April 20, 1907 .1 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Anglers’ Club Tournament. 
The second tournament of the Anglers’ Club 
of New York will be held on Harlem Mere, in 
Central Park, New York city, commencing at 
noon, May 16, and continuing all day on the 
17th and 18th. 
This club now has a membership of more 
than seventy-five anglers, divided into active 
members, more than seventy, and a half-dozen 
associate members. The tournament committee 
consists of five members, the arrangement and 
programme committees three each, and all are 
working diligently to make the forthcoming 
tournament a big success. 
So far a very large number of valuable and 
useful prizes have been secured, and any person 
who can cast skilfully with fly or bait rod is 
pretty sure of winning a prize. 
It is quite certain a number of western clubs 
will be represented. Wilfred Plevins, of London, 
who took part in the tournament at Madison 
Square Garden in March, will return for this 
tournament ; John Enright, of Castleconnell, Ire¬ 
land. who made a new salmon record at the 
Anglers’ Club tournament last fall, will return, 
and efforts are being made to induce other 
anglers to come over from Great Britain. Mem¬ 
bers of the new Boston and Newark casting 
clubs will also attend. 
Aside from the usual events there will be one 
for salmon fly-casting and one for salt-water 
bait-casting—giving all interests a chance to 
compete on common grounds. 
In each event there will practically be two 
divisions, with one set of prizes for amateurs 
and another for trade representatives and others 
who cannot come within the amateur classifica¬ 
tion. 
In the half and quarter-ounce bait-casting 
events the new aluminum weights adopted by 
and made for the clubs affiliated with the Na¬ 
tional Association of Scientific Angling Clubs 
will be used. These are cast in one piece, with 
an eye for the line, and are somewhat pear- 
shaped. Good results from their use are re¬ 
ported. 
The rules governing all contests follow: 
i Rule 1. All contests shall be governed by two 
i judges and a referee. In case of disagreement the referee 
shall decide. 
; 2. No one shall be permitted to enter any contest, ex¬ 
cept contests “open to all,” who has ever taught casting 
for pay; fished for a living; been a guide, or who has 
been engaged in either the manufacture or sale of fishing 
i tackle. 
3. All persons competing shall pay an entrance fee of 
$1 for each event. 
4. The order in which the contestants shall cast shall 
be determined by lot. The contestants must be ready to 
! cast when called upon by the judges. Entries may be 
1 made any time before the beginning of a contest, but if 
made after lots have been drawn for place. Such entrants- 
must take precedence, except with consent of all con- 
l testants that new lots be drawn. Places cannot be ex¬ 
changed without the consent of all contestants. 
5. The leader and fly or lure in each contest must be 
intact at the time of record by the judges, and the length 
and weight of the rod must be recorded. 
6. Arrangements shall be made by the judges to ac¬ 
curately determine the point at which the fly or lure falls. 
i 7. Contests shall be called promptly at time fixed for 
each event. 
8. After the contestant has taken his place on the 
stand, which is a platform not more than eighteen inches 
| above the surface of the water, his time shall be 
1 counted from the moment he says “Ready,” and the first 
cast thereafter shall count. The longest cast during the 
eight minutes succeeding the word “Ready,” shall be¬ 
taken as his record for distance. 
9. The rod must be held in one hand, and no rod shall! 
exceed eleven and one half feet in length, excepting 
when otherwise specified. The line must not be weighted. 
10. The barb and point must be removed from all 
hooks. 
11. Trout flies on hooks no- smaller than No. 12, old' 
scale shall be used, unless otherwise specified. Leaders, 
t which must be of single gut, shall not exceed the length 
of the rod by more than two feet, unless otherwise 
specified. 
12. Time will be allowed in case of accident, to make 
repairs, at the discretion of the judges. 
13. The switch style of casting will not be allowed, ex¬ 
cept in the class devoted to that method. 
14. All difficulties or disputes arising and not pro¬ 
vided for in these rules or the rules governing each con¬ 
test, shall be referred to the judges, whose decision shall 
be final. 
15. When the method of casting to be employed is 
specified in the rules governing an event, no other 
style than that designated will be allowed. 
_ 16. In all events where the weight of the rod is- 
limited, an allowance of three-quarters of an ounce shall 
be made for the solid metal reel seat, and three-quarters 
1 of an ounce for an independent handle, provided such 
' handle and butt joint of the rod are each made with the 
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CASTING AT THE BOSTON TOURNAMENT. 
usual metal ferrule, and the rod, exclusive of the handle, 
is made in three pieces joined by metal ferrules. 
