The sun., 1919-06-23

six huke<in addition 70 Iohn,on,s
party was made in False Channel. Fred
Boegei said his guides. fished the foilewRg
sant Ripr Ses FishSii Pumpkin Patch
and the Bend. The bait used was shrimp
Fircmen Fish for Fiuke.
In the wisdom OF sheep.head Bay. Capt;
Howard, the other day, the second sr 81 ny
OF the second platoon OF Brook nsns rtment
ashed for nuke at various places. irelnd-
Ing the igh,ship and Eoek ssssmym pSin,
Capt. Frank Woods, invited BY the men,
caught the largest nuke Of the day, an
eight pounder. one ssn nunq by can't. WOOD.
Iieut. Powers, Engineer BROMLEY and the
following hremen; Christiani INA
Brady, rxnerty. Badge, Hoening anu
Fluke In Great South Bay.
rhe Mohrmann Fishing Club the other
day in the Comfort of Great South bhy
caught IL large nuke, the prize fish being
taken ty Casey SIX I'll, p'H asS
Call for Man with short Bethsbara Rod.
VIII tho man with the short Bethabara
rod who Ashed for blacks with party
Of three at Edgemere jetty on Sunosy'
June 10, p,esee telephone o ss.aF S0 Rop.
New, York. June e.
"Virginius" always has something IN
teresting to say. and a recent QUESTION
of his impels me to rush into print anu
spoil some otherwise perfectly gooo paper
Yes, Mr.. "virginius." I have seen a
brook trout. come out Of water on slack
a tins It. Tss , mines knows is was dome
II happened two or three weeks age;
had hooked a small nsh wi, when my roc, roo
- -ousd siack.ior two or three sec.
onds. and during that period the trout
leaped entirely clear OF the water: l., 49,,
case. Now for the circumstantive: We
have ali seen trout that have been pricked
break wsr m%edistey casss 5Tmp
"skipped'' on the water, and have re-
fellow" And sometimes after such an
occurrence you will notice after a cast
or two that you are shy ny. pa tnne
trout have II and was he trying to snake
Last sunday better evidence than usual
on that score was presented, Awsys n rnod
subsequent to pricking the hsh. but In
Immediately and before casting again saw
that he had carried away my entire leader
excepting about three inches,
three--a nsh jumped clear OF the water
just where that one broke away. No. j
didn't see any ny IN his mouth S ST 4, ,seG my
mind It was better evidence than that on
which many a man has been hanged.
in that wa yO and nd' demonstrate tha. a trout
and I am talking only of brook trout
will leave water with hy In his anatomy.
why in blazes should We confidently assert
that brook trout will not leave water
when a fly is sticking into him when that
hy happens to be attached to line that 10
distinctly loose'
Maybe some one with O better eye for
my reasonine from n' analysis t so that it
looks like a pair OF pants that have met
barbed wire fence in the dark. In that
two or three weeks ago above stated
and say: 1T seen him when he done It."
Royal Coachman and Black Gnat.
Another thing In which rvirginius" In
has found a stream where It does the
trick? That seems to me to cast an IN,
deserved slur on that particular fly and
For eight or ten years the Royal Coach.
man has been my especial pet Whether
because have given II better oPp %ttsn
wondered. but do know that in opI
Connecticut s;reams lying west Of the
New York STATE, the territory that in.
cludes almost all OF my fishing, at least
so per cent. OF my, fsh have been taken
"a hook. nshed wet.
I'm such bum dry ny chucker that
when aIgumsnts on that subject are IN
other than fontenalis. so how the Royal
Coachman appears to brown and rainbow
However, I, had rather interesting
he Neversink. NY cast vas FOR most
al n "a
brown an snd brook trout. Twice, Believe
All GF0S other m.s when es sS
was hooked II he was on the Roval
Coachman he was a brook, II on the
I tried the Royal coachman as tail and
the Black Gnat as dropper TO see whether
Il was ny or position but of this am
Before closing IT might be fair to "v,r.
s.n,s or any other ,, fisher friend whS
the above as the last word on The subject
and shane his rules and Views OF life IN
accordance for me TO saw that have
are as scarce in NV creel as hares teeth
and my fsh usually have the lamentabls
characteristic that thNir heads and their
tails are very CLOSE toRR'her
FREDERICK NJ. RUSH.
New Haven. Conn. June 80.
Evolution OF the Bullet.
The first bullets were round a bal
The rihing or grooves were invented b,
n Swiss. and copper band. like a hngel
ring. was slipped over the round ball t.
take the twist"
These bullets turned over and over: 81
the next step was TO make them eg,
shaped, the pointed end travelling frst
The next advance was round nos
bullet (ike our present revolver cartridge
with n hollow base into which was in
serted n tapered wood plug.
The force OF the explosion drove tn,
plug forward and expanded tho base o
the bullet. so that II bit into the groove
OF the rife ball.
Then came the Mimic bullet with ~
small iron cup. tapered to expand the leat
bullet. as the wooden plug had done.
The Snider bullet followed. with Its has,
followed, or cupped. to do its own ex
pRndinR.
The Germans discovered about 1908 tina
the pencil point or Splitter would increas,
the velocity between 400 and 500 feet PEI
second.
Down 10 and including tho MIME ball
practically all cartridges were one-hai
Inch in diameter.
The egg shaped or plumb bob buile
would be an amusing curiosity to-day
1t htted into a shoe of compressed ma per
on the other eide of which was IN
/ powder.
Mark this. that the percussion can wa
between the powder and the ball. tn,