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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 28, 1910. 
right and left and finally came broadside to on 
a rock. On all sides were other rocks, and the 
boat lodged across two of them. The boat tip¬ 
ped slowly with the up stream gunwale washing 
under. Light went over the other gunwale on 
to the rock. There he endeavored to save the 
contents of the boat—a pack basket with camp¬ 
ing outfit, fish baskets, reels, rods, coats, etc. 
Windheim awakened the echoes of the valley 
as he skipped down the top of the rock cliff. 
Roscoe Conklin, walking along the road, came 
first. He was followed from Dougall’s hotel by 
Billy Marchi, the Dougalls, some women and 
children. Others came from houses along the 
road, and the largest impromptu crowd Wilmurt 
ever saw gathered. 
Sight of Light on the rock in mid white water 
set up emphatic discussion as to proper pro¬ 
cedure. Light had a coil of rope in the boat 
which he had on the rock. Frank Dougall took 
all his wife’s clothes lines and Light threw his 
fish rods and reels to Windheim, who caught 
them. Everybody was excited and nine men 
came down the steep rock face to the creek 
level. Light had stranded opposite the only 
place where it was possible to come down into 
the gorge. 
By and by the ropes were got across the 
forty feet of white water, the boat was fastened 
to it and Light shoved off. Then he hung 
on while the boat was swung in to the bank. 
At the bank a hand got Light by the collar and 
he was landed safely. 
About everything was lost out of the boat, 
the most serious loss being all Windheim’s keys 
to doors, safes, etc. Landing nets were seen 
floating down stream and none knows what be¬ 
came of the pack basket, fish baskets, etc. Thus 
Light peeked into the gates of doom. 
The law as regards six-inch trout is enforced 
more and more rigorously, and many violators 
are caught weekly. This will have the effect of 
increasing the size of fish in the large streams, 
since it discourages the fingerling catchers who 
otherwise strip the feeder brooks of small size. 
R. S. Spears. 
Fishing in North Carolina. 
Linville Falls, N. C., May 16.—Editor Forest 
and Stream: I have waited before advising 
anglers to come here for the spring and summer 
trout fishing until I could assure them that the 
fish would be protected, and that the visitor to 
this beautiful place would not find the stream 
whipped to death by native professionals. I can 
now give that assurance with confidence that 
men who come here to fish this spring and sum¬ 
mer will not be disappointed. The owners of 
the property along the Linville River for about 
sixteen miles, including all the best fishing in 
this region, have formed what is known as the 
Linville River Fish Protective Association, em¬ 
ploying an efficient warden to patrol the river 
and prosecute all persons for trespass if they 
are caught fishing without a permit from the 
secretary. The charge for fishing permits is 
fifty cents per day or $2 per week. 
Linville River is now in prime condition for 
the ambitious angler. I have stocked the stream 
for three seasons and some of the tributary and 
neighboring streams with rainbow and brook 
trout. Fine strings have been taken this spring 
with the fly. Even after a hard rain, when the 
river was muddy from washing off the moun¬ 
tains, the use of bait resulted in the capture of 
some rainbows. The more ambitious the fisher¬ 
man, the better and larger fish he may expect, 
for the biggest ones are down in the gorge three 
or four miles below the falls. Anyone who 
enjoys a combination of good sport and glorious 
scenery, healthful climate and good living, pure 
air and water will find it all here. The season 
begins early in May and the fishing is good till 
late in the fall. I hope to see some appreciative 
anglers enjoying the blessings this place has to 
offer and will be glad to give information and 
make arrangements for anyone who may think 
of coming, though I want it understood that I 
am not “fishing for fish” in this, for I have no 
financial interest. Linville Falls is a station on 
the new C., C. & O. Railway, six miles from 
here. It is necessary to notify in advance so 
that conveyance or saddle horses may be sent 
to the station to meet persons who may be com¬ 
ing. Frank W. Bicknell. 
British Amateur Bait- and Fly- 
Casting Club. 
London, May 10.— Editor Forest and Stream: 
The committee of this club have decided to hold 
their first international fly- and bait-casting tour¬ 
nament on Thursday and Friday, July 7 and 8 
next. 
