TROUT FISHING.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 413, 23 January 1909, Page 4

TROUT FISHING.

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' •.■-.-.- .Napier, January 22: s v : Mr. J. C. Westall; a Naper barrister, •whcV, has-'returned..from a"; fishing excursion -..to .;. Makotuku, speaks" in satisfactory t«rms' of .; the sport to be found in ; that locality. He says that the. fishing is-better than.it has been for some years, although ...there,, is still . much to' be 'desired. "-.■ .The prevalence ;,of poaching robs the, angler, to a" considerable :■ : extent of his legitimate sport,;and but 'for' '■■ this practice Makotuku would ub an ideal fishing district. .; Sir." Westall is ..of; the vopinion that, the best, angling is: to be. Ob- ' taihed in .the" vicinity. : of Norsewood r ' al- ,- though the presence, of _ snags: necessitates care in manipulating, which is. further hind- ■■■ ered by a plentiful formation of green-weed, the "result of: the large rainfall. of'-'the pre-., sent season. The fish at Ormondyille this year: appear,: to, be running a little ..bigger,';."-, but those in the, streams' at Oringi show a. f alling-off in sire., Sir. Westall: is somewhat surprised .at" the- plentiful supply, of "trout in thß.Manawatu River this season,this connection.'. hei mentions an. interesting . fact. He states that-last year thousands of fish" were killed by ashes from .the; bush fires, and he would not have been surprised: ' to have found the stream,partially denuded. The-cutting-out of the bush has also brought a. change .over the formation of the river, v as the'bare country now. fails.ito hold the .. rainfall. Freshes in the creeks take : < diate effect after rain, and consequence a quantity., of silt and gravel, is now car- : ried into the main stream: As ■;' of this, Mr.'Westall,states the shallows;of the Manawatu River are becoming longer,, while the holes are becoming: more shallow, t Since the natural reservoir of the bush _has been removed a rainfall is quickly drained off ■ the face of the "country, and it -only . takes a fow.weeks of dry, weather to effect a drought., '■;...- '•'.-.. < : :'.-':.'-'...v;..: : -: ..:■■■?':::