Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1859-05-26
BY GENI0 Q. SCOT

| NAVAa' shoy hio plcd5cu W huuFc5c VIC GuiVSA'I
/ ANGLING IN THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK.
| by eENIo G. SCOTT.
Happy the man o'er whom content presdes-
| Who follows Nature wheresoe're she guides;
Who limits all his wishes to his means,
And what be has enjoys, and meier complaints"
Angling was not 50 good on Long Island du-
ring tho month Of April MS it was in March
We have heard but Of one real good take ant
that was by Mr.. Henry Grinnell, who took ovel
a dozen trout one morning, at Walton's Creek
six of which weighed nearly II lb. This wal
on the last day of the first week in April but
after that date, up to the first of May, the
weather was windy and chilly, and the trou
would not rise. Although the ponds ant
streams on the Island were, most of the time
covered with flies, yet they suffered jublatie
immunity from the incursions of trout. The
air was, most of the time, colder than the water
hence, the fear of the trout to trust their noset
above their element.
In our humble opinion, March is the best
month in the year for fly Wishing and as to the
necessity for initiating the flies on the water
that theory is fairly exploded. The only i'm
portant question with the sportsman should BE-
what is the size and color of the flies best suited
to the weather and water? Early in the sea-
son, trout looks upon fly as scarce luxury
and, therefore, tastes the delicacy before asking
the Agassiz of its school to analyze and classify
it, Later, the natural flies become SO abundant
that trout are bothered to detect the real from
the artificial, and so their rises become angel
visity. We allude, more especially, to trout on
the south side of Long Island. There may be
other places where the speckled beauties have
not received so refined an education.
During the month of March, while the water
is somewhat turbid and turbulent large fly is
preferable; and one of the best is, the mallard.
This was ascertained, some years since, by Mr..
Jones Rogers, than whom it is difficult to find a
more ripe sportsman with the fly. We also
saw it exemplifed in the recent large take OF
Mr.. Vandevoort and Mr.. Barret kindly pre-
scnted us with cast, of which the largest fly
of mallard wing was the favorite, and we took
, eight with it one evening, which weighed II
lb.
Thera are still sportsmen living. who believe,
that, for each month fly peculiar to it sho uld
be used. We reject this theory, and adopt the
main points in that of :. Brother Barker"
"onoe more my good BROTHER I'll speak in thy ear
Hogs, red COW - and bear wool float best appear;
And SO doth your fur, if it rightly fall;
But always remember, make two, and make ALL"
At our present writing, we learn that trout
ing is again becoming good on the island, espec-
tally with bait, Within the past two weeks,
we have taken two good messes, with minnows
for bait. The first was at Robinson's Pond, at
Patchogue, where, one morning, we took 9,
the largest weighing two pounds the last was
at South Oystar Bay, where we took l3, which
averaged nearly pound. Both Of these takes
were with a salmon rod, using a minnow for
bait In both instances we fshed from the
shore and the latter being creek through a
salt-marsh meadow, we were enabled to cast so
far as to keep out of sight of the wary beauties.
A salmon rod is the best for bait fishing. We
have fully tested it beside an expert sportsman
with trout bait.rod.
1t is now becoming time to 60 West, along
the dividing line Of New York and Pennsylva-
mia, for trouting but still to those who cannot
remain more than a couple Of days from home,
Patchogue, on Long Island, presents induce
ments. Mr.. Austin Roe, the amiable hotel.
keeper, will put you in the way of sport BY
the way-as sort of episode to our sporton the
island this Spring-we were sued for fishing
Wlllis's Pond without license, as was stated
but it was done by person who desired to make
an ostentatious display, which, when the fact
bc anne known, and also that we had been invi
ted to fish by part-owner of the pond, th'
other proprietor, who had thus been induced tt
sue us, withdrew his suit, and paid his costs
There are many true gentlemen on the Ole
South side, and-as is the case eyerywhere-nu
merous pretenders
Angling Ior stripped bass has just begun
and as from the middle of May until the middle
of June, are the best until September, it is de
sirablc to improve the golden moments,
The angling season may now be said to hay'
fairly commenced, for both trout and bass ar
to be taken, and what higher earthly parads
could be desired?
The game law, enacted recently is not az ba
asi might be, though it permits wholesal
slaughter in some pac.s, while it prevent
Spring snipc-shooting We, who belong to th
,scaly school Of the fnical sport of taking silve
trout and stripped bass, offer our coincidence t
sportsmen after English snipe on Long Islam
and IN New Jersey, hoping that the inhibition
law will add greatly to their sport at snipt
shooting IL the Fall. One September snipe
worth two March ones.
On the tapis, at the present time, are wv
formidable companies under preparation for a
excursion to Pennsylvania, this month, and
Canada the first week in June; the excursion
lists are all expert nglers, intent upon coaxin
the play of salmon and large brook-trout. Ma
their highest anticpations bo realized, fo
Nature has given to each the patent of nobility
May they
"-Tracc the meadows while young morning spread
Her mild eaulgence o'er the hills and meads
Where, the mountains sides the green woods grow
Where lilies bloom, and dew dippd roses blow;
Where all the charms, which bsauteous Nature gave,
Smile on the bosom OF the azure wave,
When, In iIss soft, alnhrcsiaI breath ofmers,