FOREST AND STREAM 
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The Gentle Art of Tournament Casting 
H OW many thousands of able-bodied men 
there are in this country who spend their 
time poking around billiard tables, and on 
other inside amusements, when they might better 
be employed in out-of-door sport, cannot be very 
accurately estimated, but the number is legion. 
True, billiards is usually an evening entertain¬ 
ment, but some outdoor sports can be followed 
as long at least as there is sufficient light to see 
by, and in the evening as well when artificial 
illumination is possible. Tournament bait and fly 
casting is such a sport. It requires as much skill 
as any other—even more so when the higher 
San Francisco Fly Casting Club Grounds. 
Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park, Calif., on which the International Tournament was held August 12-15, 1915 
Perhaps some day the rod and tackle manu¬ 
facturers will follow the good example set by 
their brethren in the ammunition business and 
Illinois Casting Club Grounds, 
National Tournament 
ranks are reached—and affords infinitely more 
pleasure. 
It is pleasing to note that bait and fly casting 
clubs are springing up everywhere. Some of the 
older organizations number their members by 
hundreds and their competitive tournaments at¬ 
tract as much attention as trap-shooting, golf, etc. 
Every town and every community which has at 
command three hundred feet of open water, fresh 
or salt ought to have a bait and fly casting club. 
The sport incites continued interest; it certainly 
enables the angler to practice and gain that point 
of perfection that he always strives for; it means 
that when he does go fishing his rewards will be 
better; the healthfulness of the recreation is be¬ 
yond dispute. 
The rules are simple and the expense almost 
negligible. What trap-shooting is to the gunner 
tournament casting should be to the angler. In 
fact it is developing to that stage. Some clubs, 
happily situated, operate both sports in conjunc¬ 
tion. 
Washington Park, Chicago. 
September 5-7, 1914 
will make organized efforts to promote a sporl 
that will stimulate the gentle art of angling, make 
better sportsmen and as a corollary, lead to a 
more scientific plan for the preservation of game 
fish, and their propagation. 
The average man with only a limited vacation 
may be in spirit the keenest angler in the world, 
but because of limitation he does not derive one- 
tenth the pleasure from his outing that he might 
have if he went to lake or stream a finished 
caster. Few men will take the trouble to use back¬ 
yards and vacant lots for casting purposes but 
any’ dozen or more men—and women too for 
that matter—who will combine their interest to 
the point of picking a suitable location, expend¬ 
ing a few dollars for a platform, and hold reg¬ 
ular meets, will be the better for their little 
outings and also will find themselves better 
anglers, and what is more important, better 
sportsmen or better sportswomen. 
Forest and Stream will gladly assist in the pre¬ 
liminary organization of such clubs and all in¬ 
formation is at the disposal of its readers. Forest 
and Stream will also at the proper time endeavor 
to stimulate interest in this sport by offering 
awards to tournament winners. 
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Kansas City Bait and Fly Casting Club Pool. 
Latest form of Pool, designed especially for Casters 
Every Community Should 
Have Its Club and Place 
to Practice, for the Sport 
is About the Most Inex¬ 
pensive That Can Be Had. 
