THE HUTT VALLEY ANGLER - Christchurch Fishing and Casting Club

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The president proposed a vote of thanks to both speakers and the large crowd responded with a hearty round of applause. Hutt River Tree Planting Club members John Olds, Grahame Kitchen and George Skinner were part of a Club group working at the Hutt River tree planting day recently. Trees were supplied by the Greater Wellington Regional Council and the day coordinated by Friends of the Hutt River. Thanks to Mike Travers and Keith Tourell who advised us of this event Raffle winners last month were: Green Trout Guiding Entry Raffle won by Colin Lewis. Monthly Raffle Prize of a wading stick won by John Olds Fish of the Month Entries in the club fishing diary qualify for our fish of the month award. Entries please to John Millar, email and phone contacts at the back of the newsletter. The August winner was John Millar with the only diary entry for the month, a 2lb 4oz Brown Trout from the Hutt River. The fish was caught on a size 14 Prince Nymph. John received a $10 voucher from sponsor Hunting and Fishing Lower Hutt. Remember to support our club sponsors. Fishing at the Big Bend 12 Hutt Valley Angling Club Incorporated - September 2012
Tales from the Riverbank. Friday 24 August was another beautiful day. The day before had been warm and bright which would have given the swollen rivers a chance to clear. One of our members went to the Hutt River around midday to do a spot of nymphing. There was a light wind from the south but conditions were fairly good. The water was higher than normal but had cleared well to a weak whisky colour. This would still allow sight fishing so the angler was quite optimistic. The plan was to fish for a couple of hours and mainly to enjoy the fresh air and to exercise his casting arm. He started using a dry fly dropper and nymph rig. The nymph was a size 12 Cadillac Brown Stonefly Nymph with copper bead. Even in the middle of the day there was a noticeable glare on the water surface at times and this made it difficult to track the large sized Bivisible indicator fly. He fished the same stretch of water as he did one month earlier. His tungsten bead nymph snagged on rocks a few times but he was always able to retrieve it. In one instance the hook caught in a fissure on the far side of a rock. The water was too deep to reach down with his arm so a piece of broken tree branch was used to disengage the hook. On inspection the hook was unusable. It had been straightened out so that the tip was at 90 degrees to the shank. He reached into his sporran to find his hook straightening pliers but they were missing. The angler had to bend the hook back into shape against a small stone. The gape was noticeably wider now but it looked serviceable. He tested the hook and checked his knots, all were in working order. He wanted to see if the hook was a write-off or if it could still hold a fish. It was about that time and place he had hooked a trout the previous month. He carefully fished through that particular stretch again and what do you know, he hooked played and landed an acrobatic brown jack of two and three quarter pounds. His trusty nymph has gone back into the fly box and will be tested again, hopefully on a bigger fish. The following day six club members made a trip over the Rimutaka Hill to the Wairarapa. On arrival at the Ruamahunga River the guys were shocked Hutt Valley Angling Club Incorporated - September 2012 13
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