FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 28, 1909. 
340 
Demerits. Percentage. 
T. \V. 
Brotherton.. 
0 
0 
2 
1 
1 
4 
1 
0 
0 
9 
1 
0 
3 
0 
1—18 
9S 12 
L. E. 
De Garmo... 
2 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
2 
6 
1 
9 
0 
1 
1-19 
98 11 
R. B. 
Lawrence.... 
. 3 
0 
2 
3 
1 
2 
i 
i 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
2-21 
98 9 
W. L. 
Rock. 
. 1 
3 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
0 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3—24 
9S 6 
Walter McGuckin 
2 
4 
2 
1 
3 
0 
1 
0 
2 
1 
0 
2 
0 
5 
2—25 
9S 5 
C. F. 
Brown. 
. 3 
0 
0 
0 
1 
1 
4 
2 
2 
1 
3 
2 
1 
5 
1—26 
9S 4 
Perry 
Frazer . 
. 1 
0 
0 
2 
1 
3 
5 
0 
1 
2 
3 
2 
4 
2 
2—28 
9S 2 
H. G. 
Henderson 
withdrew. 
Tie for second place—Peet, 6 demerits; Perce, 
17; Held, 21. 
DISTANCE BAIT-CASTING, HALF-OUNCE WEIGHTS. 
R. J. Held, of the Anglers’ Club of New York, 
won the championship trophy with an average 
of 193 2/5 feet, and also the special prize for 
the longest single cast, 212 feet. His average is 
the record for the association. The scores, in 
Demerits. Percentage. 
A. J. Marsh. 
. 0 
2 
3 
2 
3 
2 
1 
1 
1 
0—15 
9S 
5 
A. D. Whitby. 
. j 
1 
0 
4 
2 
1 
3 
0 
3 
2—17 
98 
3 
I). F. Beatty. 
2 
0 
2 
4 
4 
. 0 
0 
j 
3 
2—18 
■ 98 
2 
F. T. Mapes. 
. n 
0 
1 
1 
6 
1 
1 
2 
5 
2—19 
98 
1 
I. H. Bellows. 
. 1 
1 
3 
3 
4 
0 
0 
2f 
2 
3—21 
97 
9 
W. L. Rock. 
9 
3 
3 
3 
2 
9 
4 
1 
2 
0—22 
97 
8 
C. H. Cheney.. . 
. i 
2 
2 
2 
8 
0 
1 
1 
2 
4—23 
97 
7 
F. N. Peet. 
. 3 
3 
4 
7 
0 
2 
2 
1 
1 
0—23 
97 
7 
L E De Garmo. 
. 1 
0 
1 
6 
3 
2 
1 
4 
3 
2—23 
97 
7 
A. J. Neu. 
. 3 
2 
4 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 
4 
7—26 
97 
4 
John Waddell . 
2 
2 
2 
1 
3 
2 
1 
i 
5 
8—27 
97 
3 
T. N. Kanney. 
. 3 
2 
1 
5 
5 
2 
0 
4 
4 
2—28 
97 
2 
G. H. Asper. 
. 4 
1 
4 
3 
2 
5 
7 
2 
0 
2—30 
97 
C. F. Brown v . 
. 7 
4 
4 
4 
2 
0 
1 
3 
0 
6—31 
96 
9 
R. R. Eichlen. 
9 
2 
4 
3 
4 
T 
3 
7 
3 
2—31 
96 
9 
Dan Yount . 
. 3 
0 
5 
7 
7 
4 
1 
4 
2 
0—33 
96 
7 
P. J. Held. 
. 1 
0 
1 
S 
8 
0 
0 
4 
7 
6—35 
96 
5 
II. \Y. Perce. 
. t 
3 
3 
15 
5 
0 
2 
2 
7 
0—38 
96 
2 
SALMON FLY-CASTING. 
feet: 
Longest 
R. 
J. Held. 
1S9 
174 
204 
212 
188 
Average. 
193 2-5 
Cast. 
212 
C. 
Lingenfelter.. 
193 
177 
185 
181 
190 
185 1-5 
193 
E. 
B. Rice. 
161 
184 
188 
178 
1S6 
179 2-5 
188 
I.. 
E. De Garmo 
182 
168 
169 
170 
173 
172 2-5 
1S2 
A. 
