June 15, 1912 
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Fishing Lines. 
The Milneberg, La., Improvement Associa¬ 
tion, which is composed of many fishermen, held 
a meeting during the week and petitioned the 
Legislature for an amendment to the fishing 
laws. They advocate an open fish season the 
year round. 
Twitchell Creek, town of Webb, N. Y., 
one of the finest trout streams in upper New 
York State, is again posted to remain so until 
1917—a continuous embargo of ten years. 
At the initial tournament of the year, given 
this week by the Danville Rod and Gun Club, 
Danville, Ill., Ross Kiningham won the diamond 
medal presented to the club by Col. J. W. 
Veach, of Rossville. The club voted to purchase 
the grounds previously rented. The artificial 
lake will be enlarged and the grounds beauti¬ 
fied in many ways. Monthly tournaments will 
be given during the coming summer. 
A CONSIGNMENT of 400,000 pike and perch 
from the State fish hatcheries were placed in 
Richmond creek near Orangeville this week. It 
will require three years for these fry to attain 
their full growth. A. Lure. 
New Orleans Fishing. 
The fishing season has been delayed in 
nearly every section of Louisiana, especially salt 
water fishing, on account of the frequent storms 
and protracted rainy spell. It is perhaps no ex¬ 
aggeration to say that fewer pleasure-loving 
fishermen have enjoyed the sport at the resorts 
near New Orleans this spring than in many 
years. The excessive high water and the floods 
in Northeast Louisiana have militated very 
greatly against fresh water fishing. Even the 
market fishermen have found it difficult to bring 
fish to New Orleans, and as a consequence the 
finny tribe has brought higher prices than usual. 
Several parties who ventured at the Rigolets, 
Chef Menteur, Lake Catherine, Waveland and 
North Shore brought back some fair catches of 
reds, speckled trout, sheepshead, bass, flounders, 
green trout and other species. Shrimp for bait 
have been scarce and the water rough and often 
muddy and most too fresh in places for much 
success. Various clubs near the Lake Borgne, 
Lake Catherine and Mississippi Sound are pre¬ 
paring for many visitors. 
Elbert Hubbard, the man who made the 
Philistines famous, besides boosting the price of 
real estate in East Aurora, has compiled a series 
of twenty of the world’s greatest men. It is 
arranged as an essay, published in book form 
by the Roycrofters. In this he refers to Joseph 
Dixon, the graphite manufacturer, as a man 
whose work has “profoundly influenced civiliza¬ 
tion, yet strangely enough, a man of whom the 
world at large knows little.” Copies of the 
book may be had without charge, upon request 
to Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, Jersey City, 
N. J. Ill ' 111 
Trout in Northern Wyoming. 
BY N. H. HILTON. 
Trout fishing with the fly in Northern Wyo¬ 
ming will be a little later than usual this year, 
on account of the high water, as there is about 
four feet of snow in the Big Horn Mountains 
at this date (June i, 1912). I think it will be 
about the middle of June before we can start 
the finny fight. 
There sure will be some great fly-fishing 
on the Little Horn this summer, as all indica¬ 
tions point to a plentiful supply of trout. The 
fish have wintered well in the beaver dams 
about two miles below Walsh. In January I 
happened to be near the dams and was sur¬ 
prised to see so large a number of fish. The 
water was not over two feet deep and clear as 
crystal. 
The high water has just started, but a week 
ago I caught a fine mess with a royal-coachman 
A BIG HORN CORNER. 
fly in about twenty minutes. It is no trick to 
get seventy-five to a hundred trout in the Little 
Horn in a day, and they will all average eleven 
to twelve inches. They sure are some fighters. 
The river can be waded at any point, and is 
easily fished. We use four- to six-ounce rods 
about nine or ten feet long; and for flies, my 
book contains, after much experience, the royal- 
coachman, professor, white-miller, cow-dung, 
gray-hackle, queen-of-the-waters and the stone 
fly, and I have them all made with a No. 3 
sneck hook. 
