June 24, 1893] 
THE PISHING GAZETTE 
489 
Very little sport has, so far, been met with at Welford, 
where the demand for tickets has growm enormously. 
Ply-fishing has engaged attention chiefly in the cool 
of tho evening, and fair hags of chub and dace have 
been made by Mr. Walter Jerram and Mr. J. Adamson 
in the Wilford and Clifton lengths. 
FROM SHEFFIELD. 
To the Editor of the Fishing Gazette. 
It not infrequently happens, when one has been looking 
with eagernefs for the opening of the fishing season, that 
one has been grievously disappointed at the actual 
results. It is so with regard to the opening of the 
present season for coarse fishing—so far, at any rate, as 
this district is concerned. During tho past two months 
we have read of the forward spawning conditions of the 
fish, of their immense numbers and splendid condition, 
and not unnaturally had looked forward to a grand com¬ 
mencement—a mighty slaughter of the innocents on the 
16th. But we, in Sheffield, have looked in vain. Last 
Friday, and during the week end, large numbers of local 
rodsters journeyed to various places in Lincolnshire 
and Nottinghamshire, but, so far, the tale is only one of 
unrealised hopes, tho weather is sadly against success¬ 
ful bottom fishing. With w'aters low and clear as 
crystal, and with 80 degrees of heat in the open 
shade, it cannot be expected that fish are going to 
bite freely during the day. Nor have they. At 
Soutbrey and other places anglers have encountered 
shoals of fish, apparently in the pink of condition, but 
unfortunately lacking energy and appetite. Maggots 
and worms, grubs and paste, have been dangled before 
their very noses, but with only a small measure of 
success, until after the sun commenced its downward 
climb. Then, in several instances, perch have bit well 
at the maggot, and a few nice baskets have been made. 
Of the hundreds who went to Boston, Torksey, Lincoln, 
Kinkstead, and other places, I have only heard of two 
catches that may really bo termed good. In the one 
case a man weighed in at the Crown Inn 121b. of perch, 
and in the other instance bream and roach to a similar 
weight were shown. The bream, however, were in very 
poor condition. Many who who went away to stay have 
returned earlier than anticipated, realising it to be a 
a waste of time to stay longer. George Littlewood, a 
well-known Sheffield angler, and the champion walker 
of the world, fished at Boston two days for one insig¬ 
nificant fish, and this is what others have done for even 
less ; while others who were going away, have post¬ 
poned their excursions until after the next rain. It is 
devoutly to be hoped that they will not have long to 
wait. __ 
FROM SHROPSHIRE. 
To the Editor of the Fishing Gazette. 
Another week of almost tropical heat has not been by 
any moans conducive to successful angling. The only 
time when trout may be captured is during the latter 
part of the evening. It is with the chub and dace, how¬ 
ever, that the angler will during this dry season find 
the best sport. The former fish are now on the shal¬ 
lows, and have been taking well since tho opening of 
the season. Heavy chub may be found in large numbers 
under the shade of the bushes, and the Palmers or Buzz 
flies will be found very serviceable. Angling in the 
Severn just at present is not altogether pleasant, unless 
one is prepared to take a fairly long walk away from 
the town of Shrewsbury. 
Now that the Severn is in its present low state it has 
enabled us to observe the movements of many heavy 
pike. The ravages of these big fellows are undoubtedly 
doing much to decrease the supply of trout and other 
fry. It is evident, therefore, that if the trout-fishing is 
1o be preserved, the number of pike in the Severn must 
be well kept down by netting. It is satisfactory to note 
that one of the first steps taken by the Shropshire 
Severn Angling As.sociation has been to appoint an 
additional water-bailiff to guard the interests of Severn 
anglers in this district, who will require anglers fishing 
in the county to produce the licence of the association, 
or that of the Shrewsbury Severn Angling Society, who 
are now working hand in hand with the now body. 
FROM WORCESTER AND DISTRICT. 
To the Editor of the Fishing Gazette. 
Daring the last week this neighbourhood has been 
visited by some heavy thunderstorms, which turned the 
water in both the Severn and Tome almost marl colour, 
without producing any noticeable rise, and some of the 
brooks have not been at all affected. The water is now 
a nice colour for fishing, and some capital takes of eels 
have tbeen made with wasp grubs and worms, and in 
the Teme some nice trout have been taken with wasp 
grub and maggot. Very few anglers out with the fly. 
Wickham, Blue Dun, Pern Fly, and Yellow Dun, ha,ve 
gone best with the trout; Black Gnat and Red Tag with 
the dace. Good baskets of the latter have been taken, but 
very few trout were grassed, and during the last three 
days some quantity of large chub have been taken with 
the artificial and natural flies fl rating on the water ; one 
angler using very successfully some drone bees, of which 
he had secured a good supply. The Avon is very low 
and fine, and at Defford and Eckington, during the past 
fortnight the fish have refused all baits. 
