The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20

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" you teot tnal lln2tnk IN IN WIN
only the catching u q silvery fshaDSOklsd
with rubies and amber viii cure n. Oct
out your liGhtest rod Of split bamboo and
join the procession. Trout iahinG h
legal on Long IslAAd from ths last Friday
ia March-whioh falls ~ early ~ tbs
7sth this saAsOn-tO August -. inclusive.
Throughout New York state sHcspt on
certain waters the op.n season II from
April 10 to August n. both inclusive.
Spring comes at least fortnight earlier
On Long Island. according tO ths anglers.
than in Richmond or WsStcbsster COUNTIES.
and they Ofser this ~ the reaSOn for the
early nshing there. Othsrs say the lsgis-
latiOn was inspired by msmberS % some
81 the clubs having trout preserves. who
once the winter is over hurry away 20
far away summer homes " 60 Europe
and wish to catch their stint u trout ~
early in the spring PC~sible.
Free trout fishing that amounts 10 any
thing On Long Island IN largely q myth.
Their. are u fsw streams and ponds that
are not placardsd with warnings fOrbid-
ding trespa.Aing but city sportsmen do
not often come scross them. About many
towns and hAmbets from the Brooklyn
city line to Sak HarbOr or SrnithtOwn
there rs possibly free fishing. bat those
to whom the PLACES are a. an open book
keep dumb. They are not . communi-
cativs brotherhood. an order u silent
sphinxss. 10 which initiation may only
be had by crossing the palms with silver
At the rats 81 Is yer 90 each guide. Fifty
years ago nearly all the hahing on Long
Island was unpressrVed aud especially
glorious was the sport on streams that
Bowed from poads into the Great South
Bay and on the Nisssquosue River. Tor
the trout would improve thsir gaminess
and favor by forays from fresh into sAlt
wafer. ~ salmon do. but many things
were different fifty years ago. when James
Buchanan was President
Trout hRhing On the club az private
preserves il to enjoy sport de luxe.
II one brings down . new rod. one VI
those eiRht foot splt basnboOs that only
weigh ~ ounces for instance. IL will
be uncoupIed and wrapped up - tightly
a. . lightweight umbrella. But il IL
! seldom cIubmeu are hardened with any
tackle at all and they at AZ eaae in the
parlor car clad in fashionable morning
, suits. The clubs ara upheld with few
~xcsptions by business or professional
; men who are only able to spend an Occs-
a AlOnki gay TOT ibulAAs koihAk oONn IN NuC
: morning and back by a lato train. or TO
: stop over the week end. A. the club every
. thing ~ ready for the hasty guest. His
{ well dried fishing clothes and boots are
in the locker and his rods fully equipped
: with his reels. lines and cast u lies,
: are On the racks along the broad hallway
Or 10 the msmber has n private room all
. those necessities will lie found there.
Z There 10 a raBsh To get out IN the water
y on a conGested day there In drawing
, for chs fishing beFths- and aS the waters
q teen with trout there IN instant action.
> Back to the club. which Is always a
{ haunt OF many comforts street clothes
. are donned again and there 10 time for
: a dinner in which fresh trout assumes
. ! a deliRhtful prominence before returning
: by train. The weekender has a stiIl
4 more enioyAbls time for he has more
leisure TO enjoy himself and besides
Gan catch more fab. AZ the clubs the limit
- usually fOurteen to eighteen trout
to each rod and none may bs creeled that
|. L. less than six inches long. All the waters
are restocked each spring. for the catches
Of the season would otherwise soon ex-
= haust the preserves. Al grains Of coral
n In time will grow into a wave staying
= reef. 20 do the daily catches attain to Z
4 huge aggregate during each season
7 Trout have been preserved az the South
> side SpOrtsmen's Club. which Owns Z
8 $40 acr~ tract near Oakdale. since 1879.
> Ths records have b-sn Kept. and AZ a limit
Of last season. thirty-three years. repre-
sented 2NO OOO trout. none under half =
!. pound and exceptional fab being from q
pound and a quarter To betWeen two and
three pounds. The record seasons were
IN IsOs and 1897. when the memhsrs landed
10. 5a5 aud Il. SOS trout. weighing CO.'S and
q T20p Ounda There was another large
catch in 1904 of lte4s. weighing STA
! pounds The flsh aTe cO'lnted ana weighed
by clerk a. each member comes ia TO
hang MP his rod The clerk KEEPS the
Official record The club turns out from
: its hatcheries 40 OOO thrce-y~ar odd trout
into the porlds and streams every spring
Elsewhere On Long Island and a. we'll
equipped for sport OF resting there ar.
many other clubs. Tho Long Island
Country club al PASSPORT Uses an estate
. Of iOOO acres. of which Il owns so
. Others are the Mill Creek Club ON the
North shore. which fishes Francis'S
, Brook: the Rassapeague, NissequoRue
aud MyandAnch. y trio near Sfuithtown
on the NiasequOgus River and ponds
the CarmAns River Club. suffolk Club az
, Brookhaven and with others the Flanders
Club ~ RiVeThead.
There are numerous club aud private
preserves for trout fishing aside from
/. Long Island throughout New York state
notably an the Adirondacks, hut none
? with such an extensive propagafing plant
: for trout as the Tuxedo Club in Orange
I county T.. &. Nent was Tor long period
chairman Of the clubs committee - fish
9 culture and he - an expert on the sch
ence Besides keeping up its own fishing
the Tuxedo Cl.h has = surplus - sell
. 10 other clubs each ssHson. The hest
q troutink 10 in the Wee Wan Pond and
brook an Indian name. There are also
trout AT the mouths u the small brooks
emUtyinR into the lake. and osIananiche
hrst raised IN the Tuxedo hatcberies
ten years ago may he fished for there after
AprI IS The trout season IN Orange
county - from April to September !.
nj Exceptions to the general game Law on
trout-April 10 To August Slbesides
Long Island and Orange county are the
. counties Of Alle3any. except the Genesee
> River. CattaraugtAs. { hautauqua. Cortland.
q Delaware, Livingston. except Spring
> Brook and part Of Wyoming. Trout
> fishing OPENS on May and Gloss on
. August 81 in the counties of Clinton.
\ EsSex Franklin. Fulton. Hamilton. lewis.
. Saratoga. ~. Lawrence. Warren, Wash
, inRton and in that part OF Herkimer
! north Of the Mohawk River. Often in the