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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 13, 1910. 
on this in order to get hold of the main cable. 
We had nearly reached the mouth of the inlet 
without getting a strike, when Cap's watchful 
eyes spotted a, little flock of gulls circling about 
and diving to the water away off to our right. 
"There they are, boys,” he yelled. “See the gulls 
feedin’ on the ’bunkers the fish have chawed 
up! We'll be into ’em soon, so watch out. 
Ha-a-ard a-lee!” The boat answered quickly to 
her helm and swung up into the wind, hesitated 
an instant, then tilled away on the other tack 
toward the hovering birds. As we drew nearer 
we could see the occasional flash of a leaping 
fish, and presently Cap made a grab for the line 
behind him, braced the tiller with his leg and 
proceeded to give us an exhibition of profes¬ 
sional bluefishing. Then it was that I realized 
the true reason for the heavy tackle, for that 
fish barely touched the high places on his rapid 
journey to the boat. Cap was in a hurry to get 
his squid out and working again, and the way 
he snaked in the line with swift snatches of his 
weather-beaten hands was a caution. Hardly 
had the first victim landed in the cockpit after 
the final yank, when Billy’s line snapped taut, 
but 1 had scant time to watch him, for my own 
hands were busy trying to solve the problem of 
how to turn a bluefish into a flvingfish. “Keep 
him cornin’,” shouted Cap. “Don’t give him any 
slack or he’ll throw the hook sure. That’s the 
idee,” he continued, as the fish finished its trip 
in the pit of my stomach. "Never mind puttin’ 
him in the tub, but get that squid overboard 
again. They bite fast when they bite at all.” 
We took six out of that first school before 
they worked out over a bar whither we could 
not follow. But there were other fish near by, 
their whereabouts indicated by the tell-tale gulls, 
and we tacked hither and yon till the pile in the 
ice tub assumed very respectable proportions. 
It was certainly great sport, for the salt air 
was cool and bracing, the dancing water a deep 
blue green, and over all there stretched the 
cloudless vault of a September sky. The sharp 
strikes of the fish kept us constantly on the alert, 
and almost before we rea'ized it, it was 10 
o’clock, and the breeze, which had been grad¬ 
ually weakening for some time, finally gave out 
altogether, leaving a flat, dead calm in which we 
drifted with idly flapping sails. 
But in an hour or so the wind came out 
strong from the southwest, and after gathering 
in a few more fish we put about and started on 
the long run homeward. The wharf at Babylon 
was reached late in the afternoon, and there 
Billy and I bade good-bye to Cap and boarded 
the funny little horsecar again, taking with us 
all the fish we could use and a hearty invitation 
to “come down again, boys, whenever you can. 
You’ll alius find me and the old boat glad to 
take care o' you.” Robert S. Lemmon. 
North Shore Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 5.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The following scores were made at 
the last regular contest: 
Ouarter-oun^e ? 
W. T. Marshall .. 
ccuracv bait 
.... 98.1 
R. E. Martin . 
. 97.7 
T. H. Bellows ... 
. 97.9 
IT. Madsen . 
. 93.8 
Dr. O. 1. Watters 
.... 97.1 
E. M. Ercanbrock.. 
. 96.2 
A. E. Sutter. 
.... 98.0 
M. C. Lang. 
. 92.8 
F. K. Adams . 
.... 98.5 
Visitors; 
H. W. Perce . . 
.... 98.1 
Mr. Peatty . 
. 99.2 
Fred Peet . 
.... 98.4 
Sterling Cramer, Sec'v-Treas. 
Stuck Ferrules. 
New York City, Aug. 6. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: In your current issue I read with some 
interest II. A. S.’s remarks anent stuck ferrules, 
and the remedy. This is no doubt excellent, but 
the method invented by the man who gave us 
friction ferrules is a better one, and I am sur¬ 
prised that this angler by inference confesses his 
ignorance, for it is used every day by anglers 
who take good care of their tackle. 
It is simple enough, too. In assembling the 
rod pass the male ferrule of the tip two or three 
times through your hair. The "back hair” seems 
to be the chosen place, not perhaps because it is 
more oily, but it may be from necessity or habit, 
inherited from ancestors whose crowns were not 
well clothed. And then this does not necessitate 
the removal of your hat. After this operation 
the male can be pushed into its companion fer¬ 
rule on the middle joint with ease, and it will 
not stick when you take the rod apart. Repeat 
with the other ferrule. The only additional at¬ 
tention that need be given the ferrules is to rub 
them occasionally with your handkerchief or a 
bit of cloth, to free them from grit. 
Oiling ferrules is bad practice, as the oil is 
likely to find its way into the wood or cement 
in the female ferrule. It is a characteristic of 
German silver ferrules that if you oil them, the 
oil and the grit on them cut the metal and leave 
a black coating on the male which is sure to be 
transferred to your hands and clothing and the 
rod case. The oil also attracts more grit, but 
the very slight oiling a ferrule gets if passed 
through the hair has no such effect. 
I have never had the slightest trouble with 
the ferrules of my rod. I never oil them, but 
on assembling a rod I first wipe the male fer¬ 
rules clean, then pass them through my hair or 
across the back of my hand. In the winter I 
clean all ferrules very slightly with a piece of 
flannel and a drop or two of crude petroleum, 
rubbing very lightly, merely to remove grit but 
not enough to set up a polish, for this is objec¬ 
tionable, as the metal glistens in the sunlight in 
fishing. The dull gray of much used German 
silver ferrules is a thing of beauty in itself, just 
as the mottled green corrosion on brass canoe 
fittings is the pride of canoe sailors. 
