Aug. 5, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Will Practice Casting. 
San Francisco, Cal., July 26.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: The first surf fishing excursion 
and outing given under the auspices of the Cali¬ 
fornia Angiers’ Association took place at Moss 
Beach, on July 16, and was attended by 300 per¬ 
sons. Prizes were awarded for the best catches, 
the winners being O. A. Paulson, Robert Corn- 
well, R. F. Till, W. H. Joy for the men’s prizes, 
and Mrs. G. Dusenbury, Mrs. J. X. DeWitt, Mrs. 
James J. Gorman, Mrs. Dr. George A. Wood 
for the women’s prizes. The event was such a 
successful one that another will probably be held 
in the near future on some trout stream. 
The association has long felt the need of a 
properly equipped place at or near San Francisco 
where its members can practice casting, and ar¬ 
rangements have been made for the fitting up 
of a lake in Golden Gate Park. It is probable 
that in time some exciting contests will be held 
between members of this association and the San 
Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
A number of interesting experiments will be 
made in stocking streams to determine to just 
what extent various varieties of fish can adapt 
themselves to changed conditions. When the fish 
car is sent into district No. 4 some steelhead 
trout will be taken along for planting in certain 
streams in the Sierra Nevada Mountains far 
from the established haunts of this fish. Deputy 
Andy Ferguson, of Fresno, has selected two fine 
streams in the mountains east of that place where 
there is an abundance of natural food, but where 
trout have not been able to go on account of 
high waterfalls, and here the steelheads will be 
planted and carefully watched. Golden Gate. 
North Shore Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., July 24. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Milwaukee has declined the National 
tournament, which was to have been held there 
next month. It is proposed to hold it in Chi¬ 
cago, if a majority of the casters here will 
sanction it. The scores for July 23, 1911, follow: 
Half-ounce accuracy bait: 
Bellows . 
. 97.7 
q?; 9. 
Lyons .... 
.98.6 
Ellsworth . 
. 97.9 
Adams . 
. 99.3 
♦Bellows . 
. 98.7 
T lorchester . 
. 97.7 
tHartley . 
. 98.3 
Marshall . 
. 98.5 
*Bunts . 
. 96.6 
Liddell . 
. 97.5 
Accuracy fly: 
Bellows . 
.. 98 5-15 
Dorchester _ 
.... 99 4-15 
Forsyth . 
.. 99 9-15 
Liddell . 
.... 98 4-15 
rfanschmidt .... 
.. 96 11-15 
♦Re-entry. 
fVisitor. 
C. O. Dorchester, M.D., Sec’y-Treas. 
Cincinnati Casting Club. 
Cincinnati, O., July 24.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The regular attendants at the club 
events were on hand July 22 and cast several 
events beside those on the official program for 
the season. The buttons in both events were 
won by James and he also took the “bell” pin 
in the quarter-ounce contest. The weather was 
fine, a light breeze not causing any trouble for 
the casters. During the early part of the after¬ 
noon, light fleecy clouds caused a rather decep¬ 
tive light. Murphy in the quarter-ounce contest 
qualified for the Groesbeck cup match by scor¬ 
ing over 98 per cent. In the quarter-ounce dis¬ 
tance team match James’ team won. T. Groes¬ 
beck made the long cast of the match, no feet 
7 inches. The President’s trophy will be con¬ 
tested for on July 29. Official contests. Half¬ 
ounce accuracy, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 feet; two casts 
at each distance: 
Demerits. Per Cent. 
James . 
T. Groesbeck . 
.. 25 
97.5 
.. 30 
97.0 
Furneaux . 
.. 30 
97.0 
G. Groesbeck . 
.. 31 
96.9 
Murphy . 
.. 36 
96.4 
Quarter-ounce accuracy, 60, 65, 
70 . 75 , 
80 feet 
two casts at each distance: 
Tames . 
.. 12 
98.8 
Furneaux . 
