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TEN CENTS Se^*2N / OFFICIAL STATE VOL c FEBRUARY, 1941 TEN CENTS se^*2N / OFFICIAL STATE VOL. 10—No. 2 PUBLICATION 'VNGLEFT FEBRUARY, 1941 PUBLISHED MONTHLY ARTHUR H. JAMES GOVERNOR by the COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS Publication Office: Telegraph Press, Cameron & Kelker Streets, Harrisburg, Pa. Executive and Editorial Offices: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Board of Fish Commis­ sioners, Harrisburg, Pa. CHARLES A. FRENCH Commissioner of Fisheries Ten cents a copy—50 cents a year MEMBERS OF BOARD CHARLES A. FRENCH, Chairman ALEX P. SWEIGART, Editor EUwood City MILTON L. PEEK South Office Bldg., Harrisburg. Pa. Radnor HARRY E. WEBER Philipsburg NOTE Subscriptions to the PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER EDGAR W. NICHOLSON should be addressed to the Editor. Submit fee either Philadelphia by check or money order payable to the Common­ J. FRED McKEAJV wealth of Pennsylvania. Stamps not acceptable. New Kensington Individuals sending cash do so at their own risk. JOHN L. NEIGER Scranton PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER welcomes contribu­ JOSEPH M. CRITCHFIELD tions and photos of catches from its readers. Proper Confluence credit will be given to contributors. CLIFFORD J. WELSH AH contributions returned if accompanied by first Erie class postage. H. R. STACKHOUSE Secretary to Board Entered as Second Class matter at the Post Office C. R. BULLER of Harrisburg, Pa. under act of March 3, 1873. Chief Fish Culturist, Bellefonte IMPORTANT—The Editor should be notified immediately of change in subscriber's address Please give old and new addresses Permission to reprint will be granted provided proper credit notice is given Vol. 10. No. 2 "ANGLER' FEBRUARY, 1941 EDITORIAL Having finished 1940 with a production record of which we are really and truly proud, we ap­ proach the 1941 season in the spirit of marked enthusiasm. The holding ponds at our hatcheries are loaded with large fish in readiness for the pre-season stocking program scheduled to get underway in March. Nothing but fine takable Brook, Rainbow and Brown Trout will be placed in the ap­ proved streams open to public fishing. Approximately 1,200,000 trout alone, are waiting for the dis­ patch orders which will send them out over the State and into the creeks and streams. Most gratifying indeed, has been our production of black bass which was actually doubled in 1940. Withstanding a most peculiar season last year, we succeeded in producing more than a half million bass and the result of this accomplishment is certain to have a telling effect during the season this year. This is true of all the warm water species and in accordance with the policy of the Board, we are developing larger sizes, to the end that eventually most of the fish stocked will be of legal size and over when placed in the stream. This policy may serve to reduce the numbers heretofore planted but will overwhelmingly offset them in size and weight thus assuring utmost satisfaction to the fishermen. Our program of expansion is rapidly creating new ponds and facilities at the hatcheries. WPA Projects are busily engaged in this program which when completed will certainly challenge any­ thing of its kind in the United States. I invite you to visit and observe these fish farms and see for yourself just how your enterprise is advancing. The main points where this expansion can be best observed are at Pleasant Gap, Centre County; Corry, Erie County; Huntsdale, Cumberland County; Pleasant Mount, Wayne County and the Pymatuning Sanctuary in Crawford County. I as­ sure you that you are welcome and the men in charge are ever ready to make your visit a pleasant and informative one. This year for the first time in the history of the Department, we will stock bass in lakes hav­ ing an area of forty acres or more which are now inhabited with these fish and have been approved in accordance with our survey just recently concluded. In addition to these lakes, several water companies have granted us permission to use their reservoirs. In these bodies of water, the Board will establish fish nurseries which we believe will be productive of exceptionally good results with no direct expense, save the cost of the season's harvest. An outstanding accomplishment during the past year has been the introduction of brand new and quite successful departures in the culture of fish. Among these has been our newly devised suspension basket adopted in connection with the culture of black bass and other warm water fish; thus developing dual purpose ponds. Of special interest also, is the progress made in the line-breeding of fish. This venture alone offers a strong bid to revolutionize present-day