July 26, 1913 
FOREST AND STREAM 
109 
Illinois Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., July 14 . —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The weather conditions were quite ad¬ 
verse on Saturday, but better on Sunday. In the 
half-ounce accuracy bait on Saturday, the 
weather was cloudy, wind west, velocity forty 
miles; Sunday, half-ounce accuracy bait, clear, 
wind southwest, velocity twenty miles; accuracy 
fly, clear, wind north, velocity twenty miles; 
light tackle distance fly, clear, wind north, ve¬ 
locity twenty miles; distance fly, clear, wind 
north, velocity twenty miles. 
The scores follow in the order in which 
they were cast: 
Half-ounce accuracy bait: 
Hartley . 
De Garmo . 
Bauer . 
Anway . 
McFarlin . 
Andrews .. 
Humphreys . 
♦Nord'nolm . 
Call. McCarthy . 
Swisher . 
C. W. Grant . 
McCandless . 
Hartstall . 
Huntley .. 
Keer . 
W. T. Grant . 
C. P. Clifford. 
Gates . 
♦Chatt . 
♦Gray . 
♦Ellsworth . 
Re-entries. 
97.7 
99.2 
99.0 
98.8 
9S.8 
99.4 
92.7 
91.9 
98.0 
.... 
97.6 
98.7 
95.6 
98.2 
99.3 
96! 6 
97.7 
98.8 
97.6 
9L3 
97.9 
97.0 
98.9 
96.3 
98'2 
98.4 
96.8 
96.5 
97.7 
.... 
97.4 
97.9 
.... 
Accuracy fly: 
De Garmo . 
.. 99 8-15 
.. 99 
Re-entries. 
99 3-15 
99 5-15 
.. 98 5-15 
99 1-15 
Swisher . 
C. W. Grant. 
.. 99 1-15 
.. 98 12-15 
.. 9S 12-15 
98 9-15 
98 14-15 
♦Lingenfelter . 
* 
.. 99 
Light tackle, distance fly, feet: 
C. W. Grant. 83 
Call McCarthy . 103 
De Garmo . 83 
Amman . 88 
♦Lingenfelter . 84 
Distance fly, feet: 
Call McCarthy . Ill Amman . 
De Garmo . 95 C. W. Grant.... 
♦Guests. 
84 
102 
102 
98 
It will be noted that two of the club’s prev¬ 
ious records are exceeded in the above scores. 
The club’s record, light tackle distance fly, 
longest single cast, 99 feet, held by Brother W. 
H. Ball, is replaced by that of Brother Call Mc¬ 
Carthy with a cast of 103 feet. 
In the distance fly event, the record has 
been held by Brother J. E. Amman, with a cast 
of hi feet on Aug. 3, 1912. The record now 
is that of Brother Call McCarthy’s cast of 117 
feet. 
Considering the velocity of the constantly 
varying wind during the casting on Saturday 
Brother A. Bauer’s score of 99.4 was significant. 
Another occurrence worthy of note was 
Brother Pierson’s score of 999 in practice con¬ 
test one week ago. 
The National Association of Scientific Ang¬ 
ling Clubs will hold the sixth annual casting 
tournament on the 5th and 6th of September, 
1913, at our casting pool. 
The events will be quarter and half-ounce 
accuracy bait, half-ounce distance bait, accuracy 
fly, light tackle dry fly accuracy, distance fly, 
salmon fly. An entrance fee of $1 will be 
charged for each event. 
Suitable awards for the championship and 
other places in each event will be provided, an¬ 
nouncement of which will be made at a later 
date. 
It is earnestly hoped that every member of 
the Illinois Casting Club will extend all possible 
aid to the officers of the National Association in 
their endeavor to make this a very successful 
tournament. 
The annual business meeting of the asso¬ 
ciation will be held the evening of Sept. 4, and 
all members of clubs in good standing are in¬ 
vited to attend. The place of meeting will be 
announced later. 
The events at our next contest, July 26, will 
be quarter-ounce accuracy bait, accuracy fly, 
light tackle dry fly accuracy, salmon fly. 
Hereafter morning contests will begin at 10 
o’clock sharp, regardless of the number present. 
Members who have not the club badge can 
obtain them from the secretary. 
J. D. Anway, Sec'y. 
Fly-Casting in New South Wales. 
The New South Wales Anglers’ Casting 
Club’s winter program of fly-casting events con¬ 
tains a number of very useful items—dry-fly 
casting for accuracy and delicacy, wet-fly cast¬ 
ing for accuracy and style, dry-fly accuracy and 
delicacy with and against the wind, dry-fly right 
and left hand, wet-fly distance and dry-fly dis¬ 
tance. For several competitions six-ounce rods 
must be used, and for the convenience of mem¬ 
bers unprovided with light rods, the necessary 
equipment has been purchased by the club. Dur¬ 
ing the season there will be three Saturday after¬ 
noons set apart for coaching novices, and mem¬ 
bers are availing themselves of the opportunity 
to get a little expert tuition in the use of the 
fly-rod. The Australasian championship meet¬ 
ing will commence on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 
20, and continue on the following Saturday after¬ 
noons. The events will be same as last year, 
viz.: dry-fly accuracy and delicacy, dry-fly under 
forward obstacle, dry-fly distance, wet-fly accu¬ 
racy and style and wet-fly distance. Rods not 
to exceed 11 feet in length or weigh more than 
1% ounce to the foot. In distance events the 
length of gut casts is unlimited, but in all other 
contests must not exceed 9 feet. 
