UP STREAM OR DOWN STREAM

New Zealand Illustrated Magazine, Volume 01, Issue 9, 1 June 1900, Page 39

UP STREAM OR DOWN STREAM

The question of fishing up or down stream in New Zealand is settled generally by the strength of the current. Nearly every New Zealand river is so s wife as to make spinning with the current impossible, therefore, it is usual to fish down stream. Where the water is shallow and the stream broad, wading is the best plan, then one can fish both banks. If the angler can throw left or right alternately, he can fish nearly every inch of water without much exertion. When the water is clear, use a long lino and wade as quietly as possible. If the water is too deep to wade, walk along the bank, taking caro to keep out of sight, and throw as far and as surely as you can. After all trout fishing is ruled by very simple things. The first and most important is to make the bait you are using resemble as nearly as possible the natural food of the troufc, and the second is to be as wary and as secrotive as the trout itself.