July 30, 1910.] 
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The British Casting Tournament. 
The first international fly- and bait-casting 
tournament under the auspices of the British 
Amateur Fly- and Bait-Casting Club was held 
at Hendon, near London, July 7 and 8. In all 
seventeen events were cast off and the average 
was about a dozen contestants in each of them. 
Among them there was one woman, Mme. 
Vivario, the wife of one of the two Belgians 
who took part. Mme. Vivario cast gracefully 
and well. From France there were four com¬ 
petitors. Other Frenchmen were present, but 
did not cast. 
The weather was. not very favorable. The 
sky was overcast and the wind changeable, but 
rain did not interfere. From the full report of 
the tournament printed in the Fishing Gazette 
we extract the following summary, in which the 
best scores of a few of the high men are given: 
Salmon fly, switch cast—Major C. N. Mac¬ 
Donald, 109 feet; D. E. C. Muir, 108 feet; H. J. 
Hardy, 102 feet. 
Trout fly, light rods (2/3-ounce per foot of 
length)—H. J. Hardy, 10 feet; L. J. Leutin, 103 
feet; R. D. Hughes, 99 feet. 
Half-ounce bait, distance—A. Piercy, 167 feet; 
W. M. Plevins, 151 feet; L. Bougie, 159 feet 4 
inches. 
Trout fly, switch cast—J. L. Perruche, 88 feet; 
D. E. C. Muir, 86 feet; Major Macdonald, 89 
feet. 
Sea rods, 2p2-ounce weights, distance and ac¬ 
curacy—R. W. Wellman, 198 feet 4 inches, 196 
feet 10 inches, 175 feet 6 inches; E. W. Marston, 
201 feet 1 inch, 200 feet, 169 feet; R. B. Mar¬ 
ston, 191 feet, 163 feet 9 inches, 154 feet 11 
inches. Longest cast, A. P. Decantelle, 251 feet 
3 inches. 
Trout fly, distance—H. J. Hardy, 108 feet; R. 
D. Hughes, 98 feet; L. J. Leutin, 98 feet. Mr. 
Hardy’s cast is the British record. 
Quarter-ounce bait, distance—H. J. Hardy, no 
feet; L. Bougie 107 feet; W. M. Plevins, io6 1 / 2 
feet. Mr. Hardy exceeded the British record. 
Accuracy casting with ij^-ounce weights, five 
casts at 30 and five at 40 yards—R. D. Hughes 
won with a score of 44 out of the possible 100 
points. 
Salmon fly, distance—H. J. Hardy, 134 feet; 
W. M. Plevins, 128 feet; D. E. C. Muir, 125 feet. 
Dry-fly, accuracy and style—D. E. C. Muir 
won. 
Half-ounce bait, distance and accuracy—H. J. 
Hardy, 134, 131 4, 129 n, 125 4, 117 x feet; L. 
Bougie, 136 7, 130 10, 128 2, 117 5 , 114 5 ; W. 
Weismann, 143 1, 129 2, 127 4, 117, .61 6; A. 
Piercy, 148 2, 145 6, 139 I, 1 37 5 - 
Wet-fly accuracy and style—W. M. Plevins, 
164 points; Major Macdonald, 162 points; L. J. 
Leutin, 149^2 points. 
Half-ounce bait accuracy, five casts at 20 and 
five at 30 yards, possible 100—R. D. Hughes won 
with a score of 73 points. 
Distance bait, 2 l / 2 -onr\ze. — A. P. Decantelle, 
287 7, 276 6, 275 feet (French record) ; J. T. 
Emery, 246 11, 222 10, 211 9 feet; R. B. Mars¬ 
ton, 223 4, 200 4, 188 feet. 
Trout fly difficulty, one cast at each of five 
buoys, possible 100—L. J. Leutin won with a 
score of 75 points. 
