APRIL, 1918 
FOREST AND S T R E A M 
245 
THE TUNA AS A 
GAME FISH 
(continued from page 219 ) 
grade of tackle must be used. The reel 
should be of 5-0 or 6-0 size capable of 
holding from fifteen hundred to eighteen 
hundred feet of the very best procurable 
line, with an adjustable drag continually 
exerting a strain of from 8 pounds to 10 
pounds on the fish. This may not sound 
like a very great strain, when it must be 
remembered that in addition to this the 
line for perhaps one thousand feet is 
swaying through the water and adding 
just so much to the discomfort of the in¬ 
tended victim. The hook must be at least 
10-0 hand forged of the best quality and 
have a spreading barb; a section of an¬ 
nealed piano wire at least six feet in 
length must be used connecting the swivel 
and hook. While the smaller fish of from 
fifty pounds to one hundred pounds will 
take the trolling squid, or what is known 
as Wilson spoon, it seems useless to use 
the same for the larger specimens. They 
are best taken on a bait, preferably herring 
or menhaden, while a slick of cut fish is 
kept going from the boat to attract them. 
It is now unnecessary for those who have 
been in the habit of going immense dis¬ 
tances to take this fish to continue to do so 
when they are to be taken within fifty 
miles of New York City, and at a small 
percentage of the cost of the longer trip. 
It is at best strenuous work and long as 
well as disappointing waits are apt to be 
the portion of him who contemplates the 
capture of the tuna on rod and reel. 
TROUT INSECTS FOR 
EARLY FLY FISHING 
(continued from page 213 ) 
A California angler writes, “The March 
.brown to be effective must be a true copy 
Df the insect, but true copies are hard to 
get, unless tied by the angler himself.” 
The brown drake I use is a true copy of 
nature as I tie all my flies. 
Another wet three-fly cast for May is the 
>rown buzz, for end fly, cowdung for mid¬ 
dle, female shadfly for upper. If the day 
>e cold and stormy, a cast of yellow sally, 
.tlder, and brown buzz, cannot fail to get a 
.'ise. In all cases, anglers must be guided 
.>y what insects are in flight, a simple mat¬ 
er of observation, which by practice soon 
>ecomes easy to distinguish each insect, one 
rom another, as you go wading along 
tream or walk on the river’s bank. 
As a general rule at earl}' season, a cold 
yind puts a flight of insects down, that is, 
t they rise from the water, they will at 
nee fly to shelter at the river side under 
;aves or in nooks of the rocks, which 
fives the angler a fine opportunity to care- 
ully study them in repose, exactly in the 
ttitude they assume while floating at the 
.irface as fish see them. 
If the day has been warm, yet windy, 
nd the wind dies down at sunset, which it 
> often does, the evening rise and flight 
much thicker and of greater abundance. 
These observations refer to early season, 
ter, through June and July, the habits 
id rise of insects have an entirely differ- 
it condition. 
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