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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PISHING GAZETTE 
[Mat 13, 1893 
every night committing enicide in the g^as as soon as 
alight. May-flies, Grannoms, Alders, Yellow Sallys, &c., 
areont in quantities. The few swallows there are about 
must be under the impression they are late, as never 
before have they had such a feed on arrival at these 
inhospitable shores, as a rule at this time of year, as 
this season their little crops must be full to repletion. 
It is a pity the Thames trout has so much small fry to 
feed on, he would then be a better riser to the fly. I 
have watched plenty of good fly go over them, but they 
will not have them. I once coaxed one into taking a 
cockchafer, but the second one he dropped smart.—B. E. 
Bambridge. 
Ancholme District. —The drought still continues, 
and the bright sunshine brings forward legions of aquatic 
flies, that are usually quite a month later. The Black 
Gnat, Hawthorn, and Alder were well out at the end of 
April, and still continue. A few of the June delicate 
Duns, usually made of the Dotterel feather, may now be 
added to the above. Little or no fishing is going on. I 
have only been out once.— Thomas Ford, Caistor. 
Comisli Streams. —A couple of fine peal have been 
taken in the Fowey, the first by Nichols, of Lostwithiel, 
and the other by a gentleman staying in that town. 
They weighed 111b. and 81b. Peal in considerable 
numbers are in the estuaries, and if rain should come 
they would run into the upper waters. It is the first 
run of sea trout that is responsible for the greatest 
stock of parr. Some very fair baskets of trout have 
been taken during the week, the anglers dapping with 
the natural “ Tab-fly ” and Hawthom-fly. Best baskets 
five dozen, three dozen and three, and two dozen and 
four in a Fowey tributary, and two dozen and six and 
two dozen in the upper waters of the Camel.— Bodmin. 
Darenth (Famin^Bam). —There has not been 
many fish taken this week, owing to the weather. There 
was a very good fish, 6Jlb.,takenatHartonon Tuesday, 
but not with a fly. —A. E. Stone. 
Dee (Corwen). —The river is very low; all the 
small tributaries dried up. On Saturday Mr. Sandeman 
had a very nice basket of trout in the evening. On Wed¬ 
nesday F. Wood had 3^1b. Fishing is no good till we 
have a flood.— Alwen. 
Don and Tributaries. —Eiain still wanted. Mr. 
Twigge (Allow) got eight brace of trout weighing 71b. on 
Monday last with the fly—a Dark Dun—these from the 
Hemore Brook at Allow. Nothing much doing on Don. 
Eain is promised by the weather-wise -may it come is 
the prayer of anglers here. 
East and West Cleddan (Fembrokesbire).— 
The rivers are very, very low, and only a few small 
trout taken by worm, by early morning fishing. 
Eden (Carlisle). —The Whitsuntide anglers need not 
yet despair. The change of wind from east to south¬ 
west promises well for rain. The rivers are very foul, 
and provide so much bottom feed that trout will not rise 
freely. Besides, a spate is much needed to clear out the 
salmon fry. Sea-trout are showing more freely, but will 
not face the dirty river, the filthy state of which below 
Carlisle cannot be altogether set down to the drought.— 
Silver-grey. 
Esk (Whitby) . —The river continues to be in a low 
and dead state, owing to the long continued drought. 
Practically speaking, there is no sport at all, only a few 
odd trout having been caught with the March Brown 
and the Blue Dun. A great many of the salmon and 
salmon trout, previously reported as blocking the river, 
have got their freedom by the opening of the locks at 
Euswarp Mill Dam. Large quantities have died in the 
river, many of them spotted with fungi. Below the 
Euswarp Mill Dam, just in the tideway, considerable 
quantities of salmon have been found dead, many of 
^em with their skulls fractured and their backs broken 
—killed, evidently, by the mill-wheel in their passage 
from the dam through the race to the river. About 150 
of these salmon are being used as manure.— Jno. J. 
Jackson. 
