TROUT AND SALMON

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 90, 13 October 1923, Page 13

TROUT AND SALMON

FISHING IN NEW ZEALAND WATERS

FINEST SPORT IN THE WORLD

RIVERS AND LAKES TEBM WITH

>-ISH.

(Contributed.)

The firstoosf s October -ushered in another season of one of ths finest'sports in the world, and that is trout and salnion fishing, especially so in Now , -Zealand, where the rivers and lakes teem, with fish of all sizes, from-trout weighing up to two pounds in our creeks and burns to the fifteen and twenty pounders in. our lakes, and rivers", .and Atlantic and qiiinnat" salmon, from seven to fifty pounds in weight In New Zealand wo are blessed with the finest fishing'wat?rs in the worloV and yet interest per capita is as dead .as , ditchwater... The"/papers record all other eports, .;yet. seldom a, word about angling-.- In England and bcotland fishing; notes appear daily, as to fish caught, state of the rivers, and different lures suitable for each district. Iha notes are read eagerly-by anglers and much appreciated, -.We do wish, some papers;in /New Zealand would give us -angling notes at kast-oncea week; and- hope, by doing so, to infuse into the younger fry some of the-enthusiasm and keenness that we old' disciples of Isaac Walton feel. --.~ V.

■ WHAT BETTER PASTIME? '" _ Fishing^ is a' healthy,; clean, sport; one to be indulged in b- man or woman young or old. The season during which, your license to fish lasts is the best part of the year. Nature is all smiling and gay. What better pastime can .'you °aT6?... Wandering along-, the'banks of our- beautiful streams in search of the wily trout! The water hissing and gurgling out its way to the sea, ever changing with its flashes of silver stars as it pours over the shallows into the pool.below, and"the different.colours of tne_ blue in the-deeper, waters,' .the varied shades of green of shrubs and trees swaying to the breez« that ruffles tie surface and' ensures you good sport JSatnre on a fishing; morn^ is ..glorious. You are away from all selling and buying, away from aIL cheating, and,lying

■^. ■ ■;; •-. •■ quinnat '"'""f•' *' •"■ -tocal^anglers, ahoifld- efideavbur" to -^n .?-pme of fte qumnat-'salmon-wMci. .are.Jcnpwn, from reliable Boirces.--to ■ rnn lA..their.^season, in', the Hutt and- other rivers. - They are powerful fish, &n<Tto successfully land them your rod- and tackle must bestrong. A i&foot salmon oi-.baniboo.rod,. WOi.yards of'Trisli lii Ten fe.Piano wire lace, and a. 2-irich golden Devon minnow, no side hooks,, but double treble, hooks. behind. This is what anglers.. use m the" South Island Dospite ■ some opinions tp the-Contrary'-I nave found these fish splendid fighter* and n«xf r m gameness to the Atlafatic salmon. I have seen them leap out of the water ln the Waitaki River four and nve feet high when hooked. They should start to run here in December especially so when a fresh occurs. Rangers should be able to give notice to anglers when tlie run is en. : .

FINE SEASON.

From Taupo and Tokaanu reports the' coming season, which opens Were 0:1 th. Ist November, ls^ prophesied. as Eo - ™S .*?. YeV c the best on record. Fish ar» teed /which there now is, the fish by Chnstmas; should be in splendid coition. Heavy.fi s h were caught th f j fc , year, and I.q uite believe twenty poundseason.^ lor fishing in that district, you? lodand gear must be of the' best-lth. best of green heart or steel centre cane. iNo use taking a light "fly rod- I have seen-them .broken time after time. For trolling; or spinning use a 2-ihch spoon, copper and red for;a bright day and feolden Devon 2-inch shell painted r£f underneath, side md taU uSTdS spuinera, but Avhen visiting take a good s "PPy *™X "as fish' uL.h«v/toll tLIh -a^ le ' T e? ially in the heavy and rapid waters of the Tongariro. • For flr fishing, a silver or black Boctor, Durhaii der and Lightning 11- are all- suitable and killers but. the most.deadly of all i s «S Matuka, dressed on ark and Sw light brown, are very R vi<<>)o tt "MAY PROVE ■ -AX ATTRACTION •• JFA*!.*aßßi.'i'§:S fished very v/ et k sh?? f ld ba is an ideal fiV L» Waikana, s&sr..? 0*and .«-rs*s^w2S