Archive: September, 2018

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New Zealand’s top youth shooters compete in Canterbury

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Students from around the country have converged on Canterbury for this year’s annual New Zealand Secondary Schools Clay Target Championships.

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Graeme Marshall Fishing Report for Reel Life September 2018

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South Canterbury Report

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Perfect combo - school holidays & new trout fishing season

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The opening of the new trout fishing season and the beginning of the school holidays is providing the perfect combination for a great family activity over coming weeks.

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Families all set to fish hard as lakes re-open

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Anglers, along with their families and friends are getting set to try and hook some of Rotorua’s legendary rainbow and brown trout.

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David Haynes column for Reel Life September 2018

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I came across the following article in Australian Fly Life magazine in 1992.

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Creasy's Column for Reel Life September 2018

At last the river has cleared, but still it runs high from snowmelt in the ranges.

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Chris Dore Fishing Report for Reel Life September 2018

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A decent winter in the south has left a reasonable snow pack and aquifers topped up, but with a warm spring in the forecast, how long this will maintain river...

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Anglers and hunters strongly urged to vote with Fish & Game polls open

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Anglers and hunters are being urged to “make time now” to vote in Fish & Game’s elections – with a warning that choosing the best councillors to represent them has...

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A big call – the hunt’s on for New Zealand’s best duck caller

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The country’s aspiring duck and goose callers are preparing to out-cackle and “ruffle each other’s feathers” in the New Zealand Duck and Goose Calling Championships later this month.

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Anglers urged to try a 'fishy lucky dip'

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Anglers…here’s a “fishy lucky dip” that could net you a trout worth $10,000.

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Fish & Game elections off to ‘healthy start’

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Fish & Game elections are off to a “flying start” with plenty of candidates throwing their hats into the ring.

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Remember to Vote - Farmers are!

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This years Fish & Game elections are already attracting a bit of attention, Stuff.co.nz has published a story about Federated Farmers putting candidates up for election.

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