ANGLING.

Otago Witness, Issue 2009, 25 August 1892, Page 32

ANGLING.

By Jock Scott.

To be a perfect flrtiermm you require more excellence! than arc usuallj to be found in «ucb a small space as li allotted t* a mtn't carcass. — Paxkik Gilmouk.

Keiden are invited to contribute items of local filhinf new! for insertion in this column. For insertion in the ensuing lout they should reach Dunedin by Mondaj night's mail.

BANK NOTES.

The Shag river, I hear, is very dirty again this season. It seems that there are two or three Chinamen sluiciug the terraces on the upper reaches. If this state of affairs continues through the season the angling on this st ream will again be a failure for a few seasons at least.

My readers will be glad to learn that Ranger Burt is improving in health again.

I hear that a good deal of poaching is being carried on in the Glenomaru district. One correspondent informs me that it is no unusual thing to see the torch oub on the water two or three times in a week. I have made enquiries about this matter, r aud learn that the Acclimatisation Society are iv treaty with a suitable person to act as ranger for this district. But what are the local anglers about that they allow such practices to be carried on right uuder their noses ?

Mr William Bremer, of George street, is already to the fore with a very fine assortment of English and Scotch trouting tackle. I had the pleasure the other day of a private view of all the novelties for the present season, and I must say Mr Bremer has carefully studied the wants of Otago anglers in his choice of goods. One of the novelties I noticed was a very simple device for fishing with live bait. This is called the Archer spinner, and it is without doubt a very valuable addition to the number of artificial spinners already in the market, and will, I think, be largely used by our anglers when they have given it a fair trial The Pioneer bait is another very good invention and a really valuable addition to the great army of spinning lures. The Pioneer has been carefully thought out aud carefully worked out, and it must spin. The shape is very good, and the colouring, in triplicate on the flanged sides, gives it a very natural appearance when spinning. Another good point is that the hooks are so placed that every point is well armed, and they all revolve with the baifc. There were also very large and varied assortments of the well-known soleskin phantoms, painted to represent the natural whitebait, minnow, and young trout. The latest, and to my rniud the best line I have ever seen in a tackle shop, was the Severn (all silk) trout

line, dyed a pale slate colour. The price I noticed was only 3s for a 40yd length. This line can also be waterproofed if reqaired. All the usual patterns of trout flies, casting lines, reels, gut (in hanks), .rod fittings, &c, wore shown me, and they were without exception a very .fine lot of goods. Mr Bremer has this season stocked quite a number of styles of American-built and solid cane rods. They appeared to be of very fine quality, and all were finished in first-class style — some with cork handles and others with vulcanite, extra tips being provided in every case, and the prices were very moderate considering the high quality of the goods. A novelty in rods was the tourist's portmanteau rod, in six pieces, so as to pack in a very small compass — a very handy style for those who are constantly travelling.