The evening world., 1914-08-15
SPORT IN FISHING 2
EVEN IF LESS FISH:
SHALL Be CAUGHT
New York Anglers Using the
Lightest of Tackles with
Success.

The slogan of more sport and less
f,sh" has travelled from the Pnci6c
coast waters around the Gulf OF Mes-
leo and now has reached the Atlantis
shores. .r'
incidentally 1t might be remarked
that the East has gone the West and
the Gulf one better for jamaica Bay.
which IL nshed by thousands Of New
York anglers. harbors q club that
fishes entirely for game nsh on TING
iightest OF tackle. ~
The game fish include the erratlc
weakfsh, the fighting bluefish, that
red warrior of the deep. the channel
bass. the clipper little herring. .tte
torpedo-like bonito, the slashing
striped bass and the delicate king.
fish.
In order to win membership in this
club 1t is necessary to catch on a light
rod one OF these species using No. -
cotton thread to bring the fish to tie
landing net.
Already the membership of the Cot.
ton Thread Fishing Club Of America
Is close to $50.
The largest fish caught 10 Ear
weighed pounds and Il ounces and
was taken with light rod and No. "a
cotton thread in the hands Of janet
L. Jordan. Mr.. Jordan has also 10
his credit a weakfish OF 3 pounds IL
| ounces and third weakfish OF 8
| pounds 2 ounces.
Here is the way Mr.. Meister tells
OF the sport OF angling with cotton
| thread:
Have light five-foot rod with a
! flexible tip: the lighter the rod the
better the chances OF landing your
flsh and the greater the sport.
wind a spool Of ordinary 24-thread
! spool cotton g cents a spooD on a
small reel provided with light drag
and click.
! Attach n small hook with a short
single strand leader to a loop at the
/ end OF tho thread. Weight it with a
! tiny piece OF sheet lead bent over the
thread about Il foot from the hook.
Then bait the hook with a single
shrimp. a bloodworm or a piece OF
| shedder crab. Cast the hook into the
water and slowly feed of about
81 fee: OF limo sometimes so to Zoe
feeD, and by gently drawing YOU.
hook forward with n sidelong motion
! Of Your rod at right angles. you keep
tho bait IN natural motion"
Tho catching OF game fish on cot
, ton thread has spread to several other
places along the Atlantic coast which
New York men have visited. Not
long ago Mr.. Cleary and Mr.. Meister.
fishing IN water from 10 to 90 feet
deep. rsiug trout rods and cotton
thread tackle in tho Atlantic Ocean.
| six miles east OF Parmeous Island, Off
tho coast OF Virginia. took mullet and
weakfish Weighing from two to three
pounda each.
Like the weakfish, the white mullet
or "croaker" (the local name) Is q
game, fierce, resisting muscular FISH.
yet with trout rods Weighing 5m
ounces and rangely sinkers heavy
enough to carry the sheddcr crab bnlt
to the bottom. these men had no trout
bile in landing several dozen fsh dui-
Ing the days sport.
Practically each Ash would race
away with yards OF the tender white
thread and the rods would bend al
most double, yet so eApeitl was ench
ono handled that very few 1sh were
lost, and tho weakfish and kingfish
landed practically were lifted In an
exhausted state out OF the water.
To take Ash with this kind Of tackle
requires that the rod should be abso-
lutely resilient and the merest pres
drag or tho ''click' only. Says Mr.
Meister: when a flsh STRIKES he 10
allowed TO have full line. but not a
slack line He Is then played until ne
browns himself or wears utterly out.
Pressure upon the limo at the moment
the Ash strikes will cause the line to
snap instantly"
Probably the highest tackle ever
used TO land a wea!,nsh was that used
enc day by Mr.. Jordan as an expert
,nent. He tried No. 200 cotton thread,
which In much finer and mucAu 1>oB6
delicate than No. - cotton thread,
, and on this cotton thread line he
brought TO the boat a weakfish Of IN
! pounds and another OF ~ pounds.