Bank Notes.

Otago Witness, Issue 1874, 21 October 1887, Page 28

Bank Notes.

Water of Lkith.— Owing to the very storm weather very littlo angling has been douo (J j ing the past week. On Friday, the 14th, lift Marshall killed 18 with the fly ia two hours «&i on Monday, the 17th, five, aHslbto§lb fish' Ml MacCallum took some very fair-sized the Lower Leith, and Mr A. AndersoQ <v| Saturday, tho 15th, kille:!, near Forth strwj 1 two very good fish, the heavier weighing W I At the Silverstrpfttu, near Mosgiel, Mr RufeJ ford, of Movningfcon, had a very good takeljJi week. This gentleman also did very well if Pulton's creek, killing" a very fine basket oil troub. Mr J. Hunter, ou Saturday, killed *r nice littlo ha«.ket of eight in Lindsay's creet North-East Valley. Ou Saturday, 15th, Jlr R A, Johnston took 14 fish, tho heaviest being fa ami Mr J. M'Callum seven fish. Messrs j Corbetfc and C. Duncan also had a fair taW On the 17th Mr G. M. Marshall took five fto On th« ISth Mr M'Callum landed two aboy $lb each. i Three or four members of the Otago Anglers f Association have departed for the South, bttjl on giving the trout a good time in the IVaipWi Waiwera, and Kuriwao. Let us hope tfol will not return empty handed. X Otajietk (Southland). — Mr James Rock IS took some fine trout from this stream at Jit §§ devillu last week. They averaged 61b a B "weight, and 24in in length. "" fa Oaxterbuiiy.— Two of the finest trout of %M htsason were brought to grass on October i,ijl! the Lower Avon, by Mr G. K. Thornton. TktjH were in the pink of condition, and weigtrfif respectively 81b and 3£lb. [J| Waikaka.— Mr Oumberbeach took eight lro c ll this .stream, on the 11th inst., averaging llbvl'l 21b. J Dip ton — Several novices in the art of anglk |j have entered the lists this year. The ardour uft a couple of these was somewhat damped afe> *| days ago. After lashing the water for upward % of three hours, both wended their way bos- i poorer if not wiser men, the one having lost» i set of hooks, and the other his minnow. 0!' *i anglers say the weather at oresent is rather to 1 cold for angling, and the river too high. M Salmon Fhy.— AwriterintheSouthlandTina % protests against the action of the Sou(bli& \% society iti presenting their president (Mr Ells I with 1500 fry, which he points out musthaveccs; ;| the Government close on £300. Heallegestk J the accomodation is not sufficient for them,Ki A that they cannot be carried the distauce withe; "I lest, loss than 50 per cent., iustauciug tt- J mortality in a recent transference of percb : J proof of the latter assertion. :| Thk "Oahi.ton" Phantom Mixxon,- $ As constant inquiries are being raade k »l this minnow, and none can be bought, i A Carltou sends me instructions as to ki i| they are made. He says :— " First get i'| strand of strong dark gut, tie a loop at ok J end, andjtie No. 1 triangle on the other end, (It- J is the drag). Four inches from this tie on Xj J| 2 triangle ; lin from this tie on No. 3 triangk ~M lin from this tie on a large lip hook, pofc! j| downwards ; this la&t is the head of the minnoi Here you have the skeleton of the minno? jj| Then you require, say, seven white fea&es i .a from the neck of a pure white cock, also eyb: ,1 or 10 feathers from the neck of a blsck-rtv \M gamecock — the white feathers to bo put on \\i M belly and the red ones on the sides of the nh- ,'A now. The triangles to be dressed on the gut tbs ;|| same as they would lie on a plain surface-^. i| one hook pointing upwards and two poiutici ,-J downwards. This has a tendency to keep tti ;i| minnow upright, as it does not spin ; the feather !| to be tied, one to the No. 3 triangle aud liphoci f| only, the points of the feathers will cover Ko.i |1 These minnows can be made with anycoloure: m feathers, and from 2£in up to sin in leogil M The great point is to imitate the fish in makinj -JI this minnow, and in playing it put a shot 2a im from the head. A sample can be seen in )b -*M Marshall's shop window at 64 Princes street. J^ Dunedin. ;-l