March 13, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
4.21 
B. F. 
Flegel. 
..144 3 
129 
152 3 
140 3 
Best Cast, 
Feet. 
143 152 3 
R J. 
Held. 
..136 6 
131 6 
138 138 
E. B. 
Rice. 
129 9 
129 9 
A. J. 
Marsh. 
..116 4 
107 6 
90 
i 27 3 
127 3 
Friedman. 
113 6 
115 6 
124 124 
L. S. 
Darling.... 
106 
96 
104 6 106 ■ 
OBSTACLE FLY-CASTING. 
Event II, tly-ca.stiug for distance with five- 
ounce rods under a bar 30 feet from platform 
and 6 feet above water; open to all: 
Feet. Feet. 
K. B. Lawrence. 6(5 L. S. Darling. 55 (S' 
K. T. Held. 04 9 H. (1. Henderson_ 52 9 
George La Branche.. 61 2 Walter McGuckin- 51 9 
FLY-CASTING, lOO-FOOT CLASS. 
Event 12, fij'-casting for distance, amateurs, 
lOO-foot class, rods unrestricted: 
Feet. . Feet. 
W J. Ehrich. 94 6 Harry Friedman . 79 6 
F. T. Mapes. 89 0 R. J. Held. 75 
T. L. Kirk. 84 6 T. D. Smith. 73 
C. T. Champion. 82 3 J. Doughty . 70 0 
George La Hranche.. 83 
DISTANCE BAIT, HALF-OUNCE. 
Event 13, March 4. bait-casting for distance 
with half-ounce weights, 
in five to count: 
R. J. Held. 114 157 
W. J. Ehrich. 
L. S. Darling. 172 
H. F. Flegel. 178 
M. H. Smith.131 
Perry D. Frazer. 122 
*Indoor record. 
open to all, best cast 
Best Cast, 
Feet, 
183 
195 * 
195 
180 6 
i88 6 
50 
188 6 
186 
172 
186 
180 
i 75 
180 
131 
iii 
i 24 
124 
FLY-CASTING, FOUR-OUNCE RODS. 
Event 14. fiy-casting for distance with four- 
ounce rods, open to all: 
Feet. Feet. 
L. S. Darling. 88 9 W. A. Chandler. 78 3 
George La Branche.. 86 3* W. T. Ehrich. 74 3 
J. L. Kirk. 79 
*Amateur record. 
HALF-OUNCE ACCURACY BAIT. 
Event 15, March 5, bait-casting for accuracy 
with half-ounce weights, open to all; two casts 
at each distance, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 feet: 
Score. 
Demerits. Per Cent. 
B. F. Flegel. 
.... 32 
97 13-15 
R. J. Held. 
... 38 
97 7-15 
L. S. Darling. 
.... 44 
97 1-15 
E. B. Rice. 
.... 47 
96 13-15 
E. F. Todd. 
.... 76 
94 14-15 
Harry Friedman . 
.... 103 
93 2-lp 
SALMON FLY-CASTING. 
Event 16, salmon fly-casting 
with 13 
foot rods. 
open to all: 
Feet. 
Feet. 
Perry D. Frazer.116 8* T. L- 
Kirk.... 
. 96 
George La Branche. .113 4 R. J. 
E. J. Mills.110 
*lndoor record. 
Held..., 
. 81 
ACCURACY FLY-CASTING. 
Event 17, March 6, fly-casting for accuracy 
and delicacy, five-ounce rods, open to all; five 
casts at each target, at 35, 40 and 45 feet dis¬ 
tance: 
Accuracy, Delicacy, 
Demerits. Demerits. Total. 
Georgel La Branche. 14 15 29 
R. B. Lawrence. 12 18 30 
L. S. Darling. 20 26 46 
Walter McGuckin. 24 22 46 
W. J. Ehrich. 20 27 47 
E. B. Rice. 25 26 51 
J. L. Kirk. 27 24 51 
R. J. Held. 35 26 61 
D. T. Kennedy. 46 30 76 
J. Doughty. 51 38 89 
E. U. Alpers.101 36 137 
DRY-FLY CASTING. 
Event 18. dry-fly casting with five-ounce rods, 
open to all; one cast at each target, 20, 30, 40, 
SO and 60 feet distance. Tie decided by a tossup: 
Total 
J. L. Kirk. 
2 1 
Demerits. 
14 9 
E. B. Rice. 
2 2 
2 2 
9 
L. S. Darling. 
. 3 
2 1 
1 2 
9 
R. J. Held. 
1 3 
4 1 
10 
George La Branche. 
. 1 
1 1 
5 4 
12 
W. J. Ehrich. 
. 1 
1 5 
3 3 
13 
Perry D. Frazer. 
. 1 
2 2 
2 10 
17 
Walter McGuckin . 
. 0 
5 10 
3 6 
24 
R. B. Lawrence . 
. 4 
2 6 
4 30 
46 
DISTANCE 
Event 19, fly-casting 
FLY-CASTING, 
for distance with 
single- 
hand rods, open to all, no restrictions on rod, 
line or leader: 
E. T. Mills. 
L. .'5>. Darling_ 
Perry D. Frazer 
\1’. J. Ehrich... 
Feet. Feet. 
97 6 F. T. Mapes. 30 2 
94 6 C. T. Champion. 82 
93 9 R. T. Held. 79 
93 
Salmon Anglers and the Quebec 
Government. 
Quebec, Can., Feb. 27.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The present policy of the Quebec 
Government, which limits the period of leases 
on salmon rivers to five years, seems to be short¬ 
sighted, especially in certain cases. There are 
many rivers in the Province of Quebec into 
which salmon entered in large numbers years 
ago which to-day do not contain a single sal¬ 
mon, owing to persistent and excessive poaching. 
