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SUPPLEMENT TO THE PISHING GAZETTE [June 17, 1893 
chair, and arrangements for the coming season were 
completed. They have decided to have competitions 
fortnightly on the Saturday afternoons, and nearly all 
their money and valuable prizes are to he fished for at 
special outings, so that every member will have fair 
play and an equal chance of winning. 
FROM IRELAND- 
To the Editor of the Fishing Gazette. 
DUBLIN.—We are enjoying most favourable weather 
now all throughout the south-eastern districts, and 
anglers are taking every opportunity of the occasion. 
Eain has fallen at frequent intervals during the week, 
and the rivers are reported in nice trim. Those in the 
County icklow are engaging the attention of numerous 
rods on the trout waters : whilst rough fishing is satis¬ 
factory on Lough Dan. Mr. D. Lonney, jun., and four 
of the Star Angler’s Club visited Glendalough (Wick¬ 
low), “ The Glen of two Lakes,” on Sunday, and their 
account is that there are numbers of good sturdy fish 
there. I often wonder why more anglers do not try these 
lakes, which are very easy of access by car from Eath- 
drum Station, and situated as they are amidst the 
solemn grandeur for which they are so famed. 
Trout-fishers around Dublin have been lucky this 
week, and sport is good all round. 
Accounts from the western salmon rivers report a 
great improvement in the fishing, and the arrival of 
many anglers from across Channel. The Shannon is, I 
learn, drawing the largest share of patronage. Sport on 
the Westmeath Lakes has considerably improved, so 
has the attendance. Boats on Loughs Owel and Bel- 
videre have had nice business, and I am informed the flv 
is plentiful. 
At the close of last week Mr. Alan Hornsby, the Eev. 
Wm. S- Green and Mr. Cecil Eoche, Inspector of Irish 
Fisheries, held an inquiry at the Courthouse, Skib- 
bereen, as to the best means to be adopted for im¬ 
proving the fisheries generally in the Skibbereen district. 
The inquiry was at the instigation of the Conservators, 
and on their behalf a large number of witnesses were 
examined. It was stated that it would be a great 
benefit to the fisheries of the river if a bye-law were 
passed prohibiting net fishing between the Abbey 
Bridge and the weir, about a mile and a half distance. 
It appears that when the water is low the fish are un¬ 
able to cross the weir, and none of them escape 
the nets between the above named points. Capt. Anthony 
Morgp, J.P., recommended the prevention of netting in 
certain pools within the distance named, and the im¬ 
provement of the sluices at the Weir; he also mentioned 
that the fisheries of the river suffered much from dyna¬ 
miting and poisoning in the upper waters. Mr. Eichard 
Beamish, the owner of the fishery on which it was pro¬ 
posed to place the bye-law, strongly opposed this appli¬ 
cation of the Conservators. He contended the decline 
in the fisheries was due to excessive netting in the 
lower tidal waters. He denied that the netting in his 
part of the river was injurious, and he also denied that 
the part of the river could be described as a trap. 
Angling on the Blackwater, co. Cork, is reported to 
have been at a standstill last week for want of rain 
which has, however, since visited the district. Gen! 
Gunter killed the first perch of the season. Admiral 
Sir John Baird, Admiral Drummond, and Messrs. 
Worthington, of Maple Hayes, Lichfield, were amongst 
those on the river, but have since left. 
Later.— Since writing my last notes we have not 
(contrary to all expectation) had a single drop of rain, 
and excessive heat and brightness prevails. Many rivers 
have become quite parched, and, for the present, fishing 
13 out of the question in Dublin, Wicklow, and Wex¬ 
ford districts. I have heard of nothing in the way of 
sport during the past week worth recording. 
