The sun., 1918-07-11

Barnegat Bay haracterizes the present
season Bags Of from twelve to twenty
Sas,, are are common daily. Such regulars a:
state Game and Fish Commissioner Ernest
Napier of East Orange are daily trolling
bioodworms for the striped beauties.
The continued cold weather has made
the striped bass take the worm baited
hook lively. In absence OF his usual favorite
foods Many large parties in autos come
mere daily to enjoy the sport. The rows
OF garages at Enos is unable to hold the
machines and the overflow covers the
lawn and the green in front of the town
When a tide runner weaknsh or bluehsh
grabs the bloodworm bait, the anglers are
not particularly pleased, The bass is the
war hero Of the public. Even the pastlme
OF 'piking' in the fresh water section of
the estuary has few devotees this season.
except for the small boy. whose mamma
won't let him go out on the bay.
The backward season seems to affect the
bloodworm and he Is not found to any ex-
tent on the sand bars which usually yield
him In numbers. In consequence anglers
send to the big cities for such bait, even as
far AWAY as Baltimore, One man. after
digging UP most of Sea Dog Shoals for one
whole period of low tide. got only eight
We'll" said he. this Is the nr.t sum-
Iner ever known when worms were scarcer
than bass
Desirable Fishing Spots on Delaware.
Brother of the angle Thwaites asks in
eo-uhg ana Sun Tor Information re-
specting desirable nshing spots on the Del
aware between Calicoon and Port Jervis
where wading Is practicable and a stop
ping place may be had within convenient
reach. The answer to both inquiries is:
Most anywhere on the expanse OF river
mentioned as well as virtually throughout
the whole course of the upper Delaware.
Naturally there will enter an element
OF chance Into the grub and shelter one
runs across; they may turn out to be good
and again they may be the sowing for fu-
m al ma nf In n.
ermans luck and one can but hope for
the best. and II II comes TO the worst be
like Ted savage-ignore ones tormentors.
The brothers mention of the word
"wading' implies that he may contemplate
using the ny. and that possibility strikes
responsive chord here and impels me to
proher a word or two of advice based upon
a good part Of n lifetime's employment of
the feathered lure in the riffs OF the Della
ware. whereby has resulted an experience
making me bold to assert that this cher
ished old water course Is a good enough
angling neid for any bass fly caster.
Wading in Live Water.
Tve run a canoe many times down
practically all of the best of IL and pitched
camp at the heads OF the numerous eddIes
lying handy to the morn ing and evening
feeding haunts of the bass, where the
greatest execution Is to be looked for in
hy work
wading has been done. chieny from near
shore or on rifthead. though again COW
eted bottoms otherwise inaccessible have
often taken me into mldstream channels
to the armpits, where a taut painter and
one hand on the gunwale forward have
afforded a working foothold
Yes. Brother Thwaites has the correct
i'd ca Of manpuvring in live water-wad-
ings the thing.
Favorite Riffs.
or the many fine ny angling localities
along the upper Delaware. and I do be-
lieve know EN- all. my two favor!tes Ar.
~ la
extending the width Of the river and max
ing Into the head of Long Eddy. and In
the second instance the deeper biz OF roush
water adjacent TO Kellsm siding. which
may be attained from the Pennsylvania
bank. To see these stretches OF the Dela
OF wee angling Eden.
While the two Aforementioned riffs are
from Caiicoon down which Mr. Thwaites
has In mind Is all right for a considerable
way. Below Tusten. however. II Is mar!
fshed. Hence ones efforts might better
be expended higher up. where returns arr
A shor. distance up from Ca,!coon during
the usual summer stage the Delaware
splits irSo two arms. permitting tordins
generally thereabout, and forms an islanG
the water in this neighborhood may ther
be waded and excellent fly reaches are
! easily covered.
tall the various riffs and heads OF pool
that elsewhere can be reached from shore
They occur here and there at frequent In
tervals during ones Jaunts. The railroad
| on the eAst shore-the Erie, much abused
but sim going strong, bless her.-more
| Of towns within an hours travel OF tn
| anglers headquarters
Thus a day can be put In about Hancoci
| or OF any point from there down to Cali
opposite direction
Narrvwsburg Popular Centre.
Narrowsburg is popular centre wit
New York anglers. Up stream as FAR
| Cochecton Falls-further on, too. II on
| chooses-are abod.s of the bass accessible
! from bank or island, the latter frequentl
| approached only by deep wnding. thong
easy fords are occasionally met imme
diately below NRrrowsburg the rift tina
| breaks into Hop Eddy has given me man
| an hours sport with the fly. Near by tn
rapid water at Black Jim's, the besinnin
| OF Won Gelders and the well known Rock
| RIFT will furnish the most ambitious wris
| with its full measure of exercise.
In any and all of the places name
| TO thu ny. Furthermore the angler VIII
| will devote his whole time to fly angln
will not only have the greatest pleasur
from his occupation but Will secure NOR
bass than the user of any other method,
| This asseverstion may vigorously b
| questioned by opposing schools. but 1t hap
| Thwaites, and may much good fortune at
| tend your endeavors-providng you site
oh, by the way. II you would care I
take home with you as souvenir Of tn
| trip a nice rattlesnake skin or two, kee
| your eye peeled as you detour on tn
| river side here and there. And watch ou
| while busted about Black Jim's and yo
! will be able TO pick up some copperhead
1 to top or with. A little club of 'er
hangs out on tho New York side close b,
| only II might be we'll when stalking thes
| roushnecks to bear in mind that the
| aren't given to Dragging like the RATHER
| of what hard guys they are,
| New York. July 6. TAMARACk,
Hooked and Lost Fish on Cotton Thread
| C. Skiff knows the weakfsh and evi
| IDENTIFY respects its good hghting qualitiei
I will ask MIN these questions:
| How often have you caught or HOY
| often have you seen others catch weakfs
| hooked merely through the most delicat
| part OF the lip3
"How often have you or any one 20
have so observed congratulated yourself o
| himself on his fishing ability in savin
this nsh7
so hooked whose skin did not hold agains
MGR SKIN and his n!onds and co.to
threaders before using thread as well hAv
ali caught weakhsh. striped bass or othe
1sh capable of being so hooked In TIL
way. Only by playing all wesknsh yer
lightly and other fsh comparatively light
can a ash so hooked be landed on stand
ard linen lines.
AS practical matter. from compars
lively long observation. ! have noted tha
il is the exception not the rule that ar
glers with linen line for weakfsh an
striped bass ak and nine thread In sis
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