The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-05
Common Fishes Carney.

Common Fishes Gomey.
To the average man the yellow perch.
the sunfish the crappie. the rock bass,
&c, are but piaythings for the boys
linen line.
About the time a person has caught
large yellow perch of two pounds at
a creek mouth on a small nudge fly or
a pumpkin seed sunflsh on a dry fly
he suddenly establishes new and pro-
found friendship with the so-called COM
mon brood.
The fact that they are gamey and
take the ny quite readily place them
very high indeed in our estimation.
Walton, let us bid to remember, made
angling more than immortal by writing
of fishing for carp and chubs. Had
he caught a large. yellow perch on a
light tackle outfit and a small artificial
ny he would have gone into ecstacies
OF delight las we may suspect
Praise From Anglers.
Fred Mather wrote enthusiastically
many years ago about the yellow perch
1t was, in his eyes, a fish fit for the high
est. He knew how readily the perch
took the fly. He set down in his opin-
ion in black upon white that In a COM
paratively few years the yellow perch
would take its place beside the trouts
and the CHAIRS in Importance.
James Henshall too has written or
fly fishing for the yellow perch, finding
It so abundant with fun and so chock
fun of interest that he has made II a
special subject for attention. He says!
ut (the perch) Is handsome fish. well
proportioned and of handsome dispo-
sition. E. While the coloratioH
varies somewhat in different situations
1t is always brilliant. rendering 1t one
of the moSt beautiful fishes among the
fresh water species"
John Harrington Keene wrote In let
ter that he once left a stream full OF
trout purposely to spend a day on a
small brook fly fishing for half pound
perch. Taken all in all the yellow perch
has received the greatest of praise from
our leading angling writers.
The waters of New York, and par
ticularly of northern New York, are es-
pec!ally fitted for the yellow perch The
perch In York State reach the maximum
in weight, length and gaminess. lr
New York waters the yellow perch at
tains to three pounds In weight, and In
the clear. cold waters they are taker
from they fight so well that they are
second only to the trout and CHAIR as a
subject for the fly fisherman.
Answers to Fly Now.
AS summer wears herself away IT
hot days and fiutter OF goldenrod along
the roadsides the perch and the com
mon fishes again begin p stir them
selves. moving inshore, to feast agar
and like the pixies. TO take on weight
At this time (and on into September
and October) the yellow perch answers
we'll to the invitation of your fly. Som'
early morning try the shady side OF thu
lake. just along the edge of the weet
beds or along the pads or besides tn
distractions. The perch will be surface
feeding.
Preferably the tackle should be ligh
say a three ounce rod and the fines
leader. Regulation flies tied to No. IL
but especially Nos. IA and 16 hooks
(the midges) are what the perch arr
looking for.
In the late August evenings and IL
September when the sunfshes and tn
perch feed SO actively along the shores
and around the brook mouths us
the No. IL hook and get all l want.
You use two flies to the leader ant
while most any sort of fly will do II 4
best to use those of dull celebration
say the grays and the browns, especial!
the brown hackle.
o. Warren Smith, one of the LEADING
present day writer's on angling, tells o
getting two large yellow perch at on
cast using a three ounce rod. There
! fore his hint may be taken at its full
woSth: "The wise angler will carry
landing net II fishing water inhabite'
by large perch"
I always find the net useful both 4
! fishing for the perch and the sunfishes
&C. Where trees overhang the lake Their
cast your files in the early morning.
| The insects are falling from the tree
TO water and the perch are active to &c
these. Nature produces a number q
insects during the month OF September
The perch and sunfshes know this an
are in to make the best of It.
Wade Cautiously Cast Up.
Wade easily. cautiously. up the waite
along the lake shore and cast up. I.c
the flies sink some six inches and the
play them along with slight twitches o
! the wrist, to give them animation. 70
will not fail TO catch their attention
you play the flies with a zlg-zag motto
In the water, which, strangely. prove
\ very lifalike