My record last year for speed was seven 
trout in nine minutes with a royal-coachman fly. 
The trout were all over twelve inches 
In the morning we generally take saddle 
horses and ride up the creek a way, send the 
horses back with a man, and fish down to the 
lodge. This fishing down is a departure from 
angling rules, I know, but it does not diminish 
our catch any. No one in the West walks a 
foot if they can ride. There are twelve good 
miles of fishing in the Little Horn River, and 
there are four other streams, full of trout, with¬ 
in easy riding distance. All of these streams 
are just naturally full of fish and perfectly good 
trout holes. 
There is no closed season for trout in Wyo¬ 
ming, which shovfs that we have plenty. 
Stocking Illinois Streams. 
Bloomington, Ill., June 8. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Illinois fish commissioners are now 
engaged in distributing fry among the rivers and 
lakes of the State, and millions of young fish 
have been secured by the various fishing clubs 
of central Illinois. The Wilmington Hunting 
and Fishing Protective Association received 
1,000,000 wall-eyed pike this week, and these 
were placed at various points in the Kankakee 
River. The Frankfort Fishing Club received a 
shipment of a half million wall-eyed pike which 
were deposited in Hickory Creek near New 
Lenox. The recently organized Dixon Fishing 
Club has made requisition for a consignment 
of black bass. Applications were sent to the 
Government and State hatcheries, and when a 
supply is received, will be deposited in the 
Rock River. Many other streams will be given 
a supply of small fish during the coming season. 
E. E. Pierson. 
Canadian Fishing Licenses. 
Canadian fishing licenses issued to United 
States fishermen during the fishing season of 
1911: 
Mr. Parkins and family. Travelers’ Associa¬ 
tion, Nos. 754, 755 and 756; fee, $5 each. 
Mr. Tallman, Ogdensburg, No. 817; fee, $10. 
J. N. Jarvis, New York, No. 757; fee, $5. 
Kimball C. Atwood, New York, No. 758; fee, $5. 
David T. Abercrombie, New York, No. 759; 
fee, $5. 
Mr. Atwood, Jr., No. 811; fee, $10. 
W. A. Whiting, New London, Conn., No. 761; 
fee, $5. 
L. Schalob, 375 Broadway, New York. No. 
762; fee, $5. 
H. F. Nuzam, New York, No. 763; fee, $5. 
J. H. Morecrip, Columbia University, N. Y., 
No. 812; fee, $10. 
H. W. Webb, Columbia University, N. Y., No. 
813; fee, $10. 
M'^m. Pollion, New York City, No. 764; fee, $5. 
Thos. T. Seelye, No. 765; fee, $5. 
Franklin Carter, New Haven, Conn., No. 814; 
fee, $10. 
Ralph Bombard, Vermontville, N. Y., No. 815; 
fee, $10. 
The Elgin Anglers’ Club. 
Elgin, Ill., May 27. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Elgin Anglers’ Club held its 
initial fishing party on Sunday, May 19, at Buf¬ 
falo Park, nine miles west of Elgin, on Fox 
River. President Elliott and forty members par¬ 
ticipated in the outing. Messrs. Newton, Saund¬ 
ers and Kadow carried off the fishing honors, 
catching several pickerel and black bass. Dr. 
C. T. Dahlin outclassed all the members at the 
dinner which was prepared and served in the 
open, consisting of broiled steak, fried black bass 
and pickerel, bacon, eggs, etc., which was ably 
prepared by brothers Retan, Bordeau and Haw¬ 
thorne. President Elliott, Bordeau, Torrey and 
Solomon made the trip in canoes, the rest of 
the party going by automobiles. This was one 
of the first of a series of fishing parties the 
Elgin Anglers’ Club have planned for the com¬ 
ing season with the regular semi-monthly cast¬ 
ing events at the club’s lagoon in Wing Park. 
R. F. Kadow, Sec’y and Treas. 
