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[Aug. 21, 1909. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Lost and Found. 
E. D. Jenison, of Albany, N. Y., had a novel 
and rather remarkable experience while fishing 
in the Cascade Lakes, in Essex county, New 
York, last month, which a correspondent who 
was present relates, as follows: 
“It appears that at about 5 o’clock in the after¬ 
noon of July 22, Louis H. Dobson, of New York 
city, while fly-fishing in the Upper Lake, re¬ 
ceived an unexpectedly fierce strike. As he was 
unprepared, his rod was jerked from his grasp, 
and before he could recover it the trout had 
disappeared from view in the limpid waters of 
the lake, closely followed by a valuable rod, 
reel, line, leader and three trout flies. Regain¬ 
ing his property seemed out of the question, as 
the lake is of considerable size and the water 
deep, so the disheartened fisherman returned to 
the club house, where he rehearsed the details 
of the incident and bemoaned the loss of his 
fishing outfit and particularly his large trout, 
the dimensions of which he could hardly esti¬ 
mate with any degree of accuracy, as his view 
of it was an exceedingly hasty one. 
“About 7 o’clock that evening Mr. Jenison 
happened to be fishing in the same waters when 
his fly was struck sharply by a trout which sub¬ 
sequently proved to w r eigh about three-quarters 
of a pound. 
“During the playing process the fisherman was 
at a loss to understand the unusual strength dis¬ 
played by a trout of that size, but presently this 
was explained when on netting the fish he ob¬ 
served that another and larger trout had taken 
his second fly. Both fish were landed in due 
course and then the remarkable feature of the 
incident was disclosed, for as the second fish 
was drawn into the boat he was found to have 
imbedded in his jaw another fly, the snell of 
which with attached line led over the side of 
the boat into the lake. It of course took but a 
moment to draw in the line, when to the amaze¬ 
ment of the fisherman there appeared at its other 
end the rod and reel lost by Mr. Dobson dur¬ 
ing the afternoon. 
“It seems more than ‘passing strange’ that a 
trout, with a hook imbedded in his jaw and an¬ 
chored to or towing about a rod and reel for 
some three hours, could have the desire or pos¬ 
sess the energy to again try his luck.’’ 
Adirondack Pests. 
Saranac Lake, N. Y., Aug. 14. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: This season in the Adirondacks 
has been thus far the exact reverse of last. 
There has been a great deal of rain, though 
usually light. The streams and ponds are only 
just beginning to fall and the mosquitoes and 
black flies are still on the rampage. Last year 
they did not bother at all, save for a few weeks 
in July and perhaps early in June (before I 
arrived). While fishing Cold Brook a week or 
two ago I met three natives who said they had 
lived here all their lives and had “never seen 
’em so bad.” It would certainly be hard to 
imagine them worse. 
But if the wet weather has multiplied the in¬ 
sect pests, it has at the same time null tied the 
danger of forest fires. The country is badly 
scarred in consequence of last season’s terrible 
experiences, and too many of the fires were ob¬ 
viously of incendiary origin. What kind of 
morals can a man have who sets fire to the 
woods because the State has decided to charge 
him a small gun license? It is hard to under¬ 
stand his reasoning, and yet I have heard it said 
that many of the fires were started from this 
motive. It seems almost impossible to believe it. 
During my trouting expeditions in this neigh¬ 
borhood I have seen a number of ducks, appar¬ 
ently nesting here, and heard a goodly number 
of grouse drumming. The trouting has not been 
nearly so good as last year, although the streams 
are in much better condition. 
Arthur L. Wheeler. 
Fishing Near San Francisco. 
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 10. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: Trout fishing in the Sierra Nevada 
Mountains is now at its height and anglers de¬ 
siring this class of sport have to make long 
trips now, as the streams in the vicinity of San 
Francisco are too low for fishing or have been 
fished too hard. The Truckee River, which has 
been high all summer, has fallen and no diffi¬ 
culty is now being experienced in securing nice 
baskets of trout. Many San Francisco anglers 
are making the trip there and spend a part of 
their trip at Lake Tahoe. The headwaters of 
the Sacramento River are full of fish and this 
season is declared to be the best that has been 
experienced in many years by anglers. A 1 Cum¬ 
mings, the expert angler and enthusiast, has 
been spending considerable time in Sierra county 
and the reports that he has been sending to 
friends in this city indicate that the season there 
is also a banner one. He fished for twelve days 
out of Bassett's, each day visiting a different 
stream or locality and on each day he has se¬ 
cured the limit. 
