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Chicago Fly-Casting Club. 
Curcaco, Sept. 17—Editor Forest and Stream: 
The fall inter-club contest, between the Chicago 
Fly-Casting Club and the Illinois Bait-Casting 
Club, was held at Washington Park, Sept. 15, at 
10 o'clock in the morning, the team for the Chi- 
cago Fly-Casting Club consisting of Messrs. 
Becker, Perce, Hinterleitner, Beatty and Hoh- 
mann, and the team for the Illinois Bait-Casting 
Club consisting of Messrs. Stanley, Wagner, 
Hemminghaus, De Garmo and Jamieson. The 
contest resulted as follows: 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club, general average, 
08.17; Illinois Bait-Casting Club, general average, 
08.12. 
Mr. G. A. Hinterleitner, of our club, made the 
highest score in the quarter-ounce event, viz.: 
99.3. 
Mr. D. F, Beatty, of our club, made the highest 
in the half-ounce event, viz.: 08.7. 
Mr. Beatty also made the high general average 
for both half-ounce and quarter-ounce events, 
Viz.: 98.65. 
The averages of the several members who have 
completed their season’s scores in the several 

events, are as follows: 
¥o-ounce 4-ounce General 
. i Bait. Average. 
ROE. Becker: mes. nen 96.9 97.5 97.4 
v1 oH Bellowseeas, eee 96.§ 97:3 97.1 
tDr. C. F. Brown 95.95 96.35 
Bee Mi Ondine eae eae 
Ee 'G  Hascalli ne eeu b eres aoc 
Ne CA Eestone. eee es .6 97.625 97.6125 
G. A. Hinterleitner ies 
*John Hohmann, 98.075 
TE. R. Letterman 98 .0F 98.65 
70. J Loamiss, (eee ee 97.425 97.975 
Bobs \Naylorites ee eee ; 
iF. N. 


Be -Amonellsenssas eae 
BY Bhs perryaday ss sa aere ar: Rome 
TC. Je (Strombere eae 96.7 96.2875 
Delic’y & General 
Acc’y, Fly, y. Average. 
tl. He Bellows....<...: 98 40-60 98 109-120 98 189 240 
*Dr: C. F. Brown...... 98 33-60 97 80-120 98 26-240 
FG. tascalleeceies 73 150-00 la cb oan, ae 
ING Gc rlestonee eae TACHA ais 
Ge A.) Hinterlcitrien,)cn 90 s24:60mmy 7 ssee oe a 
,Be) Ro Letterman’ |arseQ08 G00 mec ccies Sanne od 
~G. iJ LOOMIS uaa ct 97 100-120 95 84-240 
Accuracy, Delicacy, General 
; Fly. tly. Average, 
tho Ne Peett. eee eee 99 11-60 99 1-120 gy 23-340 
SEI; W Perce s . aden. 99 1-60 99 75-120 99 77-240 
EE SSperrvan cee 93 3-60 97 35-120 9¢ 159-240 
*Experts. ftAmateurs. Master, 

High score button in bait, RX 
ie 
High score button in fly, F. N. 
General high average in fly 
98. 29917. ‘ 
- Letterman, 98.35. 
Peet, 99 23-240, 
and bait, H. W. Perce, 
The longest cast made by each o 
1e f the contestants who 
participated in the distance bait ey 
ents are as follows: 
: Feet Feet. 
OQ. EB. Becker..:o.<e.5 230 E. R. Letterman...... 212 
DD. She eBeattye ss eeeeey 02 O Loomist eee. 196 
Dr. C.F. Brown..:... 72 Hs BRS Naylor one} 178 
NT Gos bleston cero: 197 EN. dRéet.n seers: 189 
G. A. Hinterleitner.... 144 fH. Wis Percesneaye. | 194 
_The prize winners in the club handicap tournament of 
Sept. 7 were as per list below. The individual scores 
are appended for the information of the members: 
One-half-ounce, bait: Sperry first, Hinty second, Beatty 
third, Snell fourth. 
One-yvarter-ounce, bait: 
Naylor third, Beckvr fourth. 
Accuracy, fly: Ferce and Peet first and second. 
Delicacy, fly: Hascall first, Bellows: second, Loomis 
third, Heston fourth. 
CLUB TOURNAMENT. 
ACCURACY, FLY, 
Mason first, Brown second, 
; Score. Handicap. Total. 
+h. ges Sperrysno kee eeee g j 1 44-60 99 52-60 
i. Wa Perea. see 34-60 99 46-60 
I, N. Peet 
fo. Peet nnn a ee ee 38-60 99 46-60 
E. R. Letterman 


