68 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[A.UGTJ3T 24. 1882, 



A.Nnnn.i: Vii:\viik [*.— Philadelphia, IV- Witm 

 • '• 'i Sin ,,/, : i aote your Yall, Iowa, correspondent'! 

 turr-s on tire big game preserves, it must be thai He 

 a country where there is gameonougb fop-all'; and so 

 understand Up tvtiO Stale ol affairs obtaining in «oiii 

 BBCHons of the land, Qc surely does noi know U 

 reasoning Of his letter, liowever jusi it maybe, so 

 lou.i is concerned, will noi ftpplyto Now Jersey, 

 ashamed to listen, as l have to do daily, to the sillyvai 



of men— whose iguorancc and creed hi 

 the game — railing out against the tyron 

 protection. Clubs are raphlly formini 

 best locaUties. The "pot-hunters" at 

 oe known no more in these regions, am 

 QQitted to feed and thrive. The raos 



almost dot 



iv of societies 

 andpurchafl 



the game will 

 improvident 



• propei 



i Strip: 



lives in 

 cannot 

 e other 

 iai the 

 Far as 

 I am 



v-nn/:, 

 minted 

 Tor its 

 ingthe 



M-K Will 



b< p: - - 



kports- 



on this 



wor. by 

 growl « 



I to fish 



infring- 



rejit 



'ell. 



G. w 



Sighted men I 



men ore known and recognized under the 

 Wlmi ,i lesson you teach in pout late able .. 

 subject. The waters of the Delaware are at certaii 

 blocked off as far down the bay aa CohanBy, and 

 gillnet's, 560 to 000 fathoms long. Yet these pedpl 

 tin? fish commissioners because t iicv ftrf not allow 

 on the Ba.bbath.and savagely call it';i "d— d bad lav, . 

 tag 1 1 j m. . i Hi.' rights of American citizens."' We hear 

 deal of talk about our drifting into English preserves, 

 the man thai cultivates eats thereof. Why not?— R. 



Imi \Vi:miii:.: \m> iiii: BrRJlH, The lone, period of 



drought which has extended over a iarge portion of the 

 country, has been very favorable for the pfeservation of the 

 birch?. * The woodcock RhoOlcf Who has had i in courage to 

 face the I error of thi wamp with its slifiing heal i- mot, in 

 most instances, with very poor returns for his outlay of time 

 and labor. Out reports from many sections where birds 

 were pit-in \ in the spring, nearly "all agree that summer 

 shooting has been a Eadure. Tliai tins, as many of our cor- 

 respondents predict, presages scarcity of sport the coming 

 fall, by no means follows. On the contrary ive shall look 

 for excellent sport )i,mong the longhiils, »!ri their proper 

 season arrives, as the man; birds tfbfeu have escaped this 

 .-umiu" r. will 1 1 1 1 .■ 1 1 he Epnnd :u their usual haunts, where, 

 with renewed vigor and strengthened pinion, they will 

 afford the sportsman a far greater amount "i pleasurable 

 sport than can be realized in the pursuitol half-grown, half 

 fledged game. 



K\n-\. Cimarron, fjrav county, Kan, (Vug. 18. — The 

 prospects for hunting in Western Kansas are excellent I 

 have beard from reliable panics istockmen) of buffalo in two 

 localities, about 100 in one place thai have been there all 

 summer undisturbed; 150 in the other place, or more, in 

 small bunches. Antelope '.are plenty: lean kill abuokauy 

 day 1 In to. Turkeys HI* reported plenty seventy miles 

 south of here. I am going on a camp hunt on or about Oct. 

 L0, to he gone twenty days I wain, to sfeeal tnrkoyHraf* as 



plenty as lln-y arc said 'o be W.I 1 1 



(T;nii}i Jfirc Jfliihmuqs. 



