June 28, 1913 
FOREST AND STREAM 
817 
Fish Food. 
Passaic, N. J., June i . — Editor Forest and 
Stream: In these days of general lamentation 
about the high cost of living I am wondering 
why through ignorance or prejudice so many 
species of fish are entirely overlooked by market 
men or private families. Hugh Smith, the new 
head of the Fisheries Bureau, is undoubtedly 
correct in thinking that the consumption of fish 
might be almost doubled. There must be an 
immense quantity of palatable food in our fresh 
and salt waters not utilized at all. I hope the 
new broom will sweep from existence the idiocy 
of rejecting from our list of edible fishes many 
a species that is savored with pleasure in other 
countries. I would like to see Federal instru¬ 
mentalities put in motion to correct such anoma¬ 
lies. 
In my younger days I was fishing once in 
Butterfield Lake, Northern New York, where 
my boatmate hooked a four or five-pound fish 
so strong and active that it took some time to 
get it on board. The guide said it was a dog¬ 
fish and scorned the idea of its being eatable. 
Here is what Mr. Smith says about this fish: 
• “There is no better fish for table use. The 
flesh is sweet, tender and delicate, far better 
than some of our recognized food fishes. It is 
simply a young shark, and in ten more years 
we will be eating full-sized sharks and scores 
of other fishes that we shudder at now. The 
fish are all right; we don't know they are good, 
that’s all.” 
More power to the elbows of the new head 
of the Fisheries Bureau who says “there are 
scores of varieties of fish that never reach the 
market.” Now, no one knows why exactly. 
H. H. T. 
Columbus Anglers* Club. 
Columbus, Ohio, June 14.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: Our Decoration Day tournament 
was a great success in way of attendance and 
good time, although the weather was very bad 
for casting the bait or fly. This kept the scores 
very low, as you will note by our score sheet. 
We had many out-of-town men from other 
clubs with us which helped to .make the interest 
run high. The scores follow: 
Half-ounce accuracy bait 
N. L. Bulkley. 98 9-15 
Budge Wilcox _ 98 7-15 
F. M. Brooks .... 98 3-15 
Dr. S. S. Wilcox.. 97 13-15 
A. E. Shatford.... 97 6-15 
G. G. Tinkham... 97 2-15 
casting, per cent.: 
Ralph Pavey . 95 7-15 
A1 Marriott . 95 2-3 
E. R. Rockwell ... 97 
Dr. L. E. Day .... 93 8-15 
W. C. Green .... 91 7-15 
Half-ounce long distance bait casting, average three 
cssts feet’ 
N. L. Bulkley .... 145 2-3 A. E. Shatford . 83 
F. M. Brooks .132 Ralph Pavey . 76 
Dr. L. E. Day ... 120 
Quarter-ounce bait casting for accuracy, per cent.: 
F. M. Brooks. 98 2-3 
N. L. Bulkley.97 1-5 
John M. Rogers ... 97 1-5 
A. E. Shatford .... 97 1-3 
W. C. Green . 97 1-5 
E. R. Rockwell 
Dr. S. S. Wilcox 
Budge Wilcox .. 
H. M. Sims. 
97 
96 8-15 
95 4-5 
Quarter-ounce bait casting for long distance, average 
three casts, feet: 
F. M. Brooks. 119 A. E. Shatford .94 
W. C. Green . 103 Dr. S. S. Wilcox ... 82 2-3 
John Rogers . 103 
Expert accuracy fly casting, per cent.: 
Wm. Behnen ... 
.'. 98 
Howard bnus .... 
96 2-9 
V. D. Reese ... 
.. 97 2-3 
Frank Kan- bel'. .. 
8" 2 3 
L. E. Jones ... 
.. 97 1-3 
J. F. Haves. 
\)6 2-9 
Fred Shattuck .. 
.. 96 7-9 
A. E. Shatford 
011.. 
E. R. Rockwell 
.. 96 5-9 
Tim Noe. 
94 7-9 
J. F. Atwood .. 
.. 95 1-3 
G. H. Hamilton... 
96 1-9 
Geo Ford . 
.. 94 2-3 
W. J. Savage _ 
93 2-3 
C. E. Henderson 
.. 95 7-9 
Prof. W. A. Knight 94 1-9 
J. A. Foerest ... 
.. 80 
Expert fly casting, long 
distance, average: 
V. D. Reese .... 
... 61 2-3 
C. E. Henderson 
. 55 
W'm. Behnen ... 
... 61 2-3 
W. J. Savage _ 
. 55 
Geo. Ford . 
...61 
J. F. Atwood . 
. 55 
Prof. W. A. Knight 58 1-3 
Jim Noe . 
. 52 2-3 
G. H. Hamilton 
... 57 2-3 
Howard Sims .... 
