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Aug. 3, 1912 
fill to angling conditions in it. He deplores the 
fact that so many of the forests around our 
trout streams have been cut down, as many have 
before him. But the story cannot be told too 
often. Even to tell Americans about “tailing" 
and “bulging” trout—English copyrighted expres¬ 
sions—is much better than to try to teach a 
young man to be a “fish hog” in one lesson. 
And Mr. Bisbee’s “corpulent" Mr. Gill! 
What has he done that Mr. Bisbee does not 
like? Certainly he is not built on the “hysteri¬ 
cal” plan. What has been more needed by 
American anglers than his little book, “Practical 
Dry-Fly Fishing,” modest, but full of meat? 
Many a wet-fly fisherman has been helped by 
him to understand the methods of the floating 
fly. 
If Mr. Camp really uses his “south paw” 
in writing, as Mr. Bisbee says he does, this fact 
explains a lot of things that have puzzled me 
in the past. For large, juicy words give me 
the “south paw” hereafter. And he seems to 
strive to please everybody. Take his recent 
“dry-fly” article of six pages on the proper kind 
of a rod to use when slamming the dry-fly 
through the air. I read it twice. I possess just 
about two cords of fly-rods of all descriptions. 
When I had finished mentally chasing Mr. 
Camp's words around, I made up my mind that 
each and every one of my numerous rods dupli¬ 
cated in some way Mr. Camp’s choice. It was 
wonderful! 
But really, Mr. Bisbee, why let the wet-fly 
men and the worm and artificial bait fishermen 
have all the stage to themselves? Learn to use 
the dry-fly, and I doubt if you will want any 
other lure. I have a lot of wet flies that began 
to accumulate when I was fishing with Noah 
on the ark. They are no longer useful to me, 
and every one that comes to my home can have 
all the wet flies he could reasonably ask for. 
Mark Twain told us about the organist who 
played under a sign: “Don’t shoot the organist; 
he is doing the best he can.” So are the dry- 
fly writers. Only a few months ago I heard 
an English dry-fly angler of international repu¬ 
tation praise very highly some of the American 
dry-fly talks that Mr. Bisbee biffs at. A Hal¬ 
ford does not always emerge from the first egg 
hatched. He must go through the chicken stage 
before he can grow his long tail feathers. 
Olive Dun. 
Night Fishing at Ashury Park. 
Asbury Park, N. J., July 13.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: The vagaries of fishing is one of 
the features that add a peculiar charm to fisher¬ 
men, results oftentimes being in direct opposition 
to accepted theories, and an odd exemplification 
of this fact was shown Saturday at Point Pleas¬ 
ant, New Jersey. 
The incoming or flood tide is generally 
credited with being the best fishing tide from 
the beach, particularly for striped bass, the water 
rising high, close into the shore, allowing small 
fish, sea bugs, clams, etc., their natural food, to 
gather close to the undertow. Another accepted 
theory is that daylight fishing is preferable to 
night fishing, as it is assumed that the fish can 
see the bait better in day time. Both these 
theories were oddly contradicted by facts on 
Saturday. 
A party of fishermen, of which the writer 
was one, arrived there about 3 p. m. in order to 
take advantage of the incoming tide, it being 
high water about 6 p. m. 
After fishing industriously up to high water 
with very poor results, they determined to quit 
and had returned to the pavilion, when Ralph 
Borden, who manages same, advised them to 
stay, as he said that he felt satisfied that they 
would catch striped bass if they did. This being 
contrary to their accepted theories, the tide fall¬ 
ing and darkness approaching, the fishermen de¬ 
cided otherwise and left. 
The ensuing result proved that Borden was 
right in his judgment, as other fishermen re¬ 
mained, and between 10 p. m. and midnight, and 
at nearly mean low water, they captured eight 
sti iped bass, ranging from three to five pounds 
each, and in addition by 8 o’clock in the morn¬ 
ing had over 100 kingfish beside, which proves 
that flood tide is not always the best fishing tide, 
and that sometimes night fishing is better than 
day fishing. Hartie I. Phillips. 
Illinois Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., July 23.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Although conditions were not so favor¬ 
able as on the Saturday previous, the contest 
of the 20th inst. developed a remarkable show- 
ing of good scores. Of twenty-one scores cast 
in the quarter-ounce accuracy bait, eleven were 
99 per cent, or better. 
The weather conditions were: Sky cloudy, 
wind south, velocity about twenty miles per 
hour. The scores follow in the order in which 
they were cast: 
Quarter-ounce accuracy, bait: 
Cook . 
Score. 
Re-entry. 
Stanley . 
Linder . 
. O 
Hartley . 
Whitby . 
Asper . 
McFarlin . 
