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to his friend, he found him completely convulsed 
with laughter and moreover, just as wet as he. 
He had arrived by the same route and with like 
results. Both were alike and each had a hearty 
laugh at the expense of his friend—and a good 
ducking. 
What would fly fishing be if it were all “plain 
s; iling?” If we knew before hand the luck that 
would attend us, much would be lost. 
ERNEST L. EWBANK. 
P. S. By the way—The monthly is great. 
MORE FISHING AND HUNTING FOR SPORTS¬ 
MEN IN PROVINCES OF QUEBEC. 
The Government of Quebec has arranged to 
concede and throw open to all sportsmen and 
tourists the territory formerly leased to the 
Philemore, Sagamo, and Camp Fire of America 
Fish and Game Clubs. This will enable many 
who heretofore could not fish and hunt on these 
limits to do so and build camps for their own 
use if so desired. On the line of the Q. & L. St. 
John Ry., the Batiscan River from Pearl Lake 
or the Bakery “Flag Station” offers an ideal 
canoe and fishing trip. This river is open for 
fishing, also a large tract of the Jacques Cartier 
reserve nearby Beaudet is open for hunting only. 
North of the Summit most all the land west of 
the railway track is now open for hunting, and 
a little further, nearby Quaquamaxis, Commis¬ 
sioners Lake, Saint Andre and Lake Bouchette, 
there are hundreds of miles of open country ad¬ 
joining the railway line where good fishing and 
hunting can be had in season. 
RULES FOR SURF CASTING TOURNAMENT. 
Jersey City, N. J., March 17, 1915. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
At a recent meeting of the Asbury Park Fish¬ 
ing Club, the following motion was carried: 
“That a committee of three be appointed to 
work up with the different fishing clubs, a uni¬ 
form set of rules covering surf casting tourna¬ 
ments held by the various clubs.” 
In line therewith the following surf fishing 
clubs have signified their willingness to join in 
the movement by naming committees to co¬ 
operate: Midland Beach Fishing Club, Belmar 
Fishing Club and Ocean City Fishing Club. 
The hearty response above leads the commit¬ 
tee to invite, through the columns of your valu¬ 
able paper, other surf fishing clubs to join in 
the movement by opening correspondence with 
their chairman, Mr. Elvin C. Burtis, Hotel 
Marlborough, Asbury Park, N. J. 
The purpose of the movement is to make an 
official place for 3 and 4 ounce casting weights 
in American tournaments and to broaden surf 
casting rules as laid down by the National Asso¬ 
ciation of Scientific Angling Clubs, which at 
present prescribe the “V” shaped court and the 
2% oz. weight to the exclusion of all others. 
The 2V2 oz. lead of the Association dates back 
to the days when surf anglers used no lead at 
all in their casts. To-day the majority of surf 
fishermen pursue the sport where sinkers are 
necessary, the most popular being the 3 and 4 oz. 
The “V” shaped court is good but not suffi¬ 
cient. There are other good courts. 
An invitation has been extended to the Na¬ 
tional Association to enter the conference, to 
listen to the presentation of the case, (which is 
a movement from the outside) and to consider 
the question of so modifying their rules as to 
bring them into line with the developments of 
surf fishing which have taken place within the 
last twenty years. 
While there may be some disposition to act 
independently of the Association it is to be hoped 
that wise counsels will prevail and the matter 
presented so strongly that the 3 and 4 ounce 
leads of to-day s a..gler may take their rightful 
place by the side of the 2% oz. casting weight 
of the pioneer; and that the straight lane rep¬ 
resenting the conditions which the angler meets 
when several are casting for a “cut,” and the 
open field representing the broad ocean, shall 
come to their own. 
R. H. CORSON. 
HIGH HONOR FOR WM. MILLS & SON. 
Uncle Sam always knows what he is about in 
making selection of the best things for his own 
use. This statement is strikingly confirmed in 
the announcement that the United States Govern¬ 
ment has selected the firm of William Mills & 
Son, 21 Park Place, New York, to furnish the 
Bureau of Fisheries Exhibit of Angling Appara¬ 
tus at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. This is 
the “blue ribbon” order of the year, and was 
awarded only after careful investigation and 
tests. If you visit the “Fair” do not fail to drop 
around to the Bureau of Fisheries exhibit, and 
look at the most complete collection of angling 
tools, kits and appliances ever shown in the 
world. 
The exhibit comprises over eighty outfits, for 
every kind of game fish angling. It consists of 
four large show cases, each with 132 sq. ft. of 
display space. It occupies practically one entire 
wing of one section of the United States Fish¬ 
eries Bureau space in the Food Products 
Building. 
