June 3, 1893] 
THE FISHING GAZETTE 
417 
THE RAILAVAV TRAVELLING PRIVI¬ 
LEGES TO NOTTINGHAM ANGLERS. 
Sir, —For tbe information of tlie anglers of 
Nottingham, and more especially those connected 
with clubs, I venture respectfully to ask you to 
publish the following letter (copy), received by 
me on Friday, May 19, from the Midland Railway 
Company, having reference to the above subject. 
It is addressed to the hon. secretary of the Notts 
local body here, styling themselves the Notts 
Anglers’ Association, the ofticers in which have 
been seeking to bring about an alteration in the 
system of issuing privilege cards to club anglers. 
(Copy.) May 19,1893. 
“ Sir,—I have carefully considered the repre¬ 
sentations made by yourself and co-delegates at 
the meeting you had with my Mr. Ward on Friday 
last, the 12th inst, and I beg to inform you, in 
reply, that I do not see my way to recommend 
any alteration in the arrangements, which have 
been in operation for so long, and which up to 
the present have been worked to the satisfaction 
of this company and the anglers of Nottingham 
generally. 
Mr. Coxon will continue, as heretofore, to be the 
authorised person to issue anglers’ tickets in 
Nottingham, and he will do so at a charge of Id. 
per card, and these cards will be issued for two 
fishing seasons, summer and winter, and the price 
will be shown on each card. I have requested 
Mr. Coxon not to recognise any angling society 
with a less membership than twelve, and have 
also directed him to take such steps as will ensure 
not more than one card being issued to any 
individual. 
I return herewith the documents you left with 
Mr. Ward.—AMurs truly, 
W. L. Mugliston, Superintendent. 
C. T. Heald, Esq., 224, Waterway-street, 
Nottingham. 
It will be gathered from this letter that the 
Midland Company do not in any way recognise 
the authority of the association. I have readily 
met the Company’s wishes as to the price to be 
charged for the cards. I had, on May 8, sent out 
post cards to secretaries of all clubs in which the 
price was fixed at 2d. Throughout last winter 
the price to affiliated clubs never exceeded a Id. 
The Company’s letter will, I rejoice to think, 
prevent the cards in the future being taxed at the 
clubs, the money derived from the taxing or 
levying of members having previously been 
devoted to the capital of the association. Through 
my own representation in respecD of these 
uncalled-for levies, club fishermen have now “ a 
fair field and no favour.” If they are imposed 
upon in the future I desire they will at once 
communicate with me. The price of the card will 
bs clearly printed on the front, and beyond that 
—one penny—no secretary must go.—I am, &c., 
Nottingham, May 23. Henry Coxon. 
DO FISH NOTICE ONE COLOUR MORE 
THAN ANOTHER? 
Sir, —Will some reader kindly inform me what 
coloured gut he considers least obtrusive in fish¬ 
ing—pale blue, green, sorrel, black, Ac.—and 
why.?—I am, Ac., _ Mark. 
HARRIS TWEEDS. 
Sir, — Some correspondence in reference to 
Harris tweeds in your issue of May 6 has just 
come under my notice. No doubt the genuine 
homespuns made in that island, which are spun 
as well as woven by hand, and dyed with vege¬ 
table products by the natives themselves, are 
excellent for an angler’s wear. But the real 
article is not easy to obtain, and the price is high 
for an ordinary pocket. It has struck me that a 
number of your readers would like to know what 
we can do in Ireland towards manufacturing a 
cloth for their special purpose. I submit that the 
patterns which I venture to send for your inspec¬ 
tion, which are made in the Marquis of Water¬ 
ford’s Industrial House, are worthy of your 
recommendation and the patronage of the 
readers of the Fishing Gazette. They have been 
praised by writers in the Field again and again 
in answer to correspondents; and I have in my 
possession hundreds of laudatory letters from 
gentlemen in all parts of the country who have 
had experience of their wearing qualities.— 
I am, &c., W. Bill. 
31. Great Portland-street. London, W., 
May 31,1893. 
FISHING NEAR TIVERTON. 
