ANGLER’S PARADISE.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 October 1922, Page 9

ANGLER’S PARADISE.

FINE ADVERTISEMENT FOR NEW ZEALAND. WHAT VISITING FISHERMEN FIND. Several columns of the current issue of the Fishing Gazette are devoted to information about fishing in New Zealand. Mr. J. A. Hutton has sent to this paper an interesting extract from a letter received from a friend in the Dominion, and he adds the comment: "It makes wish to go out there.” The Fishing Gazette remarks: "The expression, ‘Angler’s Paradise’ has become sorely hackneyed' by repetition in alluring, out spaciously warded and deceptive advertisements, but when applied to New Zealand it is singularly appropriate. The New Zealander takes great pride in his country’s fishing reputation, and visiting anglers are loud in their praise of the wonderful sport to be obtained thQre.”

The visitor had been having good sport at Taupo. Rotorua, Tongariro River ("the best place I have struck”). He adds: “I have met several people out here who read your various publications, and several are very keen on scale reading. One old sportsman in Timaru threatens to write to you and ask a lot of questions. I have told him that you would be delighted. The mountains are quite as fine as the Swiss Alps, and I have had some good walks and scrambles here. I came to Timaru from Christchurch by aeroplane, with Captain 1., and (had a glorious view of the country. We did the 100 miles in fifty minutes in a Bristol Fighte?, in a halfgale of wind.”

A short time ago Mr. G. S. Reade sent Mr. R. B. Mason, of the Fishing Gazette, a most interesting diary he had kept of the number and weight of fish taken during the 1920-21 season. In addition to trout angling he had had plenty of experience with big sea fish. He describes sea fishing off New Zealand as of the best, and for those who care to tackle the mighty swordfish and Mako shark he knows of nothing more exciting. If there are any readers ready to try the great adventure he offers to put them in the way with advice and assistance in obtaining all their reqiijrements. The- very fine sport that has been the lot in New Zealand of Mr. 11. White Wickham is also recorded. He says the deep sea fishing is the most wonderful in the world; the trout fishing is simply great. "I certainly intend to come badk to New Zealand and have some more of your wonderful sport. There is nothing to touch it; the next best sport I have had was at the Cataline Islands, in the Pacific, but great as the sport is there, it is not in the same street as you can supply in New Zealand.”