MAY setup2017

Nelson Trout Fishing Club Issue -155 May 2017Read the newsletter online at: WWW.nelsontroutfishingclub.com

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Club ContactsExecutive:President: Maree Peter [email protected] President: Tony Entwistle 5444565 [email protected]: Jean Willis 547 6432 [email protected]: Ray Day 5441245 [email protected] 021 02600437 CommitteeRichard Breakspear 5419050 [email protected] Lawler 5489753 [email protected] Jemson 7443123 [email protected] Richards 0274349165 [email protected] Stevenson 5469632 [email protected] Boyden 544 8028 [email protected] and Greet New Members: Ray Day and Pete LawlerFishing trips: Looking for somebody to run this jobFly Tying Convenor: Michael StevensonClub Librarian: Cameron Reid 547 1197 [email protected] Editor: Richard Breakspear Trophy Master Richard BoydenClub Sponsorship & Newsletter Advertising Ray Day Cub Speakers: Committee members Club Night Tea/Coffee: Maree Peter Newsletter Distribution:Brian Richards [email protected] 0274349165 Past Presidents:03-06 Richard Boyden 6-08 Lester Higgins 08-09 Ross Walker09-11 Dennis Ealam 11-13 Ray Day 13-15 Tony Entwistle NELSON TROUT FISHING CLUBMeets once a month at: Fish and Game Offices, 66 Champion Road, Richmond. Normally the 3rd Wednesday of the month 7.00pm. Please phone 5224166 if unsure. Any views or opinions expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the committee, or club editor. www.nelsontroutfishingclub.com Cover page: MGP WINNER.

Presidents ReportWell just about half way through the year again where does the time GO.We head in to the quieter months for fishing it is time to service yourgear and get it all ready or the start of the season in October because itwill be here before you know it.We have had our CFR weekend and it was a huge success as they alwaysare. Our applicants have come from all over the south island - Dunedin,Ashburton, Christchurch, Blenheim, Golden bay, Nelson a good variety ofladies with a common goal.The guides all gave their time freely to the ladies on the Sunday, andgoes without saying they all were very much appreciated.We have had some amazing feedback from the ladies about the weekendand the level of help and support given to them, and a big thank you tothe helpers at the fish out ponds. It was a shame that we could not all sittogether.Just remember that we have our Fishing club dinner coming up in earlyJuly, now this was a great success last year and will be better this year.So make sure you are there.We have our AGM coming up in July and there are still some spots on thecommittee that need to be filled, remember it is not what the club can dofor you it is what YOU can do for your club now is the time to step upand have your sayWell that is all from me this month so keep up the good fishing, makesure you entry your fish with Richard for a chance for a trophy, so youcan have your turn at dusting it for a year.Spend some quality time with your families you don’t know if they will behere this time next year.That’s all from me this monthTight lines everyoneMaree Peter MGP

NELSON TROUT FISHING CLUB ANNUAL DINNER CLUB WAIMEA In THE RICHMOND ROOM LOWER QUEEN STREET Sat 1st July 2017 5.30 pm get together, Meal at 6.30 For Members & Partners $30.00 per person Guest Speaker JAMES MacDonald From Rugby to Ruby Bay “ A Geologists Life” Speaking on how geology led to half a dozen moves around the world before ending up in NZ PROCEEDS FROM RAFFLES TO “ CASTING FOR RECOVERY” Vouchers donated from: Farewell Spite Eco Tours Able Tasman Aqua Taxi Wilson Able Tasman National Park Ellis Street Auto WOF plus $100 Fuel Vouchers Fish and Game 1 Adult Full Season Fishing License Please bring some cash for the Raffles… $5 for 3 tickets, $10 for 6 tickets, $20 for 12 tickets Also Spot Prizes For catering purposes, we require Committed Attendance Numbers by 23rd June with All Names (pre-entered on Club Waimea’s Sign-in Sheet for ease of entry.)Please contact Brian by reply e-mail: [email protected]; or Ph. 0274 349 165 Payment options...... Club account 060705037320200(Please include your names with ref “Dinner”) … or Cash prior to, or on the night to Treasurer Ray

