FISHING IN NEW ZEALAND.

Manawatu Herald, 25 October 1889, Page 4

FISHING IN NEW ZEALAND.

# J-'ome people hare peculiar ideas about fishing, more p specially, of course, persons wlio' have' no' love for the gentle art, and therefore do not thciTifo'ies prridice it- On ► atiu'diiy last nn aDgler was whipping the Hult stream and 'ost his cnstjiibtas a pedestrian had come over to him to gv.age the extent of his spovtjfor the day Quoth this one to tho migUr, as he espied the line witn no lutit or hooks on it — " Dear n:e! Is that how yon catch trout'? 1 ' evidently under the impression that the "spotted beauty" would "riso" at the md of a bit of string. The argler did not take the •'rise" out of his qnos'ioner that he might have done, but expained I the position. "All!" said Poter Simple, "yes, you must loose r- lot of casts on the snags; now I should suggest, as a remedy for that, put small pieces of co k on the hook p ints." Our aigler was fairly startled at this no > el idea, but recovering himself, effusively fiankee! Peter Simple, and prim.si'd to j keep the notion "steadily in view." i By this time i;e ha;l fixed up another cast and recommenced fishing, and presently hooked what he assm'ed his c ßimple friend in all good faith he believed to be tho champion trout of the season. For fully ; twenty five or thirty minutes ho played that fish, and finally landed - a nine pound eel. " God Mess me." \ i exolaiint«d his. companion. ; ' 1 had , no idea a trout was liku that !' and here our nu»lor felt tLu (ime had come t • play low do\u upon this ! simplo mi ded man, for in unhook- ' ing tlio op], tho slippery onstomer j had fli.sjfovgod a good sized trout. ■ " This," said ho to Peter Simple, holdiug up the disgorged fish, "is the trout I was after, and this (point* J idg to the eel) is a pet eel I always have with me when fishing; having , trained it to retrieve, and without its assistance I should never have landed that trout. Not a bad no 5 tion is it 'i A'most as good as your .' bits of cork on the hoo!<s. Yes!" and l-'eter t"imp'e went home to writeto his brother iv England about. ; trout fishing in New Zealand — E. l'ress.