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Story: Acclimatisation

Trout fishing

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Trout fishing

An angler on the Waipahi Stream, in South Otago, tightens the line and raises his fly rod, as a brown trout feeding near the surface takes his fly. Brown trout are the most successful of the acclimatised fish species and are found in most waterways in New Zealand – other than those of the northern North Island, as the water temperatures there are too high.

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by Carl Walrond

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Carl Walrond, Acclimatisation – Fish and game councils, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/17478/trout-fishing (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 1 March 2009.