Sept. 5, 1908.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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season, showing the good results of the plant¬ 
ing of salmon fry in these waters for some 
years past, from Mr. Beemer’s hatchery at 
Roberval. 
On a couple of occasions during the recent 
tercentenary fetes in Quebec there was a mar¬ 
velous exhibit of big brook trout in the window 
of the Chronicle office which attracted the atten¬ 
tion of large crowds of people. On each occas¬ 
ion the exhibit consisted of seven or eight fish 
running from three to five and a half pounds 
apiece. They were all sent for exhibition from 
Lake Edward. 
The founder of Quebec and of the Canadian 
nationality not only included fishing among his 
diversions, but partly occupied himself in the 
New World in the making of fish ponds. Speak¬ 
ing of the making of gardens by some of his 
party at Port Royal, previous to the founding 
of Quebec, he tells us himself in his journal : 
“I, also, for the sake of occupying my time, 
made one which was surrounded with ditches 
full of water in which I placed some fine trout 
and into which flowed three brooks of very fine 
water from which the greater part of our settle¬ 
ment was supplied. * * * I made there also 
a little reservoir for holding salt water fish 
which we took out as we wanted them.” 
To these delights Champlain added the fiercer 
pleasures of the chase, and one of his biogra¬ 
phers remarks that he was so fond of hunting 
that he did not always pause to consider whether 
the game was a squirrel or an Iroquois. 
Champlain does not appear to have differed 
from the majority of anglers in failing to under¬ 
estimate the size of his fish. He gravely tells 
11s. for instance, that on his way up Lake Cham¬ 
plain he saw pike five feet long and as large 
as his thigh. The Indians told him they grew 
to be ten feet in length. 
His guides also furnished him with this in¬ 
teresting anecdote: ‘When the pike wants to 
capture birds it swims in among the rushes or 
reeds, which are found on the banks of the lake 
in several places, where it puts its nose out of 
water and keeps perfectly still, so that when the 
birds come and light on its snout, supposing it 
to be only the stump of a tree, it adroitly closes 
it, which it had kept ajar, and pulls the birds 
by the feet down under water.” 
Lake Champlain’s three-hundred-years-old-fish- 
stories ought to attract large numbers of anglers 
to its tercentenary celebration next year. 
E. T. D. Chambers. 
Newark Bait- and Fly-Casting Club. 
Newark, N. J., Aug. 29. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The regular contest for this club's 
season’s prizes was held this afternoon on Wee- 
qualiic Lake. The day was fine, but the wind 
veered so often that all scores were low, par¬ 
ticularly in the accuracy events, which were cast 
toward the sun. 
The first event was the distance fly-casting 
with single hand rods. The new marking line 
was stretched north of the platform at first, bu< 
the wind veered and the line was changed to 
south. Again the wind interfered and the line 
was towed back, only to be changed again and 
left there; but no sooner was the event started 
than the wind switched and blew quartering to¬ 
ward the contestants’ left throughout this event, 
cutting down the scores. 
An agreement had been made between John 
Waddell and Perry D. Frazer, who tied for the 
salmon championship loving cup and first prize 
at the National tournament at Chicago, whereby 
Mr. Waddell was to cast for ten minutes on the 
Grand Rapids Fly-Casting Club waters, and Mr. 
Frazer at Newark, to-day. This was done. Mr. 
Frazer entered as No. 4 in the distance fly 
event, casting for ten minutes with his 15-foot 
salmon rod. The wind came in gusts, and up 
to the seventh minute he had lost seven flies and 
scored 120 feet without a fly. He then cast 117 
feet without losing his fly and was retired. A 
telegram received from Grand Rapids to-night 
announced that Mr. Waddell had scored 127 
feet 8 inches, which gives him the loving cup 
and the championship, first prize going to Mr. 
Frazer. 
Dr. R. J. Held also cast with his salmon rod 
to decide the tie between himself and Dr. 
Charles F. Browne, of Racine. Lie scored 100 
feet against the wind. 
