June 25, 1910.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
1019 
The Boy Came Back. 
Springfield, Mass., June 2. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: “That your sins will surely find you 
out,” was recently exemplified by an amusing 
incident which befell a member of a party of 
well known fishermen from Springfield, while 
fishing for trout in Leverett, Mass., a short time 
ago. That it is absolutely true, goes without 
saying. 
It happened on Long Plain Brook, and they 
were having the usual luck of fishermen who 
go up that way—just a few and barely six inches 
long at that. The day was fine, the birds were 
singing in the trees, and as they had started out 
before daylight, it was not strange that by noon 
they should become a little weary and foot¬ 
sore and naturally become separated. 
A certain member of the party, while hustling 
along down the brook, endeavoring to overtake 
another member of the party, met a small boy, 
the proverbial farmer lad, with the usual coun¬ 
try fish-pole and a J^-pound trout dangling 
from a switch. Here was the chance to have 
some fun at the expense of the other members 
of the party. On inquiring if the fish was for 
sale, the boy allowed that it was, and wanted to 
know if he would give him ten cents for it. 
The fisherman allowed that he would not only 
give him ten cents, but fifteen more besides. 
The boy was pleased, and the sale made, the 
boy going home with a brand new quarter in 
his pocket and the fisherman down the brook 
with the }i~pound trout in his basket. 
In this stream is a certain hole, well known 
to fishermen for miles around, where the big 
ones are always supposed to lie, and it happened 
that just as this fisherman came up to this hole 
another member of the party was just leaving 
it. Seeing the chance of having some fun, the 
trout was quickly hitched on to the hook, and 
in less time that it takes to tell it was making 
the fight of his life down in the deep water of 
the pool, while the air was black and blue with 
tjie shouts of the lucky fisherman. 
Looking around to see the cause of the dis¬ 
turbance, the fisherman who had just left the 
pool beheld his friend, with rod bent nearly 
double, shouting to him to hurry and assist in 
landing this monster trout. However, before 
reaching the pool, he saw his friend throw his 
rod to the ground and getting hold of the line, 
haul the fish in hand over hand, and just as he 
reached the scene the fish’s sufferings were 
being ended by a knife thrust in the backbone. 
“You’re a great fisherman to leave a fish like 
this in the pool, why don’t you put on some 
flies that are good for something,” greeted him 
as he came up, and to say that he bent his head 
in shame would be putting it mildly. It was a 
fine trout and one worth going miles from home 
to catch. 
All pleasure trips have an end. and as the 
third member of the party had just come up, 
the account of the fight gone over again for 
his benefit, and it was decided to go home. 
While cutting cross lots on the way to the team, 
they were greatly surprised (that is two of 
them) to see a small boy running across the lot 
toward them, yelling at the top of his voice, 
“Say, Mister, my father says I can’t sell that 
trout.” and "give me that trout back and I will 
give you back your quarter.” The trout was re¬ 
turned and the money handed over. Of course. 
amends and excuses were then in order, but if 
this certain fisherman can “make good” among 
his friends with less than one box of cigars, 
he can consider himself mighty lucky. 
C. L. K. 
The Tuna Club. 
The twelfth annual summer sea angling tour¬ 
nament of the Tuna Club, the Light Tackle Club 
and the Three-Six Club, all of Avalon, Cal., be¬ 
gan May 1 and will close Sept. 30. 
The conditions and prizes are as follows: 
QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP—DUES. 
Active Members.—Gentlemen anglers who have 
taken a tuna weighing 100 pounds or more, under 
club rules and tackle specifications, of blue but¬ 
ton class, or those who have taken a tuna weigh¬ 
ing fifty pounds or over under club rules and 
tackle specifications of light tackle class, are 
eligible for election to active membership. 
Associate Members.—They are elected from 
among gentlemen anglers in sympathy with the 
interests of the club. Associate members have 
all the privileges of active members, except those 
of voting and holding office. 
Visitors.—A three-day card will be issued by 
the chairman of the house committee at the re¬ 
quest of a member extending the courtesy of 
the club to the holder. 
Dues.—For residents of State, active or asso¬ 
ciate, $10 per year. Initiation fee, $5. For non¬ 
residents of State—active, dues, $5; associate, 
$2.50. Initiation fee, $5. 
TUNA CLUB. 
Blue Button.—Awarded to angler taking a tuna 
of 100 pounds or over, under club rules and 
tackle specifications of blue button class, and 
who is regularly elected. Button open to light 
tackle competition. 
