Hey team finished 2024 with 85 landed on the spinning rod.
Still haven't bet my pb from the Manawatu at 7.7lb on 6lb mono line.
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This other wall hanger was my dads,caught in Taupo 1976.
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Hey team finished 2024 with 85 landed on the spinning rod.
Still haven't bet my pb from the Manawatu at 7.7lb on 6lb mono line.
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This other wall hanger was my dads,caught in Taupo 1976.
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Just landed my biggest Rainbow in the Tongariro....just over 11lb tank:cool:
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And then I go and pick this stonker up night fishing....8.5lb Brown:cool:
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With the Desert Rd closing for 2 months, me and the mate shot up for a night mish. Wasnt a heap of action but the quality certainly made up for it:cool:
A couple 8lb Browns for the pan
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The Mrs and I got a tandom today within a minute of casting the lures.
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Then got another one later.
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The Manawatu river is full of trout.Saturday on Silver vibrax before losing it when a trout snapped my nylon.
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Sunday on a Silver panther Martin.
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Another fat hen from the Manawatu.
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First trout in 32 years :D
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The weekend I got a few.
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20 this year on the spinner.
Just getting started into trout fishing, at the moment collecting all the gear I need. I picked up these spin lures but I want replace the treble hooks with singles after losing a lure while practicing my casting down at the local creek while fishing for carp. Does anyone know how to get the treble off without cutting the eye? I'd like to keep the hook.
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Cut two of the treble off [emoji3]
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Thought of that but I have other uses for the treblesQuote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
Lost a good one, busted my nylon 5 minutes later landed this fat hen.
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Went and had a look at Hakanoa lake in Huntly after work, no luck, can't see why any fish would live in that rust coloured water, maybe koi? Tried lake Puketirini last sunday but too many people swimming, jet skiing and boating
Nice 4lb jack night fishing
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Plate of fillets for me and a bowl of titbits for the Hungarian furball:D
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Best brown to date in my recent year of fly fishing, was all the better after bush bashing into new stream
Cut the two extra hooks off this mepps. Getting hit after hit with this lure.
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Lost a few,then landed this.
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Had no luck. Have been going to Horotiu bridge after work almost every night after work for the past two weeks, theres trout there but getting no bites only baby trout following my lures. I will admit I'm a novice at trout fishing, using different lures, baits and softbaits and using all the different techniques I see n youtube but no joy. Must be something I'm doing wrong, the trout there are fussy eaters or the water conditions there aren't right and I need to move somewhere else? There's koi in those waters but they won't take the corn baited hooks I throw out. I've only caught rudd there without even targeting them.
A rare Whangarei trout, or should I say freshwater sprat!
Reel and braid are JDM, 3lb braid not available in NZ. Ultralight rod is AliExpress, seems to work. 1.4g jighead.
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Thought i was going blank today.
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Then got a keeper!
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Got to love it when i don't have to work Saturdays.
Dodged heavy rain showers as the side creek dirtied the Manawatu.
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First keeper on a jarvis walker lure.
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Nice fat jack.
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Then went back down closer to home and landed another.
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Nice spot.
Tow many beersies to edit my previous post.
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9lb brown nymphing the Tongariro this arvo:cool:
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Nope,even drowning worms drew a blank.hopefully tomorrow morning will be better.
The Upper Grey in heavy rain yesterday
But the river is back up at a good flow and not gin clear so there were a few trout about
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Cruised up to hit the Tongariro after the fresh. Unfortunately even though the flow had dropped, she was still pretty dirty. I wet lined for a bit but nothing was happening so pulled pin and headed to a small stream mouth for a flick.
Only there 10 minutes and this cracker grabbed my fly:)
Thick as, big Brown jack just under 8lbs:cool:
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Been a while since I chased any trout, stopped to stretch our legs on the way home from up north and managed to trick this one.
Kids are handy for making a small fish look bigger haha!
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