Those ones on the plate were cooked and the boys ate them.Never really given them a try as bait fishing.Quote:
Originally Posted by time out
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Those ones on the plate were cooked and the boys ate them.Never really given them a try as bait fishing.Quote:
Originally Posted by time out
Walked a few kms down stream from our usual spot.
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The wind was a curse. Landed this brown on a black rapala.
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Un fenced river boundary's huh
Yep bloody sheep and beef farmers.:( The side I was on is fenced as it is a dairy farmers dry stock block.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
Fantastic DundeeQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Black rapala that landed the trout earlier today.
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And my 2IC that is in charge of the tackle box.:)
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Looking towards the Ruahine Range with sheep and beef farmer on the left and ex dairy farmer on the right....ex dairy farmer has the fenced river.:)
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No luck tonight as it was blowing like crazy again,when the dog and I got up too the quad on the top of the bank he jumped on and got blown off.:D Funny, wish I had the video going on my camera but it was a bit dark when we left.
An eel swimming in the swell was interesting to watch.
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Last of all that dog again:D
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At the usual bit of the river tonight.
Cuppla bites but nothing landed.
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Possum trapper turned up just before sun down with a brand new fly rod from his possum fur pay day.:cool:
I finished work and was home by 1652hrs, H&F close at 1700hrs. Quick hoon in the holden got us there on time before they shut. A ford wouldn't of made it on time.:P PT purchased a fancy bloody fly rod those things are over my head (literally):D
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Got a couple off Aussie tourists coming fishing mid morning.The river was rising tonight but hopefully it will be clean when the fullas arrive.
PT caught a 3.2 rainbow and a 2.1 brown on his new rod last night. His Grandad smoked the rainbow for PT,smoked trout for the lads lunch. And the brown was given to PT,s mate that came fishing last night.
@Dundee I just about think you could open up an adventure park at your place! You seem to be able to have so much fun all in ya backyard! hahah :D
Rained out:( The Aussies are going further North to try and find cleaner rivers.
Been a while since I landed a trout. Had all these good buggers offer me new creations from softbaits,home made lures and streamers. @Pengy @Chris @the local sport shop.....:) I knew that wouldn't work :D
A fly fishing mate sent up some new streamers which I have decided to wait till the summer to use when I can site fish the browns and rainbows without losing these streamers as they are custom made and can't be purchased.
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So tonight I went back to my old tackle box and wacked on a brown veltic lure as the brown beetles were out tonight and landed this nice conditioned rainbow.:)
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Back on your game now Dundee.
The fishing been pretty hard here over the winter but hope fully will start coming right as water warms up .
As for the local sport shop ,most of there lures are made to catch anglers not fish I reckon .
This young fella caught the catch of his life in a HB river.:cool:
Six year-old lands huge brown trout | Eastern Region
Robs a bloody god guy and makes nice salamiswildgameQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
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Anyway hunkered down and cast a few spinners in the gales tonight.:)
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The wind was a westerly blowin off the ruahine range.Hard enough to stand up,even cast.:ORLY:
Landed one on the black toby and three casts later hooked another. Must of been a dumb fish or its twin.:)
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Nice little footballs Dundee. And good to see you've gone back to the Toby consistent as all hell that one.
Looks like to be a night for not trying the fly fishing. There's a reason we call it chuck and duck with a few heavy nymphs...
This is where the deer jumped for cover last night.
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Armed myself tonight with a rifle and rod.
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And the river was mint.:D
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Someone got lucky:ORLY::thumbsup:
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Caught a few with the broker in Taupo.
Best catch of the day was a foul hooked guppy
Mine and his
One of our boys and two mates are camping at the river for 7 days. Well the first two days were windy with NE drizzle and a phone call tonight from a mum. So I had to go and check aye. Two days and wants her boy back:wtfsmilie:
They were all good on day two.:thumbsup:
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I crept through the long grass on the aproach to their campsite and yelled 'FISH & GAME OFFICER,Licences please!' fuck they shit themselves but I knew they were all licenced.;)
I hit the river and first cast hooked and landed a small rainbow using a monkey fly which is the closest replica of a cicada.:D
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Looks messy but the trout recovered after asking the lads if they want breakfast and they weren't starving so it was released.
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Is that a lab having a nosey bushrash?
those dunes look pretty good for pheasant shooting...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
A mate flushed two Roosters at Oringi the other day which is about 15km down stream but haven't seen any up here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Petros_mk
Yeah mate , he goes nuts when we land them ,bloody laugh http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14...379daf08bc.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
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Hes cute whats his name
Black labs are the best labs.
Zak , coming up two , good young fella when he's not thinking of his stomach !! Which isn't often hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by mrs dundee
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You might as well have thown that fish in the bushes as it has about zero chance of survival. All the sand and dirt will remove any protection and it will die of infection or shock.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Not a dig. Just what I have learnt.
Well you taught me to smack em on the head hard kiwijames so I did:P
One Christmas Eve rainbow jack.:D
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Thanks @Chris for the Cabelas vest that I was wearing it arrived tonight.:cool:
Your very welcome long as it fits OK ,looking at that fish it could be lucky for ya .
Nice fish ,what was the magic lure?
Yea fits good thanks Chris. The lure was a rapala replica,I forget what it was called. But it has caught a few.
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Thats a nice solid fish too ,starting to think you need a fish smoker Mr Dundee .
pT got a smoker for Xmas;)
clever pressie
Another today on the rapala replica. Released this fatty.;)
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Picked up a couple local rainbows yesterday. Trout numbers are higher than normal but are also quite small around 1-3lbs. Water temperature is very warm. Measured 24deg in main flow and 25deg C air temp. This has forced fish into deep holes and backwaters. An evening or early morning fish will be the only way to get some quality orthodox fly fishing in HB for a while.
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My dog was a witness he saw it bust off after the aerial monuvures. The mrs was just around the corner and just heard the splashes and swear words.
Dog thought stuff this time for a nap:D
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