4§0 
FOREST AisriD STREAM. 
There shall be made five casts at each buoy. If the fly falls 
upoa th« buoy cast at, the accuracy shall be considered perfect; 
for each foot, or fraction of a foot, from such buoy a demerit 
bf one shall be made; the sum total of such demerits divided by 
thtefe shall be considered the demerit per cent., the derrierit 
pet cfent. deducted fi-om 100 shall be the accuracy per cent. In 
afittitioii there shall be kept an jSccount of delicacy; 100 per fcent. 
being considered perfect. The delicacy percentage shall be deter- 
mind by the two judges and the referee, e&ch of whom shall 
mark tlife pet cent, to which, in his opinion, the contestant is en- 
titled. The sum total of svich percentage as so marked, divided 
by three, shall be the delicacy per cent. The delicacy per cent, 
ahd aCcnracy per cent, shall be added together, and divided by 
Iwoi and the result shall be the percentage; the contestant having 
the highest percentage shdll be declared the wiilner. Scoring shall 
begin the first time Ay strikes the water. When contestant has 
made five casts, judges will announce "next buoy"; contestant 
inust then lift his line, and ih not less than one nor niore than five 
dry casts reach the next buoy, scoring to begin the first time fly 
strikes , the water. A like_ procedure sliall be followed. No 
fecore shkW be cbuiited if fly is lost during the casting. Loose line 
on platform, or coil of line in hand, is not permitted in this event. 
All casting shall be done from the reel. 
This i.s a very complex and difficult event to score, 
but it is an important competition, since it is thotight to 
most nearly bring into play the qualifications of the prac- 
tical fly-caster in fishing. The judges on accuracy were 
Messrs. D. W. Tower and Fred Divine, Chase S. Os- 
borne, referee. Messrs. A. Stuart and H. G. Hascall 
were judges on delicacy. The score of tlie winner, Mr. 
Bellows, may be detailed in example. At the 35ft. buoy 
he fell short of perfect in five casts respectively, i, i, 2, 
I and ift., or 6ft. total. At the 40ft. buoy he scored o 
("perfect," or a hit of the buoy), i, i, i, r, or only 4ft. 
short of perfect. At the 45ft. buoy he scored 2, 2, i, 2, 2, 
or 9ft. short of perfect. Tlis total demerits would there- 
lore be loft. This, divided by 3, would give his average 
demerit, or 6.33 per cent, leaving his record 100 per cent, 
less 6.33, or 93.66 per cent., so far as his accuracy was 
concerned. Meantime the delicacy judges were watch- 
ing his style of laying and lifting his fly. They each set 
down an arbitrary per cent, of demerit on this, and ad- 
ding these the total was 27, which, divided by 2, made 
135/2, or the average of the judges" opinion of his deli- 
cacy demerit. From 100 subtract isyi, and you have 
86.50, his per cent, in delicacy. Add to this his accu- 
racy per cent., and you have 180.16. Divide this by 2 and 
you get 90.08, which is his record in the event. It may 
be seen the judging is not simple. Mr. Peet was sec- 
ond in this event, 83.75, and President Waddell came in 
for third, 81.33. Goodsell, of Chicago, was fourth, 79.00, 
his retrieve being too coarse in his anxiety to plug the 
buoys. 
The foHowing tables show the records of tlie day: 
Third. 
Second. Dry Fly 
Accuracy Accuracy 
Bait and Dehcacy. 
First. 
Distance and 
Accuracy. 
Itha H. Bellows 8S.00 
Fred N. Peet S7.00 
B. \V. Goodsell 89.3.3 
E. Crofton Fox 86.6G 
John Waddell 85.3.3 
Geo. H. Newell 79.60 
Geo. W. Strell 
Ashley C. Smith 
H. G. Hascall 72,66 
85.40 
77.00 
93.20 
90,00 
81.40 
90.08 
83.75 
79.00 
78.58 
81.33 
51.08 
50.08 
THURSDAY, SECOND DAY, JUNE 9. 
The weather was cooler, with clouds. It sprinkled rain 
a dozen times, btit mercifully held off. The buoy-line 
was shifted for the change of the wind, but really a 
calmer day cduld hardly have been found. One event 
was finished before noon, this bringing out eight entries, 
open only to local competitors. 
