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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July i6, 1910. 
Club News. 
The Anglers' Club of Massachusetts has with¬ 
drawn from the National Association of Angling 
Clubs. It is holding regular contests at its new 
platform on the Fenway, and will probably hold 
a tournament in the autumn. 
The monthly contest of the Newark Bait and 
Fly-Casting Club will be held at 2 o’clock this 
(Saturday) afternoon on Weequahic Lake, New¬ 
ark, N. J. Visitors will be welcomed. Eliza¬ 
beth cars from Broad street pass the park. The 
club’s new membership buttons are of excellent 
design, and the casters are eager to qualify for 
them. 
Cincinnati Casting Club. 
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 9. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: This season we have introduced two 
new items, the quarter-ounce and half-ounce dis¬ 
tance accuracy. The quarter-ounce distance ac¬ 
curacy being five casts from 90 feet and 100 feet 
and the half-ounce being five casts from 120 feet 
and 130 feet. 
Last week we competed for the President’s 
trophy which consisted of a beautiful silver 
miniature canoe. The terms of this contest were 
that the contestants were to use half-ounce 
weights and the line tested to sustain 4 pounds. 
The distance was that for the regular half-ounce 
event, but in place of standing on the platform 
we were seated on a camp stool eighteen inches 
above the level of the target, and in casting we 
alternated from right to left side. 
The contest was designed for the purpose of 
more nearly complying with all the requirements 
in casting from a canoe. This contest was won 
by Ralph Kellog, who made a score of 98 per 
cent. 
Following are the scores made on July 9: 
t4o z . Dist. Ac’y. 
5 Casts from 
(4-ounce. %-ounce. 90 & 100ft. 
Groesbeck . 98 7-15 97 8-15 97 3-10 
Murphy . 97 8-15 90 9-15 87 4-10 
Furneaux . 90 14-15 95 9-15 95 2-10 
Sheldon . 98 3-15 97 7-15 90 6-10 
Liston . 97 6-15 97 12-15 90 2-10 
Hutchins . 97 3-15 97 5-15 95 4-10 
James . 92 8-15 95 5-15 
Greene . 97 10-15 
Huntley (guest) . .. 92 3-10 
Harry Walter Hutchins, Sec'y. 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
San Francisco, Cab, July 3.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: The following medal contests were 
held on Stow Lake yesterday and to-day: 
SATURDAY CLASS. 
Event 1. 
Event 2, 
Event 3, 
Event 4, 
Dist'nce 
Feet. 
Acc’y, 
Per Ct. 
Delc’y. 
Per C’t. 
Lure Casting, 
Per Ct. Feet. 
T. C. Kierulff.... 
102 
98.47 
98.153 
95.36 
104.20 
E. A. Mocker.... 
100.6 
96.68 
98.1 
97.35 
112.16 
L. G. Burpee. 
87.6 
97.13 
96.233 
79.41 
68.20 
F. A. Webster... 
85.4 
98.41 
98.252 
92.24 
79.36 
G. C. Edwards... 
98.44 
98.193 
77.46 
108.6 
C. G. Young. 
98.40 
98.149 
93.44 
109.44 
F. H. Reed. 
98.44 
98.228 
98.2 
F. J. Cooper. 
SUNDAY' CLASS. 
92.29 
in 
T. B. Kenniff_ 
121.6 
98.42 
98.256 
97.10 
162 
E. A. Mocker_ 
102.2 
97.44 
97.228 
97.1 
111.20 
T. C. Kierulff_ 
100.8 
99.5 
99.38 
96.30 
106.8 
Austin Sperry ... 
100.2 
96 
96.274 
96.17 
110.36 
IT. B. Sperry. 
98.6 
98.56 
98.181 
97.25 
99.30 
( . II. Kewell. 
91 
98.50 
98.44 
91.11 
94.42 
C. A. Kierulff... 
90 
97.68 
97.271 
88.28 
99.14 
Tames Watt . 
97.35 
96.254 
94.30 
117.4 
( . G. Young. 
98.60 
98.216 
95.5 
108.8 
Dr. W. E. Brooks 
98.31 
9S.150 
93.15 
97.12 
F. M. Haight_ 
98.1 
97.94 
FI. C. Golcher.... 
98.20 
98.84 
89.21 
93.28 
F. T. Cooper. 
97.38 
93.47 
104.40 
F. H. Reed. 
98.48 
98.231 
Average scores for the first half of the season. 
— Fractions as follows: Distance, ioths; Accu¬ 
racy, 75ths; Delicacy, 300ths; Lure, soths. 
E. O. Ritter, Clerk. 
North Shore Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., June 27. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The following scores were made at 
the club contest last Saturday: 
One-half ounce accuracy, bait: 
S. Cramer . 
H. E. Rice. 
F. E. Adams. 
C. Weber . 
Chas. Mick . 
J. S. Euthy..... 
W. I. Marshall. 
Dr. O. J. Waters. 
R. H. Benns. 
H. Madsen . 
E. E. Martin. 
Leonard Goodwin . 
A. E. Suter. 
Dr. O. C. Dorchester. 