Trophies have been presented by Messrs. 
Nettleship & Co., Meisselbach & Co., Dr. H. L. 
Maitland, H. J. Ackland and H. K. Anderson, 
and the club will provide trophies for the placed 
men in the championship. The winner of the 
championship will hold the Gorrick champion¬ 
ship cup for twelve months and will receive a 
gold medal presented by the club. Each com¬ 
petition in the winter program will be a handi¬ 
cap in the target contests. The less expert mem¬ 
bers are allowed additional casts at certain tar¬ 
gets, according to their proficiency. F. W. Ebel- 
ing is the honorable handicapper, and his awards 
are working out very satisfactorily. So far two 
competitions have been conducted, but owing to 
very heavy rain just prior to the opening of the 
season, the water in the club’s lagoon at Cen¬ 
tennial Park, Sydney, rose to such an extent that 
it was impossible to place the pontoons in posi¬ 
tion, and further rain has kept the lake too full 
to do so up to date. The first competition of the 
season was held on May 24, postponed on ac¬ 
count of the weather from the previous week. 
Accuracy and style with the wet fly, points: 
W. P. Carter. 101 H. K. Anderson. 86 
T. Sonular . 93 W. E. Wilson. 79 
Dr. H. L. Maitland.. 86 " 
Accuracy and delicacy with the drv flv. points: 
W. E. Wilson. 447 F. W. Ebeling. 306 
FT. T. Ackland. 337 T. Scoular . 268 
FT. K. Anderson.310 C. H. Gorrick. 268 
H. K. Anderson. 
Mid-Summer Fishing in California. 
BY GOLDEN GATE. 
Coast streams are now very low and are 
well fished out, but excellent sport is being en¬ 
joyed on most of the Sierra streams, many of 
which are now at their best. There was a great 
exodus of anglers from San Francisco during 
the first week of July, and the numerous boxes 
of fish that were sent down from the mountains 
attest to the excellence of the sport. Splendid 
fly-fishing is now being enjoyed on the Truckee, 
the Feather, the McCloud, Pitt, Sacramento and 
other large streams of the State. Thunder 
showers are still being experienced in the north¬ 
ern districts, but these have not been heavy 
enough of late to interfere with fishing to any 
extent. 
Fishing in Lake Tahoe is now of a high 
order and some wonderful catches are being 
made there. What is said to have been the 
largest rainbow trout ever taken from Lake 
Tahoe was recently landed there, and for a day 
was on exhibition in the Palace Hotel, San 
Francisco, frozen in a cake of ice. The fish 
was a beautifully marked specimen and weighed 
over eighteen pounds, measuring forty inches 
from tip to tip. Another splendid fish recently 
landed there was an eleven-pound silver trout 
secured by M. Jules Dauviller, chef du cuisine 
of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco. It was the 
first visit of this angler to the lake, and he was 
there but two days, but the fish taken was not 
only one of the largest of its kind landed this 
season, but was one of the most beautiful silver 
trout ever taken in those waters. 
Fishing in the Big Meadows country is now 
commencing to be good, and will probably be 
at its best about the end of July. Dr. and Mrs. 
J. Auburn Wiborn, of San Francisco, and Wil¬ 
liam Watkins, of Berkeley, have been spending 
a very enjoyable vacation there, making a num¬ 
ber of good catches. 
Fishing was never better on the Truckee 
River than it has been during the past few 
weeks, and limit baskets have been secured by 
many anglers. The fish are taking the fly there 
in good shape, the best killers being the beaver- 
kill, the blue dun and red spinner. 
Some splendid black bass fishing is to be 
enjoyed at places along the San Joaquin River, 
but conditions are vastly different than they have 
been in past years, and many anglers have re¬ 
turned from trips empty handed. The Lower 
Kings River country was formerly a great black 
bass fishing ground, but there is no fishing there 
at all this season, as all of the streams have 
been extremely low, and at no time has Kings 
River reached Tulare Lake. During the sum¬ 
mer the lake will probably be practically dry, 
and great quantities of fish will be destroyed. 
For this reason seining is being allowed. At 
the Miller & Lux dam, at Mendota, some very 
heavy catches of bass are being made, and as 
many as 500 people visit this place on Sundays. 
A few salmon are also being taken in the river,. 
one weighing twenty-nine pounds having been 
landed. 
Striped bass fishing is a very uncertain quan¬ 
tity just now. One day a splendid catch will be 
made on some slough, and the next day not a 
fish will he taken. The best success seems to be 
had on the Napa River and on Corte Madera 
Creek. 
