Oct. 19, 1883,1 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



209 



Tiaa-i: .\.\i|-:(Ji!urMis. — liidiiMiChi. Oct. M— Tin- \» called- 

 is -Ml very warm,* and the clucks, etc., are sldw in erhriing 

 tbisj-flrny, I have titled a few blue and green winged teal 

 and a fefl pintail ducts, and coy firsl jacfcmipe on Hie 34th 

 nil. in Hie surrounding country quail' iiii'l pinnated grouse 

 are vr,A plenty, espeeLTlv the former, whirl, hare been shot 

 iit. very little, nodus the summer raine have buea plentiful, 

 they have Bploudid i over and will gi*e fine shooting all win- 

 ter; but those wishing io hap them must haite a good dog 

 ami li.H.i straight, ,,i ili.-y will "gel left," Any ono having 

 the means ami wishing fine quail shooting, let them eotile 

 "us hew now. and they tan have all they waul all along the 

 line of railroad (Cull'. Western Texas $ Pacific) and any- 

 where along the bay shore or river botitfm, with pleasanl 

 wi ather up io January, jusl cdoleno-ugli to tramp, and, with 

 a Eew exceptional Stormy days, all winter — no snow or ice — 

 and a.-priukle of all kinds of game.-- G. A. 



Iowa.— Kidgeway. on 3.— Chicken shooting has been 

 goingon fbrsls weeks, ami we have been disappointed at 

 results. We thought before the season opened that wewore 

 going to have better sporl than lor the last four or five 

 years, but we have hail no better, if as good, 1 don't think 

 il is from any scarcity of birds, but from an increase in the 

 amount of COM grown, and more particularly from our hav- 

 ing had sis weeks hoi weather -with hardlv am- rain, there- 

 by holding the birds In the corn until very late in. the even- 

 ing, 1 think we have Dleut} of quail this reason, and snipe 

 ami duck are beginning to come round. I am glad to bo 

 able lo tell you thai I have never seen the game lows better 

 Observed round here than they have hem this season,— 

 ( i -I'lini. 



lip S h< 



in Xi-rc ,)i;ii-ky.— Tom's River, X. .1.. Oct. 8.— 

 toting has begun here. On Friday, 6th Inst., there 

 ., iod many birds, 1 moved at least si-wiily live on 

 one spDt of ahoui sis acres; was working two puppies, so 

 did not make much of a bay. On Saturday 1 fouuil ahoui 

 twenty birds.— H. ('. Gi.ovkii. 



(tjiuiD Jfirc JfUiUcrim^. 



'•That reminds raft." 



/ i I'S is a good wingshot, inveterate wag and au un- 

 \T mereif id practical joker. One morning befOrehe had 



passed lite lown limits on his daily hunt, he was overtaken 

 by an old farmer in his rockrfway returning to bis home. 

 three miles in the country, after taking the girls to school. 

 Eivr on the alert for a lih. the platter of the vehicle caused 

 Gus lohiok back fur the chance, and he chuckled when he 

 recognized the .-ingle occupant of that roomy conveyance 

 bound for the very ground selected for tjja-1 day's hunt. 

 So confidetii wa- he of a cordial 'get in" thai ho stopped 

 and waited lor I he old man to come up, when, lo his idler 

 duuibl'outidiiii'tit, the driver merely bowed as he drove, on. 

 Aware that the old fellow was a little hard o' hcarinc, litis 

 yelled, "Lem me ride?" "Hey?" as lite old man's head 



popped out of the rodkaway. ft.sUw ftffchor dragged Gus 

 ihrcw up a hand as a signal lo land and take in a passenger, 

 while he moved up with an unwonted agility, repeating, 

 "Lent me rider Sailing on the captain of the craft in- 

 formed Gus in im>st anc'tUODB tones, "I'm onlv goin' I wo or 

 three hundred yards down lit.- road." 



Trudging on to the topof a hill beyond the firsl milestone, 

 G-us espied the rookawayin front of the toll gate keeper's 

 smith.", which is nearly two miles from town, and determined 

 to climb in and tide the last mile and a qiiartcr; he quick- 

 ened his gait and came almost alongside, when the brakes 

 were loosed and the old gentleman again jogged on. Al the 

 next lurn in the roa I a glimpse wa.- CaUgki Of that vehicle 

 disappearing up the ayeuues. 1 don't think thtd Gus ever 

 was a model Sunday school scholar, for he was always fluent 

 as an unique orator, and he .-plead himself in a soliloquy on 

 that occasion which blued the Circumambient to It shade 

 thai it WOuld he a gun-barrel coloror'.- delight lo n produce. 



