TEN CENTS OFFICIAL STATE VOL. 11 No. 5 PUBLICATION ' AN G LE f? MAY, 1942
ARTHUR H. JAMES PUBLISHED MONTHLY GOVERNOR by the COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA PENNSYLVANIA BOARD OF FISH BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS COMMISSIONERS
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EDITORIAL
Most pleasing indeed is the fine cooperation extended to the fishermen of Pennsylvania by the farmer and landowner of our state. The ever increasing friendly relationship between the fisherman and the landowner only serves to prove that our educational program designed to stamp out the destructive work of careless sportsmen is taking root. Much progress has been made in gaining a better understanding of the problems of both the fisherman and landowner and we feel quite certain that in the future many additional miles of fine fishing waters will again become the mecca for outdoor recreation to the public.
Sportsmen generally, are awake to the part they must play in considering the rights and ownership of those upon whose lands they find their sport and it can only be through a medium of diligent cooperation and mutual understanding that the desired end, the removal of the "Trespass Notice," can be accomplished.
Keep up the good work! Insist upon your fellow-sportsman playing his part in this program! Be fair and considerate and the future will see few if any streams closed to public fishing.
Let us not only confine our home efforts to eradicating the abuse of our streams; but likewise concentrate our efforts in making more and more fine streams available for the day when "our boys come marching home to us again."
Commissioner of Fisheries PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER
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1 SUPPOSE most members of the angling Mi I fraternity started even before the teen tn6 age by fishing with a cut switch rod and °un( cord string line, with sunnies as their i•' giv quarry. I know I started that way, and meant most to us. Failure, taken pi** as when we caught a "whopper", we carried him with a grim determination to find a r^ker home alive in a pail to be deposited in for our errors only helps to spur us % ^ Mother's wash tub where he became a price new success. Our failures are often ble~ Le and turn to the pan fish for sport. rod and fine terminal tackle. There was a One of the favorite and most effective ^ay even be the case on an evening different story! These fish had to be played methods is the fly and spinner combination. ten aU indications such as barometer lest the little bamboo stick break or the A small, #0 or Birdseye spinner ahead of K?P"Jin, ' wind, water and temperature point leader part. a bright fly will usually bring results, but ^ a perfect evening for the larger The menu of these gamey little fellows is it must be remembered that they should fish. You will notice, I purposely said as varied as is that of the more sought for be fished SLOW and DEEP. A red ibis fly i., Same fish, thereby indicating my feel- larger game fish, and as long as light tackle in size 12 is our favorite for this procedure. at the lesser pan fish are also game fish is used, the bait may be worms, grubs, Last season we fished one of the editor's | small degree of consideration. crickets, hoppers, and last but not least, favorite streams for pickerel, and not being Pect to hear some roars from the side- leeches. On my last trip to Lake Carey I too successful, turned our attentions to the 1 fi L en we sPeak °^ sPort angling for watched a young lad catch yellow perch rock bass we found hiding in the shadows * -to, ^ut * am convmced that the fel- almost as fast as he could bait with leeches. cast by an old-fashioned covered bridge. tai . sc°ffs at the idea has never played Frankly, I abhor these creatures, especially The bridge, a reminder of the horse and I f size(} blue gill or yellow perch on a when I carelessly permit them to cling to buggy days, offered the fish an opportunity *st °^ s'ze comParable with the fish in my legs while wading, but they sure are to shield themselves from the direct rays of i , °n- Blue gills over a pound in weight on the preferred list as bait, not only for the flaring noonday sun. Even though the L^quently taken in some of our state's perch, but for bass as well. water was warm these pugnacious little |J*a lakes. Pork rind or the throat latch of a pre "rockies" were eager to display their prow e 16 caught perch eleven to twelve inches viously caught fish serve well as bait for ess as fighters, when the little red fly and ty sth. and two years ago one of our party these miniature bomb-shells, especially if a spinner came close enough to them to raise c,, ^ftPauPak took a fourteen inch perch. spinner is added. their ire. With the light trout rod these J .lnS these fish on a four ounce fly The supreme joy of pan fishing comes by little scrappers gave a flowing account of |w light terminal tackle isn't sport, the use of' light tackle and very small dry their ability to furnish thrills. flkj 1 shall never again enjoy the su- flies. The smaller the flies the better. In I have noticed that in heavily fished waters J fou jfforts of dry flying for trout. the evening when dimples appear over the the pan fish that are commonly supposed by •sh .* for pound these bantam game fish feeding grounds of the pan fish, the small dry some fishermen to be the dumb clucks, •oij e as good an account of their prow- flies fished in the same manner as for have become bait and lure wise, often tak '^Bw ^Shters as the bass or trout if trout, will usually bring results, whether ing time to deliberate and carefully inspect 4n 'ackle is used. I have seen fisher- the fish be blue gills, perch or rock bass. your offering before making an irrational e\ Tr1 long cane poles angling for pan The tiny flies will often induce more and mistake. This is largely true in lakes where i>feyai,% yanking the gills out of these larger fish to strike, especially in hard fished boat fishermen day in and day out offer fl jtgg little fellows when they gingerly waters. their lures to the wary little panners. This 'Sen <• *^e bobber beneath the surface. Perch will often show interest in small ever increasing alertness and wariness is a £ °°> I have seen sportsmen fishing by deer hair bugs, representative of moths and virtue not to be regretted because the pug- s (Continued on page 18) rji| ^e bobber method, but with a light caddis flies during the evening. f PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER MA* First Steps in Dry Fly Fishing By CHARLES K. FOX ET'S explode an old idea that dry fly more trout appeared than I believed the L fishing is tough, complicated and mys stretch contained. It was evening and the terious and that it is not a sport for the hatch was in full force. So many trout were average fisherman. Almost any angler who so busily feeding that I felt confident I would takes some trout on the dry fly earnestly catch one right after another. believes that the trout fisherman who does For over one hour I cast the customary not fish dry has never enjoyed some of the cast of three wet flies (now practically best in angling. When it works it is the antiquated) around that pool, but not a most fun of all, and it frequently works. single fish touched them. A number of pat Often it is the most effective method, barring terns and various sizes of flies had been none, which can be employed. It is not hard tried. The pool had been fished so hard at all and it does not require a great outlay that the fish became suspicious and stopped of cash or equipment to be able to indulge feeding. In disappointment and disgust I in it. gave up and sat down on the bank. I tried The dry fly fits into the picture perfectly to console myself with the thought that there when there is a hatch of flies on the water were so many flies available for the fish that and the trout are coming up to the naturals. mine had gone by unnoticed. As I sat on the The little trout splash and jump as the flies bank disconsolately pondering over this new float by. Now and then a big ring is formed predicament, one by one those fish started on the surface accompanied by a suction to feed again. I was licked. Up to that time sound. When these big dimples appear and I had a wonderful opinion of my ability to those "slophs" are heard it is time to be take trout on worms, minnows and the more come excited for you have found a big fish newly acquired quill bodied wet flies, and and you have found him on the feed. Have this was a rude awakening. you ever been on a trout stream when there I must have looked licked and disgusted was a veritable blizzard of bugs above the too to the smiling old man whose voice water and on the water, and a good number startled me when he said, "What's the matter of trout were dimpling and splashing? Sure young fellow?" He did not wait for an you have. And have you ever tried to take answer, but sneaked around to the bottom these trout with lures and baits that were of the pool. He gave me the impression that not dry flies? Well, I tried many a time he knew full well my case was hopeless. and it was usually in vain, until floating He began to cast in the air and to fish flies were tried. upstream. Both seemed crazy. His fly lit The most valuable lesson which ever oc on the water and he did not even jerk it. curred to me was a humiliating one under "Poor sap," thinks I, "he fishes the stream just such circumstances. At the time of this backwards and does not give the fly any incident I did not fish with dry flies and life. After he flounders around for a little I did not believe in them. A fine big pool while I'll explain to him how you are sup On the Yellow Breeches Creek just Barnitz Mill. This sportsman was using in the stream was almost boiling with feed posed to fly fish." c ! fly, but a few minutes later a wormer sji» ing brook trout, and as I looked down stream The greatest mistake I ever made on a downstream and took a nice trout by t"e stream took place right then and there when over on the right. that explanation was started. All he did was M smile at me patiently as he cast in the air way again, young fellow, put some oil, y with the remark, "Do you think so?" oil or any kind, on a wet fly of your5 f "Sure," I answered. But before I could float it over feeding fish. Keep it as ""^f say one more word the old fellow stiffened possible by making four or five false ^t up with a hooked fish. That was the end of in the air between floats." And, thus my tutoring; it was his show from then on. great lesson ended. C' He played that fish in the end of the pool The following evening about the same then easily lifted it out with his long-handled ditions existed on the stream. By *fi€; landing net which he also used as a wading as the old man had suggested I mana^. ,!-• staff. He vigorously blew on his fly, stuck catch my first trout dry fly fishing ^ the end of the long handle of the net into oiled wet fly. That to me today is th« "^ the mud near his feet, then started to cast important trout I have ever caught. It in the air. The fly was dropped above a the beginning of a new era of finer feeding fish and for the first time I noticed and more action. 1<< that it floated. Suddenly it came to me. That was in the days when dry flies % fr thereby setting up a tension which affects tad °m ^e surface without having it pulled the float of the fly. This pull is known as l j6r the surface for yards. I greased the 6a "unnatural drag" and it is the bugaboo of b .er too, but later I found it was usually etj dry fly fishing. If a trout is surface feeding l er not to grease the leader. A sinking ead and an artificial fly is dragged over it the Vjgjui' °-oes n°t cause drag and it is less to the feh than trout often becomes so suspicious that it w ceases its feeding activity for the time being. one which has not However, at times it pays to make a dry •rn en surface tension. fly twitch or jump on the surface just as a newly hatched fly acts as it struggles to get grQ ® Popularity of dry fly fishing has arm] tremendously. Today we see many into the air. c rS n ln °rPurn i * dulging it- Some anglers be- The way to avoid "unnatural drag" is to 6ists So" t^gi enthusiastiget such cgrea about enjoyment dry flyt oufishingt of carefully look over the water at hand and e 'Wajjj - .yPy wilof l fishingfish in theno yothe shoulr wayd practic. If these iet determine from what position the cast should c6s alone. The proper yardstick of suc- be made so the float will not be affected s ain0 hould be the measurement of the by the varying currents. If it is possible Ureth °f enjoyment instead of the meas- to fish the pool or stretch quartering up e tye ^t of the size of the creel. Personally stream then it is a simple situation. Some e and ^°y using all: wet flies, streamer flies times it is necessary to cast from some other r^j .rv flies, in their place, however our angle. It may be an upstream proposition, SUJJ s> always use dry flies if some fish are a cross current cast, a cast quartering down Ce ee Hot a * ding on the stream. The rule does stream, and even on rare occasion a cast ^t Pply to clear ponds. straight down-stream. er v6r , trout are fished over they become Generally speaking, dry fly fishing is an x e brat: l y; the least unnatural motion or vi- upstream proposition. However, as already tivei 'wakes them so suspicious they posi- pointed out, there are exceptions. The fisher vhieh Wil1 not feed- Newly stocked fish man usually works his way upstream. Trout f eact "ave not been fished over do not always assume a position with their heads as leaj.n the old veterans. They have not yet pointing into the current. This means that t'oi+i ^at man is their mortal enemy. when one approaches a pool in dry fly fish ate ?duc ^ ly for the fishing they are readily ing, he usually approaches the fish from be %y J and before the season is very old hind. Naturally, it is easier to sneak up reac On occasion, very large trout feed on the fisKaj t just as the native fish of hard behind a trout than to come in from the surface and it is then that they can be taken jjp Raters, front in the direction in which the trout on the dry fly. by t forget to protect your favorite haunts is facing. The result is that the dry fly conditions at certain spots it is advisable to if t^^^y releasing the little fellows, even fisherman can get pretty close to trout, par ticularly if he moves slowly and quietly; cast from a kneeling position. "lis y 8re over ^e legal limit. In doing v consequently dry fly fishing, for the most Just make enough of false casts to dry Iti are giving yourself a break. part, is a short-range proposition. It is not the fly. The condition of the fly depends at gi presenting a dry fly, the lure of the 1 6 only easier to handle tackle when short easts upon how long it has been on the leader, beL "WUst behave just as the natural insect are employed but it is also a vastly more whether or not it has fish slime on it, and the s on the surface. As a general rule simple matter to eliminate drag. how much it is greased or oiled. Shorten up fetjj Ural is quietly carried with the cur- e surra the line for the false casts then shoot the 1atnr ^ ^ ee, but sometimes the It is not only important but it is essential a extra line so the fly will reach its destina rule twists and flops. The same general to be very quiet and slow of movement if tion. This shooting procedure not only helps float applies to fishing the dry fly. Make it fish are to be taken. Trout, like animals, c natura eliminate to a certain extent leader flashing asi0n Hy on the surface, but on oc- readily notice quick movement. Once they at which, if noticed by the quarry, may ruin acr0 pays to make it twitch or move become suspicious, hear you, or see you, it chances, but it makes the fly fall on the top of the water. If the fly is is all up, for they will not feed. Furthermore, s water lightly. Precautionary measures are fie ~ *°wly in an unnatural manner across if one trout in a pool is startled and darts not nearly as important when fishing broken Mil ace> trout become suspicious and for cover, other trout in the pool see this c touch Tnis rough water as when fishing calm pools and auSeH°K it- unnatural pull is frightened fish and immediately become sus smooth glides. Naturally the clarity of the °y the current catching the line and picious and refuse to feed. Under certain water enters into this too. If anything has been under rated in this matter of dry fly fishing we believe it is the attention which should be paid to the spot where the fly lights on the water and the spot at the end of the float where the fly is lifted from the water. Unnatural drag is bad, but lifting the fly from the water is also bad if it takes place directly over a feeding fish or a likely spot for a fish. The rule should be: Don't drag the fly unnat urally over a hot spot and don't lift the fly from the water when it is over a hot spot. With care both can be avoided. Make the cast so the fly will float naturally over the chosen spot, then after it is well past, gently lift it from the water. Even if the fly does not land on the intended spot, fish out that float before lifting the fly from the water. To gently pick up the fly, raise the rod tip, thereby getting excess line from the surface, then make a rather snappy high back cast. On some stretches of streams it is possible to make long floats. This means that the fly may float from a point well above the fisherman right on down-stream to a posi tion even with the fisherman. As the fly drifts down-stream the line must be taken s 1 ermen are dlvlll up so that the angler can answer the rise taali i ed i" their preferences. Some like the big waters and some choose (Continued on page 18) by PAUL L. SWANSON si OES the copperhead have a blunt tail? snakes known as the pit-vipers, in common ous tropical snakes have a number of ; Zj, D Does it smell like cucumbers? Is it with its relative, the rattlesnake, it has a pit pits on the scales bordering the upper 3 "worse than a rattlesnake?" If you answer between the eye and the nostrils, which gives The shape of the eye pupil of the copP e J "yes" to these questions, you have the same it the appearance of having two pairs of nos head is vertical or elliptic. This is f .5 j false impressions concerning this snake as trils. of many other poisonous snakes, but M <^e \ most people. In spite of a number of good These pits are sense organs to which va means all of them. However, any sri jjj ! authoritative books on the subject of reptiles, rious uses have been ascribed. Experiments found in Pennsylvania with vertical P™L- I the average person's information on them have shown that they are thermal receptors, is