TONGARIRO & LAKE TAUPO ANGLERS CLUB P.O.BOX 149, TURANGI. APRIL 2019

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YOUR COMMITTEE FOR 2019President Ken Haines kennin@xtra.co.nzImmediate Past Pres. Marion Hall marionrainbow@xtra.co.nz Vice Presidents Tony Fox tony.nikki.fox@gmail.com Tom Watson watwood@xtra.co.nzCommittee Robyn Gray r_gray@clear.net.nz Graham Whyman sport.life@xtra.co.nz AlastairHall a.hall@fitzrowe.co.nz Brian Odlin brianodlin@xtra.co.nz Pauline McIntyre g.mcintyre@xtra.co.nz Graeme McIntyre g.mcintyre@xtra.co.nz Dave Nicholls dnicholls@realcold.co.nz Charles Andrews thenest@xtra.co.nz Craig McGregor craigmcgregor@compassnet.co.nz

Secretary/Manager Mary Nisbet taltac@xtra.co.nz 07 386 5573 OR 07 386 8879Hon. Accountant Michael Cheyne michael.cheyne@xtra.co.nz Hon.Reviewer John Billing jbilling357@gmail.comClubhouse P O Box 149, Turangi 07 386 7562

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PRESIDENT’S REPORTHi everyoneOur Annual General Meeting held in late February was well attended by members and friends. I am pleased to say that our hard working committee members who had to stand down were re-elected and that we now have a full complement of committee members with Craig McGregor and Charles Andrews being elected. Charles of course was previously a much valued, committee member who has now moved to Taupo permanently. Welcome to you both.MarycontinuestodoawonderfuljobandwillbeincludingthefulllistofClubOfficersinthisNewsletter. Please remember that if you have an issue with something happening (or not happening) in the Club you are most welcome to call or write to me and I will do my best to help. It’s far better for everyone if you do that rather than sit round the kitchen tables complaining to others over a bottle of whisky or after a few wines or beers.The committee is still working on the storage shed and we are awaiting some pricing from a numberofcompaniesthatcouldprovideuswithwhatwewant.Wearebeingflexibleandwillselectthetype,sizeandstructureofafacilitythatwefeeltheclubcanafford.Those of you who frequent the rooms where the mattresses have seen better days will be pleased to know that the Club is investing in some new mattresses. Craig McGregor is currently researching prices through his contacts and we’ll be replacing the old ones where appropriate shortly. He has tested all the mattresses and some were found to be OK but we are planning to replace all mattresses on a regular basis.We still have not presented our verbal submission on the changes to the Conservation Act. Dave Nicholls is still waiting for the call from Wellington, it seems that they have been overwhelmed by sheer numbers which is a very good sign.

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT (Cont)Did you know we have 521 members in NZ and 28 overseas.At the Annual General Meeting Julian Proctor raised his concern at the lack of access to the left bank of the lower section of the Tongariro River. Following discussion at our committee meeting the next morning I wrote to WRC and DoC. In response I received the two emails below which I feel were quite positive. Firstly the letter sent to WRC copied to DoC and TFAC by President Ken on 27th February 2019 concerning Angler access to left bank of the lower section of the Tongariro RiverAt our recent Annual General Meeting it was drawn to our attention that the true left bank of the Tongariro lower section has inadequate Angler access. We understand there are some issues involved with this however we feel that some attention is needed to provide at least some access, albeit temporary. An improvement on the right-bank is appreciated however this does not give access which used to be available through Awamate Road to the lower pools. Your attention to this matter would be very much appreciated by Anglers and all involved. cc. DOC and TFAC.

Email received 28th February 2019 from DoCThanks for sending this through Ken,ItsfairtosaythisismoreofanissuefortheDOCfisheryteamtolooktoaddressratherthantheRegional Council, and we have been exploring some options recently.I am happy to get in touch to advise you where we get to in the coming weeks.Many thanksDaveDave Conley Operations Manager Taupo FisheryTurangiOffice|CentralNorthIslandRegion3 Town Centre, Turangi 3334 Postal address: Private Bag 2, Turangi 3353Email dconley@doc.govt.nz Mobile 027 4657803 Department of Conservation, Te Papa Atawhai www.doc.govt.nz

Email received 11th March 2019 from WRCHi Ken,Thank you for your letter,We have discussed this and suggest the followingIn the past, access to certain areas of the Tongariro has aided WRC’s river management works. However, DoC takes the lead on consultation with landowners and maintenance of the access waysthereafterforthepurposeofanglingopportunity.InthiscaseWRCseesanongoingbenefitto continue to access this reach for activities such as river inspections and staying on top of juvenile invasive weed encroachment etc. We believe it is prudent for WRC to support DoC with this initial request. In addition aid the ongoing maintenance of this track where we have relevant works activities in the area. Kind Regards.Allan KirkAllanKirkZoneManager|UpperWaikato/TaupoArea,IntegratedCatchmentManagementWAIKATOREGIONALCOUNCIL|TeKauniheraāRoheoWaikato

Tight Lines Ken Haines

TALTAC NOTES From MaryWelcome all to another edition of the club newsletter. I trust you have made a contribution, if so, thank you. If not, why not ? It is great to receive items of interest, fun stories of your adventures, sharing the trials and tribulations of Angling. Please consider submitting an article..Some points of interest that need to be shared and hopefully absorbed.