D. Whitby.... 
162 
160 
159 
172 
176 
165 2-5 
176 
F. 
N. Peet. 
150 
169 
169 
170 
164 
164 2-5 
170 
1 . 
H. Bellows.... 
157 
147 
154 
143 
149 
150 
157 
C. 
F. Brown. 
GO 
149 
156 
170 
173 
141 3-5 
173 
H. 
W. Perce. 
152 
149 
103 
156 
136 
139 1-5 
156 
J. 
N. Ranney. 
161 
119 
156 
90 
137 
132 2-5 
161 
C. 
H. Cheney. 
154 
* 
152 
164 
162 
126 2-5 
164 
D. 
F. Beatty. 
140 
137 
118 
125 
45 
113 
140 
W. 
, L. Rock. 
* 
153 
102 
122 
164 
108 1-5 
164 
A. 
J 
T. Marsh. 
179 
187 
166 
* 
* 
106 2-5 
1S7 
ohn Waddell and 
H. G. Henderson 
withdrew. 
TROUT FLY-CASTING FOR DISTANCE. 
Rain fell in showers during the afternoon, in¬ 
terrupting the distance fly-casting and making 
the conditions very difficult. The air was humid 
and heavy and what wind there was eddied back 
and forth across the course, cutting down the 
scores, as will be seen in the summary. Ninety- 
nine feet won the championship trophy, with 112 
the association record. Last year no feet was 
high score. The best cast in ten minutes 
counted: 
Feet. 
Perry D. Frazer.A.C.N.Y. 99 
John Waddell .G.R.F.C.C. 96 
W. J. Ehrich.A.C.N.Y. 95 
L. E. De Garmo.I.B.C.C. 95 
F. N. Peet.C.F.C.C. 95 
N. S. Smith.A.C.N.Y.. 86% 
T. W. Brotherton.A.C.N.Y. 86 
I. H. Bellows.C.F.C.C. 84% 
H. W. Perce.C.F.C.C. 81 
C. F. Brown.C.F.C.C. 7S 
Walter McGuckin .A.C.N.Y. 75 
ACCURACY BAIT, HALF-OUNCE WEIGHTS. 
A. Jay Marsh, of the Orange Rod Club, won 
the bait-casting for accuracy with half-ounce 
weights on Saturday morning with a percentage 
of 98.5. He was congratulated by everybody, for 
it was agreed that his long run of bad luck had 
changed. No contestant had practiced more 
faithfully; no one had made a better showing 
in minor events, as witness his record-breaking 
average of 203 3/5 feet in the distance event at 
Newark on Aug. 24; but something had always 
happened in other big events. 
The wind had gone round into the north over 
night and Saturday’s events were held on the 
eastern side of the lake, quartering down wind, 
but with exceedingly trying conditions as to 
background and water. Only ten casts were 
made, two each at 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 feet. 
The scores: 
There never were more difficult conditions on 
any salmon river than those encountered in this 
event. It was held on the eastern side of the 
lake because there was a cross wind when cast¬ 
ing from the regular platform; but the wind 
was a hindrance, that part of the lake was clut¬ 
tered with vegetation, and tall weeds and a light- 
wire pole hindered everyone. Flies could not 
be kept on leaders and judging was difficult. 
Uncle John Waddell, who won, broke his 
greenheart rod just after making his best cast, 
and finished with a borrowed rod. Because he 
could not keep his footing on the loose-board 
platform, he stepped down to the grass and 
finished there, whereupon a misguided friend 
insisted that two additional feet be added to 
his score, when as a matter of fact he had 
gained an advantage by voluntarily seeking 
firmer footing. For a while it looked as if the 
claim would be allowed, but wiser judgment 
prevailed, and a bad precedent was avoided. 
Mr. Waddell also won last year’s champion¬ 
ship. He and Perry Frazer tied with 116 feet 
in Chicago. The tie was cast off later on, Mr. 
Waddell in Grand Rapids and Mr. Frazer in 
Newark, N. J. The former won with 127 feet 
8 inches. 
Fifteen-foot rods were used and ten minutes’ 
time allowed each contestant. The scores: 
John Waddell . 
...G.R.F.C.C. 
Feet. 
