The sun., 1919-09-15
ROD AND GUN NEWS


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Captured Bass and Blue Leap from Boat
In Barnegat Bay last week party
headed by Thomas s. Bassford OF Madi-
son. n. J., out three days with Capt
Edward Bunnell, captured over 100 weak
nsh Of large size. some Of them RUNNING
and 10 pounds. Their big catch was
made wednesday. when they brought in
So weak1sh, beside crokers, kingfsh AMI
9t i.a,o mSnstsrs Of the shSllow deePs The
and James A. Newman, Madison, N. )
and the Rev. s. ]. Barrell Of New YORK
channel between Horsefoot slough and the
! lighthouse, up and down, back and forth
:. Miss Jane Gould. daughter OF Mr.. and
Lakewood with several girl friends in.
| Guiding the essential chaperone Johr
Holmes took out the party. which proved
bag Of weaks of the large size.
the Cotton Thread Fishing Club. tried his
bone channel with Capt. Watts Penn a.
the oars, on the 4th and 9th instant
During the two days he landed is striped
hour to each nsh. He hoped to break
the record for weight with cotton thres'
for line which. I think. is arOunt
somehow the big Fellows were not srounl
An unusual incident was a bass, scared
and becoming entangled, from which po
stion II was rescued with landing me-
without the aid Of hook and line.
Thinking to help out Otto by catching
a big weak and placing him on hi
| hook while still frisky 1 got one within
500 feet Of his boat and then the jo,s,
fought me for a quarter Of an hour with
the strongest tackle. 1 finally laid hin
on on. the s,n bottom o. the boat, 10 p0undde s
breath Instantly the nsh braced hi
tail against cleet and leaped cleanl,
Of the kind and decided not 70 give !
/ away, thinking no one would believe suci
a tale.
size House at night Commodore Kell!
was bemoaning the loss of a striped bas
which had done him the SAME honor
side for ocean angling was telling hos
a. big hluefsh had leaped overheard from
Mr.. Otto while here purchased from
Mrs. DR. Gilbert Z: Wallace the big Atty
horse power Viking boat. the Wate
Wallace exactly on lines of the old Yikinl
vessels and he made a trip to Florldi
and back with her prior to his demiss
w Be a snt f :. u :sPy S1 M fer
MIRA Otto for coastal angling trips; ~,
Forkeo river, N. j., sept IA.
Big Game Opening To-day and Tomorrow
To-day is the opening day for deer 4
Louisiana and deer and bull moose !
New Brunswick. Tomorrow the deel
elk and goat season opens In Idaho an
for male caribou in Nova Scotia
Anglers Fall Tournament This Week.
The fall tournament of the Anglers Gu
of New York will be held next Frida
and Saturday at the big lake in Centrs
Park the events being as follows:
First event Friday, o'clock. bait cast
:"S o' tIs i light tackle distance stance ny.
ny accuracy. s ounce rod; fourth even
1 o'clock, accuracy fly, ounce rod.
Fifth event, Saturday, 10 o'clock.
ounce accuracy bait; sixth event. 1893
o'clock. " ounce accuracy bait; sevent
event, IL o'clock. II ounce distance bait
eighth event. 1850 o'clock, featherweigh
distance fly. ounce rod ninth even
2:so o'clock. distance fly. ounce rod. an
tenth event. o'clock, salmon hy.
Last Trouting Days on the Esopus.
have thrown my last line on the ESQ
pus for the 1919 season. The memories
the two last days. August 80 and 81, ar
mine to cherish until the season oper
again. and God willing. the pleasure wi
then be mine to renew my acquaintanc
with the filmed ramblers Of that beautifl
stream. native brown and the Iainoo
| trout, suckers and rock bass excluded.
am writing this mostly at the requet
Of my old keen and patient angler frient
Mr.. Charles DOrff. who has shared tn
we're 1t dry, It's bed would be good climbin
for a mountain goat. ! must not Forge
to mention another good and p faIthf9, tS a.
Buckley Of Brooklyn, whose acquaintanc
had the pleasure Of making during m
Perhaps some Of the followers of tn
Rod and Gun column will remember m
writing of the fishing conditions on tn
4 ticle OF July I, 1918. My object in wrttin
4 at this time Is to satisfy request, an
4 for the benefit OF the early season hshe,
J men who select thu months OF MAY an
4 June as the best time to test the stock
] dies and other tackle they have been la!
I ing in since early spring. ,,,- -.
\ views and the experience gained on Y
1 | Esopus during the last two days OF y
season and I will take the Iibsr cry f q, s
; | to Ash the stream, both as to MES ar
tackle for early or late season hshing, az
= twenty five years. ! intend to go into d.
| tail and / will first deal with the selectic
| of the tackle for this particular stream
| Reflections on Selecting Files.
| will take for granted the rod; reel ar
line are the only articles that the nsne
1 man will not make anxious inquiries abou
| Especially, 'if we'll advertised and have
| name" F1ies and leaders are general
inquired about, and after the salesman a, ma n
Il :
one and another, &c, are the best killer
Il you leave the store In confidence OF yol
l future SUCCESS and pat yourself on the pa'
L that you have made good selection az
especially so II you have been making
/ collection from the magazine articles
| TO the three best fies, and possibly pu
l chased from so to 100 varieties.
1 This / may say frankly is good w
TO spend money foolishly and have lit
result why2 The answer Is easy. simp
L because the files are the fanctes or inc
1 yiduais and Individual streams, count
and states. The nies you use In Maine a
/ practically useless in New YORK sta
streams and nies that you nsh with al
good killers on the Esopus and Beaverk
4 and Neverbink are little or no use In u
/ Adirondack section. Undoubtedly tro
can be caught on any fly. which VIII c
plain further on. -.
| task especially II you have to deal wi
| some OF our stores and unless you ma
L some Of Jobs patience and lzaak wa
\ toms knoWl ledge you had better give
up as a bad job. Here is an instance OF
went TO a store to set some tackle I
- NV friend a few days ago and ask
l the salesman for the lightest leaders
| stock and some hies, mentioning the nam
| and sizes. The leaders were shown to m
/ the highest mind you, practically salm
/ gut suitable for landing forty pound
| or a size hook. -
Ii 1 objected and said they were usele
iii as the streams were low and the wat
L clear and after a fifteen minute search