New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-21

P'''N' i IN these sowery us.ds you'd Be.
To wbo.e hsruionious butblas noise,
with my snge SoeS Islas.
Ass 4s s.s the S'i SisssSiIs ssss der yosss'
But angling is not only suggestive OF ovemakine, Dot
il is cure for love-siekness for Own in bis Kennedy
of Love" advises, among other remedies:
Or Else for 6sh yOuT bcsrjsd snEls bsit
Arr os ~ '% port. sss 's ss.s y Ti
And while youf tine yea eosen, cheat your grict'
..Thus ancient and honorablsr was the practice Al
catching fish with the net the rod. line and book, VIA
and without float; and sPedriHg hsh az night, ~
"buruine the water, was also practised long tius
ago" for QaiaiHs SayrnGcEs says:
As the shTewd 1sner beat ca tnny sFon
' s. ss s saPss s. y 10 1 s':i: s Sow
ne , s'SI ,S meteor clos ~ Hosdrus eyes
Theu d.rts the tyisrat md tne sEiny Good
Bnt the first record Of Fly Fishing most mao
" and delightful of all sports-was not made ana Pre-
served til the year Of our Lord ~ although theF
was doubtless used wherever trout we're found rs esry
as the frs, knowledge that they we're the most delicious
,FInS. in A. II $50, says the spotted trout wers
found In river in Macedonia. They fed upon dies a.
Rev (the aes) sported On The surface Of the water
he trout leaping upon them as awoh upon aseeep 10
be flock" and seiziug their prey sank ssai lo ueep
wafer The anglers seeing tits, in process oil tine, a.
he science Of angling advanced learned 10 "Oat"t ue
FISH by wrapping around their hook some purple wool
spd then tied on two feathers. This artincih ~ ey
threw with pole and line upon the water ana tae nsh
attracted by the appearance OIL me psy! ScS - ny
truthful record descriptive Of Ely Fishing over lo~
years ago. fl. 49,. IA a.
clergy in early times, for the iEccesasueel Canons
,Scp,!mel il as "arecreation inviting them 70 contem
nlation and ouietness' and s. Tees says Angling ~
tbno simple and innocent and no ways repugnan 70 tho
In a treatise on Angling, published in London go
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wears ago are the following quaint OUT truthful sayings;
An other mauere of ysshynge is aborous and greyoas
ntvrTe e,Ikes full wete and colde; but the angler
: nave have no cOIde, nor no dysease, nor angre,
for the dygporte and game OF anglynge Is the 'eu
meane and cause that enducith man into Q
mery spvryte - and therefore the author adds ito
Won that ben yertuous, geuul, ard free borne wpts
and make this symple trcatyse ioowynge, by whycAe
We nave have the fun crate OF angyngc To dypore yea
mste TO the entent that your aegs may be the
more foure and the lenger 60 endure.
MAREHAM who was a gentleman and scholar, 70
the reien of Charles l. published a book in which 10
said. THE art of angling is the most comely most hon
est and civeth the liberty 10 Divine meditationi
that thaying been most hurtessy necessary hath
become the sport of Gods saints, OF most holy hther
aud many worthy and reverend dVlhes DOM deaa am
at this time living =,
In Visitation Sermon" printed in 1915, Is the fol-
lowing amusing enumeration Of clerical tShers Somo
angle for tributary fish these are silver hshors soms
fish with q shining shell in their net-these ais Halter
these are hungry fishers some fish for frogs that they
may croak against the church-these are sclsmaticl
fishers; some fish for air above the clouds-hese arc
enthusiastca fishers fish for princes, crowns
and scepers-these are Be'ebgb fishers and soIac ha
for souis--and these are Christian fishers"
The learned, the amabe and the venerable IEix
WuToN saws: In this pleasant and harmless dr d
Angling, man hath none 70 quarrel with but hlmseI,
and he may employ his thoughts in the nobles studies
almost as freely in his closet The minds OF anglers
are usually more calm and composed than othors and
suppose he take nothing yet he enJoyeth delightful
walk by pleasant views in sweet pastures, among odof
ferrous flowers which crafty his senses and delight he
mind" and be adds, know sort OF men less sub
iect to melancholy than the Anglers many have cast
Of other recreaons and embraced H. but never knew
an angler wholly cast of his affection to his beloved
recreation"
That churlish, unhappy, ungodly yet talented Lord
BYRoN called ARgiing the cursedest coolest and tho
stupdest Of SPORTS and called WALTON "a sentiment
. al savage" aud said,
The quaint Oh eo1eOmb in his gulet
shonld hays hook, and small trout 20 poll H. .
But the " learned, excellent witty and cheerful sn
HENRY WOTTOS who was " one OF the delights OF man-
kind said that Angling rest to bis mind, cheer
or of his spiIits diyerer of sadness camer Of IN
quiet thoughts, moderator Of the passions, procure.
OF edness and that IL begat habits Of peace and
patience in those who professed and practced IT, And
HAAK WMTOS, whom Byron called the " sentimental
savage is the yolumnOus author of pious and nstruc
tive writings-the Complete Angler" and whom
WARDswoRrH calls the meek Walton Of Heavenly
memory"
Without citing additional authority OF testimony d
its favor Will make public confession Of ardent and
abiding affection for the profession and practse Of tho
- gentle art OF angling"
ihaye ange8in the swft-running trout-brooks among
the Granite Hills Of New. Hampshire, aud In the hea-
dow Brook on the Elm Farm, from which DaslEL
WEBSTER first saw a trout caught He was +" rakng
after the cart when his father said Dan, stand BY
the oxen and see catch trout And takings
single stem Of Timothy grass, he crep noiseessy 70
the brink Of the brook, and then gently daPpsd its head
upon the water II quickly seized by specified
trout and by Jerking just at the nick Of time" hs
trout was jerked ashore. This was related 20 me By
DIR. Webster he pointed out the spot where tho
trout taken.
have angled in the nosed Battnkll, in Arlington,
Vermont, aud killed trout in all the Green Mountain
streams-fIOm Manchester 70 Rutland on the side,
and from Bellows Fails to Woodstock on the east sde
i have filed many /" fish basket with the spotted
trout from the cool spring brooks" and rivuIets %
Otsege County, NewfoFk and often thrown the fly $40
cessfuy upon the pure waters of Lake George and the
mOuhtain.streams that flow therein
have east the fy and raised the trout upon the arb
fetal edGes and rppes Of the river Array that encirc
Iuyerary Castle, in Argyeshire, Scotland have andet
in Carp River, the Island Of Maekinaw ia the
dashng ard Oaming waters Of the Saut Ste Marie and
IN the transparent waters that surround the trout
islands" In the beautiful Rock Harbor of abe beautiful
Isle Royale, in Lake Superior.
In OtsegO County, within ten miles Of CO1perst Ou
are many spring brooks and nyulets, where can Hi
with the gy, hundred good szed trout IN -four or I'VE
A day wits0s, brsht beam,
warm. bat scorehlDs sur,
southern wind 70 e5fl the stream
IN Carp River twelve miles from Macknaw. We "a parg
Of three) killed over 500 in three hours and half aa3
I filed my ka0 holding half q btishe standiug Ina fou