The sun., 1918-08-11
THE SUN speaking"

at the Raunt VIII THE SUN come down
on the IL train from F7atbush avenue
tomorrow morning and try cotton thread
hshing fot weakfsh?''
Most assuredly: IL rs train to-mor-
row morning from Flatbush avenue"
"Righto.'
And so a Sun man arrived at the little
village that Is built on the sedse bank
on either side Of the Rockaway trestle
work and August Roth, pioneer angler
| to use cotton thread for weakfsh. waved
a greeting Crossing the wooden super
structure above the railway tracks, 1t
was noticed that shower had fallen
which New York and Brooklyn escaped.
There are no sidewalks at the Raunt {:
propped IN wooden bridges. with rail-
ings to keep one from falling Into
| the hay waters, .end l"' I. -
Raunt. which Is possibly half mile
long and two hundred feet wide. Lead
ing from the wooden bridges are by
ways and pathways all on stilts and
near the end OF the village is the head
quarters of the Cotton Thread Fishing
Club OF America. Inc, IL you please.
from which tho gospel Of cotton thread
is preached.
The membership list has now reached
close TO one hundred. there being many
converts not associated with the club.
but following its preceptsT Of using
| Clarks O. n T. cotton thread as their
standard line.
or all the converts from the linen
I to the cotton thread line who have quail
flied for membership by taking game
! fish on cotton thread. there are two
har slders and James L. Jordan. father
Of the idea and organizer Of the club.
would give their names. hut he doesn't
want them. TO feel badly when they
come back into the fold after their
wanderings are over.
| Hello, SUM-" says Jimmie Jordan.
glad you're here. Take OFF your clothes
and put on these. We're going TO have
shower, but the fish will bite in the
rain. I'm going to get you weakish on
/ this tide"
| Yes, clothes do make a difference. but
when you're in Jimmie's toys you look
like a regular suE as DR.. J. w Droogan
would say.
Light Rod the secret.
Jimmie previously has been out
shrimping. catching the shrimp bait that
lures the weakfish most successfully In
Jamaica Bay.
Before you get into the boat I want
you to try to break cotton thread"
says the original cotton threader. Jim
! nile selects a rod from a dozen or more.
The rods are like whips and seemingly
weigh 3ll. or ~ ounces No rod
appears to weigh more than five ounces.
! You comment on the weight.
Yes" says Jimmie, that's ono Of the
secrets of cotton threading. You need
a light rod The light rod gives resil-
lency See how It bends
And Jimmie bends the rod until II
almost meets
Now take hold of this line and Jerk
II Just as a fsh would as hold the rod"
The reporter terked gently. not wish
4 ing to do damage to the cotton thread
outfit all prepared for fishing. Jimmie
held the rod.
| Jerk harder" he commanded
The reporter jerked harder. He stood
about twelve feet away from Jimmie
The cotton thread line did not break.
| Harder :" cried Jimmie.
%, The reporter put his utmost strength
into a Jerk. The line held.
! Lets go aboard" said Jimmie
The Troller. which was built for this
! sort OF fishing. Is sixteen feet in length,
| rounded at both the bow and stern. and
! being fiat and merely slightly raised
| above the water one can fish conven-
| iently from a camp chair.
The rescue ship Troller Is the boat
that when the Edith ran aground last
year, the day the Cotton Thread Club
decided TO try deep sea fishing. took of
| sixteen men. and yet she is OF such small
/ depth In the water she glides gracefully
| through channels hardly as wide as the
boat and containing not more than n
/ foot OF water.
| There Is an engine built in the centre
| of the boat. uncovered. exposed to all
| the elements. but maybe II ia like
Jimmie's fish knife, non-rustable. At
any rate the engine goes even with the
| rain pouring upon It's trouble breeding
parts.
The Troller IL pushed of. the pioneer
| cotton thread angler arranges TIVE camp
chairs and Jimmie putters round the
| engine and the pioneer takes the tiller
Jimmie thereafter pays no more atten-
ton to the engine of the Troller until
| he is ready to stop.
BEGINNING of Thread Idea.
! what mostly Influenced you 70 fish
with cotton thread" asks the reporter.
| "Wen." says Jimmie. II was out fish
| ing one day with S. l.. Schroeder. He
was angling with a Bristol steel rod and
nine thread lire and he got SIX
! pound striped bass. was impatient to
land the fish. Five times I leaned over
| " 'a'u tue HsH ll1dlIN MT, schroeder
says. Jimmie. don't he 80 impatient ::
there's no fun after the FISH is in the
| BOAT"
| THAT set me TO thinking, after all
there is no pleasure in hurrying a fish
| to the boat The old fashioned idea
was hurry up or you will lose him.
N think then l became converted TO
Tight tackle, talked light tackle to
my daddy and my uncle.
MY uncle was n shrewd man. Once
he said TO me. Jimmie. II you want TO
| be successful you must do something diff
/ ferent from the other fellow. No matter
what business or line you're in do it
differently
"All these things helped to terminate
the idea. one day said TO my dad.
/ Pop, I'm going to take you to Val
entine's Point to-day and l am going
to feed cut shrimp and let you fish alone
during the flood; but the moment the
slack begins / want you to quit and lie,
ma fish alone
D YOU'RE on said dad
| Dad got eleven weakfish then 1t came
my turn. | told him to chum and then
put out my cotton thread line outfit.
He smiled, then he chuckled But soon
| | got strike. How gingerly | handled
that FISH! | don't know how long |
was doing II, but l had the time of
my life. There is no fun in hurrying
fish into the boat. I had landed the
first weakf1sh on cotton thread / was
satisfied. The fish weighed about q
pound and half.
| Controversy Got Jimmie's Cont.
| "It was the summer NJ 1q1O uban 7