Exe and Canal (Exeter). —Another week of lovely 
weather, rather too lovely for fishermen. The water is 
getting almost microscopic, and the trout are, of course, 
frightfully shy. A few have been had, by careful fishing, 
on the Brampford and Thorverton waters, and on the 
home water. That “ trout terrifier,” Bro. Kelley, again 
takes first honours, with a handsome fish of 3.^1b. I am 
not at liberty to give the exact locality, but anyone 
desirous of seeing “J. A. K.” on the spot, must be 
moving with the lark. On the Greedy, Mr. Shep¬ 
herd has had a brace or two ot trout, and 
several very decent eels. Many of our anglers 
have been trying them, and some very fair bags 
have resulted, several of the fish going from 
ilb. to lib. each. I had a run over a couple of 
miles or so of the Greedy yesterday, but three or four 
hours hard flogging only produeed a modest brace, both 
coming at the “ Silver Blue.” Walking along the quay 
and Ganal side a few days since I was struck with the 
sight of a small army of roach and perch fishermen (t) 
assiduously plying the rod in a cool and unconcerned 
manner, which one could only attribute to blissful 
ignorance of Mundella and close times. I fear the Mun- 
della Act, if not quite obsolete, is in a decidedly quies¬ 
cent’’state in this district, as our council, in spite of 
issuing tickets to fish canal, bearing date from June 15 
to March 15, allow these irrepressible Waltonians to 
ignore the law with impunity. In fairness to that 
section, and I hope the larger one, who respect and 
observe the rules laid down, I certainly think the council 
should take some steps to stop the ” go as you please ” 
style now dominant.— Eed Palmer. 
Idle (North Notts). — The month of May gene¬ 
rally brings a fair amount of trout fishing for the 
angler in this district. Some of the clubs in the forest 
distriots do not begin operations until the first of May, 
and many of those who are not in clubs adopt the same 
date to begin operations. Others, however, pay little 
respect to fixed times for commencing. Anglers this 
year complain that the waters are too low and fine for 
good fishing. Certainly the country is very dry, but 
the streams might be worse. The early spring and the 
bright weather is bringing out plenty of flies, and there 
is a good rise of fish in the morning and evening. I can 
only imagine the conditions to be unfavourable for the 
bottom fisher and the spinner, but anglers will do well 
to give themseves more to fly-fishing. In the Southwell 
district only flies are allowed, and if such were the case 
on the Idle we should socn have some really good 
fishing.—L. 
Lake Vymwy (North Wales, via Oswestry).— 
Although the weather is most unfavourable to good 
sport, on Monday, May 3, Messrs. Boydell and Eogers 
took twenty-five fish, weighing 171b. 8oz. E. Middleton 
Biddulph, Esq., seven ; Col. Clarke, seven nice fish, half 
day ; Capt. Godwin, E.A., six ; Dr. 'Trinder, eight ; Eev. 
L. Garnett and Eev. F. E. Burnside, fourteen; Dr. 
Withers, ten; Mr. E. L. Garnett, limit (twenty fish) ; 
Capt. €i.rnett, ten ; Dr. Irvin, ten ; Mr. Wingfield, 
three ; Mr. S. Garnett, eleven. Thursday, May 4, Capt. 
Goodwin, E.A., fourteen fish : Capt. Garnett, eight, best 
fish lib. 8oz.; Dr. Irvin, six; Messrs Wingfield,twelve ; 
Dr. Withers eight; Messrs. Boydell and Eogers, four ; 
Mr. Parker, six; Mr. J. C. Edwards, eleven; Mr. 
E. L. Garnett, thirteen. Friday, May 5,Capt. GJoodwin, 
E.A., limit (twenty fish), Capt. Garnett, eighteen; 
Eev. F. E. Burnside and Mr. S. Garnett, 
ten; Mr. E. L. Garnett, limit (twenty fish); Messrs. 
Boydell and Eogers, twenty-six, weighing Itllb., best 
11b. lOoz. ; Mr. Parker, thirteen ; Dr. Irvin, eleven ; 
Mr. Middleton Biddulph and Mr. T. C. Elwards, ten. 
Saturday, May 6, Capt. Goodwin, E.A., limit, twenty 
fish; Mr. Parker, fifteen. Monday, May 8, Mr. Law¬ 
rence, sixteen fish; Dr. Clements, four; Messrs. Towns¬ 
end and Wickham, six; Hon. G. Pierrepont, two. 
Tuesday, May 9, a bright sunny day ; Messrs. Towns¬ 
end and Wickham, eighteen. Wednesday, May 10, 
Capt. Hay hurst France, eleven ; Miss de Satge, four ; 
Mr. Wickham, twelve ; Mr. Townsend, six ; Messrs. 
Eobinson, seven, best fish, 11b. 8oz. ; Gen. Tower, three ; 
Mr. Farthing, seven; Hon. C. Hill Trevor, seven. In 
five days Mr. E. L, Garnett took ninety-three fish. Best 
flies Greenwell’s Glory, Alders, and Mallard and Eed. 
