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

Each angler had their own variations in approach and technique,but overall, the principles they applied were the same. The aimwas to get their weighted flies down deep in the water column,where the current moves slowly and keep them moving at thisspeed without being dragged along by the faster water on thesurface. Having no slack line in the system mean that they wereable to control the speed of the flies and also detect bites and setthe hook instantly.Short line nymphing is obviously a very effective technique andthere is a wealth of information available on the internet for thosewho want to find out more. The 3 anglers who I observed duringthe day, all used this technique predominantly, although they didswitch over to downstream techniques as they made their wayback to the start of the beat. It is interesting to note that one ofthe other competitors used traditional wet line techniques all dayand had equal success.Overall, the day was a resounding success. The weather gods weresmiling, the fish were co-operative and a good time was had by all.It’s a win-win situation for both competitors and controllers and anexperience I would recommend to anyone who wants to watch thebest in action and broaden their fishing horizons.Chris KuchelCompetition Results - compiled by Strato Cotsilinis(edited for newsletter)Competitor Session One Session Two Session Three TotalPlaceName Fish Points Place Fish Points Place Fish Points PlaceP. Baker 2 2100 6 2 1660 6 8 6260 2 14 5S. Cotsilinis 0 0 7 3 2280 4 1 880 7 18 7P.Dewar 5 3900 4 0 0 7 2 1420 5 16 6G.Evans 4 3020 5 8 5660 2 3 2280 4 11 3T.Houpt 9 7360 1 8 5780 1 5 4320 3 5 1C.Scott 7 6400 2 3 2140 5 1 1000 6 13 4L.Struthers 6 4100 3 4 2800 3 9 7000 1 7 233 26880 28 20320 29 23160FinalPlace20Hutt Valley Angling Club Incorporated — December 2013