Hutt Valley Anglers Club - New Zealand Federation of Freshwater ...

EditorialAs the season moves into summer the pace builds up withinour club. So far we have had limited opportunities on ourlocal waters with the disappointing weather but there havebeen a few excellent rises when conditions have been right.It is going to take several weeks for the riverbeds torepopulate with nymphs and larvae after so many flushes andhopefully with settled weather this will happen sooner ratherthan later.A couple of weeks back I helped as a controller at theWellington Regional Fly Fishing Competition on theRuamahanga River. I drew the worst beat and there wereonly 3 trout caught over the six hours of fishing. Clearly Iwasn’t busy with the net so I spent time looking for fly-lifeunder stones in the river. The stones had a good coating ofalgae but I found very few nymphs and those that werepresent were quite tiny. This suggested to me that there wasa lack of trout food available on my stretch, hence the lowfish numbers. There were a lot of bullies or inanga present inthe shallow water so they may have been the main course forfeeding trout.Take a read of Chris Kuchel’s impressions of the Regionalcompetition later in the newsletter.John MillarNewsletter EditorCover photo by Tim TrengroveGreen Trout GuidingSponsor of the Club’s Guiding RafflePhone Jim Rainey (06) 382-5507Kawhatau Valley Road, RD7, Mangawekaoffice@greentroutguiding.co.nz www.greentroutguiding.co.nz2Hutt Valley Angling Club Incorporated — December 2013