II. at !• -i 1 1 1 >>■ 1 . in.- 



I SUPPOSE the remark musl have become somewhat 

 hackneyed by this time, but [will; nevertheless, venture 



In malic it — that 'l look lanin Fnm-,v|- and S|-i;|-.\m cverj 



week wiili impatience, and rcadii with Immense satisfaction 



f have especially enjoyed the letters pf yoiir veteran cm 



respondent "Nesstnuk. EDs letter descrtpttvo of the "Ijaee 



with Death " Oj ■< "line- lakei' u i-. a -i-in. I have also very 

 much enjoyed I lie rcjoiudcrs tO two of your correspondents 

 who have "crowded'him" a Utile— or tried to. Your readers 

 will all remember how well he held his own in the friendly 

 contention. The result in each case reminds me very much of 

 liich occurred on the .Mississippi I liver, which, 

 of your readers hav,- doubtless heard it, will 

 (•petition for the sake of the mural, 

 in "ii the upper deck of a Mississippi River 

 rounded by a group of friends of both sexes, 

 t, tall backwoodsman on the dock below amoDg 

 sand ''roustabouts," promised his friends some 

 g this fresh son of the woods. 

 to the boiler deck, lie walked up fiercely to 

 ring a bowie knife said in a voice of thunder, 

 king for you for a good wliil.-:" 

 w-boncd countryman had swung him around 

 in tlieair, slammed him up and daw n on the deck, and mopped 

 up all that part of the horn with him and wiiai was left of 

 his broadcloth suit, he tossed him on It 

 looked up at the party on the dock abi 

 "Perhaps there's somebody else up il-< 

 for me for a good while." 

 Bohtcjs. August. 1882. 



an incident 



though mat 



perhaps bet 



A young 



Aii.( 



i pile of barn 



iih the r 



Split Ba.miuh 



deer with ,-i scythe (Forest and Stream, 

 ■minds in- of a story I heard told by Horace 

 bis visit to Hamilton county, New 'York, in, 

 inner of "TO, when be visited Wilmiiri Lake 

 al days with our parly there. It was snme- 



Killinrj the 

 -Juie- l 1882) 

 Greeley durin 

 I think, the s 

 and spent sever 

 thing like this: 



A Dutchman in Pennsylvania w 

 his barn. The 

 busily pitching 



dropped his sho 

 was loaded.'' 1 

 showing the ma 

 the puzzle of tb 



gn-al doors 

 I lie refuse 



cleai 



ng the big floor of 



it, wb 



Davis Raj 



:k of ft bullet, elai 

 - loaded -hovel. 



ramie County, Wy., 



wide open, and he was 



•a suddenly, iust as he 



ovelful, a "deer fell dead 



ighteuetl, the Dutchman 



' -"'I . I didn't know il 

 i hunter, coming up and 

 id i In-, leer ami explained 



Mll.l.AKil. 

 IIJ-'IHI., 1888, 



WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT IT. 

 'I'le- popular .'-'-•'*• Veil; journal, ITosest am- sthkam, has beeu 



hi Iovbcb -f legitimate out-d "sporMI is unsurpassed in its 



strinMiv.-aiicl em- rl -uiiii-arlicles. .V-., Y,,rk Mitrltrt Jnunutl i, 



v York journal, so well known to our sportsmen, 

 i. le<- been enlarged Co twenty -eight pages weekly, 

 iveli • i..i a iiifling, shooting, yachting and kindred 

 r.ie- BnftBt journal qf the kind in existence.— JPa«t 

 IbHtlOrner, Aug. IS. 



• i'i.iu-.si -M,siiin.\Mtn allgood I.- ivim take 



!, i- l-l -i- - There snoula be a good club raised 



will , 



one -raid I > tbi North before snow flies, seeking pleat 

 fill recreation. -(Mait-jeiiM /-a. > ll-mul. Aug. 17 



rose more than 



ra a.ml health- 



?«t md Miner 



OrEN Seasons — s.< table <if npi->,. geaswftfov 'i <tl " r (tXSdfitA 

 hi urn of MM/ -jo. 



FISH IN SEASON IN AUGUST. 



FBBSH WATER. 



T. I 



Ke 



f tr.-ill. 

 treiit, X 



:.,!,» 



aha 



•idee 



talar. 



i. dnoorhmicMts 



Snivel, 



Salmon, S 

 I.on.l t..ok 

 Qutnnat t 



Black bass, Mieropterus, two spe- 



Jlaskinonge, Esox iinhilinr. 



