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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 22, 1901. 
trout fishing ordinarily is. Some good takes have been 
made on different waters, but of late for some unknown 
reason the trout are off their feed. I have not heard of 
any very good fish this week. The weather has been 
strange and unsettled, very cold for a long while and 
then suddenly very warm, with yesterday a very heavy 
storm, which extended all over the country up to northern 
Wisconsin and Michigan. Perhaps this heavy rain may 
liavc a better effect and set the trout once more on the 
feed. 
Dams OQ the Illinois Rivet» 
The committee of the drainage board, which has in 
charge the affairs of the drainage canal which connects 
the Chicago River Avith the Desplaines and Illinois River 
system, has lately made a trip over the waterway as far 
as the Mississippi River. During the trip an examination 
was made of all the dams w'hich cross the Illinois River, 
including those at Copperas Creek and at Henry, the 
former named of which is the same celebrated Copperas 
Creek dam which has figured so long in the Illinois fish 
laws. These dams have always been considered fixtures 
on the Illinois River, but there is reason to believe that 
they are to go. The testimony of all the inhabitants near 
these dams was that the increased flow of water turned 
into the Illinois River by the drainage canal retards the 
drying out of the spring oA-erfiows, so that crops cannot be 
planted until later in the spring than was formerly the 
custom. It is thought that were these dams taken out of 
the river the Avater would subside more quickly, Avhereas 
the increased floAv given by the canal would give the riA-er 
all the Avater it needed for naA'igation. The trustees have 
become satisfied that the Copperas Creek dam is unneces- 
sar}', and they Avill recommend its removal. As to the 
dam at Henrj', no decision has as yet been reached. These 
great obstructions to the flow of the Illinois River, ncA'cr 
properly provided Avith fishways, have ahvays cut off a 
large amount of the natural up-stream migrations of our 
game fishes. Their removal Avould seem to augur better 
things for the anglers along the Desplaines, the Kankakee 
and the Fox rivers, all of Avhich are tributary to, the 
Illinois. 
Chicago Fly-Casting Clab. 
The following are the scoreis made by the Chicago Fly- 
casting Chib on their Saturday meetings of May 25 and 
June 8 : 
Long Bait Delicacy 
Distance Casting Bait. 
Fly. Feet. Per '^ent. Per Cent. 
I. D. Belasco 92 ,S3 4-5 70 2-3 
I. H. Bellows 95 91 9-10 S9 
W. T. Church 75 72 7-10 79 1-2 
H. G. Hascall 98 93 3-10 91 S-O 
N. C. Heston S3 93 2-5 88 
G. A. Hinterleitner 77 7-10 77 1-2 
E. R. Letterman 75 84 4-5 86 1-3 
F. N. Peet 107 83 2-5 76 5-fi 
H. W. Perce 75 87 1-5 78 5-fi 
C. B. Robinson .. 73 3-5 84 1-3 
A. C. Smith 91 91 3-5 94 1-3 
June 8: 
H. H. Ainsworth 87 85 7-10 86 
I. D. Belasco 90 95 4-5 
AV. T. Church 75 78 1-2 94 1-6 
H. Greenwood 75 94 9-10 85 2-3 
H. G. Hascall 95 90 2-5 95 5-6 
N. C. Heston 75 96 1-10 95 5-6 
G. A. Hinterleitner 93 1-5 88 1-6 
F. N. Peet 98 1-10 94 1-2 
H. W. Perce 70 93 1-5 87 1-2 
A. C. Smith 93 94 1-5 97 1-2 
Winning scores, May 25: Long distance fly, F. X. Peet; bkit 
casting, K. C. Heston; delicacy bait, A. C. Smith. 
Winning scores, June 8: Long di.stance fly. IT. G. Ha.scill; 
bait casting, F. N. Peet; delicacy bait, A. C. Smith. 
Prairie River Fish Botchers. 
