To the Editor of the 3 "Norra-Curxa Dairy News."*
Sin,—In the "Herald" of May 20, Notes and Comments, under "The Salmon's Nursery" you conclude your comment with a statement that, as far as you! know, there is no scope for the cult of the fly in any of the waters of China. I have done a considerable amount of fishing. during the three years odd that I have been stationed here on the Amur River and though most of the fishing has been coarse fishing with float I have on one or two occasions caught small fish with a natural fly and once with a very small artificial fly. Moreover, I have often seen large fish rise. to food of sorts floating on the river. To my knowledge trout is plentiful in many of the small tributary streams of the Amur within a comparatively small distance of, Taheiho, and several of my friends have made big catches during the months of June and July. They fish mostly with a worm but have caught plenty with grasshoppers and natural insects. I have no doubt that if sufficient time and study were devoted to the matter—time which I personally cannot! afard and study which I have no to devote—and special flies similar to the natural insects made, good artificial fly fishing could be obtained. I also remember catching a species of trout with natural flies and other insects in a small stream near Mengtsz in Yunnan. It would be very interesting to know if other foreigners have fished successfully in rivers of China other then those of Manchuria which abound in fish of all kinds.
I am, ete., R. D. Mansrrex.
Aigun/Taheiho, Manchuria, June 23.
May we hope that other anglers will give their experiences?
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.