Striped bass, JJ »> UneaUa. 



Willi-- pereli. .1/--, .„. ,-,' 



Tautog or blackfish, Tnutngn mii- 

 Hhiciisli or Niylor, Pomatomui 



xilltntn.r. 



Weakfteh or squetagne, Cirnas- 



ia!i.i 



nock bass, Ambwpiueti % two -pe- 



War-month, Ohcenobrythts gtilo- 



* v. cm Strawberry bass, en-.,. 

 runoui/s iiirronmcnlatus. 



I'aele-lor. Wmlo.C'ls mi ilillarix. 



Chub, Semotilvn hullaris. 



Cgnoscyon car 



Hart), Mrutirir 



•i.erei. Cyblam 



1^-Tli 

 Slates see 



table of open 



ol Jllh 



And angling, too, thai solitary vice. 



"Whatever l/.aae Walion sings or says: 

 The quaint old cruel coxcomb in his gullot 



Should have a hook and a small trout to pull it. 



Ugrmi, Don Juan, Cnntn ■ 



CAMPING ON THE SUSQUEHANNA. 



r pHE bulk of our party, Webb, a young artist with an 

 I eyi i" the beautiful in nature, as well a- a hc.ni gver 

 mi the fair si \. and Win. II. 



il, a recent fledgeling of the 



illy as susceptible as his com- 

 pere, had irone into camp a 

 jrtunatc neophyte, was spared 

 camp. 



ed to camp on one of the many 



ail si\ miles above its junction 



hoys had everything 



piarter 



us- 1 ptible of i m; 

 Mavieiiei, a young v. terinaria 

 A.„. f,,ll. \\ t. Surgeons, egus 



id I. the 

 building 



islets in th € 

 with the m 

 "shipshape 



Husquehai 



jCSth-Che. 



|T 



.peak. 



ort Depc 

 llg desired SpOt, and my i 



A 



.V P. R. R, 

 . -amp life began, 

 During my lirsl day I waa under the special guidance of 

 a most excellent eentieiiiiiii from Port, but despite the musl 

 approved tackle, and tin- most enticing bait, I lured no Huh, 



and was declared unanimously to lie ;i .louali. and a enal 



Bsh waa sought for, bnl none appearing, 1 was spared an 

 involuntary bath. 



Night drove away our bust ,,f visitors, and (luring the 

 n-i ot our camp we w,;r undisturbed; lm' night also 



brought niv first real cxpei-ie 

 ' II:: 



hav 



land, u hen 

 pounds of 



remainder 



lowly bed, ' 



lip sup, 



■en taken). I.ii 

 .elf tliei 



uinanily lay inglb) 



if the camp I ci 



here blankets and 



The next day luck changed, 



camp life, for after the 

 s. imaor, and coffee (no lis' 

 s swung inv hammock, an 



as:, lioiil to depart for drean 

 ..no hundred and sixty loo 

 oualy doubled up. Por ih 



ntcnied inysell with a mot' 

 ir pillowsproved th 

 ml the Jonah 



•utility. 



became an important provider of fresh tisb. The superiori'lv 

 of the rod and reel over the roil alone was fully established, 

 as during the remainder of our stay I. with the" rod and reel, 

 far eclipsed two "expert" fishers who clung most lovingly to 

 the "string tied to the end of a bean pole." My success, 1 

 think, converted one of them, as he spout a great deal of 

 time trying to manufacture a reel for his pole. 



My first bass was a revelation. I, who had never known 

 any gamer fish than the catfish or the perch (except through 

 reading of them), felt a thrill of pleasure which I suppose 

 will only be equalled when I land my first trout. How the 

 fellow fought, sending spray in every direction, now dartimr 

 under the water and again leaping clear of the surface; but 

 I landed him safely, and, must I confess it, 1 was weak 

 enough to give one big shout of victory, much to the amuse- 

 ment of the others. It was but a three-quarter-pound fish, 

 but I felt as big as if I owned the island, and besides, I was 

 Jonah no longer. 



