July 4, 1908.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
19 
I Fly-Casting Records. 
In these columns early in May the score of 
J. B. Kenniff in the club contest of the San 
Francisco Fly-Casting Club on April 25 ap¬ 
peared. Not long afterward the London Fish¬ 
ing Gazette published a two-column article about 
this “new world’s record of 44 yards 2 feet," 
and the editor said, “It certainly does make Mr. 
Kenniff the champion, one foot over American 
records, and beats ours by over ten yards.’’ 
The Gazette also printed a letter from Mr. 
Kenniff in which he said, among other things, 
that he used a rod 11 feet long, weighing 1H/2 
ounces. He added: “It is no trick at all for 
the writer to cast no feet with a 5^-ounce q- 
foot single-hand fly-rod. * * * I made an 
exhibition cast the other day of 220 feet which 
far exceeds the world’s record for half-ounce.” 
(In the last statement he referred to a 6-foot 
bait-casting rod and half-ounce weight.) 
It is apparent that these gentlemen did not 
I look up the records of fly-casting before claim¬ 
ing “world’s records.” 
H. C. Golcher cast 140 feet in one of the San 
1 Francisco Fly-Casting Chib medal contests, held 
! on Stow Lake, Golden Gate Park, on Oct. n. 
1902. This will be found in Forest and Stream 
| of Oct. 25, of that year. 
In the open tournament of this club, held 
[i Aug. 8 and 9, 1902, W. D. Mansfield cast 134 
I feet. This was made in a team contest between 
Mr. Mansfield and T. W. Brotherton of the San 
Francisco Fly-Casting Club, and Fred Peet and 
H. G. Hascall, of the Chicago Fly-Casting Club. 
(See Forest and Stream of Aug. 30, 1902.) It 
is the national record. 
T. W. Brotherton, now a member of the Ang¬ 
lers’ Club of New York, but formerly secretary 
of the San Francisco Club, scored 137 feet m 
one of its club contests in 1902, but unfortu¬ 
nately we cannot give the exact date. 
From this data it will be seen that Mr. Mans- 
: field holds the national record for distance cast¬ 
ing with single-hand fly-rods, 134 feet; while 
Mr. Golcher has the highest record ever made 
in a club contest, 140 feet. Mr. Brotherton’s 137 
feet leaves him in second place. It should not 
be forgotten, however, that these casts were 
made in the strong trade wind, which sweeps 
up through a deep valley from the Pacific 
Ocean, only a quarter of a mile away; and 
that, therefore, the conditions are as a rule uni¬ 
formly favorable to much longer casts than it 
is possible to make elsewhere, even in a gale. 
The national record for bait-casting with half¬ 
ounce weight was made by E. R. Letterman, of 
the Chicago Fly-Casting Club on Sept. 8, 1907. 
(See Forest and Stream of Sept. 21, 1907.) 
He cast 223 feet on the grass in the open tour¬ 
nament of the Fox River Valley Bait-Casting 
Club, held at Aurora, Ill. 
In the club contest of the Chicago Fly-Cast- 
1 ing Club, on June 1, 1907, O. E. Becker cast a 
half-ounce weight 230 feet on the grass. This 
is the highest club record. 
Colorado Trout. 
Lamar, Colo., June 22 .— Editor Forest and 
Stream: T am en route for a month’s fishing 
trip to the Sangre de Christo range. The con¬ 
ditions for trout fishing were never better than 
this season. The water is low and the weather 
delightful. Last year the streams were swollen 
and muddy during most of the season and the 
trout made a fine growth and increased in num¬ 
ber, which leaves the streams well stocked this 
year. 
The largest trout landed this season was by 
a Miss Williams at Twin Lakes near Leadville; 
weight, 20 pounds 4 ounces; species, rainbow. 
Some large fish are being taken in the Poudre 
River about Fort Collins. The southern part 
of the State I have not heard from, but soon 
will, perhaps to my sorrow, as it is there I 
am headed for at present. 
J. H. Kellogg. 
Milwaukee Casting Club. 
Milwaukee, Wis., June 24. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Following are scores of contest, Wed¬ 
nesday, June 24: 
H. C. Mullen..... 
A. F. Bingenheime 
A. Lahmann . 
Tbeo. M. Toll. 
C. A. Rhine. 
G. C. Schoenlaub.. 
II N Katz. 
F V Allen. 
Anton Stoltz . 
Bait. Bait. 
^-ounce, 
%-ounce, 
98 
4-15 
98 
98 
2-15 
97 
11-15 
98 
1-15 
97 
6-15 
97 
6-15 
94 
8-15 
97 
4-15 
97 
5-15 
96 
12-15 
94 
9-15 
93 
13-15 
93 
2-15 
88 
3-15 
94 
11-15 
.. 
97 
7-15 
The contests were held at the new quarters at 
Washington Park, and when entirely finished 
will be one of the finest locations in the country. 
The sodding around the water will be finished 
in another week, and by the time the next event 
is held all conditions will be perfect. 
The target is kept under a large platform 
and keys can be obtained at the boat house by 
members at any time when desirous of doing 
practice work. 
We hope to have a full attendance on July 
8, 5:30 P. M. sharp, as we desire all possible to 
become eligible for prizes in their respective 
class. C. A. H. Fortier, Sec’y. 
The Cincinnati Casting Club. 
Cincinnati, June 20. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The scores made at the Cincinnati 
casting club contest of to-day are as follows: 
James . 
y 2 -ounce 
Weight. 
. 97 6-15 
. 97 3-15 
jounce 
Weight. 
92 14-15 
95 12-15 
Murphey . 
. 95 2-15 
. 95 
80 14-15 
. 87 8-15 
. 90 7-15 
. 
