The sun., 1919-09-04
ROD AND GUN NEWS
weaknsh Sticks with Hook in Outlet.

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Wealshsh Sticks with Hook in Outlet.
=, Messrs. Bret. Kahn, Mayer and Oppy of
the Happy oppy Fishing Club with Capt
an Wns,ey or Freeport, L. J.. angling the other
Ing up to pounds.
Kahn lost the first fish that he hooked.
part Of the leader. Later in Cleaning the
catch Capt Whaley found In one OF Kahn's
I'm she nook and leader that Kahn lost.
The hook was far down in the. gullet. =
Commuter DisentangIes Line on Train.
An angler who had a desire to follow
again boyhood practice of fishing the
hamapo River went up there last year.
tne hrst time he had fshed in thirty-hve
years; He lost part of his fishing through
the line becoming entagled on the reel. q
strangely enough. the other day. Just a
year later the same thing happened. and
70 save time he put the reel In his pocket
ERIE commuters from suffern saw this
angler yesterday take the reel out of his
psocket and devote half an hour to taking
the Knots and kinks out of the line.
To-day when he goes fishing the suffern
S, 20. hopes not to repeat the entang-
t ing PERFORMANCES but to land some Of
the river holes and that the frst touch of
frost will put pep into.
Robert H. Corsen and Striped Bass.
Harry Leiss of 124 Ridgewood avenue,
Newark. after five years trying has caught
M
rhis should bring some comfort to Robert
n. Corson; another Jerseyite, who, un-
years and never has caught a striped bass
II might interest Mr.. Corson to know that
Mt Leiss got his striped bass at Point
Wouldn't the Hon. Rob like to have his
photograph, along with the otheS noted
ss ersy fishermen, in the store Oh John
NEW YORK.
New York. September 8.
Height Eject of Man and Big Stick.
In relation. to the increase of a nine
FOOT rod l wish to add to my ideas con-
veyed In previous scientific article to
your column that the height of a man
mas a material effect upon the cast.
six foot and that of his rod twelve feet,
and the line which extends beyond his rod
teen eet,~of leverage. which il the caster
he mSst 70 ss gss to his greatest sdyant9gs
practically sixteen feet.
N o TIM This Tronns an han1s when the lead
seventy desrees his en nrm h bslnx OF ., sGIp
above his hips TO cast this lead from
the distance behind him he must ascend
he is able to elevate his lead in the dlrec-
tion of forty-five degrees. He therefore
loses hftsen degrees Of his arc or one
lead in an even degree to his initial arc.
1t follows. therefore, that the maximum
Of his endeavor must be directed to coun-
elevation of his rod must increase his
speed to one-third more or his power to
ured In part of a horsepower must first
be brought down to the amount of air
resistance SIS which longer stick encounter
| shall endeavor to enlighten your readers
to what extent air resistance plays its
part. However. the lateral spring curva-
ture of the longer stick when the greater
pressure Is applied will overbaiance this
to what extent | am not able this moment
to say. without having the cubic inches
and sixteen pounds pressure to the inch
fully predetermined in my calculations.
New YORK, sept. 3. GRAPE JUICE.
Flight of the Wood Duck.
The American Game Protective Associa-
ton OF 233 Broadway has received several
complaints from sportsmen that they fear
they may innocently violate the game laws
by shooting wood ducks through msts.xe.
They advance the argument that should
q wood duck decoy with flock of mall
lards IT would be impossible to keep from
killing him II he happened TO be the easiest
bird after the flrst shot.
The association put the question to an
old. experienced gunner, who made the
following reply: The beginner or the
gunner in a section where the wood duck
"ldtimsr nsyer may can p tei Wool op' dn 5r
Just about as far as can see him He
mas a rolling flight. entirely unlike. the
hight of any other duck. He has long,
square tail that gives him different out
line and appearance, and in all my expe-
rience ] never have seen one fiocking with
other ducks except hooded mergsnsers
and teal, and this only on rare occasions"
The Briggs Mystery.
Your correspondent. Chris Dene, in a
recent letter reproVes me for doubling
that DR.. Briggs caught the bag o. fish
that he was seen toting from Pearsalfs
fish store at Wreck Lead some time ago.
He also said " l had followed that
bundle of flsh would have found that
it's ultimate purpose was for the de!ecta-
ton Of a symposium of leading lights in
the intellectual world at some place in
New York.
Well. it happened on the fateful day
that | discovered the doctor in this ne
farious business that he and l travelled
together in the same seat all the way
from Wreck Lead to Brooklyn, the doctor
having his feet up the opposite sea I
with his ancient felt hat hanging grace
fully from the toe of shoe while one
arm was around the writer as we dis
cussed subject or another-that is
after we had called a truce for the day
ON the matter % obtaining fish in an
Illicit manner.
Now there may be some who knowing
the good doctors ability to discuss any
and all subjects and knowing perhaps the
writer's heathenish way of drawing people
out for the sake Of the gaiety of nations
and incidentally to furnish copy for THE
sun. may wonder what talked about.
Well, boys. we discussed many subjects
and they ranged all the way from Henry
Ward Beecher to Fanny Herring and In