May 27, 1893] 
SUPPLEMENT TO THE FISHING GAZETTE 
white trout afforded but indifferent sport. Salmon are 
7 the month of the river, but 
stife oPtht”" "P' owing to the low 
do wel?bot» Tf*®'’’ boats continue to 
boat bid J ; day last week Mr. Baker’s seine 
on «®®'''"on ; on another day, fifty ; and 
on a third day, forty-seven. ’ 
watd w’e “®^ salmon angling has been rather back- 
Xerkl^hiJ^ hJIt ^rst class, and 
several big baskets have been had, both by the local 
hy/i9it0M. White trout but Lrely visit 
Kerry rivers I learn that the salmon 
fishing has been very good on a couple of days, and that 
s^e heavy fish were had on the rivers Feale Gale 
merlagh, and Cashan. The trout angling on’ those 
&g 3 w 5 ,tor‘"‘’' ‘ 
fi Waterville district, has yielded 
fine baskets of both white and brown trout on Wednes- 
& ^oifbv’ant^'"''‘^^^A^“r ^ut no salmon have 
anglers. Angling was, however confined to 
the tfdVw1i°“ ""®^- nuCrous in 
noLd to hn^t*®''®’ f number are sup- 
11 iT® "P during the last flood. Those fish 
. generally the case with the earlier arrivals nushed 
rapdly up to the deep pools in the upper reaches^where 
they remain sulky until a flood takes place w^en thev 
readily take either fly or prawn. ’ ^ 
weeWnd^\\®«*'®®f‘’®®“ pretty heavily during the 
Whit’e trout^are ®Ti7'’“® ^^^® ^®®“ ''®''y satisfactory, 
several w^i^rsE!; I iiow arriving in good numbers, and 
Pli« .‘fTh? e, t’tSKo 
g. U®'?.® hrown trout anglins has been « 
Tho^se^!attLr*^®how“^ °° ^®tJ^ ^®^® ^6®^. 
iuose latter, however, seldom take the fly and the 
Tspeda^v StL d"'"'''® ®®f®"°ted the best luJe for them! 
re^nt min^Tiffr '^®^^ on a couple of days after the 
sho?tVirthe^ iTeSh^of “fS 
..w,.tT3rd”;fi„‘nhrr3‘2^ 
several anglers are doing lell ’ ’ ® ^ 
Kg-fh" p3tel ‘bSr 
1, J®'^fcase from ListowelOn Monday 
Sn * wirfith ^ Sessions at Listowel, Mr. J. R 
of Scrahan^ fnr^fi?h ®?““oned James Kelly, 
with salmon flies on the River 
F Creaer^^l”?®’ being duly licensed. Mr. 
Sl’bVnt?'^® f ^**® prosecution, and 
he saw the fpl ^®^®i."«®t-- ^ bailiff swore that 
hfm Z^d dpm^ A‘^5^*•^®bIng, and that he came up to 
S“e It^un i'^^® defendant refused to 
j Witness tried to get the rod bnf +1 ia 
defendant succeeded in taking it away. Witness how 
atteched”^ fn *be line, with salmon flies’ 
attached. In cross-examination by Mr McEllie-oft tbp 
5S”TnnL‘t'‘S “•f “ w” Nb 
stated ?7pl®e\P®''fl“®®'^ “^®®d Costelloe!’ who 
weie^trout\nd®nnr® (produced) taken from defendant 
Ildmor, 4 fe ^ not salmon flies, but that they would kill 
ln^d £2^ti 7osts the defendant was 
The mackerel fishery on the Kerry coast has been 
ManV^“®d /'■*i7n*®®/ ^’enit. the French, English 
^ 000 nlfht7v®^ ®'‘^^ between 4000 and 
10 UUO nightly and at Dingle and Ventry also the 
captures have been regular and large 
.lu . Poftmagee, Valentia, Killimly, and Bunnaneer 
the local yawls have had between 2000 and 12 000 
errings nightly, besides an average take of 4000 
mackerel each. Herrings have appeared in vast shoals 
mot^nif^p^ ^^® Skelligs rocks, and are now 
moving nearer the coast. 