. 53 
Fred Shattuck ... 
...56 
Frank Kampbell . 
. 36 1-3 
J. F. Hays . 
...56 1-3 
Accuracy fly 
contest for club medal—Won 
by H. 
Hamilton with 97 8-9 per cent. 
Long distance fly contest for club medal—W’on by 
V. D. Reese, score 61 1-3 per cent. 
We hold our next bait- and fly-casting tour¬ 
nament at Olentangy Park, June 28, and invite 
any interested angler to contest with us. There 
will be no entrance fee charges, and prizes will 
be given the first five winners in each event. 
The events will be as follows: 
First—Half-ounce accuracy bait-casting. 
Second—Half-ounce long distance bait-cast¬ 
ing. 
Third—Quarter-ounce accuracy bait-casting. 
■ Fourth—Quarter-ounce long distance bait¬ 
casting. 
Fifth—Accuracy fly-casting. 
Sixth—Long distance fly-casting. 
All events will be run under the N. A. of 
S. A. rules. The tournament will begin at 2 
o’clock p. M. 
Nelson L. Bulkley, Sec’y. 
St. Louis Bait- and Fly-Casting Club. 
On Sunday, June 15, the St. Louis Fly- and 
Bait-Casting Club held its regular tournament at 
the foot of Art Hill in Forest Park. The fol¬ 
lowing events were cast off: Quarter-ounce ac¬ 
curacy, quarter-ounce distance, fishing tackle ac¬ 
curacy, fishing tackle distance, fly distance, fly 
accuracy, with the following scores: 
Accuracy, 
quarter-ounce. 
per cent.: 
Solomon .... 
. 93 9-10 
Pingree . 
... 97 3-10 
Schloeman .. 
. 98 2-10 
Fred Werner ... 
... 98 3-10 
Heilman .... 
. 97 7-10 
Ed. Werner _ 
... 97 1-10 
Geist . 
. 97 6-10 
Steinmesch . 
...93 9-10 
Ashton . 
........ 97 2-10 
Distance, 
quarter-ounce. 
average five casts, 
, feet: 
Solomon _ 
. 61 2-5 
Pingree . 
... 66 
Schloeman ..' 
■.. 104 2-5 
Fred Werner ... 
... 46 2-5 
Heilman .... 
. 84 
Ed. Werner .... 
... 55 1-5 
Geist . 
. 133 3-5 
Steinmesch . 
... 64 1-5 
A shton . 
. 59 3-5 
Robirds . 
... 107 4-5 
Accuracy, 
half-ounce fishing tackle, per cent.: 
-Solomon .... 
. 95 4-10 
Fred Werner ., 
,... 97 7-10 
Schloeman .. 
. 99 • 
Ed. Werner ... 
... 97 8-10 
Heilman _ 
. 97 9-10 
Steinmesch . 
,... 92 1-10 
Geist . 
. 97 6-10 
Heyman . 
.... 91 2-10 
Ashton . 
. 94 4-10 
Martin . 
.... 94 8-10 
Pingree . 
. 96 6-10 
Distance, 
half-ounce fishing tackle, average 
five casts. 
feet: 
Solomon .... 
. 68 3-5 
Pingree . 
.... 118 2-5 
Schloeman .. 
. 79 1-5 
Fred Werner... 
,... 120 3-5 
Cyran . 
. 90 4-5 
Ed. Werner_ 
.... 127 
Geist . 
. 115 4-5 
Steinmesch .... 
.... 66 4-5 
Martin . 
. 92 3-5 
Heyman . 
.... 58 2-5 
Accuracy 
fly, per cent.: 
Pingree . 
.98 10-15 
Steinmesch .... 
... 98 9-15 
Hebard . 
.97 
Ashton . 
... 95 8-15 
Heilman .. .. 
. 98 11-15 
Brennan . 
... 98 10-15 
Ed. Werner . 97 7-15 
Distance fly, feet: 
Hebard . 70 Ed. Werner . 74 
Heilman . 
. 69 
Pingree . 
. 88 
H. J. Steinmesch, 
Sec’y. 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
Make-up casts, held at Stow Lake, June 7. 
Wind, variable; weather, fair: 
Event No. 2, accuracy,'per cent.; 
Paul M. Shattuck.. 
. 99" ■ 
S. 
Forbes . 
. 96.40 
F. A. Webster . 
. 98.52 
C. 
H. Gardner 
. 97.36 
Re-entry: 
Paul M. Shattuck . 
. 98.50 
F. 
A. Webster 
. 99 
Event No. 3, delicacv, per cent.; 
Accuracy. Delicacy. 
Net. 
Paul M. Shattuck . 
