Oct. 2, 1909.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Eugene Elliott one of 104, and on the eighth 
Dr. B. O. Coats landed a tuna weighing 123*4 
pounds. 
Owing to the unusual prolongation of the 
sport this year the Tuna Club has decided to 
inaugurate a winter angling tournament, begin¬ 
ning Oct. 1, the date the summer tournament 
closes, and extending to May 1, the date of 
opening. This makes a year-round tournament 
season. The winter tourney will be a replica 
of the summer competition. 
S. A. Gray, of Shreveport, La., using Captain 
Chappie’s six-ounce rod and six-thread line off 
Seal Rocks, caught an albacore of 43^ pounds, 
the biggest fish taken on such fight tackle this 
year. It fought an hour and a half. 
A. W. Hooper, after remaining at Avalon 
until by all precedent there was no hope of tuna 
coming in, returned to Boston, but at once came 
back when Murphy and Tom Manning wired 
that the tuna were here by the thousand. After 
more than the usual run of hard luck, losing 
a fish after four hours’ hard fight in a rough 
sea, Hooper finally was successful, and the fish 
was the second best of the season so far. It 
weighed 145 pounds, fighting about an hour and 
a half. Edwin L. Hedderly. 
Records. 
Chicago, Ill., Sept. 23. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: In your issue of Sept. 18 I note your 
correspondent in reporting the tourney held at 
Boston on the nth inst. says: 
“R. J. Held, of the Anglers’ Club of New 
York, made a new record in distance bait-cast¬ 
ing with half-ounce weights to-day. His aver¬ 
age for five casts was 206 feet 2*4 inches.” As 
a matter of passing interest as well as for the 
information of your correspondent and others 
I beg to call your attention to the scores of C. 
E. Lingenfelter and L. N. Place, both of the 
Illinois Bait-Casting Club, who in regular club 
contest, Aug. 28, cast 208 3/5 and 208 feet re¬ 
spectively, average of course of five casts. 
We all admire Dr. Held’s magnificent and con¬ 
sistent distance bait work, but the scores above 
given necessitate this explanation. 
O. C- Wehle. 
Newark Bait- and Fly-Casting Club. 
Newark, N. J., Sept. 25.-— Editor Forest and 
Stream: In the inter-State tournament to be 
held by this club on Oct. 16 the distance fly 
event with five-ounce rods will be classified as 
follows: Eighty feet and open to all. A trophy 
cup will be given to the winner of each event 
and a large number of valuable merchandise 
prizes for places. 
The scores made to-day, in the usual cross 
wind, follow: 
^-ounce 
^-ounce 
Acc’y. 
Dist’nce 
Doughty . 
Acc’y Bait. 
Distance. 
Fly. 
Fly. 
. 97.1 
100 • 
98.11 
93 
1 raver .... 
Eichlin ... 
. 96.13 
88 
70 
Mapes .... 
162 1-5 
98.8 
103 
Kndersby . 
. 95.9 
129 3-5 
98.10 
Champion 
w 
98.1 
88 
Muldoon .. 
. 95.0 
97 3-5 
97.1 
85 
Barling ... 
w 
99.0 
104 
Settlemever 
. 91.4 
w 
Mrs. A. J. 
Mr. A. J. 
Marsh. 93.0 
Marsh.. 96.0 
163 
... 
Darline ... 
STANDING FOR 
. 76% 
CUP TROPHY. 
Traver . 
.... 20 
Mapes _ 
. 69 
Frazer .. 
.... 12 
Doughty .., 
. 69 
Endersby 
.... 11 
Champion 
. 38 
10 
Eichlin . 
Held .... 
.... 8 
Fred T. Mapes, Sec’y. 
