

AUG. 3, 1907.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 195 

New York Schuetzen Corps. 
Union Hirt, N. J., July 26.—The scores made in the 
practice shoot to-day follow: 
Ring target: 
C Meveriicc.abors eek 210 gem Lyecker scr, o.:ss. aed 157. 
C A Niemeyer......... 207 Ce ITA ETUEZ Olan. «vee Oe 153 
|. Backlaram 2..40cci. 196 TOA W ITEC Entity. < ss cannes 53 
R Schwanemann ...... 196 PL EeCOpOIG! seh ss airctne 152 
I CPacosipre ection. 194 Dr € -Groseli: ....iscik 149 
Niger 4 tata) nkce ey ee ae es 182 GeB Genie oasis ce cckkk 145 
1s ag! og | J a 176 H C Hainhorst ....... 145 
A W Lemcke......... 167 MVE ant! Seen cases . 144 
J) Bainhorst......... 167 G Thomas pees... cisice an 142 
H Nordbruch ......... 166 BESTeversieites «cen sw Der 
Be Rom MaR | cece vec sare 165 Vin, Greek ROUGE SS 55, «0.0.05. 137 
PPSIEROESO. Sacisic p:sici’s ccs'ee 163 Sled Brea ie ae 135 
TRE DHE! Usaesccc ccc cas 162 Ey, Meyeras cs a... cane 134 
WOE IGN OMe cen. cus Uls.ce dn 161 H B Michaelson...... 134 
WEP SCHERIEL, (cess. cin Stes . 161 Gop Ubliercte a trre'sics «accu 131 
W Lokmann .......... 160 PD Wilkerson sos pncce 130 
Man target: 
Gr EMOMAS hades s csieos 56 W Lohmann® ..\. 20... 49 
C A Niemeyer ........ 53 H Nordbruch ......... 45 
PBACOMPTE scescsscs ec 52 Eh, SlOenISCHa... iss owes 45 
WO ROMIGIOIY sie vac'eise a's 52 Me USGI meet. cca o shai 44 
Dr Chas Grosch....... 52 Ce Glandorien..s..csctes 44 
R Schwanemann ...... 49 
Bullseyes: Chas. Meyer 4, H. D. Gobber 2, C. A. 
Niemeyer 2, H Nordbruch 2, The following made one 
each:. M. Detjen, H. Haase, A. W. Lemcke, H. Loh- 
den, H. D. Mever. H. Leopold, H. C. Hainhorst, D. H. 
Brinckmann, H. Harms, J. H. Cardes, J. Facklamm, 
Fred Busch. 
Manhattan Rifle and Révolver Association. 
New York, July 25.—At the ¢lub’s range, 2628 Broad- 
way, scores to-day were made as follows: 
Revolver, 20yds.: M. Hays 83, 83, 86: P. Hanford 
88, 84, 86, 81; J. E. Silliman 89, 86, 79. 
J. E. Srtriman, Treas. 

ON STRIKING SALMON. 
NEVER to strike a salmon, but to allow it to 
hook itself, is the creed of one school of sal- 
mon anglers; and to let the fish have it as hard 
as possible, and “yack,” or “yerk,”’ the hook 
well in, is the belief and usage of another. A 
practical fisherman of the upper Wye unites the 
two methods. He never strikes a salmon; but 
when he finds the fish is on, he gives a couple 
of good, hard tugs. He believes that if the hook 
has not gone in over the barb, these pulls will 
secure proper penetration; but if the fish is 
lightly hooked, he will be well rid of it. Of 
the thus well-escaped “samon” he says: “Nid 
yw_hyn ddim i mi” (“That is nothing to me’). 
Striking upward, striking laterally, striking 
from the reel, especially with double hooks; 
striking with the finger on the line—all these 
methods have their advocates and opponents. 
Much depends upon _ circumstances—wind, 
weather, water, and tackle, and size of the 
quarry. But it seems to be generally admitted 
that it is wrong to strike at a rise in swift water, 
save when it is felt that the fish has taken hold. 
Unless the line tightens, to strike is failure to 
the rodman and escape for salmon. The line 
should be recovered, speedily yet tenderly, and 
the fly worked on without alternation of speed, 
and without jerking, and a sufficient interval be 
allowed before the fish is tried again. 
If a mere elevation of the rod be called strik- 
ing, then striking in a stream is necessary; but 
it is more reasonable to regard this action as 
nothing more than a tightening of the line. If 
the fish so hooked remains on, it may be ad- 
visable to give a tug or tugs in hope of driving 
home the barb. But if a small fly be employed, 
it is probably wrong to do anything beyond 
raising the point of the rod, inasmuch as the 
thin wire of a small hook cuts more easily than 
does the thicker metal of a large one; .and, as 
every salmon angler knows what a hole is often 
worn in the fish’s mouth by the hamate fly, any- 
thing tending to increase the size of the wound 
should be avoided. If, however, a large fly be ' 
on, it is probable that a good pull will do more 
good than harm. . 
There are those anglers who assert that a 
break is inevitable if the finger be kept on the 
line at the moment of striking. This may be 
so if the strike be heavy and excessive; but there 
is little danger if the rod be raised promptly, 
concisely, and steadily. -A fisherman of the 
Teifi, who has killed (honestly) hundreds of 
salmon, always strikes thus a stream, with his 
line on the finger; and he asserts that he has 
never but thrice been broken when thus strik- 



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