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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 18, 1910. 
International Casting Tournament. 
The British Amateur Fly- and Bait-Casting 
Club has just sent us the rules for the inter¬ 
national tournament to be held at Hendon, near 
London, on July 7 and 8, which are as follows: 
GENERAL REGULATIONS. 
Entries will be received from amateur anglers 
only, an “amateur angler’’ being defined as one 
who does not fish or help others to fish as a 
means of livelihood, who does not make or sell 
fishing tackle for a living, and who does not 
cast or teach casting for money. Amateur rod 
builders or fly tiers o,r amateur anglers in re¬ 
ceipt of royalties on fishing inventions will be 
allowed to compete. 
The entrance fee for each event will be 2s. 6d., 
payable in advance. Entries from intending com- 
pet.tors must reach the honorary secretary of 
the club, Leonard Crossle, 28 North Side, 
Wandsworth Common, London, S.W., not later 
than July 4. This rule may be relaxed in the 
case of foreign competitors at the discretion of 
the committee. 
In the distance events competitors will be di¬ 
vided into two classes, A and B. Class A will 
be limited to anglers who have never before cast 
in a tournament, or having so cast have never 
exceeded the following d : stances in tournament 
casting: 
Salmon-fly (distance) . S5 feet 
Salmon-fly (switch) . 70 
Trout-fly (distance) . 65 “ 
Trout-fly (switch) . 54 “ 
Trout-fly (light rods) . 60 “ 
Bait-casting, 2% ounces . 120 “ 
Bait-casting, 144 or 1 % ounces.110 
Bait-casting, 44 ounce. 75 “ 
Bait-casting, % or 3-16 ounce. 60 “ 
Class B will be open to all, but no competitor 
Will be allowed to compete in both classes for 
the same style of casting. Competitors who de¬ 
sire to enter in Class A must furnish the date 
and place of any tournament in which they may 
have taken part and state the length of their 
best cast. 
The prizes offered for competition will prob¬ 
ably take the form of medals. A second prize 
will be awarded when there are not less than 
six entries, and a third prize when there are 
nine or more entries. 
FLY-CASTING EVENTS. 
Salmon-fly rods not to exceed 18 feet in length. Lines 
must not be blackleaded or weighted, and the backing, 
if any, is to be of sufficient strength for practical salmon 
fishing. Gut casts to be not less than 6 feet nor more 
than 10 feet in length. Fly to be iy 2 inches from bend 
of hook to end of shank. This will be supplied by the 
committee. , „ . . , , 
Trout fly rods not to exceed 11 feet 6 inches in length, 
and must be used single-handed. Weight unrestricted, 
except in the “light rod” events, where it must not 
exceed % ounce per foot, including weight of button or 
spear if any. Line must not be blackleaded or weighted, 
and the backing, if any, is to be of sufficient strength 
for practical trout fishing. In accuracy events it must 
not be marked with knot or splice or in any other way 
to indicate distance. Gut cast must be of single gut, 
and not less than 6 feet or more than 10 feet in length. 
The flies will not be smaller than No. 2 or larger than 
No. 5 (new notation). 
. FLY-CASTING EVENTS—DISTANCE. 
In the distance events the competitor shall go upon 
the platform with his reel on rod and line on reel and 
make his casts overhead or otherwise (switch cast ex¬ 
cepted) parallel with a measuring board marked in feet 
and inches. The time allowed in the distance fly shall 
be as follows: Salmon fly (distance and switch), eight 
minutes. Trout fly (distance and switch), five minutes; 
trout (light rods), five minutes. In all these events the 
three best casts only are to score. 
No cast shall be recorded where the fly or line strikes 
the water ground or anv screen behind the competitor, 
or where’ the fly falls o'utside the lateral limits within 
which competitors are to cast. 
TROUT FLY, DRY FLY, ACCURACY AND STYLE. 
A target 6 feet in diameter, with a bullseye 12 inches 
in diameter and five concentric rings 544 inches apart, 
will be moored successively at distances of 40, 50 and 
60 feet from the edge of the casting platform. One cast 
only at each distance. A reasonable number of false 
casts may be made in the air, but the cast which strikes 
the water in front of the competitor or the target is to 
score. The bullseye will count 100, and the other spaces 
05, 90, 85, 80 and 75 respectively. For deficiency in style 
the judges may deduct 5, 10, 15 or 20 per cent, from any 
competitor’s score for accuracy. 
Style shall be divided into four parts: 
(1) Fly, which consists in dropping the fly lightly 
upon the target. 
(2) Line, which consists in laying the line and cast 
floating clean and straight upon the water. 
