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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Jan. 2, 1909. 
also to provide for the placing of some effective 
device, as screens or fish wheels, at the intake 
of the canals, so that fish will be prevented from 
entering them. 
As the system of reclamation of arid lands 
contemplated by the Government is of great mag¬ 
nitude and will affect most of the streams of 
the West and Northwest, it is certainly evident 
that some provision should be made to conserve 
the fish life now existing in them, otherwise it 
would be a question of but few years before 
these waters would become barren. 
Judging from my own experience, it is futile 
and useless to attempt to obtain the relief sought 
for through resolutions offered to National and 
State associations ostensibly formed for the pro¬ 
tection of fish and game. It is a matter of his¬ 
tory that such resolutions are either ignored or 
pigeon-holed by such organizations, or if adopted 
there is no subsequent effort made to carry out 
their provisions. Evidently then, the best way 
by which such legislation can be achieved is for 
each and every angler, or philanthropist for that 
matter, who feels an interest in the matter, to 
use his personal influence with his Congress¬ 
man and endeavor to secure his favor and vote 
for the enactment of some such law as embodied 
in the foregoing resolution. It is, then, to the 
angler as an individual citizen that we must look 
for help in the matter. I would suggest that 
each subscriber to Forest and Stream clip out 
this article and inclose it to his Congressman 
with a request that he advocate and vote for 
such a measure when opportunity offers. 
James A. Henshall, 
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 
Fishing Around San Francisco. 
San Francisco, Cab, Dec. 24.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: W. C. Healy, a prominent angler 
of San Francisco, recently captured the largest 
steelhead trout of the season in the Tomales 
district. The fish weighed thirty pounds dressed 
and measured forty-seven inches in length. It 
is looked upon with envy by the anglers who 
have seen it and was landed after a most ex¬ 
citing battle. All the anglers who have been 
fishing in the Tomales and Point Reyes districts 
and the creeks in the vicinity have made splen¬ 
did catches.. The fish have been running large 
in size this season. 
Large catches of striped bass continue to be 
made by the fishermen who visit San Antonio 
slough and the streams flowing into the bay. 
The market fishermen are now paying more at¬ 
tention to this fish, owing to the rough condi¬ 
tion of the waters outside the heads and have 
spoiled the sport except in a few places. 
The regular winter fishing season is now on 
in the southern part of the State and small fry 
fishing has improved materially of late. Port 
Los Angeles, which has been almost deserted 
for a long time by anglers, is proving at the 
present time to be the best grounds in the vicinity 
of Los Angeles, and fishermen who have visited 
the long pier in recent times have secured good 
catches. Bass, jack, smelt and halibut are to 
be found there almost any time, and catches of 
the former have been especially heavy. At 
Redondo the usual variety of small fry and big 
fish continue to furnish good sport. Several 
yellowtail have been taken there of late as well 
as halibut of large size. At San Pedro the 
croakers have returned to the bay in large num¬ 
bers and some of the China variety have been 
taken there of late. A big dredger has been 
operating in the bay and the mussels that have 
been stirred up have drawn large schools of al¬ 
most all varieties of fish found in those waters. 
A. P. B. 
National Association Growing. 
Los Angeles, Cab, Dec. 24. —Editor Forest 
and Stream: At its regular monthly meeting, 
held in this city last Thursday evening, the 
Southern California Rod and Reel Club voted 
unanimously to affiliate with the National Asso¬ 
ciation of Scientific Angling Clubs. The presi¬ 
dent of the local organization, having had con¬ 
siderable correspondence with H. Wheeler Perce, 
president of the National Association of Scien¬ 
tific Angling Clubs, outlined the aims and ob¬ 
jects of the National Association and read Mr. 
Perce’s invitation to affiliate. Although such 
bait-casting as is done here is of the 2^2 ounce 
single-handed surf variety, for which no classi¬ 
fication has been made by the National Associa¬ 
tion of Scientific Angling Clubs, it was pointed 
out by the president that in all probability the 
national body would take cognizance of this 
form of competition officially and thus lend its 
sanction to the local records, provided they are 
made in compliance with rules. Mr. Perce al¬ 
ready has been notified of the club’s position 
in the matter. 
