FIELD AND STREAM.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 10

FIELD AND STREAM.

The angling :■ fraternity '>"arb 'esperiihting t very indifferent snort throughout this district, that is, the lew whflaro enthusiastic; 'ouougii to try; tiicir'.'tuck> 'i lie "st.i 11-wat ci; worrnstcis," -who patronise the Karon Hc-J BtfrToirj'',coritiiiud:.to', grass' the gr<Soay l 'pei'cJii in fair numbers. : The trout taken from tlio! ilesorvoir. are 111 vcrv .poor condition, being; ire most cases tho big head and -tail, with', thin, long body,. variety.. There are •, hundreds'' of ■ very Sinall trout'whichs often Vainlyf end^your:,to..:pull, tho .iioat- under ,-bnfr-theyi resemble tho larger' ones and are in poor condition;- • Tho throughout tho -coun-r try districts-are as much in need of a good, fresh as aro ourMlear-by waterways,, and until th cv.mu (ih-h ofjed-f n r.rain and in large • quantities,.. itjii , scarcely'.-.worth' white pursuing;;tbo. spot'tod ; ; "Pressas: follows i-^Sirr^H»vihg Vl *!iceii lately ,iji -several, of the'.lSoglisb■;papers 'abmo i data ,oii the /growth, of ', iHarlsad salnibif'and ;"ther. fish j I', send. 1 jrojii; an account. of th«.'!followingreinarkablo' •.C&so .6f'. a:/trout in ?few Zealand. A^ell-tnownangler, . fishing'- at the month t'of; tho liakiib iho. other evening,' landftda couplo of. fish, of about a pound In weighty' I',sa\v : them myself;' so thcrd. can : bo no imistako .about it.' In the morning, when aske'd .them, he spoke of thorn as being i"ai.soyen"' and "a five." ; Now,: his word is, of course, unimpeachable, so that this record,: -is . fortunately a ~,thoroughly authentic one,'. I think you will'-agree,.with me, sir, that increases iii wejght;in fish as .four and six pounds in ■ cue nifflifc, aro,.worthy of j>ublipatioi)!.'/ . -A,. Southern exchange is responsibly.for the following :-4A; ; number returning: from Orepuki' the..; other/day wlion 0110. no doubt/anxious; to keep, the fishins resources of the Wai.iu'to tho fore, rolateil that he had that :moriiing" seen Mr. Wilson jdrivo in an angler-w)io -had grasscd:a t bcautyi' T tliut long : ;Thp , Bpeakor. : . drew"• Ji ia._-vli an els opart to the distance of ab'o'ut'' . t>ih,',7arid emphasised his; remark by,"declaring; the weighti.of <tiio said fish, judging by appear-, . onces, to b« about 181b.'.,'.- Scenting a fish storv, -another gentleman.', ijio.v'ett.-i'.up) ,;|nid meekly;, said-ho, ne.'got 'to lnvexchrgill'; tho iishv woiild bo'itiiat'-long ——. And ho parted his hands to a-'.dis-tance -'of abo'nti laughed; and' then cot back to. sober, reasoning abb.utlthc jytuaht' of/ tho -big'.Jish -brought that morning from the Waiau. Assuming the length to be 2ft.' Cin., one, said it would

