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noticeable. Some of the pools had reduced flow and there wassignificantly more slow moving water that would not assist thefishermen.It turned out to be a hot and sunny day with only a light breezehampering casting at times.There were some interesting tales of missed opportunities andsome on-river observations made by the anglers but overall it wasan enjoyable outing with a few fish caught.One of the competitors had some difficulty keeping fish on his line.He hooked up to a dozen trout but only managed to land three ofthose. It must have been a very frustrating day for him.Another angler who caught only a couple of trout had taken his dryfly indicator off and replaced it with a bright red synthetic fibreindicator for improved visibility. A rainbow trout of around a poundand a half rose and tried to eat the bright red indicator!Another two anglers were making their way to the start of theirbeat to commence fishing when they passed a large backwaterwhere three brown trout were cruising. One of those fish wouldhave been a sitter because it was zooming around like a vacuumcleaner picking off minute insects both on the surface and in midwater.One fisherman hooked a rainbow trout that ran towards him. Hewas fishing with barbless hooked flies so he quickly stripped in lineby hand to take up slack. When he tried to reel in the slack line hefound that his fly line had wrapped around his rod tip so he playedthe trout by hand until he was able to untangle his rod just beforenetting the fish.Most of those in the competition reported hooking and losing a fewfish. The riverbed was extremely slippery but no-one appears tohave fallen over.As always, the knowledge gained in these club events enriches ourangling experience.By comparison, in the Wellington competition the previous weekthere were 7 x 6 = 42 angler hours yielding 90 fish whereas for ourcompetition there were 7 x 2.5 = 17.5 angler hours with 16 fishcaught.The result of the Doughty Shield competition is:1 st John Olds, 4960 points2 nd Damien Bengree, 2890 points3 rd Ian Lawson, 2880 points12Hutt Valley Angling Club Incorporated — December 2013
It is not all joy and celebration for our winner however because hebroke the top section of his rod when landing one of the fish.Connecting to the HVAC Facebook GroupWe have established a Facebook Group which is a locked downprivate group that only people who join the group can see and itallows members only to comment, find a fishing buddy and viewinformation posted there by other members. As a financialmember of the club you can ask to be added to the group online.If you have a Facebook personal profile you can connect to thegroup easily. Go to the HVAC website and under “Club Events” onthe menu you will find a sub heading “Fish with other members”.Click on this and go to that page. All the instructions and links arealready on that page and easy to follow.If you have any difficulty you can contact me directly atsteve@doughty.co.nz or ring me on 04 212 4895.Of course you need a personal Facebook profile to be able to joinand I realise if you don’t have one you may be concerned aboutsetting one up. You don’t have to become a prolific user ofFacebook and may only do it to enable you to join the group.Probably the key thing with a Facebook page is to get the securitysettings correct and information on how to do this is included onthe club web page.I would like to see this initiative get more use, so I am very happyto help any members set up an account and join the group iffollowing the instructions on our web page seems daunting, so feelfree to contact me.Branching OutOur club holds regular fly tying evenings with a different patterntied each month. My suggestion is to try a theme instead of anindividual pattern and for a starter we could do the mayfly rise.Why not tie 3 different patterns to cover mayfly hatch situations onthe surface, in the surface film and under the surface film. Wecould call these a floater, an inny-outty and a sub-surface emerger.A few months back we tied a Klinkhammer which can be used as aninny-outty but this year we haven’t tied a dry fly or a sub-surfaceemerger. In preparation, I thought I’d find 3 examples and trytying them. For me, this was breaking new ground as I don’t tie orfish dry flies and rarely use inny-outties.When it comes to fishing the mayfly rise on the Hutt River, myHutt Valley Angling Club Incorporated—December 2013 13
Page 1 and 2: THE HUTT VALLEYANGLERIssue No 385 :
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