Aug. 12, 1905.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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but once in every retrieve, and must retrieve last cast. A perfect 
cast is; (1) Fly to fall by its own weight without a splash. (2) 
Fly and leader to strike the water in advance of line with mini- 
mum disturbance of surface. (3) Retrieve must be made with 
minimum disturbance of surface. (4) The grace and ease of con- 
testant, his “dry fly” casts, back cast and manner of extending 
line, shall be scored for style. A demerit shall be scored for 
each failure to properly execute . Nos. 1, 2 and 3, and for lack 
of “style,” as outlined in No. 4; and five (5) points shall be 
deducted for each demerit scored. The total of delicacy demerits, 
divided by the number of casts, deducted from 100, give the 
delicacy per cent. The accuracy per cent, and delicacy per cent., 
added together and divided by 2, determine the final percentage. 
AUGUST 19— FOURTH EVENT, 10 A. M.-DELICAGY AND 
ACCURACY BAIT-CASTING. 
(14oz. Weights.) 
There will be a target provided for this event with a center 
or bullseye thirty (30) inches in diameter, and so arranged that it 
can be located at distances of 60, 65, 70, 76 and 80 feet from 
casting point on platform to exact center of bullseye. There 
shall be made three casts at the target at each of the distances, 
viz., fifteen casts in all. If casting weight falls within the 30-inch 
center, or bullseye, the cast shall be considered perfect. For 
each foot or fraction of a foot aw'ay from the 30-inch center, a 
demerit of one shall be made. The total of such demerits, divided 
by the number of casts, shall be the demerit per cent. The 
demerit per cent., deducted from 100, shall constitute the per- 
centage. In case contestant casts with drag or click, captain 
shall call “foul” and contestant shall be allowed another cast. 
The ^on. casting weights provided by the captain shall be used 
in this event. If weight strikes iron rings or outside edge of 
circular wooden float, cast scores as though just inside of said 
ring or . edge. 
FIFTH EVENT, 1:30 P. M.— LONG DISTANCE AND AC- 
CURACY BAIT-CASTING. 
(V 20 Z. Weights.) 
In this event, the center of bullseye will be located at distances 
of 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 feet from casting point on platform. 
Three casts shall be made at each distance. The casting weights 
are to be the 14oz. weights provided. Scoring and other con- 
ditions to be the same as for Fourth Event. 
SIXTH EVENT, 3 P. M.— LONG DISTANCE BAIT-CASTING. 
(%oz. Weights.) 
The casting in this event shall be done on the lawn in a 
V-shaped court, which is to be laid out as follows: From the 
casting point two diverging straight lines are to be laid out at 
an angle which shall cause them to be 30 feet apart at a distance 
of 100 feet, away from the casting point. Diverging lines to be 
continued indefinitely at the same angle. Contestants each to 
make five (6) casts, in turn, one cast at a time. If casting 
weight falls outside the court, the cast shall be scored 0. Length 
of cast to be computed from casting point to where weight falls 
inside of court. 
The sum total of the five casts in feet, divided by the num- 
ber of casts, shall be the average and constitute the score of 
the contestant. All casting to be done from ground level. The 
casting weights used are to be the Vzoz. casting weights provided. 
Condition's concerning free running reels and casting with click 
or drag as outlined in Fourth Event to prevail in this event. 
Sheruld weight fall inside court and bound out, cast to be 
scored from where weight first fell. 
The longest single cast, in court, will be made a matter of 
record and awarded a prize as noted. 
The officers and the committees are: Geo. A. Hinterleitner, 
President; E. L. Mason, Vice-President; John Hohmann, Captain; 
B. J. Kellenberger, Secretary-Treasurer. Executive Committee — 
Geo. A. Hinterleitner, E. L. Mason, B. J. Kellenberger, John 
tiohmann, H. C. Hascall, E. R. Letterman and C. F. Brown, 
Tournament Committee — H. Wheeler Perce, Fred N. Peet, Wm. 
