ANGLING

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 February 1925, Page 10

ANGLING

The. latter part of the. season h|i* fairly good tor the disciples of the u mortal Izaok Walton, and niai h v ‘ rnem report, fairly good spoil. Bid few fish are taken, in the lower ch the Wningongoto—-often consule e but wrongly, the rather sleepy fro™ its Maori derivation— but an odd one or two fall to the lot of the enthusiast A liach-comber got a nice tour-poimdei the other morning just opposite the »ctton s .-M<. has got n ir. e hags from the Ivapnm and Kanpekonm, and the delicacy oi trr.n be attested by several of his neigli. dearth of trout near the W ainiongoro month has inclined the enthusiast to try the, sea, and a, number of excellent kahawai have, been taken on the rod. The natives with thennets have had several nice takes o 1 herring, which have been much appreci•si tod, . Fish in" in Southland has been good this season. The Times reports chat climatic, conditions last week-end were more favourable for successful fishing on our local rivers, and some very good ba"s were obtained. The Oyeti nvei rewarded the fly fisher especially on Sunday last, a party of three iocs grassing a total of 60 trout foi then efforts. The take included 4Jb and olb fish, the,.heaviest being a fine specimen weighing 7il'b, and it was killet o the Red Waipahi fly. Heckiim, PeeUum was also found to be an effective pattern of fly used. In the vicinity of Centre Bush two fishermen caught a total of 127 good trout for a week s fishing with the fly. These anglers report an 'enjoyable holiday, with heavy fish-at different periods, rising voraciously at the fly lure Red C<rouse. Red Governor, and tue Anderson were the popular flies used. Trout up to dl) weight was included m the take. For a few hours’ fishing at Mi Ison s crossing recently, another man landed some good trout up to 31b weight on the white moth fly. At Lochiel about a week ago still another fisherman landed a nice bag of 12 trout, the catch, including two five-pounders. Ihe 'fish were taken on the fiv. Passengers by the Manuka last week included two Australian anglers m the persons of Messrs Rogers and Horspool. Those anglers were on their way to Lake Taupo for rainbow trout fishing and in' about two weeks time thev intend to visit Te Anau for the Atlantic salmon fishing f he ® e . gentlemen are enthusiastic fly fisfieis, and are, looking forward to their visit to Southland. . . . , Several of the American tourists have -been thoroughly enjoying Taupo and Rotorua,, and are very enthusiastic over their experiences. The Ma-taura River continues to yield good baskets of trout, evening being found to he, the, }>est time generally-, reports the Matanra Ensign On Wednesday evening ot ,ast week two fishers got 20 fish, and on a subsequent visit they got another 20 fish, nine, ol which went, 3lb ever fish, then- best catch in the river. Another angler on lour successive evenings got 6 7 5. and 3 fish, averaging a good 2jlb, and all caught with the fly. An Invercargill angler w-as also successful in killing a dozen good trout recently on the Never Fait and Red Governor flies.

THE THREE FISHERS. Three fishers went gaily out into the North, Out into the North ere the sun was. And tfie’y chuckled in glee as they sallied forth, Resolved to canture the trout—or die. For 1 men .will‘fish, and men will lie. About the trout they “caught’on the fly,” • > . Their Sunday school lessons scorning. Three fishers lay under the trees at ' ‘noon, , , _ And “blamed” the whole of the finny race > , , _ For never a fish had touched fly or , spoon, . . Or tested.the strength of a qUivTmg For men ’will fish and men will lie. And the way they catch trout, when nobody’s nigh, Is something to tell—in the morning. Three fishers came into the town at night, And their “speckled beauties” were fair to see; They talked o.f the “sport” with keen delight— The envy of all the fraternity. For men will fish, and men will lie, And Avhat they can’t catch they’re sure to buy, To make their tale good in the morn' ing. —West Middlesex Gazette..