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FOREST AND STREAM 
May 4 , 1912 
WILLIAM MILLS ®. SON 
FISHING TACKLE EXCLUSIVELY—ALL GRADES 
WE ARE EXPERTS:— Can use, and use successfully, the articles we make and sell; our experience and 
judgment are yours for the asking. ALMOST A CENTURY OF EXPERIENCE is behind our products. 
EVERY order receives the PERSONAL ATTENTION of one of our Mr. Mills. 
WILLIAM MILLS SON’S ENGLISH DRY OR FLOATING FLIES 
These Floating Flies, even in the smaller sizes, are now much used in the heavier fishing 
of Maine and Canada, as well as in the regular small trout streams. The flies we import 
' and offer are in pattern and quality to the highest English ideals, and should not be com- 
pared with the ordinary quality of floating flies, sold both here and abroad. 
We offer a large line of patterns on the Special Dry Fly Hook, with upturned eye. 
Sizes No. 12 (new No. 3), No'. 15 (new No. 0), and No. 10 Long Shank (new No. 6). 
English Dry Flies on Hooks No. 12 or 15.$1.00 per dozen. 
English Dry Flies on Hooks No. 10 Long Shank.1.25 “ “ 
English Dry Flies with Hackle Point Wings. 1.25 “ “ 
Shis fly on HALFORD’S “NEW SERIES ” ENGLISH DRY FLIES 
No. 15 hook. Patterns 1 to 6 on 12 Hooks.$2.00 per dozen. 
Patterns 7 to 33 on No. 12 or 15 Hooks. 1.25 “ “ 
OUR NEW 208-PAGE CATALOG is the most complete and comprehensive that we have ever issued. 
It is not only a “CATALOG” but an ANGLER’S ENCYCLOPEDIA. 
It’s “NOVEL INDEX” gives lists of Outfits necessary for the various kinds of Angling. 
This special catalog No. II2 ’will be sent on receipt oj£ cents in stamps to co’ver postage. 
If Ifs Fishing Tackle, We Have It! 
Sole Agents for H. L. LEONARD RODS—The Rod You Will Eventually Buy 
^RADB 
MARS. 
THOS. J. CONROY 
Manufacturer and Dealer in 
Fine Fishing Tackle & Sporting Goods 
TARPON, TUNA and ALL SOUTHERN TACKLE 
28 
John Street 
New York 
PEERLESS 
IN EVERY PART 
TALBOT REELS 
have established a degree of Quality which no other manu* 
facturer has been able to equal. A TALBOT in your kit 
means reel satisfaction. Prices reasonable. Write for book¬ 
let., “Modern Bait Casting.** Organized clubs should have 
their secretary write for our club offer, 
WM. H. TALBOT REEL CO., 
NEVADA, MO. 
THE SALMON FISHER 
Charles Hallock. Contents: Distribution of the Sal- 
non. Life and History of the Salmon. Technology 
of Salmon Fishing. Salmon Fishing in the Abstract. 
Cloth. 125 pages. Price, $1.00. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO. 
Kecpem Alive 
New invention—strongesl and 
safest fish stringer—keeps vour 
game fish alive. Patent hook 
with safety catch goes 
through both lips of fish—they 
don’t drown but swim. 
Absolutely Weedless— 
Solid Brass—Rustless. 
Each fish on a separate hook. Combined weight 
comes on shanks of the hcKiks, not on pins. No 
crowding, no smothering. Length 44 inches. 
Do not loosen your stringer to add the fish. 
Holds 75 pounds yot folds compactly. 
You can carry the Keepem-Alive in your pocket. 
It makes a good game stringer. Hooks are in* i 
terchangeable—more can be added. 
Write today for folder. Sold by all first-class dealers CAa 
Patentd U.S. & Canada, or mailed anywhere, postpaid for vUv 
Watkins Manufacturing Company, Howell. 1°”] Mich. 
