New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-05-05
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SUMMER SPORT SUGGESTIONS

SUMNER SPORT SUGGESTIONS
The number of gun and rod enthu-
siasts in New Ulm grows yearly and for
their benefit we reprint the following
hints from the Minneapolis Daily News:
For the past week the. writer has
been sneaking away from his work
up at the capital to 60 down town
in St. Paul and look at a window trim
of the Burkhart sporting goods store
which shows running stream inhabited
by dozen or fifteen live trout. The
display has been one to lure any fisher
man and the lineup around the plate
glass has been three deep at times.
While hanging around this display
the writer had the good fortune to
meet up with Charles Spaff, the
famous guide, fytier and tacklemaker
of Prescott, Wis. Incidentally he was
able to get few tips on what they
were taking over the state line from
IulS UcdIl VI cAptTCS.
The choice of the black gnat was
approved with the suggestion that
some tied on No. ii hooks be included
with the No. IL. The hare's ear and
willow flies also fitted in with his obser.
vations. Incidentally, Mr.. spaff had
some creations of his own which he
was ready to commend, namely, trout
flies which are replicas of his famous
bass spinners. He declared that he
had had the best success with dark
flies in this combination thus far
recommended some in which black
gray and brown were slightly relieved
by red and said that he believed he coulc
better some excellent catches already
made by painting the nickeled spinners
black. Trout he had opened, he de.
clared, seemed to have been feeding
largely upon black water bugs"
Trap Shooting Hints.
One of the essentials to be taker
into consideration by any one who
would become a good trap shooter il
the selection of the right gun one
that fits the shooter and has the proper
weight, drop, thickness and length
of stock, trigger pull, etc.
An expert might do excellently will
a gun unsuited to him because his
knowledge how to shoot would com.
pensate to a certain extent the ill6t Of
the gun. A beginner on the othel
hand, would be hopelessly handicapped
under the same conditions.
Generally speaking a IL gauge CUR
weighing somewhere between Z IL tc
Z ga pounds is just right for trap shoot
ing. Experience has shown that guns
of lighter weight are apt to give
too heavy a recoil. Whether the CUR
be single shot, a repeater or double
barrel gun, of course, is matter o.
personal taste, as is also the make Of
style of the gun, although this fact
must be borne in mind: Doubles can
not be shot with single barrel gun
The drop, thickness and length O.
the stock are features that from a per
sonal standpoint demand serious con
sideration: In trapshooting experience
has shown that the straight stock
one that has very little drop-is to be
preferred. As to the matter of thick.
ness, the main idea is to choose stock
that permits the shooter when he puts
the gun to his shoulder) to look com
fortably and straight down the rik
to the sight. If he cannot do this the
gun does not fit him properly and a
tendency to cross-shoot is very likely
The length Of the stock from the
trigger to the center of the butt de-
ponds upon the length of the shooters
arm; obviously long armed man must
have longer stock than the man with
a short arm.
Perhaps the simplest way to ascer-
tain as to whether the gun is of proper
length is to put the gun to your shoulder
with your finger on the trigger as if
about to shoot. Then with your finger
still on the trigger remove the gun from
your shoulder and let the butt lie in
the hollow of your arm. If no change
in the position of the trigger finger OF
the grip hand is required, it is safe
to assume that the stock fits your arm,
in SO far. as the detail of length is con-
cerned.
Now to come to the trigger pull.
This term applies to the amount of
weight in pounds avoirdupois which
is necessary to pull the trigger when
the gun is cooked and held in a per-
pendicular position. Due to the ele-
ment of individuality that enters here,
there can be no hard and fast rule
regarding the proper amount of pull.
This feature is governed by the shooters
own requirements. On the whole, how
ever, a trigger pull Of from to A ~