RL Or cir 1 8-60 99 40-00 
*G. A. Hinterleitner....... 2 6-60 99 38-60 
TO. Ji- Lisomisan eo see 46-60 99 34-60 
TEL. (GOs Elana See eee 8-60 18-60 99 26-60 
tDrG, Shy Browns 7 40-60 1 22-60 99 2-60 
lee ello wean a ee 8 32-60 26-60 98 58-60 
FN «1 Gees CSLOTI See eee ere 96 40-60 1 12-60 97 52-60 
John Hohmeatils seen > 12-60 18-60 96 30-60 
H. W. Perce and F. N. Peet tied for first; E. R. Letter- 
man, third; John Hohman, fourth. 
*See half ounce, bait. +See delicacy, fly. See quarter 

ounce, bait. 
DELICACY, FLY. 
Score. Handicap. Total. 
Fietse Hascall one 6 sept 99 30-60 40-60 100 10-60 
itive Bellows,. 7-7-4. 99 20-60 45-60 100 5-60 
PB INAS E COtir nance Seenee 99 6-60 49-60 99 55-60 
OUP LOOMIS ickicc ccna 98 4-60 1 38-60 99 42-60 
{WLC e. Browne eiees 97 32-60 1 54-60 99 26-60 
INinG.” Eleston... ease 96 48-60 2 37-60 99 25-60 
Be bs WDEIT eva. reece 97 14-60 2 1-60 99 15-60 
MAW ow hieECesesacasennes 96 40-60 2 8-60 98 48-60 
First prize, H. G. Hascall; 
third, O. J. Loomis; fourth, N. 
*See accuracy, fly. 
second, I. H. Bellows; 
C. Heston. 
ySee Y%-ounce, bait. 
CLUB TOURNAMENT. 
ONE-HALF-OUNCE, BAIT. 


: Score. Handicap. Total. 
Ey PSs Sperry..cesrencoter ene 96.6 5.45 102.05 
G. A. Hinterleitner......... 99 1.85 100.85 
D.: PaeBeatty women cs ete. 98.9 1.85 100.75 
* Be Nab ecticha ee: corn wic oe 98.2 2.55 100.75 
{GC. JP2 Loomisee eos, 99 16 100.60 
Ne Gipblestons nen ae eer 98.3 2 100.30 
*E. R. Letterman. «.o..0...; 98.5 Li 100.20 
Tin deaobellowsacerenenee. 97.4 2.7 100.10 
tE. L. ‘Mason... 97.6 2.4 100 
EK; WAS Snell, seisk 95.9 3.9 99.80 
JobnEohmanweve.ssee. sence. 97.8 1.85 99.65 
Ei. We Perce, jeanne 98.1 1.5 99.6 
Ov, ie Becker let an. content 98.5 1.05 99.55 
Ben Pe, Naylors.< sien cucdeonene 96.8 Zs 99.10 
BosM eb Ord secs acseatemetents 96.1 2.7 98.8 
BF. Tet Lodeskysitnk custenee 97.4 1.05 98.45 
Dr Gok, Brown\.cesnen wees 94.1 3.05 97.15 
E. P. Sperry, first prize; G, A. Hinterleitner, second; 
D. F. Beatty, third; E. A. Snell, fourth. 
*See accuracy, fly. {See delicacy, fly. 4See quarter- 
ounce, bait. 
ONE-QUARTER-OUNCE, BAIT. 
Score. Handicap. Total. 
By de Masontt cccmiesactenen 98.2 3 101.20 
DraCayRebrownene enue ce 97.9 2.8 100.7 
¥TS i Bellowssteuncsamceene 98.2 2 100.3 
MEL. “WistPercesseec. cer csecs. 99 1.2 100.25 
* Letterman tence emcee 99.1 1.05 100.15 
B.  emNAviOrusaexurbe teeta 98.4 1.6 100 
{DSBs oBeathy cake nears 98.7 is 100 
Ole Bee Beckers ate senses eee 98 co 99.9 
G. A. Hinterleitner......... 98.6 1.2 99.8 
John “Eiohman Gin-nsmesneeer 98 1.8 99.8 
By NUE Get rece cles ce eeeaae 97.9 1:9 99.8 
O. J. Loomis 97.9 1.2 99.1 
N. C. Heston 97 1.85 98.85 

E. L. Mason, first prize; Dr 
fF. P. Naylor, third; O. E. 
*All delicacy, fly. 
Bl & Brown, second; 
Becker, fourth, _ 
jAll one-half ounce, bait. 
Gro. A. Davis, Sec’y. 

