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instant. They are caught from | lb. to six pounds in 

 weight. They are a bold fish, and bite freely, generally 

 taking the fly under water; their mouths are large, so the 

 flies used should not be small, and as the waters of the 

 colony are all dark, it is desirable to work with bright- 

 hued flies. Lukananni bite best from 7 to 10 a.m., and 

 from 4 to 6 p.m. ; the cuffum prefers the very early morning 

 and late evening, and may be caught on moonlight nights 

 with an artificial white moth. The best rod for both 

 fish is a short salmon rod with a long tapering salmon line. 

 There are some other kinds of fish which are sometimes 

 caught when you are trying fornobler game. The War- 

 raw j which is a very fair table fish and almost as game as a 

 trout, which it resembles in shape, though its blackish 

 colour compares unfavourably with the speckled beauties 

 of our home streams and lakes. This fish rises freely at 

 a red mackerel fly with most of the white wings cut off, 

 which I imagine they take for the scarlet dragon fly of 

 the colony, and it was after seeing several of these risen 

 at, that I tried this lure. They run very evenly just over 

 ^ lb. each, and rise freely in the early morning in per- 

 fedtly still water, where no lukananni would stir, if the 

 fly is thrown so as to drop lightly under and close to the 

 sedges on the further bank. 



The IVadrt is an inferior fish of a deep flat shape. It 

 is tolerably game although it does not leap like the 

 three first named fish. It is generally caught with 

 bait but it will take a fly. They are seldom caught over 

 half a pound. The Sun fish will take a rather bright 

 coloured fly in shallow water ; a fair fish for the table 

 and handsome, but not very game when nooked ; weighs 

 from ^ to f lb. 