At a meeting of the Liffey Fishery of the Dublin Cor¬ 
poration, held on Monday last, Alderman Pile moved the 
adoption of the report of the Finance and Leases Com¬ 
mittee, recommending the letting of the Liffey Fisheries 
Island Bridge, to Mr. Eobert Worthington. As the 
main drainage scheme might purify the river, and there¬ 
by enhance the value of the fishery, they had decided to 
give Mr. Worthington a lease of thirty-one years, at A‘C 0 
per annum, but at the end of seven years it would be 
competent to either party to the covenant to alter the 
lease. On the profits exceeding JlOO, they should receive 
two-thirda. It was also stated that they had received 
most valuable assistance from Sir Thos. Brady on the 
matter. 
KLEE\. On Friday last it rained heavily for a few 
hours, and on, Saturday we again had very heavy 
showers. The white trout angling is improving, and 
good baskets have been had when the weather was 
favourable. Brown trout have afforded much sport 
during the week. 
On A\ aterville river trout angling has been good, but 
no salmon have been got. Salmon are very numerous in 
the tidal portion, but the water is too low for them to 
push up. 
On Coppal Lake sport has been pretty good among 
brown trout, but only a few white trout have been had. 
t Brennan had three dozen brown trout 
and three white trout, and several other anglers did 
nearly as well since. On the Inny, sport at white trout 
has been pretty good. No salmon have yet come up, 
though they are numerous in the tidal waters. 
From South Kerry I learn that angling is practically 
at a standstill for some time, and that the recent rain 
made comparatively little or no difference in the state 
of the waters there. 
•^^'Klihg visitors from England are beginning to arrive 
&t all the aterville hotels, and a large number are 
expected down about the middle of the month. 
Those who have a liking for sea-fishing can have good 
sport, aa the sea-angling is now very good in the Water- 
ville district, and indeed all round the Kerry coast. 
Pollack especially are yielding' good sport, and whiting 
also are being got in large numbers. For the latter, 
mussel bait appears to be the best lure. 
Trawling has been rendered rather difficult, owing to 
want of sufficient wind on most days, and to an unfavour¬ 
able and strong wind on other days. The return in this 
kind of fishing have been below the average since last 
notes, but at time of writing matters are improving, as 
the sea has got calm and a nice breeze is blowing steadily 
from a favourable point. 
Later.— Since last notes, angling has declined con¬ 
siderably, especially on the rivers. The beat has been 
very great for the past week, and many of the smaller 
rivers are now reduced to mere rivulets, and fishing on 
them is quite out of the question until a heavy fall of 
rain takes place. 
At Killarney, the brown trout angling on the lakes has 
been somewhat better, and a few salmon and peal have 
been taken. 
At 'Waterville, the white trout angling on the lake has 
not been quite as good as usual, but angling was ren¬ 
dered impracticable on most days owing to calm waters, 
great heat, and bright sunshine. 
The mountain lakes of Coppal, Cummeravanig, Dre- 
nane, and Uoomavoher, have all yielded fair baskets of 
brown trout in the evenings. 
White and brown trout angling has been far below 
the average on Waterville river, which is now running 
abnormally low. 
In South Kerry, angling has been pretty good in the 
brown trout lakes, but fishing on the rivers has been 
suspended, and is not likely to be resumed for some 
time. 
Angling visitors are now arriving at Waterville for 
the white trout fishing. 
The sea angling has been good in the evenings. At 
Waterville, pollack anglers have had from six to a 
dozen in an evening’s fishing. 
REPORTS FROM RIVERS, LOCHS, &C. 
River Reporters who want forms and envelopes 
should send a post card to the Manager of the Fishing 
Gazette, St. Dunstan’s House, Fetter-lane, London, 
Time of High Water in the Thames. 
To find the time of high water in the Thames at any 
the following places, to the time of high water at London 
Bridge given below. 
S 30 min. for Chelsea. /55 min. for Kew. 
40 „ „ Putney. \75 „ „ Eiohmond. 
45 „ „ Hammer- Add-<80 „ „ Twicken- 
smith. / ham. 
50 „ ,, Barnes. ^35 Teddington 
Example :—If it is high water at 2 o’clock at London 
Bridge, it will be high water at Teddington at 3.25 or 85 
minutes later. 