CAST OFF OF NATIONAL TOURNAMENT SALMON TIES. 
Score. Feet. 
Tolin Waddell . 127 S 
Perrv D. Frazer . H5 113 117 117 
R. T. Held. 93 9S 100 100 
Mr. Waddell used a greenheart rod, Mr. 
Frazer a hexagonal Tonkin rod, 
Browne, bethabara rods. 
Drs. Held and 
Single-hand fly-casting, 
utes to score: 
best 
cast in five min- 
Best Cast, 
Feet. 
Perry D. Frazer. 
107 
107 
107 
Tohn Doughty . 
SO 
85 
85 
A. Tay Marsh. 
84 
84 
84 
Fred. T. Mapes. 
84 
80 
84 
P. T. Muldoon. 
75 
76 
76 
C. T. Champion. 
65 
65 
A. J. Neu . 
63 
... 
63 
DISTANCE BAIT- 
CASTING, 
HALF-OUNCE. 
Average, 
Feet. 
R. T. Held. 
.. 175 
160 
173 
180 185 
174 3-5 
A. I. Marsh. 
.. 152 
110 
155 
152 170 
149 4-5 
Tohn Doughty . 
.. 170 
115 
135 
135 155 
142 
F. T. Manes. 
.. 140 
151 
no 
100 *85 
117 1-5 
P. T. Muldoon. 
.. 148 
125 
75 
105 125 
115 3-5 
C. T. Champion. 
.. 100 
125 
140 
147 *30 
108 2-5 
George Endersby . 
.. 135 
142 
H« 
100 140 
Perry D. Frazer. 
.. 100 
160 
H= 
He He 
A. T. Neu . 
* 
100 
*75 
*85 100 
L. S. Darling. 
.. *20 
125 
125 
135 * 
Comppen ..•. 
.. 105 
*35 
*45 
* *85 
George Moore . 
.. 110 
*20 
105 
* w 
R. Eichlen . 
*75 
w 
ACCURACY 
BAIT-CASTING, HALF-OUNCE. 
Demerits. 
Per Cent. 
R. T. Held. 
... 42 
97 3-15 
R. Eichlen . 
... 43 
97 2-15 
P. T. Mubloon... 
... 47 
96 13-15 
L. S. Darling. 
... 48 
96 12-15 
Fred. T. Mapes... 
... 49 
96 11-15 
A. Tay Marsh. 
... 51 
96 9-15 
George Endersby 
... 54 
96 6-15 
Charles T. Champion. 
... 60 
96 
A. T. Neu . 
... 63 
95 12-15 
Tohn Doughty ... 
... 74 
94 14 15 
I’errv l> Frazer. 
... 78 
94 12-15 
George Moore ... 
... 91 
93 14-15 
... 98 
93 7-15 
Jacobus. 
... 102 
93 3-15 
Comppen . 
... 122 
91 13-15 
ACCURACY 
FLY-CASTING. 
L. S. Darling. 
.. 99 2-15 
Tohn 
Doughty . 
...98 7-15 
Perrv D. Frazer. 
.. 99 
A. 1. 
Marsh. 
... 98 6-15 
R. T. Held. 
.. 99 
P. J. 
Muldoon.. 
... 98 3-15 
C. T. Champion. 
.. 99 
Fred T 
'. Mapes, 
Sec’y. 
Susquehanna Bass. 
The interesting picture herewith depicts a suc¬ 
cessful catch, a fine, beautiful black bass, caught 
by Mrs. Ethel Mackcnthun, of Philadelphia, 
under Tunkhannock bridge over the Susque 
hanna River. She with her little daughter Reba 
and her mother spend much of the summer at 
Lake Winola, and she caught her fine black bass 
one day after taking an early train for Tunk¬ 
hannock and driving to the lake. She is quite 
an accomplished sportswoman with gun and rod, 
and also has recently taken up the sport of re- 
volver shooting, at which she has proved an apt 
pupil. In matters of sport with all outdoors 
free to all, it is regrettable that more fair ladies 
do not participate in wholesome recreation as 
does Mrs. Mackenthun. 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 26 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The scores of the participants in the 
contests of Aug. 8 and 22, cast Aug. 22 at our 
new lagoon, were as follows: 
% 
V* 
1 Telicacy, 
Accuracy, 
ounce. 
ounce. 
