FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March 7, 1908. 
action, loading it down with a non-resilient 
sleeve filled with varnish. 
I do not advocate continuous spiral winding, 
but I believe in stiffening a rod in this manner 
if the need arises. The plan I have followed 
with satisfactory results is to start winding in 
the usual way, but after completing ten or a 
dozen turns, instead of cutting the silk and 
pulling the end under, I follow the “band” by 
winding spirally—each turn about 1-32 of an 
inch from the next one—for an inch or more, 
then winding solidly ten or twelve turns, fol¬ 
lowed by another inch or two of spiral wind¬ 
ing, and so on to the first guide, where the silk 
ends. Another series of bands and spiral wind¬ 
ings is begun on the opposite side of the guide, 
ending at the second guide, or the ferrule, as the 
case may be. 
The Sportsmen’s Show Tournament. 
The fly- and bait-casting tournament that is 
being held in connection with the Motor Boat 
and Sportsmen s Show in Madison Square Gar¬ 
den, has attracted more than the usual amount 
of attention, but the number of entries averages 
about the same as in other years, althbugh the 
various events have been very hotly contested, 
and creditable scores have been made in those 
contests which are not severely handicapped by 
the difficult conditions found indoors. Accuracy 
events show lower averages than distance fly 
events. Few anglers have had any practice since 
November, but in fly-casting their form is im¬ 
proving more than it is in the bait events. These 
are handicapped by the anxiety lest some of the 
spectators may be injured by the half-ounce 
C. E. Jacobus.... 70 120 5 * 
E. J. Todd- * 25 112 6 
R. L. Jacobus... Withdrew 
120 5 
112 6 
EVENT g —OBSTACLE FLY-CASTING. 
1 his was for distance fly-casting under a bar 
placed 30 feet from the platform and 6 feet 
above the water. 
_ T Feet. 
R. C. Leonard. 65 2 
R. J. Held. 63 5 
King Smith . 62 4 
E. J. Mills.59 
_ Feet. 
C. J. McCarthy. 57 
L. S. Darling. 56 5 
A. J. Marsh. 54 
Walter McGuckin ...50 8 
EVENT 10 —OBSTACLE BAIT-CASTING, 
this event bait rods and half-ounce weights 
: used, otherwise the conditions were like 
- in Event 9. Scores: 
LANDING THE SALMON. 
From an engraving in “The Angler’s Text Book,” London, 1845. 
This spiral winding calls for two or three 
coats of varnish, which should fill the inter¬ 
stices between spirals, so that the surface will 
be entirely smooth, as otherwise a knock or 
rough handling will break the single strands of 
silk. The bands alone are coated with shellac. 
As previously stated, I have great faith in the 
conclusion arrived at after long experience by 
Frederic M. Halford. He advocates winding 
fly-rods closely, from one-half to three-quarters 
of an inch apart. In his opinion this increases 
the steely spring of a split cane rod and 
strengthens wood rods appreciably. He does 
not state how wide these windings should be, 
but it is asumed that they are narrow, say 
seven threads in width, since wider ones are 
unsightly. 
Salmon.1 in the Medway. 
The salmon fishing season opened in Nova 
Scotia on Feb. 1. In a snow storm four Liver¬ 
pool anglers, fishing from the shore ice, caught 
as many salmon on that day, and were’ content 
to stop, as the temperature was too low for 
comfort. 
Feet. 
E. J. Mills. 1 .. 91 
R. C. Leonard. 89 6 
L. S. Darling.* 86.7 
EVENT 8—DISTANCE BAIT-CASTING. 
This event was held Feb. 25, and was half¬ 
ounce bait-casting, open to those who had never 
cast further than 150 feet. The scores: 
Best cast, 
Feet. 
151 * 151 
125 2 145 2 145 2 
C. J. McCarthy... 102 97 * 
A. Jay Marsh. 96 136 2 136 
Darling. 80 4 86 
• Todd. 66 8 82 3 
Mills. 81 2 
McCarthy... 50 2 73 2 
Marsh. 65 3 ... 
