534 
FOREST AND STREAM 
April 27, 1912 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
San Francisco, Cal., April 14.—Editor Forest, 
and Stream: The initial contest of members for 
the season was held yesterday and to-day on 
Stow Lake. The weather on both days was fair 
with variable winds. 
SATURDAY. 
Event No. 1, 
F. A. Webster, 
L. G. Burpee. 
Event No. 2, 
F. A. Webster 
Burpee. 
Kierulff. 
Young.. 
distance, feet: 
. 85 
. 82 
L. 
T. 
C. 
T. C. Kierulff. 
F. J. Cooper., 
accuracy, per cent.: 
. 97.12 F. J. 
. 96.56 E. A. 
. 98.56 Tames 
. 98.48 J. F. 
Event No. 3, delicacy, per cent.: 
Accuracy. Delicacy. 
99 
75 
G. 
C. 
G. 
F. A. 
Webster. 
.. 99.4 ■ 
100 
L. G. 
Burpee. 
. 87 
99.40 
C. G. 
Young. 
. 99.8 
98.20 
F. J. 
Cooper. 
. 95.16 
98.20 
E. A. 
Mocker. 
. 97.32 
99.20 
Tames 
Watt . 
. 95 
96.50 
if- F. 
Burgin . 
. 95.52 
98.10 
Event No. 4, lure casting, per cent. 
Cooper. 
Mocker. 97.56 
Watt .96.36 
Burgin. 97.56 
Net. 
99.32 
98.20 
98.44 
96.48 
98.26 
95.55 
97.1 
t4-ounce. %-ounce. 
F. A. 
1.. G. 
T. C. 
C. G. 
F. J. 
E. A. 
Webster . 
. 83.9 
. 70.2 
97 
65.7 
Kierulff. 
. 80.3 
98.4 
96.6 
Cooper. 
. 8^8 
96.2 
95.6 
.. 
. 93.9 
96.6 
J- F. 
Burgin . 
. 86.8 
96.4 
Event No. 5, lure casting, 
F. A. Webster.92.6 
E. G. Burpee.56 
T. C. Kierulff.124 
SUNDAY. 
Event No. 1, distance, feet: 
C. H. Kewell. 86 
H. B. Sperry . 91 
J. F. Burgin. 81 
Event No. 2, accuracy, per 
Austin Sperry. 97.32 
C. H. Kewell . 98.8 
Tas. Watt . 96.52 
H. B. Sperry. 98.62 
H. Orear . 93.52 
J. F. Burgin. 97.32 
C. G. Young. 98.36 
Event No. 3, delicacy, per 
%-ounce, average 
F. J. Cooper 
feet: 
74.6 
Tames Watt .146 
J. F. Burgin. 
91 
Nippert. 
Kierulff. 
Kierulff. 
P. M. 
C. A. 
T. C. 
cent.: 
P. M. 
W. D. 
F. J. Cooper. 
Dr. W. E. Brooks... 
C. A. Kierulff 
90 
78 
99 
Nippert. 96.32 
Mansfield.97.44 
98.44 
98.28 
99 
T. C. Kierulff. 
99 
Austin 
C. H. 
Jas. 
Sperry 
cent.: 
Accuracy. 
Delicacy. Net. 
H 
H. 
T. 
'c. 
p. 
w. 
B. Sperry ... 
Orear . 
F. Burgin. 
G. Young. 
M. Nippert... 
D. Mansfield. 
E. 
F. J. 
Dr. W. 
C. A. Kierulff.. 
T. C. Kierulff.. 
Event No. 4, 
lure 
... 93.40 
98.20 
96 
... 96.20 
98 
97.10 
... 96.48 
99 
97.54 
... 98.20 
99.20 
98.50 
... 96.32 
96.30 
96.31 
... 97.40 
97.52 
97.45 
... 98.32 
99 
98.46 
... 93.24 
93.50 
93.37 
... 99.12 
99.40 
99.26 
... 97.16 
97.40 
97.28 
... 98.8 
99.40 
98.54 
... 95.52 
98.40 
97.16 
... 97.48 
99 
98.24 
;, per cent.: 
14-ounce. 
