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From Left: tony entwistle, with his lab Fin, with Mark Jowsey, Jean Willis, James Macdonald, Wayne Mcgowan, and Michael Stevenson at the recent casting clinic teaching fly fishing skills. Photo: Jenny Nicholson.
Gearing up for trout fishing season Jenny Nicholson Experienced fishermen donned their gear at the end of September to teach those relatively new to the sport the secrets of fly fishing. The season started this month with members of the Nelson Trout Fishing Club hoping for
blue skies and still days. Don Clemetson, who started fishing with his father when he was just seven, says it takes a number of years to learn the skill of casting. “It’s not something you can just pick up in five minutes,” Don says. “You are trying to simulate
trout’s food.” He says casting is just one part of what there is to learn. Learning which insects trout eat in various places and how to make artificial flies that look like them is all part of successful fly fishing. And then there’s knowing where to fish.
“All our rivers have mayflies, but other insects differ in different rivers and at different times of the year.” Don says the fish are like “canary in the mines”, in that the trout live on insects and those insects only survive in clean water. Don is hoping for a good sea-
son. With less overseas anglers, there is less pressure on the rivers which should make catching fish easier. “Trout get disturbed and spooked and hide for a day or two,” Don says. “Going in after someone else 21 7-20 201
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