with smooth knots to stand a strain of five pounds, for coup. Tie six different flies, of regular patterns, on No. 8 to 12 hooks, and take trout with each of them, by daylight cast- ing in clear water, for grand coup. II Make a bait rod of three joints, straight and sound, 16 ounces or less in weight, 10 feet or less in length, to stand a strain of 11/2 pounds at the tip, 13 pounds at the grip, for coup. Make a jointed flyvrod eight to 10 feet long, four to eight ounces in weight, capable of casting a fly 60 feet, for grand coup. II Fly fishing. Take with the fly, unassisted, a three—pound trout, or black bass, on a rod not more than five ounces in weight, for coup. Take a five-pound trout or black bass or a four-pound landlocked salmon under the same conditions, for grand coup. I Hook and land with the fly, unassisted, without net or gaff, a trout or landlocked salmon, over four pounds, or a salmon over 12 pounds, for coup. Take, under the same conditions, a salmon over 25 pounds, for grand coup. I General fishing. Take on a rod, without assistance in hooking, playing, or landing, any game fish, whose weight in pounds equals or exceeds that of the rod in ounces, for coup. Take under the same conditions, a game fish that is double in pounds the ounces of the rod, for grand coup. I Fly casting. Cast a fly with a rod of five ounces or less, not over 10 feet long: Boys and young girls 65 feet, coup; 85 feet, grand coup. I Lads and girls 75 feet, coup; 90 feet, grand coup. I Men and women 80 feet, coup; 95 feet, grand coup. I
HORSEMANSHIP
Pack a horse or mule with not less than 100 pounds, with the single or double diamond, miner’s, squaw, square, or any other standard hitch, to hold during six hours of travel, for three consecutive days, for coup. Do the same for 30 days’ journey, not necessarily consecutive, and using three different hitches, for grand coup. I-II Pack a burro with not less than 50 pounds, with the single or double diamond, miner’s, squaw, square, or any other standard hitch, to hold during six hours of travel, for three consecutive days, for coup. Do the same for 30 days’ 67