poisonous, as both of the local T&ri\ has come by word of mouth from those as they are capable of registering slight snakes also have this character. The P who might have made a few observations, changes in temperature. It has been sug is a narrow slit in bright light, expa11' # but have also remembered stories they gested that in the absence of vision, it as the light grows dimmer so that if a A 1 have heard that have been handed down enables the snake to direct its strike to perhead is killed at night the pupil Pjji for generations. Some very erroneous ideas ward its warm-blooded prey. I do not look almost round. This species freque J \ about copperheads have become surprisingly entirely agree with this theory, but believe prowls about on warm summer nights ^ J well established in this manner. that the sensitivity of the pit to temperature is. more or less inactive during extremely change is but coincidental to some other Identification dayS use, the nature of which is still problematical. - Ji I 111 The copperhead is the only poisonous There are no harmless snakes with a pit of The "large triangular head" so com o> \ snake in Pennsylvania, as well as the other this nature, although some of the non-poison talked about is usually a poor mean' 0{ northeastern states, that does not have a identifying a poisonous snake, as a fe of 1 rattle on its tail. Lacking this easily recog them have smaller heads than thoSe JJ 1 nized character, it is often confused with some of the harmless species. harmless snakes, notably the milk or house However' , j snake and banded watersnake. It perhaps this region, all of the venomous species J1^ would be morev accurate to state that harm a rather angular head, in that the top °*J£ less snakes are confused with copperheads. head meets the side at a much sharper a While the mistake of calling some harmless than in local harmless species. CJI' species a copperhead is very common, I do The under side of the tail, from the^ •el^ 1; not believe that the true copperhead is very fetow th oef tipthe, mha sma singly be dividescales d ornea platesr th,e 0' frequently believed to be one of the harm Most harmless species have a double r° $ less snakes. scales under the tail. The scales oXi ^\ Besides its very distinctive coloration and of the body are keeled, each having a 9 r markings, there are other definite character ridge down the center. This is also t H o< 11 istics that make it easily identified, particu the watersnakes and others, but the m larly if a specimen is dead and can be closely house snake has very smooth scales. •$$ examined. Belonging to the sub-family of Close-up of head of copperhead. The copperhead gets its very appi°°P 1942 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER j *e from its copper-colored head, but this 'tself is a poor means of identification many people mistake the brownish heads Watersnakes f°r copper. i ^s snakes go, the copperhead is a very £a"tiful species, as it is so richly colored. b\A ^round color is a pinkish tan crossed i bands of reddish or chestnut brown. These nds are narrow along the ridge of the b c * an(j wi(jeri on the sides so that if they 6 viewed from above they look hour glass "Urnb-bell shaped. Viewed from the side i markings are roughly triangular, the L ^es of the triangles being towards the . torn. The lighter ground color (viewed y.?1 the side) also looks like triangles, but , Size 0st t>6ri People seem to think that the cop- eac 0f,6 " is a large snake. Practically every- w t»l6 "o looks at the average sized speci- tf,a, W our collection, makes the remark lar 'uey are small. Many people confuse Hj0 "anded watersnakes with copperheads. Oe °* the specimens I have caught have c b.av loser to two feet in length than they * fa' three. Exceptional specimens reach lr t>6ta ly large size, but the "average" cop- ead would not be over thirty inches long. CatcV,°ne fisherman told me that the bass he irijgi ^s average five pounds in weight, I beHe that ve (if he were otherwise reliable) an By DICK FORTNEY HE figure of a tall man came into view Carefree, Bubbling Youth Bronzed, husky, and quiet, as farmers a " r T out of the wreaths of fog lifting from The friend I enjoy most, and as we go most apt to be, Ed is the best bass fishe the weeds along Penns Creek that early along I think you will understand why, is man I ever have met. And his tackle May evening. Easily his long legs moved a carefree, bubbling youngster of 12 or 13 crude by modern standards—a rusty stef ar from rock to rock along the roaring riffle. named Bobby, who said to me one after rod, an old casting reel, perhaps 25 y The rod in his left hand was just a thin noon last summer: of black silk line, and black iron hooks. a shadow as he walked past, but more of a "Know what, Dick?" (I insist that he call Plugs, flies, spinners? Bah, those e reality was the long staff, surmounted by a me that, for the title of Mister has no place for the fancy fishermen to use! Ed prei " r stringy form that must have been a landing in the angler's vocabulary). "I'm beginning a stone-catfish or a black helgramite o . , net, which he grasped firmly in his right to get hair on my legs!" couple of barnyard worms threaded loose fist and thumped along the path as he strode Thank God, I didn't laugh when he said on the hook. . f by. that. He was so serious, so thrilled. He Calmly, confidently he goes about his ang w Down where the riffle calmed into the was getting to be a man! tag—when he has spare time from his , i head of a wide pool his form again became Bobby fishes just the way he talks—with He knows his stream like a book, and ' ( I r a blurred shadow as he moved out into the absolute frankness and simplicity. He has no though 20 miles of good bass water ^; j s water, stepping only slightly more slowly compunctions against a worm. He doesn't in the neighborhood of his home, he 6 " . e than he had along shore. despise a chub. He likes the birds and the only one or two holes. He knows wn Through the mist the eye could not dis flowers along the stream. He can eat like bass lie and how to get the bait to the tinguish either the rod or the wading staff, a horse, and his lithe body is a dynamo of Without fuss or flurry he catches '•j but the slight bending of his body to the energy. when he wants them, and he likes to P. l left while his right arm swept through the He has slept all night in an automobile, an especially nice one in the water tro «> ire air indicated that, having found a spot to his and gotten out with the crack of dawn to at the cow barn for his friends to adm 'jS liking, he had anchored himself and was begin fishing. He has fished all day and Ed taught me one great lesson. " j fishing. long into the evening, and then hasn't this: Knowledge of the habits of fish s Only a moment he remained, rooted there wanted to quit. He doesn't annoy menfolks of a trout or bass stream is more to be if, in the water. Then his tall form moved— when they take him angling. He knows sired than a hundred-dollar rod, a bo* and his shadow faded slowly into the deep his way around. the finest lures ever created, and all oi v ening dusk and the fog. Just a happy, healthy kid—who can put gadgets with which the modern angler P" There was something strange and mys his elders to shame because he doesn't worry dens himself. j terious about his quiet coming and going. about the superficial things of life or pre Ed likes fishing in a quiet, matter of ' . Not a word had he uttered. tend to be an expert or show a trace of way. He makes me feel that I'm missing ° cJ^ Yet he was real—and a sportsman. He had meanness. side of this many-sided sport if I don't c' walked out on shore around the riffle Alex I'd give a lot to be a boy again, like Bobby. ( aside the fuss and feathers and fish like Sweigart and I were fishing. He wore the I like to take him fishing because, all un does once in a while. clothing of an outdoorsman, with the air of conscious of it himself, he deflates my ego, a man accustomed to their feel. He must he opens my eyes to some of the pleasures A Tonic for My Pride •o« have known Penns Creek, too, for the way of angling that I have missed in my adult The third fishing character I want "« he stepped into the water below us was search for perfection and a record-breaking to know must go without a name, f°r ^ ample proof that even as he walked past us fish. the months since I encountered him I n JI he had in view a definite spot in that turbu Take a boy along with you, some day this forgotten who he was. I happened UP lent stream. Nor had he lingered long in summer, and you'll see what I mean more him one hot afternoon last June a* fruitless casting. He had gone on down the clearly than words can tell you. Fisherman's Paradise on Spring Creek. JJ stream about his business as quietly as he The Bronzed Expert He was standing in a clump of ^f^t had appeared in the mist. clumsily slapping a big streamer fly " (] There's another type of angler I have Alex and I could not help speculating. on the water and hopefully watchine known—I'll just call him Ed—who sort of "There, my friend, goes a character," Alex float lazily downstream. . Ji sets a goal for me. ar remarked—and his voice had just a shade of "Look at them chubs jump," he rem awe in it. as I walked past. ji Ah yes, a character. A man a-fishing. "Them," said I, "are not chubs. Then1 There are men like him on every trout trout." jj^ stream in Pennsylvania, men who could tell (Why does a man act like a Smart ** stories of fishing and about whom stories of at times?) . g: i fishing could be told. "Trout?" he asked. And then, flu5^ Fishermen of other types, too, for angling "Gosh, I thought they were chubs. us \ is a sport that calls to all men everywhere. see, I'm from Chicago, and I never fished 0j iBi Have you ever thought of the kinds of trout before. I can't make head nor aJ> fishermen you have known or perhaps have this place. How do you catch these just seen alongjyour favorite streams? Have anyway?" _ A you ever wondered to which classification We sat down in the shade of a tree, W> J you yourself belong? Have you, in fact, cigarettes, and talked. I gave him a taP f ever stopped to realize that the foundation- leader and a sparsely tied dry fly and j, stones of the true joy of fishing are the men plained how to float the lure over the you have met on the streams, often opening ing fish. the way to lasting friendships? Then a miracle happened! iec' I'd like to have you meet some I have The red gods guided his arm in a Pe $ known, just by way of stimulating your flip (a full cast wasn't necessary to r ^s imagination and perhaps leading you to a those fish), and a fat brook trout toc*^ i fly with a sucking strike. I never Sa warmer appreciation of your fishing com "I'm beginning to get hair on my legs,' panions. boasted Bobby proudly. man so happy. 1912 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER ^hy am I glad I met him? Brother, I'm I lng to be honest. He gave me a chance •. Parade my knowledge, and what I told ltn really worked. That would please any Just Good, Clean Fun ^ must have been about 3 o'clock in the • °rning when the thing occurred that will trodUce you to another angling friend of ?"ie. We were sleeping in a farm house *,°ng Wyalusing Creek. The glare of an uectric light awakened me, and I peered ^ °ugh scratchy eyes to see my friend .r°°ks parading around the room in his ''What the devil are you doing?" I asked h yh, I just g0t Up to rest," was his sober ePly. o *"at's the kind of a chap Brooks is. Would g?* there were more like him to grace our j^g streams! sJj 0oks fc^ Just for the fun of **• He a 'Pes cookies from the breakfast table and gins .munching them along the stream, beif11 we are ^ar from the car an{^ our • "es are gnawing with hunger. He'll stop n th*ee middl—J -1 "e of' thjl-e- day-1--, stri-*-=p- of-af hi,-!s- -»-«-shirt*. s kSnd. go to sleep in the broiling sun. Or "I just got up to rest," explained Brooks at 3 o'clock in the morning. ft ' slip away to the car, drive to the , arest store, and return with ice cream a but Brooks never fails to snap me out of it He literally worships the trout he sees »» ll the fellows in the party. with his slow grin and gentle tongue. in the streams of Pennsylvania, all the • , can fish, too, make no mistake about while he has designs on their freedom. •"'tit: The Lover of Trout But he never lets fishing interfere Bob has been my inspiration to be a pio ] "* the pure joy of being outdoors. He has For tenacity of purpose, for single-minded e neering angler, to attempt to work out in ^ d the precious knack of taking life devotion in angling I go for lessons to my problems for myself, and to refuse to ac 8 J* stride. friend Bob. cept any theorv of angling until I have put ^i e Were fishing together, one dark night, Bob is a lover of trout. He reads all the etl it to the test myself. ty Brooks stepped on a slippery rock and magazines, he spends hours at his work table Knowing him drives me to the determina t?t m up to his breast, boots and all. tying new lures, and he experiments—aiming 6 tion to learn all there is to know about b . didn't utter a word of complaint. at his life's ambition to catch a trout that angling, keeps me from letting well enough H. **5 wet, he went right on fishing from his weighs more than five pounds. s alone, convinces me that brash indeed is the bn» P° ition. And he caught some beautiful He's a stickler for fine, light tackle and man who considers that he has learned the s > m the next hour, for dainty flies. He's always ready to try last word in angling. ajic to ^h with Brooks. He's my bal- something new. He pores over the barom e eter and tables that purport to show when Lone Wolf Old-Timer la wheel. I'm apt to use sulphurous gu Next on my list is the lone wolf old- age when the fates are against me— fish will bite. timer, whom we shall call Millard. He al ways piqued my imagination—because in spite of all the hinting I did he wouldn't take me fishing. Millard has caught trout since before I was born. He is a devotee of the wet fly. He does most of his fishing at night, in a stream near my home city which, because of its tricky rock formations and deep and dangerous pools, most fellows treat with re spect even in daytime. He ties his own leaders and makes his own flies. He hates improvements which open streams to easy public access. Millard has a couple of close buddies as shy and secretive as himself. But they are no game hogs. One or two trout for a trip is their limit—and those one or two trout are always big ones. Millard, as I have said, has piqued my imagination. He has put an air of mystery into fishing that increases the fascination of the sport for me. Knowing him has added to the richness of my own experiences. The Deliberate Purist If you ever have fished with a man who can sit idly on a rock, smoking a cigarette, until a trout rises—and then go fish for it and return to resume the watch when it is either caught or put down—you also have a friend like my friend Howard. We fellows laughingly call him a rock- Howard likes to sit on a rock and wait for the trout to begin feeding. (Continued on "page 21) 10 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER MA* TROUTING TODAY War Time Conditions Pose the Angler With New Problems By ALEX P. SWEIGART IGNS of the times are already manifest long distance trips in the old bus to distant S on many of our trout waters. It was trout waters, where, rumor has it, lies per the pleasure of the writer to scout around fection in trouting, they're probably out for on Central Pennsylvania streams on opening the duration. So what? Chances are we'll day and in many instances the "doubling be finding fishing right in our own backyard up" of fishermen in cars of their buddies that far exceeds our fondest expectation. was to be observed. This is just another This last angle is perhaps worth expanding. sign that the rank and file of our Keystone A glance over the record trout of recent anglers are carrying conservation-minded- years caught, in Pennsylvania reveals an ness in their favorite sport right into the amazing number of big fish, particularly in war effort, doing their part to save every the brown classification, taken near larger available ounce of tire rubber. All of which centers of population. Just last year, for ex prompted us to comment on many of the ample, Jack Hauser of Allentown demon problems we face today in our fishing. While strated this fact. Fishing virtually within the transportation looms as a major problem, outskirts of Allentown, Hauser hooked and there are others that have direct bearing on landed a giant brown trout of 13 pounds, 5 the angler's sport. Tackle manufacturers, ounces that has topped all brown trout to be for instance, have in most part already turned entered on the ANGLER honor roll. Big trout their production into the war effort and get that way in our intensively fished waters when the present supply of rods, lines, reels, because they have amassed over the years a lures, in fact all equipment, has been put cunning through first hand acquaintance into service, it will in all probability, have with the fishermen's lures. Fishing for them to do for the duration. The same goes for that vital form of equipment, particularly in our own backyard carries with it satis in trout fishing, rubber boots and waders. faction of the first water. Proper care of what we now have in the Several other factors tied in with fishing fishing line will go far toward assuring out- under present emergency conditions are sport in the days to come. worthy of note. One already mentioned by Dick Fortney in his splendid recent article, In a way, this need for conservation of our "Don't Go Soft—Fish!" concerned the risk present fishing supplies may eventually lead of parking the family bus in remote out-of- to greater satisfaction in our sport. If we're the-way places. Tire thefts are hazards to fortunate enough to possess a new double be reckoned with, and his suggestion to Streams near populous centers, such as V > tapered fly line, either silk or nylon, we're Little Lehigh at Allentown are certain to gev park near the residence of a friend is heavy play during the present season. almost certain to lavish more care on it worthwhile insurance. Then, still another than ever before. The chance of snagging angle comes up, the saving not only of tires a precious hip boots or waders is apt to make but of equally vital gasoline here in the bit while pursuing our pet sport. Fi« w<' us more cautious in our movements while east. Cutting down on speed in driving to many of us can recall years back, bef° , good roads and the auto made it ridiculouS' astream. And caution in approach, as has our pet waters will accomplish both to a easy to reach virtually any trout stream, *\, been stressed before, has proved the undoing notable extent and will lead to the additional satisfaction we had in tramping five or ». of more than one hefty trout. As for those satisfaction' that we are doing our patriotic miles to water we intended to fish. " « probable that trout taken on those fe.d bring back to us many pleasant recollecti" today, and a revival of the custom has *a. reaching possibilities from the angle of hea' Conservation Angles ,. It's a safe bet that all of us want iwen . who are now with the armed forces to r* turn to streams that will yield them ev^er jf, bit as much or preferably more sport " they formerly enjoyed, With that tho uppermost, now is the time to carry - .