.. 14 
98.6 
Murphy . 
.. 15 
9S.5 
T. Groesbeck . 
.. 17 
98.3 
G. Groesbeck . 
.. 27 
97.3 
Team contest, quarter-ounce distance: 
lames .77.9 91.0 83.9 90.0 91.0 433.G 
G. Groesbeck....72.0 84.9 78.5 78.0 85.5 398.7—832.1 
Averages: James 86 feet, 8 inches; Groesbeck, 79 feet 
8 inches. 
T. Groesbeck....82.8 83.3 110.7 102.8 63.0 442.2 
Furneaux .23.9 77.5 76.4 88.6 86.5 352.5—794.7 
Averages: T. Groesbeck, 88 feet 5 inches; Furneaux, 70 
feet 6 inches. 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
San Francisco, Cal., July 23. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: These scores were cast at Stow 
Lake; fair yesterday, cloudy to-day: 
SUNDAY. 
Event No. 1, distance, feet 
T. C. Kierulff.102 
T. F. Burgin. 86 
T. B. Kenniff. 126 
P. M. Nippert. 88 
Event No. 2, accuracy 
Dr. W. E. Brooks... 98.36 
James Watt . 97.44 
F. V. Bell. 98.12 
T. C. Kierulff. 98.56 
T. F. Burgin. 98.12 
J. B. Kenniff. 99.12 
Event No. 3, delicacy. 
H. B. Sperry. 98 
A. Sperry ...102 
*T. C. Kierulff. 102 
*J. F. Burgin. 91 
per cent.: 
P. M. Nippert . 97.24 
H. B. Sperry.98.16 
A. Sperry . 97.44 
*T. C. Kierulff. 97.44 
♦Dr. W. E. Brooks.. 98.48 
*J. F. Burgin.98.24 
per cent.: 
Dr. W. E. Brooks. 
Accuracy. 
. 98.8 
Delicacy. 
99.40 
Net. 
98.54 
Tames Watt . 
. 96.24 
97.30 
96.57 
T. C. Kierulff. 
. 97.28 
98. 
97.44 
T. F. Burgin. 
. 95.56 
97.30 
96.43 
T. B. Kenniff. 
. 98.24 
99.40 
99.2 
Paul M. Nippert. 
. 94.44 
93.20 
94.20 
H. B. Sperry. 
. 98.40 
99. 
98.50 
Austin Sperry . 
. 96.4 
98.40 
97.22 
Event No. 4, lure casting. 
Dr. W. E. Brooks... 93.2 
Tames Watt . 96.2 
T. C. Kierulff. 97.3 
T. F. Burgin . 89.6 
J.' B. Kenniff. 98.1 
P. M. Nippert. 75 
H. B. Sperry. 75.1 
Event No. 5, lure casting, 
Dr. W. E.. Brooks... 82 
Tames Watt . 144 
per cent.: 
A. Sperry . 94.2 
*T. C. Kierulff. 91.7 
*J. F. Burgin. 91.9 
♦Dr. W. E. Brooks.. 96.8 
*P. M. Nippert. 89.7 
*H. B. Sperry. 96.8 
average, feet: 
P. M. Nippert . 92 
H. B. Sperry. 126 
A. Sperrv . 71 
*T. C. Kierulff. 126.6 
*Dr. W. E. Brooks.. 84 
T. C. Kierulff. 87 
T. F. Burgin. 90 
J. B. Kenniff. 192.6 
♦Re-entries. 
SATURDAY. 
T. C. Kierulff, J. B. Kenniff and J. F. Burgin 
were present. There being no quorum present 
no contest was held. E. O. Ritter, Clerk. 
Good Catches. 
Reports from the Wisconsin and Michigan 
fishing grounds continue to show that sportsmen 
are meeting with unusual success. 
At Manitowish, Wis., on July 8, Wm. Thomp¬ 
son, of Chicago, hooked a twenty-three-pound 
mascalonge. 