Illinois Bait-Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., Sept. 25 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The annual club tournament will be 
held Oct. 3, 10 a. m. sharp, at Washington Park 
lagoon. The following events are: Quarter- 
ounce accuracy bait, half-ounce accuracy bait, 
half-ounce distance bait and accuracy fly. There 
will be ribbon trophies for first, second, third, 
fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh places in each 
event. Only one trophy to any one contestant 
awarded on his highest score in any of the four 
events. A trophy will also be awarded to the 
new member of 1909 who makes the highest 
average score in the half-ounce and quarter- 
ounce accuracy bait events. This tournament 
is for our club members only. All come out 
and have the last good time this year together. 
Practice contests and games will continue in¬ 
definitely on Saturdays and the day following. 
The second contest of 1909 in the interclub 
series between the Chicago Fly-Casting team 
and our club will be held at Anglers’ Pool, Gar¬ 
field Park, Chicago, on Oct. 10, 1909, at 10 a. m. 
The Illinois club team and alternates determined 
by their average scores in the quarter-ounce and 
half-ounce accuracy bait events for the last half 
of the season’s contests are as follows: 
Team. 
Alternates. 
Wm. Stanley .... 
.... 99.02 
I- E. De Garmo.. 
... 98.56 
S. B. Cramer.... 
.... 9S.66 
W. J. Jamison... 
... 98.14 
W. H. Ball. 
.... 98.64 
E. K. Pierson_ 
... 98.14 
A. D. Whitby... 
.... 9S.6 
N. C. Heston. 
.. 97.83 
J. E. Amann. 
.... 98.58 
W. W. McFarlin.. 
... 97.78 
Average . 
... 98.7 
Average . 
.. 98.14 
There have been five 
of these contests 
so far, 
resulting in three in favor of the Chicago fly 
team and two 
in favor of the Illinois 
team, 
hence this contest bids 
fair to be of more than 
usual interest. 
It is 
hoped a goodly number 
of the Illinois 
club besides the team and 
alter- 
nates will attend to add to the enthusiasm of 
our club. 
The dry-fly 
accuracy 
scores of Sept. 
Ti re- 
entries were as follows: 
W. J. Jamison... 
. 98 
L. E. De Garmo.. 
. 97 4-5 
DELICACY AND 
ACCURACY FLY. 
E. E. De Garmo. 
97 3-30 
L. E, De Garmo.. 
97 29-30 
L. E. De Garmo. 
. 97 24-30 
L. E. De Garmo.. 
97 29-30 
ACCURACY 
FLY EVENT. 
H. E. Rice. 
. 98 1-15 
*S. B. Cramer.... 
98 6-15 
W. T- Jameson... 
. 98 10-15 
W. H. Ball. 
99 5-15 
P. T. Einderman.. 
. 99 2-15 
*S. B. Cramer.... 
99 4-15 
S. B. Cramer. 
. 98 13-15 
Dr. Rollins . 
98 7-15 
Wm. Stanley ... 
. 98 12-15 
*Dr Rollins . 
97 10-15 
W. H. Ball. 
. 98 14-15 
DISTANCE FLY. 
W. H. Ball. 
.101 
W. J. Jameson_ 
.... 81 
H. E. Rice. 
. 84 
J. E. Amann. 
.... 94 
SALMON FLY. 
H. E. Rice. 
. 98 
T. E. Amann. 
.... 118 
W. H. Ball. 
. 122 
W. T. Jameson_ 
.... 98 
W. H. Ball establishes a new club record in 
distance fly of 101 feet; salmon fly, 122 feet. 
H. F. Bennett, Sec’y. 
Fishing Near the Golden Gate. 
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 20. —Editor Forest 
and Stream: Quinnat salmon continue to keep 
the anglers busy, though of late the catch has 
been falling off a bit owing to unfavorable con¬ 
ditions of the tide, and the fact that the first 
run of the fish are now within the heads. While 
fishing with hook and line inside is fairly pro¬ 
ductive of results, the best place to fish is out¬ 
side, and it is necessary to go out with the ebb 
in order to be on hand when the tide com¬ 
mences to return, for this is when the fishing 
is at its best. Some very fine fish have been 
taken, a 46-pounder being the largest that has 
been secured by any of the local anglers. The 
net fishermen in the Sacramento River have 
been taking large quantities of fish, but the 
trollers there have not met with much success. 