Mr. Henry Dudley, who runs a comfortable resort on 
the Prairie RiA-er, about sixteen miles from Merrill, Wis., 
makes the following communication in' regard to certain 
statements recently printed in these columns regarding 
excessive catches of trout upon the stream near this place : 
"I have just read an article on page 427 which puts 
me in the light of one who is not doing justice to my 
patrons and to Prairie River itself. 1 Avish to say in 
defense to myself, that if the fish hog Avishes to stop at 
the different farmhouses along Prairie River and goes in 
the river with his pockets filled with Avorms, I do not 
know hoAV I am capable of stopping him as long as it is 
legal. I do not own the stream, but if I am lucky enough 
to get a bait-fisherman as a guest here, he is in nine 
times out of ten transformed into a fly-fishermaii, or 
else, if not of the true sportsman blood, is so shamed that 
he will stop elsewhere on the stream the next year, where 
the worm is not abhorred. I am doing all in my ppAver to 
keep and make this an ideal fly stream, and do not Avant 
myself shown as one who advocates any such doing as 
published in your issue of June i. I hope to get the co- 
operation of all true sportsmen in making this the best fly- 
casting stream in the United States. Henry Dudley. 
I am very willing to agree with Mr. Dudley as to his 
proselyting for the ranks of the fly-fishers, and indeed I 
know that he is not only a good fly-fisherman himself, but 
discourages anything but fly-fishing on this particular 
stream. l am glad to knoAv that the" men Avho took more 
than 500 trout did not stop at his place. This beautiful 
little Prairie River has a peculiar reputation as a stream 
suitable for fly-fishing. It has been loved for many years 
by those who like to fish Avith the artificial fly, and nearly 
every man Avho has sent a friend up there has done so on 
the supposition that that friend Avas a fly-fisherman and 
not a bait-fisherman. There is no open stream of the size 
of the Prairie which can long Avithstand the inroads of the 
hait-fishing public. If these two fishers who stopped aboA^e 
Dudley's place had contented themselves Avith a decent 
amount of fish the matter Avould hardly have seemed 
Avorthy of comment, but when they take 500 or 600 trout 
away from so small a stream they are taking more than 
could be done by fly-casting and more than the stream 
Avill stand. Most of the farmers along the stream, as well 
as Mr. Dudley himself, take the same attitude in regard 
to methods and numbers, and perhaps before it is too late 
Ave shall see this river practically protected by this very 
Avholesome sentiment. E. Hough. 
Haetfokd Building, Chicago, 111. 
Permanent Angling Trophies. 
A Method of Making Casts of Fish. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Some of your angling readers may one of these days 
catch a fish of such dimensions or under circumstances 
that a permanent memorial of the event Avill be desirable. . 
Where the taxidermist can be employed to save the 
specimen, his art answers aa-cU enough. But there are 
many occasions on Avhich it is quite impossible to avail 
one's self of the professional artist's skill in order to save 
visible evidence of an interesting catch, and in such 
circumstances at present the best ot\e can do is make a 
measurement, or perhaps draw a sketch, of the prize on a 
piece of bark. Even the photograph is imsatisfactory, for 
an explanation of the size of the fish must accompany it, 
A plan by Avhich a cast of the trophy can be taken with 
ease must be AVelcome, and as I have discovered a method 
by Avhich very satisfactory results have been attained, 
others may also find advantage in knowing the art, Avhich 
consists in pouring melted parafline on the object, and 
Avhei"! the Avax has hardened, removing the fish and filling 
the shell of paraifine Avith plaster of pans mixed Avith 
Avater to th6 consistency of cream. When the plaster 
hardens, hat Avater will remoAx the parafline and leave a 
cast of the fish, showing eA'cry feature in natural .size. If 
the model has lieen Avell posed, the effect is quite artistic. 
The parafline can lie saved and used repeatedly. 
If one Avant.N a copper cast of the model, he has only 
to save the paraffine matrix and send it to an electro- 
typer, Avho can deposit on the interior of the mould a coat- 
ing of copper, reproducing in perfection every line of 
tile fish. Doubtless if one Avill pay for it, a cast in silver 
or gold can be made as easily as in copper. 