*> practice the conservation creed at its "e>\ eS "If you would catch- more trout, kill ^ .$, a slogan that the Board of Fish Coro^'^ sioners has stressed for years, now, it seeB^j us, assumes a double-barreled meaning- 0{ can have sport, plenty of it, take a lot j,t trout and kill a very few, with the thoU^ that we are fulfilling a trust placed with ^ by those who are fighting for the contin'V,, tion of an outdoors free to every Ame^jJ In line with this topic, we recently K the pleasure of receiving the following let* from a splendid North Tier sportsman, j^j Stevenson of Wellsboro, Tioga County. ^ who is now with the Navy, writes: 0t "April 15, 1942 A. D. The opening cUtf^ trout season. This year, as in years P y- I went to bed the night of the 14th thUy Nets confiscated by Warden Keith Harter. Fishing waters minus fishermen may pose a problem ing of opening days spent on various *T in enforcement. sylvania streams, Big Pine Creek, Little P1 ' 1942 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER 11 "lock House Run, Fishing Creek at Lamar, lfout Run, Cedar Run, Slate Run, all streams aftious in north central Pennsylvania for r°ok and brown trout fishing. As in years j^st, I pictured a fat brookie lying under r*at overhanging bank. A nice brownie v? that big rock at the tail of the riffle. lria Uy, I fen asleep, but dreams of fishing , ere with me and I rolled restlessly in my 6c*- Finally, just before dawn, I was awak ed by a loud discordant note. No, it wasn't */e old alarm clock, as in years past telling e to hurry, time to go fishing, but a bugle Riding reveille. Instead of jumping into ^ old fishing clothes, loading rod, basket ^ Waders into the car, it was get up, put a uniform, strap on a belt and bayonet, a° a rifle and prepare to drill. **o, April 15th this year was not to be lt as in years past. Instead of hearing a SroUls e drumming in the woods, it was a VUttime r beating time for a company on the dril] field. Instead of the buzzing of an His, e°t awakened early by the hot spring sun It was the angry drone of Navy planes erhead. Instead of the murmur of a fav- 'te trout stream, it was the pounding of *av(6 s on the breakwater, aiiri day, as I drilled with my company . a performed the various duties assigned in tJ6' my thoughts were of trout fishing f -Pennsylvania and of those who were a 'Unate enough to be enjoying the day as ^ y 'Wanted to. I wondered whether my boy ^ s fishing. How he enjoys it, and how I tyifL enJ°y spending the day on a stream o f* him! Most of all I wondered whether ^ Se at home were remembering those of tli , were doing our small part so that c ^; their children and our children could liv Ue to go fishing, enjoy the outdoors and 1 a free life. jv wondered whether they were releasing Ca small undersize trout and returning it \ve ^y to the water so that some day ft. ^ho may be fortunate enough to return Mi ave a chance to land it. I wondered et t,0 her anyone felt that now that so many the are *n tne services of their country, s f0 tfeams won't be so crowded and chances foil a ^Uu creel would be better. I also '°Und myself wondering whether the fight CQ^.^t pollution of our streams would be to Jnued, particularly against those anxious c°st • e rnoney out OI the war regardless of \y ln fish and wildlife, and whether we tw^ °emg remembered by our many sports- , s associations. Memories of outdoor cooking and carefree days astream are linked closely to the family bus. bw Vain> I have looked through the li- les cath and reading rooms at this training or a As a group, we anglers are extremely and supreme satisfaction as we carefully dis ^E\nf ^ copy of the ANGLER or the GAME fortunate. In rod, hook and line fishing, engage the tiny hook and permit the quarry 0f,e ' What a small amount it would cost e it is possible literally to "eat our cake and to swim away, knowing that it may still Sut . ^ county sportsmen's associations to have it, too". For those of us who hunt as furnish sport for other anglers or for a ^oyi^'ther or both in a camp where they e re well as fish, how often do we feel a twinge return engagement in the near future. Here £fcnn ^ ad and enjoyed by hundreds of of regret after the fast action that follows the is golden opportunity for sport in which s <,,. ylvania boys who read them at home. flush of gaudy ringneck cock or grouse be we can enjoy all the thrills without killing c0u °' we in the various services of our fore a pointing dog? Split-second speed of the source of our sport. r Iga ' y didn't forget you at home on April the plummeting bird, fast, pivoting gun point Subscribers to this magazine have fre ' We hope you will not forget us." ing and then a charge of shot that crumples quently in the past urged the setting of per l*ttk °f brings a lump into the throat, this the quarry—here is cream sport, the ultimate sonal creel limits by individual fishermen, fpjj r> doesn't it, brother angler? Makes a in thrills for the sportsman. But later, when well below the ten daily permitted under 8^w want to assure Lou and all the other after a tender-mouthed retrieve by the dog the law. The number suggested has ranged sty. sP°rtsmen, whose comradeship on the we stroke the glossy feathers, there may from one trout a day to five. As to size i NO-/. BILLY STOME0ACK OF LAA/SDALE PA., AT THE AGE OF NINE HAS MADE A GOOD START TOWARD BEING ONE of OUR FUTURE PLUGGERS. © NO-Z. COMPETENT /NSTRUCTORS ARE PROVIDED TO TRAIN YOUNG BOY IN THE TECHNIQUE OF CASTING. Bi| William J.tllis Sr. he'1 Juvenile Casting Classes are now be off to go fishing for two months, and if you fishing and refusing to take you along, ^ g(, ing sponsored by many Fishing Clubs think I'm going to be bothered taking care that was the thing you wanted to do & and are doing much to repopularize cast of a ten-year-old, you're all wrong. I'm How would you have liked it?" us ing in the Eqst. With the young forma going for recreation—not work." Joe was beginning to weaken, and .^ tive and enthusiastic material now being "But Buddy won't be any trouble, I'm sure. realized it, for the only reply he C°,A. coached it will not be long before the You won't have to watch him. He won't run make to Mary's last question was, "My ^ East and West can fight out the Na away, or get lost." never went fishing." Mary said no TO?] tional Championships on an equal basis. "It's not that Mary, but he'll want to fish, but quietly went back to the kitchen *' A They're also a big help to the Ole Man. and my entire day will be spent rigging began preparing lunch for two. She ^.^ up his tackle, baiting his hook, casting for been married to Joe for fifteen years " 44 HY don't you take him with you, him, untangling his backlashes, and all that. out learning the value of diplomacy. W WJoe? You know he'd enjoy it and I won't have a minute's real fishing all day." There were few cars on the road "A he's too young to go alone." "Joe, picture yourself thirty years ago, morning and they made excellent time ". \ "Now listen, Mary. I haven't had a day watching your father go off for a day's they had come to that stretch of salt P13 NO-I GEOBGE LENTZ IS AM APT PUPIL OF HIS PATH EH, THE FORMER WORLD'S CHAMPION SURF CASTE ft NO-2. DR. STONEBACK OFLANDSDALE., PA. MADE. A REAL PAL OF HIS SOU BILLY BV TEACHING HIM HOW TO CAST. NO-3. DONALD OTT, OF GLOUCHESTER. AND H/S DAD ARE A GREAT COMB INATION ON THE PLUG ACCURACY COURTS N0-4-. BOB EA6LES AT SIXTEEN BECAME THE NATIONAL BOy SUR.F CHAMPION. NO-S.HERE'S GEORGE LENTZ IN ACTIOMi AN ELEVEN' VEAK OLD WHIRL* WINO. NO-6.AG&OUP OF BO'S WAITING- THEIR TURN TO CAST AT THE DOVE/2 FISHINS CLUBS *JUV£N/LE EVENT. NO-7. RICHARD GREGER TyP/F/ES THE "3UDDy"/N THIS STORY. AIEVE/2 HAVING TOUCHED A FISHING- ROD. HE JOINED A JUVENILE CAST/NG GROUP AND BECAME SO EUTHUSIAST/C THAT HE SOON HAD ALL THE KIDS IN HIS ME/GH3OIZ0OOD CASTING. : ' —::::::.:.: * :;: : :: . ™:-::. x^:W :->:>.v : ;: . ifcM^ftftMNrffctaSi^i itTl lift 14 PENNSYLVANIA that separated the mainland from the beach. Here a mist had come up out of the sea and hung like a heavy blanket over the road. The early morning sun pierced it like a huge ball of fire. Overhead, the squawking of an occasional gull coming through the fog, indicated that they were approaching their destination. "What reel did you bring for me dad?" "My old free-spool Pennell." "Good! I was hoping you'd let me use that. I just cleaned it up the other day." "You what!" "Cleaned it. Took it all apart, washed it all off With gasoline, dried it, and then put plenty of vaseline in the gears and around the moving parts before I assembled it." Joe nearly ran the car into a ditch and it wasn't the fault of the fog, "Who ever gave you permission to monkey around my fishing tackle;" he exclaimed. "Why dad, it was an awful mess. You let it lay all winter without doing a thing to it. I couldn't possibly have used it in that con dition. And mother told me last week she thought you'd take me today." "Oh, she did! Did she? Well, tell me this. Where did you ever learn to take a reel apart? And how do you know that you got BUDDY MADE /» CAST THAT EVEN JOE,WITH ALL HIS YEARS OF ElSHIA/G all the parts back?" "I got them back, all right. I learned "Who did all the explaining?" high water mark they carried their ta<*jj how to do it last summer while I was visit "Expert casters, men who went all over down close to the water and while , , ing cousin Eddie in Philadelphia." and cast in tournaments. They all belonged began to cut up the bait Buddy was ^SS1M "I didn't know Eddie ever went fishing. to the club I mentioned and the club had around the tackle. Another surprise WaS j Does your uncle Fred have any fishing their best casters come out to teach the store for Joe. That ten-year-old went sb .; tackle?" boys." rigging up as if he'd been doing it all 7 "No dad, uncle Fred plays golf all the Joe was beginning to get interested. Was life. Before the bait was prepared, "i( time, but Eddie and I used to listen every it possible that this ten-year-old son of his rods were resting in sand spikes and rea ' week to a man broadcast all about hunting really—No, that was expecting too much. for business—hooks, sinkers, swivels, n'eve" and fishing. One night he announced that They'd soon be down on the beach now, thing. , a local fishing club was giving free casting and he'd show the kid some real surf cast Secretly Joe was proud of the kid, p j lessons to boys under fifteen years old. They ing. What did tournament casters know they still hadn't done any fishing. "^$J, wanted the boys' parents to go along, so about fishing anyway? Huh! Dry land me to throw it out for you boy?" he offer jj we got uncle Fred to take us." anglers! "No dad, its more fun when you c05 "Where did they cast? In the river?" The last bridge was crossed and they yourself." ,$ "No, they had a large field all laid out were now driving along the hard packed Joe tossed his lead out into the brea* ^ for casting. It was' in Fairmount Park. sand at the water's edge. Joe knew a good and turned to watch Buddy in his firs* de They'd take a group of boys out there, give spot about two miles further up the beach. tempt in getting it out where they were- .{ them rods and reels, and explain how to The tide still had a couple of hours to run wasn't kept waiting. Balancing hi*11 A use them. They showed us pretty nearly out. Conditions were perfect. firmly on both feet, Buddy swung his ^ everything about fishing tackle." With the car parked safely beyond the back with a five foot lead of line all0*'J his sinker to rest for an instant on the & , the full length of the rod and the lead D hind him. j,t Suddenly twisting his body he bro^ caI that rod around in a perfect arc that J-0|i the hook, line, and sinker in the direct^ of Europe at an upward angle of aboW* degrees. Gradually applying thumb P 1 sure on the spool of his reel. Buddy c' oH ' >— pleted a cast that even Joe, with a^ 9 ^CICU a l.(L3k Ultll CVC11 JUC, Willi *— ^g5 years of surf fishing, envied. The kid good. , 0 Joe at last realized that he had io^^s new pal. The best pal in the worldi own son. His minds eye pictured ras^> " ture trips that instead of dreading, he *' anticipate with pleasure. ,0jS He even felt envious of the instruc,.y', who had made such a good job of his J ea Why hadn't he done it first? Well, J 0t u or not, the first thing he would do \ef arriving home would be to write a ' .,« to the sponsors of that casting class A gratulating them on the wonderful they were doing. it Joe's discovery of his son's ability j* brings to light a new phase of our el tional system that has probably bee11 '^e glected more than any other, even in BUDDY wetJT RIGHT TO WORK ©A/ THE TACKLE. 1942 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER 15 w .°f sports. Fishing is, by far, the most ar a ^ recreational sport in our country; lio 6cerit survey showed nearly fifteen mil- ORGANIZATION CHART or JUVENILE CASTING GROUP o faithful disciples. In this group are du taios* learned scholars, leaders of in- ^ t ' and ^e most humble of unskilled SUPERVISOR Mtli rs' President Cleveland is credited tQ saying, "When I have a real problem thu,?. ' something that requires constructive PUBLIC RELATIONS i lng; I put all work aside and go fish- CUSTODIAN n NEWSPAPERS, RADIO, generally come back with the solu- OF EQUIPMENT tion" PRIZES,ETC. I NSTRUCTOR SCHOOLS, ETC ns FOR ALL \ve ° idering all this, isn't it strange that 9jwi. Ver hear of the scientific principles of BEGINNERS tyst *° heing included in the educational INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTOR tj, ,ern for youthful America? It is true FOR INTERMEDIATE FOR INTERMEDIATE 'ticl J& ^ew °^ our colleges have recently SURF CASTING INSTRUCTOR PLUS CASTING but these principles in their curriculum; FOR INTERMEDIATE for' ^y wait until the boy is old enough c FLV CASTI NG is °Uege? The average boy of eight or ten pa INSTRUCTOR cagt? ble of grasping the fundamentals of INSTRUCTOR a nd, if he is given the opportunity, FOR ADVANCED FOR ADVANCED ow tn L! many years of pleasure are added SURF CASTING INSTRUCTOR PLUGCASTING > life. FOR ADVANCED 0Ur °f f «! friend Joe, there are thousands FLY CASTING clav thers in this country who anticipate the w c0tn hen their offspring will go as their £>v pa ni hav , °n on a fishing trip. Most of them sar . the patience to give him the neces- ln t^g , structions, or just neglect it until supply of boy-power. Competent instructors top. Who knows? The next decade may s Oppj °y' recreational interests have devel- give the boys blackboard talks and train bring forth records that will leave that 705 a on ttiev ! S other lines, on which, probably, them in the technique of scientific angling. foot cast of champion Livenais far behind. otie *^ have nothing in common. Brother, Then, as soon as the weather permits, they Returning to our friends Joe and Buddy; a kin, ^ y to hold on to that boy is to teach get outside and cast. it was dusk when the car pulled in the h 1 °w to cast. Similar classes are held in Margate, City, driveway and two tired and hungry anglers n CoUn. g clubs in various parts of our N. J., Ocean City, N. J., and Philadelphia, got out . . . plus a basket of fish. The a ing /*& re realizing this need and are try Pa. In the last named location classes are fragrant odors of a hot dinner wafted through cor ing °. rect it by organizing juvenile cast- sponsored by the Dover Fishing Club in the window. Mary's trim figure was outlined asses Slldj such as the one ten-year-old cooperation with the local station of the in the doorway—a silhouette against the c y atte °0b nded. Tackle manufacturers are National Broadcasting Company. This club background of electric light from within. era tla(jj ting by furnishing equipment. is one of the pioneers in competitive casting "Hello Joe!" she called, "did you have a cor noxjn°. nmentators are helping by an- and counts among its members many of the good day's fishing?" lng &tter.j the details and inviting boys to experts. It is from these experts that the "No-o, I couldn't fish for watching that h^y ' Business and professional men who boys' instructors are chosen. kid. But say! You ought to see him cast." 0Un of r * d that angling is their best method Any lad who shows the proper interest ax atjj ' ation, are sponsoring these classes in the sport is eligible. He is given a thor is n ° assisting with instructions. All that ough training in everything that pertains CgSs ^ed to make them a complete suc- to casting and fishing. The instructors will SUGGESTIONS FOR ORGAN 6tl e Co *^ cooperation of the parents by give him everything they have, except their Ura IZING AND CONDUCTING •Vs Sing their boys to attend. As in experience. That's up to the boy. But, as6 JUVENILE CASTING GROUPS fieiatv° > the parent is the ultimate bene- the biggest thing of all is up to dad ... to a n< lso . ^ ^ maybe, if he goes along, Dad see that the boy gets out. ln *j" learn something. Harlan Major in his "Salt Water Fishing ClUb ' tlle Association of Surf Angling Tackle," published in 1939 by the Funk and Enlist expert casters to act as instructors, Boy' sponsored and sanctioned a National Wagnalls Company, devotes several chap and be assured of their cooperation to make si^ Tournament open to all boys under ters to surf tournament casting. In speaking the project a success. Appoint a supervisor 6tl to call a meeting of the instructors and bri0t. years of age. For a number of years of juvenile casting classes he says: "This in pi .