Striped bass are attracting increased attention 
and this fishing is steadily getting better. Large 
numbers of fishermen have been visiting Wingo 
Slough and have met with fair success. Most 
of the fish, however, have been small in size, 
a 15-pounder being regarded as a large fish com¬ 
pared with the usual take. 
The trout planting committee of the Califor¬ 
nia Anglers’ Association has been quite busy of 
late and recently placed 50,000 steelhead trout 
in Pescadero Creek. A large number of fry 
have just been liberated in San Gregario Creek. 
Steelhead fishing is being enjoyed in many places 
around the bay, but the best sport of this char¬ 
acter at the present time is to be had in the 
Eel River. Fishing there is said to be better 
this season than it has been in several years 
past. The Klamath and the Rogue rivers are 
also furnishing excellent sport and a number 
of local anglers have left for these grounds, 
among whom are Hart McKee and C. P. 
Pomeroy. 
Word has been received here that a great 
number of trout fry have been caught in pot¬ 
holes in the creeks that empty into Silver Lake 
Placer county, and that unless they are dipped 
out and liberated in the lake they will soon die. 
This occurs almost every year, and it has been 
the custom of the fish commission to employ a 
man in the neighborhood to see that the fry 
are saved. A. P. B. 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 20.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: The results of the bait- and fly¬ 
casting held Saturday and yesterday follow: 
Class re-entry, Sept. 18: 
Event No. 1, distance, feet: 
L. G. Burpee . 85 A. Sperry .102 
L. G. Burpee. 92 A. Sperry .109 
E. A. Mocker.100 
Event No. 2, accuracy, per cent.: 
F. A. Webster. 97.9 Geo. C. Edwards.... 98.5 
L. G. Burpee.. 94.11 
Event No. 3, Delicacy: 
Accuracy Delicacy, 
Net. 
Per Cent. Per Cent. 
Per C’t. 
F. A. Webster. 
.... 98.1 96.0 
97.2 
F. A. Webster. 
.... 99.0 97.5 
93.10 
E. G. Burpee. 
.... 96.3 95.5 
95.46 
L. G. Burpee. 
.... 96.9 95.10 
96.8 
Geo. C. Edwards.. 
.... 98.8 96.0 
97.16 
T. C. Kierulff. 
.... 98.1 100.0 
99.2 
Event No. 4, lure 
c?^ting. 
per cent.: 
F. A. Webster. 
. 93.4 
A. Sperry . 
... 92.5 
F. A. Webster . 
. 95.6 
A. Sperrv . 
... 96.7 
L. G. Burpee . 
. 89.6 
A. Sperry . 
... 98.2 
L. G. Burpee. 
. 81.2 
F. J. Cooper. 
... 92.1 
Geo. C. Edwards_ 
. 97.4 
F. T. Cooper. 
... 87.6 
E. A. Mocker. 
. 98.4 
Class re-entry, 
Sept. 
19: 
Event No. 1, distance, feet: 
Austin Sperry . 
. 100 
H. B. Sperry. 
_102 
Austin Sperry , 
. 107 
Event No. 2, 
accuracy, per cent.: 
James Watt 
.97.10 
Austin Sperry . 
... 97.13 
Austin Sperry . 
. 98.2 
H. B. Sperry . 
... 97.14 
Event No. 3, 
Delicacy: 
Accuracy Delicacy, 
Net. 
Per Cent. Per Cent. Per C't. 
James Watt .. 
.... 97.0 91.5 
94.10 
Austin Sperry 
.... 97.6 97.0 
97.12 
Austin Sperry 
.... 97.9 95.10 
96.38 
H. B. Sperry.. 
.... 98.6 97.10 
98.2 
Event No. 4, 
lure casting. 
per cent.: 
C. A. Kierulff. 
. 86.9 
Austin Sperry .... 
... 95.6 
Austin Sperry , 
.93.1 
H. B. Sperry. 
... 95.8 
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