In the days when a few ship chandlers and 
sporting goods shops kept a stock of canoe fit¬ 
tings, these articles were known as canoe jewelry, 
and rightly so, for they were all of brass brightly 
nickeled. The supposition of the manufacturers, 
who lived distant from salt water, was that the 
nickeling was a preservative; their conviction 
was that higher prices could be obtained. That 
was true. A full set of nickled fittings for a 
sailing canoe cost almost as much as the hull. 
It was pathetic to watch the beginner with a 
new sailing canoe. At first he wiped all his 
fittings dry with chamois skin or cloth after 
every sail, then the corrosion, which “worked 
while he slept,” got away from him and ate 
through the nickel in spots, so that he rubbed 
' with crocus cloth and emery, with sandpaper and 
even shellacked the fittings. But it was no use, 
and in time, as the nickel disappeared and a sub¬ 
tle coat of mottled green crept over the once 
shining cleats and blocks, he came to regard it 
with pride, for it was the inevitable sign of age 
and honorable usefulness. 
Reverting to ferrules, there is a knack in re¬ 
moving one that is stuck. A steady pull will 
not do it. It is instead a quick but vigorous jerk 
while the hands are so held that no bending 
strain is put on joints or ferrules. If it is still 
obstinate, ask a friend to assist, but in either 
case twisting or pulling steady will not serve. 
Twisting will damage the cane or wood and 
cause the pins in the ferrules to bruise the wood 
and work loose. The final resort is to a match. 
Light it and hold it a couple of inches under the 
female ferrule until this one becomes quite 
warm, then before there is time for the heat to 
be communicated to the male ferrule, separate 
them. This is usually a successful method, but 
not one to be employed in ordinary cases, for 
good German silver ferrules are cold drawn and 
brazed, hence heat is an enemy. H. J. H. 
Illinois Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 1 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: Our club contest, scheduled for July 
30, was cast off in regular order, per scores given 
below. Weather during accuracy bait, bright sky 
and northeast cross winds. 
Half-ounce accuracy bait: 
Regular. Re-entries. 
E. K. Pierson. 
97.6 
H. J. Hokamp . 
96.0 
A. Bauer . 
97.2 
Win. Stanley . 
98.4 
O. C. Wehle. 
98.6 
N. C. Heston . 
98.7 
- - -T 
A. D. Whitby. 
97.6 
99.0 
E. K. Rockwell. 
96.9 
M Hartstall . 
95.6 
D. Kernaghan . 
98.9 
H. R. Winfield . 
96.7 
97.2 
T.. E. De Garmo. 
98.6 
T. M. Ranney .. 
9S.9 
F. W. Hemminghous 
96.7 
97.1 
C. E. Lingenfelter... 
97.3 
_ 
W. W. McFarlin. 
97.1 
G. L. Halvorsen _ 
' 
97.2 
9S.i 
R. M. Abbev. 
97.1 
97.7 
W. 1. Tamison. 
98.4 
L. R. Huntley. 
97.6 
9S.2 
H. D. Willis. 
95.9 
97.1 
G. H. Asper. 
T. T. Hartley . 
97. S 
G. W. Cook. 
98.0 ■ 
E. H. Mathews...*... 
98.8 
Visitors: 
Mr. Cooley . 
97.6 
Mr, Loes . 
97.8 
Mr. Kleinfeldt . 
98.0 
9S.0 
Half-ounce distance 
W. H. Ball. 
bait: 
Regular. 
_ 125 2-5 
r~ Re-entries— ^ 
123 1-5 
Wm. Stanley . 
.... 96 4-5 
42 4-5 
E. R. Rockwell. 
.... 120 1-5 
145 2-5 
145 3-5 
W. T. Jamison. 
.... 170 2-5 
137 2-5 
155 2-5 
C. E. Lingenfelter.... 
.... 202 1-5 
209 2-5 
194 4--5 
N. C. Pleston. 
.... 136 
165 
W. W. McFarlin. 
.... 154 2-5 
126 
L. E. De Garmo_ 
137 
G. W. Cook. 
.... 72 4-5 
M. Hartstall . 
.... 66 
Mr. Cooley (visitor) 
.... 169 3-5 
67 3-5 
Accuracy fly; weather clear, shifting winds: 
H. D. Willis .... 98 5-15 L. E. De Garmo 
99 9-15 
N. C. Heston.... 99 3-15 
J. J. Sorber. 
97 4-15 
E. R. Rockwell.. 97 
Distance fly; wind 
14-15 
S.E., 
variable; maximum 
velocity. 
12 miles: 
L. E. De Garmo- 
86 
T. T. Sorber. 
... 87 
H. D. Willis. 
81 
N. C. 
Heston.. 
... SO 
E. R. Rockwell. 
86 
Wm. Stanley ... 
... 76 
Attention is called to the magnificent and con¬ 
sistent casting of C. E. Lingenfelter in the dis¬ 
tance bait event. His highest score exceeds our 
club record (made by him), exceeds all national 
tournaments and is, we believe, a national record. 
I11 the accuracy fly L. E. DeGarmo’s score of 
99 9/15 per cent, equals our club record, this 
score having been made heretofore by both 
Messrs. DeGarmo and Heston. 
In the score sheet of July 16 (quarter-ounce) 
Mr. Jamison’s re-entry of 99 per went. was in¬ 
advertently overlooked. 
The executive committee announces the resig¬ 
nation of J. M. Ranney as captain and the ap¬ 
pointment of R. C. Nicholson to succeed him. 