N.B.—A strong wind up-stream accelerates the tide 
very much, and one down-stream retards it. 
Time or High Water at London Bridge. 
Saturday, 
Sunday, 
Monday, 
Tuesday, 
Wednesday 
Thursday, 
June 17 . 
18 . 
19 . 
„ 20 . 
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99 . 
Morning. 
Evening. 
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Friday, 
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. 9.40 
English and Welsh Reports. 
Ziower Thames, — General Eemarks. —The general 
body of anglers will now be in full occupation of the 
river, and the monopoly which the trout fishers have had 
since the commencement of their season will have 
terminated. Although a considerable number of trout 
have been taken, the character and condition of the river 
have been very much against the anglers in the way of 
obtaining sport, and had it not been for the weirs afford¬ 
ing them the chance of getting amongst the fish there 
would not have been so good a result. There is another 
thing much to be regretted, and that is the loss of so 
many big fish in getting away after being hooked, but I 
have not heard of any instance where they have been 
lost through any defective tackle. My good friend, 
Mr. Dangerfield, who recently lost a good fish, gives 
the following exf linaticn: “ I got a splendid trout, quite 
lib., up to the ring of the net when the hooks came 
out of his boney mouth, and away he went. If any one 
had the net instead of myself the fish would have been 
secured. I had to bring the fish to the net, any one else 
could have put the net to the fish, which is all the 
difference.” There can be no doubt the river is well 
supplied with trout, and amongst the numerous letters I 
have had this season on the subject, I give the follow¬ 
ing quotation from one of the fortunate captors; “ What 
a boon it is to have so near the metropolis a noble river 
like the Thames, containing such magnificent trout. 
My angling friends in Scotland can scarcely credit that 
we can get such grand sport near our doors.” It is 
getting time now for the Thames Angling Preservation 
Society to repeat the dose of three years ago when some 
one thousand fine yearling trout were placed into the 
river, half of them being the liberal gift of Mr. E. B. 
Marston, the Editor of the Fishing Gazette, even if only 
five hundred were contributed. It would be nice if the 
trout anglers would subscribe to a fund to increase the 
stock of those fish—one has already sent me a guinea— 
and I feel sure the committee would supplement their 
contributions with something more.—B. 
Upper Thames. —By the time this note is in print 
the open season ou the Thames for 1893-4 will be a day 
old, and from whit I have lately gleaned by visiting 
many up river stations, I feel assured its future will be 
a successful and therefore happy one to the thousands 
of anglers who visit the grand old meandering silver 
streak, *' a thing of beauty, a joy for ever,” which lays 
embedded in the emerald setting between Cricklade and 
Teddington. I have just returned from a week’s sojourn 
in the Abingdon and Sutton Courtney districts, and for 
an angler’s paradise, commend me to the delicious 
lasher and mill pools of the latter out of the madding 
crowd place ; and didn’t I see some grand chub, roach, 
and barbel, undisturbed there, I fancy, by any but the 
ken of Marlow Buzz 1 I incidentally hear that in the 
Marlow district Mr. Brown has again been to the fore 
amid the big trout, but as yet I am in the dark as to 
details. The weather is hot and thundery, and until 
rain falls in the Thames valley, the river will remain 
stale, bright, and uncanny for fishing.— Marlow Buzz. 
Thames (Chertsey).— Mr. F. Wilkinson, of Barnes, 
fishing in this neighbourhood, has taken a very pretty 
trout of 3J^lb. 
Thames (Shepperton), —George Eosewell has been 
out two days amongst the trout. The first day with Mr. 
James Clapp, of the Chiswick Piscatorial Society, who 
caught a pretty little fish of 2ilb.; it was 17in. long, 
and not a bond fide Thames trout; it had a greenish 
back, with yellow down the belly, and red spots down 
the side; and the other day, with Mr. Ealph Smith, 
who caught a trout of 5Jib. Eosewell says: ‘‘The 
prospects for the opening day look very bad, as the 
water is in a nasty sickly state, and the fish very dirty. 
