March 7, 1908.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
38t 
or fell near the target was scored a miss. As 
the light was very uncertain, it was difficult to 
estimate the distances or see the weight, as will 
be seen in Reuben Leonard’s 9 misses in fifteen 
casts. Several contestants averaged well, but got 
no better scores than those who made poor aver¬ 
ages. The results in points: 
E. J. Mills- 
60 feet. 80 feet. 100 feet. 
9 7 6 0 6-27 
A. J. Marsh— 
0 
0 7 
0 
8-15 
0 
0 
7 
7 
7—21— 63 
0 0 0 7 6—13 
0 
0 7 
7 
6-20 
0 
0 
0 
8 10—18— 51 
Harry Friedman— 
0 8 5 6 0—19- 
0 
0 7 
8 
0-15 
0 
0 
8 
0 
0-8—42 
R. C. Leonard— 
8 0 0 0 7—16 
Perry D. Frazer— 
6 
5 8 
5 
0-24 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0—0—39 
6 6 0 0 0-12 
0 
5 0 
7 
0-12 
7 
7 
0 
0 
0-14— 38 
R. J. Held— 
t 
0 8 7 6 0—21 
G. Mitchell— 
0 
0 10 
0 
0-10 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6—6-36 
0 8 6 8 0—22 
0 
0 0 
0 
0- 5 
0 
9 
0 
0 
6-14— 36 
C. J. McCarthy— 
8 6 5 6 9-33 
0 
0 0 
0 
0- 0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0— 0— 33 
W. J. Ehrich— 
7 0 0 8 0-15 
Charles Stepath— 
10 
0 0 
6 
0—16 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0—0—31 
0 5 0 0 8-13 
F.. F. Todd— 
0 
' 0 8 
0 
0— 8 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0— 0— 21 
0 7 0 0 0—7 
0 
0 0 
0 
o- 0 
0 
9 
0 
0 
0— 9— 16 
EVENT 15 —SLACK LINE CASTING. 
Reuben Leonard cast 134 feet 6 inches on Fri¬ 
day night, February 28, using a fly-rod and a 
half-ounce weight. This is the Greenwood Lake 
method, so-called. The line is coiled on the plat¬ 
form, and when the contestant is ready to cast 
he drops the weight in the water behind him, 
then with a steady swing lifts and casts it over¬ 
head, as one would do with a grasshopper, min¬ 
now or small frog, in fishing with a similar rod. 
The results: 
R. C. Leonard. 134 6 C. E: Jacobus. ICO 9 
A. Tay Marsh.Ill 3 C. J. McCarthy. 88 4 
E. J. Mills.104 4 
• 
EVENT l6—-ACCURACY BAFT. 
This event was advertised as an accuracy bait 
contest at ioo, 125 and 150 feet, but the extreme 
difficulty of seeing a target at 50 yards was ap¬ 
parent when the scores of the previous afternoon 
at 100 feet were considered, that it was changed 
and held at 60, 80 and 100 feet, with half-ounce 
weights, on Saturday afternoon. The scores, in 
points: 
G. Mitchell— 
60 feet. 
80 feet. 
100 feet. 
8 8 6 5 8-34 
0 
0 
5 10 
8-23 
7 
0 
9 
0 
0—16— 73 
Perry D. Frazer — 
0 0 0 8 6-14 
R. C. Leonard— 
0 
0 
6 
0 
9-15 
6 
7 
8 
9 
0—30— 59 
5 9 5 5 9-23 
Harry Friedman— 
0 
7 
0 
0 
5-12 
0 
6 
0 
6 
0—12 57 
0 5 9 8 6—28 
A. Jay Marsh— 
0 
0 
5 
5 
6—16 
0 
0 
0 
6 
5—11— 55 
0 8 6 6 0-20 
5 
5 
5 
7 
5^27 
5 
0 
0 
0 
0— 5- 62 
E. J. Mills— 
0 0 6 0 5-11 
W. J. Ehrich— 
6 
0 
5 
0 
5—16 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0— 6— 33 
0 0 7 5 0—12 
0 
0 
8 
0 
0— 8 
0 
0 
0 
7 
0- 7— 27 
C. J. McCarthy— 
0 0 5 8 6—19 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0- 0 
0 
0 
7 
0 
0— 7— 26 
Charles Stepath— 
5 0 5 0 8—18 
0 
0 
5 
0 
0- 5 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0— 0— 23 
Rod and Reel in California. 
Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 7.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Southern California Rod and Reel 
Club held its annual meeting last Thursday night 
and transacted the usual routine business beside 
electing officers for the current year. There was 
a large turnout, the biggest in several meetings, 
and lively interest was manifested throughout. 
Edwin L. Hedderly was re-elected president, 
E. E. Salyer was chosen vice-president, E. R. 
Abbott financial secretary, Roy F. B. Shaver re¬ 
cording secretary, and Henry W. Coomber Was 
re-elected treasurer. President Hedderly an¬ 
nounced that but few changes would be made 
in any of the standing committees which will 
be announced at the next meeting. 
