The sun., 1916-11-30
CHARLES II. WELLS. seo,-rress.
Nov. 20.

FtoNaTu -. ITatt-l ne ulUue was . suC~
cess spelled with . capital $.
King Cole-There is no doubt about II.
the dinner was a grand success Accept
THE sun is doing through The Rod and
Gun column, This column will have tho
cooperation OF nay friends. AS well as every
assisting In keeping 1t up to the high
standard.
pleasant weeks OF bird shooting In New
England yesterday evening l only received
the notice OF the contribs' dinner this
meTnins, after having read Of 1t in
exceedingly my inability to be among those
present, as II would he a pleasure TO meet
all the raconteurs who delight the angling
and shooting. enthusiasts with some Of
their vivid tales from time to time.
tn Judge-fonr party surely was a
shsmselves 10 the limit. everything Vas
All that could be desired. but the gem Of
he evening was The address OF Mr.:
which l enjoyed more. 1t was like read
ing u page from Macsdiey or Emerson
with the added charm of the speakers
force. His clarity OF thought. elegance
OF diction and selection not only of choice
but Of graphic words gave every one =
Incidents described, So much so In fact
that Hy Julius IMAGINED that he had a
friend who saw the same man sitt'ns
Well we all know that Hy 10 Q believer
In and exponent OF lies libre' In the
propagation OF prophecy,
That We want an encore next year ana
every year, until all the old contribs are
succeeded by new ones. Is the unanimous
verdict OF the jury and also the opinion Of
7. FAT the meeting of the Committee
Of one Hundred Of the United Anglers
spent half his time trying to get the
members to discuss the business of the
annual reception to be held on January =
49, hA hnA A~A
Gun contribs' dinner held the night before.
j. IL, putcher-THE SUN ought to re-
print Mr., Mitchell's address and send It to
every diner AS Il souvenir OF a most In
teresting occasion.
Four Channel Bass In Two H0urs.
wc arrived here Monday evening about
$3.50 and found real summer weather. That
night tho four windows In our rooms on
indian River. about IS feet from it's bank,
were wide open and a sheet was the only
sSverims' AS rs, lay m m ihe onedd ana hesr S
sporting in the river the thoughts OF a
days fishing In the surf SO occupied my
mind that II was u long time before sleep
caused me to dream Of tho big ones.
Tho telegram announcing our arrival
contained Instructions about bait. so after
tn the beach only to md the SURF 50 fun
of weeds that fishing was out OF question.
Tho wind had been n. l.. for about two
weeks and the surf was mountain high.
Wednesday It rained all day. with IA gale
from the northwest aud the temperature
dropped from rs to 90 degrees.
Thursday We had n northeast gale and
the temperature ranged from 81 TO %
degrees,
Friday and Saturday We had northerly
winds with "A temperature OF from so tn
rs degrees. while sunday and to-day we're
''FlorIda sunshine" OF the choicest brand,
with a temperature OF from so to SO de-
grees, and the wind backed up in the
west and slowed down to merely a zephyr
with the result that the weeds disa p
pcarsd and the surf died down, and twenty
minutes after made my first cast on
sunday morning n channel bass OF "a
pounds was on tho beach at my feet.
This WAS followed nv three runs Of from,
one TO ten minutes, but beached another
Of 2O. pounds and called It u day about
II o'clock.
This morning 7 made my first cast about
o:l5 and by II o'clock I had beached -four,
10. ieis. 2oh. :i.. and lost one, which l
played for ten minutes. Made a photo
graph OF this two hours catch OF -four
channel bass and three small blues AM
II pictures turn out win send you one.
This settlement consists Of one hotel. no,
| open ns yet. ~ rooms; villa Marine: two
boarding houses. twelve bungalows and
cottages, and the total population to-nigh,
~ 81, but more Of the colony are on their
way, So houses viii soon be opened up, ana
the population by January may reach 30
Tuesday, November 81, another bcau,i.
fui day. temperature from 60 to 8: dc