Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-04-29
FLY AND BAIT-CASTINC TEST
Ancient Tournsmsnt viii Bs Held rOOn n
CORTLAND Beach.
EXPERT FISHERMEN FORM SOCIETY
Platform VIII BE Erected Along
the Lake Front and the
Contest VIII he Held
There.

Omaha is to have a ny and bait cast
ing contest at CORTLAND Beach In the
near future. II will be held under the
auspices Of the Omaha Bait and Fly Cast
ing club, an organization Of expert fish
ermen OF Omaha with a membership linn
tied to twenty-five. A platform will be
built along the water front at CORTLAND
Beach and the tournament held at that
point The officers Of the club are DR..
f. s. owen, president; Albert Bdholm,
vice president; II. d. Nicely. secretary and
treasurer; Joseph Sykes, captain. The
members OF the club are Or. F. s. owen,
J. Van Rensselaer,, A. J. Latey, DR.. c. w.
Hayes, Albert Edholm, John +. Dale, II. d.
Nicely, r. w. Breckenridge, J. s. skyeS
F. B. Adous, d. ]. Adams d. Williams,
DR.. J. II. Irvine o. II. wirth, Carl e.
Herring, H. c. Bronze, c. c. Wright and
A. l.. Mohler.
The events will include long distance
fly" distance and accuracy n.y." "accu-
racy and delcacy n.y." light tackle long
distance fly" obstacle fly" roll fly cast
ing" distance and accuracy bait cast
ing one-half ounce" "delicacy and &C
curacy bait casting one-quarter ounce"
"long distance bait casting one-haf ounce"
and 'delicacy bait. long distance one-quar-
ter ounce" The competitors may choose
their own reels, lines and rods, but must
conform to certain rules in handling these.
All casting must be single-handed.
One of the Ancient Sports.
Fly casting is an art OF time-honored
antiquity and has been a source OF delight
to anglers from the ancient to the present.
Volumes have been written concerning the
points and requirements. Poets have sung
the praises and heart songs of the anglers
in almost all civilized tongues,
A quarter OF a century ago fly casting
found q young and hearty brother at its
side and since that time that brother has
thriven so that now, in the twentieth CEN
fury, two kindred arts, widely different
in the manner of manipulation and charac-
ter OF tackle, are practiced and bait cast
ing has taken its position in the scientific
angling world.
The advance In the beautiful art of scien-
tific fishing is promoted immensely by tour
naments OF casting clubs which, while they
have continued to develop and teach fly
casting, have brought out rapidly the finer
and higher points in bait casting until It
now stands on a par with the older sport.
The fret international tournament was held
at the Worlds Fair at Chicago in 1893.
Besides teaching skill in the handling Of
the rod and reel, the club has a higher
purpose in assisting in guarding against the
evils Of professionalism that come up and
to assist in the propagation and protection
Of game fishes and to influence legislation
to that end. The club aims to promote an
appreciation of true amateur sportsman
ship among anglers and TO lend moral sup
port to all moves toward true sportsman
ship In all sports and to promote social
conditions incident to the sport of angling.
Some Targets Used.
In the tournament a target is used which
Is placed from IS to 100 feet from the plat
| form, according to the event The aim Of
the caster is, of course, TO come as near
to the center of the target as possible
There is no officially described target and
one satisfactory in every respect has not
| been invented. At Kalamazoo at a tourna-
ment held there the target had a six-inch
wooden bulls-eye and iron rings buoyed
up by pneumatic arrangement The first
ring circling the bulrs-eye had a diameter
| OF thirty inches. Any shot within this
ring Is perfect The second ring, twelve
| inches from the first, had a diameter OF
four feet eight inches and within that
space one point is figured of. The third
ring had a diameter Of six feet six inches,
and inside this ring two points are figured
| OF, The fourth or outside ring has diam
eter OF eight feet six inches, and within this
ring three points are figured on. The total
number Of points of, divided by the num-
Der Of casts and this sum deducted from
100 (perfect) gives the average per cent or
score Of the contestant.
Fishermen Seize Chances.
| With the open season on for fishing at
Cutoff lake hundreds OF Omaha fishermen
| are taking advantage of the splendid op-
portunlties offered and have been well re-
warded for their labors. Last week one
fisherman caught twelve fine specimen OF
black bass, the largest weighing four and
! one-half pounds. What better fishing could
one want than that? 1t was not Olson,
either-Oson, the man who knows where
tho FISH go for their breakfast, lunch and
dinner. II was merely a fisherman from
the busy life OF Omaha, taking a little
recreation and pleasure.
The return OF the cold weather and snow
has kept many away from the lake, but
the prospects OF the really warm weather
have driven thousands to thoughts OF boat
ing and fishing and members are hustling
around TO pay their dues to the Rod and
Gun club lest they be dropped from the