ANGLING.

Otago Witness, Issue 3336, 20 February 1918, Page 45

ANGLING.

By Jock Soott,

To be a perfect fisherman you require more excellencies than are usually to be found in such a small spaoe as is allotted to a man's carcase.— Parker Uilmour. Headers ar« invited to contribute items of local Sshing news for insertion in this column. For Insertion in the ensuing issue they 6hould reach Duiietlin by Monday night's mail.

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Tomahawk Lagoon. —There wore a few anglers on this water last week, but from, all accounts none_ of them did very much good. Mr Permin caught three fish recently, and Mr Islip four, but they did not cause the anglers to fall into a state of ecstasy over their size. A small lake fly was the killer. ( Tho Waikouaiti. —At. the Waikouaiti last Saturday there was mud and rain, and consequently the few anglers who ventured out got very little for their pains. I understand Mr G. W. M'lntosh and Mr A. Harris were among those on the river, but neither did much good owing to climatic conditions.

Tho river is reported low —so, apparently, was the sport. Mr G. Siso and Dr Cliamptaloup were also on this stream the weekend, and mado a manful effort to "beat" tho trout. Mr Siso caught three fish by using very fine tackle and Grcenwell's Glory, and the doctor, who is a beginner, obtained borne sport. The "fish taken woro not very large, an average of lib covering them. The Molyneux.—A few good fish have been caught in the upper waters of the Molyneux, near Lowburn Ferry. The fish are making their way down from Lake Hawea to the spawning ground, and some of these up to 71b have already been captured on tho fly. The Fraser.—Good fly-fishing is reported as obtainablo in the upper Fraser River just now. Mr D. A. Cahill and party, from Cromwell, went to the Fraser last week, and had a very good day on this little stream, which is rarely touched by local anglers. The flies used were the quill gnat, Greenwell's Glory, and the March brown. Tho fish taken ranged from lib to l£lb, and the party was successful in obtaining the legal limit. The Oreti.—l am told that Mr Roxburgh, of Castlerock, spent a day at Rocky Point, below Caroline, and, with tho red-tipped governor (loch size), caught a very nice sea-run trout weighing 101 b, which was duly forwarded to Dunedin as a present for the angler's friends. The Waiau.—This river has been very disappointing this year. Mr Dalrymple, a local angler, with Mr Rodrick M'Kenzie, of Invcrcargill, visited the stream recently, but met with poor success. They found the river with very little food in it, and such trout as were caught in poor condition. The captures were few and far between, and are described as "long slabs." A Lucky Angler.—The Southland News writes that Mr Bert Lucas, fishing in the Oreti River, just below tho Benmore bridge, recently landed a 71b and 111 b trout in excellent condition. Run of Quinnat.—Tho Timaru Herald states that tho run of salmon in the Rangitata River was timed to start on February 12, and that as these fish arc invariably "on time," a number of anglers from various parts of South Canterbury intend to try their luck at the river named at the earliest opportunity. ' It is reported that salmon were seen in the sea off the mouth of tho Rangitata on Saturday week. North Island Angling.—According to report _ the_ Makuri Stream, in the Pahiatua district, is affording good sport. One visitor landed a fish, besides several smaller ones. In the Manawatu, near Longburn ; another angler secured three trout, which is regarded as a good basket for this season. It is reported (says tho Oamaru Mail) that a large run of salmon has been seen at Kurow, and that one has been caught in the Ahuriri River. As no large run was seen at the mouth, this bears out the generally accepted statement that the fish (the strongest and largest salmon) make the run up the river practically without halting, and do not break water until some considerable distance up stream. Anglers are usually classed as " fechless " bodies by those who never felt the lure of stream and rod, but three well-known frequenters of the Waimate Acclimatisation Society's reserve at Glehavy have proved the contrary to a'surprising degree. One, aged 85 years, s built stacks for Mr I. Cuthbertson. Tho sheaves wore forked to him by a man of over 70, while another man of 70 years of age did the loading in. Their average age was over 75 years. -