Indholdsfortegnelse for Issue 193 - Winter 2025 i Trout Fisher

While Christchurch and Selwyn are well known for their picturesque rivers and forward thinking wetlands, another thing they also share are concerning lakes. I have covered Lake Ellesmere before, looking into the streams connecting to it and how land use in those catchments has negatively impacted on what used to be a beautiful lake. However, in the wake of the mass death of Tuna (eel) in Lake Ellesmere, I decided to take another trip down to the lake as well as its neighbour, Lake Forsyth, to see how these lakes have fallen so far from grace. Lake Forsyth, also known as Te Roto o Wairewa, is about 6 kilometres further along SH75 from the eastern end of Lake Ellesmere. It was an important source of eels for the Ngai Tahu…

ORVIS FLOW SCISSOR FORCEPS The more you use the Flow Scissor Forceps, the more you'll appreciate their versatility for fly fishing. Made from surgical-grade, plasma-coated steel, the jaws feature a scissor blade, angled precision tip, and an eye-cleaning needle. Combine these performance features with painted handles for visual interest, and you'll have the last pair of forceps you'll ever need. Stainless steel. 5.5"/14cm long. RRP $69.99 ORVIS FLOW MITTEN CLAMP The Flow Mitten Clamp is a fishing multitool for cold-weather anglers who want to pinch barbs, clear hook eyes, and crop tag ends without freezing their fingers. It opens and closes with the same squeezing motion, which is extra convenient when securing it to a pack or vest, especially when wearing gloves or mittens. The Flow Mitten Clamp is perfect…

I 've just read an extremely enjoyable book, "Headwaters" by Dylan Tomine, published by Patagonia. The book is best described as a warm, at times personal book. Production is not ostentatious nor visually stunning. It has no jaw-dropping photographs but instead some delightful illustrations by Frances Ashforth scattered through at strategic points. The presentation by publishers Patagonia is warmly welcoming to the reader. And it has a lot of relevance to New Zealand. New Zealand’s rainbow trout fishery originated from California, USA, where Dylan Tomine fishes. {Between 1877 and 1884 multiple 'shipments' obtained from Californian sources were sent to New Zealand and from those 'batches' which survived transportation, fish were raised to maturity by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society (Ed – summarising R. M. McDowall, New Zealand Freshwater Fishes and Gamekeepers…

It was getting dark when we left the Gungarlin river and Campground in the Snowy Mountains of NSW. After hiking to Daveys Hut and back earlier in the day, I then spent a couple of hours casting to splendid-looking rainbow and brown trout in a large pool, the fish showing no hesitation in coming up and sipping in my size 14 Yellow Humpy. It was a memorable rise on dusk and as the sun dipped and the shadows appeared over the river blackening out the waters surface, the action suddenly went quiet. Slipping the Ute into 4 wheel drive we began tackling the first steep incline, the 4X4 clambering its way up the clay-covered banks. For a few seconds we rocked back and forth violently like being trapped in a…