With the D.O.C.

TOM DENT LETS SOME FISH SECRETS OUT OF THE BAG AT LAST

WE DROPPED in to see Tom Dent, who is secretary of the New Hampshire Board of Fish and Game Commissioners, to get a little inside dope on where to fish after the season opens. He told us, just as Ross McKenney has always claimed, that some of the finest fishing in the state is right around the Moosilauke Ravine Camp in Warren. If we let you in on some of the secrets, the Ravine will probably see more visitors after the last snow vanishes than it has during the skiing season. That would be going some, but then, there seem to be even more fishing holes than ski trails in the area.

The Ravine Camp itself is located on the upper portion of the Baker River, and right at the Camp trout are plentiful but mostly below legal size. However, as the river flattens out toward Warren, seven miles below the Camp, good conditions and the size of the trout improve rapidly. Rainbow, speckled brook, and brown trout are represented, and Ross McKenney knows several deep holes in the river where he has caught the big fellows.

To the north of Moosilauke and easily reached via the new Warren-North Woodstock Road, is the Ammonoosuc River which also has brook trout, rainbow, and square tails. It seems to be Tom Dent's favorite spot, so you had better go to the next best places, which are Lake Tarleton and Armington Pond—both with good bass fishing, and Upper and Lower Baker Ponds where pickerel, bass, yellow and white perch are featured. A little further afield, Stinson Lake and Stinson Brook offer good fishing all summer of speckled, rainbow and lake trout with some salmon thrown in for good measure.

All of this is mighty fine fishing, the experts tell us, but apparently the real fun begins with Beaver Pond in Woodstock which is noted for good early fishing of speckled trout; Oliverian Brook from Glencliff towards Pike, also a trout stream, and—Tom, forgive us for letting the cat out of the bag—Long Pond in Benton than which there is none better for speckled trout and graylings.

Ross will be ready, come May ist, to try his luck with you. He knows all the waters, how to tie the flies, and can tell you a lot about fish habits and habitat. Jim Brigden, the manager at the Ravine Camp, says he will cook them for you, provided he is in on the feed. Who said there is no fun to be had after the skiing season is over?

SUMMER CAMP FOR BOYS

Our plans for the summer camp for boys aged twelve and older which were announced in the March issue of the ALUMNI MAGAZINE, are making progress. Alumni sons representing many of the larger centers in New England will be at the Camp according to present indications. Manchester, with Malcolm McLane, the youngest son of John R. McLane '07, and several of his friends, promises to send the largest group. Hanover may yet surpass it, because quite a number of local boys and their parents have indicated their interest.

Ross McKenney is busy making out lists of rifles, tents, canoes, axes, hobby tools and equipment—all of which will be for the Camp to use without those bothersome extra charges often encountered. A good sized, selected library has been secured for use during rainy days. The rate for a twoweeks Camp session will be $75.00. For details, refer to your March copy of the MAGAZINE, or write to the Dartmouth Outing Club office for a reprint.

On March 8, 9, and 10, the Senior Class held the first Senior Carnival. Held at the Moosilauke Ravine Camp, it supplants the former Senior Mt. Washington Trip. The facilities at the Ravine made it possible to hold a real Carnival, with ski races, song-fests, dancing at Franconia, and all the furbelows and flounces of a winter bat on skis.

The change of program from the old Senior Trip attracted a greater number of seniors than ever before; and it is planned, in the future, to have the D.O.C. step into the background and let the Carnival be a regular activity of the class.