ANGLING.

Evening Star, Issue 10783, 18 November 1898, Page 4

ANGLING.

Anglers will oblige by forwarding to this office items of interest during the season. The ‘North Otago Times' reports that the Waitaki is in excellent fishing condition. At a well - attended meeting held in Tapanui last Saturday it was decided, upon the motion of Mr W. Quin, the convener, to form a society to bo called the Tapanui District Game ami Fish Protection Society. At the meeting Mr Quin said unless some action were taken to check poaching, shooting and fishing would not be worth the caudle. He instanced various ways the society would prove a. benefit, besides the prolection of game and increasing the supply.— Mr Howat thought some society should be formed, and, speaking as a fisherman, he said it wat greatly wanted. Two years ago his experience of thePomahaka was that portions of it had been literally cleaned out with nets and spears, and marks of the nets could be traced. Ho had called at the society’s office several limes about the matter. Loca 1 rangers were 100 well known to be of any service, and he certainly thought licenseholders should take more interest in the question. Mr Howat also mentioned that he had not heard of any fish being let away in the Pomahaka for some years, and ho thought liberating trout iu the small streams was a mistake, as they wore easily taken out ; and besides, they always ascended the small alnamsto spawn. The suggestion to keep trout till they were two years old before liberating he thought was a good one.— Mr Rodger thought the movement a very necessary one. The license holders now represented all portions of the district, and it only rested with them, supported by the 1 tndowners, to imke the necessary stand. License holders were loth to give information of poaching, but in the case of a society being formed the question of delicacy must give way to a matter of honor.— After a tough draft of rules had been read over, the following were appointed a committee ;—Messrs \V, Ramsay, R. A. Rodger, W. Quin, ,T. Howa‘, A. M’Kenzie, P. 8 iven, G. Wood, D. Lamb, J. Y. MTntyre, W. W, Mackie, W. N. Riddell, G. Foster, Watson Shenuan, W. Lusk, jun., and Geo. Howat.

Mr Edwards, a gentleman having recently arrived from England, having written Home recounting some great takes he had made eff Otogo Heads, received a letter in reply, of which the following passage is worth quoting : Talking of fishing, I will relate to you a little bale that was told by an enthusiastic fisherman with whom I travel to London every morning. I daresay it will amuse some of your friends when you tell them : - " The other Sunday I was fishing with a friend of mine just near Ttdilington Lock, and after we hj id had some very good sport 1 felt a tug at my Jack line ; I struck, and hooked a very line fish. After playing him for about an hour, allot a sudden he gave a terrific lurch, and a wav wont fish, line, and all the lot. After that I turned up fishing for the day, and went home very disagreeable and disappointed. Some six weeks after this, 1 went for a day’s fishing with another pal just by Suubiiry Waterworks, and during the course of the day I was telling him mv experience of the previous day’s outing, (i ought to state hero that Snnbury from Teddington is about seven miles.) All of a sudden my friend said : ‘ Look there. Bill, at that big float coming down stream ; let’s get it.’ So after it we went. .Imt judge of our surprise when we discovered that a fish was on the end of the line. By a little careful play I managed to capture the float and line, and on tho hook was a Jack of 911) in weight. I recognised the line and float as the one that I had lost some six weeks ago, and thus I had restored to me my lost tackle with a very tine Jack in the bargain.” It may be true, or it may be not, but thus it was related to mo with others in the train, and our lishcrman friend got a good roasting from ns all when he finished his yiii n. There is one thing, and that is that it is interesting.