Following are the trophy winners for the SC Salmon Anglers Assn. competition and for the overall season.
COMPETITION -
Heaviest Fish - Spinwell Trophy - Dave Chambers 7kgs
Second Heaviest Fish - Jaden Heney  6.4kgs
Best Condition Factor - PJ Tackle Shop Trophy - Russell Wood  1.64c/f
Master 60plus - Gerald Cox Trophy - Bob Mortimer  5.5kgs

OVERALL SEASON -
Owen Smith Memorial Trophy - Best Condition Factor - Paul Brown  1.71c/f
Anderson Trophy - Heaviest Fish - Graeme Parnell  9.5kgs
Heaviest Fish Ladies - Sue Parnell  5.2kgs
Action Powder Coating Trophy - Heaviest Limit Bag - Russell Wood  5.8kgs

Congratulations to all of the winners and we would alos like to thank our weigh-in stations - Gas Alley in Temuka and Bill & Evelyn Whipp, bach 66, Rangitata


SOCIAL REPORT 2015/2016
Well another season has gone and some might think it was one we might choose to forget. With only 35 fish weighed in for the season from the Rangitata and 85 last year it was not that good.
Orari faired better with around 50 being caught. Opihi had around 40plus from reports of people that fished there. I did hear that a 25lb salmon was taken there.
9.5kgs was the heaviest weighed in from the Rangitata and 7kgs from the Orari which was a fin clipped salmon.
There were 3 fin clipped salmon weighed in from the Rangitata. I know myself of 2 at the Orari. No reports of fin clipped salmon from the Orari.
Sad to see that no juniors weighed in fish this season so hopefully this coming season will see more, might make a point of taking my grandson out, it would be great for him to win a trophy that his father won a few years back.
It was great to see the turn out for fin clipping with people from Rangitata, Orari and Opihi all helping out. A big thank you to everyone who attended.
I would like to thank the weigh-in centres, Bill & Evelyn Whipp, bach 66 at the Rangitata and Gas Alley in Temuka.
All we can hope for now is a better run of salmon this coming season.
Tight lines
Dave Chambers

The Annual General Meeting of the SC Salmon Anglers Association will be held on Wednesday the 27th July 2016. It will be at the Fish & Game office, Richard Pearse Drive, Temuka and will start at 7.30pm.
There will be guest speakers, trophy presentations, raffles and supper.
Everyone is welcome and there is always room for new committee members.

Report of meeting with Fish & Game

A good turn out of committee members and anglers at the "Public Issues" forum of Fish & Game's meeting the other night, ensured that both Fish & Game councillors and RDR Management were made well aware about the depth of feeling over the loss of salmon smolt out through the Rangitata Diversion Race intake. The point was made that nothing positive has been achieved in preventing the loss of smolt since the Conversation Order on the Rangitata river eleven years ago. The meeting concluded with RDR Management agreeing that they need to do better and include river users more in the process. Fish and Game also agreed that progress could have been better. We all need to keep the pressure up on both of these bodies and take every opportunity to force them to produce results that salmon anglers are happy with. The committee will be watching closely and will keep anglers informed. Watch this space !