Late in lite afternoon, loaded with game', .•>- was a matter 

 of cour-e. the fagged oul sportsman had lighted his pipe and 

 was taking a re-i oil the top rail of a worm fence bttfore 

 entering on the home stretch -thai most unpleasant, ex- 

 hausting part of a pedestrian's day's sport. Being in sight 

 of that avenue, ho was relieving himself of a ball mental, 

 half multcrcd .supplement to his morning soliloquy, which 

 a realization thai al thai, time of day nin.l v-niin- oi every 

 hundred vehicles were leaving town ' had little tendency to 

 iraiiquilize. There is yal "hiilm in Gilcad," thought Gus, 

 when he heard a vehicle coming his way. Imagine his dis- 

 gusi '.vhen In 1 discovered thai same old 'larmor in an open 

 buggy, lei-urelv driving a mild eyed, mild-m'iinered cow. 

 Formal .-alutatlons wore exchanged, lan apparently no balm 

 for Gus in thai turnout, Just before reaching the pike the 

 cow remembered that she had forgollen something and must 

 go bank, and to (Jus's no little delight scorned all the gentle- 

 man's remonstrances. Springing t'tom his buggy he rushed 

 down the road after her, yelling to Gus, "Head that cow! 

 head that cow!" Gus didn't move except to encourage the 

 rebellions brute, and when the accommodating (?) farmer - 

 came puffiug abreast that unfeeling fellow, without deigning 

 Jiim a glance, Gus consoled him with "Oh, she's only goin' 

 two or thtee hundred yards down the road." Last seen 

 of the old man he w.,s "clipping it" across the fields with 

 little prospect of gelling ahead of that cow before she 

 reached the nearesl house, nearly two miles from where 

 Gas continued to sit, complacently smoking, so long as the 

 cloud of dust gave evidence that the cow was still on the 

 move. J. T. B. 



Sleepv Hollow. Ky. 



Every one who ha- -hot ducks on the Gunpowder Bridge 

 know.- old manS..oncol the bcsl shot.- and best clairnnrs 

 that ever fired a gun from thai very popular shooting plat e. 



I he -M man has a very heavy mUZZle-loadlng gun, No. 7 

 tore, i h»l kicks like,, mule. 'When he (ires it he always 

 throws himself forward so as to meei the m- ,;i. and not ho 

 kicked over backwards, One day when the old man was 

 rowing home, be saw a large bunch of ducks flying toward 

 him. lb- stood up in hi- boal and prepared himself for a 

 shot, expecting to knock two or three duck- oul of the 

 bunch, lie L'ol .-e;hl on Ilium, pulled the trigger and threw 



himself forwaid to meet liar recoil, bul theold gun missed 



lire, and Daddy S. Weill h ■■■> I- omt head into Ihe river, gun 

 iiial all. The old man is near eighty, but has rceeiuh taken 

 unto, himself a buxom wib ,.f eighteen; and say- lie ' llaim 

 going to shoo! no itiore on thai bridge: there is tog many 

 go! darned claimcr-. -hoot- theru for h'un " 

 " ft^&WtC, (Jot | 



jfiw unit Hirer ^inhimi 



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' U't.N Seasons. — Sse Mk <//' opm .«;w«/'" gam '</,</ f.*/, 

 n, iwu&Df .Inly 20. 



Th-re is. I think, a love, of novelty in all anglers. We prefer to fish 

 new waters when u,. on. and it is sometimes pleasauter to explore, 

 even without success, than lo take fish In familiar places. New and 

 une -■■ rv i- always worth finding.— w. c. Pioai:. 



THE ANGLERS' TOURNAMENT. 



\V •'- republish the directions for listening the grounds 

 »' and Ihe rides governing the tournament. Tbe first 

 annual Emu- -i ami Sikkam Anglers' Tonjliametli will be 

 held at Harlem Mere. Central Park, New York city, On 

 Thuredny, Oct. I!). The only poal putieiaefll will be on ac- 

 counl of rain, when it wiirtike place the first fair day fol- 

 lowing. The ground- can be reached from the City liall in 

 fortytive minute-, eii her in the Sixth- or Ninth avenue Me- 

 valid road-, or by the the Third avenue line. In the case 

 of ihe two former the visitor will leave the road at One Hun- 

 dred and Sixteenth stivcl. and a I wdve-ininute walk will 

 bring him to the spot Should he go by Third avenue, then 

 the nearest station is One Hundred and sixth street, which 



leads directly into the park a few .Muds south of Ihe lake. 

