrehearsed incident happened in the course of 
the evening. Two club anglers created quite a scene 
by protesting against the cup being presented to Osborne. 
It was alleged that he had fished for it on a Saturday. 
At one time the proceedings were turned into a perfect 
babel, and in vain did Mr. Crumplen appeal for order. 
Mr. De Jonge had, it appeared, lodged his protest in 
writing with the committee, but they had left it 
unanswered, which, of course, was very unsatisfactory 
and very unbusinesslike. However, from what trans¬ 
pired at the meeting at the Coffee Pet, the committee 
h^ evidently ignored the protest ; and I think a prize 
distribution gathering was hardly the place to introduce 
an acrimonious discussion such as I was a listener to on 
Monday night. In the result, the prizes as originally 
awardsd were presented by Mr. Crumplen, who cer¬ 
tainly deserved the hearty vote of thanks which was 
passed him for his conduct in the chair. 
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“ Vexations come in many forms. 
True anglers never heed them. 
Through life’s rough swim and many storms 
Philosophy will lead them.” 
A CORRESPONDENT sends me the following cutting 
from the East Amjlian Daibj Times of Tuesday: “On 
Monday, a man named Edward Hayward, while fishing 
for eels and flounders in the River Blackwater, between 
Fnllbridge and the railway viaduct, had the good 
fortune to capture a fine salmon, weighing 151b. Hay¬ 
ward took his prize to Mr. Jno. Wood, of the Ship 
Hotel, the hon. secretary of the Maldon Angling Club, 
who became the owner of the fish for a monetary con¬ 
sideration. Hayward was equally lucky some time 
back in securing a salmon at about the same spot.” 
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The Central Association still have the right to fish 
what is known as the “ first meadow ” at Pulborough, 
and Mr. W. J. Wade, the secretary, is arranging to rent 
a continuation of the water there. I hope he will be 
succeaful. ^ ^ 
Bt-the-way, the secretary of the C. A. is very jubi¬ 
lant about the new water at Amberley. It lies in the 
direction of Arundel, and possesses some capital roach 
swims. “You should see the eddies there,” remarked 
Mr. Wade to me the other day ; “ I’ll guarantee it is the 
finest bit of fishing in the river. There are plenty of 
roach and bream in the water. I saw a large shoal of 
bream when I went down with the committee to arrange 
for the renting of it. We shall have a competition there 
when the season opens.” ^ 
It is quite interesting to watch the dace revell’ng in 
the fresh water from little brooks as it runs into the 
dirty Thames. The fish head up right into the sharpest 
part of the stream, and as they shoot hither and thither 
and turn over, their sides shine like bars of radiant 
silver. ^ ^ 
George Rosewell, of Shepperton-on-Thames, writes 
to say that Mr. C. Wilson, fishing with him, has caught 
another trout of 6 ilb. ^ 
On Wednesday we had been seventy days without rain 
in London. * ^ 
It is quite a sight to see the barbel, dace, and chub 
at some of the Thames weirs. 
A Thames professional fisherman, who was whipping 
with cad bait for bleak for trout baits the other day, 
caught a number of chub, some of which were 31b. fish. 
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It is the opinion of Wm. Milbonrne, the well-known 
Hampton Court fisherman, that we shall soon have 
some rattling pike and perch fishing in the ’Thames. In 
that district, he says, small perch about half as long as 
one’s finger can be seen in hundreds in any little 
st el‘ ered eddy. ^ 
Last Wednesday night the Anchor and Hope Anglers 
held their " good old annual,” and, with their friends, 
assembled round the festive board in goodly numbers. 
Mr. D. King, the president of the club, was announced 
as the chairman of the evening, but he was minus when 
the gong sounded the order to refresh the inner man. 
An able substitute was, however, found in Mr. W. J. Crisp, 
a well-known local fisherman, who was faced by Mr. 
Fred. Watts. During the past season the club has 
fished fifteen matches, one at Southend-on-Sea, 
and a pleasing incident in the proceedings was 
the presentation of a number of prizes taken on 
the outings mentioned. I gathered from the 
speeches that the club has been a great supporter 
of preservation ever since the first week of its founda¬ 
tion, and that the members were fully alive to the fact 
that if they took fish out of the rivers they must occa¬ 
sionally put a few in to make up for it. Such a club 
deserves to flourish, and the fact that it has over sixty 
members on its books is some indication that it is in a 
prosperous condition. The toasts on Wednesday 
included “ The Queen and Royal Family,” “ Success and 
Prosperity to the Anchor and Hope.” “ The Prize 
Donors and Visitors,” who, combined, acknowledged the 
the toast with promises of about forty prizes. Host 
Turnham was not forgotten for his excellent catering, 
and as I was departing under the cover of a gentleman 
with a huge roll of music under his arm, there was a 
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■provincial IFloted 
FROM BIRMINGHAM AND DISTRICT. 