T. Church and members of Executive Committee. Reception 
Committee — W. T. Church, Chairman; O. E. Becker, I. H. 
Bellows, D. B. Bronson, G. A. Davis, Jos. A. McCormick, H. 
B. Noyes, F. S. Smith, E. P. Sperry. Grounds and Equipment 
Committee — E. L. Mason, Chairman; O. J. Loomis, C. L. 
.Bequeaith, F. P. Naylor, R. H. Gillespie, ^.obt. Slade, Jr. 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club, 
Chicago, 111. — Editor Forest and Stream: Below are 
scores for contest of July 29: 
%-ounce 
%-ounce Bait. 
Bait. Re-entry. 
Becker, O. E 98 3-15 98 5-16 
Bellows, I. FI 96 6-lb 
Dean, D. A 96 9-15 97 8-15 
Hinterleitner, G. A.. 94 11-15 
Fleston, N. C 97 2-15 97 12-15 
Kellenberger, B. J...97 5-15 97 9-15 
Letterman, E. R 98 7-15 
Mason, E. L 96 6-15 
Naylor, F. P 97 7-15 97 12-15 
Sperry, E. P 94 11-15 
Snell, E. A 88 7-16 87 10-15 
Perce, H. W 98 ' 
I^oomis, O. L 98 
Slade, Jr., Robt 96 9-15 
Hohmann, John ...93 12-15 
*Barnes, A. H 97 12-15 96 14-16 
'^‘Visitor, from Racine Club. 
B. J. Kellenberger, Sec’y.-Treas. 
American Fisheries Society Meeting. 
Out of compliment to Hon. George M. Bowers, the 
U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries, the American Fish- 
eries Society held its thirty-fourth annual meeting last 
week at White Sulphur Springs in his native State of 
West Virginia. Fifteen States were represented in, the 
attendance and the sessions were of unusual interest to 
everybody concerned in fishcultural work. New York 
State was represented by Mr. C. H. Townsend, of the 
New York aquarium, and Secretary J. D. Whish, of 
the Forest, Fish and Game Commission. Each took 
an active part in the proceedings and each was recog- 
nized by being named on important committees. 
The meeting opened on Tuesday morning, and three 
sessions were held daily for three days. Two of the 
opening papers detailed experimental work that is be- 
ing done — one by Mr. Henry O’Mally, of Baker, Wash., 
treating of the value of salt solutions in separating 
live from _dead eggs; the other by Mr. Charles G. 
Atkins, of East Orland, Me., going into the question 
of the early feeding of salmonoid fry. Mr. Atkins as- 
serted that early and abundant feeding is not by any 
means as necessary as has been supposed. In the dis- 
cussion of the latter paper the question as to how long 
trout will live was considered, and it developed that 
brook trout have reached the age of 24 years in Penn- 
sylvania, female rainbow trout 14 years, although they 
do not seem to spawn after they are 12 years old, and 
lake trout have been known to reach the age of 30 
years. The ^vhol■e subject of brook trout was brought 
up for discussion by the paper read by Mr. Whish, en- 
titled, “The Passing of the Brook Trout.” He took 
the ground, that in New York State, and in many others 
as well, the native- speckled trout is passing away before 
the advance of civilization. The changed conditions 
of water, and in particular the steady increase in para- 
sitic diseases were the main factors at the bottom of the 
driving out of the brook trout, according to the ideas 
of the writer. After the discussion in which most of 
those present joined, and it appeared that in fish dis- 
eases scientific men have a hard world to conquer, the 
Society visited the Government hatchery nearby and 
spent some time in examining it. In the evening Mr. 
J. W. Titcomb, of the U. S. Commission, gave an 
illustrated account of his trip to Argentina, where he 
went by special request of the Government to intro- 
duce fishcultural work. 
