Sept. 28, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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The Anglers’ Club of New York. 
The annual club tournament of the Anglers’ 
Club of New York was held on Sept. 7 and 14 
as scheduled. On the 7th the wind bothered 
the contestants, especially, in the salmon event, 
preventing high scores, and a smart shower, 
which obligingly held off till the conclusion of 
the day's program, sent the members and spec¬ 
tators hurrying to shelter, but on the 14th the 
conditions during the fly event were most favor¬ 
able, as shown by the scores, all of which were 
made with five-ounce rods, although not techni¬ 
cally counting as records in that weight. The 
gold medal for the club championship for 1912 
which was figured on a demerit basis, was won 
by W. C. Metcalfe, who finished fourth in the 
first event, first in the second, second in the 
third and fourth in the last, or a total of eleven 
demerits, with C. H. Higby and A. B. Hubbell 
tied for second place with twelve demerits each. 
The lure in the bait event was a commercial one 
furnished by the committee and weighed five- 
eighths of an ounce. The events and scores 
were as follows: 
SEPTEMBER J. 
2 P. M.—Dry-fly accuracy: Demerits. Per Cent. 
A. 
R. Hanners . 
. 15 
99 
C. 
H. Higby . 
. 16 
98 14-15 
A. 
B. Hubbell . 
. 22 
98 8-15 
W. 
C. Metcalfe . 
. 23 
98 7-15 
F. 
C. Raynor . 
. 29 
98 1-15 
H. 
Friedman . 
. 30 
98 
4 P. M.—Distance fly handicap: 
Distance. Flandicap. 
Score. 
ft. 
in. ft. in. 
ft. in. 
W. 
C. Metcalfe . 
. 115 
3 .. 
118 .. 
H. 
Friedman . 
. Ill 
6 .. 
117 .. 
A. 
B. Hubbell . 
.. 108 
6 4 .. 
112 6 
C. 
H. Higby . 
. 101 
7 6 
108 6 
A. 
R. Hanners . 
. 104 
6 3 .. 
107 6 
G. 
M. L. La Branche 
. 103 
6 .... 
103 6 
1. 
H. Seymour . 
. 72 
24 .. 
96 .. 
W. 
McGuckin . 
. 84 
7 .. 
91 .. 
SEPTEMBER 14 . 
2 P. M.—Distance bait, handicap: 
Average. Handicap. Score. 
Feet. Feet. Feet. 
J. G. Lamison . 108 36.5 144.5 
W. C. Metcalfe . 104.4 33 137.4 
A. B. Hubbell . 91.4 39.9 121.3 
H. Friedman . 102 3.3 105.3 
C. H. Higby . 105 0 105 
4 P. M.—Distance fly handicap, 6 oz. rods, no allow¬ 
ances: Distance. Handicap. Score. 
ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. 
C. H. Higby . 92 .. 4 9 96 9 
H. Friedman . 91 .. 1 6 V 2 92 6Y2 
A. B. Hubell . 88 .. 2 .. 90 .. 
W. C. Metcalfe . 88 .. 0 9 88 9 
W. McGuckin . 83 .. 0 0 83 .. 
J. G. Lamison . 75 .. 6 9 81 9 
F. C. Raynor . 62 .. 5 9 67 9 
Score for club championship medal: Demerits. 
W. C. Metcalf . 4 1 2 4 11 
C. H. Higby . 2 4 5 1 12 
• A. B. Hubbell . 3 3 3 3 ‘12 
H. Friedman . 6 2 4 2 14 
Illinois Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., Sept. 
1 7 —Editor 
Forest and 
Stream: The 
following 
scores were 
cast on re- 
entry days. Sept. 14 and 
15 . Owing 
to the high 
wind on Sept. 
15 the accuracy fly 
events were 
postponed until Sept. 22 . 
Quarter-ounce 
accuracy bait: 
Amman . 
. 98.4 
Whitby .... 
. 99. 
Wehle . 
