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THE FISHING PAPER - DECEMBER 2015
www.thefishingpaper.co.nz
Trout and salmon beckon keen anglers
Christin Breuker with a fine spring creek brown.
Don Rood - Fish & Game National Communications Manager
Imagine a clear stream with a trout sitting just back from a riffle, actively feeding. As you watch, it rises and sips down an insect floating past. Excitement and anticipation make you fumble your first cast, but the second fools the fish and you hook and land a beauty with only the forest and mountains as spectators. It is a dream that lures anglers from throughout the country and around the globe, all eager to savour the world’s best trout fishing. This year’s Christmas holiday break provides the opportunity to find out what all the fuss is about and have your chance sampling the cream of international freshwater angling. To make it easier to give it a go, Fish & Game has introduced a much broader range of licences, including licences allowing holiday makers to fish for three or nine days. These two new licences – the short break and the long break – are a perfect match for new anglers to try trout fishing during the Christmas holiday break. F & G already has a single day licence and after surveying people on what they wanted, introduced the three and nine day licences. We want aspiring anglers to get out there and have a go. Hopefully they will taste success and put fish on the table for dinner.
Keen anglers are being urged not to forget their families either. While new licence categories have been introduced this season, the popular family licence is still available. This premium licence allows parents or grandparents to take their children or grandchildren fishing together, all on one licence. Fish & Game places great emphasis on providing children with the opportunity to go fishing. To ensure they have that chance without placing a big financial burden on their families, children get the best value licence of all; If they are under 12, it’s free. The cost of other licences is also excellent value. The one day licence has actually come down in price, as have the licences for people wanting to fish in only one region, or older anglers who have been loyal, long time licence buyers. New Zealand’s trout fishing is acknowledged as the world’s best. Foreign anglers scrimp and save to come here for a once in a life time trip, yet Kiwis get world class trout fishing for 27 to 34 cents a day. Compared to a round of golf, or other recreational activities, that is a bargain. Fish & Game’s new licences are available on line (www.fishandgame.org. nz) and in accredited sports shops and other outlets.
www.fishandgame.org.nz
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