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SEPT. 7, 1907.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 

The National Meeting of Anglers. 
Tur executive committee of the National As- 
sociation of Scientific Angling Clubs held a 
meeting on the night of Aug. 15, at the close 
of the first day of the tournament at Racine, 
Wis. After a brief discussion of various sub- 
jects the constitution, rules, regulations and 
events of the association were.taken up by com- 
mittee of the whole for action. Section 5 of 
Article II., as adopted by the sub-committee on 
rules, was agreed to with the exception of the 
seventh definition, which was amended, as ap- 
pears below. 
The meeting of delegates from all clubs 
affiliated with the National Association was held 
the night of Aug. 16, President H. Wheeler 
Perce presiding. 
Secretary Rice read the minutes of the meet- 
ing held in Kalamazoo last year, and they 
were accepted and ordered filed. 
After the roll call of - délegates,. Secretary 
Rice reported that twelve clubs had become 
affiliated with the association, and he recom- 
mended that these clubs be made the charter 
members‘of the association, which was agreed 
to. The total membershin of the association 1s 
2,200, including the Fox River Valley Bait- 
Casting Clubs, whose membership is _ 1,600. 
Twelve other clubs, not as yet affiliated with 
the association, butt which will probably be- 
come members in due time, have been in com- 
munication with Secretary Rice. 
Of the $175 collected from affiliated clubs for 
current éxpenses, Treasurer C. F. Browne, of 
Racine, reported a balance in the treasury of 
$56.78. 
Mr. Letterman proposed to change the con- 
ditions governing the long-distance half-ounce 
bait-casting, scoring the longest single cast of 
the five allowed instead of the average, but 
after brief discussion the matter was dropped. 
The only changes in the constitution relate 
to Section 5 of Article II., and Section 1 of 
Article IX., printed below, with the amend- 
ments in italics and deleted words in brackets. 
The tournament rules were published in Forest 
AND STREAM of April 27, and the regulations 
governing events in the issue of June 22, with 
the exception of the regulations governing 
equipment, which are given below: 
CONSTITUTION. 
Articie I.—Name and Objects. 
Section 1. The name of this organization is the 
National Association of Scientific Angling Clubs. 
Sec. 2. Its objects are to promote interest in and ap- 
preciation of scientific angling through tournament or 
contest casting; to perfect universal rules governing 
tournament casting; to encourage the formation of clubs 
devoted to scientifie angling and the art of fly- and_bait- 
casting; to promote and maintain a high standard of true 
amateur sportsmanship among anglers; to lend moral 
support to all moves toward true sportsmanship in all 
sports; to establish a proper demarcation between the 
amateur and professional tournament casters; to assist 
in the propagation and protection of game fishes, and 
influence legislation toward this end, and to promote 
such social conditions as are incident to the sport of 
angling and of tournament casting. 
Article I[I.—Membership. 
Section i. The following clubs shall be known as 
charter members so long as they continue members of 
the organization, viz.: The Anglers’ Club of New York, 
the Chicago Fly-Casting Club, the Fox River Valley 
3ait-Casting Club, the Grand Rapids Fly-Casting Club, 
the Illinois Bait-Casting Club, the Kalamazoo Bait- and 
Fly-Casting Club, the Kansas City Bait- and_Fly-Casting 
‘Club, the Milwaukee Casting Club, the Racine Fly- 
Casting Club, the San Francisco Fly-Casting Club, the 
Springfield Fly- and Bait-Casting Club (all clubs affiliat- 
ing prior to Racine tournament). 
Sec. 2, All members must assent to the constitution, 
rules and regulations of the N. A. S. A. C., and adopt 
the same as their standard. 
Sec. 3. Any organized scientific angling club or cast- 
ing club, may, with the approval of a majority of the 
executive committee of the N. A. S. A. C., become a 
member of the association by complying with the pro- 
visions of the preceding section. 
Sec. 4. No professional shall be cligible to office or 
to membership on the executive committee of the N. A. 
S. A. C. Neither shall they as members of any affiliated 
club have any voice or vote in the management or con- 
trol of N. A. S. A. C. affairs. 
Sec. 5. A professional is defined as follows: 
(1) One who is or has been a teacher of casting for 
pay. 
(2) One who is or has been a market fisherman. 
(3) One who is or has been a paid guide. 
(4) One who for pay casts or has cast with any rod, 
reel, line or device in the interes of the maker or seller 
thereof, 
(5) One who does or has done exhibition casting for 
pay, either directly or indirectly. 