Sir, —If “ Angler ” wants good trout fishing, 
he can get ])lenty of it in the immediate neigh¬ 
bourhood of Tiverton, in the River Culm, either 
at 'I'iverton Junction, Culmstock, Hemyock or 
Oullompton. In the beginning of last March, 
I was at Culmstock for a few day's, and w'as 
surjirised to come acro.S3 a Devon stream con¬ 
taining such good trout. Half-pounders are 
plentiful, and fish of one and two pounds are by 
no means scarce. I was told that the fly was 
of very little use after May, except of an 
evening. The minnow and worm may be used. 
—I am, &c., T. j. Scott. 
Marlow, May 23, 1893. 
FISHING AT BEXLEAL 
Sir, —I resided at Bexley during the years 
1886-7, but do not remember any fishing of any 
account. There is, of course, the trout hatchery 
at Foot’s Cray, but I never heard of anyone 
fishing near there. 
The lower waters of the Cray, just above Cray- 
ford, contain nothing but large eels, of which 1 
once took three, weighing on one night- 
line. 
There is a private lake at Sidcup (the next 
station on the up line), but leave is difficult, if 
not impossible, to procure. I used also to see a 
good deal of fishing at Dartford, but am afraid 
the paper mills killed the most fish.—I am, Ac., 
_ F. G. Aflalo. 
FISHING IN ICELAND AND NORWAY. 
Sir, —I would esteem it a favour if you or 
some one of your numerous readers would inform 
me as to the kind of fishing in Iceland. Is there 
both salmon and trout fishing ? What kind of 
accommodation is available ? Is there any pub¬ 
lished pamphlet or book relative to the above ? 
Where also a book cm be obtained containing 
information as to fishing in Norway', hotels, Ac. 
Thanking you in anticipation.—I am, Ac., 
ScOTUS. 
[‘ Scotus” should send Is. 8d. in stamps to 
Sampson Low and Co., Fetter-lane, London, for 
“The Angler’s Diary and Guide.” There is good 
salmon and ti'out fishing in Iceland.—En.] 
FISHING FROM DEAL PIER. 
Sir, —Since my last communication the fishing 
has been very quiet. Plenty of poutings and 
small plaice and dabs have rewarded the rod- 
anglers, and the boats also, but no large fish. 
Whitebait in millions have been caught at the 
edge of the beach. They were retailed at 6d. per 
quart. Among one lot I saw two spring herrings, 
capital for baits. My companion. Dr. Coates, of 
the P.S., and I, went to the opening of the new 
Dover Pier, a fine structure, 900 feet long, the 
lower landing of which is expressly made con¬ 
venient for anglers. We fished from the North 
Jetty, but the tide was not suitable, so caught 
nothing. Mr. Zaehusdorf, of the P.S , caught six¬ 
teen whiting-pollack one evening, and six before 
breakfast the next morning. Other pollack- 
fishers have bem successful with the Dover rag- 
worm bait, which can be had by sending a P.0.0, 
for one shilling and sixpence, and they arrive 
addressed to Mr. Lawrence, pier-master, packed 
in a box with grass sea-weed, and will keep for 
days.—I am, Ac , _ T. R. Sachs. 
FISHING NEAR CROMER. 
Sir, —In answer to your correspondent “ Sea¬ 
gull,” I beg to say that the nearest fishing 
station to Cromer is AVroxham, distant by rail 
(G.E.R.) about fifteen miles. Here roach, bream, 
and perch m.ay be taken in good numbers and of 
fair size. Wroxham Broad, one mile and a half's 
row from the village, may be fished on payment of 
half-a-crown a day per boat, and is well worth a 
visit. 
Barton Broad is close to Stalham, which is 
about the same distance from Cromer as Wrox¬ 
ham, but is on the Eastern and Midlands Railway 
(both railway systems have stations at Cromer). 
This broad is one of the finest in the district, and 
if “ Seagull ” visits it about September or Octo¬ 
ber he will be pleased with the pike fishing to be 
obtained there—bream, perch, roach, rudd, and 
tench abound. 
The sea fishing at Cromer is not very grand, 
the beach being very flat, the tide when low is 
so far out that one can walk on the sands round 
the jetty. 