Fourth Event, Local Amateur. — Flj'-casting for accuracy at 
-buoys 30, 35, and 40ft. No limit to rod or line. Five casts at 
each buoy; one minute allowed to extend line. This is a special 
event for local amateurs. No one eligible who is not a resident 
of the State or has ever cast more than 60ft. in any tournament. 
(See first event for rules.) 
Judges were: I. H. Bellows and B. W. Goodsell. 
(It should be added that Mr. C. E. Brewster was official 
score keeper of the meeting.) The work was very pretty 
and spirited, showing a lot of style. Though compari- 
sons are not easy among such good ones, there was com- 
ment upon the elegance of Col. Fox's style of casting, 
which was very easy and fetching. He did not succeed, 
however, in collaring either Air. Waddell or Mr. Davis, 
who tied on 92.66. Mr. Stuart, a very clever amateur rod 
maker and fly-caster, was second high, 92.33. Col. Fox 
scored next, 90.66, and Messrs, Henry and Newell tied 
for fourth on 89.00. The ties were ordered cast off, and 
Waddell scored 93.66 to Davis' 91.33. In the tie on 
fourth ^Jew ell scored 92.66 to Henry's 91.00. This under- 
class division would give Davis nothing for his work, of 
course, but would put Waddell first alone. At the meet- 
ing after the close of the tournament the above ruling 
was reversed, and the principle of "high rods" adopted. 
Waddell and Davis under this ruling took first and 
second, thtts giving Stuart third and Fox fourth, shutting 
out Newell and Henry altogether. The rules are blind 
on this head. They should state the principle of division 
to be adoi)ted. Obviously the class-casting is the one 
naturally to be inferred. 
Fifth Event.— Bass fly-casting, distance and accuracy combined, 
at buoys 35, 45 and 50ft. No limit to rod or line. Thirty sec- 
onds allowed to extend line. Five casts at each buoy and five 
minutes allowed for long distance after making five casts at each 
buoy. Entry limited to parties who have never cast more than 
75ft. in any tournament. No. 6 fly used in tliis event. (See events 
No. 1 for accuracy and No. 6 for long distance.) 
Judges, Goodsell and Bellows; Strell, referee; Divine, 
timekeeper. 
This event attracted much interest, embracing as it 
did the long-distance cast, for which a special prize was 
■given. In the accuracy test Col. Fox, of Grand Rapids, 
was first, 91.66, closely crowded by Mr. Waddell, 91.00. 
Hascall, the only Chicago rod to enter, was third, 88.66, 
and also led the running in tlie long fly, 92ft.; Stuart, 
fourth, 87.66. It was pretty to see Hascall, who is slight 
of build, laying out the line foot by foot from his 9j''20z. 
tournament rod, and there was more excitement over this 
event than any other. Hascall scored along the buoys 
87, 87, 85, then he dropped back to 55, Oo, 65, and all 
thought him done. Then he crawled to 75, and with a 
jump went to 85, then 87, easy as eating peaches. He 
crawled on to 90, and then to 92ft., with small time to 
spare and well pumped out. 
In this event Mr. Waddell was a dangerous one, laying 
a tidy line, but his lighter rod wottld not ect him pa.st 
73ft. He scored nearly a dozen times within a foot or 
less of the 70ft. buoy, but got past, for 73ft. 
Col- Fox offered a nice type of casting, but his rod 
carried him only to 77ft. He was cool and collected, 
though casting very rapidly. He met some trouble with 
his line fouling, and lost two flies. He was a bit far 
back with his tip at times, and again too quick on his 
back cast, but yet he laid an elegant line, very close to 
thle buoys all the time. He kept ai-duhd 70, 72, 75 and 
76ft. for a long time. 
Mr. A. .Stuatt tried one of his own make of rods. The 
wind freshened up a bit nbw, and Mr. Stuart did not go 
after the long fly very hard, but quit after fouling his line, 
scoring 65ft. Mr. G. H. Newell, of Grand Rapids, is 
another amateur rod maker, an old gentleman, slight and 
nervous, very enthusiastic over fly-casting. He did not 
try for distance at all. Mr. Jas. Bayne also passed the 
distance competition, scoring only on accuracy. 