At Hayward, Wis., on July 15, E. C. Faison, 
of Lincoln, Neb., caught two bass weighing eight 
pounds and one four-pound pike. 
At Cable, Wis., on July 14, B. F. Kizer, of 
Kansas City, caught five bass weighing fifteen 
pounds; R. J. Renkin, Chicago, ten pike, ap¬ 
proximate weight thirty-five pounds. 
At Woodruff. Wis., on July 17, D. B. Brown, 
of Chicago, landed a twenty-seven-pound masca¬ 
longe. 
At Gogebic, Mich., July 10, R. H. Aishton of 
Chicago, caught two black bass, total weight 
seven pounds. 
Newark Bait- and Fly-Casting Club. 
Newark, N. J., July 30 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Newark Bait- and Fly-Casting 
Club held a special meeting on July 28 at which 
resolutions were passed sustaining the action 
taken recently by the Milwaukee Club. The 
meeting was well attended and the motion car¬ 
ried unanimously. July 29 the club took up quar¬ 
ter-ounce bait casting as practice, and the fol¬ 
lowing scores were made: 
Muldoon 
Champion 
Mapes ... 
30 
46 
51 
Neu ... 
Traver . 
Glaister 
54 
. 69 
.170 
Mr. Neu’s distance casting with the fly is made 
with a five-ounce rod. Our system of scoring, 
allowing a contestant 100 points for an 85-foot 
cast with five-ounce rod, and 100 points for a 
ioo-foot cast unlimited rod, seems to prove satis¬ 
factory. 
I he next club tournament will be held Aug. 
12, quai ter-ounce accuracy bait, quarter-ounce 
distance bait, accuracy dry-fly and dry-fly cast¬ 
ing for distance being scheduled. 
On Sept. 4 an open tournament will be held at 
the club lakes, Denville, N. J. All casters are 
cordially invited to attend either to cast or fish. 
Fred. I. Mapes, Sec’y. 
Chicago, Ill., July 30.— Editor 
Stream: The follow: 
day : 
Forest and 
T. Nordhc 
C. Nordhc 
Wernecke 
Chatt .... 
Campbell 
Gray 
Place 
Town 
Ames .* ’ 
Gaenzle . . 
Jamison . 95 3 
Slocum . 
F. Taylor (visitor) 
scores 
were 
made 
to- 
Half-ounce. 
Re-entry. 
Acc y 
Dist. 
Acc'v Dist. 
144.8 
139.4 
164.8 
. 98.2 
168.8 
. 97.4 
. 96.7 
191.0 
96.9 
114.8 
. 95.0 
93.0 
98.3 
36.0 
150.8 
97.7 
147.2 
110.2 
98.6 
114.2 
. 96.6 
96.9 
. 95.3 
138.2 
. 96.8 
. 98.6 
154.6 
. 97.4 
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Fishing. 
It’s fishing time. The city dweller, unless he 
has had the good fortune to have been born in 
the country, cannot conceive what a world of 
meaning there is in these three words. To the 
man who dwells where the brook babbles on, 
making sweet music as it splashes over the 
rocks, fishing time is the essense of enjoyment. 
If you have never stood on the edge of an in¬ 
viting brook, rod in hand, casting here and there 
in deep pools and among the ripples, luring the 
elusive trout with worm or fly, you do not know 
why it is that some men will get up at dawn, 
hike down to the nearest brook and beat down 
the stream at the time when the gamest of all 
fish hereabouts is supposed to be out looking 
for a day’s meal. 
And then if there suddenly comes a strike, and 
the reel begins to whir as the line is pulled along 
by the hooked fish, you have begun to realize 
why men go fishing. And when the pole bends 
and the final struggle comes and you prove 
enough of a fisherman to land your catch, a 
spotted beauty, game to the end, you experience 
a thrill which cannot be described in words. 
Fishing? Aye! Trout fishing? Sublime!— 
Jersey City Journal. 
