The sun., 1918-07-07
DOZEN TROUT A
DAY ON ESOPUS
Back Yard Stream of New York
City Gives Angler Salts
factory Holiday.
CHEMICALS KILL FISH
NJ JOHN FLYNN.


prospects OF getting some trout on the
Esopus.
have seen many inquiries quite re-
Gently from anxious followers of the
trout stream that love the bounding
spray and the haunts Of the second king
OF fresh water fish. feel that II Is my
duty as a fresh water fisherman at home
and abroad for the last twenty years
to give all the information possible to
my brother anglers regarding the OFT
asked questions: Where can get
some trout fishing?" and What will I
need to take alongT' I will give q full
and practical report Of conditions on the
Esopus:
First, for the man who wants an an
swer to his question as to where he can
get some fishing, let me suggest the
Esopus Creek. situated In Ulster county,
and for the best fishing ground would
select any place between Phenicia and
Coldbrook.
mention these two places because
don't believe l have ever seen more
beautiful trout streams to fish in and
variety to suit any selection OF bait or
fly
The fare to any Of these places Is from
So to 81. round trip. 1 am inclined to
believe that the best pools are around
Coldbrook and between that place and
Mount Tremper
With reference to my own experience
l will do my best to set forth as near
as possible an account Of my fishing
luck, and at the same time answer the
oft asked question: What will I need
to take along?"
First Days Fishing.
Prior to June Is selected a pair Of
hip boots with hobnails), some dry and
wet flies. together with the lightest lead
ers in stock also a few artificial bats. a
spoon with triangle and two swivels at
tached. one small minnow. one devon
small and one artificial Dobson. This
completed my entire outfit, OF course
taking into consideration that had the
rod and other tackle from previous
years.
On June Is left New York for Cold
brook on board OF the steamboat Wash
ington Irving. arriving at Kingston Point
about ) p. NJ. From there I made con-
! nection with the Ulster and Delaware
Railroad for Coldbrook. arriving at my
destination about s o'clock.
Here I met the proprietress of the
Four Naples boarding house for fisher
men. and let me say that II I could re-
name this place ! would happily call II
| the "Fishermans Rest" ! say 50 be.
cause I know from experience how to
appreciate house OF its sort.
| Downing my fishing clothes. pro-
ceeded to the stream, about 200 yards
from the house, and selecting a few OF
my favorite flies started to try my luck
My leader was feet In length. having
! two choppers and tail fly. the female
beaver kill on the lead. the cowdung
second fly and the Alexander third, OF
nearest to me.
Scarcely had my line Strengthened In
the second cast than felt a strike, and
a few minutes later I bad nice eleven
inch rainbow In my creel this was abou,
1880 p. NJ.
To make long story short I might
say that at p. VI. I had nice trout
to take back for next mornings break
fast.
List of Killing Flies.
, For the rest OF the week I had a daily
average OF IL 20 10 trout each day, but
| let me mention not all these were
caught on the ny. fully 70 per cent.
were. and the remainder on a very
mall spoon. which I found to be an ex-
cellent lure for the native brown trout
| at nightfall.
finished my fishing trip on Sunday,
June %. and counting up my catch
|
landed SO in all. which might honestly
'ay was an entirely satisfactory week s
holiday.
Let me remark. reader. that during
ny whole week I had the honor OF edu-
eating at least $50 trout or more and
only gave one souvenir away to Ger
man brown. The pleasure Is his to hold
It. and being my own i'll luck, because
had not soaked my leader before
starting to fish.
found that the killing files were as
follows: the Cowdung. Alder. Beaver
XIII (male and female). Black Gnat
Alexander. Queen Of the Waters, Wick
hams Fancy. Green and Orange Grouse,
Brown Pinselled Grouse, Stone Fly,
iolden Sedge. Brown and Purple Rail
and White Moth Cor Miller).
Chemical. XIII Trout.
The flies named will be enough for
any fisherman to stock his book with
as far as the wet and dry flies are con-
cerned. and don't forget sizes 10 and IL
Of these. think this will satisfy the
anxious fisherman who would like to
know some of tho haunts Of the brook
| and native trout.
only hope every fisherman will feel
as pleased after weeks holiday on the
Esopus as ! have myself I can also
speak for my friends, Mr.. Dorfr and Mr..
Boswell as having enjoyed themselves.
considering their short stay and CLIMATIC
| conditions.
l would like to add a few words as
regards the number OF trout which !
found dead in the stream. including sew
eral large trout from is to 20 inches.
and to be exact l would say that l
found six in all.
l understand this is due to chemical
put In at Ph9nicia In order to purify
the water or destroy some vegetable
matter. I am sorry TO state that in my
opinion II has double effect
Examination of some OF the smaller
trout seems to show that the black
snake also is responsible for the de-
struction OF q number OF trout. / am
certain that a number OF our fishermen
will be disappointed to hear OF the
death OF these Ash. but there are still
enough trout in the stream to satisfy
all.
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