TROUT FISHING AT MILFORD
Good Sport Offered By Cleddau River ENGLISH ANGLER HAS GOOD CATCH (Special to The Times) MILFORD SOUND, February 10. Trout fishing is becoming increasingly popular in the Cleddeau river which flows into the head of Milford Sound. Colonel Anderson, of England, arrived here during January to investigate the possibilities and was so successful that he extended his stay. His best catch was nine fish in one day. They averaged four pounds. Until this week the best fish caught weighed eight pounds and a quarter; they wer caught by Mr Poppelwell, of the Public Works Department. General Sir William Pitt-Taylor, however, who arrived from Glade House on Saturday broke this record with a 10-pounder on Monday. For several years Mr T. Galbraith, of Kenya, has visited Glade House to fish the Clinton river where he has been very successful. He has also had some good fish from the Cleddeau river.
There has been a marked absence of rata bloom in the bush at Milford Sound this year, but the veronica, kamahi and mistletoe trees have flowered profusely. The late snow this season is fast disappearing. Its presence on McKinnon Pass during December and January delighted tourists from Australia to most of whom snow is a new experience.
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Southland Times, Issue 23740, 11 February 1939, Page 6
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210TROUT FISHING AT MILFORD Southland Times, Issue 23740, 11 February 1939, Page 6
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