The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31
Dozen Good Bass Flies.

what are IL good bass fiiesY' asks
| S. IT. r.
Dixie Carroll replies try Royal Coach
man, Silver Doctor, Parmachene Belle.
Montreal, Gray Hackle, Brown Hackle,
Reuben Wood, Queen of Waters, Pro-
| fessor. Red ibis Emerson Hough and
Grizzly King. This selection will work
on most any waters with few additions
Reefs Position in Bait Casting.
What is the correct position Of the
reel in bait casting while making the
| cast?" writes X. c. NJ.
An angler who has had much ex-
experience replies as follows: "In US
ing tho bait casting reel Il should al
| ways be placed on top of the rod, with
the handle to the right, and should be
kept in this position when casting and
playing the fish, with one exception, and
that is as the stroke of the cast is
made and the line sings out through
the guides.
AT this time the rod should be held
50 that the reel stands on It's end. that
Is the side or end plates should be
parallel with the water when the cast
Is finished, the rod turned in toward
the caster in order to bring the reel
to this position.
"In this way the spindle or spool
ends rest in the bearings and the reel
spool spins correctly on the end pinions
and not on the side of the spool, which
would be the case IL the cast were made
with the reel spool perfectly parallel
with the water.
ut is surprising the additional cast
ing power one will secure with the
reel in the correct position"
Pools and Decisions.
Pools and their rules usually interest
bank fishermen. Some years ago Sam s.
Hall wrote for TUE SUN a set OF rules
| for pools that were pasted up in the
cabins of most fishing boats and gen.
orally abided by.
In a recent issue of THE SUN
81. H B." told of weighing prize fish
! on Saturday afternoon trip. 1t seems
that the two largest fish were Judged to
be of the same weight. ~. H. b."
wrote: 1.-THE pool contained $40, and 1t
was agreed to make the first prize 81
and the second prize S1.40.
LAS the captain decided that the two
heavy fish equalled in weight he likewise
decided that the first prize, 50, should be
equally divided among the contestants.
A and B, 1. e., 81 each.
AS there still remained $140 in the
| pool and as A and b received their just
share, said $40, the second prize, should
go to C, and when this man was advised
of his good luck, his joy knew no
bounds"
New Yorker in discussing this pool
decision and pools in general. writes to
THE SUN as follows: Regarding the two
fish tying for the first prize and the
| third sized fish taking the second prize
| let me say:
"C's fish does not beat AS, neither
does 1t beat BIS. How can the smaller
fish take the second prize, when the
second pools are for the second largest
| fish? I may be mistaken but I think
j. Fl. BIS Captain was wrong in thus
deciding.
ION The Judge last Sunday there were
two pools-a 25 cent pool amounting to
$3.50 for the largest fish and a 10 cent
pool amounting to $3.50, $3.50 and 81
for the second largest Ash.
"A fisherman named Frank and the
writer tied for first prize in both the
, 80 cent and &c cent pools -!tA .w'o 81
pound fiuke. The third largest fish was
fiuke of 21a pounds and the owner
wanted the 81 for the second prize Of
the 10 cent pool. cannot see how the
third largest fish is entitled to anything
as the pool was for. the second largest
fish.
: '"The Captain of The Judge was right
In my opinion In adding the first and
second prize together and dividing this
amount between the owners of the
second largest fish.
There is rule on all boats that one
man cannot weigh in two fish for the
! two prizes even though his second fish is
larger than any of the others but in The
Judges case are two men taking two
prizesT'