17. Whenever a contest combines both distance and 
accuracy, the competition for accuracy shall precede that 
for distance. 
18. The standard for hooks is that of Harrison’s sproat, 
regular size, old scale. 
List of Events. 
Trout Fly-Casting for Distance, Amateurs 
Only.—Open only to those who have never cast 
more than 6o feet in any club or tournament 
contest. Weight of rod and length of leader un¬ 
restricted. 
Trout Fly-Casting for Distance, Amateurs 
Only.—Open only to those who have never cast 
more than 85 feet in any club or tournament 
contest. Weight of rod and length of leader un¬ 
restricted. 
Trout Fly-Casting for Distance, Open to All. 
—Weight of rod and length of leader unre¬ 
stricted. 
Trout Fly-Casting for Distance, 5-Ounce 
Rods, Amateurs Only.—Open to those who 
have never cast more than 75 feet in any club 
or tournament contest with a rod weighing 5 
ounces or less. 
Dry Fly-Casting for Accuracy, Amateurs 
Only.—Weight of rod unlimited, but leader 
must be at least half as long as the length of 
the rod. 
Salmon Fly-Casting for Distance, Open to 
All—Weight of rod and length of leader un¬ 
restricted. Rods must not exceed 18 feet in 
length. 
Single-Handed Bait-Casting for Distance, 
Amateurs Only—Open only to those who have 
never cast more than 100 feet in any similar 
contest. Five casts shall be made overhead with 
a half ounce weight to be furnished by the com¬ 
mittee, the longest cast to count. No limit to 
weight of rod or line, but cast must be made 
from a free running reel. 
Single-Handed Bait-Casting for Distance, 
Open to All.—Conditions governing this event 
the same as the preceding event, except that it 
is open to all. 
Single-Handed Bait-Casting for Accuracy, 
Amateurs Only.—Fifteen casts shall be made 
overhead—five at each of three buoys—60, 80 
and 100 feet distant from casting point. These 
casts to be made with half-ounce weight to be 
furnished by the committee. For each foot or 
fraction of a foot that the weight falls from 
the buoy cast at, a demerit of one shall be 
counted, the sum total of such demerits, divided 
by 15 shall be considered the demerit per cent. 
The demerit per cent, deducted from 100 shall 
constitute the percentage. 
Two-Handed Salt-Water Casting for Distance, 
Open to All.—Five casts shall be made with a 
2^2-ounce weight to be furnished by the com¬ 
mittee. Rods must not be less than 6 feet in 
length. Casts to be made from a free-running 
reel with a line of sufficient strength to lift a 
dead weight of fifteen pounds one foot from 
the ground. 
In all events prizes shall be given to first, 
second and third, excepting in events open to 
all, where prizes will be given to the fourth as 
well. 
Programmes or further information will be 
given upon request to G. M. L. LaBranche, 
Chairman of the Tournament Committee, 30 
Broad street, New York city. 
Boston Casting Tournament. 
The fly- and bait-casting tournament, held 
under the auspices of the New England Forest, 
Fish and Game Association during the Sports¬ 
men’s Show in Boston, Mass., resulted as stated 
in the following summary: 
Event 1, trout fly-casting for distance—Judges, 
Francis A. Niccolls, Jr., Call J. McCarthy; 
Referee, Francis A. Niccolls, Sr.; Captain, E. 
R. Owens. Open to novices only: C. E. 
Jacobus, 75 feet; Frank West, 70 feet; F. E. 
Soule, 65 feet; F. J. Robbins, 63 feet; F. T. 
Sibley, 60 feet 6 inches; John T. Nightingale, 
49 feet; J. S. P. Alcott, 45 feet. 
Event 2, open to those who have never east 
more than 60 feet—Judges, Dr. F. M. Johnson, 
G. H. Payne; Referee. Charles C. Wells: L. D. 
Chapman, feet; W. P. Stevens, 57 Vi feet; 
Bernard Taylor, 49 ^ feet; J. T. Nightingale, 
47R2 feet. 
Event 3, trout fly-casting for distance, 70 foot 
class—Judges, L. O. Crane, C. H. Payne; 
Referee, F. A. Niccolls: Lawrence D. Chapman, 
83 feet 3 inches; A. R. Brown, 78 feet; W. H. 
Hammett, 74 feet; F. A. Abercrombie, 72 feet; 
F. J. Robbins, 69 feet 9 inches; F. E. Soule, 
66 feet 6 inches. 
Event 4, fly-casting for distance, 75 foot class 
—Judges, G. H. Payne, F. A. Niccolls; Referee, 
