NTFC Newsletter_November 2021

CLUB CONTACTS Executive Don Clementson 027 437 6019 [email protected] Barry Howell 544 3069 [email protected] President: Jean Willis 547 6432 [email protected] Past President Secretary Chris Clenshaw 544 5276 [email protected] Treasurer Committee Richard Breakspear 541 9050 [email protected] Kevin Nansett 545 2007 [email protected] Peter Lawler 548 9753 [email protected] Tony Entwistle 544 4565 [email protected] James Macdonald 540 3520 [email protected] Neil Anderson 539 4941 [email protected] Allan Ballard 544 1735 [email protected] Web Master Peter Lawler 548 9753 [email protected] 547 1197 [email protected] Club Librarian Cameron Reid 545 2007 [email protected] 027 437 6019 [email protected] Trophy Master Kevin Nansett Club Sponsorship Don Clementson Club Speakers Committee Members Club Night Tea/Coffee Committee Members Newsletter Editor James Macdonald 540 3520 [email protected] Life Members 1982 Chappie Chapman 2007 Jean Willis 2018 Richard Boyden 2021 Tony Entwistle Past Presidents 06-08 Lester Higgins 08-09 Ross Walker 09-11 Dennis Ealam 03-06 Richard Boyden 13-15 Tony Entwistle 15-17 Maree Peter 17-18 Michael Stevenson 11-13 Ray Day 19-20 Barry Howell The Nelson Trout Fishing Club Meets once a month at: Fish and Game Offices, 66 Champion Road, Richmond Normally the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7:00pm Please phone (Don’s phone #) if unsure Any views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the committee, club or editor Webpage: www.nelsontroutfishingclub.com Follow us on Facebook Cover Photo: Mary Bolland’s 3.8 lb Motueka Brown

President’s Flyline Nelson Trout Fishing Club November 2021 Greetings Club Members. I am not going to mention that word that starts with C and ends with D and the number 19 at the end of it. As the season carries on it is apparent that our fears of no trout in our rivers due to the huge floods recently were unfounded. There seems to be plenty of troot aboot and good sizes too. Some rivers seem to have a few skinny ones in them but that could be due to less food about because the mouse years have finished. It was the season before last that there were plenty of moose aboot and the trout put on a lot of weight. Even last year there were a few big fish left but that’s all gone ow so we will have to wait a few more years to have a go at a trophy trout again. Don’t forget about our BBQ on Sunday 5th December at the Kids Fishout Ponds. You can bring a rod along and have a go after at the new pond which is only a few metres away The Club fishing day on the Motueka got postponed twice due to bad weather and the river level was too high so we will have to make another date in the future. At our last meeting we had the Bug Lady - Karen Shearer - give a talk on insects that our trout love to feed on. She had the whole room spellbound with amazing video footage of our common sandfly larvae in a tank at the Cawthron. We will get her back again for those who missed out - worth the wait. Now for the Craft Beer Section:- When you’re out fishing and it’s time for lunch you reach out for your bread and the Cucumber Pilsner. They both go perfectly together to make a cucumber sandwich. When the day isn’t going too well and nothing is happening on the river then it’s time for Happy Juice to brighten things up. At the end of the day it’s got to be 5 o’clock somewhere. So once that is over its time to go home. After your cucumber sandwich, a pick-me-up Happy Juice and a 5 o’clocker, you can guarantee you would have had a great day on the river - just a reminder to the young ones in the Club - you have to be an old fart to have that experience. You can substitute the Cucumber sandwiches with a Ginger Beer.

Motueka Trout This is Mary Bolland’s largest trout – to date – from the Motueka River (3.8 lbs), caught under the able tutelage of Michael Stevenson

Excerpts from the Minutes of Committee Meeting, 9th November 2021 At the Fish and Game rooms Champion Rd, Richmond. Don welcomed members and declared the meeting open at 7.02pm Attendance: Richard Breakspear, Don Clementson, Neil Anderson, Jean Willis, Peter Lawler, Chris Clenshaw, Kevin Nansett Apologies: Allan Ballard, Tony Entwistle, James Macdonald Treasurers Report Chris presented his report:- 18 new members Auction total $1363.00? To pay out $825.00 Profit to club $538.65 Subscriptions outstanding 31 Balance of account $6268.20 Secretary to liaise with Chris re lapsed subs and send a reminder to those who yet to renew their sub. Correspondence Email request from Karen, F&G seeking confirmation of our bookings for the rooms. Secretary has confirmed 2nd Tuesday, committee, and 3rd Wednesday club night bookings. To advise Karen we don’t need the 2nd Thursday booking until next May. Email received From a member of the public looking for help with his fishing, Secretary to reply advising him to join the club, come along to meeting and club outings. Email from Ian Kearney advising that Casting for Recovery weekend is scheduled for 22nd April next year at Owen River Lodge. Club Nights BBQ - At the Kids fish out ponds, Note change of venue December Cater for 40 Catering Kevin Refreshments Don

January BBQ trailer Jean Chris to pay BBQ trailer hire Informal night - 19th January - Ocean Lodge - Don February Dean Phibbs March Tom Kroos Life in our local stream talk and practical Club Program Club trip Motueka River Date tba Canterbury Fly Fishers interclub trip(s) - waiting response Club trip Lake Brunner early Feb 2022 General Business. We are getting a large number of juniors joining the club; we need to better cater for their needs. Casting clinics: Saxton Field and at the fish out ponds - December Don and Tony to set format for castings clinics Junior trophies or certificates were suggested, it was felt that trophies are not well received or appropriate, participation certificate are considered a better option. Karen Shearer was our speaker at the November meeting. Karen is a freshwater scientist at the Cawthron Institute. Her main area of expertise is freshwater macroinvertebrate ecology. Photo by Gebhard Krewitt