 KlM.KS I'olt f'l.Y AM) P, \-s (\\STINCI. 

 >tN(!l.K-IIANI)l-:r> CONTESTS. 



I. No rod shall exceed eleven led six inches in length, 

 and it shall be used with a single hand 



•J. Any -lyle of reel or line will be allowed, but a leader. 

 or casting line of single gut. of not less ihau eight feet in 

 lengthy to which three dies, one stretcher and two droppers, 

 shall be attached. 



8. No allowance -of distance shall be made for difference 

 in length of rods. 



I. Person- cnieihie these pbntests shall draw tots to deter- 

 mine tiio order in which iheywill cast, and will be ready 

 to cast when called by the judges. 



5 Each contestant will be allowed live minutes to cast 

 tor ili-i,iuce and will then -bind aside until called in his turn 

 loe:i-i for delicacv and accuracy, when he will he allowed 

 live minutes for ihi- purpose. 



G. The distance slndl lie measured by ,1 line with marked 

 buoy- Btretched on the water, -aid line to he measured and 

 verified b\ ihe judges at least ome each day of the casting 

 A mark shall be made on the around from which the buoy 

 line shall be measured and ihe easier may aland with his 

 toes touching thfe mark bul may not advance beyond ii 



BhOUld lis Step hack Of it. unless directed SO to do by !iie 



judges, the lo- in distance shall be his. 



7. The stretcher lly mu.-i remain at the end of the basting 

 line in all oasts. The others are not deemed SO important. 

 A contestant may claim time i^v repairs, which shall be al- 

 lowed by the judges, Or the judges may order the icxi on 

 the list to cast while repairs are made, in their discretion, 



SALMON l.'l.V CASTING. 



1. The foregoing rules .shall govern, except that, the rods 

 shall not exceed twenty feel in length, and may he used 

 with both hands, and that only one liy will he required. 



iii-;a\ v bass cAstqto. 

 llodsshali notexbeed ten fee) inleagth, any t£el may be 

 ii-ed. hut the line shall lie of linen not less than twelve 

 threads. The ca.-ts shall be math' with sinkers, weighimi 

 two and a half buncos. (These will he furnished by the 

 coinmill.ee). The casts shall be made in lane formed by 

 the buoy line and a line parallel to it, and distant twenty 

 feel. Each ebuteatanl will be allowed live casts. Mis casts 

 within the lilies shall be measured, added, and divided by 

 five and Ihe result shall constitute his score. 



LIGHT PASS CAST, N<;. 



The above rules shall govern except that the sinker shall 



be one ounce, and there shall be no restriction as to lines. 



COMMITTER OP A Till A SOEMIi.NTS. 



Francis JSkdicott, President Richmond Co. N. V. Game and Fish 

 P;-.,t, c:ive Ass.ieiaiion. (,'liainnAn. 



James Ugnkahh. l'ivsii|,-nl Smiili Side Sportsman's club of) Long 

 Island. 



Wai.ikh M. Brackett, Viee-I'residenl MassAelui.sc.tt.s Fish and 





. l'isl, 



Haknkt 1'hii.lu's, Secretary Amcric 



■ N'ork. 



- Booi of the Black Hftss." 



iNf Stiik.v.m. New York, 

 tlllioa Of Technology. Ii'>l»r, 



i f'isii Cultural Association. 



We ask 



3d 1) 



rules g< 



Vein 

 ,! tbi 



may be 



era thro 



bii-s. In 



fight 

 t we 



MINNOW-CASTING FOR BLACK BASS. 



\ T the coming Forest and Stream Anglers' Tourna- 

 xjL ment it has been suggested that a contest in castin,, 

 the minnow, as for black bass, should be arranged. The 

 committee has considered the question, and, owing to tbe 

 length of the programme and the apparent lack of interest 

 in such a contest, have decided not lo attempt it this year, 

 llenshall to give us his views of what the 

 J such a contest should be. fje has kindly 

 i. .and we publish Ihcm below. The Doctor 

 isayingthai the number of black bus- cast 

 the country exceed- those who fish forstriped 

 ould except the Atlantic co:e,t from this esti- 

 mate. Again, the black bass flshi ra of the East seldom cast 

 the minnow, and it is doubtful if I here would be three cn- 

 tries in -ui h a class; bul by publishing the proposed rules il. 

 will call allcnlion to the sii'bjcel. and perhaps such a contest 

 may be arranged another year. 



