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awakened to the fact that market hunters are responsible 
for the, rapid depletion of their fields and forests of 
game birds, and have in most States formed very strong 
and influential bodies for the better protection of the 
birds, and their standard is "Stop the sale of game." 
The Forest and Stream, the leading paper on sport 
in America, has long advocated the non sale of game, 
and has been largely instrmnental in bringing about this 
change of sentiment from the old one of "Kill all and 
by any means." The great plank in that paper's plat- 
form to-day is "Stop the sale of game." If there is to 
be an amendment to the act, let that clause be inserted. 
Residents of Hornby and Denman islands are complain- 
ing bitterly of the destruction of the blue grouse on 
those islands by pot-hunters for sale. The respectable 
class all say, "Stop the sale of game." 
"Whete Is the Long Island Protector? 
Long Island, N. Y., April 17. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: A few days ago' I happened to get hold of one 
of your papers, and I found in it some of the best read- 
ing matter or sporting events that I have ever read, and 
was also surprised to hear of so much agitation and dis- 
cussions on spring shooting. Now I live on a meadow 
in Jamaica Bay, and if there is a place in this world that 
needs the game laws enforced more than this bay does, 
then I will 'give it up. I have killed about 100 black 
ducks and geese this past season, all shot according to 
law; and I safely predict that if the three evils of dusking 
ducks, jacking geese and spring shooting were abolished 
there would be no trouble to get a mess of birds most 
any day. It seems to me that there are no game war- 
dens in this bay. because the violators of the game laws 
are constantly dusking ducks and jacking geese. 
It would be no trouble to catch these men, and I would 
like to have your paper give the matter a little considera-' 
tion, as I, for one. even though a bay man, would like 
to continue gunning in a legitimate way, but if things 
continue, I suppose I will have to get in line and violate 
too in order to get a bird or so. 
One week last fall three men went jacking geese twice 
a night, and got 23 for the week's shooting, and then 
the birds disappeared and did not show up again until 
this spring. 
Now I will go further and name the places where the 
men can be caught. Jacking geese is done all along the 
meadow shore, principally West bay, Grassy bay, narrow 
bays and head of bay. Dusking ducks is done on Spring- 
field meadows by about 20 men each night, and on the 
other meadows of the bay by about three or four men on 
each. It would be a happy evening for me in the fall if 
I could go to bed knowing that on the morrow I would 
have a chance at the geese and ducks as of old. Hoping 
I have made no enemies. A Bayman. 
Docks in Massachusetts. 
Broo KLINE, Mass., April 19. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: I was much surprised in reading Special's 
article, dated April 13, at the statement "ducks of all 
kinds are protected from April 15 to September i," and 
I would like to call attention to the fact that in the State 
of Massachusetts black ducks, wood ducks and teal are 
protected from March i to September i. 
This is a new law, and I fear many people are in ig- 
norance of it, and many more people, I grieve to say, 
do not care. 
A great many black ducks have been killed on Cape 
Cod since the first of March this year, and yet I have 
heard of no one being called to account. Laws that are 
not enforced are precious little good, and game wardens 
(if there are any on Cape Cod) seem to have the same 
pleasing characteristic. Whistler. 
That Court Document* 
St. Augustine, Fla. — Editor Forest and Stream: The 
"court document" concerning the case of the Marlin 
Arms Co. versus G. O. Shields, ex-game and plume bird 
exterminator par excellence of the South and West, fell 
somehow into my hands a few days ago, and as a sample 
of ingenious bamboozling and hoodwinking by the party of 
the second part, I found it as amusing as one of David 
Harum's horse trades. No one is likely to swear that the 
letter from Washington, D. C, and that by "Coyote" 
from Montana were written for a special purpose by Mr. 
Shields, but no one can be debarred the privilege of 
thinking, and I think that a man with one eye can see 
through the little game even in the dark, though he may 
not know a Marlin rifle from a marlinspike. 
DlDYMUS. 
New Bern, N* C, Notes. 
The house boat Nirohda, which has been lying in port 
here for the last three months, has left in tow of the tug 
Virginia. The owner of the house boat is Col. Sheffield 
Phelps, son of Ex-Minister Phelps. Col. Phelps came 
here a month ago and has entertained a number of New 
Bern friends on his boat. The craft is bound for its 
summer quarters at Englewood, N. J. 
Visiting sportsmen have had great luck with ducks, 
snipe and quail during the season just closed. Snipe 
have been abundant all winter, but are scarce now. The 
hook and line fishermen are beginning their spring cam- 
paign, while the shad supply has fallen off. Cold weather 
has retarded but not injured the truck. J. L. K. 
Bttckshot and Ballet. 
Harrisburg, Pa., April 16. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
The bill introduced in the Legislature provides that it 
shall be unlawful to hunt or destroy any buck, doe or 
fawn at any time "with any weapon containing or loaded 
with more than one bullet shot or missile for each load in- 
tended to be fired." 
