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A few words of introduction from our newly elected President, Jim Hale:
I’m a semi retired dairy farmer. I live with my wife Ann, at Kairanga, a farming community just West of Palmerston North City Boundary.
My interest in trout fishing began early in life, because of an Uncle who had a fishing lodge at Waitahanui on the shore of Lake Taupo, who we used to visit from time to time. This property had a stream running parallel with the main road that was full of small trout.
Started bait and spinner fishing for trout in the Manawatu River around 1961, when I work for C W S Freezing Works to gather a nest egg to further my ambitions to go farming. Started share milking in 1967, and this ended my freshwater fishing activity for a long spell, as getting my farming career up and running took precedent.
In 1984, one woke up to the fact that there was more to life than working, so attended a Fly Fishing course run by the “Sports Man, Sports Shop “ in Palmerston North. Joined the Manawatu Freshwater Angling Club, and my love of freshwater angling progressed from there.
One Clark Reid, who later joined the Manawatu Club for a period of time, talked me into attending a New Zealand Federation Meeting held in Wellington when Theo Simeonidis was President and Clark was Secretary. Became one of the delegates for the North Island; Ken Sims from the Manawatu Club was also Research Officer for the Federation, so Manawatu Club had a strong representation on the Federation at that stage.
Followed Tony Orman as President of the Federation for three years, and have been a North Island representative since. Over the last four years have kept a low profile because of personal reasons. Being ask prior to this years AGM, to consider standing for another term as president.
Jim Hale. (Manawatu, Freshwater Anglers Club).
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