The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-09
sPoRTsMEN IN PARADISE.
News of the Fishermen Among the
RangeIeys-creat Luck Which Has
BefalIen Some Of Their Number
Miss FIyrod,a "a Princess Among Lady
Anglers.
Correspondence Of the Press.l
III, Il A rrnr HOIrc 4.

RANGELEY LAKE House,
RANeELEY, Me-, July 5.
We are glad to be numbered among those
who have reached the happy fishing grounds
and are enjoying not only the fishing but the
hospitality of this fine hotel.
There is an intense excitement as one sits
on the broad piazza, or in the cozy Office, and
listens to the different tourists as they come
and go. relating their adventures. This Is
where the most of the fisherman stop for din
ner at least, and here, too, the gentlemen
often leave their ladies while they go into
the wilderness. fhe fishing all say never
was better than this season, and seeing Is
believing" surely. One day this week DIR.
Tucker. New York gentleman, took six
pound salmon in this lake. An eight pound
trout was caught Thursday above the upper
dam in the Mooselookmeguntic lake by Mr..
Parish of New York. Mr.. French, the pro-
prietor of the Upper Dam Hotel, the same
day caught one of four pounds and another
of five pounds. John B. Gale, Esq, a law
yer from Williamstown, Mass, with his
wife, is here this week. They have made a
trip to Kennebago where they found good fly
fishing. This morning they. with others,
have taken the little steamer Florence Percy
and are having sail about the lake, intend
ing to return in time for dinner.
1t is not every one who Is lucky enough to
take good string OF trout, even If they do
work hard for them. But some of the ladies
are fine anglers. Yesterday one Of the
guests here, Miss c. T. Crosby, of Phillips,
was envied by more than one gentleman for
her fine luck. She is such an expert fly
fisherl as to be called 'Miss Flyrod," and her
this region can boast Of so fine a rod,a dainty
little affair which is made of split bamboo,
and, although 81 feet in length, weighs only
Al ounces. 1t was made by Charles Wheeler
of Pennington. Miss Flyrod has fiy-book
equally as nice, filled with beautiful and ex-
pensive flies made for her own use, while her
reel and line correspond. This little rod
which is here in the Office some Of the sports
man thought too light for use, but when the
lady for her 4th of July celebration said she
would cast the fly for an hour or two and re-
turned with her fish basket full Of hand
some trout. thirteen in number that weighed
over ten pounds. not only the fish were
greatly admired but the little rod. did
you ever make better cateh?" asked a Bos-
ton gentleman as the guests looked into her
cord have made" said the fisherwoman."
was to take forty-eight fish in ffty-four
minutes"
We are glad we are one of those who to-
day can partake Of trout baked In cream for
we heard the order given as the fish was
taken to the ice house last night. "Mr.
Marble please serve these trout for dinner to-
morrow with my compliments, Mr.. 81 Mrs. FL.
Baxter Of Portland we learn are at the 0y-
noosie Angling Association and meeting with
good success fishing. Master Theo. and
Fred Burns, of the Elmwood Hotel, Phillips,
in two days fishing this week on the Moose
lookmeguntic Lake took twenty-five trout,
the largest two and one half pounds. That
is what but few boys can say. A party of
ten from here are now packing up to start
for Kennebago. At the Greenvale House,
two miles below here. Mrs. Chenery and three
children have arrived to board for the sum-
mer. The boarders for this house will soon
be here in crowds, as nearly all the rooms
have been engaged for some time.
The weather here is perfect and the views
grand, no matter where you go or which way
you look.
Here comes John @. Twitchell and son
Arthur Of Portland, en- route for Kennebago
Lake, where, with N. u. Hinkley of Phillips,
they are to camp out for a few days. But
dinner is called. More fish news lator from
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