Distance bait, ip2-ounce — A. P. Decantelle, 
252 3, 241 9, 229 9; A. Powell, 178 4, 156 8, 
162 10; J. T. Emery, 226, 176 3, 79 11 feet. 
Same weight, distance and accuracy — A. 
Powell won, 178 6, 169 4, 157 8, 179 2, 179 feet. 
The longest cast, 185 feet, was made by Mr. 
Decantelle. 
In the distance and accuracy bait-casting events 
the distance from where the weight fell to the 
center line of court was deducted from the total 
length of the cast; in the other distance bait 
events no deduction was made. 
Chinook Salmon in Sunapee; Lake. 
Albany, N. Y., July 23.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Mr. Red's contribution to the angling 
history of the chinook in Sunapee Lake will be 
valued by many of your readers, as it marks an¬ 
other proof of a successful experiment by the 
United States Bureau of Fisheries. I am quite 
sure that the Commissioner of Fisheries, Hon. 
George M. Bowers, can furnish certain publica¬ 
tions on this subject which will be read with 
much interest. 
Commissioner Bowers sent 40,000 chinook fin- 
gerlings to Lake Champlain recently, and they 
were planted with great care. He is also con¬ 
tinuing the work of stocking Lake George with 
landlocked salmon, and this experiment bids fair 
to succeed. 
In regard to the possible reproduction of the 
chinook in fresh waters, there should be no 
doubt that this may be confidently expected, since 
Dr. Jousset de Bellesme, Director of the Troca- 
dero Aquarium, in Paris, reared chinook salmon 
from eggs furnished by the United States Fish 
Commission many years ago, and has reported 
the taking of eggs from about ten generations 
of chinooks which have never left fresh water. 
Whether or not the salmon will ascend the 
tributaries of the lake in the spawning season 
can only be determined by observers on the 
grounds. Tarleton H. Bean. 
North C&rolina Trout, tvr 
Hendersonville, N. C, July 22.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: I am just back from an enjoyable 
trip for brook trout. Three of us left here July 
19 and took the train to a point on the Brevard 
division of the Southern Railway, six miles be¬ 
yond that town. 
A one-horse wagon took us nine miles into 
the mountains on the north fork of the French 
Broad River. We struck a cold snap and the 
trout were rather slow at rising to the fly. How¬ 
ever, we killed between seventy-five and a hun¬ 
dred and had a good time. 
After all in an outing of this kind killing 
trout is not everything. Much depends on the 
personnel of the party and I had two royal good 
fellows with me. I hold that on a trip to the 
woods any man will show the stuff that is in 
him, and if that stuff be of a low quality, it will 
“show in the washing,” so to speak. So I al¬ 
ways like to know who I go with, for this is 
the prerequisite to an enjoyable outing. 
On this trip we caught some trout and very 
thoroughly enjoyed the woods. The rhododen¬ 
drons were in full bloom and they were gor¬ 
geous and the mountains all one could ask. On 
Thursday two of us climbed Pilot Mountain, 
some 5,000 feet above sea level, and what a 
view we had from this point. Ridge above ridge, 
mountains piled on mountains as far as one can 
see. One thing struck me forcibly—the chest¬ 
nut trees in full bloom as late as this. Last year 
the mast crop was short, and with a late bloom 
in the high mountains and much rain in the 
lower mountains to knock off the bloom, it looks 
now as if this crop may also be a short one. 
This mountain is a peak with mountains 
all about it. With much labor a little cabin was 
built on it once, only to be burned by some 
rascal. 
We made the climb up from the guides’ house 
in one hour and forty-six minutes—four miles, 
’coon skin miles—and the other in one hour and 
fifteen minutes. We three did enjoy the trip 
and feel that we would like to go again.one of 
these days. 
Ernest L. Ewbank. 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
San Francisco, Cal., July 17—Editor Forest 
and Stream: The following scores .were made 
yesterday and to-day on Stow Lake, under fair 
weather conditions and with a southwest wind: 
July 16. 