A. L. Singer. 
M. C. Lange. 
L. J. Clossman. 
Visitors: 
E. M. Towne. 
D. R. Linder. 
Regular. Re-entry. 
99.1 
99 
96.2 
97.8 
98 
95.9 
95 
98.0 
94.6 
95 
96.2 
94.9 
98.5 
95.0 
97 
93.0 
92 
96.3 
98.4 
97 
96.7 
87.2 
88.3 
96.1 
97.8 
98.1 
The next contest will be held July 16 and will 
be half-ounce. Better get busy. The National 
tournament is almost here. 
Sterling Cramer, Sec'y-Treas. 
Anglers’ Club of Milwaukee. 
Milwaukee, Wis., July 9.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Following are the scores made in our 
contest, held Wednesday, July 6: 
(4-ounce. 
H. C. Mullen . 98 7-15 
Alb. Lahmann . 98 4-15 
C. A. Rhine . 98 3-15 
G. C. Schoenlaub 
Myron Williams . 
C. L. Tolfson_ 
(4-ounce. 
97 11-15 
98 3-15 
97 13-15 
97 4-15 
96 8-15 
96 3-15 
C. L. Tolfson, Sec’y. 
Fishing in the South. 
New Orleans, La., July 9.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The fishing resorts Sunday were more 
or less deserted on account of the bad weather 
and severe rains and heavy blows. The day was 
one of the worst this season so far and as a con¬ 
sequence the fishermen had very bad luck and 
but few ventured to fish to any great extent. At 
some of the resorts the braves ventured out and 
caught a few speckled trout, sheepshead and red- 
fish, but they were not numerous. Better luck 
was reported on July 4, as the wind had sub¬ 
sided to a great extent and no rain came after 
ten in the morning, although up to that hour the 
clouds let loose a big downpour. While the re¬ 
sorts were pretty well crowded they were not 
as well patronized as on former national holi¬ 
days. F. G. G. 
Genesee County F. and G. P. A. 
Batavia, N. Y., July 9.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: At our regular monthly meeting last 
night we had fifteen present, a good attendance 
considering the broiling, humid weather. 
“A Wandering Trail,” an original paper by 
Milton R. Miller, was read by Dr. R. E. Luther 
as Mr. Miller was unable to be present. It was 
descriptive of the trip last spring when mem¬ 
bers went out to plant trout fingerlings, and was 
thoroughly enjoyed by all. 
There was a discussion of the recent changes 
in the game laws’; The next meeting will be 
held on Aug. 12. 
Chas. W. Gardiner, Sec’y. 
THE TOP RAIL. 
Since the awakening of interest in bait-casting 
in Great Britain, and the adoption of a number 
of American devices, several curious attempts 
have been made to invent a reel of a type totally 
unknown here. In this the axis of the drum lies 
parallel with the rod, and the line is drawn over 
the end of the drum. Controlling devices differ, 
some ingenious, all clumsy. To those who have 
all their lives employed the compact but service¬ 
able little quadruple multiplying reels, these at¬ 
tempts to equal the effectiveness of the latter 
at about one-tenth the cost seem like a waste 
of energy. But then, opinions differ, and per¬ 
haps the remark of a British caster who was 
seeking a good reel explains many things our 
anglers marvel at. He said $3.50 was quite 
enough to pay for a first-class reel. 
I would not attempt to assert that he cannot 
purchase a good reel for that amount, but his 
tentative description called for an article our 
reelmakers would be compelled to ask a good 
stiff price for. 
At the recent casting tournament in Paris, 
Vicomte Henry de France won the medium 
weight bait-casting competition with a “reel” 
which cost about fifteen cents. Briefly, a round 
cocoa tin was made fast to an arm which in 
turn was attached to the hand grasp of the rod 
so that the bottom of the tin pointed toward the 
rod top. The line was wound round the tin 
with a device exactly resembling the upper ten 
inches of a bait-casting tip, this winder being 
then attached to the rod on the under side, there 
to act as first guide. Backlashing is not a thing 
to be considered in connection with the con¬ 
traption, I take it, for Leonard Crossle, in writ¬ 
ing to me recently, intimated that force alone 
was necessary in reaching out for records. I 
fancy, however, that there must be an “if” or 
two connected with the cocoa-tin reel. There 
generally is with every device invented and said 
to be the best yet. 
Speaking of cheap reels, a good many years 
ago a friend of mine was presented with a reel 
that was made to sell for a dollar. Being of a 
suspicious nature, lie gave it to me. Having no 
use for it, I gave it to my little girl. And when 
I had also wound on it a long length of good 
speckled bait-casting line—she would not have it 
otherwise—she devoted a considerable portion of 
her babyhood to unwinding and winding up that 
line. It was worth a basket of trout to see her 
pick out snarls — or to slam the reel into a corner 
when her patience had become exhausted. But 
that reel stood up to its punishment for several 
years. Recently in an idle moment I took it 
apart, but found few signs of wear. Its dents 
smoothed out, it is worth a dollar now, and I 
believe I could cast a half-ounce lure with it 
far enough for the average bass fishing. 
Another thing about reels. It happens that I 
have never used an automatic reel in fly-fishing, 
mainly because I am old-fashioned, I suppose, 