and cod fishery has declined at Portmagee 
f^w f®'^ .”?t8®en continue to have fair success. ® 
.bpn hand-lmers have had good sport at 
pollack. About fifteen pollock, running from 31b. to 
Srir’Sh!'nr^^""^ 
lobster fishery on the coast of Kerry has been 
June bS'Okward, but it is seldom very successful before 
TrawleM have done well among plaice, brill and 
soles at Ballinskellig’s Bay, Dingle Bay, and the ’Ken 
numberonSbot ”®‘ ^ 
Spill®r8 have been very successful at pollack at 
CoomMlonkane and a few other stations in the south, 
SackTtThtsSes.^"^" 
arj»! P^®®eot ®oa-fish in the principal markets 
doren :-Mackerel, 7s. per 120 ; herrings. Is. per 
b®'fce. Is. to Is. bd. each ; ling. Is. Id. to 2s 
nonnii^°^®i*^®*^®o^^cj^®'^ dozen; salmon (seine), 8d. per 
pound; soles, 2s. 6d. per pair. uoi 
weYnfpT^'vT'^*'®’'® ®b‘ght improvement in the 
weather, it being now generally gloomy. Freonent 
suffi^fen/^^^’ J^® ®o’^lb-east rain has not come in 
suftcient quantities to materially affect sport. Donegal 
seems to have been favoured with more than its own 
fn several of its rivers are reported to be 
the^Owenea''^ ^ ®°°P^® salmon were killed on 
I learn that Col. Viscount Charlemont, C.B., the 
Comptroller of the Viceregal Household, purposes 
ilnn^ “^bts on the Blackwater (Co. Tyrone) 
along with Eoxborough Castle and the shooting of the 
demesne. About .£800 per annum I believe is the figure, 
ttis lordship has made arrangements for stocking his 
Drunmairne demesne, near Stewartstown. with hares 
tha?lSalR;°aSn"° r®bit>^oduce poor “ puss ” into 
Black Fly season has come on very 
early this year. In low clear water, when artificial fly 
’^®®^®?®a/® 7 bait can be used than the 
Black Fly or Marly ” as it is also called. The art of 
and ’f l®f'.™®<l ®?ly by long experience, 
Ulster ^ 1» 
THE NEW ALBION PISCATORIAL SOCIETY. 
Mr. Whebldon on Thames Trout. 
In connection with this flourishing South London 
angling society, the annual distribution of prizes and 
smoking concert took place at the Duke of Kent Old 
j Pl®asant evening was spent 
The prizes included a spirit tantalus, roach-pole books 
case ”and^’ ^®-®' ®®’'’^?F®' tobacco jar, barometer, book- 
case, and various other appropriate articles, besides 
nl fb champagne, whiskey, and brandy, coal^ 
clothes, flour, and sums of money. A number of the 
prizes were arranged on the table, and made a most 
pleasing display ; conspicuous amongst them were two 
silver cups, value ^5 5s. and =£15 15s. respecLvel^ 
These cups before becoming the absolute property of 
the winner have to be taken three times by the fortunate 
individual. At the present time Mr. R. Mudd holds the 
fifteen-guinea challenge trophy, and Mr. W. Grace 
retains the other cup. There was a good attendance of 
memb^s and friends and. the cbai? was occupirby 
Mr. W. F. Grimmett, vice Mr. W. J. Crisn The 
proceedings opened with a piano solo by Mr juda’e 
who accompanied, and during the evening some canitai 
Baldwin (secrets! 