*° this a similar event had been held movement is doing much to repopularize formulate a plan. Select a man familiar with lla the requirements needed to make a good Weei delphia as part of the annual Boy's casting in the East and with the young t%„ activities. This was the real begin- formative and enthusiastic material now be caster and one who has had some experience in handling boys. boys °t organized competitive casting for ing coached it will not be long before the Have sufficient equipment on hand and try In East and the West can fight out the national to th °se days little attention was given championships on an equal basis." to keep it uniform. If boys want to buy their up own equipment, the purchase should only in4iv;, instructions. A few far-sighted With the possible exception of Ralph Bowman, who is still young, none of the be made upon advice from an instructor. alad. ls. expert casters in the East have' the chance However, if you are sponsoring this project Would occasionally take hold of in the interest of true sportsmanship, you f0(J thatlc. lmost part the boys took any old of the proverbial snowball against the dis for f, drill him in the fundamentals, but will exclude no one, so be sure and have cast_JJ ree* they could get and went out to tance record now held by August P. Liven- rods, reels, and lines on hand for the kids \^ Y the only method they knew—just ais of San Francisco. Most of the recog that don't have their own. W From the ranks of these juveniles nized experts are at an age where any im e Avoid loaned equipment—better to raise Th Coi:ne many of today's expert casters, provement necessitating a change in their 6ir the money and purchase enough outfits to to t uSUccess is due entirely to their ability present style, and possibly equipment, would a accommodate the entire group. Manufac ^doh,?, a°^vice from seasoned veterans, plus put them back in the novice class. But boys turers, if acquainted with the project, will le s irit of high school age and younger, if prop . In R * P erly coached, can start out with the benefit often give substantial discounts, and where ^ard 6 ' N- J- under the guidance and ethical, may even donate a number of outfits. VV rlc ot of years of experience already gained by the » litti ° Fred Evers, they have gone older casters. Use your local newspapers, radio stations, Cot>du6f Urther than most communities by With this advantage at the start we will schoolteachers, etc., to interest boys in cast J'red ^tlRg juvenile casting classes all winter, find many a lad whose individual style and ing. Encourage boys, especially the younger tion as succeeded in getting the coopera- Qf ability will enable him to go right to the (Continued on page 22) the local school board to aid in the 1G PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER MA* NOTES ON THE FEDERATION By LEO. A. LUTTRINGER, Jr. HE Eleventh Annual gathering of the existence today, but no effort has been made tion and a National Conference on Conserva' TFederation held in Harrisburg on Feb yet to effect a State-wide organization or to tion Education and Publicity was attend6* ruary 13 and 14, may be over but it is by no plan a year-round program of activities for On the basis of these and past surveys means forgotten. From it sprung some pro them. If the Federation ever undertakes such specific program for Pennsylvania was reO1", grams which are so timely and important, a task it will undoubtedly receive the hearty mended as follows: That a summer sch"0 so wide in scope, and so far flung in appli cooperation of all State Departments interest similar to the Ohio Conservation Laborator; cation that they will keep every organiza ed in the preservation of our natural re be sponsored by some institution of hig^e tion and individual affiliated with the Fed sources. learning in the Commonwealth on a ere* eration on their toes from now on until next basis, and that the State Teachers CoVeti£ REPORTS OF COMMITTEES hunting season rolls around. adopt conservation as one of their prim3^ Post War Program Conservation Education requirements; that someone be employed ' Two of these programs merit special men (Robert Steventon, Chairman) the Department of Public Instruction to W0' tion because they have a direct bearing on While the report of this committee was not up study units for in-service teachers and W National Defense. The one embodies a far- particularly encouraging it was not discour children in the public schools based on $ reaching plan of post war recreational re aging. And the fact that the committee was material now being published by the vari"* habilitation designed to create more and not much nearer its goal is no indication that conservation departments. more outdoor facilities for the people of the its members were not active; they were ex This plan was drawn up and submitted Commonwealth. The details of this tremend tremely active. The conservation education the Department of Public Instruction wt>e, ous undertaking are now being worked out programs of several other States were studied. it is now undergoing further study follo^1* by Dr. R. E. Anthony, Secretary of the South Robert Steventon, Chairman of the Commit which its merits will be determined a* j Central Division, who sponsored it and who tee, enrolled in the Conservation Laboratory round table discussion of representatives discussed its possibilities at length during the of Ohio State University for six weeks dur the Department of Public Instruction, th* convention, Charles Nehf, Vice-Chairman of ing the summer, the writer and C. Gordon of the various conservation agencies, the ed ^ the Southeast Division, and Dr. M. L. Krieble, one of his assistants, spent ten days cational committee of the Federation, rep**f Banker, Chairman of the Planning Committee at the same laboratory observing its opera sentatives of such outside agencies as ^ of the Federation. It would not be fair either to Dr. Anthony or the members of his committee to divulge at this time any specific details of the proj ect or its plan of administration because it is dependent upon too many involved factors, some of which must still be explored. How ever, in substance it will not only call for an enormous health and recreational pro gram but it will provide a means of assimilat ing thousands of men after the war at a time when there must certainly exist a labor de pression of some degree or other. As soon as Dr. Anthony and his committee have amassed sufficient information on the pro posed undertaking it will be published in the Gomes News for your information and study. Farmer Cooperative Harvesting Program The other program, which has been out lined rather thoroughly on the editorial page, is one which calls for immediate action be cause of its importance to National Defense. It is a program not to be taken lightly by any means; it is one which will produce tremendous dividends if it is backed whole heartedly by all concerned. While President Merrits, in outlining it, referred in particular to the associated clubs of the Federation and their membership, he by no means excluded non-affiliated clubs or individuals. Helping farmers to harvest their grain is a job anyone can do. Anyone can spend at least part of a day in the fields with out requiring subsequent treatment for aching backs or tired limbs. The members of Junior Clubs, Boy Scouts, etc., should also be en couraged to lend a hand. The more the mer rier. Remember we are interested these days in only one thing—winning a war. All other things are secondary even though essential; but to win a war our armed forces, our home workers, our allies must eat. Junior Clubs While not mentioned as a specific program the matter of an auxiliary association of Junior Clubs is one which merits serious e Photos Courtesy Pennsylvania Game $ thought. There are numerous such clubs in Rev. Darlington R. Kulp, First Vice-President. 1942 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER 17 M. C. MERRITTS DR. C. A. MORTTMZIt COLIN McF. REED president Secretary-Treasurer Second Vice-President h otnen's Clubs, Garden Clubs, etc. It is Trees, but before this could be presented to club and the county legislative committees that this meeting will be called shortly. the various associations of the Federation, from the county in which it originated would * is an opportune time to inculcate con- world conditions made it impossible to ac be responsible for having the bill introduced. i Nation education in our schools. The war quire the necessary seed from China. How A suggestion was also made that the Federa E s„. ire^dy made people conservation con- ever, the committee recommended that the tion ask the Izaak Walton League to forward °Us. It is making all of them more con- various clubs contact their district foresters vital information on proposed Federal Legis tK Vat*on-mmded. It is our job to see that and purchase the different nut trees propa lation from time to time. y remain that way permanently. gated by the Department of Forests and Waters in their various nurseries. Clubs were Pure Streams Committee Fish Committee also encouraged to include farmers when (Dr. Darlington R. Kulp, Chairman) (Ben Kane, Chairman) making distribution of the trees. In reporting The Pure Streams Committee as usual was very active, and its Chairman attended sev fr report of the Fish Committee, aside further for the committee, Chairman Watts cect • Commending the Fish Commission on asked that it be enlarged to include a lum eral important conferences on the subject la during the year, including meetings with the a. tti activities and program recommended berman in order that more intelligent study as Secretary of the Sanitary Water Board in fg t year's convention, included several could be made in certain sections of the fav •t'ons' Paramount °f which was one State pursuant to the issuance of cutting con order to consider ways and means of prevent f}.,?ring legislation, if necessary, to restore tracts by the Department of Forests and ing further pollution of Swatara Creek by n coal mine wastes. An especially important 10 ! S streams to their former condition fol- Waters. Watts contended that after exhaus t; lng highway improvements. The resolu- tive surveys of two sections in Huntingdon one convened in Philadelphia by the Inter hioi Was based on complaints that township and Mifflin Counties some sportsmen living state Commission on the Delaware River stj 1Vvay supervisors have in many cases de- near the proposed cuttings claimed on the Basin, the American Society of Civil Engin ye eers, the Engineer's Club of Philadelphia and in d good fishing areas in their road build- one hand that cutting was a detriment, an other interested groups, brought out factors tj0 d repair programs. Another resolu- whereas other sportsmen claimed that it was recomr having to do with the pollution in the Dela djg. . nended that the Fish Commission beneficial because it increased the game lc ware and Schuylkill Rivers. The comments CL t the State and appoint supervisors in supply. vis ^e °^ sucn districts, such men to super- of these various meetings are too lengthy for ^ the stocking of all fish in the inland Legislative Committee publication here. However, in a few words rs (Charles K. Fox, Chairman) the conferences brought out some salient te„ °f the Commonwealth. The Commit- i^i a*so recommended that the Fish Com- That a more efficient and thorough legisla facts, particularly with reference to the Dela s>tu l°D ma^e a study of the rainbow trout tive system be adopted by the Federation ware-Schuylkill problem as follows: at n was recemmended by this committee. Chair han '° in the north branch of the Susque- 1. Pollution can and must be eliminated from, a man Fox said that only by a complete re the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers. ta; . River and other large streams con- 2. There are no technical problems to interfere tfj,."? these fish, with a view toward ex- organization of the legislative structure of with the adequate treatment of industrial and the Federation could its influence be State b6r i^}S the season on the species to Septem- domestic sewage before the effluent is discharged wide. The committee recommended the for safely into the rivers. tefr. °' *t was recommended that another at- 3. The Schuylkill River must be protected Wf l ^e made to have a bill passed in the mation of club, county, and division legisla against the discharge of fine coal, culm and silt tive committees, and suggested that close waters by the Anthracite industries. f0l. future to increase the fishing license fee 4. All the facts and factors having to do with 8sk« Purpose of purchasing more public friends of members of the House and Senate the pollution of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, nillg waters. and people with excellent contacts should be are known. No further study, survey research by appointed to such committees. Under the the Federal Government, or by any other agency is required. Mr. Turner said "You know 'why" Forestry Committee proposal after any Federation resolution re this job must be done; you know 'how' this job •j, . (Herbert E. Watts, Chairman) quiring legislation has been adopted by the can be financed; the 'when' remains for you to. 1S Com answer." M$ mittee worked up a plan for State- club, county, division or state organization 5. If the City of Philadelphia refuses to act, the? reforestation of Oriental Chestnut t should be referred to its source and the (Continued on page 22) 18 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER MA* PAN FISH this occurs, strip in the line with the hand THE COPPERHEAD not holding the rod and with the two fore (Continued from page 3) (Continued from page 7) . fingers of the hand holding the rod, grasp J nacious character of these little fellows the sack. As I tied the top of the sack, the line against the rod after each stripping 1 would be their undoing if they didn't learn operation. If a rise to the fly occurs when felt a sharp jag in the little finger of J* ? to become hook wise. the line is under the two fingers the fisher left hand. Seeing no briars among the tall Streams, however, offer a story a bit dif man can stiffen up on a taut line. weeds and grasses where we were standing ferent. The currents and riffles conceal the The neatest way to pick a fly from the I looked' closely at the sack and discovered identity of the lure to such an extent that a drop of amber colored fluid oozing ow water at the end of a long float when the ){ the chance of deception is far greater and fly is close to the feet of the angler is to near the top, and at once perceived that the panners are more easily taken. It must make a high roll cast, and before the fly was snake venom from one fang, the other be remembered too, that pan fish have a touches the water, commence the back cast. having pierced my finger. Prompt first ai Let's give this noble fish a break This little king of streams or lake, Maybe a pan fish when he flops But to me, he's simply tops! Lots o' luck, and Light lines. FIRST STEPS IN DRY FLY FISHING (Continued from page 5) of a fish to the fly. The easiest way to ac complish this is to take up the slack line with the fingers of the free hand. Frequently, however, the current is so fast that it is im possible to take up the surplus line fast enough by this method, and the result is excess line beyond the tip of the rod. When 1942 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER 19 Western and central Texas, western and cen C \ tal Oklahoma, north to Cowley County, Kansas. Habitat c°Pperheads do not confine themselves to ?nv certain type of habitat, but are found in a variety of places. They inhabit rocky led?ge. s along hillsides, meadows at the sum- , lts of hills, and sometimes along the val- le;V s of streams. The snakes most commonly ,•ne ett With along streams are not copperheads. °Wever. The harmless watersnakes may be s ung on bushes overhanging the stream, , ^ing on rocks or logs by or in the stream, , • copperheads are more likely to be a few ,et back from the stream than right along e edge, although of course watersnakes . too, so it is useless to try to identify them "* their habitat. Copperheads are fre- J" ently killed when wheat is being har- fh.S ^ue *° ^e abundance of mice in fields. The same field in the spring may nave a copperhead within a mile or two. Range W , 'antina g to know as accurately as possible s f distribution of the Copperhead in Penn- lv jj ania, the writer consulted Mr. M. Graham ' "ng, herpetologist for the Carnegie Mu seum Mr. Netting is well versed in zoo- ra e ,* Phy and supplied the following inter- 6S ^g facts Note the tail Is not blunt. "Th.e situation seems to be this: the cop- ferh, ead does not occur within the area once The food of the copperhead consists chiefly Copperheads shed their skins occasionally, 6re< y tne Do ^ k Wisconsin ice sheet, except of warm-blooded animals such as mice or as do other snakes, perhaps from two to five Sl 0 °ly a few miles within the boundary almost any mammal small enough; and small times per year. This sloughing of the skin . a^uvial soils in river valleys. It appears birds. It also has been reported to feed on is not necessarily due to growth, as I have ccur in regions of older glaciation, or in frogs, cicadas and large insects, batrachians had captive snakes shed a number of times as p] where the matter of glaciation or non- and snakes. In captivity it is a fairly good without any measurable increase in size. A Clati 1; °n has not been decided ... I be- feeder and can often be induced to feed few days before shedding, the eyes become e (j0 y°u can safely say that the copperhead upon freshly killed mice by keeping them "milky" in color, and although the snake 110 0£ •tj,. ^ occur north of the terminal moraine in motion until the snake becomes interested. is not blind, it can't see clearly. This fact j 'sconsin glaciation except at a few places Like most snakes, however, it prefers live tends to make it more irritable, and if it is ^tream valleys." food and like other venomous species, usu more likely to strike at a moving object, e gi accompanying map of Pennsylvania ally kills its prey before devouring it. I it is undoubtedly less accurate in placing S c0n^ approximately the limit of the Wis- have kept quite a number of them in cap the blow. n t0 j' drift. To state the matter intelligibly tivity but have never had one eat a frog, or Venom lj , 0Se not familiar with geology, copper- e anything but warm-blooded creatures. Contrary to popular opinion, the bite sjj s are not likely to occur in the areas In the fall when the nights get cool, cop from a copperhead is not as serious as that o j n shaded on the map. There are rec- r perheads begin to feel the hibernating in of a timber rattler, as a much larger per thp *ne species from practically all of stinct. To my knowledge, they do not den centage of bites from the latter is fatal. The c°unties in the unshaded portion. up together as commonly as does the timber rattler releases a larger amount of venom e (V ^^ History rattlesnake. I know of several rattlesnake into its victims, and places it more effectively Pperne e0rn- ads probably mate shortly after dens, but have never located a copperhead with its longer fangs and heavier weight ou W}jj , ^ t of hibernation in the