THE FISHING SEASON.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXI, Issue 7914, 30 September 1909, Page 3

THE FISHING SEASON.

Mr Henry Margetts, the Ashburton Acclimatisation Society's ranger, in--1 formed one of our reporters that there is a good deal of fine fishing water at the. mouth of the Ashburton river, near the huts. Although the water was cloudy on Wednesday, it was then just right for fishing; and "provided the weather clears before Friday, and the water gets no thicker," said Mr Margetts, "there should be some good takes." Mr Margetts says that he has noticed a large number of fish rising m the lagoon for several weeks past; but, m his opinion, the fishing season will prove more satisfactory to anglers about the middle of October, when trout follow the silveries m from the sea \n large numbers. Mr Margetts says that the silveries invariably come m from the ocean during the second week of October.

:There are now 27 huts on the Society's reserve at the mouth of the river, and four additional accommodation houses will be erected at an early ,da*t<s. .'/.Mr Margetts states that there is good- fishing water between the mouth and the Ashburton traffic bridge. • t . The first official report as to the condition of the Ashburton county rivers for th© fishing season, which opens tomorrow, reads as follows: Rakaia, fishable; Upper Ashburton, discoloured; Lower Ashburton, dirty; Rangitata;, clear.

A special train of ten carriages from Christchurch passed through Ashburton shortly after 11 o'clock this morning for Orari, m connection with the Geraldine Racing Club's meeting. A large number of persons entrained at Ashburton.

Mr F. Clark, of Ashburton, won a number of prizes at the Geraldine spring flower show, which was opened on Wednesday.

This morning one point of rain was registered, as having fallen during the night, at the Domain weather station.

From a flock of about 200 crossbred ewes Mr F. Scott, of Winchmore, has had a percentage of 130 lambs. This average is based on the entire flock, and includes dry ewes.