Club charges: Some of you are making up your own amounts and I want it to stop please.Memberships (These are now due)Family/Double $55.00 per annumSenior $40.00 per annumJuniors $ 5.50 per annum (Juniorsonlypaythisiftheyarenotassociated/linkedtoafamilymembership)NZFFA have stopped levies. These are no longer collected by the club. Thank you.

Accommodation Rates: Adult night rate $20.00 member onlyJunior night rate $10.00 member onlyNon-member rate $35.00Junior Non-member $17.50Caravan/campervan/ten$20.00pernightperperson

Please remember your responsibility as a member of TALTAC. Be respectful to your club and its members. You are responsible for cleaning your room, cleaning anything that you have used in the kitchen, removing everything that you have bought with you – that means everything, please check before you leave that you have everything.

If you have someone showing interest in becoming a member of the club. Own it. Follow it through. Youneedtogetanapplication,ensuretheapplicationisfilledoutcorrectlyandtheamountdueiscorrect, ensure the person has stayed as a guest and knows the ropes.

The club runs several annual competitions, included in these are two very unique competitions; one is the Neil Cameron Photo Competition and the other the Kit Secker Memorial Trophy. Information on these are included below in this newsletter.

We are holding a great deal of lost property at present. Pauline kindly took photos of some of it and placed them in a newsletter late last year – no response. If you are missing anything please contact me urgently. If I do not have any response by the end of April all items will be donated to Red Cross.

DaveCade–DidymoDavehasbeencollectingthetabsoffaluminiumcansforanumberofyearstoraise funds for Starship Hospital. The cans themselves are sold and these funds used for a vermin trapping programme on the Hinemaiaia Stream. Dave has installed a yellow waste bin at the club. Please support Dave’s programme by using the bin provided. Only aluminium cans. Thank you.

Neil Cameron Photographic CompetitionBelow are the requirements to enter a photo into the Neil Cameron Photographic Competition.

1. The subject of this competition will be “The Spirit of Trout Fishing in the Taupo Fishery”.

2. This competition is restricted to the Taupo Fishery.

3.Alimitof3picturesperphotographerperyear,andwillhaveaminimumof3megabytejpegfile.

4. TALTAC have the right to publish in the club newsletter, all photos submitted.

5.Photographswillonlybeacceptedbyfinancialmembers

6. The judging will be carried out by an independent person.

7. The competition will run from 1st January to 31st December each year

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TALTAC NOTES (Cont)I would like to acknowledge the commitment made by our committee to having the entire premises painted. It looks amazing and I am sure you will all agree.

Manythankstothoseofyouwhospendagreatdealoftimeandeffortcaringforourpieceofparadise. And to those of you who are continually helping me with chores around the place. You are wonderful.

Thank you to those who have paid subscriptions and night rates by internet banking, I really appreciate it. Club Bank account details are as follows: 06 0471 0062195 00 Please remember to include your name and details of what the payment is for.

Fish Competition Entry CardsAgentleremindertoallyougreatfishersaboutfillingintheCatchCards.Incompleteorobviouserrorswillmakeyourentryinvalid.AllfishmustbeweighedontheClubScalesandmeasured on the stainless ruler in the Fish Weighing Cabinet. Pleasetakecarewithrecordingtheinformationonyourfish.Thedetailsrequiredaresimpleenough and on the card, but the number of errors over the last year have prompted this reminder.The weight should be recorded to the nearest 0.01 kg and the length to the nearest 0.05 cms. Don’t worry about the condition factor as this will be calculated by the controller. The details ofwherecaughtareimportanttoensureyourfishisenteredintotheappropriatecategories.Finally it is the responsibility of the witness to ensure all the information is correctly recorded. Now go and catch a big one. Thanks

The Kit Secker Memorial CupThis competition is for the Heaviest Rainbow caught in the Breakfast Pool by a Super Gold Card Holder. The angler must show proof of holding both a current Taupo Fishery licence and NZ Government issued Gold Card. Please have your witness verify you are eligible for this Cup when completing your card.

Literary CompetitionThe Club has a Literary Competition. The criteria for this is to send in a story, an article seriousorfunny,informative,ormaybeastoryofoneofyourbuddiescatchingthatbigfish.Please send entries for this and the Neil Cameron competition to Mary.