Sea Fishing in North Carolina. 
FALLING CREEK, N. C., Sept. 24.—Editor Forest 
and Stream: I have read with great interest and 
pleasure the series of articles on “Light ‘ackle 
Sea Fishing,’ by Mr. Arthur Jerome Eddy. It 
must be a pleasure to a man who has unlimited 
means and a surplus of time to hook fish for 
the mere fun of losing them, but I fear I am 
more like Dean Swift, of whom it is related 
that when a boy, he hooked and lost a large 
fish (did any angler ever lose any but a large 
one’), and in Ins old age died dissatisfied on 
account of it. His fish and his disappointment, 
like Professor Holder’s “ten-pound’ Los 
Laurelles trout, grew greater as the years went 
by. I would like to meet Mr. Eddy and Mr. 
holder. I would be glad to have Mr. Holder 
explain to me about that 183-pound tuna that 
took Jim Gardener to the bottom by the gaff. 
Jim being a very modest man, does not like to 
Say very much about it. I spent a week at 
Avalon in 1902 and fished with Jim Gardiner. 
We had a fine time catching yellowtail and other 
fish, but did not have the luck to hook a tuna. 
We have some fine fishing here in North 
Carolina. I usually spend my summers at 
Morehead City on the sea coast. I will men- 
tion a catch or two that I helped to make. A 
friend and myself caught witn rod and reel: 
trolling, 327 Spanish mackerel in one day; 
1,200 mackerel in five days. I went out alone 
on the first day of last August and caught three 
bluefish, 146 mackerel, 183 sea trout and 75 
croakers. 1 admit that this looks like slaughter, 
but not a fish was wasted. They were all given 
to appreciative friends, and if 1 had not caught 
them, the netters would. 
l sometimes use even smaller than a nine- 
strand line, but when angling for fish—tarpon, 
etc.—weighing 100 pounds or over, I preter 
something stronger than nine-strand, I do not, 
however, enjoy catching fish by brute force, as 
I have seen men catch tarpon in Florida 
waters. 
Morehead City, N. C., is a nice summer re- 
sort. Salt-water fishing is fine. I am in no 
way interested, but will be pleased to meet any 
of your readers if they should visit there next 
summer. As I feel greatly indebted to Mr. 
Eddy and Mr. Holder for the interesting articles 
they have written for Forest AND Stream, I 
will be pleased to take them fishing in my boat 
as my guests and respectfully invite them to 
come, W. L. Kennepy, 
White Moths for Trout. 
Mr. THEopoRE Gorpon has sent us one of the| 
finest trout flies we have examined in a long} 
time. It is an exact imitation of a white moth} 
with the exception that a white tail has been| 
added, merely to balance the fly and assist in 
making it float, as, with the cocked wings, its| 
tendency is to sink tail first. The body, wings 
and tail are pure white, the hackle ginger. Of 
it Mr. Gordon says: 
“During the summer I noticed many white 
moths floating about in the evening, and found) 
on capturing a specimen that their legs were buff | 
or flesh-colored, not white. I tied up a couple 
and fully intended to try them, but forgot to 
do so. 
“I never cared much for the white moth, yet 
lots of fish have been killed with them. Fishing, 
when it is too late to see one’s fly, or where it 
falls upon the water, is not the best of sport. 
As we grow older we care less about the num- 
ber in the basket and more for the manner in 
which the fish are taken. However, we always 
want the big fellows, and I was sorry this year 
that I had no tussles with the giants, the brown | 
trout of four to six pounds that we occasionally 
hear of being killed.” 
[Ocr. 5, 1907. | 

Onondaga Anglers’ Association. 
On Oct. 14 Mr. James S. Whipple, of the New 
York Forest, Fish and Game Commission, will 
address a meeting to be held in Syracuse by the 
Onondaga Anglers’ Association. ‘This is one of 
the largest organizations of its kind in Central 
New York. During the past few months its 
membership has increased from less than 400 to 
more than 1,000, and efforts are being made to 
take in more members. With its growth the 
number of game and fish protectors employed | 
by it has been increased from one to nearly a 
dozen, and these men have succeeded in breaking 
up a good deal of the illegal netting in Onondaga 
county waters, and particularly in Oneida Lake, 
which was at one time a famous water for game 
fish, but has been netted so long that it is greatly 
depleted of bass. Local political influence saved 
the fish pirates from the punishment they richly 
deserved, but since the wardens employed by 
the association have been watching the lake 
closely a good many of the poachers have been 
driven out of business, and with judicious re- 
stocking the Onondagans hope to restore to 
Oneida and other nearby lakes their former fame. 
The present season has yielded more game fish 
than usual, and the anglers feel confident that 
better fishing is assured. 

Pacific Salmon in New Zealand. | 
Mr. L. F. Ayson, Fish Commissioner of New | 
Zealand, has written the United States Bureau 
of Fisheries concerning the success his depart- \ 
ment has had in introducing Pacific coast salmon | 
into New Zealand waters. Both the chinook 
and the blueback salmon were liberated in those 
waters, and last year it was reported that the 
latter were running, but it was not until the 
present season that specimens were obtained and 
positively identified. These were full grown fish | 
that were ready to spawn when captured. 
Various attempts have been made to intro- 
duce Atlantic salmon in New Zealand, but all 
these failed. It would be interesting to know, 
therefore, whether these Pacific salmon will show | 
any inclination, in their new environment, to | 
rise to the fly, a thing they do but seldom in| 
the west coast waters of America. 
Prof. Holder Honored. 
AsBury Park, N. J., Sept. 25—Editor Forest 
and Stream: Prof. Charles F. Holder, the| 
well-known author and sportsman of Pasadena, \\ 
Cal., was elected to honorary membership in the F 
Asbury Park Fishing Clitb at a regular meet- 
ing of the board of governors of the club, held 
on Aug. 26 last. R. H. Norris, Sec’y. 

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