Field and Stream.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 9, 5 October 1907, Page 10

Field and Stream.

;■ ,-■ ■-, .. - l —— '-*t l — ■ '■ : ' ; '. The trout fishing season opened last .Tuesday, accompanied as is usual, with a high northerly wind. Notwithstanding this several anglers' were passen- '■■ gers by early trains on Tuesday,. and some good baskets, wero. taken. In, . conversation with .a ~Wainui angler '■■ who had the first day there, he stated,:. . . that before I p.in:: on' Tuesday the • limit..of fwenty was reached. ' ~' . Masterton had a good opening last •• Tuesday, arid fair baskets have been taken! One angler who .Jshed-the . Waipoua. landed .fifteen; all in''good condition, the largest scaling lilbs.i Christchurch opened-its season with a cold easterly wind, and although a fair, muster .journeyed out of town, • .few-returned laden with fish. The Avon was well patronised, and one basket of fifty-five small fish taken with fly .was reported. The fish were small and without exception in poor condition. Two others who fished,the samo' stream had good sport; landing thirtytwo—all Snail. Tho ilungnroa yielded some good.takes, .but tho. fish wero . mostly . small. .. Fishing, at South' : Karori on Wednesday in the teeth of' 'a northerly gale for three hours a '. basket of seven small fish was taken by a juvenile angler. Enquiries made as to the.condition of various streams throughout tho district are very 'satisfactory,' arid an augier going to any, stroan) near by is'certain .of finding, it' in good fishing- order. • Before, da-, .ciding-on any, particular stream.it' would be advisable to select one thai a north .wind suits,-as-past.experience teaches, ■ that the northerly is very .. prevalent durinc this month.- ■ ; In addition to advertising, the fol-, ~ lowing, circular was distributed. by ; ..; : tho local Acclimatisation Society.:—Tho, : ' Wellington Acclimatisation Society hasbeen successful .during tile last two ■■ .years in breeding pheasants and'wild;.-, ducks at its.game farm at Parapara- ■ umu. The Society has distributed . A many of the birds in the Wellington. District, and a considerable number •have been disposed of to other ; societies. In order to ascertain .how • many tho Society should roar during.': tlio coming season it will bo necessary, to find ..out in advance how many '■ birds, aro- requiral-by other societies, after providing for.local. requirements. 'Any orders obtained will be- for do-' livery about March next. In ' order that" tho'pens may not-remain over- •' crowded it is found advisable to remove as many birds as possiblo about that date. , : , .. ' , A good many .-'enquiries have resulted, and several lots of mallard elucks and' pheasants • h,nve been ordcrcd. Included-in the-hst of orders, are some from Australia.; " > Tho Wellington Acclimatisation Society's, game farm at l'araparaumu, under the management of Mr. Boss, had'a most successful season. Altogether a total of 604 game birds,wore reared, establishing a record: for the farm.' Pheasants headed the list with a total of 430. Of,'-these.3so wero liberated and disposed of in the Dominion. Of the English mallard ducks, which totalled 114, half have '. been turned out, the balance being required' for breeding purposes. Two, pairs of Korean-ducks-wero presented to:..,the Newtown Zoo; the balance of 10 were held as stock birds. The latest report from tho farm was to tho effect that everything was going on satisfactorily and the birds 'were looking well. The phoasants, we are ■ informed, commence- mating early ia October. .-."',/