The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-05

likely to occur; but this Is not the case two months later with the rainbow. I have found 1t best to purchase the rainbow fry direct from the fish breed- ing establishment, for they travel well by railway, and the extra expense Is not very much. There are two ways of treating the ova when placing them in the tank. You may either spread them upon gravel or on glass grilles. The latter is far the better plan, as the eggs can be more easily dealt with, and none go bad and get hidden in the gravel, and so contaminate the water The eggs should be looked at every day, and any faulty one removed.
 There is no reason why people who own a small pond should not have fresh trout on the table all through the sea- son. You may take them out with a net or, better still, with rod and line. l was astonished to hear from a large landowner in Poland that carp was the fish he ate, and that he bred these in large ponds for his own use. l conclude he never attempts to catch them with proper angling materials, for carp is a very difficult fish to capture even with the finest tackle.
 One of the principal difficulties about fish management lies in keeping under control the weeds and rushes of the pond itself. Fly fishing is impos- sible among water lilies and bulrushes and 1t is a very costly business to have the water drained off and the pond completely cleaned out. If this is not done, the only way is to have the weeds cut when they appear in the spring. The artifcially made reser- voirs are generally not troubled with such growths, and this makes them ex- cellent places to fish when they are properly stocked. The town corpora tions who own these sheets of water are in many cases avenue to their being utilized for sport and they have some reason for their objection The rate payers naturally consider that they have claim upon the water, and de- mand fishing rights; but these, if ad- mitted, would become a source of con- siderable trouble and expense. It Is im- possible for hundreds of fishermen to trample the banks of sheet of water without doing damage, not to speak of the fouling of the drinking water by ground batting with worms and mag gots. If tickets for fishing could be limited, and only the fly allowed to be used, there would be no difficulties At a reservoir belonging to the Doncaster nn, if,ya n force, and after July 10 worm fishing is allowed, but no ground batting. The reason for this Is that during July and August the fish cannot be got with the fly, except in the late evening Also, the largest fish are always taken with the worm. and the capture of these cannibals is a most important point, for it means the preservation of innumer- able yearlings and fry, During the hot weather the fish avoid the sun by keep ing out in the deep water when there are no water lilies or pond weeds near the banks. If a worm is thrown far out into the water perhaps forty or fifty yards, it is pretty sure to get among the large fish. The day may be perfectly still and the sun shihing without cloud in the sky, and yet fish can be taken, It may be called unsportsmanlike and a poaching act to deal in this way with the game rain- bows and Lochlevens; but in water which you cannot net or run off, no other way is left for taking the big fish.
 The method is to have a barbel rod with free running snake rings, and a barbel line of a hundred yards on four-inch Nottingham reel of the best quality. Three feet of fine gut is enough with a No. hook It is as well to have swivel between the line and the gut, and above 1t bullet one ounce in weight, with a fair sized hole through it, so that the line runs per fectly free A companion of the flsher- man must take the line from the reel to distance of about twenty-five yards, while the fisherman by the wa ter ready to make cast. The amount of line from the fisherman's reel and back to his hand is now fifty yards, and swinging cast of the bullet sends 1t out that distance Into the water With regard to the bait, three or four cockspur worms should be threaded on the hook, making tempting bite for a large fish. The rod should then be laid on the bank
 It must be borne in mind that the gut is fine and the line 8 mere strand of ei1Ir ood tha olinb+asf forna AT obaolr will smash the tackle to bits. In lit- tie while the reel will revolve once or twice. You know then that a trout has found the bait, and is probably turning it over with his nose. Presently the turns of the reel become stronger, and care must be taken that it does not overrun itself. If the reel is very sensi- tive 1t is apt to do this; but 1t is fault on the right side, for the slightest check on the reel will stop a fish feeding and send it away. Judgement has to be used for detecting when the fish has really taken the bait and is off, and then the rod should be gently raised and the hook will strike the fish. A four or five-pound fish on such tackle Is not an easy customer to deal with. It will run out good many yards of line without you being able to control it. Then will follow game fight, especially if the fish is rainbow. It will throw itsself cut of the water or rush along the top. It will bore down and sulk in the bottom and all the time you cannot put on any severe pressure. You have to wear your fish out and patiently walt till you can