. 82.7 
%-ounce. 
97.3 
Austin Sperry ... 
C. H. Kewell . 88.2 
Tas. Watt . 90.6 
H. B. Sperry . 82.5 
H. Orear . 
J. F. Burgin . 65.7 
C. G. Young. 
P. M. Nippert. 
W. D. Mansfield. 
F. J. Cooper. 
Dr. W. E. Brooks. 
C. A. Kierulff. 
T. C. Kierulff. 
Event No. 5, lure casting, %-oun_ce, 
Austin Sperry.... 
C. H. Kewell.... 
Tas. Watt . 
H. B. Sperry_ 
J. F. Burgin. 
P. M. Nippert... 
88.2 
73 
66.2 
95.9 
average 
94.8 
97.1 
97.3 
47 
80.3 
95.6 
90.8 
94.1 
92.6 
93.8 
91.1 
101.6 
feet: 
,123 
W. D. Mansfield_ 
. 95 
,102.2 
F. J. Cooper. 
139.6 
,139 
Dr. W. E. Brooks. 
. 52 
,121 
C. A. Kierulff. 
. 64 
,111.6 
. 46 
T. C. Kierulff. 
.101.6 
The season’s program calls for five events as 
follows: Long distance fly, accuracy and ■ deli¬ 
cacy fly combined, accuracy fly, accuracy and 
long distance lure. 
There are four classes in each event (except 
in long distance lure, which is for record only) : 
Championship, first class, second class and novice 
class. 
The following average scores are necessary for 
the different classes: 
FLY CASTING. 
Accuracy. 
Championship .98% per cent, or over 
h'irst Class .97% per cent, or over 
Second Class .96% per cent, or over 
Novice Class .Under 96% per cent. 
Championship 
First Class ..., 
Second Class , 
Novice Class . 
Championship 
Or who in any 
First Class ... 
Second Class 
Novice Class 
Delicacy. 
.99 per cent, or over 
..98 per cent, or over 
.95 per cent, or over 
.Under 95 per cent. 
Long Distance. 
.115 feet or over 
contest has cast.130 feet or over 
.100 feet or over 
. 85 feet or over 
.Under 85 feet 
LURE CASTING. 
Championship 
First Class .. 
Second Class 
Novice Class 
Accuracy. 
.98 per cent, or over 
.96 per cent, or over 
.94 per cent, or over 
.Under 94 per cent 
Long Distance. 
Longest average cast for season. 
Second longest average cast for season. 
Longest single cast in tournament. 
Lure Casting, T^-ounce. 
Accuracy and long distance, for record only. 
The winner in Saturday contests must cast off 
with the winners of the corresponding class in 
Sunday contests. 
E. O. Ritter, Clerk. 
Garfish. 
Bloomington, 111 ., April 20 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: Illinois fish commissioners have called 
a conference of the fish commissioners of Iowa, 
Missouri and Indiana, with representatives of the 
Federal Bureau of fisheries to take action on the 
garfish and carry on an effective crusade for 
better game fish conditions in the Western rivers. 
The Illinois commissioners are R. H. Meents, of 
Askum; E. ‘E. Caldwell, of Havana, and S. P. 
Bartlett, of Quincy. E. T. Lincoln represented 
the Iowa commissioners, E. C. Grether, the Mis¬ 
souri commissioners; B. C. Merrill, of Hinsdale, 
the Illinois Fish Conservation Association, and 
J. H. Johnson, the United States commission. 
The garfish is extremely destructive to the game 
fish, and it is desired to exterminate it if pos¬ 
sible. The Illinois fish laws require fishermen to 
kill these fish whenever hooked or taken in nets, 
but it is thought that the situation requires addi¬ 
tional steps. 
Ideal fishing weather through Central Illinois 
attracted hundreds of anglers during the past 
week. The water subsided considerably. The 
bass have been biting in the Du Page River, and 
several fine strings were secured. 
E. E. Pierson. 
Record Fish. 