C. W. Grant . 97.1 
Jamison . 
. 99.1 
Hartstall ... 
. 94. 
Stanley . 
. 99.4 
Swisher ... 
. 98.5 
McFarlin . 
. 97.7 
Kernaghan . 
. 99.1 
McCandless . 
.98.6 
Nicholson . 
. 98.4 
Kirk . 
. 98.3 
Re-entry: 
Amman . 
.98. C 
Hartstall 
. 98.S 
Wehle . 
.98.9 
Swisher .... 
. 98.1 
C. W. Grant ... 
.96.9 
Quarter-ounce 
distance bait: 
Amman . 
.... 108% 
McFarlin . 
. 77 
Wehle . 
... 44% 
Heston . 
. 68 % 
De Garmo . 
... 97% 
Jamison .... 
. 126% 
Whitby . 
... 110 % 
Chatt (guest) .182% 
Stanley . 
... 95 
Re-entry: 
Amman . 
... 69% 
Stanley .... 
. 85 
Wehle . 
... 01% 
McFarlin ... 
. 52% 
De Garmo . 
... 76 
Heston . 
. 104% 
Whitby . 
... 131% 
Tamison .... 
. 71 
Half-ounce distance bait: 
Amman . 
. 136% 
McFarlin . 
• ••• 81% 
Heston . 
Stanley . 
. 166% 
. 141% 
Jamison . 
.... 137% 
Re-entry: 
Amman . 90% 
Half-ounce accuracy bait: 
Stanley . 
.... 140% 
Staniey . 
. 98.9 
Kirk . 
.98.3 
Jamison . 
. 99.5 
C W Grant . 
. 96.9 
1 ournier . 
.98.4 
W T Grant .... 
. 97.5 
Bauer . 
. 98.2 
Kerr . 
.97.8 
Re-entry: 
Jamison . 
Tournier .. 
Light tackle 
. 98.5 
. 92.2 
distance fly: 
W T Grant . 
. 97.1 
Amman . 
. 93 
W T Grant .... 
. 91 
Stanley . 
. 95 
C W Grant .... 
. 90 
Re-entry: 
Stanley . 
. 92 
W T Grant .... 
.84 
Distance fly: 
Amman . 
. Ill 
C W Grant. 
. 93 
Stanley . 
. 95 
W T Grant .... 
. 92 
Re-entry: 
C W Grant. 
. 93 
Weather conditions, Sept. 14: Wind east, 
velocity eight miles. Sept. 15: Wind northeast, 
velocity twenty miles. 
Our annual fall club tournament will occur 
on Oct. 6. The program will consist of the quar¬ 
ter-ounce and half-ounce accuracy bait and light 
tackle dry-fly accuracy. Members will be classi¬ 
fied for these events as previously. In the bait 
events there will be three classes: 
Class A—Average scores of 98.75 and over. 
Class B—Average scores of 98 to 98.74, in¬ 
clusive. 
Class C—All scores below 98. 
In the light tackle dry-fly there will be two 
classes: 
Class A—Average scores of 99 and over. 
Class B—Average scores below 99. 
There will be awards given for first, second, 
third and fourth places. 
Notes from New Zealand. 
BY DRUMMOND SHARPE. 
As it is interesting to most sportsmen to 
hear of the experiences of their fellows in far- 
off lands, I venture to suggest that some notes 
from New Zealand may prove interesting or use¬ 
ful to readers of Forest and Stream, and should 
the editor approve, 1 propose to continue them 
from time to time. “For what is New Zealand 
chiefly famed?” asked a village schoolmaster. 
“For its fishin’, sir,” answered an eager, small 
boy, and though the reply may not have been 
that expected by the master, unquestionably it 
contained a certain amount of truth. Visitors 
from across the sea come to us each year in 
greater numbers, and chiefly they seem bent on 
catching trout, so it may be useful if I begin 
with prospects of the fishing season, which in 
the South Island opens on Oct. 1, and in the 
northern lake district about a month later. This 
difference is of course due to the warmer climate 
of the North Island, and its effect upon the 
habits of the rainbow trout, with which our lakes 
are stocked. Plain facts are generally of greatest 
importance, so I will say, “Getting overstocked.” 