spring, den, although there probably are such. Along in striking. m the Clarion River where copperheads are Anr;i Pennsylvania is usually late in Figures on the relative toxicity of poi^ or common in the spring, no one that I have \varm -May, depending on how early it sonous snakes has been determined with questioned has ever found a den. When the s6rv * Up. Few people have actually ob- birds and animals. It must be considered Co weather becomes cold, they seek crevices The PPerheads in the act of mating. that the susceptibility of humans to ven^ in the rocks where they can go below the are born usually early in Sep- oms might be entirely different from that r frost line to spend the winter. Since their of i °ut sometimes as early as the middle of birds and animals. On tests of venom Ugust blood approximates the temperature of the toher or as late as the middle of Oc- made by injecting known quantities of ven-, air or the ground upon which they lie (a Sjwj copperhead is an ovoviviparous om into pigeons, the Antivenin Institute s description of the term "cold-blooded") cold 6gns > the young being born alive from published the following figures for the cop n temperatures would freeze them solid. Some of ji at have developed within the body perhead and the timber rattlesnake, expressed snakes can stand a small amount of freezing as {}. pother. (Some snakes lay eggs, such in milligrams of dried venom. The figures 6 and recover, but a real prolonged cold snap youjj house snake and the blacksnake). The represent the minimum lethal dose which S nur will kill them. In 1940 over half of our col av6r . nber from three to ten, perhaps will kill a 350 gram pigeon, injected intra gln lection of snakes froze to death in the fall. y0Ujl g five. This is a small number of venously: Timber rattler, 0.35 mgm.; Cop g They were kept in an unheated building and gafte compared with those of the water or perhead, 0.12 mgm. In other words, rattle in outdoor cages, and an unexpected frost or j^ snakes which sometimes have fifty snake venom is about three times as toxic re occurred while we were away. ttye ; Newly born copperheads are be- as that of the copperhead, to pigeons. In eignt an In hibernation the respiration and circu Th d ten inches in length, man, snake bite cases seem to indicate dif lation of an animal is retarded almost to a h^j-j y°ung snakes are born with the fangs ferently, as other records show that on the standstill so that it uses up so very little arn0, " and the glands containing a small average only twice as much venom can be energy that body fat can keep it in fairly venom. It doesn't receive any extracted from a timber rattler as from a a good condition until spring. It is possible Hs6u JL care and is capable of caring for copperhead. hgaj'. •'•he bite of a newly born copper- for a snake to live much longer without food ls to a . capable of poisoning a human being than the period spent in hibernation. We Quantity of Venom Painf charic ul extent, although there is slight once had a timber rattlesnake that lived for I have made 46 venom extractions from 6 °f it proving fatal to an adult. fourteen months without eating. adult copperheads, yielding an average of 20 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER MA* about 2.3 minims per snake. (A minim is about the size of a drop; approximately .06 cubic centimeters). The median would probably convey a more accurate idea as to the amount of venom to expect, as some individuals may yield a very high amount, and others none at all, depending on various factors such as the health of the snake, its confinement, when it struck last, etc. The median from these 46 extractions was about 2.5 minims or .15cc. Maximum yield from any one snake was 4.5 minims. Maximum yields I have taken from other species are as follows: timber rattlesnake, 5% minims; Massasauga, 2 minims; western diamondback rattler (5 ft. specimen) 21 minims. A two foot copperhead has fangs about one-fourth of an inch in length and about twice that far apart at their base. The potency of the venom not only varies between different species, but also between individuals of the same species, and prob ably at different ages of the same individual. In experiments I have made on the ef fects of venom on snakes themselves, I find that the copperhead is not immune to its own venom. While the normal amount of venom expended in the strike of a snake on itself or one of its own size has so far Another excellent photo of the copperhead. in no instance proved fatal, an amount such ho* as can be extracted from 3 or 4 adults is have an odor that is by no means delicate experience with the reptile. John Doe sometimes sufficient to kill one adult if in to me. After questioning many men who killed many of them in the wood lot on jected subcutaneously or intramuscularly. have hunted copperheads and caught them farm. The place they frequent is also t Hence I do not believe it possible for a cop alive, I find that all of them agree that their habitat of a species of fungus that has sense of smell is a poor accessory of equip strong and peculiar odor that to John srrteli s perhead to "commit suicide" by striking 1 itself, but it might suffer some discomfort ment in catching the serpents. like cucumbers. John corelates this sfl ' from such an accident. I have collected a considerable number of to the presence of copperheads and belief copperheads and have had live specimens on it is caused by the latter. He informs t> Snake Bite Cases hand off and on for fifteen years. I've naturalist that the presence of copperhea The copperhead is responsible for more kept live copperheads in a cage in my bed is characterized by an odor similar to «* .cases of snake poisoning than any other room all winter long, but never have I of cucumbers, and is quite definite on "^ ,one species of snake in the country. Far noticed this alleged odor. I have tested a point. more than the timber rattler because it is number of people, who claim to become The naturalist has no reason to doubt found in many more places, holding its own aware of the presence of copperheads by statement and incorporates it in his b°° ^ near thickly populated centers where rattlers this cucumber odor, by taking them in a The book in general is authoritative, a ; have long since become exterminated. small room containing live copperheads, and subsequently other books quote portions In the August, 1935 issue of Scientific none of them knew of their presence until it. This supposed characteristic of S Monthly was the most recent survey of they were told. I have yet to find a person copperhead is eventually published in 1 . j, snake bite statistics for the United States. with such ability. The belief is so common a number of books and periodicals, *** S e It was written by Dr. Thomas S. Githens and widespread that it is worth some dis in turn are read by thousands of P ni of the Mulford Biological Laboratories, Sharp cussion. The information gained is passed &f j and Dohme, who manufacture snake bite Probably every creature has a distinctive further by word of mouth. John Doe ", ,serum. odor that is perceptible to dogs or other long since been forgotten, or perhaps ne., In the eight year period from 1927 to animals with a highly developed sense of mentioned in the first place, but his ^ ,e 1 1934, inclusive, 2376 reports of snake bite smell, but I do not admit that a normal man taken notion is perpetuated. It is far J* 5 were collected, of which 2342 were cer can smell copperheads in their native haunts. difficult to eradicate this belief than it tainly from venomous species. It is esti Snakes are unusually clean animals, and in to originate it. , j, mated that this figure represents less than captivity, if their cages are kept scrup This case is, of course, only hypothet'. a third of the poisonous bites that actually ulously clean, there is no perceptible odor. but it could be proven about similar ' 0{ occurred. Of these 2342 accidents, the cop However such a well established belief lacies (and possibly this one) by a lflt i pT' . pi-esent conditions, with more remote trout %K acid and quiet, Jean for years has been waters almost inaccessible to the average °* my closest fishing companions. He fisherman due to gasoline and tire ration ends a lot of time enjoying a good home ing, the problem of stemming any increase fe,: ly 5te6cdl lunch or chatting with farm folks. in illegal fishing is one that may require tL sP6aks cheerily to all he meets along serious consideration. tream. He goes home supremely happy Healthful outdoor recreation is one of the *r 3 few hours outdoors even if he has greatest builders of morale known to man, jj.CaUght a fish. and trout fishing ranks at the peak of such ti s ls the quiet persistence without which sports. Regarded in this light, the vital need tt Other devices of the violator are gigs and an ever becomes a really good angler. for such invigorating sports cannot be over- snatch-hooks. 22 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER M** present period when making the most out of of impure water without taking any humani 7. A letter in honor of Dalton Bell, Williamsp% member of the Board of Directors from the s?ra a little seems to be watchword. But fish tarian steps to prevent further pollution. The central Division who met an untimely death "Le they will, even if it is almost at their door stream improvement committee certainly de hunting accident last season, was spread upon minutes of the Conference. *( steps, and we'll venture the prediction that serves a big hand for its unrelenting fight. 8. Before adjournment of the Saturday mongc| they'll get a whale of a lot of fun in doing it. session Mr. Kane suggested that in view of the * d Resolutions that James N. Morton, Chief, Division of J*jy Management, of the Commission, was in the " ., The Resolutions adopted by the convention pital, and that he was always a friend of eve y BUDDY MAKES THE GRADE were many and diversified, and I have clas body coming to the Convention that a message )S (Continued from page 15) condolence be sent for his recovery. This „ sified them according to the department to done by the Secretary who received a very ones, to be accompanied by their parents which they refer for the sake of identifica preciative reply from friend Jimmy tion and clarity. 9. The Convention voted against ondefflgfi or an adult. This will gain the goodwill of tion resolution from York County protesting a.&"'nCe the community and probably bring you some Objectives of the Pennsylvania Federation the Split Rock Association after hearing evid^^j 3 older candidates. of Sportsmen's Clubs: to the effect that that association had cooper ,,,' with the Northeastern Division by opening *•J{ Classify all of the candidates according to 1. To conserve the natural resources of our acres of lands and many miles of fishing stred state and nation. which were previously closed. ,je5 their knowledge of handling a rod and reel. 2. To provide adequate laws to prevent the ex s 10. A motion to exclude all fox hunting *°i,c- Separate them into groups with an instruc ploitation of natural resources—forests, water, land, game, fish, and song birds. or articles from the Game News was defeated ^ tor for each. The following three groups cause it was felt that proponents of every ^er 3. To combine and -coordinate the conservation had an equal right to exchange ideas and »_^e- are essential to start: BEGINNERS: To be activities of all sportsmen groups into one power a: wise promote their interests through the mag instructed in assembling equipment, tying ful state federation and also adopt and practice a code of ethics in sportsmanship acceptable to fishermen's knots, thumbing a reel, level the citizens of our state and nation. Fish Resolutions winding, etc. Before any attempt is made 4. To sponsor educational programs designed to 1. Recommending that the Fish Commission .. inform our people how to gain the health-restor er at casting, the members of this group should the Department of Highways cooperate in ing advantages offered by participation in outdoor ing dams above road fills wherever possible. ^ also be thoroughly familiar with the differ recreation—camping, boating, swimming, hunting, 2. Recommending legislation, if necessary, ^°^\$ fishing. ent kinds of rods and reels and their uses store to their former condition streams in ^ ^c 5. To teach safe methods to pursue in sports good fishing was destroyed by highway imPr° in fishing. activities thus preventing accidents and preserv ments. INTERMEDIATE: This group to receive in ing human life. This applies especially to the 3. Recommending that the Commission of& ! youth of our country. Spring Creek Project to Sunday fishing. jiS structions in footwork, casting form, avoid 6. To combine the efforts of all sportsmen in 4. Requesting that the Commission empower ,,, ing awkwardness, etc. This group should regard to conservation of wildlife species. We agents, in cases where roads are impassable ji therefore appeal to all large and small game 5 try some actual casting without attempting originally designated streams, to place ft " aj* hunters, fishermen, trappers, fox hunters, 'coon those listed as second or third choices if they to gain distance or acquire accuracy. hunters, and gun clubs, F.F.A., 4-H, Boy Scouts, e in good condition and accessible for stocking- rc and any organization devoted to conservation of eI ADVANCED: Candidates after qualifying 5. Requesting the Commission to rigidly ~%e$ human and natural resources to join with the the new regulations on the sale of bait ^ in the intermediate group should be pro Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs in from public waters. \f moted to this group and shown the real the effort to conserve the home of wildlife. 6. Recommending that special Fish Warden1^, 7. To cooperate with and coordinate the efforts employed on a per diem basis for wages an" ty technique of distance and accuracy casting. of all affiliated club members. This is to agree on penses in the same manner in which DeF Encourage boys in regular attendance by sound principles as applied to the conservation of Game Protectors are employed. ^fi natural resources and to gain the respect of our holding a Juvenile Tournament at the close 7. Requesting the Commission to refrain legislators, the farmer, and the landowner and in appointing as special Fish Warden anyone ''^< of the season with attractive awards for boys doing this, the posted land problem will be solved. the Commission feels will attempt to use his^ J0f doing the best work. 8. To cooperate with and support both the Game mission as a means of obtaining informati°n ^i and Fish Commissions in their effort to practice the purpose of enforcing the trespass lawSi tf If your group is limited, it is advisable to efficient administrative principles in wildlife man recommending that any such commissions 3j* start with one kind of casting, either surf, agement and fish culture. issued be revoked if they are being misused- y-' 9. To protect and guard the game and fish fund rr fly, or plug. Later, other kinds may be in 8. Authorizing the Commission to expend \re;ii>! attained through the license fee system which is from the Fish Fund to enforce the pure St>J of troduced. The accompanying chart pictures not a tax and assure its use for the purpose pre laws, and requesting the Legislative Comrrutte?^- scribed by law. Also to see that sound economy is an ideal organization with the classes so the Federation to introduce appropriate leS practiced in the manner such funds are used. tion to accomplish this purpose. . JO* arranged that a graduate from the beginners 10. To guard carefully the present game and 9. Recommending enforcement and penalties group may elect any one.of the three styles fish code which is the basic foundation on which violation of the frog laws. Mf the success on the part of our Game and Fish 10. Reaffirming a recommendation of the \e $? of casting and enter an intermediate group Commissions in wildlife management and fish cul County Federation for an increase of 50c rn M! for that particular type. However, if you ture now stands. fishing license, such increase to be earmarkeo „( are just starting, you may have difficulty in 11. To guard carefully the constitution and by the acquisition, development and maintenanc laws of the Pennsylvania Federation of Sports public fishing waters. . t if' collecting such an elaborate staff. If so, men's Clubs so that no principle of law shall enter 11. Recommending the Commission restrict ^1 use the chart as an objective to build up to therein discriminatory to the rights and privileges commercial sale of all Pennsylvania fish ww'jjfi' of true sportsmanship. exception of those food fish taken in Lake jg- after you get going. Better to start out small 12. To oppose any amendment or act of legisla which come under the present commercial res and grow, than visa versa. ture that may deprive a law abiding citizen the tion and products of commercial hatcheries, jff' right to possess, own, or bear firearms in accord 12. Recommending that Spring Creek be ^fi The secret of a successful Juvenile Cast with the Constitution of the United States. open, and that fishing be permitted until ing Group is to keep the boys not only in 13. To cooperate with neighboring state agencies during the period that May-flies are hatchinjjoi)' in reference to reciprocal agreements pertaining to terested, but enthused. Eventually you may 13. Requesting the Fish and Game Commissi)' hunting and fishing privileges on borderlines. to urge the Department of Revenue to have niS even elaborate on the chart as shown and 14. To prevent the pollution of now clean streams ing and hunting licenses delivered to all aB sub-divide the advanced classes into ac and to bring about the redemption of polluted 10 days before the present license expires. JJUS streams." Adopted. 14. Complimenting the Governor for app01. < curacy and distance groups. certain members of the Fish Commission an" V Good Luck! Federation Resolutions affirming the request that such appointmen confirmed by the Senate. , 1. Proclaiming sportsmen's wildlife week begin ning April 1, 1942. NOTES ON THE FEDERATION 2. Requiring that whenever a resolution is pre Speakers at the Convention included .