CAUGHT IN THE HUTT RIVER A female brown trout caught In the Hutt River, Wellington, on Monday evening by Mr R. H. Nimmo. It was twenty-four inches long and fifteen inches in girth and weighed six and a-half pounds. It was caught with a Purple March brown fly, a No. 12 hook, light tackle, and a 3x cast.. It is considered by experts to be one of the most perfectly-shaped fish ever caught In the Hutt River, and when landed was of silvery appearance and obviously sea-run.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18283, 21 March 1931, Page 21 (Supplement)
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87CAUGHT IN THE HUTT RIVER A female brown trout caught In the Hutt River, Wellington, on Monday evening by Mr R. H. Nimmo. It was twenty-four inches long and fifteen inches in girth and weighed six and a-half pounds. It was caught with a Purple March brown fly, a No. 12 hook, light tackle, and a 3x cast.. It is considered by experts to be one of the most perfectly-shaped fish ever caught In the Hutt River, and when landed was of silvery appearance and obviously sea-run. Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18283, 21 March 1931, Page 21 (Supplement)
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