May 30, 1908.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
that will be made use of to put a lasting quietus 
upon all illegal net fishing around Catalina 
where the game fish are so valuable and so 
practical an asset. 
Japanese and Portuguese professional fisher¬ 
men are the worst offenders in this regard. It 
generally is the foreigners that clean out our 
game and fish supply. Used to the restraints of 
their native lands, they throw all decency to the 
winds in the freedom of this broad country of 
ours, and butcher to their content. It becomes 
necessary to bring up some one with a round 
turn, and this must be done. A resident game 
warden at Catalina is wanted badly. He must 
be a sportsman of leisure and high principle 
who will punish all alike, and acf quickly, de¬ 
cisively, and with certainty of his ground. 
Edwin L. Hedderi.y. 
Fishing Fair. 
Bridgeport, Conn., May 19.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: I have read S. H. Carter's story of 
his experience in Alaska in Forest and Stream 
of April 18 and was more than pleased, at Mr. 
Joseph Mason, Jr.’s, prompt rebuke in the issue 
of May 16 at the way Mr. Carter had of catch¬ 
ing Dolly Varden trout. It seems to me that 
any man that has had the fishing experience Mr. 
Carter has had would surely find some kind of 
fly or even bait that would tempt them to strike. 
Mr. Mason says that when caught on a fly-rod 
they have a chance to fight for their lives, but 
those of us who have had any fishing experience 
at all must admit it is a very poor chance; not 
even a fighting chance. When a trout takes the 
fly or bait he has a chance to dislodge it from 
his mouth by breaking the water and shaking 
it free or a hundred and one of his wiry ways. 
In all of my fishing and hunting I find it a 
pretty good rule to follow—and I think that all 
right-thinking sportsmen will agree with me— 
that if it cannot be taken by my skill it certainly 
deserves its liberty. Let us always remember 
that we are not out to clean out our streams, 
but for pleasure. My friends have asked me 
why I do not get more fish or why someone 
else always gets more than I do, but I always 
say it is not for quantity that I go, but when I 
have enough for a mess I stop, always remem¬ 
bering that there is another day. Above all 
things take them fairly or not at all. 
Eugene C. Stii.tz. 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., May 18 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The executive committee appointed 
May 23 as the day for casting the half-ounce 
bait and accuracy fly events postponed from May 
2. The only re-entry day for these postponed 
contests will be the next regular day for said 
events or June 13. The scores of the partici¬ 
pants in the contest of May 16 are as follows: 
14-oz. 
Delicacy, 
Dry Fly, 
D. F. Beatty . 
Bait. 
.... 97.9 
Fly. 
Accuracy. 
O. E Becker . 
Dr. C. F. Brown . 
.... 95.0 
97 17-30 
98 3-5 
H. G. Hascall . 
99 3-30 
N. C. Heston. 
97 23-30 
98 4-5 
G. A. Hinterleitner .... 
.... 98.9 
59 7-30 
John Hohmann . 
E. It. I.ettcrman. 
.... 97.0 
.... 98.7 
96 1-5 
0. J. Loomis . 
.... 98.4 
98 2-30 
99 
H. A. Newkirk . 
.... 96.4 
97 29-30 
97 
F. N. Beet . 
.... 97.9 
99 3-30 
99 2-5 
H. W. Perce . 
.... 97.6 
97 29-30 
96 3 5 
E. P. Sperry . 
97 9-30 
96 1-5 
J. Amman . 
•W. W. McFarlin . 
H. Winfield . 
•Visitors. 
.... 97. 
.... 94.9 
.... 96.4 
Geo. 
A. Davis, 
Sec’y. 
The Chicago Tournament. 
Chicago, Ill., May 20. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The target for the international tour¬ 
nament, to be held Aug. 14 and 15, was put in 
the lagoon and tried out last week. It conforms 
to the rules specified, and the 6-inch bullseye 
of red is all that is visible to any extent from 
the casting platform. 
The programme committee is busy compiling 
same, and it will be ready for distribution in due 
time. 
The events to be given are salmon fly, dis¬ 
tance fly, accuracy dry-fly and accuracy fly, one- 
quarter-ounce accuracy bait, one-half-ounce ac¬ 
curacy bait, and one-half-ounce distance bait. 
Many reports reach us of the interest in the 
salmon fly-casting event. Some of the clubs are 
providing club rods and double tapered lines 
for their members to use in common, and news 
also- reaches us of groups of casters “chipping 
in” and securing a partnership salmon rod, etc., 
for their joint practice. 
Distance fly records are being made in prac¬ 
tice and club contests that will look well if dupli¬ 
cated at the N. A. S. A. C. meet in August. 