^ (Continued from page 11) sented and approved by either a division or the Neiger, member of the Fish Commission, JJ State Federation that requires an act of legisla spoke of the work of that Depart^1 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania can compel her to ture, that responsibility for developing and con e act. summating such legislature rest with the club Robert Lamberton, member of the G8" 6. If Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of which originated the resolution in cooperation Commission, who delivered a report J ^ Pennsylvania refuse to act, action can be brought with the Legislative Committee of the division and through the Federal courts by a suit on the part State Federation. pared by the President, Ross L. Leffler, ' r), of Delaware and New Jersey vs. The Common 3. Recommending that the Governor be peti that Department's activities; J. R. & 0tf wealth of Pennsylvania. tioned to remove the present members of the s 7. The report of the Army Engineers on the Sanitary Water Board and appoint in their stead Secretary, Sanitary Water Board, who ?j': restoration and conservation of the Schuylkill River such men who are sympathetic to the enforcement on "Functions of the Sanitary Water B°a ,-t' provides an adequate plan 'for the reclamation of of Pure Streams Legislature. G. Albert Stewart, Secretary of the ~°eV^J> this river. 4. Recommending that the Federation, through 8. The problems of the pollution of these rivers its Board of Directors or by special committee, ment of Forests and Waters, who *f $1 is now up to the people. It can be solved when work out a plan, together with its estimated cost, about the "Future Cutting Program oi ^ they have the will to act. of providing continuous representation at Harris- Department"; and Charles A. French, ^ ^e One important approach to the whole prob burg. 5. Vigorously and earnestly protesting at the pro missioner of Fisheries, who also gave ^, lem centers around the public health and posed breach of trust and the ruination of Cook sportsmen a very interesting talk on the $ welfare of the people rather than the destruc Forest Park or any part thereof by permitting a dam to be erected which would flood that area, tivities of the Fish Commission; Dr. >* "^t tion of so many fish, and if this factor is and urging the Water Power and Resources Board J. Bennett. Leader, Pennsylvania Cooper > continuously stressed it will serve as an all and the Department of Forests and Waters to de Wildlife Research Unit, likewise gaV jjd powerful weapon in helping beat down the cline such an application if and when it is made. 6. Recommending the appointment of Harvey L. splendid address on "Woodcock Survey forces which have been deliberately subject Brownback of Norristown to an existing vacancy Experiment Game Management." ing thousands of people to the toxic influence on the Sanitary Water Board. 1942 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER 23 Election of Officers .Ih, tile t.Con^erence reaffirmed its confidence in i-eel . ty °f its President- M- c- Merritts, by ft j^°|mS bim to that office. Dr. Darlington ijjg !™P> who was second Vice-President dur ing . 9^1. was elevated to the first Vice- alth ncy» succeeding Archie Hanes who, *UllvU nominated from the floor, grace- **eed *itndrew in favor of Dr- KulP- Colin si0ft ', "airman of the Southwestern Divi- vani' a Pr°minent figure in Pennsyl- Vic„ sportsmen's affairs, was elected second res tir6i" ident, and upon that efficient and 6ss best Worker Dr. C. A. Mortimer was again Tau. ™ the job of Secretary-Treasurer. *as ^ X' ky and larSe. the entire conference a su of t, ccess, and M. L. Banker, Chairman v°te , anning Committee, is entitled to a estin aPPreciation for arranging an inter- 6Ven- proSram, to say nothing of a special m§ of entertainment. CRITCHFIELD SPEAKER AT CAMERON MEETING O^S concern over the depletion of deer ft auring the last few years, Dr. Bernard trick of aiHlttJj > Butler, who spoke at the a in £ Cameron Rod and Gun Club banquet C. C. Anderson, of Pittsburgh, took this 25 inch, 5 pound, 4 ounce rainbow trout last season ta Porium suggested a revision of license in the Spring Creek project, near Bellefonte, on May 31. Lure used was a black feather streamer, gs leader a 6 foot nylon, V-/% pound test tippet, rod 4 ounces. j> S a possible remedy. 6x a the w P' ined a license system to control REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR t>r f a.nt°n slaying of deer, often illegal, by 0 6 Our country is now at war VETERAN WARDEN hu^j. ' °nal hunters who often accompany A war that must be won tag L ° Parties. The change in the license And we're the men behind the men PASSES AWAY Cotujy.. ?a^' was no* new to •&* state game That stand behind the gun. C. Joel Young, veteran Fish Warden Wan 1Ssioner, to whom he had suggested the Many things are happening of Fullerton, Lehigh County, passed „s°metime ago. In this mad world today away late in March at the Allentown tUgh^0 .yea ago, I counted 138 deer one rs And we don't want them to happen Hospital. He was 54 years old. sai(j i, 'ttun a few miles of Emporium," he In the grand old U. S. A. Highly regarded by sportsmen in his sE*otli .w^ * drove a car equipped with a s So it's up to every one of us district where he served as fish warden °1e d Tonight, I doubt if you will see To help in our defense. for 20 years, Joel was exceedingly well And boys we sure can do it versed in fish requirements and an "Wh 6re is jla are they?" he asked. "Something If we just use common sense. ardent advocate of practical stream im Ppenin We don't have room for slackers ^Utitin S- Through unsportsmenlike provement. During extensive improve r e d \r y have created an unbalanced Or a man who growls and gripes ment developments on trout waters in e r 'eri0r e breeding from younger and in- We just want men whose heart and soul his section, he served to excellent ad st Jos ock of buck." Is with the stars and stripes. vantage as consultant in carrying Ph So let it be attention now! °f ^ Critchfield, of Confluence, member through the work. He was well known V 1 te And not just stand at ease ^ ° 'k fT? ^^ Commission, lauded the to readers of this magazine as a con s Until we knock the daylights out hip j ennsylvania in maintaining leader- tributor of many worthwhile articles. The dirty Japanese. *arins . nshing as a sport. In the nine fish He held membership in practically Sylv n e state he inted out So put your shoulder to the wheel every sportsmen's association affiliated anj ^ ' P° that Penn- And help defeat the Japs with the Lehigh Valley Federation of °th.er IS propagating more fish than any And pay them back for what they have done 1^ ate m the country. Sportmen's Clubs and was a member The yellow little rats. of the American Legion. commissioner showed concern over Remember Pearl Harbor, boys Cf % kee The ANGLER extends sincere symp 6as; P of those farms because of in- And forward we will go g c athy to his bereaved family. %" he °st. "The food for fish is way And plant the good old stars and stripes Sa h Mfej ^' "Liver, for example, of which In the heart of Tokio. 8 ot "^oi-e ^j/ tons are used, has increased So workers of the nation an 200 "W In unity let us stand former Fish Commissioner; George Rugh, per cent during the last year." And God will bless America President of the Westmoreland County As Ve ^e Skt, four million fish to release in Our grand and glorious land. sociation; J. Q. Reed, Past President; I. G. ln§ SB^ 6 S streams from now till next fish- Moyer, Secretary County Association; Bill s BILLY NEILAN, Blawnox, Pa. A ^ °n," he said. W. (Billy) Neilan served four years in the Achtzema, Delegate to the State Federation; ^orw of welcome was spoken to the Anthony Zaycosky, District Game Protector; 1 by W G Munsell of last war with the famous Black Watch Scot ^ident ' ' > Emporium, tish Highlanders. Rev. Clyde W. Barnes. Ward McAllister very 0l"'8iriat °^ tne ro0- and 2un club and ably acted as toastmaster for the evening. t^Tm,?-1" °* tne banquet. The master of The grand prize of Fly Rod and Reel and °nies was W. E. Nelson, editor of the >K VANDERGRIFT CLUB Casting Rod and Reel was won by A. H. St. Um press-Independent. HOLDS ANNUAL STAG Peter. Fred Leeper won the second prize, cl gUests a Uderi 0 t the speaker's table in- The Vandergrift Sportsmen held their an hip boots; and H. R. Kinnard took home the OJ te • Loci ^ Senator George B. Stevenson, nual fisherman's stag, Friday, April 3, at Ven Harr gasoline lantern as third prize. Numerous P ^e Aii ' y Depp, vice-president West Vandergrift Inn. Over two hundred heny Coun door prizes of fishing tackle, dog food and s ^ge w ty Sportsmen's League; local and visiting sportsmen sat down to oil were also given. T^lym Huntley, Cameron County as- their choice of steak, chicken or fish. The club hopes to show the Fish Com °{ fiuiu • ' and H- Ward Zimmer, president Honored guests were: J. Fred McKean mission movies they promised the fellows tJOriUm Borough Council. of the Fish Commission, Ollie Deibler, in the very near future. 24 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER Every time in fly fishing—or in bait, *", that matter—you hear the snicking sound steel on rocks behind you, stop long enoUi? to examine the hook. Often a very lifr blow against an obstruction will snap off f1 fine point. To wear hip boots in a boat is to cow disaster. Even a good swimmer can't ~ much to save himself in the water if he j" thrown out of a boat or it overturns wh1' : his legs are encased with boots. The wear£, of waders also must be extremely care' LITTLE experimenting will show that Even the cheapest line will wear longer about stepping into deep holes. Either f I] 11 it is not necessary to keep streamer and handle more smoothly off the reel if it waders may fill with water or, contain ^; A 8 flies moving rapidly through the water to is kept dressed at all times. A box of line air, will lift the legs higher than the he | deceive fish into believing that they are dressing is inexpensive and is easily applied. if the angler loses his footing. minnows. An effective method of streamer Even if bait is used, its weight will sink the fishing is to allow the fly to float at will well dressed line, and if wet flies are being with the current, imparting no motion at fished the length of the leader can be ad all to it from the rod. At the end . of the justed to permit the lures to get to the de float the streamer may be allowed to lie sired depth in the water. still a few seconds before the retrieve is begun. Examine the points of bait and fly hooks regularly. They may easily become broken An old-timer suggests to novice fly fish or dulled in use, and some may be defective ermen to try three casts with a fly, and even when new. A hook hone or a bit of then if no rises are seen to change to fine emery paper can be carried in the another pattern. This routine should be pocket to keep hooks needle sharp. followed, he says, until the angler discovers a kind of fly that produces results. A narrow stream is too much disturbed by wading and should be fished only from Don't change immediately to another pat the banks. It's an excellent idea to wade tern if trout refuse the first flies you offer only when good fishing spots cannot pos them. If you are using size 8 or 10, change sibly be reached from the shore. to 12 or 14, or if you began with small flies change to larger ones, but always in the It's wasted time and effort to attempt to same pattern. More often than not, a differ grease a wet fishing line. The water-logged ent size of fly will bring strikes quicker than line should not be given a coat of dressing one of a different variety. until it is thoroughly dried. After all, in a line in good condition, the water has not On a trout stream pay particular attention penetrated entirely through the finish, and to grassy or weedy banks, especially those it is a matter of only minutes to use a soft Well sir, I shure hed a mitey fine & | where the water has cut back under the day atter trout an' it seems like ter ^ cloth to dry the line sufficiently to permit p ground. Large fish love to hide in such the dressing to take effect. they ain't no better sayin' then it's : spots, waiting for flies and insects that they all o'fishin' ter fish. Wuz up afore our . have learned drop from the vegetation into red rooster hed let out a yip in the morn1 . the water. That is the spot to cast a wet A light leader must be handled gently grabbed a snack an cup o' hot coffee a, if a long, stiff rod of the six-ounce class is ( or dry fly or a nymph. heded up inter the gap. Since thet tflft being used. If the finest of leaders are used, 5 o'clock rule hes been maid, I tried ,. it is wise to fish with the lightest rod you Never forget that brown trout love to git up ter the secund falls whair I ginera I own or can handle. r feed along the edges of streams, in the start ter fish rite on the minit an' by g° ' shallow water where minnows and insects are I hed it timed jest erbout ter the minit, g^«1' most likely to be found. The angler has Keep the fly rod reel well oiled at all times thair erbout 5 minits atter startin' time- to prevent wear on the click pinion and pawl. to use extreme caution in working over shure wuz purty up thair in the gap 3X1 t such locations, but a fly floated delicately hed me a gude can o' red worms becuz the' 11 there or bait worked into the spot with a A square of clean cloth, liberally dosed run is allfired brushy an' even a drifti f I minimum of commotion is likely to get with line dressing and folded inside a penny worm inter sum o' them holes is kinder furious results. match box, can be slipped into the pocket trick. and carried during a day's fishing. The box Hedn't more'n started down the run vs* Nine times out of ten, when trout won't takes up little space, and the cloth is as I seed sumthin' dark cuttin' acrost the *!§ strike under normal conditions, the leader good as any commercial dressing pad. an' durn ef it wasn't thet old buck minfc .. is too heavy, and this is true in both bait mebbe his mate. Ennyways, it wuz a rn* j and fly fishing. To prove it, drop a fly or Cellophane bags, the kind that potato chips cute critter an' hid afore I got ter whaJJ worm on the water. If a trout promptly and pretzels are sold in, can be used to hed last seed it. Jest below whair I S*L takes the free-floating lure, you will know utl wrap fish for carrying in the pocket of the the mink thair's a deep hole thet cuts ,rt't that the leader on your bait or fly is so jacket. a ol' felled log. Thet thair red wurm he \g heavy that the fish see it and know that it more'n hit the end o' the riffle inter the J*u spells danger for them. Too many fishermen stick to one lure or afore I seed a flash an' hed the hardest j to one kind of bait and refuse to try any from a mountin trout I ever felt. Wher.j| Big brown trout insist on having fat food other, usually just because at one time they socked the hook home, I figgered fer a ^.,' and plenty of it. Young sucker minnows- caught a nice mess on their favorite. The thet I wuz hooked inter a piece o' d>"\, even up to six or eight inches in length—• wise angler knows how to use a variety of mite. The way thet big speckled trout c ^ are fine lures for monster browns. lures and bait and is able to change from ried on wuz a caushon. Fer a time, I fig geJ> one to the other as conditions demand. he wuz gonner tangle me under the r° J 5 Live minnows are called for if you have behind the log but atter mebbe 4 mini' j spotted a big trout in a deep hole. Fish In cleaning a fish be sure to remove the had him purty well tuckered. Atter 0 quietly and patiently, and be on the alert clot of blood along the backbone. If a fish ketched him, I luked et the purtiest br<> J for the vicious strike that will indicate the is to be kept for some time, this spot will be I ever did see. His red spots stood i i big fellow has finally seen and taken your the first to spoil. The red gill linings also brite an' hed pale blue edgins, an' the str ^ I st bait. should be removed promptly. along his belly wuz red ez fire. Ju 1942 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER 25 do S °' Pu^ect f^h he wuz> an' farther on *H the run I ketched un thet wuz his ^ate. { ,,est ez I rounded the point below coon ^ s> » heerd the durnedest boomin' ever an' more'n 50 feet below me wuz a ol' cock f» Use boomin' away on the drummin' log. J. deemed so durn rapt up in whut he wuz ,^ thet he stayed fer mebbe a cuppel ev afore he busted away. Ain't often I r seed a grouse boomin' an' it shure wuz j*6 fer soar eyes. v the time I got down ter whair the run s tr inter the medders I hed five speckled Jt an' not 1 under 10 inches. The meat th,e ni trout wuz almost red an' I ain't Question: During the early part of the Answer: Try using a very small rubbei lev, :r e fer at ennything better. The saim goes season, my pet stream in the central part band. This also may be found to work well th.e missus, she says. of the state was extremely high. Since my with crickets. pet lure in early season is a small Colorado Question: What are some good reliable dry B type spinner, I found that in the fast water flies to fish in central streams late in May?— ARRETT, GERSTELL SPEAK it did not work deep enough to get strikes. J. F. W. • IN FRANKLIN The stream in question is still up and, under such conditions, would appreciate sugges Answer: All of the dun flies are good, and Q Icnard E. Gerstell of the Pennsylvania a tions as to working the spinner closer to the in particular the Pale Watery Dun, tied on the to Commission and J. Allan Barrett of bottom.—M. S. about a 16 hook. Of the quill flies, we 3QO ennsylvania Fish Commission addressed profess a long affection for the Ginger Quill J^ .^embers and guests of the Chambersburg Answer: Strip lead or perhaps two, or in as the ace in the fly box. 0 an extreme instance, three split shot, should St uan the new president. seldom depart from the diet to which they baits to use for this fish?—N.F.D. are accustomed in a natural state. For that Answer: The fly and spinner, a spinner Say . «v|nS °f formal dinners Emily Post reason, one of the deadliest lures that may s either 0 or 1/0, and small fly, about size 8 Mve, » not Put husbands next to their own be used in taking a big trout is a live with yellow being preferred by some as • So! Mrs. Post is an "isolationist!" minnow, three or four inches in length, fished after dark. Nightcrawlers, particularly when color, make a first rate fly rod combination. ^cru . the water is roily following a heavy shower, Small bass bugs of deer hair and flies may c occasion devoted mainly are also to be reckoned effective bait. If also be listed as good lures in the artificial !JI 'ng better acquainted with ants, worms, 0S you know where this big fellow hangs out, line. Natural baits ranking as excellent are 'toes, chiggers and poison ivy. the still fishing method with this type of the grasshopper, cricket and worm. lure may bring results. bj-j,j Pne of the expense and loss of time, the Question: Last August, while fishing for bass in the Susquehanna River, I came across Sh uld Question: Have heard that yellow-bodied *8 h0 ° a sunfish over its nest. Was this a freak in accompany the bride on grasshoppers rank as good bait for trout cident of late spawning or does it take place eever have. he *„,°^m ymoon. It may be the last vacation when they first put in an appearance. Have very often? I thought the sunfish usually Th fished grasshoppers in the past, hooking them spawned at about the same time as our bass. stniji *°rld may be growing better, but lock- beneath the shell behind the head, but have —H. E. J. keep right on making locks. found that this kills them pretty quickly Answer: The spawning period for the 4s 1 and they seem to lose some of their effective-- 0 bluegill sunfish may come in Pennsylvania H* *ong as she can fascinate the men, no ness. Is there some other good method by at any time from late May through August. really worries about her age. which they can be kept alive longer?