FISHING AT HOME AND ABROAD 

 TONGARIRO RIVER, NEW ZEALAND, 1912-continued 



N.B. — In the Southern Hemisphere the month of March, when these fish were taken, corresponds to the month 

 of September in Great Britain. 



So much for angling prospects in the northern island of New Zealand; 

 in 1902 Mr C. H. Osmond communicated to " The Field " newspaper 

 a description of his sport in some of the rivers of the southern island, 

 which, of course, enjoys a cooler climate than the other. On the Kakanui 

 River, sixty miles north of Dunedin, he spent ten days with his two boys 

 and caught about four hundred brown trout, averaging somewhat over 

 a pound, but including one of 6 lb. Next, in the Owaka River, further south, 

 he recorded one day fourteen fish weighing 22 lb., and the following day 

 seven fish weighing 16 lb., including one of 5 lb. Three days on the Maka- 

 rewa River yielded twenty-six brown trout weighing 46 lb.; and a couple 

 of hours in an evening on the Waikiwi River gave one trout of 7 lb. and 

 another of 2 lb. 

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