ANGLING NOTES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 13546, 6 October 1909, Page 7

ANGLING NOTES.

In view of the unsatisfactory state of most of the Canterbury fishing

streams, and tho fact that practically the only river that is yet yielding trout in any numbers (the Selwyn, at the mouth) has been made to produce fish in wretchedly poor condition, the question is being seriously considered by anglers whether tho opening of the season should not be delayed at least -until November Ist. Unusually largo 'baskets continue to be obtained at tfie

mouth of the Selwyn, but it is contend- ;p:| ed that practically the whole of are unfit to be .• The .JpomiVu^i^ made that troutaj© only half the weight they. that apart altogether -from : ''tbe^eoeo&* mio aspect," the fish sport in the catching, and that anting under such, circumstances is ; very better than pot-hunting. * It is univereelly accepted by : . trout-fiahem that the pastime rarely yields satiefao*' tory results in October, and, the ; culty is that, owing to the application to the gentle craft by more ardent, of Isaa]iW%|;h|s3| ton, hundreds of fisfi that; wouftt"•nii t i!&»f& nish splendid' sport, later in are "taken weeks before -fliey hare an opportunity of getting into Buitablevife condition. :. -■ ■..;•■.-.-:. .•.^■■..;-:--;:: : , So -far ac livers other wyn are concerned,';t3ie results of season to datejiaye" been' mbarai^iorVlei^SS' 1 : disappointing. The Hal^dlj-';M©»i|iif River, Kaituna, and -Rakek, s'igns-of improvement ::/yet,v-'.'aajd : Waimakarin yesterday. wi»i' marked signs of a heiivy rainfall in rthe'J;S 'back country. 'A taken from the ■-Avon/" lmtj'"tliejf|j!- , small.. . •■ ■ ' ' ■''•■; .'■■■■ *j ■'■'s''" ,; ??<\&Fisf:'s&

Our Kaiapoi corespondent :; ; .u One or two good baskete of titnxt been caught in the AjeMey-in.: three -days. On© ' fißli€r'-hobked ; ;»:-.filiiieiS| 71b fish. ■Tbe , ih^drit^<rf c< ever, are on the email side, ahd;thejry'E are not yet ia the bert-iwiiaittqii^? , -^?^^^