746 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Nov. 18, 1911. 
The plan has worked well. The high men have 
won now and then in spite of predictions to the 
contrary, but they have not won easily, and this 
knowledge has helped the other casters to do 
their prettiest. 
Another proposition which is before the club 
is to put up the sign “Open Game,” bar no 
sportsman, and in the new constitution, now 
under consideration, it is probable that the un- 
American stand taken by the dictators in the 
National Association will receive another black 
eye. The Newark Fly- and Bait-Casting Club, 
and the Orange Rod Club have already opposed 
the association’s arbitrary attitude on the so- 
called professional question. These three clubs 
are the strongest ones east of the raging Chi¬ 
cago River, and their attitude will not be with¬ 
out weight when the time comes to throw the 
National Association dead wood overboard and 
make the organization a sportsmen’s associa¬ 
tion and not a local affair, as it has been. 
The rain of the previous night blew away, and 
on Election Day the wind rose and grew so 
boisterous that by mid-afternoon it was difficult 
to cast a fly at all. The high apartment houses 
on the west side of the park and the trees 
caused the wind to whip around the lake shore 
in fierce gusts, so that at times it came from two 
directions in fitful squalls, upsetting the best 
calculations of the casters, particularly in the 
light tackle events, and carrying fly and leader 
far away from the scoring line and the judges. 
These were Walter McGuckin, Harrison Elliott, 
E. M. Gill, ane A. B. Hubbell, while Jason G. 
Lamison was r 'eree. 
The results follow, the one prize in each event 
being a pretty silver cup. Four minutes’ time 
was allowed in the light rod events, and five in 
the unlimited rod and salmon events. The bait 
event was not finished until dark. 
Trout fly-casting 
dicap: 
for 
distance, with 
Record, 
Feet. 
4-ounce rods, han- 
Handi- Total, 
Score, cap. Feet. 
A. B. Hubbell.... 
. n 
82 
9 
91 
Harrv Friedman 
. 0 
81 
9 
90 
E. M. Gill . 
. 78 
80 
5 
85 
R. J. Held . 
. 84i/ 2 
82 
1 % 
83% 
Tohn L. Kirk ... 
. 88 
81 
0 
81 
\V. C. Metcalfe.. 
. 72 
70 
8 
78 
A. R. Hanners_ 
. 0 
66 
9 
75 
Trout fly-casting 
dicap: 
for 
distance with 
5-ounce 
rods, ban- 
YV. C. Metcalfe... 
.74 
85 
9 
94 
A. B. Hubbell... 
. 0 
81 
11 
92 
R. T. Held. 
. 87 
87 
2 % 
89% 
Harrv Friedman 
.79% 
82 
6 % 
88 % 
T. L. Kirk . 
. 88 
85 
2 
87 
George La Branche... 
. 92 
87 
0 
87 
E. M. Gill. 
. 85 
82 
3% 
85% 
C. H. Higbv. 
.74% 
77 
8 % 
85% 
Perrv D. Frazer, 
. 84% 
80 
3% 
83% 
A. R. Hanners.., 
. 0 
71 
11 
82 
W. IT. Zabriskie 
. 0 
71 
11 
82 
Fly-casting with 
rods 
not longer than 11 % 
feet, 
handi- 
cap: 
Perry D. Frazer. 
....110 
100 
0 
100 
Tohn L. Kirk. 
.... 99 
91 
6% 
97% 
A. B. Hubbell. 
.... 0 
76 
20 
96 
W. C. Metcalfe. 
... 75 
77 
17% 
94% 
R. T. Held. 
.... 97 
86 
6% 
92% 
E. M. Gill. 
.... 90 
82 
10 
92 
Harrv Friedman . 
.... 87 
80 
11% 
91% 
W. H. Zabriskie. 
.... 0 
68 
20 
88 
Salmon fly-casting, rods 
not longer 
than 15 
feet. 
handicap: 
Perry D. Frazer. 
19.9, 
117 
5 
122 
Harry Friedman . 
.... n 
105 
16 
121 
A. R. Hanners. 
.... 0 
97 
16 
113 
R. T. Held. 
....132 
111 
0 
111 
George La Branche. 
....118 
102 
7 
109 
John L. Kirk. 
... 120 
102 
6 
108 
Bait-casting for distance, 
with %-ounce weights, five 
casts, average, handicaps: 
Record 
Net 
Average. 
Average. 
Score. 
R. T. Held. 
.... 198.2 
159.8 
Harrv Friedman . 
.... 148.2 
125.6 
150.3 
C. PT. Higbv. 
.... 154.8 
102.2 
124.2 
W. C. Metcalfe. 
88.6 
120.0 
A. R. Hanners. 
.... 154.0 
94.8 
116.5 
Harrison Elliott . 
64.0 
95.6 
John L. Kirk. 
.... 131.6 
w 
Preserving German Streams. 
British Vice-Consul Brunswick, of Chem¬ 
nitz, says the German pulp manufacturers are 
required to use every precaution possible, so 
that not even a particle of the waste can reach 
the streams. The water which is to be emptied 
into the river must leave the factory in an ab¬ 
solutely clean condition, free from any remnants 
from the manufacturing process. This is ac¬ 
complished by sending it through one or more 
settling ponds, and if necessary the waste must 
be passed through filters. The streams are 
regularly patrolled by inspectors, and any justi¬ 
fied claim against the quality of the waters, due 
to pollution from the factories, is at once in¬ 
vestigated, and must be met with immediately, 
regardless of the cost. 
There are no regulations setting forth the 
exact method which a manufacturer must em¬ 
ploy to prevent the pollution of the streams; 
each manufacturer can use his own ideas upon 
the subject as long as his method fulfils the re¬ 
quirements. Settling ponds are invariably used, 
and the results are always satisfactory. 