The accuracy dry-fly event is one where every 
fly-caster is much on the same plane as his fel¬ 
low. The event is new in the West, hence each 
one has as good a chance as any other to work 
out a method and style that will land the beau¬ 
tiful N. A. S. A. C. trophy. 
Reports indicate that in the accuracy fly the 
competition will be keen, and given favorable 
conditions new records are more than likely. 
It is believed from the interest in fly-casting 
that a far larger number of contestants will step 
on the international platform than has ever be¬ 
fore graced it, and every fly-caster who can at¬ 
tend and enter these events will be thrice repaid 
by the points he will gather and the sport he 
will enjoy. 
The special prizes arranged for the six bait 
and fly contests (not including salmon fly) in 
addition to the regular prizes have met with 
favorable reception. These special prizes are 
to be awarded to any contestant making the 
highest score in any event and who has never 
won an important prize in an international tour¬ 
nament. The contestant winning any one of 
these and also winning an important prize in the 
regular list may choose which he prefers, as onlj*. 
one prize will be awarded to any contestant in 
any one event. 
Contestants who have won important prizes 
in international tournaments are not eligible for 
these special prizes which are a special incentive 
to novices. Former international important- 
prize winners are barred on these special prizes, 
to provide a “fair field and no favor” to those 
entering the contests, perhaps for the first time, 
or who have been at some disadvantage hereto¬ 
fore, thus providing two chances for prizes to 
these entrants in the six events against one 
chance for the regulars. The prizes are hand¬ 
some and practical. The winners will be grati¬ 
fied that they fall to them as the evidence of 
their abilities displayed at the greatest bait- and 
fly-casting tournament. 
From many directions comes news of the added 
interest in that daintiest of the bait-casting 
events—one-quarter-ounce accuracy. Rods, pliant 
and light, are being assembled, and the discus¬ 
sion of reels is at a high pitch. This bids fair 
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to be the most exciting of all one-quarter-ounce 
bait events ever cast anywhere. 
For the old standby one-half-ounce accuracy, 
many anglers are busy getting into form. The 
fine thing about it, however, is that it is any 
one’s game until the score is finished. 
The distance bait event bids fair to be a stir¬ 
ring contest. Some new types of rods are being 
experimented with, with fair results. News 
reaches us of more than usual interest among 
some of the clubs in this event, and a larger field 
than usual is likely. It is hoped that the record 
will be set higher than ever. 
The members of the Illinois Bait-Casting Club 
who give this tournament are using every means 
to give all hands the time of their lives. 
L. E. DeGarmo. 
Detroit Bait- and Fly-Casting Club. 
Detroit, Mich., May 20.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The contests arranged for the season, 
and to be held on the lagoon in Clark Park at 
2130 P. M. each day given, commencing May 
23 with a half-ounce accuracy contest, are as 
follows: 
June 6.—Half-ounce distance and quarter- 
ounce delicacy. 
June 20.—Half-ounce accuracy. 
June 27.—Quarter-ounce distance and half¬ 
ounce accuracy. 
July 11.—Quarter-ounce delicacy and half 
ounce accuracy. 
July 18.—Half-ounce distance and half-ounce 
accuracy. 
August 1.—Half-ounce accuracy and quarter- 
ounce delicacy. 
August 8.—Same. 
August 22.—Club tournament, quarter-ounce 
delicacy, half-ounce accuracy, half-ounce dis¬ 
tance. 
Fly events will be held as desired by mem¬ 
bers. Members missing any contest may re¬ 
enter in same in next scheduled contest day for 
that event, but not thereafter. 
Lloyd J. Tooley, Capt. 
Oneonta Fish, Game and Gun Club. 
On Monday, June 8, the Oneonta Fish, Game 
and Gun Club will hold a bait- and fly-casting 
tournament in connection with its shoot at its 
new grounds at Oneonta, N. Y. 
There will be an event for accuracy fly-casting 
under N. A. S. A. C. rules at three targets, five 
casts at each target; and an event at 65, 70, 75 
and 80 feet with quarter-ounce weights. In the 
fly event rods will be limited to a maximum 
weight of 8j4 ounces. 
Bass Fishing. 
ChAmbersburg, Pa., May 20. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: Your issue of May 16 contains 
an inquiry from B. R., of Philadelphia, as to 
where he might be reasonably sure of some good 
bass fishing. I think if he would try the dam 
at Richmond Furnace, Franklin county, Pa., he 
would get some pretty fair fishing. I would not 
like to promise him any five-pounders, but I have 
known of four-pounders being taken there. He 
will also have a chance for carp, snappers and 
eels. Happy Jack. 
