The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-06-30
NOJ-EL MACK mass FISHING.
Two Enthusiastic Anglers Narrowly Escnpins
Heing Made bait Themselves.


HoNEsDALE Pa. June 2s.-Watson T..
Beach Of Milanvillc. President Of the Rock
Glen. Tyler HILL Cochecton Falls and Big Eddy
Fat Mems Club. and Deacon Lorenzo Dow "
Ter of Damascus. Pa. are two of the most en-
thusiastic and thoroughly scientific bass fish
ermen along the Delaware river. They lnva-
riably fish together. President Beach weighs
800 pounds. Deacon Tyler with difficulty over
powers n li0-pound weight They use an OK
ccedingly light canoe ON their fishing cNcur-
sions. President Beach draws in his lsh from
n cushioned seat in the stern of the frail craft.
Deacon Tyler casts his delusiyc bait from
hemlock seat in the bow
The first time they tried the boat they found
they would have TO place some ballast In the
bow TO keep the stern from going down and sub
merging the robust Pres ident Of the Fat Mems
Club. This ballast consists now Of n large stone
and two-gallon demiiohn. They formerly
used two large stones. That was before they
applied to their style of fishing the great Judge
Rdgway principle Of nice adjustment Of the
dobber"
Judge Thomas J. Ridgway Of LackawaXen is
acknowledged to be the champion sucker fish
erman Of the Delaware. In angling for his
fHyori,e brain food, the Judge. two or three
years ago made the discovery that the cork out
Of q two-gHllon demijohn was Just the size and
weight for hoa, or dobber" Ever since he
has carried a two gallon demiIohn with him
when fishing. to fit corks in So they will be
scientifically exact In burst Of confidence.
the Judge impaired his secret to President
Beach and Dencon Tyler. They adopted the
plan, and found that the dcmiiohn. itself prop
erly ballasted. could do double duty by taking
ulg plhr" of one % the ballast stones.
Ise iayorits fishing groqni Of these two sci
entnc anglers l. Pond Eddy. On saturday
| last they launched ther boat in that oddly one
Of the mo-t important articles in the Ait of fish
lng tackle Is small boy that Is put to variety
of uses. He rows the canoe from place To place.
and when 'ver President Beach's hook attaches
Itself t. a snag In the bottom Of the river. or
| Deacon Tyl"rs bait carries his in under stone.
| the small by dives down and puts things IN
/ proper n ape But the most important duty Of
I,he small 10y is that Of shifting the ballast.
when on dutyi or laying on his oars be occu-
/ pies seat IN the centre Of the boat. Whonc,er
! Pres Beach has il~hcd for some tim" with
/ out the monotony of the Occasion being dis.
| turbed 10y a bite. he concludes that his dohnr'
! II not OF the regulation polse. Then the dcmi-
| John must he passed down To him for tho gaug-
| ing Of another cork Unless the vacuum occa-
| from the bow should he iiiioI bv somnthing
! else. experience has shown that President
Portable seat, SO The small boy goes T. tho bow.
| pushes the demilohn within reach Of the fisher
man IN th' stern. ana occupies ~ place until II
II returned Thus the equilibrium is main
uined and nobody is brought in contact with
The bass BIZ very well last saturday. Along
! toward evening the small boy had been
times to Snfasicn hooks President si B,acR
h h.dc ea TSr VA b toHr,2nncc bass. and
felt The demiIohn had been pissed to the
| stern To adjust corks several times. 4 m 1un-
uineer from the blue-stone puarrics Of Pike
/ county mai captured thirty two flno bnsS. with
! his bout anchored within two yards ~ the sci
enlne i'shgirmen = These the latter had bought
enough aud wanted 10 70 home.
,, Pass that dqmlohn down here Lucrctius "