One morning we were startled by a most agonizing scream, 

 as from some one iu great danger. Instantly surmising 

 some one was drowning, we rushed at once to the boat, but 

 before wc could launch it we discovered the source of the 

 noise to be a very hilarious darky, in a boat anchored off 

 shore, who was encouraged by several duskey companions. 

 Picture our disgust as we sought the quiet of our lent. 



The black bass (large-mouthed species) are biting well, 

 and afford excellcni sport for the anirlin.g parlies from Balti- 

 more, Philadelphia, and the surrounding towns. Fishing 



i boat ai 



generally done f, 



trolling with a li 



cessful Fly fis] 



success in the ra 

 Should any of 



considered as second best. 

 A bountiful bait of 



:hor, wilh live bait, or by 

 ailboat. The latter is more suc- 

 lged iu to a limited extent with 

 a mile above Port Deposit. 

 is take a run in the direction of 

 IggQSl that the tnosl successful 

 ed crawfish, while helgramite is 

 Frogs do not seem to be a favor 

 jrms, three or four on a hook, I 

 have found to be no mean bait. 



Pari of my last day's experience was to capture two bass 



at one time, one with crawfish, the other with worms; one 



weighed a pound and a quarter, the other only three-fourths 



of a pound. 



To enter into further detaih 



iaders (if they 1 



nils 



: ih 



g to ca 

 apt 



of I 



camp life would be tire- 

 lot already disgusted), so I 

 np rheumatic and bilious, feame out a 

 ':• had cured my bodily ills, and I trust 

 s handiwork, so abundantly displayed. 

 nd I have determined to devote my 

 ins to co-operation with the constantly 



Let sonic of I he thousands wh 

 and camp only in fancy'-: , yc 

 one week of out door life, and n 

 Oliver, cry for more. 



Rii/nMOUE, Aug. 10, 1882. 



i read your excellent paper, 

 nake an effort and trv but 

 iv word they will, like little 

 jEffr-'Ellsoiv,. 



LIGHT vs. HEAVY RODS. 



I WAS up at the Uangeley Lakes this season. The, fish 

 were plenty and ran large, b I did not rise well to the 

 fly, and a large proportion of my 8sh wen token with bait. 

 But 1 belong to the "Broad Church." and am not above 

 drowning an occasional worm when the trout ■■■■ ill not come 

 up to a fly. I am free to say, however, that 1 would rather 

 fly than ten with bail. Spoil, not 



,'il.h (In- 



take one tr 

 meat, is what 1 a 



This reminds n 

 says that be uses 

 fiahquicfcti add 

 pound trout half 



idea of fishing. 1 

 rod; a codfish get 

 pound trout, and 

 them down into I 

 them around half 



His reference to Ha- Sen 

 of two men whom 1 saw t 

 sal iu a boat with two -ho 

 hooks to match, which tin 

 and when a float disap, 

 •tched trout with a 



ear. the: 

 hardly a 



narkel. 

 But I i 



bat "K.T. W.,"in your issue of July 27, 

 ..ivy rod because lie "likes lo kill his 

 ;es no delight in leading around a threi 

 hour before netting it." If that is his 



i see why he .-'ops at a ten-ounce 



vould be almost sun- death to any three- 

 could swing them into the air, and slap 

 boat or on to the bank without "leading 



ut Trout. Cove reminds me 

 Pew season? since. They 

 iol.es. with cord lines anil 

 I with a bunch of worms, 

 ie\ would drag out the 

 id p -u ign him to their 

 ither book. Tbev spoke 

 i me round of bait and pull "in" 

 itb them, They were fiabingfor 



• t0 lead Ihcm around, 

 ine thai they would pretend to 

 hi by the name of sport, unless 

 lead weeding onions, in- tallying 

 ii.un. Scirr livMciii. 



•cbait and look at the 



rord, but kept op the i 



. Mas 



In j 



:-sicli.ghl." 1 think the truth li Stan* 

 sights advocated by Mr, Van Siden 

 ■ 6 ounces, including m- tal. 