Best cast, 
Feet. 
92 2 
82 3 
81 2 
77 1 
69 3 
50 feet. 
9 7 7 9 
weights used, as well as by the difficulty in judg¬ 
ing distance. 
Among the notable performances these may be 
mentioned: Eddie Mills’ switch cast of 91 feet 
with a four-ounce rod; Reuben Leonard’s 65 
feet 2 inches with fly under a bar placed 30 feet 
away and 6 feet above the water; L. S. Dar¬ 
ling s bait cast of 92 feet 2 inches under the 
same conditions; and Eddie Mills’ score of 125 
points in the accuracy fly event. 
Our record is not complete for the tourna¬ 
ment, which closes to-night, but final scores will 
be printed in our next issue. 
EVENT 7—SWITCH FLY-CASTING. 
This was open to all, switch fly-casting with 
four-ounce rods. 
EVENT II—LIGHT FLY RODS. 
Wednesday night a five-ounce rod distance 
contest was held, with scores as follows: 
Kmg s mi t h .82 et 4 R. J. Held. 77 6 2 
r T j ' . ™ 2 Walter McGuckin... 71 
' J" McCarthy. 79 Perry D. Frazer. 70 10 
EVENT 12 —ACCURACY FLY-CASTING. 
On the afternoon of Feb. 27 an accuracy fly 
event was held, the conditions calling for five 
casts at each distance, 40, 50 and 60 feet. In¬ 
stead of three targets, which are invariably used 
in such contests, but one was provided, and all 
contestants cast at 40 feet, then at 50 and 60, the 
target being moved for each squad. This made 
very ragged work and cut the averages down 
materially. The results in points: 
E. J. Mills— 
40 feet. 
9 8 10 9 9—45 
L. S. Darling— 
9 7 8 8 6—38 1C 
Perry D. Frazer— 
9 7 8 8 6—38 10 
A. J. Marsh — 
9 9 7 7 8—40 5 
C. J. McCarthy— 
6 7 5 9 7—34 6 
Walter McGuckin— 
7 6 0 6 9—28 5 
G. Mitchell— 
6 6 S 8 6—34 6 
John L. Kirk— 
0 9 0 0 0-38 S 8 0 0 0-16 
One of the judges was W. D. Coggeshall, of 
the Fly Fishers’ Club, of London, and a famous 
dry-fly angler. Mr. Coggeshall had with him a 
seven-foot dry fly rod weighing only 3^ ounces, 
and was trying it with a heavy double-tapered 
salmon line he himself had dressed. Call Mc¬ 
Carthy, of Boston, tried this rod and cast 83 
feet 4 inches. 
E. J. Mills cast 103 feet, and Perry Frazer 100 
feet 6 inches, using a heavy single-hand fly rod 
and a line the latter had dressed. 
EVENT 13—SWITCH FLY CASTING. 
J hursday night’s event was switch fly-casting, 
with a screen 15 feet back of the platform, and 
open to those who had never scored 75 feet or 
more in a similar event. The scores: 
60 feet. 
8 9 9 6 8—48—125 
7 10 5 5 10-37—116 
0 6 6 0 7—19— 89 
5 7 0 0 0—12— 74 
0 0 5 0 0— 5— 70 
5 0 0 8 0—13— 69 
0 9 0 0 0— 9- 68 
0 0 0 5 0— 5— 59 
Feet. 
W. J. Ehrich. 77 6 
C. J. McCarthy. 74 6 
Perry D. Frazer. 66 8 
Feet. 
C. E. Jacobus.... 66 6 
A. Jay Marsh. 65 2 
Walter McGuckin.... 56 0 
EVENT 14—ACCURACY BAIT. 
Friday afternoon was devoted to bait-casting 
with half-ounce weights at 60, 80 and 100 feet, 
open to all. Instead of the. usual target, on 
which a perfect cast is scored o, and one six 
feet away is scored 6 demerits, the bullseye 
counted 10 and one that struck the outer rim 