There is little hope that it will pass, for it is op- 
posed by the selfish clique who assume to regulate and 
make all our game laws. This bill was created by J. G. 
Dillin, of Radnor, Pa., who has given almost his entire 
life to the study of forest and game conditions. About 
75 per cent, of the Pennsylvania hunters use buckshot 
;n deer hunting, which means three cripples to one kill. 
Btn,LET. 
The Horse AccotintediFor. 
Prince Bay, N. Y., April 12. — Editoi" Forest and 
Stream': In this week's issue of your paper under head- 
ing of "Sportsman Tourist" I read "Lost," and when I 
read his story in "Lost," found a horse was in the scrape. 
I have just enough Yankee curiosity left in me to want 
to know what became of that horse; he must have been 
lost and really forgotten. H. L. Allen. 
Bangor, April 15. — Your favor in hand. Open ridges 
are called in Maine "horse backs." Your typesetter 
made a mistake. The word preceding horse back in 
my manuscript is or should be or, reading thus : "Trav- 
eling for a while on an open ridge or horse back." We 
discovered the mistake ourselves and were sorry. Hoping 
that this will relieve the anxiety of H. L. Allen, I remain, 
yours, J. A. Thompson. 
p. s. — ^Unfortunately by the premature discharge of a 
gun years ago, my writing is awful, so I depend on 
others to copy my stories. 
American Quails for Sweden. 
Under date of March 14, 1901, Consul Nelson, of Ber- 
gen, reports to the State Department that "the import of 
American quails into Sweden by Coimt Claes Lewen- 
haupt, of Fosstorjo, has awakened lively interest. More 
than 5,000 quails, representing a sum of about $3,500, 
have been ordered for the spring, and still more orders 
are expected. The birds will- be sent in cages — fifty in 
each cage — constructed especially for this purpose, and 
the best hopes are entertaiiied as to successful trans- 
portation. The small lot of American quails which were 
set free in Count Lewenhaupt's estate at Claestorp last 
spring have endured the winter very well, and it appears 
that Sweden has good prospects of an increase in its game 
birds. 
Proprietors of fishing resorts will find it profitable to advertise 
them in Forest and Stream. 
Notice. 
AH communications intended for Forest ako Stbeam should 
always be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publishing Co., and 
not to any individual connected with the paper. 
Any Old Fly. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
There appeared on the editorial page of your issue of 
April 6th a quotation which has since continued to dis- 
turb my usual serenity. And at the risk of making a 
nuisance of myself, I venture to register a mild protest. 
The quotation itself I first noticed some years ago in 
a fishing tackle catalogue, where it served to enhance the 
value of a list of flies which surrounded it, and where 
were other quotations of a sentimental nature, equally 
well calculated to precipitate an estrangement between a 
fool and his money. 
I take the liberty to repeat the portion of your quota- 
tion which has troubled me: 
"A well-made fly is a beautiful object, an ill-made one 
an eyesore and annoyance; and it is a great satisfaction 
both to exhibit and examine a well-filled book of hand- 
somely tied flies. R. B. Roosevelt." 
Admirable as is this sentiment and true as it undoubt- 
edly is as a generol proposition, one portion of it seems 
quite objectionable if it is to be taken without qualifica- 
tion. With the assertion "a well-made fly is a beautiful 
object" no one can quarrel, but would it be fair to say 
that under all circumstances an ill-made one is an eye- 
sore and annoyance? 
Well-made bass flies are expensive, costing from $2 to 
$4 a dozen. After the first bass has toyed with one a 
short time it is often difficult to determine whether the 
fly was originally a beautiful object or an eyesore. And 
under such circumstances "a well-filled book of hand- 
somely tied flies" is a luxury and often beyond the reach 
of the man to whom the struggle for his life and for the 
life of others is no dream. 
Now, any one, with a few instructions and a little prac- 
tice, can tie his own bass flies at an expense of not to 
exceed 25 cents a dozen. Ill-tied and ungainly they may 
be, yet as effective as the best, and the better attempts 
are a source of justifiable pride. What if the product 
falls upon the water like a geological specimen, rather 
than a native of flydom. Noise is as apt to pass for merit 
among fish as among men. 
Even in my limited experience I have known several 
honest flybooks to be filled with the home-made article, 
to the niutual satisfaction to the makers and the fish. 
And who would have the heart to call them eyesores 
and annoyances, knowing that they represent the best 
efforts of a good fellow with a love of angling in his 
heart, and one to whom these products of his clumsy 
fingers are treasures no less dear than are the finest works 
of the most skillful workmen to his more prosperous 
brethern. 
Besides, who will have the a,ssurance to deny that this 
very thing is a necessary step in the universal evolution? 
And will any one willingly, by discouraging this inter- 
mediate development, prevent or delay the final appear- 
ance of the perfect fly— nay, even the perfect fly fish- 
erman ? 