Mr. Ashley C. Sinith, of Chicago, made a good start 
in the accuracy event, and at the first buoy was only 
guilty of seven demerits. He fell off 21 points at the 
second buoy and 26 at the last, thus spoiling a good 
score by going to 82 per cent. In the long distance he 
ran up to 6sft., then 70, 71, 72. He fell back, but gained 
and scored 73, his top notch. He showed a neat style. 
Mr. D. G. Henry, of Grand Rapids, stopped at 85 per. 
cent., and started in on the long distance. Steadily he 
ran up to 68, 72, 73, 75 and 77ft., but stopped at the 
latter notch. Full scores are shown in the tables. 
Sixth Event.' — Long distance fly-casting. No limit to rod or 
line. Ten minutes allowed to extend line to greatest possible dis- 
tance. Each contestant shall stand on tlie platform and make his 
casts parallel with a long Hne upon whicli shall be accurately 
marked the points of distance from sucli platform. 
Fox and Adams, judges; Strell, referee; Rice, score 
keeper. 
Only four entered for this, it being conceded to the 
Chicago cracks, Goodsell, Bellows, Peet and Hascall. 
Goodsell took his time in his work, and was cool and 
regular. Fie changed rods once, but with either kept well 
between the 75 and 9ott. btxoys. He then crawled to 91K, 
and at last to 94^, which he could not pass. Goodsell 
has cast iioft. with the same j-od he used to-day. He 
thought the light air coming in across the lake was 
enough to prevent the coveted full extension of the leader 
at the crucial moment. 
Hascall Came again gamely, and crawled up 85, 88, 88, 
90. It began to rain a little now, but the wind kept down. 
Hascall removed his reel part of the time to rest his 
wrist, Capt. Peet handling his stock for him. It seemed, 
however, that Hascall could not equal his score in the 
preceding event. He retired with 9iJ^. 
Peet has a record of iiift. in Chicago records, and it 
was hoped would beat looft. here. The puzzling state of 
the rain-laden air bothered him, and he had trouble over 
the 90ft. buoy. Then he ran to 95, fell back and rallied 
again. He kept his tip up well, and did not get rattled. 
At last he rolled out 98ft., and could not pass that. 
Bellows was very cool and deliberate, and he ran to 
89 and 90 easily. At the end of six minutes he had 
touched 94. Fie then had trouble with weeds fonling his 
line, but gathered gamely and rolled out 98, tying Peet 
for first. Both men were pumped out, but were ordered 
to cast off the tie. In this Bellows scored 96ft., barely 
beating Peet, who scored 95J^. Under the system later 
adopted by the management, of abolishing classes, this 
would bring Bellows and Peet in for first and second 
prizes, Goodsell third, Hascall fourth. The medal and 
championship honors would thus supposably go to the 
winner in the tie for first. 
Seventh event, local amateur special, long distance fly, 
for I pair waders, special prize. Judges, Adams and Kel- 
sej^; Strell, referee; Divine, timekeeper. Five entries: 
Waddell. Fox, Henry, Newell, Bayne. 
Mr. Waddell led up to 71ft. three times. He showed 
good judgment, but had the fault of carrying his tip too 
far forward and too low. He scored 72ft. Col. Fox 
ran nicely and easily up 73, 76, 76/^2, and at last touched 
7714, which was high score. Mr. Henry worked up to 
72, tieing Waddell, but stopped there. Mr. Newell was 
nervous and new at this work, but to the delight of all 
scored 75ft., beating Mr. Bayne b}"- loft. 
The following table shows the records of the day: 
Seventh. 
, Fifth.; . Sixth. Special. 
Fourth. Bass Casting. I^ong Dist. Local 
Local Distance Accuracy. Fly Long Dist, 
Accuracy. Ft. Per cent Ft. Ft. 
John Waddell 92.66 73 91.00 .... 72 
A. Stuart 92.33 65 87. C6 
D. G. Henry 89.00 77 85.00 72 
Geo. H. Newell 89.00 .. 83.33 75 
Horace Davis 92.66 .. 
Harrv Ketchum 88.00 .. 