(3) Recovery, which consists in recovering the cast 
cleanly without undue disturbance of the water. 
(4) Action, which consists in the grace and ease of 
the competitor on the platform, and includes his false 
casts, back casts, management of rod and line, and de¬ 
livery of cast in proper dry fly style. 
WET FLY, ACCURACY AND STYLE. 
A cast of three flies, 2 feet 6 inches apart, with dropper 
links not less than 2 inches or more than 4 inches in 
length, will be supplied by the committee. 
The casting shall be successively at four floating ob¬ 
longs, graduated from 6 feet in length by 2 feet 3 inches 
wide to 9 feet in length by 3 feet wide, stationed at 
distances to be fixed by the judges between 19 feet and 
51 feet from the platform, beginning at the nearest. 
Four casts (and four only) mrist be made at each ob- 
lcng. No false casts in the air will be allowed. The 
competitor may, however, make not more than two 
casts to the right or left of the platform, as indicated by 
the timekeeper before approaching each oblong; every 
subsequent cast at each oblong to count for record. 
Accuracy.—If all three flies fall within the oblong 
accuracy shall be considered perfect; two flies only, a 
demerit of one; if one fly only, a demerit of three; if 
no fly falls within the oblong a further demerit of two 
for each foot or fraction of a foot between the nearest 
flv to the nearest part of the oblong. The sum of such 
demerits deducted from 100 shall be the percentage for 
accuracy. 
Style.—This shall be divided into four parts, precisely 
as in the dry-fly accuracy event. Each of these four 
parts shall have the value of 100, and the judges shall 
deduct, such demerit in respect of each part in which the 
competitor is deficient as they shall think just. The 
sum of such demerits deducted from 400 and divided by 
4 shall be the competitor’s percentage for style. 
The percerttage for accuracy and for style added to¬ 
gether and divided by 2 shall be competitor’s score. 
TROUT FLY EVENTS—DIFFICULTY. 
Five floating buoys will be placed by the committee 
on the day in various difficult positions for casting, one 
cast only allowed at each buoy, first cast striking the 
water to count as a cast; an unlimited number of false 
casts in the air is allowed. First, second, third places 
to be decided by the judge; those competitors placing 
their fly nearest or on the buoys to score most points. 
BAIT-CASTING EVENTS. 
Rods.—The rod may be of any length or weight, and 
may be used either single or double handed. 
Reels.—Any reel may be used. 
Lines.—The following tests will be applied by a com¬ 
mittee to the lines used by competitors: 244 -ounce 
events, line to lift 10 pounds; 144 -ounce, 6 pounds; 44- 
ounce, and 44-ounce, 3 pounds. The lines to be level 
throughout their whole length, with no other line joined 
on. A reel may be padded with a backing line, but the 
latter must not be joined to the casting line. In the 
44-ounce and 44-ounce events, 18 feet of a line capable 
of lifting not less than 5 pounds, is to be joined on to 
the 3 pound line. This line to be supplied by the 
competitor. 
A V-shaped court, divided into two equal halves by a 
center line 100 yards long, and with a base 30 yards 
wide, the width at 100 feet from the casting point being 
30 feet. For the medium and light weight accuracy 
events three circles will be marked out, each with a 
diameter of 20 feet, the center of these three circles 
being respectively 20, 30 and 40 yards distant from the 
casting point. 
Each competitor to make five casts, and only five, in 
the distance and distance and accuracy events, and in 
the medium and light-weight accuracy events, five at 
each distance. A flag to be stuck in for each cast. Each 
competitor is allowed 15 minutes in which to make his 
The final resting point of the bait will be marked for 
the scoring with the following exceptions: If in the 
judge’s opinion a bait strike inside the court and then 
jump out of the court, the cast will be taken at its 
striking point in place of at its final resting point. And 
if a bait strike outside of the court and then jump 
into the court, the cast will be taken at its. striking 
point, and will reckon as no score. A cast in which 
the bait rests outside of the court does not score, al¬ 
though it counts as one of the five casts. An overrun 
or tangle, or breakage, counts as one or more of the 
five casts. No score will be allowed for a breakage. 
The bait-casting events will be for distance alone, 
distance and accuracy combined and accuracy alone. 
Distance Events.—Heavy, 244-ounce; medium, 144- 
ounce; light, 44-ounce; special light, 44-ounce. The full 
length of the best three of the five casts, without de¬ 
duction of any kind, to be the score. 
Distance and Accuracy.—Heavy, 244-ounce; medium, 
144 -ounce; light, 44-ounce. The score to be the total 
of the five casts. 
