ANGLING COMPETITIONS.
The following are the results of the " bare fly competition held on the Waipahi River en the 9th November:— P. C. Murray, 7 fish, 28'b- Theo'fiore Murray, 4 fish, 16£lb; R. H. Collins, * fish. 141b"; T. Ladwig, 13 fish, 121b; "W. Maraahan, 8 fish, 7 Jib. Mr P. O. Murray secures the first (gold medal) and J£r R.H. Collins the second, as Mr Theodore Murray, being a previous winner, is -subject to a* handicap of 20 per cent. The second 'competition, held on the samo river the* following day, resulted as follows: — P. C. Murray, 15 fish, 391b; R. Spiers', 24 fish, 23£lb; Theodore Murray, 13 fish, 111b lOoz; W. D«llow, 6 fish, lllb; A. L.' Thow, 9 fish, 81b; F. I/adwag, 10 fish, 6|lb. The competition held on the Shag Rive* on the 9th November resulted as follows: — J. Barnes," 8 fibh, 511b; J. Burt, 5 fisn, 3£lb; li. De' Beer; 4 fish, 3|lb; A. Jenkins, 5 fisa, 3|lb; T. BuTt, 4 fish, 3lb. The river waa quite yellow anU practically unfishable, which accounts for "the ,smallness of the returns as compared^ "with the competition held last month on the '"same river. The fishing on the Waipahi River was very, -poor when cqmpareu ■with last" gear's .-competition, and ia to be accounted 'for by t the' extremely unseasonable weather ibis --year-
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Otago Witness, Issue 2697, 22 November 1905, Page 65
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224ANGLING COMPETITIONS. Otago Witness, Issue 2697, 22 November 1905, Page 65
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