98.28 
98.30 
98.29 
F. A. Webster . 
98.56 
100 
99.28 
S. Forbes . 
98.8 
98 
98.4 
C. H. Gardner _ 
97.12 
98.10 
97.41 
Re-entry: 
Paul M. Shattuck . 
97.4 
97.40 
97.22 
F. A. Webster . 
98.56 
ICO 
99.28 
Event No. 4, half-ounce 
lure 
casting, per 
cent.: 
F. A. Webster . 
98.4 
C. 
H. Kewell .. 
.94.6 
Event No. 6, dry fly accuracy, per cent: 
(J. (j. Y oung . 
. 98.5 
s. 
Forbes . 
.98.6 
Paul M. Shattuck.. 
. 98.13 
G. 
H. Kewell . 
.97.7 
F. A. Webster . 
. 98.5 
C. 
H. Gardner 
. 91.8 
J. F. Burgin . 
. 98.2 
Re-entry; 
Paul M. Shattuck .. 
. 96.10 
T. 
F. Rurgin .. 
. K 2 
Paul M. Shattuck... 
. 96.12 
S. 
Forbes . 
.97.8 
Paul M. Shattuck... 
. 97.4 
s. 
Forbes . 
. 98.12 
F. A. Webster . 
. 98.5 
s. 
Forbes . 
. 98.1 
F. A. Webster . 
. 98.6 
c. 
H. Kewell . 
. 98.11 
F. A. Webster . 
. 98.5 
c. 
H. Kewell 
.98.8 
J. F. Burgin . 
. 98.1 . 
C.' 
H. Kewell . 
.98.9 
J. F. Burgin . 
. 98.2 
Judges, Paul M. Shattuck, James Watt, C. 
PL Kewell; Referee, C. G. Young; Clerk, E. O. 
Ritter. 
Make-up casts, held at Stow Lake, June 8. 
Wind, moderate; weather, cloudy: 
Event No. 1, distance, feet: 
Stanley Forbes 
.76 
C. 
H. 
Kewell .... 
.70 
Sam Wells . 
.88 
Re-entry: 
Stanley Forbes 
. 80 
c. 
H. 
Kewell .... 
.76 
Stanley Forbes 
. 80 
c. 
H. 
Kewell ... 
.75 
Sam Wells . 
. 92 
Event No. 2, 
accuracy, 
per cent.: 
F. V. Bell . 
.98.4 
C. 
H. 
Garlner ,.., 
.... 98.52 
Event No. 3, delicacy, per cent.: 
Accuracy. Delicacy. Net. 
Dr. W. E. Brooks . 98.12 98.50 98.31 
Event No. 5, half-ounce lure casting, average 
feet: 
Dr. W. E. Brooks . 
... 93 
C. H. Gardner ... 
.... 88 
C. H. Kewell . 
... 107 
James Watt . 
.... 154 
J. F. Burgin . 
... 160 
Re-entry: 
Dr. W. E. Brooks 
...110 
James Watt . 
.... 147 
J. F. Burgin . 
... 163 
James Watt . 
_ 142 
Event No. 6, dry fly accuracy, per cent: 
C. G. Young . 
. 99 
Dr. W. E. Brooks 
.. 98.5 
Stanley Forbes . 
. 96.8 
Sam Wells . 
... 99.2 
F. V. Bell . 
. 96.1 
C. H. Kewell .... 
... 98.2 
Dr. W. E. Brooks.. 
. 98.9 
J. F. Burgin . 
... 98.4 
Re-entry: 
C. G. Young . 
. 98.8 
Dr. W. E. Brooks 
.. 96.13 
C. G. Young . 
. 99.1 
Sam Wells . 
... 98.9 
C. G. Young . 
. 98.12 
Sam Wells . 
... 98.12 
Stanley Forbes . 
. 98.5 
C. H. Kewell .... 
... 98.14 
Stanley Forbes . 
. 99. 
C. H. Kewell .... 
...99 
F. V. Bell . 
. 96.8 
J. F. Burgin . 
... 98.2 
F. V. Bell . 
. 97.1 
J. F. Burgin . 
... 97.9 
Event No. 7. light tackle. 
long distance, feet: 
C. G. Young . 
... 70 
Sam Wells .. 
. 91 
F. V. Bell . 
... 78 
C. H. Kewell . 
. 78 
Dr. W. S. Brooks.. 
71 
Re-entry: 
F. V. Bell . 
... 76 
Dr. W. E. Brooks 
.... 77 
F. V. Bell . 
... 77 
Judges, Stanley Forbes, James Watt, F. V. 
Bell; Referee, C. G. Young; Clerk, E. O. Ritter. 
Longest cast, long distance lure—J. F. Bur- 
gin, 170 feet. 
Longest cast, long distance fly, heavy—-Sam 
Wells, 92 feet. 
Longest cast, long distance fly, light—Sam 
Wells, gt feet. 