Motueka CatchmentThis season the Baton, Pearse, Motupiko, Motueka and Upper MotuekaRivers were dived as part of our annual monitoring. The Motuekacatchment had a fairly boisterous spring and summer period, which sawfrequent and prolonged flood events. The flood events, however wouldonly be considered low to moderate, however the frequency and durationwould have had some impact on the juvenile trout recruitment in manyof the Western tributaries.Motueka riverThe Motueka River is currently in good shape, and arguably our river ofsecond highest importance for the Nelson Marlborough Fish & Gameregion.Feedback was generally pretty good from the fishing this year. Periodicflooding meant flows remained high in spring and early summer,however there was still good fishing to be had when conditions allowed.The high flows and lower than average temperatures meant algal growthwas minimal, which made for sharp water clarity and excellent wading.Reports from a number of regular anglers reflect the results of the driftdive data, which show high numbers of medium sized fish, howeverthere appeared to be less 2kg+ fish bought to the net. Regular springflood events appeared to have a slight impact on small fish, with theeffects of this to be more likely seen next year. The longest running driftdive site is at Woodstock which had the highest numbers of medium fishsince the late 1980’s, when the Motueka was at its best for recent times– see figure 19. Numbers of large fish in this reach was also fairly goodwhen compared to more recent dive results. The Motueka River Lodgesite is the lowest downstream monitored site, and as can be seen fromfigure 19, numbers were stable this year. Figures 21 to 24 show theother Motueka sites, which all show a higher abundance of medium andlarge fish,

Figure19. Drift dive results for the Motueka River at Woodstock 1985-2017. Figure 20. Motueka River Lodge drift dive results MOTUEKA RIVER - WOODSTOCK600500400300200100 0 Large Medium Small MOTUEKA RIVER LODGE 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Large Medium Small1985 1987 1989 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

MACLEANS DOVE CONFLUENCE350 600300 500250 400200 300150 200100 100 50 0 02002 2004 2006 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2002 2004 2006 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 Large Medium Small Large Medium Small PEARSE CONFLUENCE POKORORO600 500500 450400 400300 350200 300100 250 200 0 150 100 50 02002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2002 2004 2006 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017Large Medium Small Large Medium SmallFigures 21 to 24. Drift dive results for the Motueka River sitesThe combined totals of trout in each size range was calculated for the past 7years and can be seen in figure 25. Additionally, the number of catchable(large/medium) trout - the ones anglers are most interested in, was added and thenumber of trout/km was calculated. It can be seen from this seasons monitoringthat almost 1400 medium/large fish were counted over the 5 sites, with anaverage of approximately 280 trout/kilometre. :Cont

PEARSE RIVERThe Pearse was dived for the first time in nearly two decades on October 20.Fish numbers have been pretty stable since 1994, with 11 large and 3 mediumtrout seen on this dive, however no small fish were sighted – see figure 28. PEARSE RIVER60 1994 1998 201650 LARGE SMALL40302010 0 1989 MEDIUM Figure 28. Pearse River trout counts 1989-2016.UPPER MOTUEKA RIVERThe Upper Motueka was dived at two sites: at Golden Downs and at Glenrae.The Glenrae site was the best count for two decades, with 34 medium/large fishseen as well as 69 small trout – see figure 29. This is considered largely be dueto successful Figure 29. : Cont MOTUEKA - AT GLENRAE UPPER MOTUEKA - GOLDEN150 40 DOWNS100 30 50 20 0 10 01989 1996 1997 2000 2001 2003 2005 2009 2014 2015 2016 2016Large Medium Small Large MediumUpper Motueka drift dive results – at Glenrae.Figure 30. Trout abundance in Motueka River atGolden Downs...: Cont

spawning from the two previous years, as well as higher flows and coolerwater temperatures for the time of year in which the dive took place.Often the Glenrae dive is a grovel with low flows and warm water, whichattributes to the usually low trout abundance, however due to the highSpring rainfall the flows remained excellent, and in fact, continued for thesummer, meaning fish were able to survive for longer in this reach.These conditions would have also been good for the out migration ofyoung of the year trout coming down from spawning tributariesupstream. Staff believe that in normal low summer flows, high watertemperature would cause juvenile fish to stress (with potentially fatalconsequences), when they are caught in the upper Motueka on theirdownstream migration.About the budget……The Finance Minister Steven Joyce has just delivered his first budget and asexpected in an election year, the government is continuing its policy of socialinvestment.It is also promising better public services and a major infrastructure spendingprogramme.For Fish & Game, there is little for the environment or conservation and most ofwhat touches on our organisation’s sphere of interest has already beenannounced.The focus on infrastructure will see the government budget to spend four billiondollars on projects such as roads, rail, hospitals and schools.That spend-up will include $63 million for Crown Irrigation to invest in newwater storage.The government is stressing that as well as providing an economicboost, irrigation schemes can deliver real environmental benefits by maintainingriver flows and recharging groundwater aquifers. In the budget publicity aterial,the Primary Industries minister Nathan Guy says new irrigation schemes mustmeet stringent environmental tests. Cont