Event No. 1, distance, feet: 
E. A. Mocker 
102 
Event No. 2, accuracy, per cent.: 
E. A. Mocker 
97.7 
L. G. 
Geo. C. Edwards. 97.14 F. H. 
C. G. Young. 98.11 
Burpee. 
Keed... 
96.9 
98.10 
Event No. 3, delicacy, 
per cent.: 
E. A. Mocker . 
Accuracy. 
. 97.40 
Delicacy. 
98.10 
Net. 
97.55 
Geo. C . Edwards. 
. 9S.16 
98.10 
98.13 
t ■ G. Young. 
. 98.48 
98.30 
98.39 
E. Ct. Burpee. 
. 95.48 
98.30 
97.9 
Jb. irl. Reed. 
. 9S.8 
99.00 
98.34 
Event No. 4, lure casting: 
E. A. Mocker _ 
Geo. C. Edwards. 
C. G. Young. 
L. G. Burpee. 
Per Cent. 
,. 98.4 
,. 93.6 
.. 97.8 
.. 74.1 
Feet. 
SO 
97 
96 
60 
July 17. 
Event No. 1, distance, feet: 
E. A. Mocker 
A. Sperry 
. 103 
C. H. Kewell. 
. 92 
. 108 
PI. B. Sperry. 
accuracy, per 
cent.: 
. 99.4 
C. H. Kewell. 
.... 97.13 
. 9S.14 
F. H. Reed. 
.... 99.1 
. 98.1 
PI. B. Sperry.. 
.... 99.2 
E. A. Mocker 
C. G. Young 
A. Sperry_ 
Dr W Brooks. 98.12 
Event No. 3, delicacy, per cent.: 
E. A. Mocker. 
Accuracy. 
Delicacy. 
99.50 
Net. 
99.17 
t . G. Young. 
. 9S.24 
98.50 
98.37 
Austin Sperry . 
97.40 
97.10 
Dr YV. K. Brooks. 
. 97.36 
99.20 
98.28 
C. H. Kewell. 
98.10 
98.1 
1\ H. Reed. 
. 99.00 
99.40 
99.20 
PI. B. Sperry. 
98.40 
98.40 
Event No. 4, lure 
E. A. Mocker. 
casting: 
Per Cent. 
Feel 
54 
C. G. Young. 
Austin Sperry . 
Dr. W. E. Brooks. 
C. H. Kewell. 
F. H. Reed. 
H. B. Sperry. 
93.2 
97.8 
97.3 
96.6 
75.7 
94.4 
114 
113 
113 
114 
87 
CLASSIFICATION MEDAL CONTESTS. 
(C, Championship; 1, first; 2, second; N, novice.) 
T. C. Kierulff. 1 
E. A. Mocker . 1 
L. G. Burpee. 2 
F. A. Webster. 2 
G. C. Edwards. 
C. G. Young. 
F. H. Reed. 
F. J. Cooper- 
Event 1, Event 2, Event 3, 
Delic’y 
Distance, Accuracy, Net. 
Feet. Per C’t. Per C’t. 
1 1 
2 1 
2 2 
1 1 
1 1 
1 1 
1 1 
J. B. Kenniff. C 
E. A. Mocker. 1 
T. C. Kierulff. 1 
Austin Sperry . 1 
H. B. Sperry. 2 
C. H. Kewell. 2 
C. A. Kierulff. 2 
James Watt . 
C. G. Young. 
Dr, W. E. Brooks.. .. 
F. Ms Haight. 
H. C. Golcher. 
F. G. Cooper. 
F. H. Reed. 
Sunday. 
1 
2 
C 
N- 
C 
C 
1 
9 
c 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
C 
2 
1 
1 
2 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
Event 4, 
Lure 
Casting. 
Per C’t. 
2 
1 
N 
N 
2 
N 
N 
N 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
N 
N 
2 
2 
N 
N 
N 
E. O. Ritter, Clerk. 