If it’s about where to go, or about rods or tackle or 
equipment of any kind, we can tell you what you should 
have if you’ll explain your situation to us. 
Information Department, Forest and Stream. 
Use The Dry Fly This Season 
To be successful and to get the most enjoyment out of this pleasant and scientific method of 
trout fishing, you must have Cummins’ Rods and Tackle, which are of the 
HIGHEST POSSIBLE GRADE. 
^ The following articles are specially manufactured by W. J. Cummins for dry flyfishing, and strongly 
recommended; 
RODS. The “Turner” dry fly rod in selected greenheart, in 2 joints with 2 tops, cork handle, lockfast 
joints, very finest finish, 10 feet or feet, $10.25; or the “Anglo-American” Split Cane Rod in 3 joints, 
2 tops, the very highest class of split cane, 10 feet or 10}4 feet, $20.50. 
REEL. Cummins’ “Dunelm,” 2^ inches, $4.15. 
REEL LINE. 30 yards double tapered “Century” Dry Fly Line, $2.50. 
LEADERS for dry fly fishing, 3 yards long and of special undrawn gut, 30 cents each 
DRY OR FLOATING FLIES on eyed hooks, 60 cents per dozen. 
W. J. C. will be glad to send further particulars with regard to these goods to any angler 
Write also for catalogue of High Grade Rods and Tackle. 
A magnificent publication of over 300 pages. 
W. J. CUMMINS, (Dept. R.) North of England Rod Works 
BISHOP AUCKLAND, ENGLAND 
Our Expert Casting Line 
Hard Braided of the Highest Grade of Silk. The strongest 
Line of Its size in the lYorld. Used by Mr. Decker in con¬ 
test with Mr. Jamison. Nuf sed. 
Every Line Warranted. SO-Yd. Spools, $1.00. 
18c 
30c 
60c 
65c 
rsc 
2.50 
for an assorted 
Regular price 
for an assorted 
Regpilar price 
for an assorted 
Regular price, 
for an assorted 
Regular price, 
for an assorted 
Regular price, 
for an assorted 
Regular price. 
Trout Flics 
Samples for Trial—Send Us 
Quality A 
dozen. 
,...24c. 
Quality B 
Quality C 
Bass Flies 
.^?n:o6 Gauze Wing: 
Eng:lish Salmon 
Original and Genuine 
OLDTOWN CANOES 
Introduced and made famous by us 
16 to 19 ft. 
The H. H. Kiffe Co., 
Illustrated Catalogue free oa application. 
CATALOG OF FISHING TACKLE 
Just drop a postal to us asking for our 
Tackle Catalog and you will get a copy of 
the best book of the kind that has yet been 
published for Anglers. Remember, a post 
card brings it postpaid. 
H. H. MICHAELSON 
916 Broadway Brooklyn. Now York City 
THE “IDEAL” FISHING FLOAT 
(patented) 
Lasts a lifetime. Can’t get out of order. The only Float for the 
angler who knows. 
Prices: 2 and 2ki-in. 10c.; 3 and 3k,-in. 15c.; 4-in. 25c.: 5-in. 40c. 
Red & Green, White & Green, Brown Waterproof or Plain Cork 
ASK YOUR DEALER—Mailed on receipt of price 
IDEAL FLOAT CO., Bor 467, RICHMOND, VA. 
True Anglers Use 
THE WILLIAMS BARBLESS HOOK 
Because it is guaranteed to catch and hold better than a 
barbed hook, and you can remove the fish without injury. 
Tearlints. spawn, and their killing wastes thousands of eggs. 
Does this mean anything to you? It means ruin to a glori¬ 
ous sport. The Williams Barbless Hook is a scientific and 
practical lure, no mechanism, just its ingenious shape. 
Highest quality standard flies, $1.60 per dozen, and bait 
hooks 25 cents. Postpaid. 
LACEY Y. WILLIAMS, 56 Water Street. Oak Harbor. Ohio 
