Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-25

roo ana reel. a long CaIle poio u AA
teen feet or SO is used in the fishing,
equipped with q gear box of huge d.
mansions, a windlass in masquerade,
dignified by the name of a reel. The
Redondo natives idea of landing
yellowtail Is to break his neck at the
strike or as soon thereafter as possible.
Other lines always are abundant, inc
best method of gathering them all into
a common knot ever devised is to hold
a lusty, plunging yellowtail at the end
of q 100-foot tether and encourage MIN
to sweep about in the full glory or MS
early strength. II the fish doesn't get
every line around that side or the
wharf 1t is bad management on the
anglers part, for such evidently is the
object. Occasionally a fisherman makes
a mistake, gives yellowtail his head
and lets him run out to sea to wear out
his strength at the end of 400 feet OF
line and come In spent fish, easy mark
for the rope gait, but the Redondo
heavy tackle knights are sportsman
like in their inclinations, and getting
the fish on rod and reel generaily
seems no part of their philosophy
Ludicrous things happened yesterday
Out of six yellowtail hooked on rods at
one school that bolted past No. pier
head one line after another broke ana
away went the fish. One veteran angler
of well-hardened muscles lifted his "a
thread line In two so abruptly that ne
collapsed, capsized and rolled on his
perch on a pile like a woodpecker shot
out of a treetop Letting fish run
seems to go against the cane rodsters'
grain.
The Casting
After the noon performance on No. 2
wharf and dinner the casting tourna-
ment was declared in order, and sinker
shying began on the beach south of the
pavilion under as adverse conditions as
ever tried the skill of experts. Records
were decidedly low. The committee laid
off a straight course forty feet wide,
after the wider triangular course of
last year had proved more than most
of the anglers could locate. A f1tful
wind blew directly across, one minute
quite fresh, dying the next almost to a
calm, presenting a problem that would
have puzzled a crack target rif1eman,
and completely battling the expert ang-
lers who wear no wind gauges on their
reels. Cast after cast went outside, and
all such, although they missed the 40
foot course only an inch. were counted
as naught. Repeatedly 200 feet was
beaten In the single-handed 21a-ounce
class, which speaks volumes for the
improvement made by the anglers since
| last year. Owing to frequent misses OF
the course by few feet, averages were
pulled down to ridiculous figure.
Practically three-quarters of the casts
made would have counted In the TRAN
gular course thirty feet wide at point
| 100 feet from the caster and steadily
widening thereafter, and as the eastern
experts have found this limitation
| enough for accuracy in the distance
events, having made 1t official in the
National Association of Scientific Ang
| ling clubs contests, the Southern Cali
fornians might with profit do likewise.
In practical fishing such as beach cast
Ing, the extra twenty feet at sixty
| yards makes no difference whatever
A skiff was overturned and set up at
the casting point for mark, the course
| being staked out. F. r. Clayton super
intended the marking and A. M. Morse
clerked at the casting point.
| Shepman Baker won average in the
single handed 21a-ounce event by miss
| ing the course only once, his last throw,
the rest being away below his form and
less than what he can do another time
| Longest individual cast was made by
President Hedderly using a six-thread
line, distance PIT feet inches. This
completely d3sproved the contention
made by many that six-thread lines
would not start a 21a-ounce. sinker, the
| line not being broken once, or causing
| a single backlash in a dozen odd casts
| The narrowing details summarize as
| follows, the zero meaning either a
backlash or miss of the course, gen.
orally the latter:
Single-handed 21z-ounce - Sherman
| Baker, 1853. 122, 1S1, 1876, 0, average
129 1-5; E. Elliott, 0, 0, 0. 1872, 1913. aver
age SLY; e. E. Salzer, 193 0, 0, 1913, 1913,
average 114%; Roy Shaver 0, 1904, 0,
2O6, 2O2, average 111%; S. Warren, Q,
179, los, 0, 0, average 56%; w. G.
Stearns. 0. 0. 1873, 100, 0. average 24%;
W. F. Weber, 141, 0, 0, 81, 100, average
So 1-5; E. l.. Hedderly 0, 0, 1855, 1873.
1872, average 108%. Re-entry: Salzer,
PIG. 0, 2O3, 0, 216 average 1877; E. L. He'd
derby, 0, 0, 2O4 0, I'll; Baker, 1913, 14S,
0, 0, 1872, average 107; s. Warren, 0, 0, 0,
0, 107.
Two-handed free-for-all-J. B. Win
ston, 0, 0. 156, o. o; ]. N. Schott, 154, 0,
$780, 1853: E. V. Parker, III, 0, 0, 0. 1872; 0,
119, 1871, 0, 1873.