Amman . 
.... 
Bauer. 
Spencer . 
Heston . 
.... 
De Garmo . 
.... 
Wehle . 
.... 
Tournier . 
.... 
Salmon fly: 
De Garmo . 
Amman . 
Stanley . 
I he first of the series of inter-club contests 
to be played by the four Chicago clubs was held 
at the pool of the Anglers’ Casting Club on the 
21st inst. This affair, intended to promote socia¬ 
bility and good fellowship, was in every way a 
success. 1 he honor of first place in the quarter- 
ounce accuracy was won by Mr. Perce, of the 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club, and in the light tackle 
dry-fly accuracy the honor went to Mr. Bellows, 
of the North Shore Casting Club. The veterans 
will not be denied. 
The date set for the national tournament is 
rapidly approaching. The time left in which to 
practice is very short. The boys of Illinois will 
have to put up a harder fight this year than 
ever in order to secure the national pennant. 
Those who cast their scores on days fol¬ 
lowing the regular contest days are urged to be 
as prompt as possible in order that time for fly 
events, which have been postponed, may be pro¬ 
vided. 
Come out and work for the 98 per cent, 
average button, given by the N. A. S. A. C. 
A. F. Swisher, Sec’y. 
Landlocked Salmon Fishing. 
Iuxedo Park, N. Y., July 20 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: The article in to-day’s issue of 
Forest and Stream by John D. Whish, entitled 
“Landlocked Salmon in Lake George,” is par¬ 
ticularly interesting to me, as I am going on a 
fishing trip up there next week, and intend mak¬ 
ing a systematic and thorough trial of deep troll¬ 
ing for this specie in those waters. 
I have handled this fish continuously for 
over twelve years at the hatchery here, domesti¬ 
cating it through four generations, and during 
this time have had an unusually good opportunity 
of Studying its peculiarities of growth, habits 
and reproduction. Also results of stocking 
waters with this species from advanced fry, fin- 
gerlings and yearlings to those of over two 
years of age. It is an utter waste of time and 
money to plant this fish as fry or fingerling in 
any waters containing bass or pickerel, unless 
they are held until they are at least ten inches 
in length before being turned out. To do this 
at the State or Federal hatcheries is out of the 
question with their limited amount of room, and 
the extra amount of expense it would entail, but 
if a fishing association could be formed, com¬ 
posed of the summer residents, natives, guides, 
hotel men, railway and steamship companies, and 
a series of pools built along some spring brook 
for the purpose of holding the salmon for a 
year or so after they had been consigned from 
the State or National hatcheries, there is no 
doubt but that splendid fishing would result, and 
instead, of some half dozen of these fish being 
taken in a season, there would be thousands. 
Such angling would bring in a crowd of early 
fishermen filling the hotels and boarding houses 
at a season of the year when they are usually 
empty of guests. 
I am sure both the State and Federal fish 
commissions would gladly co-operate in such an 
undertaking, if it was gone about in the right 
way, for Lake George seems an ideal environ¬ 
ment for this, the grandest of all fresh water 
American game fishes. 
W. M. Keil. 
Newark Bail- and Fly-Casting Club. 
East Newark, N. J., July 20.— Editor Forest 
and. Stream: The following scores were re¬ 
corded at the club contest, held on Saturday 
afternoon at the club platform at Weequahic 
Lake: 
Half-ounce distance, bait: 
Endersby . 
.... 09% 
Muldoon 
....112% 
Jacobus . 
Doughty 
•Smith . 
•Marsh 
....164% 
Neu . 
....1353% 
Long . 
.70% 
Half-ounce accuracy, bait 
Endersby . 
. 96 10-15 
Muldoon 
Champion . 
. 98 5-15 
Sands .. 
Jacobus . 
. 94 
Doughty 
. 97 5-15 
Neu . 
. 97 6-15 
•Smith . 
Long . 
. 88 3-15 
•Marsh . 
Accuracy fly: 
Enders . 
. 98 8-15 
Muldoon 
Champion . 
. 96 13-15 
Doughty 
Mapes . 
. 98 9-15 
Frazer .. 
Distance fly: 
Enders . 
.... 68 
Doughty 
Champion . 
.... 99 
Frazer ., 
Mapes . 
.... 93 
•Smith , 
.... 66 
Muldoon . 
.... 79 
.138% 
. 90% 
.173% 
.127% 
.172 
97 10-15 
95 8-15 
96 10-15 
93 10-15 
97 1-15 
97 9-15 
98 2-15 
99 5-15 
97 11-15 
83 
96 
74 
83 
Champion and Frazer used heavy rods; the others 
5-ounce rods. 
♦Guests. 
L. L. Sands, Secretary. 
