FIELD AND STREAM.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 147, 16 March 1908, Page 4

FIELD AND STREAM.

. : 0 ' •" " (BY Dry FJ.Y.) • ' . Tho rain experienced lately; has certainly, improved' tho .'local streams', but not'to iiny appi eciablo - extent, . In : places tho "green weed sviill shows prominently,- and in insny cases is as-.' bad'!, as over. A .. fresh .lasting- a: couple;.of. days will do /an immense amount- of.-, good, ( «nd should .:;leave : .u-the streams clear of weed,-etc.,. for. the;remainder. : of\'this : season'.;. .Two: anglers, who whipped the Mungaroa last Saturday were fairly: success-' ful. : ; The hag for tlio day.wns. 21. fish, but they had : nothing) larger . than a-, IJ-pounder to show, i although ;tlio :total catch - weighed 1 19J: pounds. ! Sinoe . the':/rain oamo sport; in the_ Karori reservoir, has not ,been .sorgood. It ;is .supposed; that: ..the live ..-bait .entering': the .reservoir,, thrdugh- the rain comingh has., satisfied the hunger of-thorgreedy porchfor a few days. V; u .

' Rbtoriia'*'ohr6nicld''??■:reports'tthat, the . fish in tlio lakes and Streams are [once more appearing- in largo numbers, Softer-, an absence, for a /week or two, due, no doubt,' to. the sjjell' of warm .ahdydry weather,' W6 have experienced.' Many anglers have been out' during 'tlle week,- and ! among those Tvho 1 ..have recorded, their • catches" are'-' th&'.ifM- ; lowing:-- "" ■ ' :';v' J - W'Me'ssrs;. Biirgo .'and' Hoarei' who' have" been-; camped at Rotoehu for somb 'six 'or eight' .reeks, , hayo.'had;.very godd '.sport; ' having'' 1 caught from 300 -to" 400 trout' during ' thoir stay./ Messrs." Butt'ell and Chftlniei's; 24 Tislii avoraging 3jlbs. /.Messrs. Shaw aiid 1 Johnson,, 17 fish, 'average weight; 3i'lbsl ; - 33 fish, average ■'weight, '31b.,. and' 27- fish; '' average' woight; 31b;-\/Messrs. M'Dermott and Dix. 1 21 - fish; .''.average weight, : 8i1h.;."':20 jfiah, • average, :' weight' : 3Jlb. Messrs;/Jack-' son and King, 23 fish, average weight, 3Jib. ; ■18 fish; aver'agd weight, 3Jlb.*' Messrs'.'Harris and White, '' 24 r fish, : average r: weight, ' '31bV ;Messrs.;-;M'Girr: 1 and • Simpson'' 38 fish,avera'go .weight,- 3)lb. Mr. : Robbie,' who was out' 'several aays, secured 36 fish, average 'weight; 3Mb: 1 ': Mr. - and-Mrs. 'Hodgson, 22 fish'/' average! ' weight, 41b."; 9 - fish, aggregate. weight,' 351b.34 fish,- aggregating: : .ll2[b.'*;Messrs. Webster, ThorriilviJ],~*>and„ • Beamish",' 7: fish,' 1 average • weight-V 3Jlb; •42 ■' fish. / 'averago weight, 2Jib I .''Messrs. Hutchinson"arid Ben-f nett,'- 22 ■ fish, : average -. weight, '3Jlb.;' 28 'fish: l, average "Weight,-' 3ilb: Jliv-' J.days fishing, 83 fish, aggregating 2571b." Mr'.' W ! « iool i v two days' • fish: • ■ ?All*the fish were caught on ; being a"thing of'the 1 past.: .-The'fish are in fine condition;-:'and afford splendid sport.:',' •: Tho Canterbury Acclimatisation recently liberated 4000 young" rainbow's' in*. the ; Waimakanri 'Rirpri