At Slierringham (four miles from Cromer to 
the north) the fishermen catch a lot of whiting 
and cod in the season with long lines laid out 
just beyond the breakers and baited with whelks. 
A day’s hand lining with one of them might be 
productive of good sport. 
Any further information that your correspon¬ 
dent requires I shall be haiipy to give.—1 am, 
Ac., A. .1. Rudd, 
Fishing Tackle Maker. 
54, London-street, Norwich. 
FISHING IN KASHMERE. 
Sir, —I have been much interested in read¬ 
ing in your columns of the 27th ult. about 
“ Trout Fishing in Michigan.” With regard to 
heat and pests and good fishing combined, let 
me commend your readers to the river Thelum 
in Kashmere, near Sopoor, in the months of July 
and August. Mosquitoes will make any skin 
feel their bites there. 
Perhaps you might like to hear of a little 
experience of mine at the above place in June, 
too early for heavy fish and mosquitoes. I was 
there one afternoon, on my way to higher climes, 
and to pass the time I went out wdth a native 
fisherman, who promised me some sport. His 
tackle consisted of a piece of cork, with plenty 
of line wound round it, and a piece of stick 
some four feet long. This was attached to the 
cork at one end by a piece of whipcord about 
three feet long, and to the other was fastened 
some twenty-five yards of good horsehair line. 
On this he put a live bait on a treble hook, and 
let it out in mid-stream ; he then gave me the 
stick to hold, and he and his mate pulled the 
little boat we were in from one side of the 
river to the other. Suddenly I felt a jerk, and 
the man told me to throw my stick into the river, 
and let out the line off the cork. This I did, and, 
after a little play, landed a 151b. hill trout. This 
occurred four times, and each fish was a good 
one. I asked the man what he did if the fish 
was a very large one, and all the line was taken 
away. “ Throw it into the river, sahib,” was his 
answer, “ the cork always comes to the top when 
the fish stops going, and thus we can land the 
biggest fish.” 
Curiously enough, three other Englishmen 
were fishing at the same time, and though I 
had luck with my most primitive way of fishing, 
all the others with rods, Ac., complete, had a 
blank day. I myself had no rod and no tackle of 
my own.—I am, Ac., _ Llangollen. 
PISHING NEAR CROMER, BEXLEAL 
CRIEFF, AND AIX-LES-BAINS. 
Sir, —In reply to the above, and taking them 
in order, the “Angler’s Diary” says, re coarse 
fishing—(N.B.—I wonder more anglers do not 
purchase this excellent guide, price only Is. 6d.). 
It says ;—“ Aldborough beck rises in the lake in 
Pelbrigg Park, five miles S.W. of Cromer, runs 
four miles to Aldborough and its mill pond, five 
miles N. from Aylsham, and one mile down is 
joined on right bank by a brook three miles long, 
draining the lake in Barmingham Park by Town 
Barmingham, four and a half miles N.E. 
from Corpusty. Aldborough joins that noted 
angling river, the Bure, two miles below.” Mr. 
Bickerdyke does not refer to Cromer in his 
“Angling in Salt Water.” 
Bexley.—“A mile below Dartford the Cray 
joins Darenth, which contains trout, perch, 
roach, Ac. It rises near Orpington, and in one 
mile runs by St. Mary’s Cray (Bexley four miles), 
passing St. Paul’s Cray and Foot’s Cray. Prom 
Bexley to Crayford is one and a half miles, from 
whence to the junction of Cray and Darenth is 
two miles, and two miles below this junction 
Darenth joins the Thames. There are bream in 
the lake in the Phoenix Paper Mills at Dartford, 
close by which is Dartford Creek, flounders, Ac. 
There are also large carp in Messrs. Pigon and 
AVilkes’s powder mills.” No smoking allowed. 
Crieff (Perth).—On Earn; salmon and trout. At 
St. Fillans, twelve miles oft', fair treating can be 
had. Hotels: Drummond Arms and Stewart 
Arms, where fishing can be had. Good trouting 
in Allmond, six miles oft. AYrite to Drummond 
or Stewart Arms. 
Aix-les-Bains (Savoy).—Hotels: “De I’Europe,” 
“ d’Aix,” and others. On Lake Bourget;/ero.r, 
