SOME FAMOUS ANGLING CLUBS 



stands over the smooth, waters of Avalon Bay, but five minutes 

 walk from the Kotel Metropole and the pier. The upper story 

 of the unostentatious clubhouse is devoted to rooms and baths j 

 the lower to the rod and tackle room, the office of the honorary 

 secretary, Mr. T. S. Manning, and the spacious lounge which 

 faces the water and which bears the remarkable records of the Club 

 from the Colonel C. P. Morehous two hundred and fifty-one 

 pound tuna to the three hundred and thirty-six pound swordfish 

 of Mr. Conn, and the forty-nine pound yeUowtail of Mr. Beebe. 

 Here is the only specimen of the ' Luvarus Jack ' known ; one 

 of the rarest and most beautiful of fishes, silver and scarlet. By 

 it hangs the great opah, so rare that few have ever seen it. Among 

 the preserved specimens is a large ribbon-fish, one of six or eight 

 that have been taken here. On the walls hang also dolphin^ 

 barracuda, golden trout, big rainbow, bonito, record white sea- 

 bass, three kinds of tunas — ^leaping, long-fin and yeUow-fin — ^and 

 practically every game fish found in this remarkable region, 

 presumably the meeting ground of the fishes of the world. Near 

 by are the cups and trophies of the Club, the library, with it& 

 collection of authors' books, members of the Club, as Colonel 

 Eoosevelt, Dr. Henry Van Dyke, Mr, Marston, editor of the 

 Fishing Gazette, London, Mr. Aflalo, Charles Hallock, Dr. Gifford 

 Pinchot and others. Here are the journals of the day relating to 

 anghng, and a set of scrapbooks containing the photographs, 

 of the notable catches of the Club for fourteen years, probably 

 without equal in any club in the world. 



This is particularly true of swordfish, this being the only 

 locality where this fish is taken with rod and reel. On the upper 

 story the Club has a branch of the U. S. Weather Bureau for the 

 benefit of the town of Avalon and vicinity, and a system of signals 

 for passing vessels. It also keeps a careful record of the climatie 

 conditions. A nautical air is given to the Club by its broad veran- 

 dah in front, a stair leading doTvn to a floating dock ; and on either 

 side of the wharf are swung ships davits and small boats of the 

 members. In summer when the yachts of the coast and else- 



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