Yes, a well-made fly is a beautiful object, and by all 
means let each one keep in stock as many as he can pos- 
sibly afford, and a few more, but let us not allow a sen- 
timental fancy to cause us to belittle the respectable, if 
humble, relative. Let due allowance be made for its 
heredity and environment. No fly (artificial) should be 
condemned as an eyesore and annoyance if it has made 
the very best of its opportunities. 
So far as clothes go to make the man, so far feathers 
go to make the fly; no further. Self-sacrifice can trans- 
form and beautify a shabby garment. Why not an un- 
tidy hackle? Under its magic any old fly b«:omes to me 
a "beautiful object." Hence these tesirs. * F. A= C 
CUT.1. 
Tackle for Keuka Lake. 
Landlocked Salmon. — We would suggest the same 
tackle for these waters as we have found to be the best 
for Maine waters. 
Flies for Casting — Silver-doctor and Jock-Scott (regu- 
lar salmon flies of No. 20 or 30 hooks), brown-hackle, 
cowdung, Montreal and Parmachenee-belle on No. ro 
hooks. 
_ Trolling Rigs — Delaware-belle (both light and dark), 
live minnows and small minnows with Skinner's No. 2 
silver casting spoon. 
Great Lake Trout. — Owing to the great depth of 
water in Lake Keuka and the uncertainty of what depth 
the fish are feeding, also the variety of trout and salmon 
(all of which prefer different depths and temperatures), 
the most successful and only satisfactorj'^ way of fishing 
for them is with a hand line (hereafter described), using 
minnows on gangs and spoons. 
Nothing can be done with live minnows on single 
hooks and rod and reel in this deep water, where 250 feet 
of line is only an ordinary length to have out. The weight 
of this line will counterbalance the strike of the fish, so 
that a bite will not be felt, and if felt the fish cannot be 
struck, as the bait will have been torn from the hook 
before the line can be drawn tight enough to strike the 
fish and embed the hook. ' 
Local fishermen use the ordinary Seth Green gang and 
succeed in hooking about 30 per cent, of the fish that 
strike; we use a gang of our own pattern, and hook about 
90 per cent, of the fish that strike. We give cuts and 
explanations of the two gangs 
later on. The ordinary spin- 
ning spoon with a gang of 
hooks is also useless; the only 
one of value is a wobbler, 
which we also give a cut of 
tOAvard the end of this article. 
Rainbow Trout. — Rainbow 
trout are taken on bass baits 
and tackle, also on the lake 
trout rigs. 
Black Bass. — U.se regular 
flies for casting. For troll 'ng, 
Delaware-belles (light and 
dark). ' Live baits, minnows, 
chickets. worm'^. gras'^hoppers 
and above all. helgramites — the 
last mentioned is out and out 
the best live bait for Keuka. 
Pickerel.— Troll with Skin- 
tier's No. 2 casting spoons 
(silver and brass), put a piece 
of the white belly of another 
fish on the hook for bait. Live 
bait, minnows. 
Perch. — Same as for bass, 
given above. 
How to Make a Trolling Line 
for Lake Ketjfca or Any 
Other Deep Water. 
Commence at the bottom^ 
with a loop 3 inches long (B, 
cut i), on which is to be fast- 
ened swivel sinker (A) ; both 
ends of the line forming 
this loop should be securely 
fastened in the lower eye of 
swivel C. Between swivel C 
and whippletree D should be a 
piece of line about a foot loitg 
— between each whippletree D, 
E, F, G and H a piece of line 
20 feet long, thus making the 
upper whippletree H about 80 
feet above the bottom. Be- 
tween whippletree H and 
swivel J another piece of line 
SO feet long ; above swivel J 
a piece of line 150 feet long. 
For minnow fishing the best 
line to use is G silk enameled 
from swivel J down to loop 
B, and E silk enameled line 
above swivel J. 
Leaders for Minnows — 
Single gut 9 feet long — swivel 
on One end and loop on the 
other. 
For spoon fishing a line two 
sizes larger is best — E below 
swivel J and F above. Leaders 
for spoons should be made of 
E line, 9 feet long, having a 
good sized loop at one end, to 
which the spoon is fastened 
and a swivel at the other to 
fasten to the whippletree. 
Spoons. — The only good 
spoons for Keuka's deep troll- 
ing is a silver wobbler, which 
is shown in cut 2. As will 
be seen, it has a single hook 
only, which is inserted through 
the end and then soldered to 
the inside of the spoon. 
Gangs. — In fishing very 
deep water where lines of 250 
to 300 feet are out, we found 
that we seldom hooked more 
than one fish out of four or 
five that struck on the ordi 
nary Seth Green gang. Upon 
comparing our experience with 
other anglers, we found their 
experience to be the same as 
ours. Invariably the minnow 
was taken. After reasoning 
over the matter we came to 
the conclusion that lake trout 
generally strike the 
minnow crosswise, 
rU^C T and also on the out- 