St.^ Alban, Swayne, Bateman, Harry Glover, W F 
^n^r®+*’ also contributed some 
fsUe^ -B B- Wheeldon, on heSg 
called upon for a song, gave an interesting address on 
Thames trout in response to the vocal call, and hU 
graphic remarks on the subject were 
^°Ji°'^®d and frequently applauded by those 
that H’w?®rv®®°“f®‘^i.®' P"’'® Thames trout, and said 
that it was like a fresh-run grilse. He had not he 
proceeded, the slightest doubt that there were trout in 
the Thames from 161b. to 201b. weight He had seen 
Uout himself not once or twice but fifty times, in the 
Thames that he was satisfied would weigh 201b if not 
more. He remembered there used to bl a veritable 
monster in the Walton district, which he believed would 
have gone that weight He hooked the fish once, but it 
had such a bony snout that the hooks would not penetrate 
and when the line slackened they came away It was 
an undoubted fact that a large trout had been lying in 
the Kingston district. In the Jubilee Year a man took 
a 171b. trout in his flounder net at Strand-on-the-Green 
and it was afterwards put into the Towns End Hole, at 
Kingston. That fish had been seen feeding on several 
ft ’^ad ever been 
hooked. Mr. Wheeldon also mentioned that he had seen 
what he took to be a 201b. trout at Hampton Court, and 
he said that a very large fish had also been observed 
Within the past few days at Sunbury Weir. After 
*^® required to catch such fish, Mr 
Wheeldon referred to the big trout that had already 
been caught with rod and line in the Thames He 
mentioned one fish of 171b. Soz. which was taken by 
Rush, of Reading, in the Thames at the debouchure 
of the I^ver Kennet, and a Mr. Faulkner had killed 
another fish of 151b lOoz. at Jloulsey Weir, within 
forty minutes ride of the metropolis. He (Mr Wheel- 
don) had himself taken trout from the Thames of 111b. 
lOJoz., 121b., and 131b. 4oz. (Applause.) The speaker 
then referred to the proper tackle for trout fishing and 
also to the various styles of fishing, and in describing 
the TroiRa Thamasis on the feed, said, if they were 
fishing near a fish so engaged, “ pull the bait, nay drag 
it, through the water as quickly as you can, and it is a 
million to one that he will take it.” (Loud applause.) 
The chairman proposed, and Mr. A. R. Matthews 
seconded a very hearty vote of thanks to Mr. Wheeldon 
for his address. The chairman then in an appropriate 
speech distributed the prizes and congratulated the 
winners on their success. They were • (1) Mr C 
Newbury; (2) Mr. A.R Matthews; (3) Mr. A. E.Baldwin’; 
(4) Mr R. Mudd; (5) Mr. W. J. Crisp; (6) Mr. J 
S®®'w B- : (8) Mr. R. Turnham ; (9) 
Mr. W. F. Grimmett; (10) Mr. W. Grace; (11) Mr. W. 
Chandler. Mr. W. F. Grimmett, although taking the 
heaviest gross weight (2941b. 14oz.), had been a non¬ 
competitor in many of the matches. The hon. members 
a^ visitors winning prizes were Messrs. C, Hibble 
(Walworth Waltonians), W. King, Boorman (South 
London) and Brown (Brompton). A vote of thanks to 
the chamman closed the proceedings. The annual 
dinn®r of the club takes place on Thursday, June 8, at 
7 p.m.. Major Lewis H. Isaacs in the chair • Mr W H 
Brougham (of the T.A.P.S.) vice-chairman. ’ ’ ’ 
NOTES FOR CLUB iNGLERS. 