“It’s important to note that any new developments or conversions must farmwithin environmental limits set by regional and local councils,” Mr Guy says.For the environment, there will be an extra $1 million in 2017/18 for the TeMana o Te Wai Fund to improve water quality of freshwater bodies, includinglakes, rivers, streams, estuaries and lagoons important to local iwi/hapū.In conservation, there will be an extra $107.8 million, which was announcedearlier this month. The Conservation Minister Maggie Barry says this extramoney will strengthen conservation programmes and manage tourism growth onpublic conservation land. The money will go on coping with tourism growth aswell as Predator Free 2050, a range of specific initiatives to protect and restorethreatened species, fight kauri dieback, increase predator, pest and weed controland marine protection.The full text of the Finance Minister’s speech can be read here;https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/budget-speech-5Don Rood | Communications ManagerNew Zealand Fish & Game Council ----o----Fun doesn’t need to be Big Fish By Michael StevensonMy friend Mary had been pestering me to take her fishing for the past couple ofweeks. Last weekend, the rivers were still high but the lower Pelorus wasfishable if a bit discoloured. She arrived at my place about 8:00 am and weloaded my vehicle, got petrol and headed East. We stopped first at Canvastownand fished the run at the end of the access road. I noticed that there had been alot of gravel deposited along the bank since I was here last. What had been ametre drop was now level with the parking spot.We didn’t have any luck to start with but every time there was a puff of a breeze,a shower of leaves fell from the trees across the river which made for a lovelylate autumn scene.

I was using a twin nymph rig consisting of a bead head green stonefly and aWoolly Bugger with a grizzly hackle and a red tag end. Because of the highwater, I had over 1.5 m of drop below the indicator. I had worked a fair bit of themiddle run while Mary spin fished the upper area. I suggested we trade positionsand I began fishing the near side. The indicator sipped and I thought I hadtouched bottom but lifted and found I was hooked to a small rainbow. At only 6inches (15 cm), it wasn’t much but I hadn’t held out any hope of hookinganything. The low sun made for some diamonds dancing on the waves. Autumn coloursWe continued to fish the hole but got no other action. We stopped to have lunchand decided to head back to Dalton Bridge and drive down the other side of theriver. As we crossed the bridge we saw another fisher working the run above thebridge and commented it was nice to see someone else eager to get out. :Cont

We drove a few kilometres downstream to the next access point. Once again, wedidn’t get a hit for a while. I had a slight bump on a retrieve and flicked mynymphs back out in the same area. When the indicator stopped, I lifted easily andit felt like I was hooked on the bottom. Then I saw a flash of fish and felt a*ping* as the tippet parted. We continued upstream fishing as we went. Finally,about 2:00 pm we arrived at the last hole before the area we normally wouldcross. With the high water, we decided this was as far as we would go. I wasworking a promising looking riffle and actually had a take! Another smallrainbow but it was nice to feel a fish on the end of my line no matter how big. This time……That was soon followed by another to end the day. Unfortunately, Mary didn’thook any on her spin casting gear but she was delighted to get out on the river.Obviously, fun doesn’t need big fish to happen.

What Does The “Woolly Bugger” Imitate?What does this fly imitate? Almost anything you can imagine. But it imitates aHellgrammite. Do you know what a Hellgrammite is? Hellgrammites Have beenaround for millions of years living in our rivers, creeks, lakes and ponds . Andevolves over a thousand years into a fire-breathing dragonBut seriously, the Hellgrammite, also known as a Dobsonfly, looks just like aWoolley Bugger. Trout of all breeds and colours love to eat them up. Stone flies,damsel flies, all suggest what the action, colour and size of this artificial fly canimitate with a little creative imagination. An emerging fly can be easily imitatedby a hook sizes 4-10 tied in Dark Brown, Black, Olive or even White or Graywith marabou Simms Cleat pattens

Some Notes from the Fish and Game Council meeting held on the 6th June2017Back Country FisheriesThe council added the Wairau River, from the Wash Bridge upstream, and theMatataktaki River, upstream from Horse Terrace Bridge to the designated backcountry rivers listing.Note:- for next season we have four designated backcountry rivers. Travers Goulter Wairau (upstream from the Wash bridge) Matatakitaki (upstream from Horse Terrace bridge)Fishing Regulations.The Fisheries regulations have been amended.The changes are:-Argyle Pond (downstream of where power line cross the road) and lower hydrocanals to confluence with the Wairau River.Strato Cotsilinis, of NZFFAA presentation was made to the Council by Strato Cotsilinis, of NZFFA. Amongsthis recommendations was the suggestion for a voluntary beat system to shareriver access. This was seen as having application to the Upper Wairau, and willbe investigated further.Jean Willis Councillor

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AGM Coming up and we are looking for Members to help run the Club.. looking for the following: President. Treasurer.Fishing Trip Organiser.(James said he will help the person) Committee Members.Put your hand up Don’t be somebody that sits & say’s why don’t they do this or that. Make a difference…..It doesn’t just happen..!!To Bloody cold

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