RODS OUT AGAIN

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 163, 30 September 1927, Page 13

RODS OUT AGAIN

FISHING ON SATURDAY PROSPECTS FOR SEASON Rods are being tried on back lawns and there are anxious glances through the weather reports, these mornings!, for the trout-fishing season for New Zealand, with the exceptions of Rotorua and Taupo districts, begins on Saturday. Auckland streams are said, to be well-stocked and if only the rain wiT keep off, there should be good sport or. during the week-end. Fly-fishers may not be able to do any good until the streams clear, but people with spinners and minnows are sure to Lave luck. City residents are unfortunate in that they have no streams near town, the nearest fishing place being above the Hunua Falls. There have beten op-r timistic reports about the number of fish in the Hikutaia, Komata. Waitekauri, and Ohinemuri streams. Licences issued by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, which are available in all districts in New Zealand, excep> Rotorua and Taupo, have been celling well and big orders have ben placed with local sports dealers for tackier. King Country anglers seem especially ! optimistic. STEADY STOCKING Steady stock inf r of streams has been the policy of the society. iLast year, 700,000 fry, made up of 601,000 ralnr bow and 100,000 Drown, were liberated and the chief ranger, Mr. W. T. Routledge. is at present setting free this year’s lot. Half a million rainbow and about 85.000 brewn is the estimate; The society had 200.000 brown on order j from the Government hatche’-y, but a ! disease among the fry interfered. The I results of theso liberations will not bi- | felt by anglers, of course., until about i three years. The shag, the poacher anc ’ the eel are the main enemies thti society has to contend with. TAUPO’S COMING RVAL j Great things are expected of King I Country water and Lake Ar&puni is; said to be a coming rival of Taupo. Over 100,000 fry have been put into Arapuni this year. Attention has: been paid to Henderson Creek anci thirhandy stream should be popular one of these years. The Rotorua and Taupo season begins on November I and lasts until May S 3. The licence fee may be reduced by the Government, which trols the area. Last year the ordinary fee wras £3, with an additional chargo for tourists. Northern societies have been asking that a fee of £1 10s should be charged for the whole of the Dominion, the societies to get £3 and the Government 10s from each licence issued, but this idea has not been adopted yet. It is considered that the scheme would be a profitable one for , everyone concerned. • The Waimakariri and the Fokaij whenua Rivers will be c losed r.o anglers j this year, but it is expected that they j will be opened in good condition in 1929.