Wednesday was made memorable by the settlement of 
the question how' to designate the sizes of fish in 
hatchery work. The matter was in the hands of a 
committee comprising Mr. F. ,N. Clark, Mr. Seymour 
Bower, Mr. Paul North, Dr. H. M. Smith, Mr. William 
Meehan and Mr. J. D. Whish, who finally came to an 
agreement and the Society ratified their report. Briefly 
stated, the result arrived at is that the following terms 
shall be hereafter used in describing all fish: Fry — 
fish up to the time the sac is absorbed and feeding be- 
gins. Advanced fry — fish from the end of the fry 
period until they have reached the length of one inch. 
Fingerlings — fish between the length of one inch and 
the yearling stage, the various sizes to be designated as 
follows: fingerling No. i, a fish from one inch in length 
up to two inches; fingerling No. 2, a fish from two 
inches in length up to three inches, etc. Yearlings — 
fish that are one year old but less than two years old, 
counting from the date of hatching. They may be 
designated as yearlings No. i. No. 2, etc., according 
to length. It is believed that 'the uniformity thus 
reached will give added value to reports of work done 
in the future. The Society paid another visit to the 
hatchery at this time and saw a practical exhibition of 
haJehery apparatus in which were developed the latest 
ideas of the expert workmen and scientists in the 
service of the various States and of the United States 
Bureau. Governor Dawson was present On this oc- 
casion and welcomed the members to West Virginia in 
a short speech, in the course of which he dwelt particu- 
larly on the great value of the work that is being done 
by fishculturists. The meeting was continued by the 
reading and discussion of several papers at this time 
which the Governor seemed to find highly interesting. 
Mr. G. R. Allen, of Portland, Ore., dwelt on the 
relation between the feeding of the parent trout and the 
virility of the eggs produced. Mr. Henry Talbott, of 
Washington, D. C., spoke entertainingly on “The Po- 
tomac Bass,” and in the course of his remarks noted 
that “there is no good fishing in a year when there are 
sun spots.” Dr. Henshall, of Bozeman, Mont., was 
heard in a paper on the “Protection of Fish in Inland 
Waters.” He took the ground that there would not be 
so much need of artificial propagation if fish were given 
half a chance to spawn naturally, and advocated more 
fishways and less water-pollution. Mr. Oregon Milton 
Dennis, of Baltimore, Md., followed with a paper on 
the legal aspect of protection in his State, and told 
of exciting experiences in enforcing the law. He was 
specially hard on the net fishermen and urged that there 
should be laws prohibiting pound and purse- nets and 
the selling of undersized fish. An interesting talk on 
the best way to get uniform laws for fish protection 
grew out of this paper, and will be heard from further 
when certain legislatures meet. 
When the Society returned to the hotel. Dr. B. W. 
Evermann presented a paper on the “Golden Trout of 
Volcano Creek,” which he investigated for the Govern- 
ment. He believes that this beautiful fish developed 
from the rainbow trout of Kern River to meet the re- 
quirements of the wonderful coloring of its surround- 
ings. He showed several colored plates illustrating 
the coloring of the trout. Dr. F. P. Gorham, of Rhode 
Island, described the methods and success of the com- 
mission of that State in its lobster culture. Results 
are appearing already and young lobsters are now found 
in greater numbers than in twenty years before. Mr. 
Root, who was presiding, went further and told of the 
shellfish work of the State generally. In his judgment, 
sea farming is much more profitable than land farm- 
ing, and he cited the fact as proof that hard clams, 
which are edible after they are 14 months old, can be 
raised to the extent of from 7,000 to 12,000 to the acre 
and sold at $1.25 per bushel. The members asked 
many questions while the subject was up for discussion 
and brought out much that was not generally known 
about the work the Rhode Island commission is doing 
along the lines indicated. The hope was expressed that 
New York State may soon see its way clear to take 
advantage of the success which has been achieved in 
shellfish culture and return at least to the work of 
lobster propagation which once was carried on at the 
Cold Spring Harbor hatchery. A paper on the culture 
of the small-mouth black bass was next read by Mr. F. 