bo a. 10-pounder, another said it would bo a 15, and at bird WaS'Tjf "the opinion that it ttiiat, bo'.ali IS-tfoufidefcv The..argument was going sti'Oiig, wtifiii'iiiid of the owner's of the said 1 fish chanced aloii'g; and settled matters by stating r t)iat :it ! ',h'iitl turned tho scale at 181HJ;; iilie big fish argument, IHiffitkllutqly ofito: olvtho.'.compaiiy told 11 good trout that adorned' the paHb'wPSf a certain hostelry,| It- looked a : Tlfe>o'lirorc -a number of old frcoWrtjsi'S. r 'orthi3' lf/)Stelry who were wont, to'-' descalit; ;^t' loitgth'fri' each new arrival on tlv'o' weight" of '-'the''specimen and ilarrato Uio gra'ncl ' tliS"aliglcr had in' catching it-. Thfcro''tfertffeny 5 n'tfinKoV of variations of the stttfy;' uiVtl),",'Wb<;Vi*''< i isit i or3 '/oand that -caph' habitiiC"Hf.thu'Jrfj.6tel'r ! his own partic-ii-j i lar yaVhv : 'ihcr-,ha'(l "to"go ' through with' it, [ thfcy' Kffi? vJfy'.'Sipk . of I 'flint' darned specimen, i HntJ* tjldr.cf'JbcblV'u<y"Vfj>r'lcs enrtoiit about the j spwiiiwh ''it .'i3"'probSble' that it would have been t Here fo't'hfs'Vldy;-but, On one occasion,; whllii exSiKiliiiig ,If, the c.iiriouk person was "was not a. fish, had Only ri somewhat rotten' ; plUstei , "cast' , of j: one, which crumbled to 1 .piece's "as'-'tli'o; r£>iu!E"of the .firm hold he ' took'W,.iK T . v; lif'is; allied that 'the• old habitues'dfiißk'that 'hostelry dry after that, cause Jhe/.'cbiild not till in tiiiio telling ■ the history ;0f _'tfie ' . Inshiiig-ii} the past few month "llaiC.'iilferdKd-'oflly indifferent sport, saYs'thß;'''Otag<p Witness;'' owitig to the low State*of'thf-river, iuel'at present a fresh is badly wanted. The local' Anglers' Assoeia-tiOn'j:;heldj-Vhe.ivyiprilieipal competition • early this:.month,' Jff.-'il.'iAv! Radnor winning the gofcmcdabwitlT-'S'iiriqo basket.' - Another eomjietition'.ihos.'hceft'-arranged 'for a date to be b joffli as-'isoohrias'J the river is'. in order. The lirst prizo will be; a 'trophy presented by Mnii'Alfrrid Anderson, -of -Dunedin, and jieswsilrWilltM''ind Oo: ; givo a second prize.; Them are M"entries-,'!-alid the river tfi ha fished willi-hc! froiii the mouth Of'tliO Waipahi to-,-,the v,Biiruing,,Plains. The Ranklebiirn hut' has Ib'oeit: well ...}>itroftised this season. Last 'week : -Messrs#■ Wy nW.' Mackio (Clinton), Ki i . Rev. R-. Mackic (Soul&4)'miedmVßp<vnt * 'couple of days thero and landodjGf) Mil for,.the party: OnTapatini Flat, 'the'anglcrs haver been busy amongst the < ''sprats\ ; -Vond-:hen-vy baskets have been the exceptioniicThet'iriver yh&S • heCii •' vcfy low. McssmA'. Jdnsoh',/iuihW. Verry aro at present rat tbO Wdiaii Ml' F Lishner spent a counle : oh da,vs > there- last week, -and;, had ■= in; .Amapplication from, the Department of Fisheries; at. Sydney,!. New (south Wales, for a snpily; of! 60,000 gallons, of water Aier tiny for the •'f'rout- ..p6tids-.at : Prospect- Hatchery wasndealtAWuth; ■ meeting'. of the Water and Sewerage Board oil January 8. -:It-W«s* Statedp'.tbatr thc' 'the pOnds were being.,iiilvefSel-y affected;, oiviiig to, the high temperature find .tho.limited supply, of water." An allowance .Of 40;000: gallons, per day had been approved by the Hoard, but consider-', ably loss than 'that'll,id beon used 1 during the cool months, ;andfOveii: if ; the increased allowance: wore granted during tho hot .bo•, found that the. aggre l ga&j . quanfity.; iis«r"cfiiring the' 'year would ndfi'.'esce&l'th^.'lo,ooo,,gallons per day. Tho extra >,allowance;., .was-, required to . savo the fish from destruction,On this 1 tho .resident eiiijine.eK at'oProspcojt', reported.' that 'some to'lhe ■ vital 'to the success. .°^?|9f'i%^tf^^Xi.ol'P rß t'ioi'B, ; .»ttfl though', the^9Qjiaitidi(S;of■ J tJnp' water supply were not favourable, to concessions, ho recommended, that .the. additional ..supply asked' for bo grail tcd;.lor ou<j impntli, -.the application to conjj?;nndqr : Tho Board -'approved of the veconiniendationi. V According, fr to I .i^aw-, l Soiithern exchange •,a Stqtvanl Settlpme.jit,settlor-says lie observed the othep. .day-jn the; Old>:Fervy. Crftek what apjx:ars. to Jbn-i cj;ossi;.hotweeu: a trout- and |i:> perch. is..ta;decidedly now der'elop-liieni;.,jfi,^jpisijiQijltiji-c.:-,; • fish had beencloselv- Jihe Observer is satisfied .t,ha£„thtVi, hsh • he. has Seen • on,' several OQcasmus i?.\:noiUior,; a:; trout lior a. :pereh, •biit appareUjtly.iii'cross between tho two.- i'ln tne;samo. way it is held by some that--the la,rgfe thc ( aiiouths':of' the AVAi-: taly,'.gpdi(y,thqinr,ir;er.\;and teriiied' bluehacks,; are • ibetwcon -1'lio" salmon and sea tront. -,iVl«iiy> years.,ago the AVaitaki AcelijnAtisat.ion lonely. - had vput: ; a :> 'large" li u rnber^ pacific-,' sahnon : into.: the, tVaitaki ii\er)_r soiit- two of the rfish' r Homo - ; to.. Profflsfeor.Gijnthevy of the Ttoyah Aquarium, and ho pronounced; them.:ito,;bo !salmo f|uinnat, L or- Pacific: salmon-, audi the samo description I of-tfish are:istil-l ■ so thafe'.'it may be taken for/grant/jdikthat the quiuriat be- ' came acclimatised ;:mnny! years ago. ,i A .veracious :Waikfciine.tcorrespondent writes ' .stating ;that a '.yocal/d./enthusiast,' . xiot-witli-' standing tho lowness'of the stream,' landed a fino; 91b.; feuia.le.''.tvoiit-r', iin, ; perfect condition, ■' wjtli the; minnow.roiii'TiK.sday' evening' Tho small fish .sro-'thero in largo numbers, but the srate.the dry weather sot jir,,are ,very: .■Sfttuw: 1 : &■ ■