Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-07
An Anglers Outfit.
What Is Needed to Catch Trout.
 [From the NaM York Tribune.l

What Is Needed to Catch Trout. From the New York Tribune.]
 ''The trout angler is in his glory just at this time," said Thomas J. Conroy. the Full
 ton street authority on matters piscatorial,
 to Tribune reporter yesterday. "This fine
 weather Is bringing our old customers out in
 schools, for they know that the wild mouh-
 tain streams within days ride of the city in Orange and Sullivan counties are alive
 with hungry fish and the water gets day by
 day more comfortable for wading. Some
 must replenish lean books of flies, others re-
 place strained or broken tips, and few leave
 the store without looking at tho latest thing
 in reels. Over fifty years experience in this
 business has given us 8 wide acquaintance among sportsmen, and when l see strange
 face In here I am apt to set the owner down
 for foreigner before he opens his mouth.
 II thought fishing outfit could be bought cheaper and better in London than in New
 York ?'' said the reporter.
 ''The hooks only," answered MT. Conroy.
 fWhe. it comes to the rod and the line we can beat the Englishman out of his boots.
 We sent more of our split bamboo rods and braided silk lines last year to England than ever before The fact is that although labor is cheaper there, it isn't half so well organ ized and the manufacturers are welded to the Olu StyI6S anu U1cLuOuog "uItC "o dL Soh- tinually making improvements in machinery, etc that reduce the cost while they increase the efficiency of our goods. For example, we sell better working rod for $25 to-day than the one we sold for $125 before the war The best hooks, however. aye made in small town called Redditch, Worcester shire''
 Wow many articles are included in the outfit of 8 trout fisherman, and what do they cost ?'
 That is hardly fair question. To begin with the trout fly rod The expert will ask for six-strip hsxagonal split bamboo rod, with two tips, from ten to twelve feet long and weighing from five and half to ten and half ounces, Notice how small this rod Is near the butt. It is made so to distribute the strain. With ordinary such rod will last lifetime. The tips are made in six pieces the hard outer enamel of the bam- boo being saved in this hexagonal form and the joining so carefully done as to defy de- lection even under a microscope. This rod is so light and supple that the experienced user will cast fly distance of seventy five feet with 8 slight turn of his wrist Such rod costs $25. The average angler IS satls- fled with an ash or lance- wood rod, which can be had from $l5 down to $2. When you come to reels the choice is inst wide. The newest styles of reels are the triple null tiplyins reels with adjustable index click and flush balance handle. The last feature IS a great improvement on the old reel, which of fered so many points of entanglement for the line during winding. The weight of these reels is lesseued one-half by making them of aluminium and aluminium and rub- ber They cost $l6. A good reel, how ever. can be got for S4 of different materi- al with the same features. For your line use waterproof braided silk Twenty-Five yards will be enough, costing $2. dozen nine-foot leaders of gut at 15 cents yard, and then we get down to flies The angler is known by his flies. It is the making ard choice of these that give few men in this country proud pre-eminence. Here you two hundred varieties, made to simulate the color and form of every insect that hovers over or floats upon lake or stream. From this almost infnitesimal gnat or midgs concealing 8 tiny hook. to a scar- let ibis as brilliant as butterfly, all have their time and place. The angler for trout will need at this season of the year an as- sortment of hackles of all colors, and among others flies that go by these names: Coachmon, Grizzly King, Montreal, White Miller, Beaverkill, Brown Ant, Golden Spinner, Ibis and Yellow Sally No one but a novice need be told that his gay flies are for dark days and his sober ones for bright days. These midge flies are coming rapidly into favor. They are calculated to deceive the very elect. Fine flies cost a dollar dozen. The improved fly book has room for twelve dozen trout flies and is made of waterproof artificial parchment with 8 clip which holds the flies at full length. Prices vary according to the bind- ing from $2 to $5. Instead of the old- fashioned willow creels the angler may now be provides with 8 folding canvas basket both capacious and convenient. This and your landing net will cost about $4. Wading shoes are made now of heavy canvas with soft hobnails. If you add waterproof stock thiS Y1art nf th0 ontfSt vi coak ah0uk $1O. In these calculations have taken for granted that the angler is an anti-bait fish or, besides being truthful and strictly tem- perate. If so he win not need either a bait- box, & pair of scales or patent pocket flask. D
 Meriden is the healthiest city in the State according to the report of the State Board of HAalkh inst iazued