Thread: Catch Any Trout Today?

All ways good river mouth fishing at this time of the year over yr way.Those rainbows love brown trout eggs drifting out the rivermouths.

Originally Posted by Trout

All ways good river mouth fishing at this time of the year over yr way.Those rainbows love brown trout eggs drifting out the rivermouths.

Hoping to give egg rolling a go in the twizel canals over winter. Might try some artificial eggs dangling off a float at either the Wānaka or Hāwea outlets in the meantime.

Saw a number of trout heading up the upper reaches of the Matukituki river on a walk this arvo.

Originally Posted by Haggie

Hoping to give egg rolling a go in the twizel canals over winter. Might try some artificial eggs dangling off a float at either the Wānaka or Hāwea outlets in the meantime.

Float fishing is a much neglected technique here in NZ. I want to try it on the canals at some point. I would be interested if you could share your rigs and let us know how you get on.

Ran some eggs down to a weighted nymph 6ish feet long off a float/bobber at the Hāwea outlet again before work and got another nice rainbow.

Just using a cheap telescopic rod with 8 pound mono (6 pound for the leader) but find I’m a bit slow to set the hook and missing quite a few opportunities. Thinking it might be time to upgrade the rod and use some braid to see if I can set the hook more regularly.

Originally Posted by Haggie

Just using a cheap telescopic rod with 8 pound mono (6 pound for the leader) but find I’m a bit slow to set the hook and missing quite a few opportunities. Thinking it might be time to upgrade the rod and use some braid to see if I can set the hook more regularly. ]

Long thin light rods are the way to go for serious float fishing. Hard to track down in NZ, but there are a few options.