I have made several casts in plaster by the plall above 
described, and one that I made in copper of a perch was 
regarded by the United States Commissioner of Fisheries 
as sufiiciently interesting to be exhibited at the Interna- 
tional Fisheries Exposition in Bergen, NorAvay, in 1898. 
There is practically no limit to the size of a fish that can 
be represented by this process, for even a shark could be 
moulded and cast in sections hy it and the pieces put to- 
gether so as to giA'e a complete figure of the creature. 
With small fish it is a very easy matter to make casts. 
At one time T thought that this method of copying from 
nature Avould be employed by curators in museums of 
natural historj' to make metallic casts of interesting ob- 
jects, but thus far they have not become sufficiently in- 
terested in the plan to ask for particulars. The amateurs 
and anglers can now take up the art if they are so inclined. 
EPMONn Redmond, 
R l CHESTER, N. Y. 
The Forest and Stream is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at tbf 
)^tm by Monday m& as piuc|| parlier as practicablf , 
New England Anglers. 
Boston. June 15. — Mr. Felix Tausig has returned to 
Boston from his fishing trip to the preserve of the Lauren- 
tide Club, of Canada, of Avhich club he is a member. With 
his fishing friend, Mr. Pickert, also of Boston, some most 
happy fishing days have been spent. They Avere over 
seventy miles north of Quebec, Avell into the north Avoods, 
The preserve of the clttb includes the fishing and hunting 
rights of about 400 square miles of territory. Nttmerous 
lakes, ponds and streams are a feature of that part of 
tlie country, all stocked Avith .squaretails, or brook trout. 
They caught all tliey cared for. A beantiful catch Avas 
shoAvn to a fcAV of Mr. Tausig's friends on Friday. In 
the catch Avere trout up to ^¥2 poimds, with none smaller 
lhan pound. This is aboitt as the trout run in those 
virgin Avaters. though larger fish are frequently taken. 
The largest taken this year Aveighed 4^2 pounds, bitl they 
are sometimes taken as large as 7 pounds. The fishermen 
took a great man3 — all they could use Avith their three 
guides, and a good supply to bring home. Fly-fishing was 
gi5od, and Mr. Tausig says that it Avas great sport. They 
Avere up betimes in the morning, for the mornings Avere 
too beautiful even to recline on the luxurious bough beds 
made up by the deft-fingered Indian guides. These guides 
are satisfied to work for $1.23 a day, and are untiring for 
the comfort of the sportsman. They saAV tAVo beautiful 
caribou and plenty of signs of other game. The gentle- 
men are mucli pleased Avith fishing in that part of Canada, 
the only draAvback being the disagreeable license required. 
But a member of the club escapes this. 
^Ir. Frank Wise is at home from his spring fishing trip 
to Nova Scotia. With a couple of West NcAVton friends 
he had good sport. They are mtich in love Avith the lakes 
and streams back of Yarmouth. Mr. Wise's friend, Mr. 
Boss. Avho has tisually accompanied him on his spring 
fishing trips to Nova Scotia, Avent this year to Ncav Bruns- 
Avick instead, to a section on the Bonnie River, Avhere he 
found good fishing. 
One has to have a permit to fish Fresh Pond in Cam- 
bridge, which pond is controlled by the Cambridge Water 
Board. These permits are fcAv and far between, and come 
somcAvhat in the nature of political faA'ors. But Lieut. 
Angus McDonald and Charles Gove have made a big 
catch there. They landed about 18 pounds of pickerel in 
one day, and under one permit. One pickerel weighed 
over 5 pounds, and Avas pronounced the largest pickerel 
ever taken from that pond. Mr. Gove captured the big 
fish, Mr. McDonald happening to be roAving at the time. 
The members of the Water Board and City Council Avere 
inspecting the Fresh Pond Pumping Station at the time 
the fish Avere brought ashore, and the catch Avas much 
admired. Now all the officials Avill AA'ant permits to 
fish there. ^ • 
June 17. — To-day— Bunker Hill Day — Is a holiday in 
Boston and CharlestoAvn, but fishermen are not generally 
fond of firecrackers and empty parade, ar.d a good many 
fishing trips Avere planned, and trains taken Satitrday 
evening. Brooks in New Hampshire and Maine Avere 
to be visited and expectations Avere great. Mr. W. T. 
