May 20, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
781 
in his charge and have time to enjoy the trip. 
We had some experience in passing through 
log jams that proved valuable in after years. 
In going up stream you must hug the shore so 
that y our boat shall not be crushed between the 
logs, hut will be pushed out on the shore by 
any ungovernable logs, and you must work the 
logs up river and hold them to get space for 
your boat, letting them gradually pass below the 
boat. You must keep in the boat or on the 
shore. Never stay on the logs, because you are 
liable to fall through them and be crushed. In 
going through a logjam down river you must 
pull the logs back to give you space, and if 
possible keep them back, and if the pressure 
comes upon the boat you must ease it up and 
get it upon the logs so that it will not be 
crushed or capsized, but always keep near the 
shore for safety to yourself in the event that 
the boat is upset or crushed, and also do not 
undertake to pass a logjam in deep water. If 
you should get under the logs in the water, deep 
or shallow, you would surely drown, but in shal¬ 
low water you are not liable to get under the 
logs. The force with which the logs bear down 
in a swift river is beyond the strength of any 
fishing boat, and is death to any one who gets 
in the embrace of the logs. 
W ili.iam H. Holden. 
Illinois Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., May 8 .—. Editor Forest and 
Stream: I he opening events of our club for 
the 1911 season took place on the 6th and 7th 
insts under favorable weather conditions The 
weather being ideal, no doubt sent a number 
members to the lakes and streams, 
weather was ideal it w; 
accuracy event on Saturday in the sun’s glare 
and while no very high scores were made, 
average was very favorable considering 
mg conditions. 
Following are the scores made 
as cast: 
Weather clear, wind east, ten to twelvt 
velocity on the 6th inst. durir 
of 
Though the 
ras necessary to cast the 
are, 
the 
the try- 
in the order 
Accuracy bail, 14 -ounce: 
re miles 
ing both events. 
tie Garmo 
Harstall . 
Asper .... 
Hauer ... 
Wehle ... 
Huntley . 
Heston .. 
Stanley .. 
Snencer . 
Whitby .., 
Jamison .. 
Distance bait, y. 
He f.jrmo 
Whitby ... 
Heston .... 
Hartstall .. 
95.3 
9S.0 
97.1 
97.3 
97.4 
97.7 
98.2 
98.5 
98.9 
98.1 
98.9 
unce: 
vtr acre. 
1?9% 
143 % 
70% 
Hartley ... 
Linder _ 
Hornstein . 
Raney . 
McFarland 
Humphreys 
Kirk . 
Pierson ... 
Eaton . 
Tourni er .. 
98.3 
96.6 
93.8 
98.3 
97.3 
98.3 
95.9 
98.6 
96.2 
97.4 
Fishing in the West. 
^ Berkeley, Cal., May 10 .—Editor Forest and 
o treant: Although it was rumored some time 
ago that the members of the San Francisco F y- 
Casting Club would not go to the Truckee River 
on the opening day of the trout season, as has 
been their custom for years, on account of high 
water, the first of May found a number of them 
on hand. Among those who made the.trip from 
San Francisco were: II. B. Sperry, E. A. 
Mocker, J. B. Kenniff, T. C. Kierulff, James N. 
Gdlett, F. H. Reed, W. D. Mansfield, C. H. 
Kewell, J. F. Burgin, C. P. Pomeroy, J. Harron, 
W . C. Murdock and B. G. McDougal. These 
anglers found conditions about as had been de¬ 
scribed, but all managed to secure a few fish. 
It is said the I ruckee is now filled with large 
fish, due to legislation in Nevada, and those 
using bait made some good catches. However, 
the members of the San Francisco Fly-Casting 
Club are barred from bait-fishing and were com¬ 
pelled to be content with light baskets. E. 
A. Mocker made the best record for two days, 
securing twenty-six fish. Conditions on that 
stream are improving steadily, but it is not 
thought likely that it will prove really good 
until about the 1st of June. 
The fish and game commissioners are keeping 
a close lookout this season for offenders and 
have already made a number of important seiz¬ 
ures. Deputy Fish Comissioner A. F. Lea re¬ 
cently arrested Dr. Earl Kidwell, of Los Angeles, 
and Jack Perrazzo, at Cloverdale. These men 
had in their possession 810 trout, instead of 
fifty apiece. They had just returned from a 
trip to the Garcia River and had their catch 
cleaned and placed in pickle. They were taken 
before Judge Denny at Santa Rosa and fined $40 
each, the trout being confiscated. Commissioner 
Lea returned fifty of these to each of the men 
and sent the balance to the County Hospital. 
