ANGLING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 61, 11 March 1916, Page 16

ANGLING.

I A correspondent writes to a Canterbury paper on tne methods of fishing eai- . ployed in South Canterbury rivers where catches of salmon have recently been reported. He says:— A correspondent writing from Ashburton, on the new i method of fishing, says in his concluding sentence: "Surely the pot-hunter is not j going to be allowed to oust the sportsman." Indeed, he has already done so, for manj- true sportsmen have given i angling up in disgust. No matter how ' muddy the water, the stroke hauler can usually get a heavy basket. Your con- . tributor who frequently gives us interesting fishing notes, might be induced to ! visit the mouths of the large rivers when ■ the water is not fishable, and see how • the baskets arc taken. He might be able I to tell us in what way the quinnat salmon he mentions were taken, whether . by fly or minnow, and did they really . take the lure, or did the hooks take ; them. I regret to say the latter method is both general, and popular.