N. Clark, of Northville, Mich., who has long been 
experimenting with this species. He said that while 
most of the difficulties attending the cultivation of the 
large-mouth bass have been overcome, there are yet a 
lot of important things to be learned about the small- 
mouth bass. He told in an interesting way about his 
own experiments, about the use of artificial nests for 
the bass, and spoke at length about their habits. He 
said that the parent bass does not guard the young 
fish very long, and that at the end of eight or ten days 
the young fry scatter. It was not his belief that the 
parent bass eats many of the fry. The day closed with 
an instructive paper on the work of the U. S. Com- 
mission during the year, which was read by Mr. Tit- 
comb. In the evening Mr. A. H. Densmore, of Lead- 
ville, Colo., gave an illustrated talk on the Yellowstone 
Park as a fishing resort. The lantern slides showed the 
fishculturist in actual working clothes and formed an 
admirable addition to the highly interesting lecture. 
Many of the guests of the hotel were present and 
listened with marked attention. 
The Society worked steadily up to almost the hour 
for its departure and put in three. full sessions on Thurs- 
day. Commissioner Bowers, of the U. S. Bureau of 
Fisheries, gave a short talk by request on the -work of 
the bureau and dwelt on the magnitude of the work 
done. During the year that closed on June 30, the 
bureau distributed 1,734.495,562 fish, including both food 
and game varieties. This enormous output is more 
than 450,000,000 greater than the output of the preceding 
year and shows how the work is growing under Mr. 
Bowers’ ditection. The Society g;ave him a vote ot 
thanks for his remarks and for the many courtesies he 
has shown during his official connection with the fish- 
eries bureau. A number of resolutions were presented 
for consideration by the committee, of which Mr. 
Townsend, of New York, was a member, and all were 
adopted. The more important called for greater pro- 
tection for Yellowstone Park, for the ceding of juris- 
diction over the Great Lakes to the Federal Govern- 
men in order to get proper fish protection, and for 
uniform legislative action to put a stop Jo water pollu- 
tion. Mr. C. D. Joslyn, of Detroit, Mich., backed up 
the Great Lakes resolution with a paper in which he 
set forth the necessity for such action if the important 
commercial fisheries of the lakes are to be preserved. 
Eight of the States border on the lakes and there now 
is no uniformity in the protective laws. Moreover, 
nothing can be done with Canada. But if Federal con- 
trol existed the Government could put the matter up 
to Great Britain and the case might be different. There 
was not much discussion of this paper, but the mem- 
bers admitted that Mr. Joslyn was right in what he 
said. The everlasting subject of carp was then taken 
up and two papers presented on it. Mr. L. J. Cole, of 
Cambridge,- Mass., wrote on ■ “The Status of the Carp 
in America,” and Mr. S. P. Bartlett, of Quincy, 111 ., 
spoke of “The Carp as seen by a Friend.” The “carp- 
ists” and “anti-carpists” saved much valuable time by 
omitting to discuss either paper. Dr. Smith came in 
very handily just at this jncture with an account of his 
visit last June to the International Fisheries Congress 
in Vienna as a representative of the Society. Flis ef- 
forts secured the selection of this country for the meet- 
ing in 1908, and the Society undoubtedly will hold its 
sessions that year in Washington on this account. A 
paper was next given by Mr. N. R. Buller, of Pleasant 
Mount, Pa., on the propagation of the yelow perch, 
which is a favorite fish in his State, as it is in our own. 
He showed that it can be hatched easily and that it 
gives great satisfaction when propagated artificially. 
Capt. L. G. Harron, of the United States Bureau, who 
also has worked on this line, added to the information 
furnished by the paper. Mr. Townsend, of New York, 
then gave the members his views on “The Home Fish 
Pond,” which proved both interesting and valuable. It 
developed that there is but little literature on this im- 
portant subject, although scarcely a day passes but the 
question how best to build a pond on the farm or estate 
arises. Mr. F. A. Degler. who is a native West Vir- 
ginian, addressed the Society on forestry and fishcul- 
ture in his State. He was followed by a practical paper 
on pike-perch culture, which was read by Mr. S. W., 
Downing, of Put-in-Bay, Ohio. The discussion of this 
brought out the fact that the New York State Com- 
mission began propagating pike-perch in 1894, and an- 
nually plants an average of over 70,000,000 of the fish. 
