ROD AND GUN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13146, 7 April 1906, Page 8

ROD AND GUN.

TROPT-FI9HIXG IN THE WAIPA. , A well-known angler, writing- from Pirotigia, says:—"There are a sprinkling of largo fish in the Waipa this season, hut to do any real fishing one should have a small canon. Tho river is lined with willows*, so that fishing from the banks is impracticable in most places. There is one spot about, a mile from here where there is nearly it-quarter of a mile of rapids, and some fine fish have been caught there, but it. is now fished out except for an occasional fish, though large fish had been seen, by various people. I was tho first person to catch any trout here, except, two email ones taken last season, and one this season. I have bad from this quarter of a- mile of; fishing three brown trout of Bj,lb, 81b, and 71b lOox, and several rainbows of over 41b; and a young fellow, who had never "fished for trout or seen one caught until I showed him how to proceed, was lucky enough to get a. brown front of 1311b and several fine rainbows. All these fish came from one pool. There are also two other rapids, oue about three miles and the other four miles from, here, which can be partially fished by wading; but- only three fish of under 31b have been taken there as far as I ■ know this* season. We also went one day to a place on the Waipa 16 miles from here, but we only saw one small fish of about 21b, which 1 caught) during the whole day's fishing. In the Mnugahera, about five .miles from here, on (he Kawhia Road, there are some big fish, but they are all in deep, still holes, and as far as our experience goes are uncatebable (We have booked, but not landed, a couple). I should imagine, unless one lived on the stream and could pick a •suitable time, you would only get them with a live whitebait, or cicada, or something of that sort. Another river, five miles beyond the Matigahora, holds trout. J I heard that two fishermen _ caught; a couple the day before we tried it, but we saw no sign of any fish on the one occasion we tried it. Tho smallest silver Devon is the best minnow yon can bring; they will not. look at fly, there being such quantities of whitebait in the river. AH the fish wo have caught have been gorged with them."

Judgment was given recently by Mr.; Justice Joyce, in the Chancery Division, in the action arising out of it resolution passed in May last, by a majority of the members of the Ilurlingham*" Club in favour of the abolition of pigeon-shooting. The minority, who were the plaintiffs, contended that the resolution was invalid. His Lordship said ho supposed that in 1868, when the ... club was formed, pigeonshooting was considered a. manly sport, jilting for gentlemen. Since then' times and manners had changed. People were more humane, and many nob altogether irrational persons considered, rightly or : wrongly to that he would say nothing practice of pigeon-shooting from traps to. be a barbarous pastime, and if legal not very creditable to the' club. He . was of opinion that the resolution- was iinconsistent with some of the by-laws and some of the rules, but that the inconsistencies might bo sot right by a few amendments. His Lordship, in conclusion, : mid .he bad come to the conclusion that he ought not to; make any such declarations; as that asked for by the plaintiffs. The action, therefore, failed, and must be dismissed. Ho ordered the plaintiffs to pay their own- costs, and that the costs of .the defendants should bo paid' out of the; club funds".