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THE REAL SERIOUS STUFF - FishingFrom Sporting Life - March 2019 It has been a great Summer in terms of the weather ! Nice and hot and dry.

Christmas and New Year reports from most of the boaties were that they were struggling to catch fish.Acoupleofreasonshere…onewasthatitwasverywindyovertheholidayperiodandtwothefishwerereportedasquitedeep.Normallyanglerswillfisharoundthe30m(90ft)markbutanglerswhowerecatchingfishweregoing40-60mdeep.Besttechniquestocatchfishthisyear has generally been trolling with a downrigger and deep jigging, however there was a patch there where the harling was doing really well. Also take note that if conditions are windy you can still get out and troll while waiting for conditions to calm before jigging but I am seeing a mindset withanglersnowisthatyoucanonlycatchfishjigging.IthinkovertheChristmasperiodanglersmissedopportunitiestocatchfishasmostwerewaitingforacalmday!!Alwaysrememberthatfisharetherebutyouhavetofindthem.Goodsmeltwerereportedinthelatespringandrecentlyfresh water koura have been reported. The food has been there for them so we should see some nicefishintheriversthiscomingyear.

ThelonghotdrySummercausedriverflowstodrop,howeverthepickoftherivershasbeentheTongariro. About 12-13 years ago a similar Summer occurred and this river still had nice cool waterflowingthroughit.Asaconsequence,thefishingisusuallyreallygood.Theotherthingwiththeselonghotdrysummersisthefactthattheriverdoesn’tfloodandwashallofthefishback to Lake Taupo.

We had a great Cicada season this year and a phenomenal Passion Vine Hopper season. As I writethis,fishwerestillseenrisingintheTongariroRiver.

There has been plenty of action in the summer on big browns and just in the last week or two we haveseensomefreshrunrainbowsentertheTongariro.Asaresultofseeingthesefish,anglershave done a little better at the Delta.

These fresh run early rainbows are generally of a good size and in great condition. There are not many at this stage as numbers continue to build as we head towards the winter but they are definitelyworthcatching.

Goodbrownsareworthagofornighttimefishingintheriver.Theyarebasicallytheretostarttheirspawningbuttheyalsoliketohooverupthejuvenilefishthatareintheriveroverthistime…inothercountriestheyareusuallyreferredtoasSeaTrout….Similarhereexceptour“Sea“is Lake Taupo. These trout are usually in prime condition and HUGE !

Thedownsidetothelowriverflowsandlackoffloodsisthattheriverhaslotsofalgaeinitandthishasbeendrivinganglersmadathavingtocleantheirfliesnearlyeverycast!Alsoitisquiteslippery in the shallower part of the water.

Alsotonotethisspring/summerhasbeenstrangeinthefactthatthefishhavenotreallyreactedtoCaddishatches.ThefishhavekindofalmostignoredtheCaddisthisyearandIwaswondering if it had something to do with the silty muddy slush that kept getting washed into the river last year. I was wondering if this smothered the edges of the river where caddis may likely hangout.Normallythefishlockonandfeedmadlyrightatthechangeoflightbutthecaddisfishingtowardstheendoflastyearthefishseemedto“switchoff”rightondark.Tomethisisstrangeasfornearly20yearsoffishingtheriverIcan’trecallseeingthis.Itseemsyouarealwaysopen to learning. Fish had been caught using the caddis patterns but it seemed a bit hit and miss this year. Thanks to Jared at Sporting Life –

(Please remember to support the Local Fishing Shops

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FOR SALEThe Club has received the followingCan you please send out to all members. Hifolks,wearerequestingsomehelpherefromourfellowfisherfolkwhoareoutandaboutallthe time.

Legislation is in place that requires all rivers and streams to be fenced however this is not the case with drains.

We ask that while out and about can you please take photos of any discoloured or contaminated waterway, including drains which feed eventually into our rivers.

Please email photos back to me with details including:•dateandtimetaken,•anindicationofwhere(youmayevenbeabletogetthefarm’sFonterraNofromthesignby their gate).•Anyvisiblefeaturewhichidentifiesthelocation.•Wewillreportthesepeopletothecorrectresponsibleauthorityonyourbehalf.•Wereallyappreciateit.•Alsowewouldgladlyacceptphotosofanystockstandinginornearunfencedwaterwaysand anyphotosofunfencedwaterwaysordirtyrivers/streams

Canadian CanoeNova Craft•4.7m•2WoodenPaddles•“Thruster”ElectricMotor•2Batteries,12V•BatteryCharger•AnchorandRope•FishFinder•4RatchetOperatedStrops

Ian HendersonPh: 07 347 8279Location Rotorua