Answer: "Soft baits with any chemical attractant or scent added are illegal. Other soft baits, made of silicon or rubber similar to existing fly patterns such as silicon smelt, could be legal for use in Taupo Fishing District, including fly fishing only waters, so long as they are in accordance with the following regulations;
1. Interpretation—(1) Words and expressions in this notice which are defined in the Conservation Act 1987, the Taupō Fishery Regulations 2004 or the Taupō District Trout Fishery Licences Fees and Forms Notice 2011 shall be so defined. (2) In this notice, unless the context otherwise requires:
bait means natural bait, including any insect or spider, worm, crustacean, shellfish, fish or fish ova, bread or cheese, or any scented lure, soft bait or other artificial lure with chemical attractant properties.
3. Authorised tackle—(1) No person may use bait when fishing for trout in the Taupō District.
s3. Authorised tackle—(1) No person may use bait when fishing for trout in the Taupō District.
A lure when used in fly-fishing water only would need to also meet the definition of an artificial fly-
S3(2) artificial fly includes any lure of feather, fur, wool, or other material used in the making of artificial flies.
And also to be compliant with-
S3(4) No person fishing for trout in waters reserved for fly fishing (as set out in the Schedule) shall add to or attach to any fly line, leader, or fly: a. any bare hook, spinner or bait; b. anything made from lead, glass, plastic, or other material to facilitate casting or to increase the buoyancy of the line; or c. any sinker or other weight
If in doubt we encourage anglers to contact us and provide details with regards to the lure or soft bait in question, and Taupo Fishery will provide guidance on a case by case basis".
Rainbow wrote: Interesting! This provision would make Czech Nymphing illegal in fly only waters as without the bomb on the bottom these essentially mono rigs can't be cast or lobbed. Rainbow |
They have a name for more than 30 years, it's 'Twister' and an artificial spinning lure, used in the US and Europe for decades. It's a complete, ready product - a spinning lure, intended to be slid on a hook...weighted or unweighted.
Just because rubber might be used in other ways as one of multiple "materials" to create an artificial fly, e.g. rubber legs, I disagree with your interpretation, that everything out of rubber can be considered a 'material used in the making of artificial flies". Your not making an artificial fly, you putting a ready made spinning bait on a hook.
Some extracts from a review of GEM SKUES's biography by Active Angling NZ
The thing which struck me most while reading the biography is how the sport of fly fishing seems to have been dominated by arbitrary rules and dogma from the outset. Even NZ has not been spared this. Remember the fight over wet line and nymph fishing on the Tongariro in the late 1980’s – late 1990’s? I wonder how Skues and Halford would view the way nymphs are now fished in the Tongariro? I’d like to bet they would decry the use of bombs and in a delicious irony join forces to try and change the rules to outlaw them. Maybe it is time for everyone to open their minds and just allow anglers to fish how they want to within the rules, without fear of censure or rebuke."
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