Oct. 24, 1908.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Tuna Club of Catalina Island. 
Avalon, Cal., Oct. 7.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: On Oct. 1 the tenth annual sea angling 
tournament of the Tuna Club and the first an¬ 
nual tournament of the Catalina Three-Six Club 
(under auspices of Tuna Club) was brought to 
a successful close, and I think the results will 
be of interest to all anglers who are advocates 
of a higher standard of sport. The accounts of 
the tournaments in detail follow: 
TUNA CLUB—TROPHIES AWARDED. 
For largest black sea bass of season—Rider- 
Macomber medal, won by Lloyd B. Newell, Los 
Angeles; weight of fish, 380 pounds. 
For largest swordfish of season — Holder 
swordfish cup, won by George E. Pillsbury, Jr., 
Los Angeles; weight of fish, 138 pounds. 
For largest yellowtail of season—John F. 
Francis medal, won by W. W. Simpson, Eng¬ 
land; weight of fish, 60pounds.* 
Eddy light tackle cup, won by W. W. Simpson, 
England; weight of fish, 6o l / 2 pounds.* 
For largest yellowtail of season won by lady— 
Nordlinger ladies’ cup, won by Miss May D. 
Sweezey, Los Angeles; weight of fish, 45 
pounds.* 
TROPHIES UNEARNED. 
The following trophies were unearned: The 
Burns tuna cup, the Morehouse cup and the 
Edward vom Hofe prize, for exceeding the club 
tuna record of 251 pounds 
The Banning cup, the Tuna Club medal and 
the J. E. Pflueger prize, for largest tuna of the 
season over 100 pounds. 
The Earlscliffe cup, for tuna over 180 pounds 
under 1908 club rules. 
The Potter tuna cup for largest red button 
fish of season.* 
The Tufts-Lyons cup, for exceeding the club’s 
black sea bass record of 436 pounds. 
The C. H. Harding white sea bass medal, for 
largest white sea bass over 60 pounds. 
The Streeter medal, for largest albacore over 
40 pounds. 
The F. L. Harding cup, for largest bonito of 
season. 
The following honorary members were elected 
by the Tuna Club during the year: Hon. James 
R. Garfield, Secretary of the Interior; George 
W. Woodruff, United States Assistant Attorney 
General; United States Senator Frank P. Flint; 
Frank P. I owe, manager for the Banning Com¬ 
pany, Avalon. 
During the year the Tuna Club has built at 
Avalon a two-story cluo house, handsomely fur¬ 
nished, at an expense of over $6,000. The house 
is fitted with lockers, sleeping rooms, reading 
rooms and library, and fills for anglers visiting 
the island a want long and urgently felt. 
THREE-SIX CLUB. 
This club was founded by Treasurer Potter, 
of the Tuna Club, this year, and is for yellowtail 
only. The tackle specifications call for a six- 
foot six-ounce rod and six-strand line. With 
such tackle the results have exceeded our ex¬ 
pectations and any doubts as to its feasibility 
which existed at the outset have been happily dis¬ 
pelled. To-day it stands as the highest develop¬ 
ment of oceanic rod and reel angling in America, 
. and its motto of “more sport, less fish” has been 
fully justified. 
LIST OF QUALIFYING CATCHES FOR 1908. 
FIRST DEGREE. 
Pounds. 
A. A. Carraher, Avalon, Cal. 19 
H. H. Cotton, Los Angeles, Cal. 20% 
Chas. F. Holder, Pasadena, Cal. 1814 
LJr. C. E. Van Bergen, Buffalo, N. Y. 19 
SECOND DEGREE. 
E. L. Hedderly, Hollywood, Cal. 2414 
T. McD. Potter, Los Angeles, Cal. 28% 
‘Jacob Poundstone, Redlands, Cal. 28 
*Dr. Thomas Treen, Los Angeles, Cal. 24 
THIRD DEGREE. 
*Samuel A. Barron, Mexico City. 34% 
*A. H. Goodwin, Los Angeles, Cal. 35% 
*E. N. Latherham, San Dimas, Cal. 41% 
*Smith Warren, Los Angeles, Cal. 45 
CUPS AND PRIZES. 
Potter Three-Six Cup.—The names of the 
anglers catching the three largest fish of the 
season in Catalina waters engraved on same 
each season; these names for 1908: 
Pounds. 
T. McD. Potter. 28% 
E. L. Hedderley. 24% 
H. H. Cotton. 20% 
The Shaver Rod.—For largest yellowtail of 
the season taken in Catalina waters on three-six 
tackle. Won by T. McD. Potter; weight, 28P2 
pounds. 
The Barron Rod.—For exceeding Mr. Bar¬ 
ron’s record of a 40-pound fish on three-six 
tackle, won by Smith Warren; weight, 45 
pounds.* 
I inclose separate memorandum showing the 
tuna catch up to Oct. 1. This is very disappoint¬ 
ing as to numbers; also there were no tuna taken 
under red button specifications and the largest 
tuna, 94 pounds in weight, lacked just six pounds 
of winning the blue button. 
1908 TUNA RECORD TO OCT. I. 
Number caught, five; number caught over 100 
pounds, none; largest, 94 pounds; smallest, 18 
pounds; average weight, 49.7 pounds, first tuna 
caught, April 16; last tuna caught, Sept. 3; no 
blue or red buttons won. 
Summary by Months. — April, two; August, 
two; September, one. 
Of the above, three were blue tunas and two 
yellowfin tunas. 
L. P. Streeter, 
Secretary Tuna Club. 
‘Indicates San Clemente catch. 
‘Means that trophy was competed for under tackle 
specifications of red button class. 
A Salmon’s Travels. 
Some interesting results are being obtained in 
the Baltic by the marking of salmon, says the 
English Fish Trades Gazette. Dr. Sandman, the 
fishery inspector for Finland, in the last num¬ 
ber of the “Fiskeritidskrift for Finland,” states 
that on Aug. 22 last a salmon was got at Ulea- 
borg, in the north part of the Gulf of Bothnia, 
bearing a numbered mark, and inquiry has 
proved that the fish was marked and liberated 
at the island of Bornholm on April 12 preced¬ 
ing. The distance between the two places is 773 
English miles, and supposing the fish traveled 
In a straight line, it must have swam at a mean 
rate of six miles per day. It has been known 
since 1751 that the salmon taken at the top of 
the Bothnia Gulf wandered to the south parts 
of the Baltic and the Prussian coast, because 
German and Bornholm hooks have been found 
in some captured, but this is the first time it has 
been definitely proved. 
Little Talks about Fly-Fishing. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
The angler is always an optimist. He lives 
upon hope and dreams of the future. There is 
so much in the way or style in which fish have 
been caught. 1 recall two afternoons, for in¬ 
stance. On the first, in an almost primitive 
wilderness, trout were superabundant, but 
rather small. The main camp was short of fish 
and we killed 119 in a very short time. 
The second memory is of a hard fished 
stream, possessed of great natural beauties, and 
flowing in a region where black flies and mos¬ 
quitoes are practically unknown. Our sur¬ 
roundings were almost ideal, and by hard work 
and with fine tackle, we killed three large trout. 
In the retrospect we find much greater pleasure 
in the latter event when only a few shy fish 
were taken. 
There are not many places where we can 
study the habits of trout amid natural surround¬ 
ings. The long shallow pool which I enjoyed 
so much has filled up and there are but two 
trout in it. This is a great disappointment, but 
I have had a little amusement elsewhere. One 
morning I located a small-mouth black bass of 
something less than one pound in weight, which 
seemed to be very alert. Keeping under cover, 
I looked about for something to offer him, but 
found only the white butt of a cigarette. This 
was tossed upon the water about two feet from 
the fish, which rose at once and took it in. He 
swam down stream about two yards and dis¬ 
gorged the smelly object, the paper wrapper 
loosened and grains of tobacco were liberated. 
Then two chubs sucked the white thing in, in 
their turn. It disappeared entirely from sight 
when either of the fish had it—which would 
indicate that none of them had much sense of 
taste. 
This incident may throw a little light on the 
occasional acceptance of strange and unnatural 
flies or lures. If a piece of string had been at¬ 
tached to that butt not a fish would have 
touched it. I have seen men and boys trying 
to catch them with bait and flies. 
Life is full of disappointments, and so is a 
trout stream which holds the silver chub or fall 
fish. One day I had fished a long reach of 
shallow water with small profit, before arriv¬ 
ing at a sweet pool of considerable depth. I 
approached this cautiously, and throwing a 
long line, placed the fly just where a big trout 
ought to lie. Sure enough there was a dimple 
on the surface, and in a second the weight of a 
heavy fish doubled up the rod. My heart actu¬ 
ally thumped with delighted surprise, but there 
was something wrong with the play. “A lazy 
old beggar,” I thought. Alas! the uncertainty 
was all too short, an enormous chub, the biggest 
I have seen in many years, rolled and wolloped 
on top of the water. Of course, he was landed 
all right. You can’t lose a chub, no matter how 
hard you try. 
Another time I fished the evening rise. 
The water was as warm as the air; the river 
was dead. One small trout was returned to 
grow in weight and wisdom. Next day seemed 
hopeless, so I called first upon Major Wood¬ 
cock. I found a nice place for him, good cover 
and fair feeding, weeks ago, but he arrived 
quite recently from parts unknown. Sure 
enough he was at home, but taking his after- 