—K. S. 26 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER ItfA* Major Trout Streams and How to Reach Them (Continued from April issue) Creek, brown trout, Shickshinny, Rt. 11; Wrights Creek, brown trout, Bear Creek, LACKAWANNA COUNTY: Rt. 115. Choke Creek, brook trout, Blakeslee Cor., Rt. 115; W. Br. Wallenpaupack Creek, brook LYCOMING COUNTY: trout, Hollisterville, Rt. 590; Lehigh River, Lt. Bear Creek, brook trout, Montoursviile, brown and rainbow trout, Gouldsboro, Rt. Rt. 15; Black Hole Creek, brook trout, Mont 507; S. Br. Tunkhannock Creek, brown and gomery, Rt. 14; English Run, brook trout, rainbow trout, Factoryville, Rt. 11; Roaring English Centre, Rt. '84; Fourth Gap Run, Brook, rainbow trout, Elmhurst, Rt. 611. brook trout, Elimsport, Rt. 44; Hogland Run, brook trout, Cogan Station, Rt. Ill; Mc- LANCASTER COUNTY: Murrin Run, brook trout, Antis Fort, Rt. Lt. Conestoga Creek, brook trout, East 44; West Mill Creek, brook trout, Warrens- Petersburg, Rt. 72; Donegal Creek, brook ville, Rt. 973; Lt. Muncy Creek, brook trout, trout, Marietta, Rt. 141; Hammer Creek, Lairdsville, Rt. 642; Upper Pine Bottom Run, brook trout, Lititz, Rt. 501; Middle Creek, brook trout, Waterville, Rt. 44; Plunketts brook trout, Clay, Rt. 322; Long Run, brook Run, brook trout, Barbours, Rt. 87; Trout trout, E. Petersburg, Rt. 72; Muddy Run, Run, brook trout, Ralston, Rt. 14; Block brook trout, Holtwood, Rt. 372; Pequea Creek, house Creek, brown trout, English Centre, brook trout, Honey Brook, Rt. 322; Rock Run, Rt. 84; Grays Run, brown trout, Field Sta brook trout, Bowmansville, Rt. 73; Trout Run, tion, Rt. 14; Larrys Creek, brown trout, brook trout, Ephrata, Rt. 322; W. Br. Octoraro Salladasburg, Rt. 84; Loyalsock Creek, brown Creek, brown and rainbow trout, Quarry- trout, Montoursviile, Rt. 15; Lycoming Creek, ville, Rt. 222; Big Chickies Creek, brown brown trout. Trout Run, Rt. 15; Muncy trout, Manheim, Rt. 72; Fishing Creek, brown Creek, brown trout, Picture Rock, Rt. 220; trout, Chestnut Level. Lt. Pine Creek, brown trout, Waterville, Rt. 44; Roaring Branch, brown trout, Roaring LAWRENCE COUNTY: Branch, Rt. 14; Spring Creek, brown trout, Big Run, brown and rainbow trout, New Elimsport, Rt. 44; Wallis Run, brown trout, Castle, Rt. 18; Deer Creek, brown and rain Loyalsock, Rt. 87; White Deer Hole Creek, This 18'/4 inch brown trout was taken in "'fy bow trout, Pulaski, Rt. 278; Hickory Run, brown trout, Elimsport. roily water on Little Scrubgrass CreeK brown and rainbow trout, Bessemer, Rt. 317; Samuel McMillen. Taylor Run, brown trout, Plain Grove. McKEAN COUNTY: Bell Run, brook trout, Shinglehouse, Rt. Swiftwater, Rt. 611; Kettle Creek, br°°' LEBANON COUNTY: 44; W. Clarion Creek, brook trout, Wilcox, trout, Snydersville, Rt. 209; Lake Cre* Bachman Run, brook trout, Annville, Rt. Rt. 219; Comes Creek, brook trout, Port brook trout, Saylorsburg, Rt. 115; McMichC 422; Indiantown Creek, brook trout, Lickdale, Allegany, Rt. 6; Five Mile Run, brook Creek, brook trout, Sciota, Rt. 209; Midd. Rt. 443; Snitz Creek, brook trout, Cleona, Rt. trout, Wilcox, Rt. 219; Seven Mile Run, brook Creek, brook trout, Kresgeville, Rt. 209: 72; Evening Branch, brown trout, Pine trout, Wilcox; Marvin Creek, brown trout, Mixsel Creek, brook trout, Saylorsburg; Pf , Grove, Rt. 443; Gold Mine Run, brown trout. Smethport, Rt. 6; Potato Creek, brown trout, syl Creek, brook trout, Sciota, Rt. 209; "", Pine Grove; Hammer Creek, brown trout, Smethport; Portage Creek, brown and rain hopoco Creek, brook and brown tr" (t Schafferstown, Rt. 501; W. Br. Hammer Creek, bow trout, Port Allegany, Rt. 6. Kresgeville; Scott Run, brook trout, Sc ^ brown trout, Schafferstown. Run, Rt. 611; Brodheads Creek, brown *L MERCER COUNTY: d rainbow trout, Stroudsburg, Rt. 611; Mi° .s LEHIGH COUNTY: Deer Creek, brown and rainbow trout, 5 Brodheads Creek, brown trout, Canaden r Big Trout Run, brook trout, Slatedale, Rt. Milledgeville, Rt. 78; Lackawannock Creek, Rt. 290; Lehigh River, brown and rainb" 309; Cedar Creek, brook trout, Allen town, Rt. brown trout, Mercer, Rt. 19; Mill Creek, trout, Stoddartsville, Rt. 115; Pocono Cr6^ 22; Iron Run, brook trout, Trexlertown, Rt. brown trout, Pardoe; Mill Creek, brown trout, brown trout, Stroudsburg, Rt. 611; ^°°\ 222; S. Br. Saucon Creek, brook trout, New Lebanon, Rt. 78; Lt. Neshannock Creek, hanna Creek, brown and rainbow tr° t Coopersburg, Rt. 309; Swabia Creek, brook brown and rainbow trout, New Wilmington, Blakeslee Corners, Rt. 115; Tunkhann<> j trout, Macungie, Rt. 100; Lt. Lehigh River, Rt. 18; W. Br. Lt. Neshannock Creek, brown Creek, brown trout, Blakeslee; Snow **% brook and brown trout, Allentown, Rt. 22; and rainbow trout, Hermitage, Rt. 18; E. Br. Dam, rainbow trout, Cresco, Rt. 90; ^jj Jordan Creek, brown and rainbow trout, Wolf Creek, brown trout, Grove City, Rt. Lake, rainbow trout, Brodheadsville, Rt- * Allentown; Mountain Creek, rainbow trout, 58; N. Br. Wolf Creek, brown trout, Grove Macungie, Rt. 100; Trout Creek, brown trout, City; W. Br. Wolf Creek, brown trout, Grove MONTGOMERY COUNTY: Allentown. City. & Deep Creek, brown trout, Green Lane, ( LUZERNE COUNTY: MIFFLIN COUNTY: 29; Mill Creek, brown trout, Bryn Mawr, ** 30. Arnolds Creek, brook trout, Kyttle, Rt. Havice Run, brook trout, Siglerville, Rt. 115; Balward Run, brook trout, Wapwal- 983; W. Br. Kishacoquillas Creek, brook, NORTHAMPTON COUNTY: lopen, Rt. 29; Bowmans Creek, brook trout, brown and rainbow trout, Reedsville, Rt. 322; Bertsch Creek, brook trout, Walnutp0 , Laurel Run, brook trout, Milroy, Rt. 322; Kyttle; Maple Creek, brook trout, Red Rock, Rt. 145; Coffeetown Run, brook trout, CofK Lingle Run, brook trout, Milroy; Treaster Rt. 115; Phillips Creek, brook trout, Kyttle; town, Rt. 611; Greenawalts Creek, Valley Creek, brook trout, Lockes Mills, Rt. x Pine Creek, brook trout, Fairmount Spr.; trout, Ackermanville; Indian Creek, ^° ° % 972; New Lancaster Creek, brown trout, re Shade Creek, brook trout, Stoddartsville, Rt. trout, Northampton, Rt. 145; Jacabus C .. Lockes Mills; Honey Creek, brown trout, 115; Wapwallopen Creek, brook, brown and brook trout, Portland, Rt. 611; MonoC^ Reedsville, Rt. 322; Licking Creek, brown rainbow trout, Alberts; Lehigh River, brown Creek, brook and brown trout, Bethlen trout, Mifflintown, Rt. 322. ra and rainbow trout, Stoddartsville; Lt. Wap Rt. 22; Saucon Creek, brook, brown and ^ MONROE COUNTY: wallopen Creek, brown and rainbow trout, bow trout, Hellertown, Rt. 412; Waltz Cr^ Alberts; Harveys Creek, brown trout Har Aquashicola Creek, brook trout, Wind Gap, brook trout, Ackermanville; Bushkill Cre-ai. vey's Lake Outlet, Rt. 415; Huntingdon Creek, Rt. 115; Buckwas Creek, brook trout, Kun- brown and rainbow trout, Stockertown, ^ brown trout, Huntingdon Mills, Rt. 230; kletown, Rt. 904; Big Bushkill Creek, brook 115; Catasauqua Creek, brown and rainP^j Kitchen Run, brown trout, Harveysville, Rt. and brown trout, Bushkill, Rt. 209; Cherry trout, Walnutport, Rt. 309; Lt. Busk% 339; Linesville Creek, brown trout, White Creek, brook trout, Delaware Water Gap, Creek, brown trout, Pen Argyl, Rt. y Haven, Rt. 940; Lt. Nescopeck Creek, brown Rt. 611; Dotter Creek, brook trout, Kresge- Hokendauqua Creek, brown trout, N°r J trout, Edgewood, Rt. 309; Lt. Shickshinny ville, Rt. 209; Forest Hill Creek, brook trout, ampton, Rt. 145; Martins Creek, brown tr° 1942 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER 27 at*gor, Rt. 702; Lt. Martins Creek, brown °ut, Martins Creek, Rt. 611. ^RRY COUNTY: B •••',••':; Towns Run, brook trout, Blain, Rt. 276; e n j^t ^ Valley Run, brook trout, Landisburg, ^ ' ^3; Laurel Run, brook trout, Landisburg; Q erty Valley Run, brook trout, Honey ^ 0ve, Rt. 75; Montour Run, brook trout, ^disburg, Rt. 233; McCabe Run, brook g,"*i Landisburg; Shaffer Run, brook trout, Q ^ Shermans Creek, brook trout, New - \ • " •' \. > 6rt»iantown, Rt. 274; Horse Valley Creek, n ata°* trout, E. Waterford, Rt. 75; Lt. Juni- j4 "reek, brown trout, New Bloomfield, Rt. p lKE COUNTY: B Bu if usnkill Creek, brook and brown trout, tro ' Rt- 2095 Lt Bushkill Creek, brook Ut B Cre {. usKkill, Rt. 209; Middle Bushkill e Qr *> brook trout, Bushkill; Dingmans D^ek, brook trout, Dingmans Ferry, Rt. 209; 209.afkU1 Creek, brook trout, Milford, Rt. Ridley Creek in Delaware County is a popular trout stream in the southeastern corner of ^ ' fedian Ladder Creek, brook trout, Ding- the state. tta^ Fer^y; Kellam Creek, brook trout, Ie jr , y. Rt. 6; Middle Branch Creek, brook Porters Lake Rt m brown trout, Galeton; First Fk. Sinnema River; brown trout, New Baltimore; Rt. 31; br0 u > - > Millrift Creek, honing Creek, brown trout, Costello, Rt. 872. Laurel Hill Creek, brown and rainbow trout, bto°* trout, Millrift, Rt. 963; Panther Brook, Bakersville; Piney Creek, brown trout, Cen "kill tr°Ut' Lackawaxen, Rt. 237; Raymond- SCHUYLKILL COUNTY: tral City, Rt. 160; Big Piney Creek, brown vanrreek' brook trout> Milford, Rt. 6; San- Bear Creek, brook trout, Summit Station, trout, Boynton, Rt. 219; Stoney Creek, brown T ne Creek, brook trout trout, Milford; w; Rt. 895; Beaver Creek, brook trout, Tusca- trout, Shanksville, Rt. 160; Wills Creek, Wlf ^ake Creek, brook trout, Twin Lake; rora, Rt. 209; Black Creek, brook trout, Tre- brown trout, Mance; Whites Creek, brown Sho^ Waxen River» brown trout, Glen Eyre; mont, Rt. 209; Neifert Creek, brook trout, and rainbow trout, Listonburg, Rt. 53; ^ftola Creek, brown trout, Greeley, Rt. 37; Barnesvilie, Rt. 29; Pine Creek, brook trout, W eilPaupack Creek, brown trout, Green- Koosers Lake, rainbow trout, Bakersville. R Hegins, Rt. 25; Pine Creek, brook trout, Lake SULLIVAN COUNTY: bfQ^' t. 507; E. Br. Wallenpaupack Creek, side, Rt. 45; Pine Creek, rainbow trout, Or- n Black Creek, brook trout, Cherry Mills, Rt. * trout, Greentown. wigsburg, Rt. 120; Lt. Catawissa Creek, 87; Double Run, brook trout, Eagles Mere, brown and rainbow trout, Ringtown, Rt. Rt. 42; Elklick Run, brook trout, Nardmont, ^ER COUNTY: 142; Deep Creek, brown and rainbow trout, Rt. 154; Glass Creek, brook trout, Ringdale, 1 e Hegins; Lt. Swatara Creek, brown and rain Cu-? . y Run, brook trout, Wharton, Rt. 876; Rt. 220; Lewis Creek, brook trout, Sones- Jtl bow trout, Friedensburg, Rt. 443; Evening 6; ^. g Creek, brook trout, West Pike, Rt. town, Rt. 220; Lick Creek, brook trout, Forks- In Branch, brown trout, Pine Grove, Rt. 443; Ljfi gman Run, brook trout, Coudersport; ville, Rt. 154; N. Br. Mehoopany Creek, brook Br Dm Fishing Creek, brown trout, Pine Grove; '-ouri ' Sman Run, brook trout, trout, Calley, Rt. 87; Mill Creek, brook trout, ers W. Br. Fishing Creek, brown trout, Pine t{a Port, Rt. 6; Dodge Brook, brook trout, Hillsgrove, Rt. 87; Pigeon Creek, brook trout, Grove; Locust Creek, brown trout, Mahanoy u'outlSon Valley. Rt- 49; Dry Run> brook Lopez, Rt. 487; Pole Bridge Run, brook trout, City, Rt. 45. Hu ' Sweden Valley, Rt. 6; Eleven Mile Forksville; Rock Run, brook trout, Cherry C ', br°ok trout, Millport, Rt. 44; Fishing f6 SNYDER COUNTY: Mills, Rt. 87; Rock Run, brook trout, Muncy, ^isV*' brook trout, Roulette, Rt. 6; E. Br. Rt. 220; Elk Creek, brown trout, Hillsgrove, Fis^S Creek, brook trout, Roulette; W. Br. Aigler Run, brook trout, Beavertown, Rt. Rt. 87; E. Br. Fishing Creek, brown trout, n 522; Brickhart Run, brook trout, Paxton- 6Se § Creek, brook trout, Roulette; Gen- Benton, Rt. 115; W. Br. Fishing Creek, brown - Rlv er, brook trout, W. Bingham; Lt. ville, Rt. 639; Krepp Gap Run, brook trout, e trout, Benton; Hogland Branch, brown trout, ly>n Creek, brook trout, Oleona, Rt. 44; Troxelville, Rt. 929; Kuhn-Hooven Run, an Hillsgrove, Rt. 87; Kettle Creek, brown trout, M00r Run, brook trout, Galeton, Rt. 6; Big brook trout, Beavertown, Rt. 522; N. Br. Hillsgrove; Lopez Creek, brown trout, ^els 6 Pun' brook trout, Lymanville, Rt. 6; Mahantango Creek, brook and rainbow trout, 1 R Lopez, Rt. 487; Loyalsock Creek, brown ^t. g.* un, brook trout, Sweden Valley, Mt. Pleasant Mills, Rt. 35; Swift Run, brook trout, Forksville, Rt. 154; Lt. Loyalsock 8,g' Nine Mile Run, brook trout, Galeton; trout, Troxelville; N. Br. Middle Creek, sw Creek, brown trout, Cherry Mills; Muncy tit, A\ ayo Creek, brook trout, Coneville, brown trout, Troxelville. Creek, brown trout, Muncy Valley, Rt. 220; v;ii ' Cswayo Creek, brown trout, Cone- ene Ogdonia Creek, brown trout, Hillsgrove, Rt. WP!: S see Fk. of Pine Creek, brook trout, SOMERSET COUNTY: 87; Sullivan Branch, brown trout, Benton, !°ut. e, Rt. 6; E. Fk. Portage Creek, brook Beaverdam Run, brook trout, Central City, Rt. 115. Cre ' Sizerville, Rt. 155; W. Fk. Portage Rt. 160; S. Fk. Bens Creek, brook trout, tow ' brook trout, Sizerville; Reynolds- Ferndale, Rt. 219; Blue Hole Run, brook SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY: VtBranch, brook trout, Ellisburg, Rt. 244; trout, New Lexington, Rt. 53; Brush Creek, Mitchell Creek, brook trout, Hallstead, Rt. 6; j. !jl Creek, brook trout, Burtville, Rt. brook trout, Berlin, Rt. 219; Clear Run, brook 11; Nine Partners Creek, brook trout, Lenos, Cre ', *. of the First Fk. of Sinnemahoning trout, Bakersville, Rt. 31; Drakes Run, brook Rt. 106; Riley Creek, brook trout, Meshoppen, of £> brook trout, Wharton, Rt. 872; S. Fk. and rainbow trout, Confluence, Rt. 53; Iser Rt. 6; Starrucca Creek, brook, brown and e br0oi First Fk. of Sinnemahoning Creek, Run, brook trout, Markleton; Jones Mill Run, rainbow trout, Lanesboro, Rt. 70; Butler br * trout, Costello, Rt. 872; Trout Run, brook trout, Bakersville, Rt. 31; McClintock Creek, brown trout, Gibson, Rt. 547; Gay lord ^iv^ trout> Roulette, Rt. 6; N. Br. Genesee Run, brook trout, Confluence; Sandy Run, Creek, brown trout, Neath, Rt. 859; Gibson tit. 5^ r°wn and rainbow trout, Genesee, brook trout, Scullton, Rt. 653; Shafer Run, Creek, brown trout, Gibson, Rt. 547; Harding 1 "aitlu ' W. Br. Genesee River, brown and brook trout, Bakersville; Tub Mill Run, brook Creek, brown trout, Herrick Centre, Rt. 73; trout ^iv6r°^T > Genesee, Rt. 244; Cowanesque trout, West Salisburg; Beaverdam Run, brown Harmony Creek, brown trout, New Milford, Vic-' !fown trout, Westfield, Rt. 49; Cross trout, Stoyestown, Rt. 30: Beaverdam Run, Rt. 11; W. Br. Lackawanna Creek, brown ] Cre 44; K ek, brown trout, Cross Forks, Rt. brown trout, Boswell, Rt. 601; Clear .Shade trout, Herrick Centre, Rt. 73; E. Br. Lacka ^•I4dttle Creek» brown trout, Cross Forks, Creek, brown and rainbow trout, Windber, wanna Creek, brown trout, Herrick Centre, Vajj • Mill Creek, brown trout, Sweden Rt. 56; Deeter Run, brown trout, New Balti Rt. 73; Tunkhannock Creek, brown and rain toni £>' *•• 6; Pine Creek, brown trout, Gale- more, Rt. 31; Flaugherty Creek, brown trout, bow trout, Gelatt, Rt. 92; E. Br. Tunkhan • 6; W. Br. Pine Creek, brown creek, Meyersdale, Rt. 219; Raystown Br, Juniata nock Creek, brown trout, Royal, Rt. 106. 28 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER MA* TIOGA COUNTY: brook trout, W. Spring Creek, Rt. 77; Tidi DOVER FISHING CLUB Elk Run, brook trout, Galeton, Rt. 6; Fall oute Creek, brook trout, Tidioute; Wilson OF PHILADELPHIA Brook, brook trout, Morris Run; Four Mile Run, brook trout, Tidioute; E. Br. Spring Run, brook trout, Ansonia, Rt. 6; Long Run, Creek, brown and rainbow trout, Spring "We threw back any fish that weighe brook trout, Davis, Rt. 349; Long Run, brook Creek; Caldwell Creek, brown trout, Grand less than two pounds and a good many th'1 trout, Morris, Rt. 84; Mill Creek, brook trout, Valley, Rt. 27; W. Br. Caldwell Creek, brown weighed over that." Mansfield, Rt. 15; W. Br. Mill Creek, brook trout, Grand Valley; West Hickory Creek, "What kind of fish were they?" trout, Roaring Branch, Rt. 14; Phoenix Run, brown trout, W. Hickory, Rt. 527. "Large-mouthed black bass, the same s' brook trout, Galeton, Rt. 6; Sand Run, brook they have here in Pennsylvania, only large' trout, Arnot, Rt. Ill; Straight Run, brook WASHINGTON COUNTY: and a lot more of 'em." trout, Marsh Creek, Rt. 6; Left Br. Straight Babitville Creek, brook trout, Equinunk, "What kind of tackle did you use?" _ , Run, brook trout, Marsh Creek; Right Br. Rt. 90; Beaverdam Creek, brook trout, Gali "A light bait rod, silk line, and artifici^ Straight Run, brook trout, Marsh Creek, lee; Calkins Creek, brook trout, Milanville; lures, mostly a combination of the bass W* Tioga River, brook and brown trout, Bloss- North Br. Calkins Creek, brook trout, Milan with bucktail streamers." burg, Rt. Ill; Pine Creek, brown and rain ville; S. Br. Calkins Creek, brook trout, Mil "Must 'ave been some sport?" bow trout, Galeton, Rt. 6; Asaph Run, brook anville; Dyberry Creek, brown trout, Hones- "Wonderful, but believe it or not, and brown trout, Ansonia, Rt. 6; Blacks dale, Rt. 6; Big Br. Dyberry Creek, brook bass would strike so fast and savagely «* 1 Creek, brown trout, Liberty, Rt. Ill; Block trout, Dyberry, Rt. 90; W. Br. Dyberry Creek, after an hour or so it began to get tiresofl ' house Run, brown trout, Liberty, Rt. Ill; brook and rainbow trout, Dyberry; Lt. Equi You'd start to make a nice cast for SO*S i Stoney Fork Creek, brown trout, Draper, nunk Creek, brook and brown trout, Stalker; particular spot and almost before the ^ Rt. 960. S. Br. Equinunk Creek, brook trout, Equi hit the water, a bass was right up after >' nunk; Johnson Creek, brook, brown and Ba-a-a-ang! There he was, already hook* UNION COUNTY: rainbow trout, Creamton, Rt. 170; Shad Pond and before you had a chance to chafle Bear Run, brook trout, Laurelton, Rt. 888; Creek, brook trout, Sherman; E. Br. Star- hands and get the reel under control f I Beaver Run, brook trout, Vicksburg, Rt. 45; rucca Creek, brook trout, Starrucca, Rt. 470; fight was on." Halfway Run, brook trout, Mifflinburg, Rt. Butternut Creek, brown trout, Sterling, Rt. "We must have returned at least 90% j 45; Sand Spring Run, brook trout, White 90; Lackawaxen River, brown trout, Whites 1 our catch and we took plenty home. F . Deer, Rt. 975; spruce Run, brook trout, Miff Mills, Rt. 6; W. Br. Lackawaxen