Thi 



id l.i 



"heavy rod wn 



where bel ween the w, 

 and Dr. Heiisuall. A rod 

 if of bamboo, and !) to 10 

 gives, to my feeling, the ' 

 light euougii for all day ci 

 from that disagreeable to] 



found in the mere whips i 



called," would develop : 

 Manv an augler. myself ; 



tell a "irnul lie." discovered Ihai his rod was much lie 

 by the scales than he supposed: llui- reversing, you will per- 

 ceive, the effect of the scales upon the weight' of our fish 

 which we bad fondly "guessed" to be much heavier. 



M '- MIA'ITAN. 

 New York. 



Does not the argument about light rods vs. heavy seem to 



llcbldcd, 



•d that I 



wood, 

 then, 



e free 

 to be 

 help 



-. "so 

 inces. 



tag to 



5 like the old darkcv 



Wh 



stream was weedy ou the sides 

 trout by the suddenness of their i 



under the grass. breaking loose fn 

 lightness and the rod being too 

 Old Hickory says, such is life. 

 Fife Lake, Mich; 



id the different 

 What he ! hough! 

 - going to heaven, bul by 

 ■ all alter fish, bul with 



if tin- advocates of light 

 tor lish or spoil' I have 

 c- i , a longing for a big 

 on. I il more gralitica- 

 :;hi roil l'..r a -pace sav of 

 added two or three to' his 

 tV-lsh to be understood as 



a ffl.uV.ll thing mi small 

 Id hav,- splendid results 

 II rod, and wished for n>v 

 r,-s for this reason. The 

 and 1 lost several large 

 sing and making a rush 

 n the tackle, owing to the 

 iniber for them. But us 

 W. E5. 31. 



FLY-CASTING TOURNAMENTS. 



XN response to an inquiry from Mr. George Shepard Page, 

 who is now in England. Mr. Reuben Wood furnished 

 to the London Finking SazBtte the following letter: 



We asked Mr. Geo. S. Page if he could give us any par- 

 ticulars of the fly-casting tournaments in the States, and he 

 has very kindly obtained the following most, inn-resting in- 

 formation from Mr. Reuben Wood, the present champion 

 fly-caster.— Ed. 



"Jury KS. 1882. 

 "To Geo. Shepard Page. Esq., London, England. 



"Deak Sfr — Your very~kind favor of .lime 28th just at 

 hand, through Forkst a.nd Stkkam. 



"I herewith enclose printed rules as desired, taken from 

 published report of the Stale Association. I would add, no 

 person is eligible to enter a contest unless a member of a 

 club in good standing, and the club one of those forming 

 the Slate Association, for the protection and propagation of 

 fijh and game. 



"The intention of the originators of these contests, I 

 think, was to encourage and instruct amateurs in fly-casting; 



of the poinfs < 

 unequalled fpr 



but, by some means, of late years the judges have! - laid but 



Copt distance, a ruling 



distance, ( deprecate, 



In- able to cast, a long 



tame time do it. in the most awkward 



ice poims in handling a fly-rod for 



racy' (in being able to casl his fly 



), 'delicacy' tin being able to drop 



water), and 'style' (being able io 



and graeefully. Using both hands 



practical fly fisherman) be entirely 



•ed wiili England, ne- 



little stress uf 



that, while l stand' 



from the fad that v 

 distance, he mayal the .- 

 manner, and in the n 

 fishing, such as 'nccu 

 direct to a certain spot 

 his fly lightly upon the 

 handle ins rod easily 

 equally well, iu fact, :) 

 deficient. 



"The art is, as eompa 

 I am sorry to SE 

 tend our contc;s 

 nection and in 

 Pigeon Slaughi 

 than the objecl originally uni- 

 formed, and as the~name of the 

 'For the protection and propagi 



"I would advise (1.) Keep yoi 

 ate- from any other sport. (:>. 

 your old men who have a reput; 

 'edge of the ait as practiced, a 



1 am assured that it was guessed al , 



rith us, and 

 best liy-fishermen do not. as a rule, al- 

 ibi; reason that they an- held iu con- 

 ;asurc as a side show 'to the Grand 

 the grand object of the gathering, rather 

 n the association was 

 iion would imply- 



sting entirely separ- 



vour judges from 



d a thorough know! 



lived to capture the 



Green has a record, 



le best, sources 



the first year' 



any report was made of the length of the cast. For the next 



