CHAPTER XIII 



QUALIFYING IN THE THREE-SIX CLUB 



The reader may ~be interested to know that the 

 persons described in this chapter are not imagin- 

 ary. The "Baron " is Mr. Gifford Pinchot, Chief 

 of the Bureau of Forestry. Besides the author, 

 other members of the party were Assistant Sec- 

 retary of the Interior Woodruff, United States 

 Senator Flint, and Dr. Houghton of Boston. 



IN the Tuna Club of Avalon, California, the 

 visitor sees among other cups and trophies, 

 from the old rod of Charles Hallock to the belt 

 of Ananias, a hammered-silver cup nearly three 

 feet high, presented to the club by T. McD. 

 Potter of Los Angeles. On its side is a clover 

 leaf and insignia showing that it is a trophy of 

 the Three-Six Club, an adjunct of the Tuna Club, 

 to encourage fair play in fishing and the estab- 

 lishment of the highest possible standard of sport 

 along the general lines of the Tuna Club. 



The latter advocates a nine-thread line and a 

 nine-ounce rod for fishes up to one hundred 