gross weight results last season. I have now much 
Barb® J®a’“ ,P®“ftomn& that the members of the Golden 
Barbel Angling Society’s record for that period givL 
the total weigh-in as 15991b. 5ioz., and it will be eJen 
N.W Albion,. jnS-r 
*#* 
freshened up the Thames a 
Tnifo HhI®'® ^^® ®°®’’®® ft inaugurated 
ifl f near now) we want a flood to carry off 
a 1 th® surface rabbish, a nice description of whmh I 
notice was given last week by Mr. Bambridge of Eton 
I seems incredible where 111 the filth cfmes f^om 
but I strongly sus-pect the house-boats and rowing 
T^e ’^ft^ of affairs^ 
The fish are badly in want of some purer water and I 
sincerely trust we shall get a “push ’’ belong as 
numbers of sickly ones have been seen about, and some 
have been picked up suffering from the attack of that 
hideous-looking insect which tenaciously clings to their 
head and shoulders and worries them to death.' The 
barbel are specially marked down by this pest and 
every summer it is quite a sight to iatch these fish 
eaping f®®t into the air and falling with a sound smack 
on to the water in order to rid themselves of it 
*** 
Some of the trout streams in Wales have it is 
dro!!^1it^®^” completely dried up as a result of the gre-g 
° ■ 
p®'’® ^®'^® found their way into 
Georg® Kosewell’s punt at Shepperton. The brace 
weighed 71b. Mr. Holland took the fish, 
*#* 
ftonf “fffers seem to have been verv 
lucky this season. With others the case has been the 
T^^ame^s' t ^ K Wheeldon, an “old hand” in 
Thames tiouting, has been out twenty-one times this 
season, and actually not taken a single trout He has 
only run one fish. 
*** 
A SALE of fishing tackle is announced to be held on 
Tuesday next at Mr. Steven’s Great Rooms, King-street 
Covent Garden. It begins at 12 30 - ”^'ngr street, 
Bart IS a charming spot, with its flowers 
■walks, and ornamental lake. Wood 
pigeons may be seen there, and in the evening the 
thrush sings merrily in a dozen different trees. At the 
^f'® ®ft®'^ft'^a®ks hold possession of the 
^ke as the frost last winter killed the carp and tench 
By th® way, when is the County Council going to allow 
the anglers to have a day in some of its waters, where 
there is a good stock of fish ? wuere 
A DEAD roach I saw on Monday in the Surrey Canal 
must have weighed quite 21b. ^ '-anai 
There is something particularly sad to ant^lers in 
connection with the death of the Rev. F. R. GibbLs 
About a fortnight ago, the deceased, who was assisting 
hsH ^1“^“®’ Bleetwood, went fishing and 
had the misfortune to run a hook into his finger Blood 
poisoning set in, and despite medical assistance, the rev 
gentleman succumbed to the injury on Monday. 
* * * 
No\v trout fishing is all the go up the Thames it mav 
be nit®resting to give the weights of a few raon“ttr 
trout which hav® been caught in years gone by. In Jul! 
18/9, the ^e 5Ir. J. Forbes took one of 141b fli^oz at 
Chertsey Weir; “ Rush,’’ of Reading, had ^e’ nC’the 
mouth of the Kennet going 171b. Soz.; Moulsey Weir 
has yielded a third fish of 151b. lOoz., and Mr. Wheeldon 
once caught a trout in the Thames scaling 131b. 4oz Of 
cours® other giants have been taken, but the above little 
list IS quite large enough to fire present day an<>-ler! 
with a desire to go and do likewise n„iers 
That being the case, I can put them on to two regular 
whoppms. At Sunbury Weir is a fish, the weight of 
which IS varioixsly given as 111b., 121b., and 151b In 
the Kingston district there should be a 201b. fish Tf 
was placed in the Towns End Hole in the Jubilee Year 
and ^^eighed 17ib., and the local anglers called it the 
Jubilee Plunger. This fish, which was caught in a 
flounder net at Strand-on-the-Green, has never been taken 
line, and ought to be somewhere in the 
vicinity of Kingston now 
*** 
dinners are just now much in evidence at 
the clubs. One of these pleasant functions took place 
an *^® Kftckfriars Angling Club 
toe Winchester Arms, Southwark-street, when Mr. t' 
Crumplen was in the chair. During toe evening the 
usual speeches were made, and a number of prizes were 
distributed, whilst a good list was promised for the 
ensuing season. Mr. Wade (of the Central), Mr. G H 
Howard (of the FtshiMjr Gazette), Mr. F. J. Bursill (who 
deliv®r^ the int®resting dissolving view lecture at the 
club), Mr. Willson (host), and Mr. Armstrong (of the 
Anglers Association) were amongst the company which 
was a large and a merry one. The club, I am told 
numbers forty good, sound, paying members, and I wish 
it success. 
