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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 25, 1909. 
first violent strain does not come upon it. The 
sport is greatly increased with a tapered line, 
for there is an added excitement as one line 
after another goes out and the pressure has to 
be lightened accordingly, then as one line after 
another is recovered and the fight may be in¬ 
creased accordingly. 
To the objection that may be urged that the 
knots are nodal points of weakness I can only 
reply that while it is true a line is weaker at 
a knot, I have never had one part at a knot, and 
under test the difference in strength is not to 
exceed 10 per cent. 
A stiff nine-ounce rod will do very well if 
the angler has a strong hand and can fight his 
fish standing. A twelve-ounce rod, butt included, 
ought to be the limit for light tackle tuna fish¬ 
ing. The present tackle belongs to the dark 
ages of fishing. 
The ease with which tarpon are landed with 
light tackle is shown by the record of A. W. 
Hooper, of Boston, who, during May and June 
of this year at Aransas Pass, landed fifty-four 
tarpon with a light rod and a standard nine- 
thread line. During his entire stay at the pass 
he did not wet a heavy line, as he himself said 
his boatman prostested when he suggested heavy 
tackle one day just to see how the boatman 
would take it. Two years ago the boatman and 
everybody else at the pass scorned the mention 
of light tackle as wildly visionary. It is only a 
question of a short time when the two-pound 
rod and twenty-four-strand line will be con¬ 
sidered equally obsolete for tuna at Catalina. 
Arthur Jerome Eddy. 
Where are the Wardens? 
Alma, Ark., Sept. 15. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The spirit of sport and love for the 
great out-of-doors is on the increase in this 
part of Arkansas. Recently a number of busi¬ 
ness men of Fort Smith have been placing fish 
in big Clear Creek, in the Ozark Mountains, 
and W. J. Echols, of Ft. Smith, has offered 
$25 reward for the arrest and conviction of 
anyone using explosives to kill fish in the 
waters of this section. C. R. Cordell, of Van 
Buren, does the same, and I have been doing 
this for ten years. As a result we are doing 
away with this dastardly practice and our fish 
are on the increase. 
But I would be glad to hear from someone 
on the question of what effect the increase of 
carp has on the other fish. The carp increase 
with great rapidity and in many of the large 
pools in the streams there seem to be so many 
of them that all other fish abandon these waters. 
What is going to be the outcome? Will some 
of your readers tell us what to do to save the 
game fish, or do they just drive them out into 
other waters that are not sought by the carp? 
Arkansas is now in the grasp of one of the 
worst drouths we have ever had, and as a re¬ 
sult many small streams and lakes are drying 
up or partially so and the fish hog is having 
his inning. There is one small lake near this 
place that contains thousands of carp, buffalo 
and catfish, and now while the water is so low 
that they can be seen and netted, there are a 
number of people who in plain violation of the 
law go to this lake, catch as many fish as a team 
can pull, put them in barrels with ice and then 
take them across the Arkansas River to Ft. 
Smith, a city of 40,000 inhabitants, and there 
they get good prices and have no fear of the 
law; in fact, no one cares, as these lakes con¬ 
tain more of this kind of fish than any one will 
ever use. J. E. Loudon. 
Trout Fishing in September. 
Linville Falls, N. C., Sept. 16.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: We now approach the season of 
the greatest beauty in the Blue Ridge, except¬ 
ing only May and June, when the flower show 
is on. But the colors of autumn are almost as 
gorgeous as the rhododendron, kalmia and 
azalea of the other beauty season, and the fall 
colors are seen in greater masses, and they last 
longer. Seven varieties of oaks, several gums 
and maples, chestnuts and other trees that take 
on brilliant hues as the frost touches their 
leaves, combine to make this picture, which the 
many mountain slopes display to advantage. 
Soon the galax and the wintergreen will add 
their part in a carpet of green, bronze and 
red. The galax crop is unusually good this 
year, so the women who expect to earn a little 
ready cash pulling it are happy. 
As the leaves begin to fall, the views im¬ 
prove, making it possible to see distant ob¬ 
jects entirely hidden by summer foliage. Horse¬ 
back rides and tramps are more popular than 
ever in the cool, bracing air and dependable 
sunshine of autumn. Those who know the 
mountains best like this season above all others, 
and so we have visitors all through September 
and October. 
Nor is the sport with the rod and reel less 
inviting than during the summer. The Linville 
River reaches its lowest mark during these 
months, and the trout have less natural food 
brought to them from the hillsides by the little 
branches, and last year I noticed that some of 
the largest fish and most numerous strings were 
taken in September and October. 
Four miles from here the Toe River is offer¬ 
ing some fine black bass fishing, as the stream 
has been well stocked from the United States 
hatchery at Erwin, Tenn., the source of the 
trout supply of the Linville River. Some 
anglers from here, among whom was I. L. 
Graves, of Memphis, Tenn., went to Toe River 
the other day and brought back some splendid 
specimens, one weighing about four pounds. 
F. W. Bicknell. 
Fishing Near New Orleans. 
New Orleans, La., Sept. 14.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: According to reports, fishing has 
improved somewhat in the past ten days along 
the gulf coast and in the lakes near New Or¬ 
leans. One of the best catches of the season 
was reported by Dr. W. H. Rexford, who landed 
nine redfish averaging ten pounds each, two 
large speckled trout and a flounder at the Rigo- 
lets. He was a guest of the Anglers’ Club with 
other friends. Henry Tariner, A. J. Hart, J. 