Fishing for bass has been attracting the local 
anglers of late and some very large catches have 
been made. In the vicinity of Tracy, black bass 
are very plentiful in the sloughs of the Sacra¬ 
mento. Striped bass fishing has been rather 
poor, but large crowds have visited the fishing 
grounds in the hopes that the fish would com¬ 
mence biting. A few salmon have been taken 
in the bay, but the run of fish has not com¬ 
menced yet. W. Campbell landed the first one 
of the season some weeks ago and since then 
has taken one or two, but the fish are not much 
in evidence yet. This has not interfered with 
the ardor of the anglers, however, and the bay 
has been dotted with launches of late, filled 
with patient fishermen waiting for a strike. In 
the upper waters of the Sacramento River the 
fish are very plentiful and the local anglers are 
securing all the fish desired. 
Several fishermen have visited Paper M 11 
Creek of late, but that stream appears to have 
been completely depleted. A. P. B. 
Gulf Coast Fishing. 
New Orleans, La., Aug. 10. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: Fishing on the gulf coast con¬ 
tinues very good and a number of anglers re¬ 
turning from their fishing expeditions of Satur¬ 
day and Sunday report very fair luck. The 
principal fish landed were redfish, sheepshead 
and speckled trout. The largest redfish were 
caught at the Rigolets. William Saul, who spent 
the week-end at McKean’s Club landing, took 
a 21-pounder, while G. L. Kuntz, who was a 
guest of the Morgan Club, landed one we'gh- 
ing \6]/ 2 pounds. At North Shore also redfish 
were biting. W. Kroutter, an expert angler, 
captured two beautiful specimens, weighing re¬ 
spectively 18 and 15 pounds. Some sheepshead 
were caught at North Shore, but most of those 
landed were what is known to anglers as baby 
sheepshead. 
At Chef Menteur the fishing was only fair. 
Bait was plentiful, but the weather was squally 
and the water unsettled. F. L. Walther and 
W. A. Hay spent the day there and returned to 
the city yesterday evening with a nice mess ot 
speckled trout, a string of croakers, but only 
two redfish. J. M. Monlaur, another angler who 
tried his luck at the Chef, had a io-pound red¬ 
fish to show for the day’s sport. F. G. G. 
In the Catskills. 
DeBruce, N. Y., Aug. 7.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: We have had no rain worth mention¬ 
ing for weeks and the Willowemoc is now very 
low. The weather is unusually warm and the 
hot sun has “sucked up” the" water, as one resi¬ 
dent remarked. Fishing was better than usual 
all over in July, which was a delightfully cool 
month. On the Esopus recently (last Tuesday 
evening), W. E. Halsey killed a fine trout 
twenty-six inches long on the artificial fly. The 
next day in New York it weighed 4)4 pounds 
dressed. It must have considerably exceeded 5 
pounds before it was cleaned! 
Theodore Gordon. 
Louisville Casting Club. 
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 10.— Editor Forest and j 
Stream: The following scordS were made by j 
members on Aug. 8: 
Event 1.—Quarter-ounce accuracy, at 60, 65, j 
70, 75 and 80 feet; fifteen casts, three casts at; 
each distance: 
E. Tafel . 
Mrs. D. J. Spangler 
W. A. Calloway_ 
D. J. Spangler. 
I. C. Bond. 
H. Mattmiller . 
C. F. Engelhardt ... 
Demerits. 
.... 28 
.’... 30 
,... 33 
.... 34 
.... 52 
.... 54 
.... 57 
Per Cent. 
98 2-15 
98 
97 12-15 
97 11-15 
96 8-15 
96 6-15 
96 3-15 
Event 2.—Half-ounce accuracy, at 60, 70, 80, 
90 and 100 feet;fifteen casts, three casts at each 
distance: 
J. C. Bond. 
Mrs. D. J. Spangler 
W. A. Calloway. 
E. Tafel . 
H. Mattmiller . 
C. F. Engelhardt. 
D. J. Spangler. 
R. G. Tafel. 
Demerits. 
... 33 
... 34 
... 35 
... 37 
... 39 
... 45 
... 46 
... 72 
Per Cent. 
97 12-15 
97 11-15 
97 10-15 
97 8-15 
97 6-15 
97 
96 14-15 
95 3-15 
Event 3.—Long distance; five casts for each- 
contestant. In this event W. A. Calloway won. 
making a better score than the record in the 
national event at Chicago last year, scoring 927 
feet for five casts: 
W. A. Calloway 
D. T. Spangler 
E. tafel . 
J. C. Bond. 
Av. for eacl 
Feet. 
cast—Feet. 
927 
1S5 4-10 
820 
161 
785 
157 
746 
149 7-10 
The telegraphic team match with the Kansas 
City casting club will take place Sept. 5, 12, ant 
19. Best two out of three events. Losing tean 
to furnish winner a suitable club pennant. 
D. J. Spangler, Sec’y. 
All the fish laws of the United States am 
Canada, revised to date and now in force, ar• 
given in the Game Laws in Brief. See adv. 
