The Washington times., 1926-05-01

mark MTuGSL MeSSlck, 3 WA0AN6
them few fish better yesterds
harsiIfeads. The fish were taken !.
n The 9isfiine season IS on at Chesa-
peak Beach, according to ]. M.
Rector. secretary auditor Of the
1Chesap eake Beach Railway Com
ID ny lie reports that hardheada
nave started running and that sew.
''eral early Fishermen returned to
the Beach this week with . basket
f,,I az sshe choice fish.
RnokfiSh. are being caught il nets
and are, expected to start angleWard
on. most any change Of tide.
For the benefit Of fishermen the
Beach railway is running q limited
number Of preseason trains. Daily
trains leave District Line at 8
q. m. and $40 p. M, returning at
Gas a m. and ESQ p. m. The
Snnaays train leaves District Line
at ID. q. m, returning at 5 p. m.
IlsufeIlt weekend fishing trips
aIrealYv are popular. The fisher
men leave on the $40 p. M. train
Sturdy. returning Sunday on
either the early morning train q
st 5 n. m.
White perch fishermen and her.
ring snaggers who looked forward
to some fine sport during the pres
erlt week were greatly disappo tnted.
Weather conditions turned out any
thing but favorable and the second
'y,1Yls 1f suavrling perch failed to
put In. their appear
With the therYaOn1atSE ct times
iioiferiTlp around the 4Qzdegree mark
and the chill winds sweeping the
river. the water has had little or
M chance Of gaining warmth, thus
holding back the second run o.
perch on their yearly spawning
visit But. as was stated in this
column last week. big catches q
perch have already been made ana
! reneat can be looked for on most
any change Of tide.
q Caffy fishing also took a~deeided
slump and but few worthwhile fish
have been taken. This may be
to the appearance Of
herring. for we are told that cat
fish seldom take to fish bait when
herring spawn is PLENTIFUL
80 So
what happened in Chicago? IN
dOubtedIy every man who was in
ON the big convention Of the xaak
walton League In the Windy
City has been asked that ques-
ton dozen times.
The story back Of the unseating
of President VIII Dig hasn't been
told. It is the opinion OF Max
Sandy and others OF the Middle
West that it should be told Tor the
good of the league. which is Amer
ica's most powerful conservation
body.
So here it is:
win II. dig. founded the Izaak
Walton League of America. NO
doubt about that. With s. his
friends he brought. into existence
national organization pledged TO the
good. fight for conservation. dig
was the mother of this league. He
nursed it through the trials OF in@
fancy. He watched it grow into
adolescence. He was, we repeat,
the mother. OF the Izaak Walton
League.
But the league also had ?
father. Those 81 men who nrsG
worked with dig to found the
league and the others who later
joined them in energetic cO-Opera.
ton were the composite father OF
the elague. -
Perhaps the league never would
have been brought into existence
without the mother; but also it
could not have been born without
the father.
The annual convention In Chicago
,ApriI 8 met ASA court. The father
and the mother sought divorce.
The father made charges against
the mother.
the league-shouId be given into
the custody Of the father
! That's, the thing i'm q nutshell.
The convention, representing moro
than half of the States OF the
Union and 100000 active Walton
ians. deIiberated cOnscienti0usly
and decided that VIII Dig who
brought the league into existence,
no longer should have the Gus.
tOdy Of the child.
WITCH Munbo says:
Don't let anybody tell you that
to fish with worms is q 1owly form
of angling. In the first place q
man who says so is probably not
a good judge of worm fishing,
and in the second place, he's
wrong! That's plain enough! To
fish a small stream with worms
makes demands on a mans pa
thence, endurance, skill and all the
other virtues that combine to
make a. sportsman.
"It's the toughest kind OF fishing
under the toughest imaginable diff
ficulties, and the man who comes.
through at the end of a day with
eight good trout gets tremendous,
and should get three
cheersa besides. Why? One reason
is that to hide from wary trout
when you've only six feet of line
out is a darned sight harder than
to do. so at the end of so, feet OF
tapered line with plenty Of room
for a back-cast. ~
Another thing is the element of
surprise that enters into this game.
voutro hidden low down in the