Farley and Frank Morse Avent to a pond in the CHocorna 
region last Aveek. They fished one daA-;, Avithout a trout. 
That night the people at the hotel told them of another 
pond Avhere they woidd be sure of some' trout. They' 
early visited that pond. They found the Avater very 
clear, but the fish did not bite. Looking doAvn they could 
see fish moving about. At last they hooked up one, and 
behold ! it Avas a hornpout. C. L. Bent and George Bean 
had a little better success at some brooks in Bristol, N H , 
j;he same dny, btit the trotit were small, 
The Maine Sportsmen's Fish and Game Association is 
booked for Kineo, Moosehead, for its annual summer 
outing, from July 6 to 15. Programmes of sport will 
be arranged, Avhile the evening literary exercises will con- 
sist of a discussion of the circumstances of the repeal of 
the September law, opened by Commissioner Carleton, and 
the Proper Policy of the State ToAvard its Guides, opened 
by W. E. Parsons, of Foxcroft. Commissioner Henry 
O. Stanley. Avhose term of appointment expires next win- 
ter, has announced in the papers that he is a candidate 
for reappointment. He is in love Avith the Avork of fish 
propagation, and the feeling among the best of sports- 
men, with Avhom I have talked is that he should con- 
tinue in it. Summing up the total catch of salmon at Lake 
Auburn, Me., on Memorial Day, it is reported the mnn- 
ber Avas sixty, with a total weight of about 300 pounds. 
This was about the best day ever recorded at that lake, 
and it should be remembered that Lake Auburn never 
kncAv what a salmon Avas till Henry O. Stanley put them 
in there, 
Reports from Moosehead note good fishing last week. 
Fred S. Lufkin, of Gloucester, Mass., was high line for 
the Aveek. Early in the AVeek he took in two hours' fishing 
two trout weighing 41^ pounds each ; two togue, of about 8 
pounds each._ and one salmon, of 5 pounds weight. The 
Owl Club, of Boston, has been having good fishing. Tavo ' 
of the best strings consisted of five trout and twenty-four 
togue, about 100 pounds, and sixteen trout and togue, 48 
pounds. Dr. C. W. Deering, of Boston, and J. F. Hutchin-. 
son, of Lexington, Mass., have both taken salmon of 
about 4 pounds, and Miss Murphy, of Boston, a togue of 
6 pounds. Mr. Lowell, of Worcester, has caught a sal- 
mon of 4I4 pounds. The number of salmon taken is a 
surprise to everybody, and it must not be forgotten that 
there Avere no salmon in Moosehead till put there by Com- 
missioner Henry O. Stanley. 
At the Rangeleys the fishing is good, the season hold- 
ing out remarkably well. Sportsmen from all parts of 
the country are at the different Rangeley resorts. Much 
fishing is done at the outlying ponds, as well as on the 
]ake.s. A catch of 10 or 15 pounds of trout in a day's 
fishing at the.se ponds is nothing at all unusual. It is 
thought that the heavy rains and cold Avinds have pro- 
longed the spring fishing season. Some of the fishermen 
recorded have visited those resorts for many years. Mr. 
Loring Goes, fishing from the Mountain View House, 
has fished the Rangeley almost every season for the past 
forty years. He is now in his eighty-ninth year. Mr. 
H, W. Clark, of Boston, is another veteran angler, quar- 
tered at the Mountain View. He has fished almost as 
many seasons as Mr. Goes. This season he has to his 
record so far a .salmon of 5% pounds, and another of 3^ 
pounds, besides any number of smaller fish, all taken on 
the fly. A partial record of the fish taken by guests of 
the Rangeley Lake House for the Aveek is as folloAvs: J. 