According to the Anglers’ News the best sal¬ 
mon taken in Great Britain during the past year 
weighed forty-five pounds and was fifty-one and 
one-eighth inches in length. It was killed in the 
River Wye, by F. Morgan, in February. The 
record trout, weighing fourteen pounds eight 
ounces, was killed in five minutes’ time in Lough 
Corrib, by G. S. Tapham. In all thirteen salmon 
weighing forty pounds and upward, and six trout 
of ten pounds and over, were taken during, the 
season. 
The record trout for the islands follow: 
Loch Stennis, twenty-nine pounds; Lough En- 
nel, twenty-six pounds two ounces; Loch Ran- 
noch, twenty-one pounds (caught by Miss K. 
Kirby); New River (London), eighteen pounds; 
seventeen and one-quarter pounds (Killarney) ; 
and sixteen pounds fifteen ounces (Thames). 
This latter splendid trout—the largest authenti¬ 
cated specimen taken from the Thames—was 
presented to Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle, 
and a cast was made by Frank Buckland and is 
now in Reading Museum. The eighteen-pound 
New River trout, it is worthy of mention, was 
caught within four miles of the Bank of Eng¬ 
land, and is London's champion trout. 
Seasoned Rods. 
A LARGE British rod-making firm has sent to 
its customers asking them if they could forward 
their orders for special split cane rods at least 
six months before the same are required for de¬ 
livery. It appears, according to these expert rod 
builders, that after a split cane rod is finished, it 
should be kept in an even temperature for at 
least three to six months before using, to allow 
the cemented joints to become thoroughly hard. 
If split cane rods are used too early, they are 
apt to twist or not stand straight. The longer 
the rod is allowed to stand before using, the 
longer will be its life. Greenheart and other 
wood rods on the other hand can be used at once, 
as these are not cemented, but split cane never 
should be. 
New Publications. 
Modern Development of the Dry Fly, by Fred¬ 
eric M. Halford. Cloth, 219 pages, illus¬ 
trated with photogravures and colored plates, 
$5 net. New York, E. P. Dutton & Co. 
In the introductory the origin of the work 
and the development of the idea are discussed, 
followed by information and instructions as to 
the preparation of the materials used in dress¬ 
ing the patterns, manipulation of their dressing, 
illustrated by practical cuts or diagrams, and a 
series of articles descriptive of the author’s ex¬ 
perience of the use of the various flies. 
Then follows a series of nine colored plates, 
figuring the thirty-three patterns of artificial flies 
comprised in the series. The greatest care has 
been paid to the accurate nature coloration of 
these plates; eighteen colored lithographic repro¬ 
ductions, selected by the author from M. Dauthe- 
nay’s Repertoire de Couleurs pour aider a la 
determination des Couleurs des Fleurs, des Feuil- 
lages et des Fruits, published by the Societe 
Franqaise des Chrysanthemistes (Rene Ober- 
thiir), printed (with the permission- of the pro¬ 
prietors and of The Royal Horticultural Society) 
by the French printers of the original work. 
These plates standardize the color shades and 
their names; a series of sixteen photogravures, 
from the author’s negatives, of fishing scenes, 
specimen fish, etc.; numerous text cuts and dia¬ 
grams of a practical nature, either from draw¬ 
ings made under the author’s supervision by 
H. L. Shindler, or from photographs; thirty- 
three actual new Halford dry-fly patterns, cor¬ 
rectly dressed on eyed hooks. 
Frederick M’. Halford’s publishers have just 
issued a new book on dry-fly fishing by the 
veteran author. It is entitled “The Dry-Fly 
Man’s Handbook,” and is a' complete manual 
on the subject and on entomology and fishing 
management. 
Books Received : “Onawago,” by W. C. Lud¬ 
low; Antiquarian Pub. Co. “The Foresters Man¬ 
ual.” by E. T. Seton; Doubleday, Page & Co. 
“Saddle and Camp.” by Dillon Wallace; Outing. 
“In Northern Labrador,” by W. B. Cabot; 
Badger. “The Hunting Year,” by W. S. Dixon: 
Ham-Smith. “Logging and Lumbering.” by C 
A. Schenck; Schenck. “The Mystery of Golf,” 
by Arnold Haultain ; Macmillan. 