Jilt. llk.N-HAI.l.'- l'itol'OSED RULES. 



Cyn miANA, Ky., Sept. 27. 



is there is to be a contest for "bait -casting for striped 



bags-," there i- m. rea$Qn why there should be none for 



"bait-casting for black bass," There are one hundred bait- 



lishers for black lee- 1,0 one of Striped bass anglers in the 



the follow ing.-oggesl ion- for role- for such a con- 

 tCgit: 



l No allowance foj .length orweightof rod-, but they 

 -hail b,. not less than eighl feel in length ami not feas. than 

 iljyen ouocss in v ., ■■_ 



u'. In easting, ihe iod is to he Used with one liiind. 



:t. Only multiplying reels to he allowed, clicks or drags 

 not permitted, as the rendering of the line, in easting, must 

 be conlroled by the thumb alone. 



t. Lines shall be of not less caliber than No. 6, braided 

 •ilk or I'm, ii. No, i ^r.i-s line, or corresponding size- oi i i Ju r 

 material. 



5. The weight of artificial bait and sinker mil to exceed 

 one and one-half ounce-, and the same bait and sinker to be 

 used by each contestant. 



There in io hi be prize- offered for both distance and ac- 

 curacy. The casts for accuracy lo be at Iweiily yard- 'lis 

 lance. 



Tie foregoing rule- will Ije bet ler understood in regain lo 

 (heir limitations, when 1 say ihal with a tivc-ounee si i IT 



rod of five feet 



in 1. 



ngtli. 



I can c:is 



I a minnow nearly 



twice- the distant 



c. Ih.-i 



1 will 



the ordii 



uiry ninc-fci t. ejght- 



OUllcc rod. espei 



ialh 1 



y u-ii 



igon exi re 



nclv s„, : ill line, as a 



single thread of 



-cvill: 



• -ilk. 



Il is ther 



■fore proper lo limit 



'hem to practica 





■l'di'.:i 



rv tackle 



It is also im;orlant 



that the same ba 



i and 





• shnll be u 



sed by each cOlltOBt- 



ant. as the be&vi 



■r Ihe 



lilll. t 



he further 



it can be cast, 

 ,1. A. IIk.nsh.m.i.. 



CAMPS ON THE WAY. 



I.— TUOCTTSO ON TEONDER RIMCIt. 

 "Wouldst thou rest 

 .Awhik from tui'inoil mid the fends ot men 

 These old and friendly solitudes invite 



Thy visit." — Bryant 



EVKli since I went trout-fishing with grandpap Farring- 

 t.on on a tiny Stream one sunny afternoon awa\ up in 

 the While Mouniaiiis, I h.-tvc Wanted to be with I lit- trout 

 again. That was a matter of a dozen years ago at the least. 

 atid yet I have never forgollen the savage jerk a hall-pound 

 fellow gave my line on that occasion." Grandpap and 1 

 fished with worms. 1 do not know that he had ever -ecu an 

 artificial (ly in his life; most certainly I had hot. Dropping 

 mv worm in Ihe holes :il random sifter iln- fashion of my 

 chub fishing in boyhood days, J happened lo let il fall at die 

 •ihre of :i bil of ovi rhanging rock, and like a bolt from 

 :i cifi— -bow that half pounder struck it. The surprise was 

 mutual, but I am bound to confess that the fi-h r covered 

 before I did. and as a consequence he had all the 



hims 

 gOtt 



til. 



Although 1 failed to hook him, I have never for- 

 aud as each fishing season has come round since 



uiory of the jus 

 •earns held by o 

 l&l summer p'ilg 

 Au Sable .and wa.- content \ 

 Beginning w.th a lamarac ( 

 vanced In ci,.-Y *tagCS ill t 



Nil 



of hi 



come beckoning 

 ribe. 



lie to Ihe Michigan 

 the crayl: 



nlr.v 



a gtasshoppwliait, lad" 

 oi fishing on the open 

 walcrsofth.it -li'eam .and ils tributary, Big (reek, until 

 Anally accoutred with ii decent, fly-rod and a lank well 

 stocked with the best flies, 1 came to imagine myself a fairly 

 good tlv fisherman, if not a little more than fairly good with 

 the grayling. But the gravliug of the Au Sable cannot Inst 

 always. Had fishermen co tented themselves with liillingno 

 more than enough to supply their own camp tables, .May ling 

 li-hing would still he in i'.s' prime in that stream. But the 

 average fisherman is seldom satisfied with enough for 

 camp use. lie musi forsooth send !i.-h home to friends, and 

 so the unlucky grayling have been killed by Ihe thousand 

 and shipped i'o distant parts to become stale' on the road. 