Different outfits for the same general type of 
angling are shown together and are divided into 
the following general headings: 
Outfits for Trout Fly Angling—-for Dry Fly. 
Outfits for Trout Fly Angling—for small fish. 
■Outfits for Fly Angling—for large Trout, Bass 
and Ouananiche. 
Outfits for Salmon Angling—both Fly and 
Trolling. 
Outfits for Bait Casting and general Bait 
Angling. 
Outfits for Salt Water Angling. 
The outfits for Fly Angling include rods rang¬ 
ing from 6 ft. long—31-32 ounce in weight (the 
lightest weight rod ever made) for small trout, 
to 11 ft. long 10% ounces in weight, for Pacific 
Coast Steelhead and Rainbows, Black Bass and 
Ouananiche. 
The outfits for Bait Casting and general Ang¬ 
ling show rods from a 5% ft. 4 ounce “Single 
Stick” to a 9 ft. 14 ounce Muscallonge Troll¬ 
ing Rod. 
The outfits for Salmon Angling include rods 
13 to 18 ft. in length for Fly, and from 6% 
to 9 ft. in length for trolling. 
The outfits for Salt water work show rods 
ranging from a 6 ft. 6 ounce “3-6 Catalina 
Single piece” to the extra heavy 7 1-16 ft. 
37 ounce Tarpon Rod. 
Besides the rods, there are shown reels, lines, 
leaders, hooks, flies, casting and trolling baits, 
fly tackle and leader books and boxes, net rings, 
waders and a general line of accessories—the 
equal of which is not to be found in many 
Tackle stores anywhere in the world (this ex¬ 
hibit being the largest and most complete ever 
shown anywhere). 
The collection of outfits for Dry Fly Angling 
is particularly complete. It shows not only rods 
of the latest American Dry Fly type, but rods 
such as are used in England for this type of 
Angling. The reels, lines and leaders shown 
are the latest approved English types and Am¬ 
erican adaptations of same, while the flies shown 
comprise not only a general line of regular 
American and English patterns but also include 
a line of the celebrated F. M. Halford “Nature 
Series” patterns and Skues’ patterns together 
with the American “Nature Series” patterns 
worked out by Louis Rhead, and the patterns 
recommended by G. M. L. La Branche in his 
“Dry Fly and Fast Water.” 
Practically every article shown in this ex¬ 
hibit was taken right out of stock—there being 
only two items in the entire Exhibit that had 
to be made for it. 
Naturally most of the rods shown are the 
celebrated H. L. Leonard make, but there are 
numerous specimens of the medium and low 
priced rods made by William Mills & Son—such 
as their “Mills Standard Hand Made,” “Manco,” 
“Peerless” and “Tuscarora” grades. 
ICE FISHING FOR TROUT. 
Albany, March 18, 1915. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Some time ago, as your excellent index will 
show, I advocated further protection for fish in 
inland waters by dividing the state into tempera¬ 
ture zones so that the various species would be 
safeguarded while spawning. This suggestion 
was the result of considerable study and was in 
direct opposition to the so-called “uniform” law 
idea which the conservation commission has 
accepted as gospel. My plan already is recog¬ 
nized as embodying the correct principle by the 
manner in which Long Island is set apart in the 
law, which is solely on account of the difference 
in temperature of the water there. The same 
principle would give' us a temperate zone run¬ 
ning through the middle of the state and a cold 
zone taking in the mountain streams and the great 
spring lakes like Lake George, and would pro¬ 
tect fish in a scientific manner. 
The latest argument in favor of the tempera¬ 
ture zone plan is given now by the unwilling con¬ 
servation commission indirectly. For the first 
time in the history of the state fishing for trout 
through the ice has been legalized. By an offi¬ 
cial order the commission says: “It is hereby 
ordered that all persons may take trout and lake 
trout through the ice by angling in any of the 
lakes or ponds of the state during the open 
season of 1915 for said species as established by 
the conservation law.” The beautiful “uniform” 
law as it now stands opens the season for trout 
on the first Saturday in April and for lakers on 
April 1, on which early dates most of the waters 
of Northern New York, at least, are covered 
with ice. Moreover the law says specifically and 
has for many years that there shall be no fishing 
through the ice in waters inhabited by trout, ex¬ 
cept in very few specific instances where politics 
have enabled legislators to aid in depleting the 
inland waters of their home counties by out-of¬ 
season fishing. 
What anglers will think of the new “conserva¬ 
tion plan for their favorite fish remains to be 
seen. JOHN D. WHISH. 
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