It was bleak. Drizzle with 8C water and 11C air temp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
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It was bleak. Drizzle with 8C water and 11C air temp.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearer
Looks glorious
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Used to use an inflatable 2 man kayak on the upper Mohaka, same on the Wairoa at Tauranga and also have used one on the Motu. You can really get to some interesting places. We also ran an oar boat along side as a support vessel.
Some nice country there Kiwijames. If you‘d gone tomorrow could have have slung a rifle over your back? Although that can get tricky with fly casting - but not impossible.
Yeah. @MSL has got me wanting a Koaro packraft. Now I need to find a lazy $2K. Don't tell the wife.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
Whats the weight of a pack raft? You would struggle to carry an inflatable back in the day, mid 80’s
Yeah the problem with that is you see deer when you're fishing and you see fish when you're hunting. You can never do one right. I'll try and do my bit for conservation in the next few days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark M
A bit hard to tell @kiwijames but are you running a Scott Radian and Lamson Litespeed there?
Crazy light. 3kg for the standard. 1.5kg for the lite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
It’s the first law of hunting and fishing - have rod see deer, have rifle see fish, I’ve been there!Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
Winner winner chicken dinner.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark M
Radian and Litespeed with SA MPX. Awesome combo
Some nice condition fish there alright, the bride and I hope to put the waka in tomorrow and go for a fish. Was going to do it today but not well enough, lets hope for a better day eh. Have you guys tried cooking trout in a light curry batter, or better still when you do it in lemon juice for 8 hours and then add coconut creame and capsicum, cucumber, baby tomatoes, coriander, red onion and just a hint of chilli sauce. Then refrigerated for another couple of hours, very refreshing and nice, especially for a lunch.
Nice. Bar the line I run the same. I’m on a Rio Gold at the moment. I ran a few SA’s before that.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
Get into it mate. These fish were ok but in comparison to the fish in the lower tributaries they have a lot of catching up to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
The Tarawera fish on the koura are great eating but I gave up on trout years ago. I'm think I ate too much and lost my appetite for it. You will remember John Barrowman. I fished the Wairoa with him as a kid when he was the principal at Western Heights. I think his waka needed a few tows from you [emoji6] We caught some fantastic fish there the went to the breading program.
I couldn't get the Rio Gold to load at all. I had just bought the Radian and I was devastated it was a lemon. I was near selling it but I have an MPX on my 5wt Sage One and really liked that so I bit the bullet and bought another in 6wt. With the SA it's a totally different rod.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark M