April 16, 1910.] 
were received from the Federal Government and 
the trout fry were received from a Colorado 
hatchery. 
Salt water anglers have been meeting with 
splendid results of late, and from all the favored 
spots around the bay comes the news that the 
fish are biting well. Rockfish, capazoni, tomcods 
and sea trout are to be found in the vicinity of 
Sausalito and Tiburon, and in some places fairly 
large catches of striped bass have been made. 
In the San Antone and Wingo sloughs, however, 
there is but little sport to be enjoyed as yet and 
in Raccoon Straits, where trolling is a favored 
sport, the fish have not put in an appearance. 
A. P. B. 
The Anglers’ Club of New York. 
New York City, April 6. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: At the regular meeting of the Anglers’ 
Club of New York, held last night, the tourna¬ 
ment committee reported (hat the annual tourna¬ 
ment would be held on Thursday and Friday 
afternoons and all day Saturday, May 12, 13 and 
14. The events are quarter-ounce accuracy, half¬ 
ounce accuracy, quarter-ounce distance with two 
classes, one for those who have never cast over 
125 feet and an open class; half-ounce distance 
with three classes, one for those who have never 
cast over 125 feet, one for those who have never 
cast over 175 feet and an open class; distance 
fly, rods limited to five ounces, with three 
classes, one each for those who have never cast 
over sixty feet, over seventy-five feet and open; 
distance fly, rods unlimited as to weight with 
three classes, one each for those who have never 
cast over seventy feet, over eighty-five feet and 
open; dry-fly accuracy; dry-fly distance, and iy 2 - 
ounce distance with two-handed rods. 
In the dry-fly distance, which is a new event, 
the contestant is to have five minutes to make 
not over five casts, the longest one to count. 
Three prizes will be given in each novice class, 
two in the intermediate and one in the open 
classes. It is hoped that this program will bring 
out a number of beginners and already several 
have signified their intention to compete and 
started practice. 
I he house and grounds committee reported 
that under its direction the canal on the club’s 
preserve had been dammed so as to make about 
one mile of open water from four to five feet 
deep, and thirty dams had been put in one of 
the brooks which, with the natural pools, will 
make about fifty pools in all from two to three 
feet deep. It is intended to stock these waters 
at once with fair sized fish and also to dam the 
other streams so that the prospects for trout at 
the opening of the season are very good. 
Edward Farnham Todd, Sec’y. 
Adirondack Fishing. 
Little Falls, N. Y., April g.—Editor Forest 
and Stream: The streams were all clear of ice 
and log driving was on by April 1, several weeks 
ahead of time. This means that fishing will be 
earlier naturally, but the lake fishermen will lose 
the best of the year. Trout streams, bank full 
in early April, seemed to promise good deep¬ 
water fishing. Rift fishing, unless there is a cold 
May, will be early. Few fishermen, except resi¬ 
dents, have the best rift fishing. The deep-wood 
streams are seldom fished in the best rift fishing 
days. R. S. Spears. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
621 
The Angler’s Dream. 
’Twas an ideal day for a fisherman’s sport, 
But the salmon seem’d of a surly sort, 
To the fly to rise refusing; 
He patiently whipp’d each pool in turn, 
But the salmon continued his efforts to spurn, 
Which to him was very amusing. 
At length he tried a familiar pool, 
Filled from above by a cascade, full 
Of crystal lymph most limpid; 
When lo! from its depths a fish arose 
With a hooked, peculiar, and lengthy nose, 
Whilst his scales in sunshine glinted. 
Then our fisherman cast his choicest fly. 
But this salmon gave it the quiet go-by, 
Refusing the tinsel deception; 
The fly he would not take, but he grew 
Enormous in size, in the fisherman’s view, 
Beyond all previous conception. 
Fancies in dreams take shape in the brain, 
And metamorphosis speeds amain 
In kaleidoscopic changes, 
And scenes on scenes will pass in review, 
Ever beginning and ending anew— 
Embracing opposite ranges. 
So hapt it now, as our fisherman dreamed, 
For the salmon chang’d in form and seem’d 
To become to his eyes a fairy, 
That wading ashore was seen to smile 
At our fisherman’s queer and equivocal style 
Of fishing for creatures so merry, 
And taking the rod from him amazed, 
She deftly adjusted a fly whilst he gazed 
In great astonishment very; 
She cast the fly on a silvery pool, 
Where the froth was white as purest wool, 
.When lo 1 a salmon wary, 
Leaped at the fly with a sudden dash, 
Swishing his tail with a mighty splash, 
But he was struck in a jiffy. 
^The salmon dived and rushed away. 
But this fairy knew him how to play 
So big a salmon and thrifty. 
The line ran out to its length, but still 
The captive salmon fled on with a will, 
With the fairy following after; 
Over the rocks she leaped with speed, 
But our fisherman could not follow her lead, 
As she left him with mocking laughter. 
Come on!” she cried, and vanished in air, 
And that was the last he saw of the fair. 
The salmon’s flight pursuing; 
But he, left by the mazy stream. 
Which ran up hill in his dizzy dream, 
His two-fold loss was ruing. 
— C. T. Easton. 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
San Francisco, Cal., April 3 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: Our fly-casting season has opened 
again and I am sending you reports of the first 
contests, held at Stow Lake, and schedule show¬ 
ing date and number of contests this season. 
Saturday, April 2.—Wind S. W., weather 
cloudy: 
Event No. 1, distance, feet: 
£ ? Webster . 87 J B Kenniff. 119 
E A Mocker . 97 T C Kierulff.. 
T- E r^ el ?, t r ^°. 2 ’ accura cy, per cent.: 
£ £ Webster. 98 2 J B Kenniff 
E A Mocker . 97 4 ~ - -- 
C H Kewell . 98 8 
F J Cooper . 97 13 
F M Haight.98 4 
99 
Event No. 3, delicacy: 
98 9 
'C G Young. 98 1 
Geo C Edwards.98 8 
T C Kierulff. 97 10 
F H Reed. 97 26 
F R Webster . 99 
E A Mocker. 97 
C H Kewell . 95 22 
F J Cooper. 97 n 
J B Kenniff. 97 26 
C G Young. 97 14 
Geo C Edwards. 98 8 
T C Kierulff. 98 1 ° 
F H Reed. 97 26 
Aocuracy, Delicacy, 
Per Cent. Per Cent. 
98 5 
99 
98 25 
98 
100 
98 20 
99 10 
98 20 
98 15 
Net 
Per Cent. 
98 35-60 
98 
97 17-60 
97 17-30 
98 28-30 
98 2-30 
98 24-30 
98 16-30 
F 
Event 4, long distance lure casting: 
R Webster. 
Per Ct. 
Av. 
57 
E 
A Mocker. 
C 
H Kewell. t .. 
F 
J Cooper. 
9S 4 
J B Kenniff. 
11C 
C G Young. 
IIO 
Geo C Edwards. 
91 6 
I C Kierulff. 
F II Reed. 
82 
Fractions as follows: Accuracy 
except as noted; lure, lOths. 
15ths; delicacy, 30ths, 
Sunday, April 3.—Wind S. W., weather fair: 
Event No. 1 , distance, feet 
A Sperry . 95 
G H Foulks. 78 
H B Sperry. 99 
E A Mocker. 103 
T C Kierulff.. 
.1 B Kenniff.. 
C A Kierulff.. 
W L Grostle 
Event No. 2, accuracy, per cent.: 
Jas Watt...97 11 
W D Mansfield...... 98 11 
Austin Sperry . 97 8 
G H Foulks. 98 1 
H G Dinkelspiel.... 94 13 
H B Sperry. 98 5 
E A Mocker. §7 9 
F H Reed. 98 1 
H C Golcher. 98 6 
T C Kierulff. 99 2 
Event No. 3, delicacy: 
B Kenniff. 
