WITH ROD AND FLY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15140, 2 November 1912, Page 9

WITH ROD AND FLY.

ffjffijib/'' " " ~ ~ WpglihlNO SEASON. OPENS. ,®OO'D SPORT REPORTED. " ' ' *— • Vjoot IN fine condition. fci£'io»oW wm b ? , . , 'n Vridav " the Auckf^*fo*o* ROW wIU bo ] , , . thpm . IfeUincling enthusiasts said to them !gp!l s J Thursday. <* they hastened from tfe b °tle of the city to thfeir favourite Yesterday they spent tl.eir first filing in glorious weather, and h' no very definite information IflS be obtained' last evening, owing to •% C aarftrs being far distant, from the offices, it is stated that some "IPS good sport was provided them m fe&ari? every quarter. number of Auckland resident# Jflg spending the week-end in the Clevedon Wfe&fcl fishing in the Maungatawh.n and ; M'Srca Rivers. The trout in these streams if I m fin© condition, and a record season predicted for this district. p rivets m / ride flirt-class Ay waters, and Law hist :: ¥£on" tliev became very popular fishing ~££■* A party of three anglers reported } A,;* first day in the Maangatawlnri Lt«idav. «d up till six o'clock they i 'f {id landed 11 «»*• between them, weigat % in? from liib to 41b each. Equally good V* 1 reports came from the Wairoa. where a j i class of fish wfTO reported to bo rising pit .v ,*ll. , . - , ".The fishing in the Henderson River and Cfcnty's Creek, both very popular stretches //.".io!"water,.was reported to be rather slow V'-'veiterfa)"' but it improved towards >"veni, Both streams are in excellent con--1,1 yjtton, and there are largo parties of week?V (fl4- anglers trying their luck in each. A t< jf ,'portion of the Henderson River has been ' i l '.' reserved solely for tly-fishing by the> Acclimatisation Society. f|Fiihettnen speak in the highest terms of I' wri«ty's work in stocking the streams, \ v hi<i has been more complete this year •-; "dlii' ever before. The liatcherie3 axe exacted to do even better work next sea,T; ton, and the society hopes to stock many [. ? more 'of the streams with yearlings—a [, iysteirf which has met with the approval i ' 1 of all angling enthusiasts. Rotorua and Taupo. P .'.V;.; • ' 1 fc'v'f (jteat preparations were being made for K' th* opening of the season by local anglers all' 'irf.tio'Kotorua district, and they speak [! ' coniklentJy of the possibility of a record *«on. The fish to be obtained in the L' Kotow* and Taupo Likes art- reported to !J 1 -be in tho b;st of condition. This district H: >.haS been famous for its superb '"'fighting" 15 &A, and there « plenty of evidenco that fee! there is no decrease in tin© number of fine iu£ 'tpccimens tc he obtained. There has been S'*'jiWch' activity amongst the anglers for the approach of the season, and a very large |i|'.ißOSiber of licenses have been taken out. jtlk&Kf. O'd Restrictions Removed. Thcro ha» been one important alteration itythe regulations governing the fishing at ''Sterna. The Government decided lastl^iife' 'to prevent wholesale it would be advisable ivp's restrict the number of fish vtil'■ Aiujjlki *by bow angler in a day to 25. I; i' ,I'presentations were made recently by the [ | flotciu» Rod and Gun Club, however, and fh testriction has now been removed, and ptjjsfofen'vill have no limit placed, upon ! |;Vii>fir. ditches. Unsportsmanlike methods I'jl'-WnWite" the front, however, will be put down, and lready exeroI have been inflicted for offences |$. very good sport was obtained tffep}Rrawi«t» and Rangitaiki Rivers, and it [; a probable that the bent first-day catches pr|'}« ( iUie whole of the Auckland province be reported from that locality. Kj' ' ■ One of the most popular , forms of fish|J|§l« 'in'the district is "trolling" the L§||^a ? The deep-water fish, obtained in- [ wav, are reported to have- spawned - 'vtirv early thii: season, so that they should ; 1 ,lr fh excellent condition. I ItiS'; v Some ■. Good Baskets. . . :■ •. ' - .New* F received in Auckland late las'i . i stated that anglers in the Lakes dis- ! had fpent a splendid day. The I ; ,.eatehes in lake Rntoma and Lake Rot-o- , . , iti irere good, but the limit of last season's ||ptri£;day was not reached. Tlie two best were made by two rods, which .32 fish, and another couple, who }. 28 be?;orc niffht fell. Another fisheroil" Green lako took 12 good fish, • ' the aij'jitleni at Oban Channel also had good v Wort, ono man landing 14 .fish of an aver- , weight of 2|lb. ; ; =================