The local sportsmen yield to none in their 
advancement in angling methods and the true 
sporting spirit of the times. With the National 
Association’s aims at unification of angling in¬ 
terest, the local body is now, and always has 
been, in heartiest sympathy; and it was with a 
feeling of genuine satisfaction that the affilia¬ 
tion was consummated. Without concerted ac¬ 
tion of a federal nature, carrying with it the 
thoroughness and painstaking attention to minute 
detail that characterizes the Government’s activi¬ 
ties in the fields of agriculture, meteorology 
and the many other branches which various de¬ 
partments have taken up, it is not too much to 
hope, or too fond an anticipation that in the 
near future we may see a national game and 
fish commission composed of men of such broad 
mentality that the paltry mercantile side of the 
question may be placed in its proper subservience 
to the principle that game and fish, as incentives 
to the pursuit of healthful recreation and pro¬ 
ficiency with the arms upon which this coun¬ 
try’s greatness was founded in 1776, and thrice 
since has been maintained—that game and fish, 
as objects of the chase, are worth more economi¬ 
cally than on the market slab as merchandise. 
Southern California boasts a number of 
sportsmen’s clubs which yield the very essence 
of refined sportsmanship, encourage the use of 
the most advanced methods, giving fair play to 
game and fish; small-bore shotguns that kill 
clean or miss clean; light tackle for the greatest 
game fishing known. Men the world over have 
qualified for membership in these organizations, 
exclusive in the sense that only devotees of the 
highest forms of sport can become parties at 
interest. Individually and collectively these men 
have been a power for good; California’s game 
and fish laws, although leaving much to be de¬ 
sired, are so far as they go a splendid example 
of rational protective legislation, affording a 
maximum of present sport with a minimum of 
damage to the future supply. To-day and every 
day, the sportsmen’s clubs of Southern Califor¬ 
nia stand back to back, affiliated, in fact, if not 
in name, ready and willing to do the utmost to 
advance the interests of fish and game. We are 
proud of them, and we think, deservedly so. No 
appeal that looks toward unification of the sports¬ 
man-interest in the nation will be made to this 
section in vain. 
Among other things at the club meeting it 
was decided to hold another barbecue at Ana¬ 
heim Landing the first Sunday in the new year. 
A duck feed, chowder, smelt fry and other good 
things are contemplated, and visiting anglers will 
be welcomed and entertained to the best of the 
club’s ability. 
The question of handicapping bait-casters to 
stimulate interest in amateur ranks has been 
brought up in the Southern California Rod and 
Reel Club. Three classes, based on known pro¬ 
ficiency, are contemplated, and suggestions from 
some who have been through the same experi¬ 
ence will be welcomed. 
Edwin L. Hedderly, President. 
The Boston Tournament. 
The revised conditions of the fly- and bait¬ 
casting tournament, now being held at the Sports¬ 
men’s Show in Boston, reached us too late for 
insertion in our last issue, but F. A. Niccolls, 
who has charge of the tournament,. gives some 
details of changes that have been found neces¬ 
sary. He writes as follows; 
“It may interest you to know that I have de¬ 
cided to eliminate distance fly-casting and in 
place of this event shall, on Saturday, Jan. 2, 
at 7130, have bait accuracy at 60, 80 and 100 
feet for medals. On Monday, at 4:30, fly accu¬ 
racy at 50, 55 and 60 feet for medals. On Mon¬ 
day, 7:30, bait accuracy, 60, 80 and 100 feet for 
two or three special cups to be competed for 
by a team of two or three each, representing 
the New York and the Massachusetts Anglers’ 
Clubs; 
“There will be two events on Tuesday, one 
probably fly accuracy and one distance bait. I 
am compelled to cut out distance fly on account 
of the size of the tank. We will try for team 
fly accuracy cups Tuesday.” 
Newark Bait- and Fly-Casting Club. 
Newark, N. J., Dec. 26. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The following table contains the scores 
of those members of our club who during the 
season qualified for degree buttons; that is, each 
contestant who scored on four or more contest 
days. The average of the four best scores are 
given. The buttons ar« gold, silver and bronze. 
Accuracy, 
%oz. Bait, 
Average, 
Per Cent. 
F. T. Mapes... 97.100 
A. Jay Marsh.. 96.9()G 
L. S. Darling.. 9G.9C0 
C. T. Champion 96.25 
P. J. Muldoon. 96.65 
Perry D. Frazer 96.25 
G. A. Endershy 96.05 
A. J. Neu. 95.33 
John Doughty. 93.95 
t. G. Jacobus.. 93.20 
R. R. Eichlin.. 93.00 
Geo. E. Moore. 93.00 
Distance, 
Distance, 
Accuracy, 
Bait, 
Fly 
Fly, 
Average, 
Average, 
Average, 
Per Cent. 
Feet. 
Per Cent. 
142.20 
80.75 
95.25 
98.50 
106.80 
64.00 
97.20 
114.45 
72.75 
96.83 
124.90 
124.25 
103.00 
98.06 
118.70 
81.50 
98.10 
F. T. Mapes, Sec’y. 