Red Button.—Awarded to angler taking a tuna 
of fifty pounds or over, under club rules and 
light tackle specifications and who is regularly 
elected. L. P. Streeter, Sec’y. 
LIGHT TACKLE CLUB. 
Buttons 
Bronze. 
Silver. 
Gold. 
Yellowtail . 
_ 20-lb. 
30-lb. 
40-lb. 
Albacore . 
35-lb. 
50-lb. 
White Sea Bass. 
35-lb. 
50-lb. 
Tuna . 
35-lb- 
50-lb. 
A bronze, silver or gold button will be award¬ 
ed to the angler taking a fish of the weight speci¬ 
fied above under club rules and light tackle 
specifications and upon payment of $2.50. 
E. L. Doran, Sec’y. 
THREE-SIX CLUB. 
First degree, 18 pounds; second degree, 24 
pounds; third degree, 30 pounds. 
A degree card will be awarded to the angler 
taking a yellowtail of the weight specified above 
under club rules and Three-Six tackle specifica¬ 
tions. Three-Six pins supplied to anglers quali¬ 
fying upon payment of $2.50. 
Anglers qualifying in the present tournament 
compete anew for the various degrees in any 
subsequent tournament. 
T. S. Manning, Sec’y. 
The Catalina Light Tackle Club and the Three- 
Six Club, while retaining the names under which 
they formerly existed as independent organiza¬ 
tions, are now angling classes of the Tuna Club. 
Anglers qualifying in these classes do not there¬ 
by become members of the Tuna Club. 
TACKLE SPECIFICATIONS. 
Blue Button Class.—Rod to be of wood, con¬ 
sisting of a butt and tip, and to be not shorter 
than 6 feet 9 inches over all. Tip not less than 
5 feet in length, and to weigh not more than 16 
ounces. Line not to exceed standard 24-thread. 
Light Tackle Class.— Rod to be of wood, con¬ 
sisting of a butt and tip, and to be not shorter 
than 6 feet over all. Butt to be not over 14 
inches in length. Tip not less than 5 feet in 
length and to weigh not more than 6 ounces. 
Line not to exceed standard 9-thread. 
Three-Six Class.—Rod to be of wood, con¬ 
sisting of a butt and tip, and to be not shorter 
than 6 feet over all. Weight of entire rod not 
to exceed 6 ounces. Butt not to be over 12 
inches in length. Line not to exceed standard 
6-thread. 
Line—The standard set by this club for the 
line to be used under its rules is as follows: 
The line to be a standard linen line, manufac¬ 
tured solely from the grade of linen yarn known 
in the trade as “No. 50.” 
RULES. 
First.—Anglers must bring fish to gaff un¬ 
aided. The fish must be reeled in. A broken 
rod, either before or after gaffing, disqualifies 
the angler. 
Second.—An angler must fish with but one 
rod at a time. 
Third.—All catches must be reported to 4 
member of the weighing committee weighed in 
his presence and recorded. 
Fourth.—Tackle must be exhibited with the 
fish at time of weighing. 
Fifth.—Tournament is open to amateurs only. 
Sixths—Membership in the club is limited to 
men. 
Notes.— (a) By tip is meant that portion of 
rod from outer end of rod to point where same 
is assembled at butt with tip fully seated, (b) 
An angler is not debarred from the use of lighter 
tackle than that specified under each class if 
tackle conforms to club specifications. 
C. V. Barton, 
Corresponding Secretary Tuna Club. 
[to b£ concluded.] 
Hatchery Work. 
From the Mill Creek hatchery in Michigan 
over 20,000,000 bass, wall-eyed pike and perch 
fry have been distributed this year. The season 
has been a favorable one and the output is a 
record for the hatchery. 
The total output of the Linlithgo fish hatchery 
on the Hudson River in Columbia county, New 
York, this year will be 85,000,000 fish, including 
66,000,000 river herring and 18,600,000 shad. This 
hatchery was established for the purpose mainly 
of restocking if possible the Hudson and other 
streams with shad. Last year the output was 
1,000,000 for a starter, of which 1,000,000 were 
shad and 9,500,000 river herring. 
New Jersey Game Fish. 
A Newton, N. J., angler is credited with hav¬ 
ing taken an eight-pound large-mouth black bass 
from Swartswood Lake recently, in whose gullet 
a nine-inch catfish was found. 
In Canoe Brook a brook trout weighing a 
pounds 13 ounces was taken recently. 
