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Highest Grade Barbless Flies $2.25 Doz. 
Dr. Henry van Dyke 
National Vice-President I.W.L.A. 
Internationally known phil- 
osopher, poet, writer, sports- 
man and angling authority. 
Dr. Van Dyke has given the Jamison Barb- 
less Hook one of the hardest and most thor- 
ough tests possible, covering several weeks 
fishing in wild turbulent waters for “‘sea 
trout’”’, which are brook trout that have gone 
to sea and returned to fresh water. His 
letter follows: 
Sylvanora, Seal Harbor, Me. 
September 26, 1924. 
Mr. W. J. Jamison, 
Dear Sir:—This summer, after the 
Salmon season had closed, I had a fine 
chance to try out your flies with barb- 
less hooks on the “‘sea trout”? of our 
salmon river in Canada. We caught 
them by the hundreds, running from 
one to four pounds, and fighting 
strongly in the swift foaming waters. 
Not one that was fairly hooked 
got away. Moreover, when the 
young salmon-parr grabbed the fly 
that was not meant for them, as they 
always tried to do, we could shake the 
greedy little beggars off without harm- 
ing or even touching them. [In short, 
“that hump” did the business. It is 
an excellent invention. 
Very sincerely yours, 
Aousg rare yf 
Of the Izaak Walton League of America. 
Jamison Barbless Hook 
Patented in U.S. A.1924, Patented in Great Britain, 1924, 
The smooth tapering patented wedge point 
of the Jamison Barbless Hook gives a much 
quicker and deeper penetration than is pos- 
sible with any barbed hook. They instantly 
goall the way inand stay in, because they do 
not cut or tear the flesh and the ‘‘hump” 
holds them in place. For this reason you 
catch as many and often more fish with our 
barbless than you would witha barbed hook, 
and at the same time you greatly benefit 
your own fishing by saving all of the many 
small fish that would be killed by barbs or 
handling, as they can be shaken off unhan- 
dled and uninjured, to live and propagate. 
No Extra Skill Required 
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In writing to Advertisers mention Forest and Stream. 
a “mess” of ducks. The shooting was 
fair and we got in a lucky flight but 
the way that little .20, with shells of 
light load, did the work was a revela- 
tion to me. The type of shooting was 
average—no harder, no easier than 
usual. The flight was good—ducks 
coming in twos and threes and singly— 
swinging over the decoys down wind 
and breasting back but I’ve ‘never 
handled a gun or shot shells that killed 
any more cleanly than did this out- 
fit—with the range—from close to far 
averaging up to the work of any out- 
fit I’ve ever used. Have always been 
partial to repeaters—.12 gauge—full 
choke and heavy loaded shells, quick 
exploding, hard kicking powder. Have 
shot ducks all my life in every way 
they are shot down here—over decoys 
—pass shooting and wading them up in 
the marshes, but never before with 
what my pal on this trip called a 
“fusee” gun and a “thrasher” load. 
Thought perhaps this might be of in- 
terest to you and your readers. Al- 
most forgot to say that I got in my 
blind at 11.15 a. m., reached home be- 
fore dark and killed the limit easily. 
F. W. CARROLL, 
Albany, Georgia. 




















Making Pictorial Records of 
Wild Life 
(Continued from page 205) 
killing. I do not say that I have 
reached a point where I am ready to 
give up the rifle entirely, but I am a 
great deal more careful in its use, and I 
get more of a thrill from a good close 


snapshot with a camera than I do with - 
a rifle. By this I do not mean that I 
would want everyone to give up the rifle 
for a camera. I have no right to ask 
this, for if I never shot another living 
thing, I have killed my share of Amer- 
ican big game, having lived in good 
game country most of my life. 
THERS have the right to the same 
experience I have had, and there 
will always be game to hunt if we 
handle our game problems sensibly. I 
have said before, and I say again, game 
pays big. It is a financial asset as well 
as a natural one to any State. 
There are millions of acres in our 
natural forests in the west that can 
be used for recreational purposes, and 
it would be a great step forward if the 
game of these national forest lands was 
under control of the United States 
Forestry Department, then every one 
would benefit by it, and the fees re- 

It will identify you. 



























ceived from hunting licenses, etc., woul 
go to the state in which each particula 
forest district was located. 
This plan has been very carefully 
worked out by the Boone and Crockett 
Club, and it is the most sensible solu- 
tion of the game problems in the Rocky 
Mountain States that could be ad- 
vanced. 
I am only sorry that more men who 
have the desire to get out into the 
mountains and great open spaces are 
unable to fill that want. Many nature 
lovers whom I know and whose hearts 
are in the great outdoors must remain 
in the city, year in and year out with 
their noses to the grindstone in order to 
meet the ever advancing cost of living, 
12 order to keep up the fast pace that 
life in the city calls for, one sheuld 
have longer spaces in between for real 
relaxation and recreation. There is no 
form of sport that will give the average 
man more. thrills than hunting big 
game. I do not say that everyone should 
hunt it with a camera. I am merely 
trying to point out that this form of 
hunting has many advantages to one 
who have already shot big game, or to 
one who wants something more difficult 
and there are those who love to hunt 
game but have no desire to kill it. For 
those I would say that there is no finer 
sport. 
There are no more frontiers in the 
United States, but there are still more 
mighty wild bits of country in the 
Rocky Mountain section. 
Hunting in any form is good exer- 
cise, for when one is following a trail 
it is hard to leave, but for real thrills, 
exercise and hard work, I do not know 
of anything that will fill the bill as well 
as a hunting trip with a camera. 
The Black Clan 
(Continued from page 202) 
epithets hurled vocally after his fleeing — 
black form. The frequent intonation of 
the shotgun teaches him the farmlands 
are forbidden territory. He is wise 
enough to take note of this warning. 
OADS, frogs, the smaller snakes are 
tireless workers for the farmer, 
and each one taken by a roving bird 
means more insects and rodents to dam- 

