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[Feb. 16, 1907. 
clog the mechanism of a fine reel with oil, and 
reels are often sent back to the maker as “no 
good” when nothing but too much oiling is the 
matter. In a quadruple reel of high grade, 
whose gears mesh tightly, a drop too much of 
oil may as completely stop the parts from turn¬ 
ing as if a toothpick had been thrust between 
two cogs. Perry D. Frazer. 
Moose River Trout. 
Mr. A. J. MacLeod, the Hudson Bay Com¬ 
pany’s factor at Flying Post, Ontario, was in 
New York city several days last week, and dur¬ 
ing his visit he called on Dr. Robert T. Morris, 
who met him during the canoe trip the Doctor 
made to Hudson Bay two years ago, and which 
was fully described in Forest and Stream last 
spring. 
Speaking of his conversation with Mr. MacLeod, 
Dr. Morris said: 
“He tells me he caught speckled trout in his 
nets near the post last fall. This is about 200 
miles south of the point at which I found them 
two summers ago. It has been commonly be¬ 
lieved there were no trout in the Moose River 
system, and few in any of the Hudson Bay 
watershed. I caught trout ( Salvelinus fontinalis ) 
at Moose Post, and it was a surprise to fisher¬ 
men. 
“The Moose River trout, according to reports 
which I obtained, seemed to be the largest trout 
so far known, but Mr. MacLeod says that only 
the small ones, up to two or three pounds, get 
up to Flying Post.” 
In discussing this and other subjects with a 
representative of Forest and Stream, Mr. Mac¬ 
Leod said the largest spotted brook trout he had 
any exact knowledge of having been taken in 
the vicinity of his station were two that were 
caught by Indians in Trout or Ca-na-ma-cu-ce-ka 
Lake. These weighed 12 and 15 pounds respec¬ 
tively and were taken in deep water during the 
warm weather last summer. Mr. MacLeod was 
very certain they were not lake trout, but the 
spotted brook trout. He was familiar with both 
the lake and brook trout, and knew well the 
distinguishing markings of fontina is. It is not 
infrequently that these big brook trout, fattened 
on an abundance of food, are taken as heavy as 
seven pounds, which he thought was the usual 
limit in size for the region. 
For the benefit of those who fancy that the 
warm season near Hudson Bay is short, it may 
be interesting to state that Mr. MacLeod said he 
had made a trip to the middle of the lake where 
he keeps a small launch, on the 25th of last 
November, at which time the swiftest rivers were 
still open. As a general thing, he said, the ice 
goes out of the lakes about the 3d of May, which 
is earlier than the clearing of ice in the Maine 
lakes, this taking place about the 10th, some¬ 
times a week earlier. 
Robert Rutter’s Birthday. 
On Feb. 6 occurred the seventy-ninth birthday 
of Mr. Robert Rutter, of the Borough of Man¬ 
hattan, who is well known also in Brooklyn, 
where he is the commodore of the Monroe Fish¬ 
ing Club. On the occasion of his birthday Mr. 
Rutter received so many congratulations _ from 
friends in Brooklyn and New York that it was 
impossible for him to' reply to them individually, 
and he was obliged to ask the Brooklyn Eagle to 
make for him a general acknowledgment. Mr. 
Rutter enjoys splendid health and is a fine ex¬ 
ample of that ruggedness which devotion to out¬ 
door sports gives to age. 
Mr. Mills and his Trout. 
The Fern Plill Gunning and Fishing Club is 
composed of several men and their families, resi¬ 
dents of Philadelphia, who shoot and fish in the 
woods of that State in season. The picture re¬ 
produced herewith shows M. P. Mills, a member 
of this club, and a trout he caught during one 
of the club’s outings along Wallace Run, Lyco¬ 
ming county, Pennsylvania. This trout meas¬ 
ured 18 inches in length and weighed V/2 pounds. 
Gaffing a Jumping Salmon. 
The following account of the illegal taking of 
a salmon in Newfoundland comes to us from 
private sources. Such an act is much to be 
condemned, but that it is possible shows very 
clearly how abundant the salmon are in some 
streams, and reminds us of the photographs of 
leaping salmon taken by Dr. R. 1 . Morris some 
years ago: ... 
“On my trip I caught a salmon in mid-air 
with a gaff on a pole about 15 feet long. 1 here 
was a spot in the falls where most of the salmon 
made the jump and a_rock at one side that only 
a few inches of water ran over, and I conceived 
the idea that a long rod and a gaff might land 
a salmon to photograph. So I ^ rigged up the 
affair and after about an hour’s unsuccessful 
effort, I finally hooked one through the middle 
and nearly fell into the falls doing it. The fish 
was a little beggar as luck would have it, and 
I didn’t have the patience to stay with the game 
A snapshot at m. p. mills. 
for another. The other boys had a try at it, 
but had to give it up without landing one. You 
see the salmon only jump about once in five 
or ten minutes and only one in three or four 
is within reach of the pole; and after you have 
held a 15 foot pole in readiness for fifteen or 
twenty minutes you’re no lightning manipulator 
at gaffing a leaping salmon in the air. 