And so last year when my quondam fishing friend. Dr. 

 Walter, of Marietta, Ohio, met me at the "Porks" of Big 

 Creek for a two weeks' lish, we found the fishing somewhat 

 tedious; and this year I resolved lo renew my acquaintance 

 with the tribe to which the fellow belonged 'who bit so sav- 

 agely at my hook lhat sunny afternoon away up in the 

 White Mountains. 



Every one, J Suppose, who purposes trying new walcrs, 

 cNpi-rieiu c- more or less difficulty in getting satisfactory in- 

 formal ion concerning Ihe same. I know such has been the 

 case with me, and 1 write this and the one or two articles 

 which may fo'low- more for the purpose of telling what little 

 1 learned about the fishing localities 1 was in the past season 

 than for any oilier purpose. Having made up my mind as 

 lot-he kiud'of fish 1 would seek, [looked lo Wisconsin or 

 the Upper Mil higan peninsula a- the place to go. Of course 

 I examined the ''Sportsman's Gazetteer" and the hack vol- 

 umes of Foi:i;st am) Sihkam. and of course 1 got informa- 

 tion. I>ul I did more; I studied tbe map— especially of 

 Wisconsin — and wrote letters to men whom I knew and 

 whom I did not know — to lawyers, doctors, preachers, post 

 masters, lumbermen and station agents. Enclosing to each 

 a Stamped envelope and a list of questions, which, if an- 

 swered, would give the infonualioi 1 was after, il would 

 seem that 1 ought to have laid in such a fund of knowledge 

 concerning Northern Wisconsin al least, where by far the 

 linger number of niy correspondents lived, as to have been 

 at. no loss whatever concerning the location of its many 

 trout streams. But alas, my bureau failed me! Oul of the 

 lot I got but three answers that had information in tlem 

 and were serviceable to me. The otherb went to the waste 

 basket, and while I am thankful to the writers, on general * 

 principles, I do not think 1 will ever again open a corres- 

 pondence ou so extensive a scale with a view of learning 

 where fish do bite. The outcome of it all was Thunder 

 Rival was selected as the first objective point. This stream 

 has no place on any of the map.- thai I have .-ecu. bul it was 

 enough to know that I had to go to Peshtigo, near the north 

 shore of Given Bay, and then 'VagOn oul about filly mile: 



On the morning ol the I8th Of July we 

 the seat of a once thrivfng lumber trade 

 ingbeeu twice swept away by fire. The • 

 prebends George, Edward, Qscar, and 

 companions wire ybubg men and in no sense spoilsmen. 

 George was a'n old' camper — had been with me on a half 

 dozen extended trip-, and was a good camp cook and camp 

 "lender." He Inula nose lor berries, and would u alk fur- 

 ther lor r.-i-phcirv or •'buckle" than any other person I ever 

 knew: but he neither lished nor shot. Neither of (he oilier 

 two had ever been in Ihe wood.- before, and both were out. 

 this time on account of had health. tTnexpeCtediy We met 

 with trouble al the very outset. Usually it is no hard mat- 

 ter to find teamsters during the -uiiiiih r season iu any lum- 

 ber town, ready for an Undertaking of the kind we wore in, 

 but, for some rl a-oii. no one hankered after tin; job that day. 

 Hotiitace, il i.- line, was M uile willing to send us to L ke 

 Nokcbay, where he as.-ured u- ol plenty ol bass • 

 cii.'l fishing, and that, when we lired of that, sane One who 

 lived al llie lake Would for a consideration, hilch ui, and 

 lake n- io ThUBfier The road lo Nok-e hay, he taid, was 

 ciuitfi good, else he would iiul he able lo send u- en there 

 iVblf light Wttfoa, A.copflSfa((tA hi. T plan h wouty liav« 



.died l'\.shiigo, 

 ud famous for hav- 



v-.!i Mv lln 