F V Bell. 
C G Young. 
Dr \V E Brooks. 
F J Cooper. 
F M Haight. 
C A Kierulff.... 
C FI Kewell 
W L Grostle ... 
95 2 
98 2 
98 8 
98 6 
97 8 
97 10 
96 9 
98 
95 3 
elicacy, 
Net 
‘r Cent. 
P’r Cent. 
96 20 
95 48 
98 20 
98 26 
97 
96 5S 
97 50 
97 39 
98 40 
9S 34 
99 20 
99 
98 50 
98 43 
99 30 
98 35 
100 
99 14 
99 20 
99 6 
94 40 
95 
99 
98 48 
99 10 
98 23 
94 40 
95 12 
98 10 
97 7 
96 30 
96 49 
98 20 
98 14 
Per Ct. Av. 
95 
119 2 
123 4 
83 
85 
83 
82 4 
132 
95 4 
112 
74 4 
No. 
James Watt. 95 ic ' 
W D Mansfield.j. 98 32 
Austin Sperry . 96 56 
Or Li Foulks. 97 9B 
H B Sperry. 9 S 28 
-tt A Mocker. 9S 40 
H C Golcher."i;; 97 lo 
T C Kierulff. gg 28 
J B Kenniff." j 93 52 
Dr W E Brooks. 97 36 
F J Cooper. 05 44 
F M Haight. 96 4 
C H Kierulff. 97 s 
C H Kewell . 9s 8 
Event 4 , long distance lure casting: 1C1 , 
James Watt . ss 4 
W D Mansfield. . 
Austin Sperry .’'" j 
H B Sperry. . 
E A Mocker. 
F H Reed. 
H C Golcher. 
T C Kierulff. 
J B Kenniff. 
C G Young. 
F J Cooper. 
C A Kierulff. 
SCHEDULE OF CONTESTS. 
T - Saturday, April 2, 2:30 p. m.; Sunday, 
April 3, 10:30 a. M. 
No. 2.—Saturday, April 16; Sunday, April 17. 
No. 3.—Saturday, May 7; Sunday, May 8. 
No. 4.—Saturday, May 21; Sunday, May 22. 
No. 5.—Saturday, June 4; Sunday, June 5. 
Classification, Re-entry.—Saturday, June 18; Sun- 
^ day, June 19. 
No. 6.—Saturday, July 16; Sunday, July 17. 
No. 7.—Saturday, Aug. 6; Sunday, Aug. 7. 
No. 8.—Saturday, Aug. 20; Sunday, Aug. 21. 
No. 9.—Saturday, Sept. 3; Sunday, Sept. 4. 
No. 10.—Saturday. Sept. 17; Sunday, Sept. t 8. 
Class Re-entry.—Saturday, Oct. 1; Sunday, Oct. 2. 
Two re-entries allowed in each class before 
and after classification. 
E. O. Ritter, Clerk. 
The Early Spring. 
Annapolis Royal, N. S., April 8 .—Editor 
borcst and Stream: As the very early spring 
will no doubt be a source of comment far and 
wide this year it may interest you to place on 
record the following facts unprecedented in this 
vicinity: The ice went out of Annapolis county 
waters on Easter day, March 27. On the open¬ 
ing day of the trout season, April 1, I caught 
eight trout, all on worm. On April 6 I caught 
ten trout on bait (trout belly) and then seeing 
some apparent rises tried a small “Dr. Breck” 
fly. To my surprise the fish rose freely to it 
and my basket was increased by fourteen good 
trout taken with this fly. One may, therefore, 
say that fly-fishing in Nova Scotia has actually 
begun. As the black flies do not come before 
May 10 we have quite a long “flyless” season. 
As our waters are somewhat turgid in spring, 
bright flies, like Parmachenee Belle, Silver Doc¬ 
tor or the above mentioned one are the best. 
Edward Breck. 
