Room 22 were very excited this morning when Ms Penman told them that they had received a reply to their questions from the author of the story  they read and enjoyed yesterday 

'The One That Got Away'

How wonderful that the class are interested in the Trout story and what
fantastic drawings.
They are very talented and would make great anglers.

Answers to questions in order.

1.CAYLAH. I have never won lotto but that is how I felt. I was so happy
because I had felt guilty about giving
The trout to the Museum in the first place. Not knowing, of course, that my
4 year old son was going to become
a dedicated fisherperson.

2.MILAN. Trout fishing is every bit as exciting as it was in those days. The
fish are mostly a bit smaller although
there are still some huge trophy trout being caught in some South Island
rivers.

3.EMILY.It does not take long to pull the trout into the boat or into your
net. Probably 10 minutes. That big one
Took over one hour because it swam around logs in the river. What does take
time sometimes is waiting for one to
bite your fly or lure. That's when you just enjoy the beautiful scenery or
eat your tasty lunch.

4.SHENZEN. That big trout was caught in Lake Tarawera and there are still
huge fish in that lake but anglers are
not allowed to fish in their habitat, Tarawera River outlet area, because
they want to use those really big fish for
breeding stock. A 5 pound fish is good and we still get them up to 10 pounds

5.EDEN.We have never caught a trout that big although Greg did catch a 9
pound trout which is a huge fish these days
and most anglers would want to have a fish that size mounted. He had it
smoked and it was delicious! These days of course
we use kilograms instead of pounds and the fish sound smaller. 10 pounds
being only 4.54 KG 

Bob Lee