Accuracy.—Medium, 144-ounce; light, 44-ounce. In the 
medium accuracy event small flags are put at 30 yards, 
and at 40 yards distance from the casting point, and a 
circle of 20 feet diameter is marked round each flag. 
In the light accuracy the two flags and their circles are. 
at 20 yards and 30 yards from the casting point. 
In each of these two events the competitor has five 
casts at each of the two distances, beginning with the 
nearer distance. His points will be scored from one to 
ten. Ten points if the bait rest within 1 foot of the 
flag; 9 points if it rest more than 1 foot but not more 
than 2 feet from the flag, and so on in proportion. If 
the bait rest more than 10 feet distant from the flag no 
points are scored. 
Thus the maximum score in each of these two events 
is 100 points; and in each event the competitor’s score 
is the total of his points made. In mark ng the score, 
a line hit shall count :n faver of the competitor. 
The list of events was printed in these columns 
May 28. Mr. Crossle informs us that facilities 
for practice on the club grounds will be accorded 
visiting Americans. 
The Jamison-Decker Contest. 
Canton, Ohio, June 6.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: On June 16, 17 and 18 a bass fishing 
contest will he held at Congress Lake, Ohio, be¬ 
tween William J. Jamison, of Chicago, and Ans 
B. Decker, of Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, for 
the purpose of determining the merits of the re¬ 
spective bass baits manufactured by each. 
Congress Lake is owned and controlled by a 
club and for ten years has been closed water. 
The lake and grounds of the club cover about 
600 acres and will be thrown open to fishermen 
generally, and all others who may desire to be 
present during this contest. It is expected that 
the contestants will remain at the lake on June 
19, at which time an exhibition of bait- and fly¬ 
casting will be given. 
We have received from a number of fishermen 
inquiries as to whether an opportunity would be 
afforded to witness this contest, and we take this 
means of advising all interested persons that 
they will be most welcome guests at our lake 
during the time of this contest. 
Congress Lake lies twelve miles north of Can¬ 
ton on the line of the Wheeling & Lake Erie 
railway and is easily accessible either from Cleve¬ 
land or Canton. Wm. Simpson, Sec’y. 
The Anglers’ Casting Club of Chicago. 
Chicago. Ill., June 5.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The following scores were made in 
our club contest to-day. Cloudy skies, puffy 
cross winds and bad light conditions prevailed, 
interfering greatly w th consistent casting. 
T. Nordholm . 
... 96.8 
A. Nordholm .. 
. 97.8 
T. Hartley . 
... 9S.6 
G. Ames . 
.97.6 
G. Lingenfelter ... 
... 96.4 
E. Town . 
. 97.7 
H. Loes . 
... 95.5 
F. Kleinfeldt .. 
. 96.7 
L. Schulze . 
... 96.0 
W. Mahoney .. 
. 93.1 
F. Gaenzle . 
... 97.7 
M. Cooley . 
. 98.2 
P. Rood . 
... 96.8 
F. Tohnson _ 
. 96.1 
H. Hokamp . 
... 97.9 
A. Clement _ 
. 96.2 
Visitors: 
Agnes Nordholm . 
... 96.0 
T. Smith . 
. 91.7 
Mr. Goodwin . 
... 96.7 
H. Pierce . 
. 97.7 
F. Peet . 
... 98.4 
(). Loomis _ 
. 98.9 
Re-entries: 
H. Loes . 
... 96.3 
P. Rood . 
. 97.1 
F. Gaenzle _____ 
... 97.4 
F. Tohnson ... 
. 96.3 
Scores in half- 
for five casts: 
-ounce 
distance event. 
Average 
M. Cooley .. 
. 180 4-5 
E. Town . 
. 145 4-5 
T. Nordholm .. 
. 160 3-5 
G. Ames . 
. 73 
C. Lingenfelter _ 
. 176 4-5 
F. Kleinfeldt .. 
. 124 4-5 
Hartley . 
. 102 4-5 
4\ . lamison .. 
. 170 2-5 
Visitors: 
A. Berg . 
. 1161-5 
O. Loomis _ 
. 132 2-5 
Re-entry: 
T. Nordholm . 97 4-5 
Our club members have received a very cordial 
invitation from the Elgin Ang’ers’ Club of Elgin 
to attend its contest on June 19. This may 
necessitate a postponement of our contest sched¬ 
uled for that day, as I am sure all of our mem¬ 
bers will make an effort to avail themselves of 
this opportunity for a splendid time. 
E. M. Town, Sec’y. 