Lea. —Wonderful weather still continues, and it is a 
matter of great wonder where the water supply of the 
river comes from. There must be some almost in¬ 
exhaustible springs up the Lea valley, for there is but 
little apparent diminution in the supply ; of course, the 
water is clearer, but there is still a good flow. Fly 
fishermen have been doing fairly well amongst the chub 
and dace ; one of them on Tuesday last week, when fish¬ 
ing Gimes’s Higham Hill water, hooked and played a 
nice trout of about 31b., but was so unfortunate as to 
lose it when close to the landing net. I have read that 
a trout of 9ilb. was taken early on Monday this week. 
I hope this statement can be verified, as it would esta¬ 
blish a very high record for the Lea, or, in fact, for 
any river. The annual distribution of prizes of the 
Edmonton and Tottenham Club will take place at the 
Globe, Fore-street, Edmonton, on Tuesday next. May 
16; there will also be a smoking concert at which all 
visitors will be cordially welcomed. I hear that the 
Hounsfield Otters will have a similar entertainment on 
the same evening.— Spliced Joint. 
Luggf and Arrow (Leominster).— Both these 
streams are now low and bright, and rain is wanted to 
freshen them up. They are in fair order for fishing, 
especially in the evening, when the fish move better and 
take the fly well. The best flies are the Grey Spinner, 
Brown Spinner, Orl, Governor, Cowdung, Grannom, 
Yellow Dun, and Hare’s Ear. Minnow fishing has been 
dull. The fish are evidently feeding on the bottom on 
the cad bait. The May-fly or Caddow should be up early 
this year, when some good trout will be landed. Sport 
in the Lugg good. The Pinsley is now low and clear ; 
little fishing done in it lately.— Gwtnne. 
Lugg, Arrow, and Pinsley (Kingsland).— 
Eivers low and clear. Bright cloudless days, with wind 
N. or E , causes fishing to be at a standstill; scarcely 
any rods out, and then only for the evening. Till rain 
comes there will be little c nance of improvement. Flies 
are plentiful and varied — Orl or Alder, Yellow Dun, 
Stone, and Orange Palmer for day, and Yellow Dun, 
Owls, Spinners, and Coachman for evening. There are 
many indications that the May-fly will appear excep¬ 
tionally early this season. Mr. E. C. Foster’s otter 
hounds paid us a visit on Saturday last, and had a 
capital day’s sport. Commencing at Kingsland Bridge, 
were quickly on a drag, and found about half a mile 
above, and, after hunting for about three hours, killed 
near the mill a fine dog otter of about 211b. We are 
promised another visit of this pack in the near future.— 
E. T. Williams. 
Penzance (Cornwall).— Sea Fishing. — Pier 
anglers are only having poor sport. The south-east 
winds are very unfavourable for inshore fishing. The 
mackerel boats have done well so far this season.— 
H. J. Harland. 
Scarborough. — Sea Fishing. —Small fish are 
very abundant—“ Pars ”—billet, and plaice. Pier 
anglers are having a fair amount of sport, but boat 
angling in the bay is only poor.—H. 
Severn (Shrewsbury).— The drought still, con¬ 
tinues, and angling, during the day time, has been as 
unsatisfactory as it could well be. There are some 
salmon in the river, but there are few fresh run fish, 
owing to the impoverished state of the streams. Mr. J. 
A. Fisher, of Shrewsbury, however, landed a very good 
salmon on Saturday, May 6, weighing 8Jlb., but 
unfortunately lost another very good one after a hard 
struggle. The fish, which broke a steel wire trace, was 
judged to be a salmon of 181b. or 201b.— Piscator. 
Severn, 'Vyrnwy, Tanat, and Cain (Llauymy- 
nech).— Angling in these rivers is still atadiscount, and 
will continue so until we have rain. To make amends 
to anglers, the weather is exceptionally favourable for 
otter hunting, which animals, after pike and poachers, 
are the greatest enemies anglers have to contend with ; 
and they will hear with great pleasure that Mr. Buck¬ 
ley’s otter hounds had most splendid sport this season, 
and have already accounted for ten otters. The last 
of these was killed in the Cain on Thursday last, just 
above Pontyprwyn Bridge, between Llansantffraid and 
Llanfechan, after a most exciting chase of one hour and 
twenty minutes. When weighed, he drew down the 
scale at 201b., and his pole, or tail, measured 18in. in 
length.— Vyrnv?y. 
Sussex Rivers. —Still bloweth the east wind, and 
although rain has threatened, it still holds off. Streams 
are getting so low that in some districts the mills are 
stopped. Trout are scarce in the Fletching district. 
