A GREAT TROUT STREAM.
To' say that the upper reaches of the Wanganui river—in fact the whole river—are now teeming with magnificent trout, is no mere figure of speech. Numbers are caught from tho decks of the Houseboat and from motor canoes and row-boats kept at the House r boat for the- convenience if visiting fishers. A gentleman staying at the Houseboat last week states that the size and the large number of trout was 'surprising. sit of an evening in their deck-chairs and watch, the ti;out rising and jumping, similar to schools of porpoises, but of course, smaller in size. The opinion of Mr Wodley Prouse and others who annually visit Lake Taupo, and have fished on the Wanganui, is that the Wanganui, already so famed for its scenic attractions, will, when known hotter, become one of the finest trout streams in .the world. On the Houso-boat-Taumnrunui section of the river service the boats on the up-trip are stopped frequently and trout caught by both crew and passengers,
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 January 1914, Page 7
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169A GREAT TROUT STREAM. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10, 12 January 1914, Page 7
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