In other rivers obstructions exist which pre¬ 
vent salmon reaching spawning grounds suffi¬ 
ciently far up stream. Experience seems to in¬ 
dicate that at least seven or eight miles of river 
is required to afford good nursery grounds for 
young salmon, to afford protection from heavy 
freshets, as well as to supply suitable and abund¬ 
ant food. Rivers which have become depleted, 
or where obstructions exist too near the mouth, 
are not sought after by salmon anglers, yet 
these rivers can be made to produce good sal¬ 
mon fishing if intelligently undertaken. 
, As all the salmon rivers which now produce 
good fishing are already under lease, doubtless 
there are some parties who are sufficiently anx¬ 
ious to secure salmon fishing who may be willing 
to restore the depleted streams by stocking 
heavily with young fry for a few years, re¬ 
moving obstructions and carefully guarding the 
spawning beds if granted a fairly long lease by 
the Government. No one having experience 
with salmon rivers and the habits of salmon is 
desirous of leasing for a short period a river 
which furnishes only a few fish, as the improve¬ 
ments necessary to increase the numbers of sal¬ 
mon in a “run down” river take time and money 
for betterment of the property which benefits 
the Government even more than the lessee. 
Should the Government extend the period of 
leasing such rivers for at least fifteen years, 
much good may result. These leases might be 
divided into five-year periods, the rental for 
the first period to be merely nominal, as the 
lessee derives no practical advantage during 
that time. The rental during the second period 
should be moderate, to help compensate for out¬ 
lay made on river during previous five years. 
The third five-year .period should produce a fair 
rental, but due consideration should be given 
to the lessee for his enterprise in undertaking 
to make the worthless stream a good salmon 
river at his own expense. 
If the Government will issue such leases it 
should soon add largely to its revenue from this 
source, even without any expenditure on its part, 
and add many valuable rivers to its assets, from 
which it can claim and secure good rentals at 
end of original lease. The benefit of such action 
also spreads to the inhabitants of the isolated 
districts where such rivers are situated. The 
presence of salmon anglers—the numbers of 
whom are yearly increasing—also benefits the 
entire province, both directly and indirectly, and 
it is hoped the Government will be broad¬ 
minded enough to realize the advantages to be 
gained by adopting a special policy for such waters. 
In a recent issue of Forest and Stream an 
article appeared entitled, “Depleted Salmon 
Rivers Restored” which may encourage anglers 
to take up such a river under a fairly long lease 
and undertake to change conditions so as to 
render it in a few years a first class salmon 
stream. The minister of colonization, mines and 
fisheries, at Quebec, might be written to by 
anglers who feel disposed to lease such rivers 
if fairly treated by the Government regarding 
term of lease and rental appropriate to the cir¬ 
cumstances. In my opinion much benefit would 
be derived by all concerned if some satisfactory 
means be adopted to restore or create good sal¬ 
mon streams in waters now practically useless, 
or even wholly worthless for such purposes. 
Henry Ievers. 
Sunfish Off Palm Beach. 
Palm Beach, Fla., March 6.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: I inclose you a photograph of a 
very odd fish, the first ever caught or seen in 
these waters. Although it was caught on Feb. 
19 it still remains unnamed. It was caught in 
a very peculiar manner. Mr. Cheesebrough, of 
New York, was out after sailfish and in reel¬ 
ing in his line he noticed this fish after his 
bait, but try as he would he could not get it 
to bite, so a new plan was tried of throwing 
small pieces of cut bait into the water. The 
fish, although it had a very small mouth, rushed 
up and devoured everything except the piece 
that was on the hook. Finally after over an 
hour of this work it was coaxed close enough 
to the boat for Capt. Harry Winter to reach 
out with his gaff' and haul it aboard. 
The fish is a beautiful silver color and when 
taken weighed over 100 pounds. Captain Winter 
had it mounted anci it is now on exhibition at 
his office. It was caught in the Gulf Stream 
about two miles off Palm Beach. W. D. 
[The fish in question is the sunfish; not to 
be sure the “pumpkinseed” that small boys catch, 
but a great sea fish which runs from 300 to 
1,500 pounds in weight. It is found in the At¬ 
lantic as far north as England and Cape Cod, 
and in the Pacific, where the largest known 
specimen, weighing 1,800 pounds, was taken on 
the California coast. In Forest and Stream 
of July 15, 1886, is printed an account of “How 
we Killed a Sunfish,” written by our old cor¬ 
respondent Kelpie, and illustrated by a large 
cut. The specimen that he assisted in captur¬ 
ing was estimated to weigh from 150 to 200 
pounds. The fish is valueless as food, the flesh 
being cartilagenous, but is very oily. The scien¬ 
tific name is Mola rotunda, or to use the latest 
nomenclature, Mola mola. The animal is 
figured in the “Fishery and Fishery Industries 
of the United States,” plate 35.— Editor.] 
Great Catch of Black Bass in Oregon. 
Portland, Ore., March 2. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Mr. Sam Borland, fishing recently in 
Horseshoe Lake, two miles from St. Paul, Ore., 
caugb.t thirty-two as handsome black bass as 
were ever hooked. Nine of the catch weighed 
thirty-two pounds, the largest being a seven- 
pounder. The total weight of the catch was 
.“^ixty pounds. Horseshoe Lake has been noted 
for its black bass for several years, and a num¬ 
ber of large catches have been made; but,the 
feat of Mr. Borland was the most remarkable 
yet reported. He used a spoon hook and an 
eight-ounce rod. Fred Be.^l, Jr. 