Fly. 
Dry Fly. 
D. F. Beatty. 
98.5 
98.7 
(). E. Becker. 
98.5 
98.8 
1. TI. Bellows. 
96.9 
99 
9-30 
98 3-5 
R. VV. Crompton. 
98.4 
98.4 
E. M. Ford. 
98.0 
N. C. Heston. 
98.0 
96.S 
98 
6-30 
98 4-5 
G. A. Hinterleitner.... 
97.8 
98.9 
Tohn Hohmann . 
97.3 
98.1 
95 
E. R. Letterman. 
98.8 
98.3 
F. T. Lodeski. 
95.7 
98 
I). 1. Loomis. 
98.3 
98.9 
98 
6-30 
E. L. Mason. 
97.6 
98.2 
98 1-5 
F. N. Peet. 
98.5 
99.1 
99 
5-30 
H W Perce. 
98.6 
98 
3-30 
95 2-5 
E. P. Sperry. 
91.1 
94.3 
97 
20-30 
99 
Re-entries: 
R. W. Crompton. 
98. S 
96.5 
21-30 
N. C. Heston. 
97 
- . 
1*1. L. Mason. 
99.6 
97.7 
. . 
TI. W. Perce. 
99.2 
98.6 
97 
29-30 
• • 
Visitors: 
A. G. Berg. 
95.0 
. . 
Cooley . 
96.9 
95.0 
. • 
M. C. Cooley. 
98.1 
99! 2 
1S-30 
9S 
L. E. De Garrno. 
98 
W. T. Tamison. 
98.4 
97.6 
. . 
L. N. Place. 
97.5 
98.1 
. . 
. • 
Towne . 
98.2 
98.5 
Accuracy fly was 
postponed for 
lack 
of time 
The team for the fall inter-club contest is as 
follows: 
Regulars. 
Average. 
IT. W. Perce. 98.8 
D. F. Beatty. 98.575 
Ci. Ilinterleitner-98.45 
F. R. Letterman... 98.425 
O. J. Loomis. 98.35 
This contest cannot 
Substitutes. 
Average. 
O. E. Becker. 98.2 
E. L. Mason. 98.125 
John Hohmann.98.1 
R. W. Crompton... 98.025 
F. N. Peet. 97.975 
be cast off until the 
Illinois Club completes its season’s work, but our 
team and subs will please keep up their practice 
until this contest is over. 
Geo. A. Davis, Sec’y. 
The Habits of Salmon. 
Popular errors with regard to the life history 
of salmon die hard, thanks to the obstinacy of 
men who dogmatize upon their own casual ex¬ 
periences and imperfect knowledge, says the Lon¬ 
don Sporting and Dramatic News. In spite of 
cumulative proofs to the contrary, there are 
still theorists who declare that salmon do not 
feed in fresh water. Now these piscatorial pro¬ 
fessors have started the theory that salmon kelts 
do not increase in weight so long as they remain 
in our rivers. Any practical man who has lived 
on the banks of a salmon stream knows how 
absurd this theory is. There arc certain pools 
I wot of in which big kelts are wont to rest 
on their way to the sea, and wax fat and lusty 
upon the smelt in their spring migrations to the 
sea. Such well mended kelts double their weight 
in a very short time and become so bright and 
well fed that they might easily be mistaken for 
fresh run fish just up from the sea. There is, 
of course, the tell-tale vent which stamps a kelt 
with its trade mark, and this no experienced 
angler could possibly overlook. 
We have still a lot to learn about the life his¬ 
tory of the salmon, both in the sea and fresh 
water, but recent additions to our knowledge 
tends to prove that their habits vary in different 
rivers, according to their size and volume of 
water. 
