Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-20
PRNoRsoor POOLS.

New Haven Expert With the Rod and FIy-About Salmon Fishing In Maine-A Struggle With a Twenty
 Three Pound SalmOn-HoW Start-
 ling Revolution Game About.
 Quite revolution has been created in two years in salmon fishing in Maine, all owing to happy discovery made by brother or Mrs. Newman Smyth, resident of Bangor, as learned by a COURIER representative yes terday. Before that discovery salmon fish ing on the Penobscot was unknown except at the headwaters of the river, and it was accepted as a law that no salmon could be taken with 8 rod and line in river and the salmon fishing was, as is stated, confined to the pools in the headwaters of the river. Salmon catching along the river except with nets was unknown. The discovery which cre- ated the revolution in this sections peace full revolution-came about in this way: The gentleman spoken of one day cogitated to himself all alone on pools and salmon fish ing. He had heard of great railroad pools and of pooling the issues in great political struggles, but the particular pool about which he meditated was the pool where in from time immemorial in Maine history the salmon was supposed to swim, and mediate and muse perhaps on how it was that there came to be dams along the Penobscot, par ticularly as no dams had ever been mention ed by any of their great-great ancestors, nor in fact anything whatever said about there being such structures on the Penobscot. Our salmon friend had heard profane and wicked expletives which reminded him of the subject. This was when, away up in the pools at the aforesaid headquarters, some valiant and enthusiastic but lrreverent piscatorial artist had hooked a tremendous
 l-s 11-. -k,, r1<a which had seemed about to terminate in victory for the aforesaid artist. The look of unutterable woe upon the lineaments of the vanquished angler was touching in the extreme. But the salmon, tiring of musing and being ashamed of inactivity, gave few tremendous paddles and shot like an arrow up the stream and over the dam. Our friend from Maine, the gentleman aforesaid, also unused and reasoned to himself that as there were pools in the river near the dams, consequent upon there being dams, there might be salmon fishing in the pools. He thereupon pooled the issues of debate and providing himself with a proper rod and reel and plenty of line, and adjusting a tempting fly to the hook, he cast forth. He threw the fly again and again and was pa tient, for fishing begets the virtue of patience in the true disciple of cid Isaac. To make the story short his efforts were gloriously re- warded. He caught magnificent salmon. The news spread like wildfre all over Maine, and now salmon fishing in the pools of the Penobscot affords delight to hundreds, including not 8 few of Americas noted men. In Canada and the British provinces also fly fishing for salmon in pools in the tidal currents unknown until this revelation came. In Canada and New Brunswick waters the rights of salmon fishing are centered in the government and are by them let out to companies or private individuals, who in turn sell the right to fish to those who can pay well for it, so well that it has passed for joke in that section that none but millionaires can fish for sal are free for all. Rev. Dr. Smyth, of this city, hooked noble 8 pound salmon out of a Penobscot pool near Bangor last week. It took him just one hour to land the splendid fish. It was landed full quarter of mile below where it took the fly. Dr. Smyth last week cap tured six salmon, the smallest of which weighed 16 1-2 pounds. The tackle with which it was done was trout hook of the larger size and shell hardly perceptibly larger than that used in brook fronting. The rod was but little larger than the customa- ry trout rod.
 While on the subject the following from the Boston Globe of May 18th last is ap- pended:
 The salmon fishing is growing better each day and attracts large numbers of fly fishermen from pr Newman smyth of New Haven. He is most persistent angler often passing twelve hours of the in his boar He has has learned d the boys chair to which is attached the anchor rope When salmon strikes the man rowing the boat 1mme- diately throws the seat overheard thus leaving the light craft to follow the fish down the swiftow ing river After the salmon is taken they pull back to the grounds, pick up the chair and are then ready another