BANK NOTES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2200, 30 April 1896, Page 35

BANK NOTES.

Dipton. — The correspondent of the Southland News writes ?—"? — " The fishing rod is onoe m-ro on the afcelf. Just prior to the closing of the season tome very good baskets were made. On the IMb day of the Beason, M«esrs N. R. H'Koy and J. Riley fished the river at Benmore wittfgood results. Mr Riloy had a basket of 35 fish, weighing 40ib, and Mr M'Eay hadabaikeb of 56 fish, weighing 421b. Mr Riley's heavitmt fieh weighed Bib, and Mr M'Say had four very nice fish in his banket weighing about 41b oach. A da> or two previous to this Jlessr* M'Kay and Lucas fished over the tame ground, and caught 62 and 59 fish respectively, the total weight being 82lb. The only lure used was the artificial fly as made by the Misses Bucb.au, of Duaedfn. The ' Light Capecer ' and ' Red-tipped Governor ' were the most deadly."

A Dunedin rto who has >been spending a ' holiday at Lake Manapouri informs us that he ■ has observed in our oolumas lately some notes as to oatohes of trout in Otago waters, and wishes to place on record the fact that when fishing the WaJau river, near its exit from the lake, he saw m trout taken whioh weighed 241b. It was 36in long over all, 32in to insertion of ' foil, and 23in in girth — somewhat more than the • waist of the /average girl of the period. Tneae figures are guaranteed rather under than over t!he m&rk, aud our informant is a man on whom we can rely — not -a fish-story teller. • . • '•' Snake storieß " and *• fishing yarns "'" ' hare been 'plentiful enough recently, but the ' " snake editor " of the Man of the World is not ' to be beaten in the latter Tespect. He writes t ' " If it ain't treadin' on the tail of the excellent Howlett, I'd like to say that carp are so plentt- ' £al in a certain Essex river, on the winks df which stands my flint cottage, that fl«herm«n < have often ta supply farmers in 'the <Ohelmgflord ; division wf€h any desired quantity for manure ■ at 15s per ton. No one can with justice call tihe carp a wort/hies* fish after that. As tending to show how numerous carp arc in places, a ' farmer 'states tbat » few days ago ne was crossing a slough with a lot of green grass in his 'cart. The grase slid off into the water, and the carp came and began eating it. He jumped Into tbe waters with his pitchfork to throw the grass back on his cart, -end a regular ' pitched ' battle ' took place between him and the carp for the ' poceessioa of it. The carp ran against his legs ' and nearly threw him down, but he worked away like a Trojan and oaan&ged to save about j half of tho grass, and with it pitched about half a ton of carp into the cart. The rest of the grass was eaten by the carp he Sid not catch. He was on his way to Romf ord market, and the '■ grass was intended xa a lunch for his horses. I When he arrived there the carp among the wet \ grass were all alive -and kicking, and he sold the : lot bo a Hebrew fish-dealer for 8s and a pair ef ! braces. He thinks of repeating 'the experiment ' the next timo he comes that Toad." -