New-York tribune., 1873-07-26
THE ROD AND REEL.
FIsHING As a FINE ART.


STRIPED rAss AT CUTTYHUNE-A FIsrERMAN's PARA
uIsU-NO POSrPONENENT OK ACCOUNT OF TllE
wFATHER-CHUM AND CHUMMERs-sohE OF
NEW-YOEK's GOOD TISuEGMEN-THE INCIrL-
MUNT or A A20-POUNDEE-WILLING 10 IE GAFfED
rRON ruE siICLAL CORRESPONDENT or I'VE TBIHUNE.l
Cr1TYTUNK. Mass, July c3.-Do,s fresh air with
the tas,c Of salt IN 10 delight you' Is the slow
music of a rolling surf tumbling over the powders
and dragging the pebbles of the beach backward
and forward in its undcrtow, pleasant to your ear
Are Won willing TO rise early enough To see the gray
,nist OF the morning twilight tinted by the purple
and amethvst of the dawn, and to catch the first
fash that shoots the ocean floor rs the rim OF
the golden circle peeps above it' Do You sigh for
retreat where the cares Of business and the click Of
the stock telegraph cannot reach youi Has thor
ouqh experience taught you that the fashionable
Summer resorts have no rest for the wearyi Do
YOU really enjoy good fshingi II you can TO this
cateo,sm couscentously say yea, come, then with
me 60 Cuttyhunk; that is, provided you are as
fortunate as have been In receiving an invitaton
PREREQUISITES or A PARADISE.
The follower Of the anglers art the enthusiast 10
whom the rod aud reel are the emblems OF the hsh-
est pleasure possible to civilized man. wen KNOWS
how far short the best Of fishing grounds iah rom
The fshermau's ideal All along the margin OF our
oceans. lakes rivers ponds, there are localues IA
nous i The present O. the past for good hsnlhs 100
many of tbem IN the past only But fish, even
tbolaL Lev may be abundant, only one element
an the choice of locality. The man who finds bis
b.,ui.ess in fishing has probably but few days or
weeks il the year that can thus be devoted lie
aroi varts many Of those precious hours Of leisure
I'm travel t9 distant place He does not Willingly
carry uuch baggage The comforts usually ac-
,aurted as indispensable TO a bachelors existence
should c lrocura lc The spot where The fishing is
o. bs done. Essential 90 the felicity Of mankind as
tn,y bc the presence of ladies at other times and
places. they are not desirable in fishernans para
disc. lie does not want to he obliged to dress for
dinner Il these prerequisites the chosen spot ADDS
AN c0vaNa temperature, freedom from musketoes
aud feyerand-aruc good and not TOO costly bed and
board and f0l supply Of al the implements OF the
craft. ~. angler can safely quote the Chinese wash
eunan, si.n ave may be happy yet, you bet|
IN This. and more is Cuttyhunk. But only by a
favored few can this approximate perfection be en-
loved CuttymuE is an island largely owned and
wholly controlled by a club now numbering about
90 gentlemen nearly all New-Yorkers. Since the
enterprise OF Prof Agassiz end the liberaty of Mr
Anderson have rendered tie island of PenikeSe
worll-s the locality of Cuttyhunk rs the next
island to the southwark can be easily fixed in the
reader mental geography. lthas. however, abund-
mt claims Of is own u such celebrity as American
antiquity can supply and it has recently shared in
ttcudyau,uc value and rcpute Of island property
il this vicinity, c.usC queut upon the Summer occu-
patton and camp-meotiug settlements of Marthas
Vineyard which T. eight or ten miles distant, oppo-
size Cuuyhmks .dth-castern shore.