E. liice .....84.66 
E. Crofton Fox 90.66 77 91.66 .... 77% 
H. G. Hascall 92 88.66 91i^ 
Ashlev C. Smith 73 82.00 
Jas. iiayne 77.00 .... 65 
B. W. Goodsell 941/2 
F. N. Peet 98 
I. H. Beliows 98 
The winners of the six handsome medals, one of which 
was offered by the association for each event of the pro- 
gramme, were as follows: 
Event No. 1. — Fixed distance and accuracy, fly, B. W. 
Goodsell, Chicago, 89.33 per cent. 
Event No. 2.- — Long distance, bait, B. W. Goodsell, 
Chicago, 93.20 per cent. 
Event No. 3. — Dry fly, delicacy and accuracy, fixed dis- 
tance, Itha H. BelloAvs, Chicago, 90-08 per cent. 
Event No. 4. — Accuracy, fly, fixed distance, local ama- 
teur, John Waddell, Grand Rapids, 92.66 per cent, (win- 
ner of tie). 
Event No. 5. — Bass, fly, long distance and accuracy 
combined. Col. E. Crofton Fox, Grand Rapids, 91.66 per 
cent. (H. G. Hascall, Chicago, first in distance, 92ft.) 
Event No. 6. — Long distance fly, Itha H. Bellows, 
Chicago, 98ft. (winner of tie). 
Event No. 7. — ^Local amateur, long distance fly, special 
event. Col. E. Crofton Fox, Grand Rapids, 77^2^^- 
The medals are tasteful and neat, the design being that 
of reel and crossed rods, with latiding net. the bar above 
reading "World's Championship," and the plate below 
"Grand Rapids, Mich., June 8-9." 
A pleasant meeting of hosts and visitors occurred at 
the Military Club during the evening. The prizes were 
distributed, and many happ}' remarks and felicitations 
followed. The members of the Chicago, Fly-Casting Club 
expressed their thanks for the many courtesies shown 
them. The Michigan Fish and Game Protective League, 
through the State's attorney as presentation speaker, 
gave a handsome Coltls shotgun to Mr. Fred Adams, of 
the Press, of Grand Rapids, extending thanks to him 
for the benefits of his writings on outdoor sports. This 
gracious act to a good newspaper man was ciuite unex- 
pected. Fred Divine, of Utica, N. Y., who has been 
here through' the meet, was present this evening. It 
transpired that the "valuable prizes" offered as con- 
solation prizes are boxes of lead sinkers, the inference 
appearing to be that these may be useful to those who 
cannot cast the fly. 
The parties as made up for the fishing trips to-mor- 
row were announced, the name of the guest preceding 
that of the host who is to take him in charge. The 
names of the railroads and the streams that will be fished 
are also shown. It should be added that the courteous 
Grand Rapids men assume all the expense of these 
trips, which latter will be as follows: Strell and Fox, 
G. R. & T. R. R., Boardman; Peet and Waddell, C. & 
W. M. R. R., Pere Marquette; Divine and Flenry, G. R. 
& T. R. R., Maple; Hough and Widdicomb, G. R. & T., 
Boardman; Hascall and Rogers, G. R. & T. R. R., Mid- 
dle Branch, Pere Marquette; Smith and Brewster, C. & 
W. M. R. R., Little Manistee; Blackman and Rice, C. 
& W. M. R. R., Little Manistee; Porter and Ketcham, 
C. & W. M. R. R., Sable. 
Surely it was a great week at Grand Rapids. 
,„„^ ^ E, HOUGIL 
1206 BoYCE Building, Chicago. 
Maine Landlocked Salmon. 
If the readers of Forest and Stream want some fly- 
fishmg for salmon, as fine as can be had in this country,' 
they wdl take the advice of one who has been there, and 
go to Grand Lake, or Grand Lake Stream, which is the 
post-olhce address, in Washington county. Me. 
This place can be reached in two ways; either by going 
via the Canadian Pacific line to SL Stephen, N. B., thence 
across the river to Calais, Me., and thence via the St 
C:roix & Penobscot R. R.. from Calais to Princeton, 
thence small steamer across Long Lake, and stage of 
about three miles to Grand Lake Stream, and by leaving 
Boston at 8 A. M. one would arrive in Calais at night 
and take the train the next morning for Princeton and 
get into Grand Lake Stream (which is the outlet of 
Grand J_.ake) in time for dinner. 