To the Editor of the Fishing Gazette. 
The monthly meeting of the committee of the Bir¬ 
mingham Association was held on Thursday evening 
last. May 4, at the headquarters, the Birmingham Arms 
Hotel, Smithfield. Mr. 'T. Coles presided. The minutes 
of the previous meeting, held April 5, were read and 
confirmed, after which the deputation appointed to visit 
the Fruitful Vine Society, who had applied for permis¬ 
sion to remove their club to the Brook Tavern, Lennox- 
street, Lozells. The report was to the effect that the 
club desired to remove to a house more suitable for the 
requirements of the members, and if the club was 
allowed to hold its meetings at the Brook Tavern, the 
club would be in a better position to increase the 
strength of the society. The report was received and 
adopted, and the club received the sanction of the com¬ 
mittee to the removal. A letter was read by the 
secretary, from the Convivial Society, which was to 
the effect that the club was now in working order 
and they wished to be visited, so that the club 
could ’oe reinstated into the association. This club 
having not conformed to the rules of the asso¬ 
ciation, has been in a state of suspended anima¬ 
tion for this last four months, but the club 
has now got into order again, and wish to be 
enrolled again. It was decided by the committee that 
the club should in due course be visited. A case of mis- 
condnet against a member of the Old Green Man Club 
was next investigated. The chargeagainst the man was 
that he, on March 12 last, travelled from Stratford-on- 
Avon to Wilmcote without a ticket, and refusing to pay 
the excess fare. Tbe charge was proved against the 
man and he was expelled from the association for the 
term of three years. The Old Green Man Club was also 
censured for not sending a representative to inquiry. 
The president called the attention of the committee to 
the forthcoming Avon inquiry, after which the meeting 
came to a close. 
The Provincial Association still continues to prosper 
both financially and numerically. A large number of 
new members are being enrolled at Worcester, Malvern, 
and West Bromwich ; the lately affiliated Wolverhamp¬ 
ton Association, now that they have matters settled, 
will make a lot of members. An application was received 
from the Oxford Association on Saturday last to become 
affiliated, and in due course will be visited, and the 
workings of the association laid before their committee. 
There are several small associations outside Birmingham 
that are forming with a view of becoming affiliated. I 
am also pleased to mention that the Dudley branch are 
making great advancement by enrolling some of their 
most influential townsmen as members. 
I am sorry to hear that a great destruction of spawn¬ 
ing fish, chiefly roach, has been going on during the last 
week or two at Fernhill Heath. 'The fish have been 
taken from the River Salwarpe, which is a tributary of 
the River Severn, and commonly known as the Brook. 
This stream is not more than three to four 
yards wide, and the fish, it appears, hav'e come 
np the Brook from the Severn for the purpose of 
spawning. The water is under the jurisdiction of the 
Severn Fishery Board, and . anglers, both with and 
without the permits issued by the board for taking 
coarse fish during the close season, have been taking on 
an average from 12lb. to 171b. of roach a day. This 
kind of thing has been going on for the ptst three 
weeks. No water bailiff has been seen, and the water 
has been fished with impunity. Both Worcester and 
Birmingham anglers (if we can call them by this name) 
have been slaughtering these fish, many of which are 
over a pound each ; and on Sunday last, April 30, some 
sixty unsportsmanlike persons were engaged in this 
cruel sport. The clerk of the board has been informed 
of the fact, and a bailiff was asked to be sent to the 
place mentioned to prevent, as far as possible, the fish 
being taken. I hope the board will in future years dis¬ 
continue granting these permits, or the river and its 
tributaries will be depleted to such an extent that 
coarse fishing will be out of the question, and the 
licences not worth the paper they are printed upon. 
FROM DERBYSHIRE. 
To the Editor of the Fishing Gazette. 
Since my last we have had some rain in Derbyshire, 
but the fall was so slight and of such short duration, 
that the streams were not affected to any appreciable 
extent. 
As to trouting, the streams are all too low, and though 
one hears of occasional successes (and these, too, 
mostly towards evening with the “Devon’’ or some 
kind of bait, not fly) being achieved here and there, yet 
on the efforts of the majority of anglers failure is writ 
large. Considering the cloudless skies, glaring sun, and 
the “ scanty tide’" which the streams are shedding, I 
hardly see how great success could be reasonably 
anticipated. An early May-fly seison is confidently 
expected, but such an early advent may not 
be altogether welcome. Whitsuntide holiday anglers 
would no doubt like the trout to be celebrating the 
annual carnival of the river, but the streams are so low 
that I question if the result would equal the anticipa¬ 
tions formed of it. Personally I anticipate the May-fly 
about the last week of the month after which it is 
called. 
Speaking of trout, I cannot help thinking that it is 
somewhat of a pity that the excellent looking ponds 