production of large, well colored, healthy fish by cutting in half the time required heretofore in developing fish to the sizes I know you are all interested in having planted for your entertainment and sport. We are now equipped with most modern refrigerated food-storage plants at both Pleasant Gap and Huntsdale, permitting the Board to hold tons of food and affecting a tremendous saving to the sportsmen. Some idea of this problem can be gathered from the fact that the fish at our hatcheries consume more than 1,000 tons of food each year. Yes, the work and program of your Board of Fish Commissioners, timed to meet the present- day demands of all year fishing, is swiftly marching on. Keeping abreast of ever changing condi­ tions with a judicial administration of the affairs of the State's fishermen. I am indeed elated with the prospects for the 1941 season bearing down on us. I say that we are ready and equipped to meet it and with the cooperation of a kindly weather-man who may spare us the ravages of extreme deluge and drought, everything points to a very fine fishing season. Commissioner of Fisheries 1 I PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER FEBRUA Natural Insects and Their Imitations a By CHAS. M. WETZEL & Copyright 19*0 by Ohas. IT. Wetzel d U Part I thorax. That part of the thorax which 9 the front legs is called the prothorax; N this and in following issues of the ANGLER a* there will be described some fifty flies and middle legs are on the mesothorax and I hind legs on the metathorax. The bacfc T nymphs which vitally concern the fly fisher. ti All of them are in the author's collection, the thorax is termed the notum, and which represent a great many more, but these underside the sternum. Thus we have pr*' el are the principal ones on which trout feed. turn, presternum, mesonotum, mesosterrf b The cataloguing of these flies represents a etc. The sides are called pleura, and si ft great amount of work. Many of the May we have mesoplerum, metaplerum, etc. tf B flies were determined by the author, and all insect has two pair of wings, the front f ri others hereafter described, were checked and is attached to the mesothorax, and the I d< rechecked by specialists in the various groups, pair on the metathorax; if there should w so as to avoid any possibility of error. only one pair, it is on the mesathorax. ft Deterniining the specific name is in many The wings are composed of two layer* cases impossible, especially among females. mouth parts, and the eyes—both simple and integument traversed by veins and nervy* <n May flies in the sub-imago state are another compound. and the location and arrangement of t& ft source of trouble, since the available data The thorax is divided into three segments, veins are, as I have said, most importaP* 1, records only the adult male characteristics. the prothorax, the mesothorax, and the meta- determining genus, and species. Among ft This is true of a great many others. The male b> fly offers the readiest solution, since quite often the final determination hinges on the P< male genatalia. Preparing a genatalic slide NOTE is quite a task, especially for amateurs; in fact when it becomes necessary to resort to nt it, the insect should be sent to some authority 9| for verification. Many insects can be readily to and accurately determined from the location and arrangement of the wing veins; lengths of the various parts of the legs and other characteristics. Naturally one must have a monograph on the order, and by closely studying and following the keys, the amateur can finally trace it down to the specific name. A good glass is absolutely essential. I have to a Bausch Lomb, No. 14 X, Hastings Triplet; bl the diameter is smaller than a dime, yet it bt is remarkably powerful, and will bring out bl the necessary details in following the keys. In cases where the wing venation is rather to difficult, I generally snip off the wing, place I it between two microscopic slides, then fasten sti the edges together with adhesive paper. The da slide is then placed under a projector, which ft, hi a dark room, throws a large image on a % sheet of paper, when the wing can then be en traced off and the veins lettered. The wings Us shown in the sketches were prepared in this way. One naturally must know and recognize du the principal veins, the Costa, "C"; the Sub- M; costa, "Sc"; the Radius, "R"; the Media, "M"; 3b the Cubitus, "Cu". and the Anal veins "A". In general it is a complicated and fascinating study, and the field is so large that one should not dabble in various orders, but should con­ fine his activities to one group; and in that one group, one should get every monograph and all the available literature on the subject.
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