Ruckert and A. Bloom spent Sunday at Chef 
Menteur as guests of the Tallaho Club. They 
caught three redfish, a string of speckled trout 
and a number of croakers. Another party was 
entertained at the Sulex Club and caught several 
large sheepshead. I. H. Daniels returned to this 
city with forty-five speckled trout and five red¬ 
fish. His fishing waters were the Rigolets. At 
Lake Catherine, N. T. Stephens and W. D. 
Weidner caught fourteen sheepshead and sev¬ 
eral redfish and speckled trout. A large fishing 
party was rewarded with 150 bass in Salt Bayou. 
Dr. John E. Woodward on Saturday and Sun¬ 
day was at the Marshall Club, at Lookout, and 
on Saturday caught fifty-two green trout. On 
Sunday he caught seventeen, making a total of 
sixty-nine in both days, one of the largest 
catches by a single man in years in the space 
of time. \ 
Geo. Allan also caught eighteen green trout 
at the same club on Sunday. Dr. Joe Wood¬ 
ward and P. A. Lelong, who was a guest at the 
club, caught an assortment of fish. 
Henry Montreuil, Geo. Wendling, Simon 
Marx, L. A. Guenard, Warren Brugler, E. 
Guenard, A. Banta and H. Guenard were at 
Jaquet’s Camp, at Lake Catherine. They caught 
three redfish, four sheepshead and forty-nine 
speckled trout. 
President Frank M. Miller, of the State Game 
Commission, delivered recently his illustrated 
lectures in many cities and towns. He says the 
people are with the commission and especially 
in the proposed amendments to the hunting and 
fishing laws, which will come before the next 
Legislature. Attorney Amos L. Ponder is now 
out on a speaking tour. These lectures have 
made a splendid impression and there appears 
to be a decided sentiment in favor of the com¬ 
mission, and many who were opposed to it are 
now staunch adherents. 
The big fish aquarium to be erected in Elks 
Place in this city is intended as an educational 
factor, especially for the school children. Few 
children know anything of the inhabitants of the ! 
deep waters and the habits of the fish, and the 
several species will be instructive lessons for 
the children. But the aquarium will be beneficial 
to everyone and it is thought will prove quite . 
an attractive feature for visitors and the general 
public as well. F. G. G. 
Illinois Bait-Casting Club. 
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Chicago, Ill., Sept. 15.- — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The following is a list of the con¬ 
testants and scores made at the lagoon, Sept. 12: 
re-entry day. 
One-quarter ounce, accuracy bait: 
W. W. Stanley. 99.1 L. N. Place.97.2 
P. J. Linderman. 98.2 J. T. Hartly. 97.9 
One-half ounce accuracy bait: 
H. J. Hokamp_ 
. 95.9 
A. D. Whitby.... 
.... 99.0 
Tos. Doddridge .. 
. 98.3 
O. C. Wehle. 
.... 98.2 
*I<ernahan . 
. 97.6 
W. J. Jameson... 
.... 99.0 
J. T. Hartly. 
. 98.8 
H. D. Willis. 
.... 97.6 
R. M. Abbey. 
. 97.9 
S. E. Cramer. 
.... 99.2 
L. R. Huntley.... 
. 96.8 
P. J. Linderman.. 
.... 94.8 
A. F. Swisher. 
. 96.4 
O. C. Wehle. 
.... 98.6 
Geo. Hornstein .. 
.... 86.4 
W. T. Jameson... 
.... 99.3 
R. C. Nicholson... 
.... 9S.2 
P. T. Linderman.. 
.... 97.7 
*Cook . 
.... 92.9 
B. Greenwood .... 
.... 95.9 
J. M. Ranney. 
.... 98.8 
T. T. Hartly. 
.... 97.6 
VV. L. Dolman... 
.... 96.5 
H. F. Bennett. 
.... 98.0 
H. E. Rice. 
.... 96.6 
One-half ounce, 
distance: 
W. J. Jameson_ 
...193 2-5 
L. K. liuntly. 
. 110 
O. C. Wehle. 
.. 143 3-5 
A. F. Swisher. 
. 140 
C. E. Lingenfelter 
.. 149 4-5 
H. T. Bennett_ 
.. 68 2-5 
W. W. McFarlin. 
...49 
H. D. Willis. 
..105 2-5 
*Cooley . 
.. 163 3-5 
Delicacy and accuracy fly: 
T. E. Amman. 
. 93 14-15 
J. E. Amman. 
94 2-15 
W. J. Jameson_ 
. 96 11-15 
W. J. Jameson. 
96 9-15 
W. H. Ball. 
. 96 3-15 
W. H. Ball.7. 
95 11-15 
H. D. Willis. 
. 94 5-15 
W. T. Jameson_ 
97 1-15 
T. E. Amman. 
. 95 5-15 
H. D. Willis. 
93 3-15 
W. T. Jameson_ 
. 95 4-15 
S. B. Cramer. 
96 8-15 
W. H. Ball. 
. 95 5-15 
* \ isitors. 
The following invitation has been received 
from E. M. Town, secretary of the Anglers’ 
Casting Club: “We take pleasure in extending 
a cordial invitation to the Illinois Bait-Casting 
Club to participate in four casting events, viz.: 
half-ounce accuracy and distance and quarter- 