FROM IRELAND- 
To the Editor of the Fishing Gazette. 
DUBLIN.—The drought and excessive heat still com 
tinue all over the south-eastern districts, and sport in 
these quarters is at a standstill. Bough fishing on the 
canals, and at the Kimmage Quarries (Dublin), is oc¬ 
cupying most attention now in this vicinity. 
Sea-fishing in Dublin Bay is algo giving good sport. 
The Dublin Amateur Fishermen’s Club held a meeting 
at their rooms in Gt. Britain-street on Friday evening 
last. The particular feature was the distribution of 
prizes for the recent contest. It was arranged to hold 
the next contest early in July. 
I learn from Fermoy that Mrs. Darcy-llutton, of 
Marske Hall, Richmond, Yorkshire, with her husband 
and family, are staying there during the angling season. 
Reports from the various salmon fisheries along the 
Shannon state that, notwithstanding the continued 
drought, angling is remarkably fair. Peal fishing is 
very encouraging, those hooked averaging from 51b. to 
01b. in weight. 
Sir W. Conliffe Brooks has let the Glen Tana waters 
on the Dee for .£920 for two months. 
ULSTER.—“ There will be no more rain,” said an old 
angler to me the other day, and certainly the surround¬ 
ings seemed to justify the remark or prophecy. To-day 
(Wednesday) the thermometer stands at 98° P. in the 
open ; wind blowing from the north-east, and cloudless 
skies. 
On many of the northern streams brown trouting is 
practically over, and of course it goes without saying 
that this has been tho worst on record. The year 1893 
will in future years bo a landmark in angling history. 
At the last Ballymena Petty Sessions a couple of 
poachers were prosecuted by the Coleraine Board of 
Conservators for poisoning a pool in the Braid—a tribu¬ 
tary of the Maine. Tho defendants wore only fined in £1 
each, the maximum penalty being £5. In the name of 
common sense, why are magistrates so lenient in dealing 
with such miscreants, when the present state of the 
rivers makes tho offence doubly criminal ? Tho Clody 
has been poisoned this season, so has Lough Erne (Co. 
Down), the headwater of the Crossgar. I am pleased to 
add that a gang were surprised while netting the latter 
lake, and the prosecutions will come off next week. 
Perch are swarming in the Lagan, Belfast. It may be 
remembered that some time ago Mr. P. J. Kennedy, 
President of tho North-East Ulster Angling Club, got 
this river newly stocked, which has been followed by the 
above happy result. 
Under ordinary circumstances salmon should now bo 
running up tho Bann to supply the many rivers of 
Antrim, Tyrone, and Derry, but up to the time of writing 
none are reported. This is owing to the phenomenally 
low state of the water. Even here, nets off the coast 
are taking none. 
At the Antrim Petty Sessions, the 14th inst., Mr. G. J. 
Clarke, D.L., presiding, William Savage, inspector of 
fisheries, charged George Wallace and William Wallace, 
jun., with having set nets in the Sixmill water for the 
purpose of illegally taking fish. Mr. J. K. Cunie, soli¬ 
citor to the Board of Conservators, prosecuted. Con¬ 
stable McClelland, R I.C., irroved the offence, and the 
defendants w'ere fined in £1 and costs each. 
The 14th inst., Mr. Allan Hornsby and Mr. Cecil 
Roche, inspectors of Irish fisheries, held an inquiry in 
the Court-house, Carlingford, into the propriety and 
necessity of altering the season when it shall not be law¬ 
ful to take oysters in Carlingford Lough, and also for 
the purpose of inquiring into the present condition of 
the oyster beds in the lough. As a result of this inquiry 
it is understood that probably dredging for some time 
will be prohibited, and that the clo.se season for the 
“ natives ” will be extended considerably. 
NEW PATENTS. 
The following is a list of piscatorial patents, which is 
supplied to us by Messrs. Hughes, Eli, and Hughes, 
Registered Patent Agents, and Attorneys for British, 
Colonial, and Foreign Patents, Designs, and Trade 
Marks, 76, Chancery-lane, Holborn, W.C. All inquiries 
answered by them free of charge to our readers : 
Applications. 
10,922. A. Clarkson, of 12, Ipsley-street, Redditch, 
Worcester, for improved method of making 
tho centra part (commonly known as the 
box) of swivels for fishing tackle and rope 
spinning purposes. 
11,175. H. A. Murton, of London, for anglers’forceps. 
11,233. S. Allcock, of Standard Works, Redditch, 
Worces’erahire, for a collapsing tray for use 
in angling or fishing. 
Fish Poaching in the ScAiiiiORouGH District.— 
Several cases of poaching in the trout streams in the 
Scarborough district having occurred, a sharp lookout 
has been and is being kept, and on the 21st ult. P.C. 
