The sun., 1919-06-02
ROD AND GUN NEWS
WATER FOR LOCAL ANGLERS FROM JUNE TO JUNE
. nne regard for tho ethics Of sportmsn!

a fne regard for tho ethics of sportmsn-
ship. ,l
'Tamarack," anything that lie really loft.
Ter than the "concepts' OF Cleveland. Buy
perhaps my vision IL affected by sort OF
snow blindness contracted from the glitter
of your generalities and the glare Of your
While IL may be rather presumptuous to
give a brief mention OF things incidental to
the late beginning of my angling career
in the awful presence Of one who has
doors" stni it may relieve your over!
worked I'm a gination II CONFESS that o!o
not cast my irst ny for trout while held In
the arms OF my nurse. i
/ have a hazy recollection Of fishing in
plebeian Jamaica Bay at the rather me-
which no doubt stamped me right at ths
beginning as one who was not "A who'e-
hearted fly angler"
is Inscribed on the back of panel upon
which Is mounted hne specimen oI
pounds and measured twenty four inches;
The happy chance which made that hs1
mine did not occur until had reached thJ
That trou, was taken In Mollechunka1
munk Lake. Maine, not for from the famous
Upper Dam Pool, in waters that were oped
10 bait fishing cite the incident be|
cause 1t was keen disappointment to ms
that did not take the hsh on the ny. and
II was not considered a record 1sh at tins
Upper Dam House because IL was ceughy
on a troi--a gold spoon, single feathered
hook, with a DIT OF BhTueh as
enticenent I admit that It all appearsE
bit oonvs ntionai. but 1t is simply the reeoN
of early experience.
OF angling and did not discover the fass1.
nation of the dry fly until about seven n
and and ideals differ markedly from yours 4
you state, "Tamarack," It does not area
my ever increasing respect Tor the the, peS
closed within quotation marks as !oV
write II. -.
to detract in any way from the good REL
pute of the sporting journal you name.
Among my possessions there Is Volume
of that publication, many contributions o1
the good old guard and what Is virtually
complete file OF the Theodore Gordon lets
in life that / developed a foudness for the
, best in angling literature and set 10 woF5
to collect Its rarites.
greet. as 1t meant tho loss of opportunities
to obtain treasures at prices in conforming
with my means. many OF which are nov
II is not my intention to make this
preachment. but your reference to ser
to give that oft repeated quotation In ia
entirety:
Sermons IN stones,
Books in running bSpoks
And good in everything.
The last line for you, 'TamaTack~ fo9
| will ind much good in Cleveiand's skstehes
II, as last resort may return to my
| "booltishness" hope to be permitted 70
quote from a famous author-one Chrisy
| Mathewson-to whom is attributed thif
| immortal sentiment: Control is the ba
thing in life. You ought to paste THAI
New York June i. CHIN HACKLE.
Refined brotherhood Now Victory Anglers,
Some time ago Francis e. wright OK
ganized a fishing club on sunday schoo!
principles, and, as many prophesied at M
| time, the Brotherhood Of Refined AngleFe
| has disbanded .
posed Of jolly good Fellows mot SUNDAY
school boys) has emerged.
AT the last meeting which TVS was ,r0 raor%j
| organization was accepted.
ON our last trip every one on boarl
was caught by Charles Chapman; IL
pound hake. larger one was hookeS
lou- 70 gel his nsh on board and did not
| wait for the gam the Ash broke away.
Those who saw it say it welshed at Least
| 20 pounds. But. OF course. We all knoS
fish that is not landed alwaya lools
large to a fisherman.
| II there is>any angler who would liks
| to join a jolly good bunch OF sports comb
municate with our recording secretarN
| lyn. HENRY 2. LrDEWIG.
CHARLES II. CHAPMAN.
Brooklyn, June |.
Motor Boat Wanted for Sunday.
] SnOulu ike 10 rent a ColntOrtaDle mos
tor boat for fishing trip sunday
] Jun" 3 for private party of twenty
/ persons. ! would prefer boat leaving Thu
! Bronx or Manhattan shore for Long Island
a BAUMANN
$50 Simpson street. Bronx. June l.
Scope of Organization Widened.
John f. flaming of Rochester has SCI
! cured an order from the Supreme Cout
! changing the name OF the Western New
York Conservation Association to the Ned
| York Conservation Association, Inc. tn
| order was granted by Justice RudenbecL,
| and has been filed with the Secretary 81
| State.
President NJ. II. Hoover of Lockport ID
! explaining the action taken by the asso4
| citation, said to-day that many appi'
cations for membership were received ou.I
side the territory designated by the wes,-
| ern New York Association that the SEQ q
| OF the organization had to be wldensJ.
! As a result of this action have rel
! ceived large number OF membershi.,
| from eastern New York, especially all
/ Adirondack counties
JOHN NJ. FRANCIS
| Troy, y. y. June !.
ROD AND GUN.