114 The Book of Woodcraft 



Men : To hook and land with the fly, unassisted, without 

 net or gaff, a trout or landlocked salmon over 4 lbs., or a 

 salmon over 12 lbs., coup. To take, under the same condi- 

 tions, a sahnon over 25 lbs., grand coup. 



General Fishing. Boys, lads, and men: To take on a 

 rod, without assistance in hooking, playing, or landing, a 

 trout, black bass, pike, • muscallonge, grayling, salmon, 

 bluefish, weakfish, striped bass, kingfish, sheepshead, or 

 other game fish, whose weight in pounds equals or exceeds 

 that of the rod in ounces, coup. 



To take under the same conditions a game fish that 

 is double in pounds the ounces of the rod, grand coup. 



Indoor Fly-casting. Boys: To cast a fly with a rod of 

 S oz. or less, not over 10 feet long, 40 feet, coup; 55 feet, 

 grand coup. 



Lads: 65 feet, coup; 80 feet, grand coup. 



Men: 80 feet, coup; 95 feet, grand coup. 



"Every fish caught and kept, but not used, is a rotten 

 spot in the angler's record" (H. v. D.). 



BAIT-CASTING 



(Revised by Lou S. Darling, of New York. Author of 

 "Tournament Casting and the Proper Equipment.") 



With |-oz. dummy frog, 5-ft. rod, indoors, overhead 

 casting, tournament style: 



Child class, 40 feet for coup; 50 feet for grand coup. 

 Boy " 60 " " " 70 " " " 

 Lad " 80 " " " 90 " " " " 

 Man " 100 " " " 120 " " " 

 If out of doors add 10 per cent, to each of the distances, 

 if cast is made with the wind. 



If a wooden plug is used instead of the dummy frog, add 

 30 per cent, to each distance. 