Specimens of sponge grown by the United States 
Bureau and of much value commercially were next 
shown by Dr. Smith. An interesting paper on frog 
culture, read by Commissioner Meehan, of Pennsyl- 
vania, closed the programme. 
The nominating committee, of which Mr. Whish, of 
New York, was a member, reported the usual nomina- 
tions, and officers were elected as follows: President, 
C. D. Joslyn, of Detroit, Mich.; Vice-President, Dr. H. 
M. Smith, of Washington, D. C.; Recording Secretary, 
George F. Peabody, of Appleton, Wis.; Corresponding 
Secretary, Charles G. Atkins, of East Orland, Me.; 
Treasurer, C. W. Willard,, of Westerly, R. I. The 
Executive Committee was selected as follows: Hon. 
W. E. Meehan, of Pennnsylvania, chairman, and John 
D. Whish, of New York; E, Hart Ceer, of Connecti- 
cut; J. A. Henshall, of Montana; Paul North, of Ohio; 
J. J. Stranahan, of Georgia, and S. F. Fullerton, of 
Minnesota. It was decided to meet next year at Grand 
Rapids, Mich. A resolution complimenting Commis- 
sioner Meehan, of Pennsylvania, on the advanced posi- 
tion he has taken in his work and thanking him for the 
interest he has shown in the So'ciety was •unanimously 
adopted, after which the Society adjourned. An un- 
usually large number of new members were elected 
during the session, among them being these from New 
Ststc * 
Robert Kirby Taylor, Timothy , J. Martin, H. F. De 
Puy and James Cruikshank, of New York city; Stephen 
H. Palmer, of Monticello; Clifford E. Irish, of Lake 
George. Mr. Whish was selected to prepare a suitable 
notice of the late Eugene G. Blackford for presentation 
at the next meeting and for publication in the pro- 
ceedings. 
On their way home the members were g'reatly de- 
layed by the engine and a portion of their train run- 
ning off the track near Charlotteville. Fortunately no- 
body was injured. 
A FAVORITE name for German angling clubs is “Friih- 
Auf” (“early up”), and at this season of the year the 
German Angler Zeitung contains accounts of their fish- 
ing matches. On Sunday, June 18, the Central Union of 
the Berlin Friends of Angling had a match to see who 
was king of the anglers. Thirty-six anglers in twenty 
boats fished the Rummelsburger Lake in a steady down- 
pour, which soaked every contestant to the skin. In 
three-quarters of an hour the lot caught three pounds of 
fish. The greatest fish weighed 129 grammes, and the 
next greatest 120 grammes. The captors, Herr Garten- 
schlager and Herr Heese, amid great rejoicing, were de- 
clared king and knight, and duly . adorned with the in- 
signia of office. The competitors then adjourned for 
breakfast on Love Island, and kept on having breakfast 
until a late hour of the day. _ Our German angling 
friends carry out these competitions with tremendous 
enthusiasm. Processions with banners, songs and music, 
an hour or two’s fishing, then feasting and more music 
and songs, great speechifying, a grand torchlight proces- 
sion, and a finish up with a ball. They naturally do not 
expect to catch many fi.sh on these occasions, but they 
certainly do have, as our American friends say, “a high 
old time,” under the protection of St.. Peter, the angler’s 
patron saint. For one thing, our German friends can 
sing, and it is a delightful experience on a moonlight 
night to come home from an outing of this kind on the 
Rhine or other rivers with boatloads of anglers of both 
sexes, all singing grand old German songs. — Fishing 
Gazette, 
Distance & 
Acc’y, Fly. 
98 10-15 
95 4-15 
96 9-16 
98 
98 11-15 
Distance & 
Acc’y, Fly, 
Re-entry. 
99 
98 13-15 
93 9-15 