... 125 
F. N. Peet. 
...C.F.C.C. 
... 122 
I. H. Bellows...!. 
...C.F.C.C. 
... 121 
L. E. De Garmo. 
...I.B.C.C. 
... 121 
Perry Frazer . 
...A.C.N.Y. 
... 120 
George La Branche.... 
...A.C.N.Y. 
... 117 
R. J. Held. 
...A.C.N.Y. 
... 116 
H. W. Perce. 
...C.F.C.C. 
... 115 
C. F. Brown. 
...C.F.C.C. 
... 113 
R. B. Lawrence. 
...A.C.N.Y. 
... Ill 
SURF-CASTING. 
Another popular winner was Edward B. Rice, 
treasurer of the Anglers’ Club of New York, 
who captured the trophy in the surf-casting 
event with the remarkable average of 269 3/5 
feet. For a long time Mr. Rice had been prac¬ 
ticing faithfully. He is fond of fishing in the 
surf, and this style of casting appealed to him 
with so much force that he experimented care¬ 
fully until he had developed a rod that would 
work nicely with the standard 2^2 ounce weight. 
He won the Asbury Park Fishing Club’s open 
event two weeks ago with an average of 268 
feet, and a single cast of 295 feet 3 inches, with 
three-ounce weight, and this second winning was 
not unexpected. His score is the record. 
W. J. Moran lost one cast out of the court, 
and it was a good one, 298 feet. The scores: 
E. B. Rice. 271 286 253 
R. J. Held. 283 252 268 
W. J. Morari. 272 281 273 
W. A. Peters. 269 279 267 
I. H. Bellows.... 169 200 128 
R. B. Lawrence.. 150 125 w 
C. F. Brown.170 w 
Several entrants withdrew. 
278 260 
231 242 
* 278 
267 0 
228 191 
Best 
Average. Cast 
269 3-5 
255 1-5 
220 4-5 
216 1-5 
183 1-5 
286 
283 
281 
279 
228 
ditor 
lean 
Height of the Tarpon’s Leap. 
South Bethlehem, Pa., Aug. 5. — Editor 
Forest and Stream: What is the highest leap 
a tarpon has been known to make after being 
hooked ? 
A friend of mine claims that he caught one 
that leaped forty feet in the air. Another de¬ 
clares that a tarpon has never been known to 
leap to such a height. You are asked to decide 
the matter. W. H. M. 
[It is perfectly obvious that the height of the 
leap of the tarpon has never been measured. It 
has never been practicable to learn whether the 
tarpon leaps four, or forty, or four hundred 
feet above the surface of the water. Different 
observers have made guesses at the height, but 
nothing definite is known. Statements as to this 
height are very much like those made about the 
speed with which certain ducks fly. It is all a 
matter of estimate—which means conjecture. 
Sometimes photographs of leaping tarpon are 
seen which appear to show a five or six-foot fish 
two or three times his own length above the 
water. But this appearance may be deceptive, 
since we must remember that such pictures are 
taken by a camera in a small boat not far above 
the level of the water, and that the inclination 
of the camera may give an erroneous idea of 
the distance between the fish and the water. 
On the other hand many of our readers have 
seen the tarpon leap, and it is quite possible 
that some of them may hav$ had some means 
of judging with a certain approximation to ac¬ 
curacy as to the height reached by the fish. The 
experience of such readers would be very in¬ 
teresting, and we should be glad to hear from 
them.— Editor.] 
Trout in Esopus Creek. 
Judging from reports that have reached us 
throughout the season, the best fishing for trout 
within two or three hours’ journey of New York 
city has been found in Esopus Creek, in Ulster 
county. Early in the season there was a great 
deal of rain and the temperature was below 
normal, and later on this large stream and its 
tributaries were affected by the drouth that has 
been general throughout the Middle Atlantic 
States^, but large numbers of trout have been 
taken every week. Some of these were of 
goodly size, notably a few brown trout, one of 
which was said to be over twenty-six inches in 
length. Both brown and rainbow trout are taken 
in the Esopus. The latter as a rule do not 
average as large as those found in the streams 
of the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, 
where they were planted some twenty years ago 
to take the place of the remnant of the native 
trout, but now and then a good one is creeled, 
and at times they are seen in large numbers on 
the rifts. 