J. Brigham. Springfield, Mass., 4-pound trout; S. S. Lunt, 
Boston, 3;'2-pound salmon; A. A. Call, Springfield, Mass.. 
three 314-pound salmon; C. H. HaA^es, Boston, 3^4 -pound 
salmon and one of 4 pounds; W. F. Sturtcvant, Spring- 
field, Mass.. 3V^-pound salmon; Mrs. R. H. Hinckley, 
Boston, 7-pound salmon: J. P. Morse. Brockton, Mass., 
salmon of 3/i- oH, 3H and 6 pouncs, and trout of 6 
and 5,' J potulds ; Mrs. J. P. Mores, 3^ and 6 pound sal- 
mon. Some good catches haA'e also been made from the 
Mooselucmaguntic House. Mr. and Mrs. E. Coburn, of 
Lawrence, who are regular fishermen at the Rangeleys. 
have landed twelve salmon and trout, Aveighing from 1 
to 5'/ pounds. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Clapp, of Boston, have 
taken fifteen trout and salmon the past Aveek. A\-eighing 
from 2 to 5 pounds each. Mrs. J. O. McFadden. of Bos- 
ton, has landed two salmon of 5 pounds and 6 pounds 
weight. Both fish Avere taken inside of an hour. Frank 
Ridlon, of Boston, has landed ten trout and salmon, the 
string Aveighing 28 pounds. Sportsmen Avill not forget 
tliat there Avere no salmon in any of the Rangeley waters 
till Henry O, Stanley put them there. 
At the Megantic preserA-e fishing is good, and guests 
and members are beginning to assemble. Some fine togue 
are being taken at Arnold Pond on spinners, Henry R. 
Pearson, of Pittsfield, Mass. ; D, C, Nickerson, of Leo- 
nu'nster, and C. E. Dresser, of Boston, are making a tour 
of the preserve. They have had great luck at some of 
the ponds. Tuesday night they caught 108 good trout on 
NorthAvest Pond, fishing only a little over an hour. The 
trout xvexe no fingerlings either. Special. 
Canadian Angling Notes. 
Repokts continue to come in from Lake EdAvard of the 
splendid sport afforded by the trout of that and the neigh- 
boring lakes this season. Mr. E. T. Kulhn brought in a 
5-pound brook trout a fcAV days ago, and during Dr. 
Zimmerman's recent stay of a fortnight in his private camp 
there, he killed fontinalis on the fly up to 4 pounds m 
Aveight. Col. Blair, of Scranton, Pa., and his friend, Mr. 
Shaw, had a very successful experience last Aveek on the 
chain of lakes west of Lake Edward. Lac des Belles 
Trintes, in the Adcinity of Lake St. John, has also been 
A'ielding some very heaA'y trout. 
The chief attraction of the Lake St. Johti country^. how- 
ever, during the last week, has been the success attending 
the opening of the ouananiche season at the Grande 
Decharge. Details of the principal catches haA'C not 
reached me, but telegraphic reports state that the fish 
are very aundant and are rising freely to the fly, the 
Avater bemg in splendid condition. NotAvithstanding the 
early character of the season, the majority of the fisher- 
men Avho have expressed their intention of coming up are 
even later than usual, so that the earlier men have special 
opportunities for good sport. 
The rush to the salmon rivers continues. Mr. J. J. 
Hill, of St. Paul, will be here to-night to join his yacht 
Avith a party of friends on their AA-ay to the St. Jean Ri\ cr 
of the North Shore. - . 
Another important parly left to-day by steamship Douro 
for the Natashquan and other rivers of Labrador. 
Lord Savordale and Mr. H. Harris, of London, have 
gone to the Mingan ; John Mannel, Col. Whitehead. Mr. 
Law and Robt. Patterson, of Montreal, to the Godbout, 
and Messrs. Morton Patton. of ^Montreal, and Edson 
Fitch and Veasey BosAvell, of Quebec, to tlie Trinity. The 
Moisie is being fished by its recent purchaser. Mr. levers 
W. Adams, of Boston, and his son and a friend, while 
the |{fitfvsli^ti3n party incltt4es F, ?, Hodges, of l^ostonj 
