The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-06-18
WHAT VERMONT OFFERS.
Good Fishing and Fine Golf TO be
Had in This State.

Vermonters are generally pretty well
satisfied with their own tight little State
when il comes TO the choice Of a sum
mer resort and if business takes them
and their household gods TO Boston OF
to New York, or even to Chicago OF
points at still greater distance from the
Green Mountains, they may nearly al.
ways be expected back in Vermont to
spend their annual vacations.
Apart from home ties and associa.
Itions, Vermont has much to offer in the
way of sport aud recreation. Her lead
ing golf links are among the very best
in the country, her trout streams are
worthy the State which manufactures
nearly all of the artificial flies made
in the United States, and her roads are
not only good for automobiling, but
often lead through picturesque terri.
tory.
When the native son who has taken
up golf speaks of his favorte game, he
doesAso with almost challenge 10 The
world TO find better place to play II
than at the Ekwanok Country Club
in Manchester. This course of eigh
teen holes, 6,Ol2 yards long, is un
doubleday one Of the finest in America
Beautiful views may be obtained from
almost any parts of the links If one has
time to enjoy them. But at the Elk.
wanok there are more things to do than
admire scenery, for while the greens
are as nearly perfect as constant care
can made them, there are natural haz.
ards which require considerable study
to negotiate. In the course of the sum
mer half dozen important tourna'
ments are held here, including gener.
ally the State championships. Visitors
are permitted to use the links on pay.
ment Of 81 day, or So a week, or $2s
for the season. There are some three
dozen really good courses in the State,
all of which are open TO strangers on
payment Of a small fee generally fifty
cents.
Near Manchester also is to be found
the best of the trout streams, which il
as il should be, since Manchester is TIL,
seat of the artificial fly industry. Many
women are engaged in this work, al
which they become experts If at al
def with their fingers and possessed oI
an eye for grading in color. The best
known streams near Manchester where
trout are to be caught are the Batten'
kill, Otter Creek, Bourn Brook, ant
Lye Brook. All can be reached with
out difficulty, and nearly all are good
not merely at the beginning of the sea
sou, but clear through until the end Of
August.
A dozen black bass grounds might
be mentioned in addition TO the Great
Back Bay Of Lake Champlain. There
arc the two Silver Lakes at Franklin
and Barnard respectively, Missisquo
Bay, Dream Lake at Fairfield, and
Mallet's Bay, for example Dream
Lake il only six miles from St. Adams
but has not been spoiled by the pleoplf
from that town. The surroundings arc
picturesque, there are excellent oppor'
tunities for camping, and there is al.
ways a certainty Of a full ereel il one
knows anything at all about the black
bass and bis methods.
Silver Lake at Barnard is a fayoritt
spot, and it is the one bass lake in q
territory which is intersected withtrout
streams, so that il is possible 10 vary
from time 10 time il one so desires. In
the heart Of the Green Mountains, high
up, with waters almost ice cold even ~
summer, are trout streams which can
not fail 10 satisfy, Headquarters for
campaign in this region may be estab
lished at Gaysyilie, Stockbrdge. Rocb.
ester, or Hancock IN. Y. Evening