At a conference of Acclimatization Societies in 
Wellington, it was stated “If a clever fisherman 
gave his mind to it, he could catch nearly a ton 
in a day.” This referred to Lake Taupo, where 
a man living in the district boasted that during 
a single month he had landed five tons of trout. 
Whether such wholesale slaughter will appeal 
to sportsmen, perhaps is more than a little ques¬ 
tionable, but the fact is evident that the fish are 
much too thick in the water, and smoke houses 
are to be erected for their disposal, which will 
put an end to the waste of previous years. As 
a natural consequence of overstocking, some of 
the Taupo trout are infested with a strange para¬ 
site, for which the weird worm is a fitting name. 
Report has it that cormorants have brought this 
parasite into the water, and a scientist in Govern¬ 
ment employment has gone to investigate the 
matter, but that he will make out a case against 
the cormorants is not at all clear. These birds 
have inhabited the lake for ages, and had they 
been the cause of the disease, it would probably 
have appeared long ago. Lake Rotoua is re¬ 
covering some of its former fame. Two rods on 
Nov. 17 killed forty fish weighing 141 pounds; 
on Dec. 11 a party made a bag of fifty-two, 150 
pounds. 
The great snow rivers, Rangitata, Waitaki 
and Rakaia were very disappointing in the sea¬ 
son of 1911-12, though a week after its close the 
Rangitata was full of migratory trout. In this 
river and still more in the Waitaki the quinnat 
salmon has become acclimatized, and runs up 
regularly in each autumn. My own experience 
leads me to believe that from a sporting point 
of view this was a most useless fish to intro¬ 
duce. I think very few of them survive their 
trip to fresh water, and when once they have 
run up-stream, I doubt very much if they will 
ever take a bait of any kind. Lethargic brutes, 
lying alongside the bank in a quiet eddy, they 
are merely a temptation to an unlucky angler to 
do wrong. 
Prospects of sport on the southern fly 
streams are exceedingly good, and here the fish¬ 
erman has a wide choice. If lie desires to angle 
in comfort and without much exertion he will 
go to a river like the Upper Opihi near Pleasant 
Point, where there is beautiful water, and a bag 
of trout weighing up to two pounds—perhaps a 
three-pounder—is fairly certain. For myself I 
prefer the mountain gorges, where though it will 
be made under much rougher conditions, and by 
much care the bag of an average day will con¬ 
sist of half a dozen fish weighing from four to 
six pounds, which will have been caught by the 
most scientific exercise of the dry-fly art. Wet- 
fly is the ordinary method on most of our 
streams, and here perhaps I might mention a few 
killing flies. The best half dozen are the March 
brown, greenwell, red spinner, coch-y-bondhu, 
coachman and the red governor, which is the 
best of all. 
Unfortunately, the shooting to be obtained 
in New Zealand is not nearly equal to the fish¬ 
ing. To speak plainly, it is very poor, and the 
season just ended—May 1 to July 31—proved no 
exception to this rule. Native game—gray duck, 
paradise duck, pukaki, black swan, etc.—is get¬ 
ting scarce, and a limit of twenty-five has been 
placed upon the number which may be shot in 
a day. Pheasants are fairly numerous in certain 
parts of the North Island, where they are strict¬ 
ly preserved by the landowners. Many efforts 
to acclimatize the Californian quail have had 
little result, but it is hoped they may still prove 
successful. Hares and rabbits as a matter of 
course are very evident all over the country ard 
on the hill “runs” ( ranches) a big hare drive 
is an annual event. At one such there were 
forty-eight guns, who altogether contrived to 
shoot about 150 hares, and four men. Luckily 
not any of the latter were too much shot to be 
worth keeping, but it was a day of incident and 
words to that effect. 
