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TROUT FISHING WITH MAURICE RODWAY - Weekly Column: September 28, 2001 |
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The Trout Lottery
The uncertainties created by the turmoil of sun over oceans, and steep gradients of air pressure from beyond the roaring forties in many ways contribute to the uncertainty that lies within trout fishing. A fine
warm day in October provides the best that is available in the sport but an icy wind and chilling rain carries with it the worst. Trout themselves and the places where they live complicate the uncertainty to make trout
fishing almost a lottery. Trout live in a world where luck plays a major part in their lives. Floods and drought affect them in ways that they cannot control. They may be fit and
strong but a slow moving depression that stalls over the headwaters of their home stream could easily toss them into the branches of a tree or leave them flapping helplessly in an
isolated pool once the waters recede. Conversely rains that fail because of changes in ocean temperatures thousands of kilometers away and leave them to die in a pool of warm, stale water are well beyond their control.
They all do have a sharp eye and a strong tail. On most occasions this will serve them well so they can evade the shag's sharp bill or the teeth of their larger bretheren. But their
hunger in the spring is strong so many will draw them onto the hook of an angler who just happens to be in the right place at the right time.
There is never a truer word said than about an angler's inability to catch a fish without his or her line being in the water. In addition to that however is the need to be in the right
place at the right time and doing the right thing. On Monday morning, the first of October 2001, many anglers will be hoping for the things they cannot control to come right, and working to get the things they can in order.
Fundamentals such as a well oiled gear, with a new selection of flies or lures, and nylon that is well tested or replaced for the first fish of the season with take care of the latter.
Prayers and hope are all that can be assembled for the more important factors. A fishing licence is essential of course but so is a river and access to it. The winter will have taken
many trout but there will be many more sailing into spring with a fair breeze behind them. Maurice Rodway |
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Frontier Fishing Gazette has been published |
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Introduction | Main Pool | Rules | Bliss in Te Anau | Southland Angling Bible |
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Trout Encounters | River Descriptions | Fishing in Southland | Ring-A-River | Salmon Days |
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First Publication: 29 September 1996, Updated 01-Mar-03. |
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Frontier Fishing is a South Island, NZ-based, owned and operated enterprise. |
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day follows one interrupted by hail showers and fierce winds. A warm wind tossed over the mountains might just turn to a branch breaker from the north.