The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-22
ROD AND GUN NEWS
HIGH WATER FOR LOCAL ANGLERS OCTOBER 20 TO


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Notes Of Long Islands South Shore.
Goldfish Weighing about 81 pounds was
caught by Mr. Henne on the Rosabeil last
Founders are in the bay, good messes
being taken by Abe Wolff, Commodore Ur-
auhart Capt Joe Cans and Capt. JAKE
Suleder the latter also using his gun to
some purpose among the wild ducks. OF
which there are large focks now.
Commodore Ketchum of the Emma w.
reports good weakhshing and blucfshing
In Great South Bay and Fire Island Inlet.
Grabs are, running In the bay. but are
Ling have not yet appeared in large
numbers nun at buoy ?, but are due any time
Wreck Lead, Oct ri.
Founders Bite In Great South Bay.
Founders are now biting well in Great
south Bay. The writer. fishing with a
friend. John Ungeheuer, caught "a good
sehachters Shack at seaford, L. l. The
1ish ranged from \ to ~ pounds apiece.
a iounder rig Blood worm is the .t bait and nd
s sn pc brought along, as bait is scarce
22z Second av.. Long Island city, Oct 81.
Yellow Perch Carney on Fly.
The yellow perch has a notorious rep
utation for nlbbling off worms from
hooks. The little fellows do this. On
the n.y. Ivy you generally get the best ones.
We may believe from this that they have
advanced up from the BODYBUILDING stage
10 the more poetic state of picking flies
a Once you catch few perch on your
nIes you will light your pipe and aver
that II Is one of those things that you
never thought about before-but you will
in the future.
on And I'd. you get the large yellow perch
smith: "As handsome a.eT string of fish
as l ever saw taken on the artificial fly
was composed of yellow perch, thirteen
combined weight of wi ioh
fourteen pounds"
Personally 1 do not recall over having
worm than on the fly. Taken In cold water
.hey light every inch of the way and tus-
set,w wina shs hook giving an exhibition of
Inc little mites OF perch that fleece the
stu hsherman's hook may not be con-
poSpeer sa far The large perch "a two
thing. ROBERT PAGE I.fScoI.N
Wonders of National Parks
was interested in THE SUNS story Of
the Governments desire to popularize our
national parks The wonders of these
parks are worth visit from every Amer
lean ANU
=, sequoia and General Grant National
farks are usually considered together be-
cause they are separated only by six
miles OF mountain and forest and the two
are are practically the same national park.
created only for the proteetion Gsa
erai Grant tree, a monster sequoia 264 feet
IN uelght and thirty-fve feet in circum-
the sequoia National Park is onlv nine
rect less In height and six feet less in di-
John Muir regards the seouo,a q.
lures forest masterpiece. and so far as he
khows. 1t is the greatest OF living things,
N, s 81 sequ9ia was named for Gen. Sher-
man being discovered by James wolver-
ton, hunter and trapper on August 7
cde.s' VINO named the tree in honor Of
zen. sherman, under whom he had served
during the civil war other big tree. ara
named for three Presidents Abraham LIN
ington. "1 'eo'se "ash-
Practically all the streams in the ma
eiohai parks are wonderfully productive
M game nsh that living in an environ
ueht OF activity, possess for the anRler
Inc gameness that gives him the thrill
So s., eagerly ger desired Glacier National Park
deep. ,'0V' ieet
Crater Lake is a body of water of
extinct volcano and has fine trout fishing
r tetoW W. has more geysers than all the
v vast o w,t the world put together. 1t is
h moose, antelope, bear, mountain
sheep, and constitutes the greatest wild
Hot tn Sn ANIMAL preserve in the world.
possessing curative properties; YOSEMITE
Is Bon,N valley of world famed beauty; Mount
glacier; Mesa Verde has the most notahie
anu S pest preserved prehistoric cliff dwell
80, =" me United States. II not in the
world Glacier has $50 glacier fed lakes Of
romantic beauty. and Rocky Mountain in
Ihe heart of the Rockies has snowy range
tude. ''1'0 ieet IN alti-
;, TO be enjoyed the national parks must
tSroe sh an ana Il Is the aim Of Uncle Sam.
popularize the parks so that his nicces
ana physical stature e'o'
New York Oct. 81. nc
Genio Scott's Short Surf Rod
In reply to switch Reels" ouor,,
when the short surf rod was first nsed Nv
described ] would direct hts attention N
can nm Wa 1y Seni9 Scott. Fishing in Amer-
but; Judging from references in the text
ddntuehtiy several years earlier than that
on page sc, thus: Rod should be from
70 . feet inches in length, the two
ie emer J0ihts or ash and the upper one of
or brass" ee''' ihe'ei
., He further refers to bamboo, but calls
Know hs was srs mot quite There. But :. did
Gate In those days and at Montauk Point,
s as. G @sd. and stglS iiSst.sssa
The only sorrowfui difference is that
io Ss sn aa n9r water are as they we're in his
New York. October II. NoNA HENRY
The Beach Hog Surf Fishing,
The present generation OF surf asherman
90 not seem to know, even in the slightest
degree, the consideration due TO another
angler on the beach. They apparentiv
have picked up what little they Know on
the Coney Island or Rockaway piers A
bunch OF this kind discovered a famous
hshing beach couple of years ago and
there.
They are some birds all right II thew
gee you quarter OF a mile away and YOU
land a fish, or even act as II you had a
Strike one OF them will surely be at your
eIbow In less than five minutes and in
another ten minutes the whole bunch will
he fishing all around you.
you step back to place a catch in a
box, when you return to cast you will And
one Of them right in your footprints, II
surely is a wonder that this kind Of
fisherman does not ever wake up am
afraid, however, and a great many who
hshed down the Jersey beaches agree with
me that the only way to teach them
ordinary fishing decency Is TO start in
with n club.
II you want to SEQ the real and only
genuine beach hog come down to Barnn-
gat city about the middle OF next Septem-
Der and you cap view him in all his glory.
Barnegat city, Oct. 81. AGATE
Locked Antlers Tell OF Desperate Fight.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. Oct 81 @
Bruce recently discovered the locked ant
lers OF deer which he found on Suuaw
Creek, Shasta county. Mr.. Bruce saysi
THE evidence was clear There had