Tho "Timaru'Herald". o f : .March']"s : writes as follow^As anticipated,- the continued raihfan ,has .had'an: effect f on . tho,rivers.- The Pareora. is. high, arid tho Opihi and Temnka wero.rising.:yesterday.. The' Opihi had this summer'.been. 1 lower than eveijbefore,-. and ;on Sunday last had oeased to run at the traffic railway bridges, a thing j which; one , of tho; oldest settlers, of tho district - said bad-never occurred-before. iThoro was a good.body.of water going along .yesterday,, ani. the,,water, was very much :. discoloured."—Another exchange. says:—"The rain of 'the past few' days' will do '.an immense amount of go<xl to the .fishing',iii ,the ,local; rivers. .For 'some time, past it has,been.alm'ost. impossible,:fco do 'any fishing ■without' going.down to the junctiQn.:.,' Thb: Tom'nka, has risen . cohsiderably, : . and : is, slightly discoloured, whilo the, Opihi'is rising'slowly.,

:i■ The Mimihau—The 'j Wyndham <Herald ". ,of. tho ,6th. iris_t. says'' ; Not-irithstahdirig the 1 , .dry season, "some of our local, anglers are mooting with fair success; On Monday afternoon ■ tho veteran' angler Mr; ;M. Lawrio siic-'. ceeded in- lauding an.SJlb. trout at the mouth' of. the Mimihau,' a'spot'that jhas in .tho past yielded a number or largo fish." At present Mr. G. M. Marshall, of Dunedin (whoso liamo is well knoivn in angling, and acclimatisation matters), is whipping the local streams.'?

According, to tho "Tapanui'pourier," ten .competitors) wit out' for tho Tapariiii anglers and deer-stalkers'_; special competition on Wodnesday Week. Tho'rivor was iii ; Splendid order,but it' was. an off day. : with; the : fish, and the ; fly fishormen esi>ecially had a poor timo, the'minnow accounting for most of tho kills. ■ Th<j: winner turned up- in-Mr: S. Poyntor,: with- a net, weight of 111b. loz.; with: Mr. P.llay (91b:' Boz.)' second:, 1 .. Eight" out; of • tho| tcri ; competitors; woighed in, with tho following results:—S. Poynter (15 per otint."handicap), 15: fish weighing 131b. net weight 111b. loz.; P. Hay (s'.per cent/'handfc cap); 12 fish 'Weighing' 101b., net. weight; 91b.' 8oz.; G. Dnimmond (15 per cent'.' handicap); 91b'., net' wefgHt' 71b. lOoz.; R.'- A,._Rodger <25, per cent, handicap), 8 £sh Weighing, 9J-Ib'.,. not'; weight' 71b. . 2oz. j -'j. l J.; Perry, ! 8 fish weighing 51b. lloz., net' weight':slb.. lloz.; A.' Stivori (5 per cent; handicap), Ifish' weighing 3 lb'.,-not weight 21b. 14oz;; D. ;P6ynt(jr/ (10 per cent, handicap), 3 fish weighing 31b., net weight 21b.' lloz..; R. Dnimmond (25 per cent, handicap). ,4 fish weighing,2lb..:l4oz., net,\weight: 21b. 405.-, .Tho. best , fishi; caught, was weighed : in : by. Mr., R. A. five! 'aiid a. half..pounder. in splendid .order.y/ ' Our Nireaha correspondent reports that very little fishing has, ,been done in'' the .-Mangatainoka ' River this, season.;'. The' drdught, to a great measur'e, is the ciiuse'of this,'aiid. thousands' of trout :'died ; through tho effects: of bush fires iii this river alone. ' '' , Red deer liberated on. the, ranges';.^-the-Wairarapa: district have in -tfic, past,thrived, and good herd 9. arc now frequently 'reported. Onr. Nirealia i correspondent states that.; Jlio . deer. Awbioh woro ' liberatedon'-..tho Tarjiruaa.. - two years ago: are reported to bo. thriving and: multiplying - One; deer has bccomo. quite tanio, and. is • often seen with a dairy,;, herd: on a. farm at tho .foot of -the-hills, 'r : -,v : Our corrdsiwitdent,' writing l from'TbliaaiiU" ;on '-March' 11, reports that the trout are fetill' plentiful in" tlio Toiigariro River, and; rise' freely to tho fly and - minnow./' A : recent catch' made by Dr. loch,' and R. 'Jones ' wa6:l4: brown:"trout:' avoraging'. .oach;-' This included"' oho each of 181b., 171b., 161b., two bf 141b., oiio: each, of:l3lb'.; 1211b;j four of. lllb., and one each of 91b., 81b., 71b., and 71b.