“I flatter myself that I’m the only man that has 
landed his salmon under similar conditions, but 
as it’s against the law to take a salmon with 
other means than hook and line I’m not bragging 
in public.” 
Lake Sunapee Trout. 
Nashua, N. H., Jan. 21 .—Editor Forest and, 
Stream: Our rainbow trout are about through 
spawning now. These are the figures for the 
fall of 1905 : 
Brook trout caught, 80; eggs taken from them, 
64,000; Aureolus caught, 721; eggs taken from 
them 349,000; landlocked salmon caught, 18; eggs 
taken from them, 9,000. 
Fall of 1906: Brook trout caught, 181; eggs 
taken from them, 253,000; Aureolus caught, 770; 
eggs taken from them, 374,000; landlocked sal¬ 
mon caught, 14; eggs taken from them, 6,000. 
It will be seen that the salmon is not quite up 
to the standard, but Mr. Hubbard has recom¬ 
mended that a liberal quantity of salmon be 
planted in the lake every year, and Washington 
has told him to see that it was done, so I think 
that in the near future we will have the salmon 
up to the high mark with the other salmonidse. 
I have been preaching this thing for two years 
now and they have at last decided to do so. 
A good part of the brook trout eggs were from 
fish taken at the mouth of Chandler Brook. As 
this was only an experiment in that vicinity, I 
think we will be able to do better work there 
this fall. We were very much in need of rain 
last fall and the result was that there was no 
water flowing in the brook at Pleasant Pond, so 
no fish could run up there to our trao and we 
lost a good many eggs as a result of no rain. 
Now, a few words in regard to the Aureolus. 
We had a very bad fall, as it was very windy 
and cold, and were only able to fish about half 
as much as we did a year ago, but got more 
fish, which I think very good indications Jhat 
there are more fish in the lake, and with any¬ 
thing like a good fair weather fall we would 
have no trouble in taking at least 500,000 Aureo¬ 
lus eggs. I think this quite an improvement over 
the take previous to my operations up there. I 
also wish to thank you for the way you have 
assisted me up there and also extend a vote, of 
thanks to- Mr. Marvin who has been most kind 
to me and ever ready to assist in every possible 
way. The best salmon fishing is at the time 
the Aureolus are on the reef, so we miss a good 
many at that time, so that this fall I will -try 
to have two more men at that time to fish for 
salmon only and think it will pay to do this. 
On the 24th day of Dec. last I took to Lake 
Sunapee 3,000 fine salmon fingerlings which were 
from two" and a half to four inches long. I think 
this a good start. James D. DeRocher. 
A Fishing Catechism. 
Few books contain so much pleasing while 
good advice for the beginner as Col. R. F. 
Meysey-Thompson’s “A Fishing Catechism. 
While the questions and their answers make the 
book larger than would otherwise be the case, its 
style appeals to beginners at fly-fishing, and the 
information is valuable. We give a few of the 
valuable hints: 
Catechu, the Colonel explains, is an effective 
preservative for undressed lines. Obtainable 
from chemists, catechu is a red-brown gum to 
he made up as follows for linen or other lines: 
Catechu, y 2 pound; sulphate of copper, (4 ounce; 
water, 1 gallon. Boil until thoroughly dissolved, 
place line in it and remove from fire until cool. 
After twenty-four hours take the- line out and 
hang it up to drain, wash in cold water, then 
hang until dry. 
It is interesting to note the variety of schemes 
employed by anglers in carrying long-handled 
landing nets. Col. Thompson advocates a round 
rubber band, one end of which he attaches to 
the net-handle just below the loop, with a brass 
ring attached to the other end. The band is put 
over his head and shoulders and the net-handle 
through the ring, the hoop resting against his 
back. Other anglers prefer that both ends of a 
thin strap be attached to a ring, the net-handle 
to he thrust through it. This would seem to be 
the more convenient plan when the hoop is large 
and its handle two feet or more in length. 
The Colonel avers the chief maxims for the 
dry-fly angler are: To keep absolutely out of 
sight of the fish, and yet to get as close as pos¬ 
sible before making a cast, as the nearer he is 
to the fish the more accurate is the cast likely to 
be, and the less likelihood is there of the fly 
dragging. To be most careful in making the 
first cast with great accuracy and without splash 
or bungle, for it is the first cast that is far the 
deadliest. To bear in mind that so long as a 
trout goes on rising at natural flies so long is 
there a chance of catching it; and though it 
is wise to give it a rest after three or four 
throws (unless there are plenty of fish rising) a 
feeding trout may always be captured in the end. 
Patience and perseverance are important qualities 
for a fisherman to possess. 
While Col. Meysey-Thompson’s book deals with 
British angling, it is recommended to American 
anglers, as being filled with good points worth 
knowing. Longmans, Green & Co., New York, 
are the agents for the United States. 