River, brown a time in my life I ever saw so many b linburg; Buffalo Creek, brown trout, Cowan, and rainbow trout, Pleasant Mt., Rt. 371; 1 in one place. The continual warm weatt , Rt. 95; Lt. Buffalo Creek, brown trout, West Lehigh River, brook and brown trout, down there seems to keep 'em growingi j Milton, Rt. 404; N. Br. Buffalo Creek, brown Gouldsboro, Rt. 507; Middle Creek, brown a to 16-pounders are caught every year *\ trout, Mifflinburg, Rt. 45; Laurel Run, brown trout, Hawley, Rt. 6; Shehawken Creek, I heard some tales—fairly well substantia' trout, Laurelton; Penns Creek, brown and brown trout, Starlight, Rt. 570; Wallenpau- —of black bass weighing up to 20 pounds- rainbow trout, Laurelton, Rt. 888; Rapid pack Creek, brown trout, Greentown, Rt. Run, brown trout, Cowan, Rt. 95; Spring 507; W. Br. Wallenpaupack Creek, brown When Ray Eyler, of 'Ardmore, Peril* Creek, brown trout, Allenwood, Rt. 404; and rainbow trout, Hamlin, Rt. 90. stood up on his hind legs at the last C*j| Weiker Run, brown trout, Laurelton; White meeting and told us about his bass- Deer Creek, brown trout, White Deer; Half WESTMORELAND COUNTY: fish)*? way Dam, rainbow trout, Livonia, Rt. 95. trip to Lake Okeechobee during February Baldwin Run, brook trout, New Florence, this year, we ceased to wonder at **|j VENANGO COUNTY: Rt. 711; Camp Run, brook trout, Jones Mills, Spaniard, or was it a Frenchman, who spe j § Rt. 31; Furnace Run, brook trout, Laughlin- Cherry Run, brook trout, Pleasantville, Rt. half of his life roaming about the state ,, j town, Rt. 30; Mill Creek, brook trout, Water- 27; Hemlock Creek, brook trout, Venus, Rt. Florida searching for "the fountain of yout^. ford, Rt. 711; Middle Fk. Mill Creek, brook 157; Horse Creek, brook trout, Oil City, Rt. Any state that has bass fishing such as **"| trout, Waterford; North Fork Mill Creek, 8; Mill Creek, brook trout, Emlenton, Rt. 38; described is apt to have a fountain of I°~S| brook trout, Waterford; South Fk. Mill Creek, 1 Porkey Creek, brook trout, President, Rt. 62; anything. And that Lake Okeechobee n | brook trout, Waterford; Pike Run, brook Prather Run, brook trout, Cooperstown, Rt. be a "fountain of fish". trout, Jones Mills, Rt. 31; Powder Mill Run, 427; Tarr Kill Creek, brook trout, Van, Rt. The above description is only a fair samP brook trout, Loyalhanna, Rt. 30; Roaring Run, 1 322; Stewart Run, brook trout, Baum, Rt. of some of the experiences Ray had dur ^ brook trout, Jones Mills; Shannon Run, 62; Sugar Creek, brown trout, Cooperstown; his trip and the photographs he broUf?j brook trout, New Florence, Rt. 711; Indian 11 E. Br. Sugar Creek, brown trout, Coopers back to show us made his description so Creek, brown trout, Jones Mills, Rt. 31; town; Upper Two Mile Run, brown and rain very tame. In addition to bass fishing Jacobs Creek, brown trout, Laurelville, Rt. s bow trout, Dempseytown, Rt. 417; Pithole Lake Okeechobee, he told us about surf P . f 1; Loyalhanna Creek, brown trout, Ligo- Creek, brown and rainbow trout, Pleasant ing at Jensen's Beach off Stuart where *j nier, Rt. 30; Tub Mill Run, brown trout, a ville, Rt. 27; West Pithole Creek, brown and famous St. Lucie and Indian Rivers join New Florence, Rt. 711; Linn Run, brown rainbow trout, Pleasantville, Rt. 27; East trout, Rector, Rt. 381. Sandy Creek, brown trout, Van, Rt. 322; S. Br. Sandy Creek, brown trout, Raymilton, WYOMING COUNTY: Rt. 863; Lt. Sandy Creek, brown trout, Polk, Rt. 62; Scrubgrass Creek, brown and rain Beaver Run, brook trout, Noxen, Rt. 92; bow trout, Emlenton, Rt. 208; N. Fk. of Lt. Leonards Creek, brook trout, Beaumont, Rt. Scrubgrass Creek, brown and rainbow trout, 92; N. Br. Mehoopany Creek, brook and Emlenton, Rt. 208; S. Fk. of Lt. Scrubgrass rainbow trout, Forkston, Rt. 87; Mehoopany Creek, brown and rainbow trout, Emlenton. Creek, brook, brown and rainbow trout, Me hoopany, Rt. 6; Bowmans Creek, brown and WARREN COUNTY: rainbow trout, Noxen, Rt. 92. Ben Jeorge Creek, brook trout, Tidioute, Rt. 127; Blue Eye Creek, brook trout, Gar YORK COUNTY: land, Rt. 27; Lt. Brokenstraw Creek, brook Beaver Run, brook trout, Windsor, Rt. 624; and rainbow troutt Pittsfield, Rt. 6; Broken- Fishing Creek, brook trout, Castle Finn, Rt. straw Creek, brook and rainbow trout, Spring 74; Kaltreiders Creek, brook trout, Windsor; Creek, Rt. 77; Coffee Creek, brook trout, Leibs Creek, brook trout, Stewartstown, Rt. Columbus, Rt. 6; Hemlock Run, brook trout, 24; Orson Run, brook trout, Airville, Rt. 74; Glade, Rt. 6; Lamb Run, brook trout, Tidi Rambo Run, brook trout, Rinely, Rt. 24; oute, Rt. 127; Perry McGee Run, brook trout, Rehmayer Hollow Run, brook trout, Dallas- Tidioute; McGuire Run, brook trout, Tidioute; town, -Rt. 24; Toms Run, brook trout, Air Phelps Creek, brook trout, Columbus, Rt. 6; ville; Furnace Run, brown trout, Airville; Pine Creek, brook, brown and rainbow trout, Otter Creek, brown and rainbow trout, New Seldomseen, Rt. 27; Rock Hollow Run, brook Bridgeville, Rt. 124; Haldeman Pond, rain Largemouth bass taken from Lake OkeecH0?j,il Florida, by Bay Eyler of the Dover Fishing trout, Tidioute; N. W. Br. Spring Creek, bow trout, Hanover, Rt. 94. of Philadelphia. 1942 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER 39 companion on that memorable trip, Captain crease the forest fire danger considerably. Bernice R. Balance, has just been awarded Because of the inflammable condition of the prize for beaching the world's record woodland during April and May, it will be channel bass caught in the surf by rod and necessary for trout fishermen to exercise reel. Caught last November 29th off Cape extreme care with fire. Iter.**, Hatteras, it weighed 75% pounds, measured Forests conserve water and assist particu 64% inches long, and 41 inches in girth. larly during midsummer, in maintaining 1^ As you read this you've just about time normal stream flow which is so essential to to get out your favorite casting rod, polish fish life. When the forest burns, condi it up, oil your reel, and get out to the Dover tions ideal for angling are disturbed or des Club's casting field for the Spring intraclub troyed and the fishermen pay the penalty. tournament on Sunday, May 17th. Art Ashes from forest fires, when washed into Hankinson, master of ceremonies, on that small trout streams, change the normally occasion has promised us a 90% club attend slight acidity of the water to an alkaline ance; the weather man has assured us of condition, which results in the death of fish. regular Dover weather, and Uncle Sam has District Forester S. L. Kurtz, of Schuylkill asked us to do our bit by keeping fit. So, County, suggests that the following rules be what more do you want? observed by each individual who visits a Awards to the winners in this tournament trout stream: will be made at the regular May meeting on Be as careful wth fire in the woods as in Wednesday the twentieth. And speaking of your own home. meetings, have you noticed the improvement Smoke only while wading in midstream. in the programs offered by the entertain Discard used matches, cigarettes, cigars and ment committee lately? Our old pilot Dave pipe heels into the stream. Mazzoni is back at the helm of the committee Build no camp fires. Eat a cold lunch where he is exerting every effort to give the rather than take the chance of seeing your boys what they want. This has done a lot favorite fishing grounds go up in smoke. to revive the member's interest in these If you discover a fire, extinguish it. If meetings and there has been a noticeable you need help call the nearest telephone increase in the attendance. For the May 20th operator and inform her you wish to report meeting in the club's assembly rooms at the a forest fire. Philadelphia Bourse, he has promised us something exceptionally good. See you there. Information about the Dover Fishing Club KEEP 'EM CASTING of Philadelphia or any of its many activities By AL STRAUB may be obtained by addressing the secretary, You may gather from the title of this Mr. Robert Morris, 2728 West Montgomery little episode that I intend to ramble along Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa., Phone STEvn- the line of National Defense. You're right, "lie for a net when they start biting fast. son 7679. right as rain!!! I've contended that any man who dons fjj to the sea. Here they hooked into blue- HUNT AGAIN HEADS LYCONIMG the old rags of his favorite sport and wan °th' C„^lailnel bass, whiting, pompano and SPORTSMEN ders afield to expend his energy in quest of r famous southern surf feeders that pro- nature's company is at heart a pretty tn Bruce A. Hunt, South Williamsport, was Pa® at thrilling fight only known to surf wholesome fellow. Yes sir, the sportsmen as re-elected president of the Consolidated v-terers . of this great country are without doubt Sportsmen of Lycoming County at the annual at among it's finest citizenry. They are a group jnjj° fishing in the inlet and for several meeting in the court house. In addition to 6S up of men whose ideals are high, whose purpose otip these rivers is exciting sport and naming officers and directors to serve for of it is to establish friendliness among men. Ta ten hooks into the famous Silver King one year, annual reports were submitted and It has been my privilege' to sit along more the Of this latter species, Ray described a program presented. g severa than one stream in our fair state and while t^em °* l "babies", as he called J. W. Preston, Williamsport, was named I never lacked companions, I cherish the Jjj '^eighing only around 25 or 30 pounds. vice-president; Charles H. Elder, Jersey many, many acquaintances made with men J; 'babies" at that. Shore, second vice-president; S. Dale Furst, *h 6^ a^so ma selves with the many gadgets we desire to round out our equipment don't complain. Remember, the Nation will need many of the metals, etc., that was used to make these gadgets to keep them flying and we, as sportsmen, would sooner have it that way, wouldn't we? There will probably be fewer fishermen on the streams in the next season, some of them will no doubt be placing their lives on the line that this country may stand, for stand she will!!! Remember these men when you go fish ing this year. They won't be present, so you just resolve to kill less fish. Yes sir, while these men of our fraternity keep them rolling and flying, let those of us who are at home make it possible to Keep 'Em Casting in the years to come, by exercising the utmost effort to conserve our natural resources for the duration. Remember, men, let's Keep 'Em Casting. Picturesque waterfall on a Potter County brook trout stream. Drought two years ago seriously STORM NO BAR TO impaired the trout carrying capacity of the freestone streams on the North Tier. CANTON MEET the cooperation and spirit shown by the April meeting of the association. Snow and nasty weather conditions failed merchants. Among the highlights on the business Pr *y the organization will arrange for the Pr?Paration of projects. . *"e association hopes to repair and place good condition every dam in the county nich is open for public fishing. The work, ,, ls expected, will require a greater part of o 6 summer. When the dams are repaired e county association will ask the Fish ornmission to restock them with trout, bass, Pik 6 and other fresh-water fish. , unds for the repair work will be supplied y the various clubs with the aid of the j^tty organization. In some instances in IuSmen have volunteered to do the work *heir spare time. toOKLE HEADS BELLEFONTE CLUB „ WlUiam Mokle was elected president of * Bellefonte Sportsmen's Association at a eeting of the organization. triers named were Wilbur Badger, vice- j, sideilj. Qeorge -$r. Jodon, secretary, and ft " ^itmer, treasurer. , *oss Buller, of Bellefonte, chief fish cul- ^rist at the Pleasant Gap Fish Hatchery, in- motion pictures taken of the spawn- °f brook trout in their natural habitat. CONTOUR CLUB TO EXTEND MEMBERSHIPS "e Montour County Fish and Game Con a sh tion Club voted to extend the member- jjjf °* those now in the service of the . ed forces, and transacted other business at T its regular monthly meeting in the F. building in Danville. t}j£'° "6"-ieen new members were received into %hj organizatiot n at the meeting last evening. Pet *aS deeded to allow members to com- §£, . *°r the largest trout landed during the n gr & season in • the following classes: Mil u "-amDowi and Brown. Sam Jacobs p ,De in charge of measuring the catches. JZes Ja , were awarded to the following: fjsi . Lechner, fly rod; E. Earns, Montandon, lnS reel and B. Snyder fishing line. KEEN EYESIGHT IS VITAL IN FLY FISHING ^Writes R. E. Angst, veteran Schuylkill j|ier, anent fly fishing: tie were asked just what ability is most s^ i/ar^ f°r a fly angler to possess we would Joseph Kaiser, of Kramer, with the four pound brown trout he caught on opening day of en e the season in Big Mill Creek, Jefferson County. It was taken on a worm and spinner com to c jf ye-sight. Many years ago we began bination and Kaiser fought the trout half an hour before landing it. q^a with flies with two anglers from Tama- Son, '[j° would take us to a stream, give us day morning we left for the Paupack. Claude pointed his rod to the trout. At last we spied A.t *t es anot ar ^ith a creel full of trout while we got Walking slowly along shore upstream happier angler never lived. And to make the eV6n a 0He strike. This thing kept on for all of Claude suddenly stopped. "There," said he, story short, we took five more trout that ally Seas°n and part of the next. We actu- "do you see that trout by that rock " We Claude located for us while walking along \v6rp^^e to the conclusion that the boys didn't see it and couldn't see it until Claude the bank of that stream. tloy'^P^iing something on us. It became our eitjj once they got out of sight they i( us BOARD OF FISH COMMISSIONERS se ed flies we knew nothing about or SQJJ ~7*hadU "som e other bait hidden on their per- HAHRISBURG, PA. Oj, ^ast we decided to find out. SUBSCRIPTION BLANK e ^atn °f these anglers Claude Neifert of Enclosed find fifty cents ($.50) for one year's subscription to the J^j ^Ua> was then out of work but always y to "Pennsylvania Angler." Do not send stamps. \V6tlt fish if he could get to a creek. We hijjj . Claude and told him we would drive Please Check Name Plw ? t}ie Paupack with all expenses on us (Print Name) '°°k fl ^e aSreed to stay there until we fish •New Street and Number *ls o on flies and if it took a week to do it. Was a ree Setho § d that this time we fish to- •Renewal City....:. C] °-e needed no coaxing and early Mon- S3 PENNSYLVANIA ANGLER MA* HERE 'N, THERE N ANGLERDO Fishing the upper waters of Stoney Creek, again this year by catching the largest trout Dauphin County, on the first day of the taken in Clinton waters on opening day. trout season, H. H. (Barney) Thrush, popular His Fishing Creek brown trout this year was Hummelstown sportsman, scored a fine catch 22% inches in length, however, considerably of brook trout. In the brushy pools, he re under the giant fish that established a state ports he caught most of his trout on worms record a number of years ago. That brown although two fell to a bucktail. Top brookie trout tipped the scales at 9 pounds, one ounce, of the catch was 15 inches in length and the dressed, was 27% inches in length, and when other fish ranged in length from 10 inches opened was found to contain a 10 inch brook upward. Exceptional brook trout in any trout. fisherman's language. To reach the water he fished, he hiked over the mountain. Some excellent catches were made in Clinton County the first day, in spite of Melvin Chatham of Osceola Mills scored high water conditions prevailing. Fishing with a beautiful brace of trout on Spring Creek yielded a 17% inch brownie to Forrest Creek, Centre County on opening day of Stevens, Woolrich and a 13% inch brook the season. One was a 16 inch rainbow, the trout to Mervin Bottorf of Flemington, worms other a 17 inch brown trout. scoring in both instances. Frank Sanderson of Mill Hall included in his creel an 18 inch Cumberland County trout waters attracted brown and two 14 inch rainbows. thousands of anglers the first day of the season. Some excellent catches were made, Rainbow trout generally seemed to grace including that of H. D. Foster of New Cum the creel of anglers from Pottstown. Ken berland, who numbered in his creel from neth Miller took a 14 inch black spotted the Yellow Breeches two brown trout over beauty, and Arthur B. Heere, two rainbows, 16 inches in length and a fine 19Y4 inch 13 and 13% inches in length respectively. rainbow. Among the veteran anglers trying their luck in the Letort, near Carlisle was Fishing in the Lower Ebensburg dam on 72 year old Otey Warfield of Bowmansdale. the first day with worm, Edward Monborne True to custom he was fishing a 16 foot of Ebensburg caught one of the big trout hamboo pole, but didn't keep a trout he reported for the state. It was a 24% inch caught, releasing them because they were brown trout that tipped the scales at 4 too small. pounds, 8 ounces. Harry McClintic, expert minnow fisherman Dean and Russell Spayd of State College of Mill Hall, Clinton County, who a number scored with twin rainbows in Penns Creek Dorothy Kirk, of Harrisburg, displays th et3 «*'„ inch, three pounds 9 ounce brown trout „t«, of years ago caught the state's record brown that were honeys on opening day. Each in Yellow Breeches Creek, Cumberland C°u?jtv by her father, Harry Kirk, veteran Capital c trout in Fishing Creek, that county, scored rainbow was 22 % inches in length. Spring angler. i. Creek near Milesburg yielded a 20 in j brown trout to 16 year old Don Bryan Milesburg. e One of those rarities in our trout wat .5 a brook trout over 15 inches in length, W3 taken recently by R. E. Angst, rod and $% editor for the Pottsville Republican, An£ fooled the big fellow, a magnificent broo* - 16 inches in length and tipping the scales one pound 8 ounces, on a home tied *& fly, no pattern named. That brookie W have a good chance of ranking as state chalW_ in the record annals this year. Congratu' lations, angler Anest! Just where Bill Hulings of Beaver Fa caught his 26 inch, 5 pound brown trout r., cently he isn't telling, but we understand was at some stream in Forest County. • the While fishing for suckers recently in 2 Susquehanna River at Montgomery's F?^ L. J. Kammler, of Newport, R. D. 1, had ^ As members of the Montgomery County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs helped Harry Z. a Cole, Bucks-Montgomery Fish Warden, to drain two of the Federation's propagating ponds thrill of a lifetime when he hooked into on the Beidler Farms at Abrams. landed a 20 pound carp. JHAVT'S EITHER *Jp.€. 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