. 86 3-15 
82 8-15 
Mr. James is now wearing the challenge button 
for half-ounce, while Mr. Latham is proudly 
showing the challenge button for the quarter- 
ounce. Harry Walter Hutchins, 
Sec’y-Treas. 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., June 15. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The scores of the participants in the 
contest of June 13 were as follows: 
D. F. 
Beatty. 
%-ounce, 
Bait. Re-entry. 
98.3 
Accuracy, 
Fly. 
Re-entry. 
Dr. C. 
F. Brown... 
97.6 
98 3-15 
98 11-15 
W. T. 
Church. 
.... 
97 13-15 
R. W. 
Crompton... 
97.3 
9EL6 
. . 
• • 
E. M. 
Ford. 
. 97.7 
. . 
98 7-15 
N. C. 
Heston. 
. 98.0 
97.8 
98 9-15 
G. A. 
Hinterleitner 
. 98.0 
97 4-15 
E. R. 
Letterman... 
. 98.2 
.... 
98 12-15 
. . 
O. T. 
Loomis. 
. 97.1 
97‘.8 
98 9-15 
E. L. 
Mason. 
. 97.9 
98 13-15 
F. N. 
Peet. 
. 97.5 
97.9 
99 
E. A. 
Snell. 
. 97.1 
95.6 
•• 
For the reason that the relative difficulty of 
the dry-fly accuracy game cannot be determined 
until after a season’s trial, the offer of a $20 
prize to any member making a perfect score in 
a club contest or open tournament will not be 
applied to the dry-fly accuracy event during this 
season. Geo. A. Davis, 
Sec’y-Treas. 
Illinois Bait-Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., June 22. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The scores made in our club contest 
June 20 were as follows: 
J Aoz. 
Re- 
%°z., 
Accy. 
Re- 
Dry fly, 
Accy., 
Accy. 
entry. 
entry. 
Accv 
1 ' 
96 
1 V. 
Dr. Rawlins_96.1 
97.7 
96 3-5 
9-15 
Wm. Stanley ... 98.0 
97.0 
9(E6 
97 1-5 
% 
4-15 
O. C. Wehle.... 95.6 
96.6 
95.4 
98 4-5 
97 
5-15 
N. C. Heston... 97.9 
.... 
96.2 
.... 
E. H. Matthews 98.3 
97.8 
9L3 
• . 
• • 
C. W. Keiser... 93.8 
90.7 
94.9 
. . 
• • 
A. D. Whitby.. 94.6 
.... 
98.3 
.... 
96 
94 
P. T. Linderman 96.3 
96.1 
.... 
7-15 
W. T. Jamieson 98.6 
97.0 
96 ! 5 
97 4-5 
96 11-15 
D. R. Linder. 
93.5 
A. Wagner .97.2 
98.4 
9L6 
B. Greenwood.. 93.6 
96.8 
96.8 
F. E. Moffett. 
.... 
97.0 
95.8 
F.Hemminghaus 96.1 
95.6 
T. E. Amann... 97.2 
.... 
97.6 
95 
H. E. Rice.89.2 
97.1 
.... 
T. M. Ranney... 95.9 
97.6 
H. R. Winfield. 97.9 
.... 
98.0 
.... 
A. G. Berg. 96.4 
95.1 
J. P. Mohan.... 97.3 
L. De Garmo.. 96.4 
95.7 
98 1-5 
6-15 
97.0 
97 
H. C. Chapman .... 
.5 
W. Van Treese. 
9S.2 
W. L- Dolman. 
.... 
62.8 
Visitor: 
H. A. Newkirk. 
96.3 
The next contest will be July n. Events will 
be one-quarter-ounce accuracy, one-half-ounce 
distance and dry-fly accuracy. 
H. E. Rice, Sec’y. 
Anglers* Club of New York. 
Three events were to have been held on June 
24, but only two were finished before a thunder 
storm drove the anglers to shelter, fl he fl} 
events were cast off under trying conditions, foi 
the afternoon was the most oppressive one so 
far in the season, while a gusty wind spoiled 
well aimed casts. 
DRY-FLY 
Feet: 20 
Walter McGuckin. 2 
Perrv D. Frazer. 1 
R. j. Held. 0 
Mr. Smith . 2 
CONTES r. 
30 40 
50 
60 
De¬ 
merits. 
3 
1 
1 
12 
19 
1 
9 
4 
7 
22 
1 2 
20 
9 
32 
3 
1 
2 
30 
38 
R. J. Held. 
Walter McGuckin 
Mr. Smith . 
Perry D. Frazer... 
ACCURACY FLY. 
Feet. 
. 30 
2 
1 
0 
1 
0— 4 
merits. 
40 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0- 2 
13 
50 
1 
1 
3 
1 
1— 7 
. 30 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1— 3 
40 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1— 4 
22 
50 
0 
0 
3 
1 11—15 
. 30 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1— 3 
40 
1 
0 
0 
0 
3— 4 
26 
50 
1 
1 
1 14 
2—19 
. 40 
3 
2 
9 
2 
2—11 
50 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1— 6 
29 
60 
0 
1 
7 
2 
2—12 
The next contest will be held on the afternoon 
of July 8 at 3 o’clock. It will be bait-casting, 
one-quarter-ounce distance, one-half-ounce dis¬ 
tance, and the salmon fly event postponed from 
June 17 will also be held. 
Newark Bail and Fly-casiing Club. 
The next' contest of this club will be held 
July 18, at 2 P. M. on Weequahic Lake,' Newark, 
N. J. The events will be half-ounce accuracy, 
half-ounce distance, distance fly, accuracy fly, 
salmon fly and surf casting. 
An open tournament will be held on Oct. 3 
next. 
All the fish laws of the United States and Can¬ 
ada, revised to date and nozv in force, are given 
in the Game Laws in Brief. See adv. 