The club has a membership of about 300 rod 
and reel fishermen, and is growing at the rate of 
twenty a month. It has planned a number of 
bait-casting tournaments, and will conduct a 
prize angling tournament of five months duration 
this summer. Beside prizes, trophy buttons will 
be awarded the captors of large fish of a certain 
poundage, and the keen enthusiasm with which 
the opening of the white sea bass season is being 
awaited is very gratifying to all who have the 
interests of the sport at heart. 
The club is making an earnest campaign for 
the protection to sea fish. It hopes to secure 
some favorable legislation next winter. By en¬ 
couraging lighter tackle, and the releasing of all 
but the prospective record fish, without gaffing, 
a valuable protective work is being done *among 
the sportsmen themselves. Sparing the' gaff is 
not as difficult as may be thought. A piano wire 
leader is used, and once the fish is played it 
A TYEE SALMON FROM CAMPBELL RIVER, B. C. 
Weight, 48 pounds. Length, 48*4 inches. 
Photographed by J. P. Babcock. Taken with rod and line. 
does not require a particularly adroit hand to 
grasp it by the tail and bring it into the boat for 
closer examination and weighing. Should it be 
of record size, the blood lost in gaffing can be 
saved, and advantage taken of the full weight. 
This, and some other things, the light tackle 
movement has taught anglers. One is that more 
sport can be enjoyed taking half a dozen fish on 
the lightest tackle than by butchering half a 
hundred by the coarse methods in vogue a few 
years ago. 
Prof. David Starr Jordan has had another 
seance with the albacore family. When the yel¬ 
low-fin tuna invaded this coast several summers 
ago opinion was divided upon them, and the 
question was left to Dr. Jordan to class them 
with the “pigs” or the tuna. He said albacore 
then, but now announces a sweeping change of 
mind, having on closer study discovered certain 
characteristics which prompt him to class the 
albacore family as varieties of the tuna. The 
yellow-fin has been so classified by all the ang¬ 
ling clubs, but the elevation of the plebeian “pig” 
to the height of tuna fame is an item of pisca¬ 
torial news indeed. “Long live the long-finned 
tuna.” Henceforth anybody who goes to Cata 
lina can catch his tuna. 
Dr. Jordan has an invitation to be the guest 
of honor at the Southern California Rod and 
Reel Club’s dinner to be given in six weeks or 
two months, at which leading sportsmen and 
State Senators, Assemblymen and other digni¬ 
taries will be present. Talks on the need_ of pro¬ 
tection are expected, and it is hoped some last¬ 
ing good will result. 
Interest in bait-casting in the local rod and 
reel club has progressed so far that some new 
records seem in prospect. Sherman Baker has 
repeatedly cast the 2 l / 2 ounce lead over 240 feet, 
and undoubtedly will equal the famous perform¬ 
ances of Bob Roosevelt and Reuben Wood be¬ 
fore the summer is out. Baker is a burly fellow, 
and skillful withal, being able to place his casts 
close to the mark regularly. Smith Warren, Roy 
Shaver, Eugene Elliott, and several others are 
beating the 200-foot mark and are practicing 
every Sunday. A big demand for fancy reels 
has sprung up, and quite a number of the mem¬ 
bers are making themselves rods. 
The practical value of casting tournaments is 
well illustrated by this one thing. Five years ago 
there was not one man in a dozen along the 
wharves with enough skill to “throw out” a 
hundred feet without crossing all the lines in the 
neighborhood. Now the experts are many, and 
any number of anglers can place their leaders 
from 150 to 200 feet from the wharves with 
regularity and accuracy. In fishing from the 
beach the knowledge thus gained becomes of 
great practical use, often making a catch possi 
hie when the fish are under the second breakers 
in a place otherwise inaccessible. Good catches 
are made by the cracks without wetting their 
feet; formerly the surf fisherman expected to 
get in all over, with sunburned shoulders and 
scorched arms to remind him of his day’s 
“sport” for a month afterward. 
Local anglers are coming around to split bam¬ 
boo, wrapped solidly from end to end, and heav¬ 
ily varnished, as the best material for sea rods. 
Greenheart in this climate seems treacherous and 
unreliable; apt to go by the board when least 
expected and even with careful handling. Not 
one piece in ten seems entirely satisfactory. 
Lancewood lasts well, but sets badly. The split 
cane of best quality is splendid stuff, however, 
and if the water be kept out of it by wrappings 
and varnishing frequently, it gives splendid satis¬ 
faction. 
Thomas McD. Potter and the writer are figur¬ 
ing out a six-ounce-rod, six-thread-line class for 
yellow tail competition this summer at the 
island, which ought to be productive of some 
fine fishing and artistic work. To land a lusty 
yellowtail on such gear is feasible, but only to 
the patient expert. Once done, it is a worthy 
achievement, not soon to be forgotten. 
The angling enthusiasts have laid by their 
rods and tackle, and now confine their activities 
to discussion of prospects for the next season, 
which opens for trout on May 1. • Steelhead 
trout may again be taken in tidewater after 
April 1, but most of the fishermen will wait for 
the opening of the regular trout season. 