Streams from which a few seasons since I have obtained 
from six to eight brace a day are now trontless. Lading 
has been carried on in the pools, and it will be waste of 
time for trout fishermen to visit this quarter. Eoaching 
has been successful on the Ouse, and chub have been 
taken both by fly and daping, or dibbing, as they term 
it. Dace are rising to fly on the Adur, but we must 
wait until the season opens on this river. A quantity 
of mallet and bass are at the entrance of both Little- 
hampton and Chichester harbours. A few mullet have 
been taken with ragworm, one weighed 21b. 2oz.— 
G. F. Salter. 
Teifi (Lampeter, Cardiganshire).— The river is 
exceedingly low and fly fishing quite in abeyance. We 
have scarcely had a drop of rain for two months.—H. 
Teme (Houghton). —In this part the water is very 
low and clear, but no good sport has been had or will be 
till there is a flush of water. The keepers have been 
busy again, and some more men have been caught in the 
Eiver Stour, a tributary of the Teme, using a gaff for 
taking trout, and proceedings will be taken against 
them.—K. 
Teme (Ludlow). —The water in this part is now 
running clear and low. The rain of last week freshened 
the water up for a short time, but it soon ran off. The 
best time for fishing is in the morning or late in the 
evening. A good few angleis have been out on the 
water, and good sport has been had. The best flies are 
the Blue Dun, Pale Blue, Brown and Eed Spinners, Orl, 
Governor, Hare’s Ear, and Stoney-fly. Bottom fishers 
have been busy with the red worm, and sport has been 
good. With the minnow sport has been slow this week. 
On Saturday the water in the Ludford district was 
fished with the fly, and a nice dish of trout were landed. 
The Oakley Park water has been opened for the season, 
and the tickets sent out restrict the fishing to fly-fishing 
only. In this water a large quantity of young fry have 
been put, and the prospects for sport are very good. In 
the Ashford district some nice trout have been landed 
with the Blue Dun and Orl. Under Whitcliffe no less 
than six pike were seen one day close by the bank side, 
the largest would scale about 101b. On Tuesday near 
the Folly* some nice trout were taken with the worm. 
Above Bromfield there is a regular host of cranes, and we 
are informed that they are reared on one estate. This 
must make a great deal of difference to the fishing in this 
part. The Ony, Corve, Clun, and Ledwyche are all low 
and clear. In the Corve the fish have been moving well 
at the worm, and several good lots of trout over 11b 
each have been taken. In the Ony and Clun sport is 
quiet until more rain comes to freshen up the water.— S. 
(Ludlow). 
Teme (Tenbury). —The Teme in this part is now 
running low and clear, and in fair order for angling. 
In the evening the fish have been rising well at the Orl, 
Governor, Blues, and Spinners, and some very fair sized 
trout have been taken. In the water, on Tuesday, a 
nice dish of fish were landed above the town. The Eea, 
Kyre, and Ledwyche are all low and clear ; sport in 
them quiet at present.— -Worcester. 
Upper Dden. —Very little sport has been obtained 
since the opening of the season, owing principally to 
the low and clear state of the river, and for a consider¬ 
able time angling has been practically at a standstill. 
A good many grayling have been caught by fly-fishers, 
and although the fish are not now in season, their 
presence in fair numbers seems to indicate that the 
recent efforts to propagate the species in the upper 
waters of the Eden have been fairly successful. 
IJsk (at Usk). —A few trout anglers have been out 
during the past week with the fly in the evening and 
have been lucky enough to obtain some very fair size 
trout. Trout are beginning to be shy of worm fishing in 
the day, and only very small numbers have been cap¬ 
tured. A fine otter of 161b. was killed on Tuesday 
at Llansoor, near Caerleon, by Mr. A. Evans’ otter 
hounds. 
•WKitby. —Sea and Eiver Fishing. —Angling in the 
tidal river for white fish has commenced rather earlier 
than usual this year. Pennocks and dabs are tolerably 
plentiful in the river, and, accordingly, some very good 
sport is to be had, fishing from the various piers, 
quays, and jetties. In the roads there has not been 
much doing, but there is sure to be plenty of fish of all 
descriptions later on. The local sea fishermen have 
already commenced netting for herrings, and a few small 
samples have been landed. Crabs and lobsters are very 
plentiful, though the quality is not yet quite up to the 
mark.— Jno. J. Jackson. 
Tare (Norwich).— Still no rain in our parts; a 
fall would undoubtedly do much good to angling in- 