An employee of the Inspection of Factories, 
who makes tours from time to time to inspect 
the disposition of the waste material of the 
factories, is under the immediate jurisdiction of 
the county authorities, and has charge of the 
licenses to the factories and of the inspection. 
The law is enforced to the letter, and any vio¬ 
lation, whether unintentional or not, compels 
the manufacturer to pay all costs in connection 
with removing the pollution from the streams. 
A manufacturer, whose works are located on 
one of the small streams in Saxony, polluted 
the water, and the inspectors compelled the 
owner to bear all the expenses for cleaning 
the stream and freeing it of impurities due to 
his negligence. The cost of freeing the stream 
from pollution used up the earnings of the 
factory for several years. 
Aransas Pass Tarpon Club. 
Akron, Ohio. Nov. 7 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: A telegram from our secretary, J. E. 
Cotter, at Port Aransas, Texas, headquarters of 
the Aransas Pass Tarpon Club, informed me that 
he had just landed a s^-foot tarpon on standard 
Tuna Club three-six tackle, the regulations of 
which are wood rod not less than six feet long, 
weight of the entire rod not to exceed six ounces 
and a standard six thread linen line. So far as 
I can learn Mr. Cotter has the honor of being 
the first one to accomplish this difficult feat. 
Many have tried, but all have failed up to the 
time of Mr. Cotter’s catch. 
Now that the possibility of landing tarpon 
with such light tackle has been proved, undoubt¬ 
edly many others will make strenuous efforts to 
outdo Mr. Cotter, and thereby secure some of 
the most tempting prizes which are offered by 
this club. J. E. Pflueger, Cor. Sec’y. 
Will Not Take Flies. 
A Sydney doctor who was over here some 
months ago, says a New Zealand correspondent 
of The Angler, displayed great patience and per¬ 
severance in casting the fly with no small amount 
of skill over the waters of the lake, but try how 
he might, the fish would not look at his lures, 
and ultimately he was compelled to adopt the 
spinner, with which he secured some very nice 
fish. Most of the trout caught in the lakes are 
taken with the spinner; they seldom rise to the 
fly, although at certain seasons considerable num¬ 
bers have been taken with salmon flies of vari¬ 
ous patterns. It appears that in New South 
Wales, to use anything but the fly is considered, 
if not actually poaching, not the correct thing, 
but that style of fishing would not be produc¬ 
tive of much sport over here, at all events in the 
lake where the fish feed mostly on the bottom 
or on small fish, and doubtless, take the Devons, 
etc., with which we catch them, for some new 
kind of fish. 
Newark Bait- and Fly-Casting Club. 
Newark, N. J., Nov. 12.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: On account of the high wind on Elec¬ 
tion day the members of the Newark Bait- and 
Fly-Casting Club were forced to cast the dis¬ 
tance and accuracy bait events on the lawn and 
postpone the fly events until fair weather. The 
following scores were made Nov. 7: 
Distance bait, one-half ounce: 
A. J. Marsh . 
227 
184 
184 
Average. 
153% 
< .eo. A. Endersbv_ 
... 140 
154 
133 
151 
154 
146% 
P. J. Muldoon. 
... 165 
126 
142 
125 
135 
139% 
F. T. Mapes . 
... 145 
116 
127 
151 
151 
135 " 
Lou Sands . 
... 131 
113 
121 
150 
147 
132% 
Chas. T. Champion_ 
137 
182 
63% 
The postponed events were held on Nov. 11 
with the following results: 
Accuracy, 
one-half ounce 
bait: 
Demerits. 
Demerits. 
Marsh .... 
. 33 
Fndersby ... 
. 73 
Muldoon .. 
. 42 
Sands . 
. 76 
M apes .... 
. 50 
Jacobus . 
. 76 
Champion 
. 64 
Distance 
fly: 
Feet. 
Feet. 
Champion 
. 98 
Endersby .. 
. 74 
Mapes .... 
. 95 
Mercer . 
. 70 
Muldoon . 
Accuracy 
fly: 
. 83 
Demerits. 
Demerits. 
Mapes .... 
. 12 
Mercler .... 
. 51 
Muldoon . 
. 12 
Endersby ... 
. 72 
Champion 
. 20 
Dry fly accuracy: 
Demerits. 
Demerits. 
Mercer ... 
. 15 
Mapes . 
. 32 
Muldoon . 
. 20 
Endersby ... 
. 42 
Champion 
. 26 
Among the higher scores in distance bait-cast¬ 
ing on Nov. 7 were: Marsh, 237 feet; Cham¬ 
pion, 208; Muldoon, 207. Charles Kewell, of 
California, was a visitor. 
F. T. Mapes, Sec’y. 
THE TOP RAIL. 
When you go fishing on one of the steamboats 
that anchors on the banks far enough out at sea 
to make squeamish landlubbers wish they were 
dead or back at home, why is it that every bass 
taken is called a “sea bass” and every porgy a 
“sea porgy” ? It is not because there are any 
fresh water bass or porgies about, but the re¬ 
sult of habit. And on your way home on the 
train you will notice that the signs of all the 
“gin mills” along the way emphasize the fact that 
“ales and beer” constitute much of their stock- 
in-trade. If “ales,” why not “beers”? 
* * * 
It is curious how many writers of fishing 
lore use the word “specie” as the plural of 
“species.” From choice they prefer greenbacks 
to specie as pay for their stories, and it may be 
that thinking of this makes them absent-minded, 
though some writers never neglect an oppor¬ 
tunity to use long words and many of them, to 
fill space. Grizzly King. 