This is the way that I went in, but I am inclined to 
think that a pleasanter way is that which I took coming 
out, which going in would be via Winn. By leaving 
Boston at 7 P. M. a sleeper may be taken to Winn 
arriving there at 7:23 A. M., get breakfast there; or leav- 
ing Boston at 8 A. M. Winn is reached at 5:25 P. M • 
remain there over night at Col. Gates' Hotel, where a 
fine supper and bed can be obtained, much better than 
usually found in the woods. Early in the morning have 
the Colonel hitch up one of his good teams for an eigh- 
teen mile drive to Duck Lake. This is over a good 
turnpike road, smooth enough for wheeling, so that it 
is a pleasure rather than a discomfort. 
It would be advisable to have your guide (and I know 
of no better one than Ross Yates, whose post-office ad- 
dress is Grand Lake Stream, Me., and who, if he could 
not go, can be depended on to recommend the next best 
man, either Abram McArthur, Will GolHn, lUsley Beach 
or Frank Bagley, in the order named) meet you at Duck 
Lake with his canoe to take the "sport" after he has had 
his dinner at Gowell's, at Duck Lake, which is reached 
about noon, for a canoe trip for the rest of the way 
(eleven miles) to Grand Lake, the distance being one 
mile across Duck Lake, thence one-half mile through 
a short stream connecting Duck Lake with Junior Lake, 
which is a distance of six miles across to Junior Lake 
Stream, which is three miles long, and empties into 
Grand Lake. , 
I found a very nice place to stop at Grand Lake was 
Frank Ball's, where one will find a good bed and Mrs. 
Ball a good cook, anu Frank Ball an entertaining fellow, 
he having charge of the club house at this place. One 
will find here plenty of comfort, and if a bath is needed, 
it can be taken in the lake, as porcelain tubs are not 
provided. 
In case there are ladies in the party, it might be 
advisable to make headquarters at W. O. Shaw's, Dobsis^ 
Lake, which is reached by stage drive of eighteen miles 
from Winn to Bottle Lake, thence by canoe trip of ten 
miles from Bottle Lake to Dobsis Lake. At W. O. 
Shaw's, whose post-office address is South Springfield, 
Me., one finds more in the way of luxuries, nice beds 
and a good table, etc., and it is an ideal place to stop. 
It is onlj' a short canoe trip from Dobsis to Grand 
Lake, so that a fisherman can start out in the morning 
and in one hour be at Grand Lake, and on the best fish- 
ing grounds. ' 
The more I travel about (and I have visited nearly 
all the fishing waters of Maine) the more impressed I 
am with the advancement made by the guides. Fifteen 
years ago, while to be sure you could get a good guide 
if you were lucky enough to strike the right man, it was 
very apt to be the case that you would get a mighty 
poor one; but the increased travel creating a demand for 
first-class work has stimulated the guides to educate 
themselves for the proper performance of their duties, 
and they are now as intelligent and trustworthy and 
companionable a set of men as one can find in the length 
and breadth of our great country. This fact alone added 
much to the pleasure of my recent tri" to Grand Lake, 
and in justice to Ross Yates, who did me such good 
service, I cannot help saying that he is one of the best 
men I have ever met in his line of work, and could net a 
salmon quicker than any man I ever saw. We landed 
a number and did not miss a single one. 
My companion and I arrived at Grand Lake Stream 
Saturday noon, Mav 21, had a very nice dinner at Tom 
Calligan's, it being necessary to stop with a private 
family, as there is no regular hotel in the place, and Mr. 
CaUigan is a gentleman of the first water, besides being 
the town treasurer, and nothing was too good for us. 
We had the front chamber, which, unlike most spare 
rooms in the country, was full of fresh sleeping air, and 
he and his charming daughters did everything they could 
to make our stay a pleasant one. 
We fished a little during the afternoon, but with not 
much luck, as there was hardly a ripple on the surface 
of tlte lake and the sun was hot enough to boil the fish 
