The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-24

Excursions = Accompanied by
Her Husband, She Makes Frequent
Trips to Resorts for speckIed
beauties, Where She Has Made
Some Splendid Catches.
Correspondence The St Paul Globe
LONDON, April Pot will be inter-
esting to the blossoms, buds, and full
grown flowers of New York society cir
cles, who look with envy upon their
robust and athletic sisters of the Eng
lish exclusive set, to know that there
is in this country noble woman for
whom the piscatorial art has a greater
fascination than almost anything else
in life. This blue-blooded fisherwoman
Is the Countess of Annesley, a beauti-
full and talented lady who has won
fame as a persistent follower of the
sport to which she is 50 much devot-
ed.
Lady Annesley does not believe in al
lowing any new woman notions to
separate her life from that of her hus-
band. Where she goes, he goes, and
many are the fishing expeditions of
when in the cosy retreat of the lovely
Castlewellan, the seat of the noble pair
in the North
A short time ago Lord and Lady An
nesley went on fishing trip to Lake
Belvedere, a famous place for trout
fishing. They took with them, besides
their fishing tackle, a camping outfit,
and the enjoyment of the trip was Ell
hanced by the pleasure, appreciated
only at its real worth by those who
have experienced it, of lunching off the
fish fresh caught from the lake. In a
letter that Lady Annesley sent to one
of her relatives while on this fishing
trip she says:
Fish Over Il Wood Fire.
This lovely lake lies amid fiat, lux
uriantly-w wooded scenery, about two
miles from Mullingar county, West
meath, where we stayed at the Greville
Arms, driving backwards and forwards
each day on a car. We lunched on a
small island, broiling our fish over a
wood fire, and had many a delightful
picnic. The weather being bright but
cold, we had to wrap up very warmly,
as We often sat in the boat from 10 in
the morning till at night. Some of
my catches were exceedingly fine, al
though no fish of great size was caught
during the ten days we spent on Lake
Belvedere A thirty-pound trout was
caught the day after we left.
When driving to and fro our car
driver used to amuse us with his quaint
talk, and the following example made
us laugh very much, though it does not
seem half SO funny or paper. We used
to pass a very fine flock of unusually
large sheep in field on the way, and
| asked him one day what they were
called, meaning, of course, what breed
they belonged to. He. looked puzzled
and scratched his head for inspiration
and then he replied: 'Divil a know I
know, but it's shape they're named
that is, sheep"
Lady Annesley has her own ideas re-
garding the kind Of rod and line and
hook that is most likely to aid the an
gler, and she could give points on
this all-impOrtant subject to some ex-
perienced fishermen, if they would not
dlsdain to ask the advice of a woman
on such a topic. For the benefit Of
those of her own sex who are not SO
squeamish concerning the source from
whence the advice comes, the followine.
is given:
Recommends Light Rods
Lady Annesley recommends to lady
anglers single-handed fly-rod Of split
cane. with steel center, notlonger than
eight and half feet, and weighing
about eight ounces. A heavy rod is a
severe handicap, and a light reel is
also a desfderatum. To this end alumni
mum has proved the best means
though somewhat costly one-reels of
this metal being now obtainable
weighing slightly under three ounces in
contradistfnctiOn to those made in
wood and brass or steel of weights
varying from one to two pounds. A
line of brown horse hair for fine wea tn
er and one of dressed silk for one of
windy and cloudy days, she thinks, will
be found wise selection. The gut
which, perhaps, not every one is aware