Manuel Cross, a deputy fish commissioner re¬ 
cently seized five cases of undersized bass ship¬ 
ped by A. Pa:adini, a San Francisco fish dealer, 
to a Portland firm. The shipment is in viola¬ 
tion of the law prohibiting the shipment of this 
fish out of the State, and the owner is further 
liable as the fish were under size. 
The announcement is made that fishing will 
be in order this season in the Big Meadows dis- 
blue button, while one over ten pounds and 
less than twenty will mean the award of a red 
button. A fifteen-pound bonita wins a blue 
button, while a nine-pounder will entitle the 
angier to a red one. To secure a blue button 
in the sea bass class, the angler must take a 
thirty-pound fish, but a fifteen-pounder is good 
for a red emblem. In order to secure these 
buttons the fish must be landed in the presence 
of a club member. The securing of a button 
makes the angler eligible to club membership 
and also for competing for the numerous prizes 
offered. The tackle used must be a rod with a 
tip six feet or more in length, and not more 
than six ounces in weight, with a nine-thread 
hnen line of twenty pounds tension. 
Golden Gate. 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
San Francisco, Cal., May 7 .~Editor Forest 
a "\ trcam: The following scores were made 
} sterday and to-day under favorable conditions: 
114 
97.56 
99.24 
56 
SATURDAY 
r No. 1 , distance, feet: 
•L Burgin. t ,, 
L C. Kierulff 
Event No. 
J. F. Burgin. qo qo 
James Watt . t t- 
J.- C. Kierulff.” 98.24 ( : I p e 5' niff 'i. os ’-- 
C. G. Young. 99*4 ' ^ Edwards. 97.5: 
Event No. 3, delicacy,' per cent.: 
J. F. Burgin Accuracy. Delicacy. 
James Watt ... . 96.30 
I- C. Kierulff.. j. 4 ?8.30 
C. G. Young.... £ 8.8 99.40 
E. A. Mocker...;:. &■„. 99.40 
J• B. Kenniff... . jg'Jg 9S-« 
98.12 loo. 
101 - - Kenniff.. 
accuracy, per cent.: 
E* A. Mocker... 
98.24 
__ • 1 veil Ill IT ...... Qp ip 
G C Edwards. . . . . 9s’w 
Event No. 4 , Iu 
I. F. Burgin/.’..':‘. re .. Ca 83. ng ’ P - cent - : 
Net. 
95.45 
98.27 
98.54 
99.25 
97.58 
99.14 
99.6 
E. A. Mocker... 
B. Kenniff.... 
G. C. Edwards.. 
James Watt ..P'.'.:.';; 90 
I . L. Kierulff. 04 4 
E. G. \oung. 97 . 
J- V\ e Burg t in 0 :.! Ure ^T’ av ( e - ra f e ' K et: 
nes Watt "* loung. 
E. A. Mocker 
J- B. Kenniff 
James Watt . 135.0 
t. C. Kierulff. 904 , 
97.3 
97.4 
94.4 
104. 
66. 
147.G 
SUNDAY. 
E'ent No. 1 , distance, feet - 
A. bperrv . 99 Tf „ c 
C. H. Kewell. " co l 1 ' 1.. Sperry 
J. F. Burgin., 
Event No. 2 , 
~ \ pe Mocker:gjul h ^ nni (E.".12 
83 
80 
j. b. k™c:::::: m 
1 • c. K.erulff. ini 
accuracy, per cent.: 
£• H. Kewell. 0 ^ 4 p 
I E Burgin. 98’ 48 
H. B. Sperry.; 9 ^ 5 ,; 
James Watt . 94.40 
1 G. > oung.... Qfi III 
Dr YV E Brooks. 98.52 
C. A. Kierulff. 
F. V. Bell. 
99.4 
98.28 
L. C. K'erulff. 99 4 ' 
K J. Cooper. 98.'4< 
trict, and anglers 
are now engaging accommoda- 
Hvnt'ey . 
Wehle . 1°9 2 / 
Jamison ." 141 // 
McFarland .* 136% 
On the 7 th inst. the weather was again ideal, 
he conditions for casting more favorable than 
the day preceding. 
