FIELD' AND STREAM.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 154, 24 March 1908, Page 4

FIELD' AND STREAM.

(Br.Din I'LY.) ; Wolcomo rain has fallen,' ana.tho streams , liV consequence . 'are 'regaining their normal '; size, but the high 1 winds that acoom-; panied the rain, have mado,fishing practically ' an impossibility. Iniconversation with an; erstwhile -angler,-" whose- favourite retreat in'i days gone by was tlio 'Ivarori waterworks, he,• stated that oil two occasions he. remembered y the rcseVvoir being lower ■■than it was. this'• season.. Tho last occasion was about clevbii;;. years ago, when; a hitherto-, unknown .islands, mado its appearance about ..tho. middle. -u£.;i tho_reservoir,nntlifrom it? banljs'.the angler.', lauded maiiy poroll and; an occrisioual trout.'; Ho also remarked I tliat' iii the\majovity';o£' . cases, tho:porch caught at tho-reservoir now-, •• .are not nearly equal in ayeragejsize to'.what; ' they wero a. few years .ago,, and .the trout' are about thp same as- ho 'always' remom-'s •bored, them, viz., thin bodv: largo : tail and head. ••- ■ -"Wliilo, angling in most 'districts 'throughout . tho Dojiiinion. has been; at ;,i -standstill dn i consequence of the dry-spoil of weather, To-',.' kap.ni> fishing lias been going on. without in- • .tei-ruptiou, ,aiid good ; bags .ace 'continually^. being reported. Our Toiraanii correspondent■< reports that Mr. It. Jones is having his iisual' success, and the latest bags to his credit' are ono- of seven i fish; weighing 1 9nb.V and' another.of 18 fish,.:,weighing/1981b. Tho' firstcatch of seven : included - two of 161b., one•l4lb.;- three 121b., and one 91b.,»mailing , an".avorago of ; 131b. each. 'The second one con-', tain'ed 18 fish, the average weight of which?' was 111b. each. 'Tho largest fish in tho bag' scaled 21Jlb. !-; ; -v " - • 6

' Aiv angler who spends a great deal ofliis lei- ; surcs time in whipping.t-hb South Karori streams reports, that, so . far this, '.season^-he,'" has 1 creeled over 200 trout .l'roih there, .hilt that the.,average: weight; is under Jib. each. Ho journeyed there "oii Thursday, "only ; to-find that itho. stream was too dirty for lidiing., A .minnow was tried in one or two of tho' largo ponds. v - and one' trout, weighing, 2jib";,.. - fell to the lot ■ of. tlio. ; ' *• ' ,• Tho. prospects for tho coming ,shooting sea- > son arc very for thb dry summer baa greatly assisted.parent quail and. pheasants ill rearing their young. , On . the dther hand bush fires have beeii responsibli-foi- the;loss .of Vijany'-pheiisniits, pigeons',- lcaka,; etc., but - close, to Wellington'gajno seems ;t<4 ; :. bo .mors : < numerous than has ,i>eeii. the oasts ■ for years. - ■ .:;.;Tlie efforts of. tho ...Wellington tiou- Society to restock tho', district with '. pheasafits, is .mooting with success, and/in ; 1 . lilaeos '.where View were 'olutchos'; of littoeu ami .twunty birds aro:-frequently ' '.seen/- The sportsman '.who journejsVover t-ha country, without a gun, previous tiiithe opening: of tho- spason, usually -mark's!. down x'a * dozen or two -likely ; places. A visit to these chosen spots oil May Ist, ( often.produces an empty bagj lor:ganio birds, liko true sports, seom. to bo-prepared'for May, which is gen- .. erally! accompanied with much -V.wasto of powder and lurid, language..-'-. -. / --.

'' .The "Rotorua Chroniclo"'.rcpdr.ts;tli'at- Mr. M..Dulf•'and'" party, "angling ,'iii- EalW.'-K'otcrua for, tiro; and '.a' half hours, ■'catfgljfctiY&tfrraiir Jino; .trout, r tho , bf?{whioli. was 72Iba. • 'Mr. CorbetV' aid-. friend;)? nylio wore out. for;, a sh6rt : :timd-ffli;oLa!je ; ltbi:«ui,\ placed, forirteen nice fisli'in their,'biiskotf-'tha» average woigbt.; of 1 which was. 31bs,< -Messrs.. Burton, Greenhough,; and fnend; ■ .trolling; m' Lako Rotonm for- throb. andiiaVhalf-"days, caught 1 * 108 .fish,- tho average - .weight' being ; 3Jlbs. -Mossrs Dalgotty and Whitehead, who. have,been caiuped. at;. Bird's, Galatea, for a fow days, have 1 badv excellent sport • \vli>lo thoro,< among this",trbut placcd in .their basket.. being two or Gibs. .each.'. '

On April 18: the> Christchurcli .Gun Club will , hold Tts £100 Jliasfer". Handicap. Seven- y" 'toed- birds will bo shot' at;' Hvith <10yds.- Bonn- - \ darj\ - Nominationsi costing .£5 each, ..will, close'with • Mr; Gassin at the'Clarfendon Ifoi&l ' (Christclm'rch.) 011 April, 11. .; v- •

lteadore of,tlio "Field," says that-re'proS sentativo paper, will bo interested to heir that tlio exporiment with Now Zealand trout' isprogressing;,, Mr. Donald ; : Carr, writes, f roih'; Blagdon:■,''fJ" liav e'j spawned•; the New Zealand 'trout,' and Jhavo.'securod'about SOOQ fine,: ova ; from .thbin.Thu ova' is, of: a rieli colour and largo, considering tho age of tlio fish,:- Tho fish TV-ill, ,011' an' average, weigh about.-21b., j-Thoy. hayej n'qti bpou artificaliy fticl'- for;,ayearhad \ tliey been hand-fed no doubt thoy would ;havo' been niuoli larger.'.'A.' -.special pond, was •mado for them, last year',, with. a good supply '.of. water.' from the . Yeo nyor, ' from which, no: doubt,tliey had' ai plentiful supply of food. U Our spawning season, so. far as ,the/ brown ,;tront. ;were concerned, was up to. .tlio average, aiid, indeed, tlio average -was better than last' year.; < Owing , to; tho frost and dry weather, .wo havo had ; . sinco ,tho nek year, the Tailibows havo not been able,;to;gotupstreamto:spaifn,. although ive havo' secured some very-fino fish of 51b. average, ono. female botng' quite 71b. All wo want now is a good spate to brine »«< those big fish." ~ ' . ; v - ■.-.■■■, T' ■ v ■ ■ ■■■ ■ -■; .■