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(5) One who for pay conducts or has conducted any 
exhibition of casting. 
(7) One who is [or has been] engaged in the manu- 
facture or sale of fishing tackle. 
This definition does not include the amateur rod 
builder or fly tyer, or the amateur maker of any angling 
device, not as his principal means of livelihood. 
Any professional who may desire reinstatement as an 
amateur, may, if he can show to the executive committee 
that he does not come under the conditions which made him 
a professional, by a two-third vote of the executive com- 
mittee, be reinstated as an amateur, 
Sec. 6. Individual honorary members may, on nom- 
ination, be elected by a unanimous vote of the execu- 
tive committee, Only amateurs shall be eligible to 
honorary membership,» and shall be such men as have 
achieved celebrity in the propagation and preservation 
of game fishes; in scientific angling; in angling litera- 
ture or art; as an authority on scientific angling or pis- 
catorial subjects; in assisting toward the maintenance of 
a high standard of true amateur sportsmanship or other- 
wise have contributed toward the welfare of the fratern- 
ity. They shall be exempt from dues, but shall not be 
eligible to office or executive committee membership nor 
privileged to vote, unless otherwise qualified. 
Article III.—Dues. 
Section 1. Each affiliated club shall annually pay to 
the treasurer of the association fifteen ($15) dollars on 
or before the first day of October in each year. 
Sec. 2. All clubs hereafter elected shall pay to the 
treasurer one-twelfth of the amount of the annual dues 
($1.25) for each month or fraction of a month from the 
date of their application for membership to the first. of 
October following and thereafter annual dues as provided 
for in preceding section. 
Sec, 3. A check for the amount of the first payment of 
dues, made payable to the treasurer, must accompany 
each application for membership. 
Sec. 4. Any affiliated club three months in arrears for 
dues may be suspended or expelled by a majority vote 
of the executive committee after thirty days’ notice. 
Sec. 5. Any affiliated club the dues of which have been 
paid to October first of any year may withdraw before 
December first following, on notice in writing to the 
secretary and upon surrender of certificate of member- 
ship, without paying dues for the current year. How- 
ever, except as herein provided, no affiliated club shall 
be permitted to withdraw until full payment of dues and 
surrender of certificate of membership has been made. 
Article I[V.—Officers, 
Section 1. The officers of the association shall consist 
of a president, first, second, third and fourth vice- 
presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. 
Sec. 2. They shall be elected at the annual business 
meeting, and shall hold office for one year or until 
their successors are elected. 
Sec, 3. Vacancies occurring in the list of officers be- 
tween the annual business meetings may be filled by the 

executive committee until the next annual business 
meeting. . ; J 
Sec. 4. The president shall preside at all meetings of 
the association and of the executive committee, and 
shall be ex-officio’a member of all committees. He shall 
see that all laws, rules and regulations are strictly en- 
forced and in the interim between the annual business 
meetings of the Association shall decide on any ques- 
tion concerning the interpretation of such laws, rules or 
regulations which may be submitted to him in writing 
by any affiliated club, Such decision shall be subject to 
approval, rejection or revision at the next annual busi- 

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ness meeting. He shall appoint all committees of the 
association, and be ex-officio a member of the tournament 
or governing committee of any affiliated club giving a 
tournament under the auspices of the N. A. S. A. C. 
He shall countersign all orders of the secretary on the 
treasurer for the payment of any bills against the asso- 
ciation, and shall have custody of such bonds as may 
be required pf any officer. He shall call all meetings of 
the executive committee and any special meeting ordered 
by the executive committee. He shall cast the deciding 
vote whenever a tie vote occurs and perform such other 
duties as usually appertain to the office of president. 
Sec. The vice-presidents in their order shall per- 
form the duties of the president in his absence. 
Sec. 6. The secretary shall keep full minutes of al 
meetings of the association and of the executive com- 
mittee. He shall keep complete records of all scores 
made at tournaments conducted under the auspices of 
the N. A. S. A. C. and such other records of scores, 
contests, etc., as may be deemed advisable or orderec 
by the executive committee. He shall be a member ex- 
officio of all committees and shall conduct all officia 
correspondence appertaining to his office, preserving al 
correspondence he may receive, together with copies of 




all official correspondence he may send out. He shal 
keep an account of all receipts and expenditures of the 
association. He shall receive all bills against the as- 
sociation, and same shall be subject to his approval and 
paid only by an order on the treasurer issued and signed 
by the secretary and countersigned by the president. 
He shall be ex-officio a member of the tournament or 
governing committee of any affiliated club giving a tour- 
nament under the auspices of the N. A. S. A. C,, and 
shail perform such other duties appertaining to his office 
as the executive committee shall from time to time 
direct. 
Sec. 7, The treasurer shall have charge of all funds 
of the association, and shall pay out of same only as 
directed by the executive committee or on an order 
signed by the secretary and countersigned by the presi- 
dent. He shall collect all dues and notify the secretary 
in writing immediately of the receipt of any remittance, 
its amount and from whom received. He shall keep an 
account of all receipts and expenditures, and notify the 
secretary at once of such conditions as may arise and 
be covered by Sections 4 and 5 of Article III. He shall 
give such bond and of such an amount as may be re- 
quired by the executive committee, 
Article V.—Executive Committee. 
Section 1. The active management of the affairs of 
the association shall be vested in an executive com- 
mittee at all times, except when the association is in 
actual session in an annual business meeting, but said 
executive committee, however, shall be subject to. the 
will of the association expressed at any annual business 
meeting. 
Sec. 2. The executive committee shall consist of the 
general officers of the association and in addition one 
representative from each affiliated club. 
Sec. 3. Each club representative must be a member 
in good standing of his club and must not be a pro- 
fessional. He shall be appointed or elected by his club 
in such manner 2nd form. and for such length of time 
as the club may elect. His membership on the execu- 
tive committee shall lapse in the event of the withdrawal, 
suspension or expulsion of his club, and he may be 
removed for caus® on a two-thirds vote of the executive 
committee, in which event or in case of a vacancy for 
any cause his club may nominate his successor. 
Sec. 4. Eight members of the executive committee 