I picked up a bream smothered in vermin, and after 
cleansing it, put it back, for which he seemed very 
grateful, and swam away all right. 
Thames (Weybridge). — Mr. C. H. Wheeley 
writes : ‘‘ Trout fishing at the two Shepperton weirs for 
the last few weeks has been a complete failure. For three 
weeks or more I have not seen a trout in either weir, 
though I Lave fished both nearly every evening for some 
hours. I have landed lots of chub, but nothing very 
large. These fish have been a perfect nuisance of late.” 
Thames CWindsor District).— The Thames coarse 
fishing season opened here under adverse circumstances 
on the 15th inst., there being a low, stagnated water, 
and should the drought continue much longer, fish will 
suffer considerably, though at present I have seen very 
few “fungus’d.” Out of a batch of considerably over 
fifty chub, ranging from half to a pound weight, I could 
not detect a diseased one, which is surprising consider¬ 
ing the state of the river now. Many anglers in this 
district, when they heard the thunder, and saw the 
heavy clouds overhead on the 14th inst., must have 
pictured to themselves fine baskets of barbel, roach, 
chub, &c., but the thunder soon ceased, the clou is 
roUed by, and not a drop of rain fell. 'Whilst I write 
the sun is as brilliant as possible, and rain appears as 
far off as ever it did. Mr. Eoberts, jun., of Park- 
street, Windsor, had bis fourth Thames trout this sea¬ 
son on the 11th inst., a very plump little fish of 21b. Goz. 
—B. E. Bambridge. 
Aucholme District.— Weather remains magnifloen': 
for the commencement of coarse fishing, and quite a 
large number of matches are arranged to take place on the 
Ancholme. Waters are generally very bright and low. 
On the trout streams little is doing, but many flies are 
out which are sometimes not seen until July. Satis¬ 
factory sport can only be obtained early and late, and 
then with flies dressed on small hooks and light tackle. 
The Dotterel Duns continue to give good account of 
themselves.— Thomas Ford. 
Aran (Pulborongli).— Water in splendid ; a lot of 
grey mullet caught between Arundel and Littlehampton 
during the week. Eiver swarms with young fry. I 
caught on eel line lamprey weighing 21b. 13oz.—G. H. 
Nutt. 
Coin (Fairford, Gloncestershiire).— There have 
been but few anglers here on the public waters since the 
May-fly, which lasted till the 10th inst. Clouds of Olive 
and Yellow Duns and Spinners of all shades are on every 
evening, but the trout take but little notice of them 
until dusk. I hear a good account of the big chub and 
jack in the Thames, about four miles from here, between 
Lechlade and Cricklade.— Pan. 
Cornisli Streams.— The nets at Lostwithiel seem 
tc have been doing good business lately. At one haul 
fifty peil were taken, besides a few salmon. Trout fish¬ 
ing on the tributary moorland streams of the Camel and 
Fowey has been on the whole very good. Two rods at 
St. Breward got four and a half dozen between them, 
two more, under Brownwilly, five dozen, and one rod in 
the main stream three and a half dozen.— Bodmin. 
Dee (Corwen). —The river is very low, all the tribu¬ 
taries dried up. David Eoberts, a local angler, managed 
to get from 21b. to .51b. daily. On Friday, 9th, he had 
seven fish (IJlb.). Worm is his best lure amongst the 
trees on hot day. On Saturday, 10th, Mr. Barchard, 
Manchester, had four very nice fish, 21b. Other anglers 
are doing well in the evening late. Best flies, Olive 
Dun, Sand Fly. Eels are running well. H. Williams 
had one, 3jlb., on Wednesday.— Alwin. 
Dove and Tributaries.— Weather still dry and 
bright and nothing much being dene; rain badly 
wanted.—D. and W. H. Foster. 
Ddeu (Carlisle). —The splendid run of sea-trout is 
now rather slackening. As in the last dry summer of 
thd Jubilee Year, the Solway fishermen have had a fine 