Buy & Sell 1. Auto Shotgun for sale : Beretta A391 Xtrema 2 • Mint condition Only fired 25 cartridges • Takes 3.5inch magnums • Multi choke 5 shot • Matt black synthetic stock • Carrying/storage case and shoulder case • Lots of pictures on line • Cost over $3000 • Bargain at $1875 • Contact Chris on 0274377630 2. Tony Entwistle has a Sage rod for sale: Sage Accel 690-4 (Used). The Accel 9ft, 4-piece #6 weight, is a medium action rod, created using Sage's Generation 5 technology. It was first released in 2014. This particular rod has been a backup rod and has been seldom used. It is in very good condition and comes in a black rod bag inside a leaf green ballistic nylon rod tube with a divided liner. This is an excellent rod for an angler looking to move up from cheaper entry level rods. Price: $550.00

3. Max Bang is selling an antique Cane fishing set: Antique Cane fishing set. English manufacture 3 piece cane rod Cane gaff Cane net Collectors’ items Offers over $200 Contact Max Bang 027 247 5054



Reproduced from New Zealand Outdoor May 1953

Neil’s Tip of the Month Photo by Gebhard Krewitt Neil Anderson presented his top tips:

A composite image showing a fly being tied by Michael Stevenson. The background is provided by a shot of Bowscale Tarn. The fish, a Motueka Brown, was caught and then released. Photos by Jean Willis

The New Fish-Out pond in Appleby Club Member Mark Jowsey and son Finn – obviously very happy! Photos by Gebhard Krewitt

Trustpower Hydro Scheme – Wairau Valley Save the Wairau by Jean Willis In the early 2000s, Trustpower come up with a scheme for a series of power stations on the Wairau river; the scheme involved building a weir across the river just upstream from the Branch river and diverting the water into a 50 kilometre canal on the South side of the Wairau, with the water going via five separate power stations before returning less water siphoned off for irrigation purposes to the Wairau river bed. This scheme, if it proceeded would have destroyed the river as we know it. Trout fishing would be adversely affected, and I suspect salmon fishing would be totally destroyed. Our club opposed the scheme. Club members protest against the scheme at the SH 6 Wairau River bridge October 2005

In the resulting resource consent hearings, our objection to the desecration of the Wairau river was overruled, Trustpower was granted a resource consent subject to a series of conditions about environmental monitoring of the impact their scheme would have on the river. Marlborough District Council has just ruled that Trustpower hadn’t done enough to keep its resource consent and that has now lapsed. This means the Wairau is no longer under threat from Trustpower’s canal-based power scheme. To me this is a mixed blessing, Trustpower having the resource consent but not actually doing anything, actually protected the river from exploitation, now with the resource consent cancelled I fear it is that is open slather on the Wairau. We need to keep an eye on what is happening as the Wairau is Nelson Marlborough’s best fishery. Don Clementson fishing Upper Wairau January 2007

My Fishing Life – Jean Willis I grew up in Christchurch, my first memories of fishing were being taken out by my uncle to fish for herring in the Christchurch Estuary using hand lines. Later my dad bought me a thread line and I began trying to fish for trout in the Heathcote River, or anywhere I could reach on my bike. I don't remember much success, a series of small fish. While at Linwood high school I was introduced to fly fishing by George Ferris. He would come along to the school and teach those boys who are interested, fly-casting and he organized trips to the Lower Selwyn River, where one would use wet lures such Mrs. Simpson, Hamill’s Killer and Craig’s Nighttime to catch fish of about 3lb. After I left school, joined the RNZAF, posted to Woodbourne, a short bike ride from the Wairau River where I caught my first large trout on a dry fly: a 6lb jack on a royal Wulff caught just upstream from the SH6 bridge at the confluence with the Ohinemahuta river. I kept the fish, took it the to the mess, where the cooks (chef) prepared it. It was delicious. Up until then most of my fishing was wet lure, the thrill of a fish on a dry changed that. In the late 70s I obtained a position in Nelson working for the NZ Forest Service, and the work had me all around the district seeing the rivers and lakes, which held large numbers of fish which I was unable to catch. There was an advert in The Nelson Evening Mail for a casting clinic to be held in the Matai Valley. That’s where I was introduced to the Nelson Trout Fishing Club. The charismatic Chappie Chapman was the president, Alan Ballard was on the committee and persuaded me to join. Don’t remember how it happened but I was elected to the committee at the AGM In the pre-2000 version of the club, I held various roles, committee, newsletter editor, secretary, President. Unfortunately, the club went into abeyance in the 90s as we were unable to get a workable committee. Richard Boyden rejuvenated the club in 2004 with an advert in the public notices of the local paper. A steering committee was formed, I was acting as secretary, the modern version of the club developed from there.

The demands on our rivers and lakes began to adversely affect angling in our district, as a result I became involved in the politics of freshwater. Submitting on and being involved with the water conservation orders for the Buller river, the Motueka river, regional conservation order for the Waimea River, opposing a power scheme on the Gower river, and Trustpower’s 50 km canal plan for the Wairau. I have been directly involved with Fish and Game since 2006, first as a regional councillor for Nelson Marlborough, then The West Coast, National Councillor, and now Nelson Marlborough. The demands on the rivers lakes are never ceasing.



Contributed by John Hayes, Cawthron Institute