Weather during both events fair, 
velocity approximately eight miles. 
Accuracy bait, V 2 -ounce: 
owisner . 97 2 
Kernaghan . 93.3 
O stance bait, %-ounce: 
•» r , Average 
Kernaghan . 117% 
Accuracy fly: 
Amman . 
I)e Garmo . 
Wind S.W.; 
Barker 
97.9 
Distance fly: 
Amman . 
Heston . 
99.3 
99.8 
Swisher 
Heston 
Swisher 
Average. 
.... 93% 
97 
83 
De Garmo . 
L. V. Tournier, Sec’y. 
98.4 
97.3 
.. 90 
tions at the new hotel erected there by the Great 
Western Power Company, which now controls 
this favorite trout fishing retreat. 
The Capitola Light Tackle Club has changed 
its name to the Monterey Bay and San Francisco 
Light J ackie Club, and officers have been chosen 
as follows: President, E. A. Mocker, Capitola ; 
Vice-President, W. W. Richards, Oakland ; Sec¬ 
retary, E. S. Pomeroy, San Jose; Treasurer, 
Chas. H. Kewell, San Francisco; Directors, E. 
W. Hihn and J. O’Conner, Santa Cruz • O M 
Kiesling, San Jose; L. H. Gotthelf and’ Walter 
D. Burlingame, of San Francisco. 
The members of the club will fish from Dux- 
bury Reef to Cypress Point and prizes wi’l be 
offered for the landing of salmon, sea bass 
bonita and yellowtail. For landing salmon 
weighing over twenty-five pounds a blue button 
will be awarded and a red one will be given 
to those landing one weighing over fifteen 
pounds. A yellowtail weighing over twenty 
pounds will entit'e the fortunate angler to a 
C. 
J. 
H. B. Sperry..., 
H. Kewell_ 
Event No. 3, delicacy, per cen*.: . 
E. A Mocker... Accuracy. Delicacy. 
A. Sperry ... . 88 ' 8 98.20 
H. Kewell. ' oi'io 
F. Burgin. . qH:. 
h. b. Sperry....:::::;:. Iff 
James Watt. . * „ 
c. g. Young. 
P r - A'- E. Brooks. gq'io 
J. B. Kenniff. . qY “ 
C. A. Kierulff.W. g -'- 0 
T. c. Kierulff.;;;; 
ML J B C ^rr r y ::::::::. 
*jV f pe r Y .96.32 
1 • J- Cooper. . 98.20 
Fvent No. 4, lure casting, per cent.: 
K. A. Mocker. 99 . * « — 
A. Soerry . 90*3 
G. H. Kewell. 95.7 
L F - Burgin. Si /1 
H. B. Sperry. 95.3 
Tames Watt . 93.9 
C. G. Young. 9 S/> 
Dr. W. E. Brooks... 94. 
Event No. 5, lure casting, average feet ■ 
A. Soerrv . 50.6 ~ 
G. H. Kewell. 132.S 
T F. Burgin. pig 
H. B. Sperry. 117.'8 
lames Watt . 135 4 
Dr. \\ r . E. Brooks_ 95 4 
L B- Kenniff. 151.4 
Ke-entries. 
98. 
98.40 
93.50 
97.50 
97.10 
99. 
99.30 
98.50 
98.30 
95.10 
99.10 
97.30 
97.40 
99. 
97.30 
97.30 
J. B. Kenniff. 
C. A. Kierulff ... 
E. V. Bell. 
T. C. Kierulff. 
!'■ J. Cooper. 
*11. B. Sperrv. 
*C. H. Kewell. 
*F. J. Cooper. 
40 
96.8 
. 97. 
. 98.28 
Net. 
98.14 
97.36 
98.26 
93.53 
97.59 
97.9 
98.58 
98.51 
98.25 
9S.il 
95.51 
98.27 
97.37 
98.4 
98.30 
97.1 
97.55 
. 98.S 
. 86.9 
. 91.3 
. 94.4 
. 94.3 
. 98. 
97 
. 94.6 
C. H. Kierulff. 97 
E. B. Bell. 52 ; 
T. C. Kierulff. 121 . 
T ■ J. Cooper. 103 o 
B. Soerrv. 1 04.*G 
*C. H. kewell. p ’4 k 
*F. J. Cooper.L. ]6 7 
E O. Ritter, Clerk. 