The program as at present arranged will con¬ 
sist of twenty-two events open to amateur mem¬ 
bers of fly- and bait-casting clubs throughout 
the world, including all American casting clubs 
affiliated to the National Association of Scientific 
Angling Clubs, the New South Wales Anglers’ 
Casting Club and the Casting Club de France. 
Competitors in the distance events will be 
divided into two classes, A and B. Class A will 
include novices who have either never before 
cast in a tournament or have never exceeded a 
certain distance in their previous tournament 
performances. Class B is open to all, but no 
competitor will be allowed to take prizes in 
both classes for the same style of casting. 
The following is a provisional list of the 
events: 
1. Trout fly, distance, Class A. 
2. Trout fly, distance, Class B. 
3. Trout fly, light rods. 
4. Trout fly, switch, Class A. 
5. Trout fly, switch, Class B. 
6. Salmon fly, distance, Class A. 
7. Salmon fly, distance, Class B. 
8. Salmon fly, switch, Class A. 
9. Salmon fly, switch, Class B. 
10. Trout fly, accuracy, dry-fly. 
11. Trout fly, accuracy, delicacy and style; 
wet-fly. 
12. Heavy bait (2k2-ounce), Class A. 
13. Heavy bait (2j^-ounce), Class B. 
14. Medium bait (i x 4 -ounce), Class A. 
15. Medium bait (iH>-ounce), Class B. 
16. Light bait (kz-ounce), Class A. 
17. Light bait (^ 4 -ounce), Class B. 
18. Accuracy bait, ij^-ounce. 
19. Accuracy bait, J^-ounce. 
20. Accuracy bait, J^-ounce. 
21. Float casting. 
22. Single-handed ik2-ounce bait, distance. 
No ^event which fails to attract’ at least three 
entries will be proceeded with. 
In drawing up the rules for this tournament 
the committee will follow as closely as they con¬ 
sider possible the conditions adopted in Ameri¬ 
can and French tournaments, so that the results 
obtained may admit of more rigid comparison 
than has hitherto been possible. Restrictions as 
to the weight of fly-rods and length of bait¬ 
casting rods will be abolished. A liberal time 
allowance will be made in the salmon and trout 
fly distance events, while in the bait-casting con¬ 
tests the time limit will be abolished altogether. 
It is hoped that these changes may lead some 
of the American experts who abstained from 
competing at the Shepherd’s. Bush tournament to 
come over and show us what they can do and 
how they do it. A hearty welcome' will also be 
extended to all members of the Casting Club de 
France, and it is confidently expected that some 
of them may be induced to pay us a visit. The 
division of the competitors into classes will give 
an opening to many who would otherwise hesi¬ 
tate to pit themselves against men who have a 
long list of big performances behind them. 
The prizes offered will probably take the form 
of medals of good workmanship and design, in¬ 
scribed with a full description of the nature of 
the event, the winner’s name and the length of 
his longest cast, or his highest score as the case 
may be. Leonard Crossle, 
Honorary Secretary. 
Anglers’ Club of New York. 
We are indebted to Edward Farnham Todd, 
secretary, for the following table of casting 
records made by members of the Anglers’ Club 
of New York up to May 15. The records are 
all for distance, and on them all handicaps are 
based in arranging competitions. 
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86 
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W. G. Geety. 
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E. M. Gill. 
76.6 
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90 
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91 
87 
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89 
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79 
86.6 
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58 
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94 
79 
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J. D. Smith. 
87 
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102 
93.6 
M. H. Smith- 
65.2 
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91 
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The Lowest Price. 
There was a tight-fisted, cheese-scraping, flint- 
skinning Scottish laird who wanted to rent a 
portion of a river belonging to a neighboring 
owner. “A hundred pound a year for yon wee 
bit fushin’ ye ha’ to let?” says he. “Dod, mon, 
I’ll gi’e ye twenty! What! Ye winna let it 
for less than a hundred? Hoots, captain, we’ll 
ha’ na mair claverin’ aboot it. Just tell me the 
fery—mind ye, the f-e-r-y lowest price ye can 
possibly tak’ for it, an’ then I’ll mak’ ye an 
offer!”—Shooting Times. 
