The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1919-07-25
FLY FISHERMEN
START CONTEST
HANDSOME PRIZES ARE Of
FERED FOR THE LARGEST
BASS CAUGHT ON FLY ROD
IN LEE COUNTY.

Ordinarily fishing contest means
combat between or among gwen
number of men who regard Anna
Mas as saint and who patronize
his doubtful virtues as religiously as
if they fere aspiring to a state or
perfection in the matter of veracIty-
Marianna is not without her angi-
ing liars. but recently there has been
organized body of men sworn to
tell the truth. OF course, it is ex-
pected minor offenses will be COM
mitted 1t is not entirely in accord
with the laws of nature that all men
should be truthful in all things. For
instance one member of the fly fish
ing club has already been placed on
probation pending an investigation
into the merits of a story he told
on Saturday of last week when he
averred that while fishing in Larkin
lake bass weighing nearly two and
half pounds lifted himself by his
bootstraps and hoisted his scaly
anatomy into the boat in which tins
angler was exerting his activities.
Nobody believes the fish in nearby
lakes are that Vicious, yet the apostle
of Walton swears that while he was
making casts in the lower end OF
the lake several bass attempted to
run by the boat, and the small boy
who was doing the padding struck
at one of the fish with the oar. The
bass was 50 surprised by the attack
that he leaped into the air and
landed safely in the boat. AT any
rate the specimen was broght to
town and weighed and he showed no
signs of hook mark.
But to get back to the subject.
The Fly Fishing Club is composed
of thirty-four men who use only
a fly rod. Each has contributed
one dollar toward a fund for the
first prize that will be awarded TO
the member who catches the largest
bass in Lee county waters between
June 23 and October 81. The rod
must weigh not more than seven
ounces, and the bass must be
brought to Mariana and weighed
at Daggett's drug store and an affi-
davit must be made that the fish
was caught on fly rod.
The first prize is thirty dollars
worth of fishing tackle.
The second prize is twenty dollars
worth of fishing tackle, awarded by
M. D. Daggett.
The third, fourth and fifth prizes
are tackle awarded by the Bucking-
ham, Carrigan, Ensley Co., of Men,
phis, the South Bend Bat Co.,
of South Bend, Ind, and the Hilder-
brandt Company, manufacturers OF
the famous Hilderbrandt trolls and
flies.
The bass so far registered are as
follows:
H. M. Jackson, three pounds,
three ounces.
D. S. Plummer, three pounds,
ten and one half ounces.
J. w. Mitchell, three pounds, three
and half ounces.
1t is expected it will take at least
FIVE pound bass to win the prize.
The members of the club are as
follows:
ID. p. Hilton, r. T. Durrum. d. S.
Plummer, Chas Mckee, w. H. Ton
ey, Arthur Cotter, o. P. Pate, Eliza
Clifford, j. H. Payne, C. f. Dag
gett, Rex Pollock. E. d. Beck, j. B.
Daggett, ]. w. Mitchell, Mrs. D. S.
Plummer, H. B. Johnston, w. B.
Mann, Sr., r. l.. Nixon, C. C.
Mitchener, F. R. Dupuy, H. M. Hite,
j. C. Spence, M. d. Miller, H. M.
Jackson, NJ. d. Daggett, r. d.
Smith, Claude J. Cotter, A. s. Am
norman, DR.. w. A. Thornton, r. H.
Lindsey, J. o. Payne, R. D. Jarratt,
DR.. A. Fl. Cohen, Henry James.