Welburn successfully dropped upon three men at the 
illegal and cowardly practice of beating the deep waters 
on the Burniston Beck, and thus driving the fish on to 
the shallows, where they were easily captured by one 
or other of the partj'. The culprits, who thus employed 
their Sunday, were brought before the North Riding 
Bench, at Scarborough, on the 1st inst , and fined £L 
each. The watcher employed by the Derwent Angler.s’ 
Club (Scarborough), whilst on his rounds a few nights 
ago, disconcerted two or three men in their clandestine 
work of night-lining in the Derwent. Unfortunately, 
the extensive woods on each side the river gave the 
rascals the opportunity of escaping, but Wardill, the 
watcher, secured their stock in trade and the fish they 
had captured up to the time of their being surprised- 
We understand the watching force in this latter locality 
will be further increased. 
THE NORWEGIAN MIDDLEMEN. 
Beyer v. Oorrett. 
The majority of the repriilar readers of the 
Fislung Gazette have no doubt read tho bulk of 
tho somewhat voluminous correspondence which 
has appeared in its columns as a result of tlienow 
very well-known case of Beyer v. Corhett ; but, 
inasmuch as the judgment delivered in tho 
Norwegian Court, at Vossevangen, establishes a 
precedent never before obtained, and one which 
ought to prove of the utmost value to Norway- 
going anglers, I will venture, before attempting 
to make any remarks thereupon, to give a brief 
resume of the circumstances of which Beyer v. 
Corbett w'as the outcome. 
In June last year Mr. Beyer inserted an 
advertisement in the Field, offering his w'ater—■ 
nearly six miles—on the Evanger river, from 
August 1st to September 7th, and included in this 
advertisement was an extract from an article 
descriptive of the river, which appeared in the 
Fishing Gazette of June 8th, 1889. This article 
stated that the Evanger river had a course of 
some seven miles betw'een the Vangs Vand and 
the Evanger lake, after which it continued its 
course for another mile under the name of the 
Bolstad river before entering the fjord at 
Bolstadbren ; it also gave a favourable account of 
the fishing on both portions, and said that it was 
let to an Englishman. 
In reply to his application for further par¬ 
ticulars, Dir. Corbett was informed by Beyer that 
the description given in the aforesaid article was 
correct; but that now the Englishman, in addi¬ 
tion to the Bolstal portion, only retained the 
rights on a pool or two. The remainder of the 
Evanger or upper water between the two lakes 
having been acquired by him (Beyer). The 
applicant then informed Beyer by wire that he 
would take the fishing on the rent demanded, on 
the understanding that it consisted of six miles of 
fair fishable viater, on which he would have the 
exclusive right. Payment in full of tho rent in 
advance xvas asked and refused, but finally, the 
tenant agreed to pay the half down, and the 
remainder within a week of his arrival on the 
water, if it fulfilled the description given. This, 
however, he was not long in finding it did not, 
and a correspondence ensued whose acidulated 
character may be gathered from the fact that 
landlord threatened tenant with a prosecution for 
libel, and actually instructed his solicitor to 
prevent him leaving the country (see Mr. 
Corbett’s letter in the Gazette of May 2()), unless 
he would apologise for the said libellous words ; 
demanding also, as a sine qiid non, a complete 
record of the bag made. These little agrements 
were not conducive to a peaceful solution of the 
matters in dispute. From the first, indeed, 
lessor and lessee were at arm’s length (to again 
quote Mr. Corbett), and, finally, the latter gave 
notice that he would remain and fish the water 
under protest, leaving the former his remedy at 
law as to the recovery of the balance of rent. 
This he accordingly proceeded to do, and on the 
23rd of March last the Sorenskriver at A^osse- 
vangen, delivered judgment. 
Beyer was found to have been guilty of mis¬ 
representation on three poin's : in the first place 
as regards the length of the water, which instead 
of being six miles or 9648 metres, proved to be only, 
6640 metres; in the second, ior not having disclosed 
the existence even upon the above distance of a 
small lake, called the Seimsvand; and in the 
third, for having concealed tho fact that there 
was a salmon trap on the water over which he 
had no control. The defendant was therefore 
held entitled upon these findings to a reduction 
of the balance claimed, the amount of such 
reduction to be ascertained by the taxing officer 
of the court, at Beyer’s cost. 
On the coats of the action the court differed, 
and decided not ti condemn plaintiff to pay 
defendant's costs, but only because the doctidna 
of law upon which the latter had rightly acted, 
was one that the Norwegian courts bad only 
recognised within the last few years. As an 
obiter dictum the judge gave it as his opinion 
that had the defendant, instead of electing to 
fish under protest, left the river and brought an 
action against Beyer for the £30 already paid, 
together with damages in respect of a fruitless 
