Nice to see the trout in your area fattening up Dundee, they both look good. Just a question, is it the light playing tricks or has all that tomato sauce started to turn your ears red ???
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Nice to see the trout in your area fattening up Dundee, they both look good. Just a question, is it the light playing tricks or has all that tomato sauce started to turn your ears red ???
Two more 10lb in total.Attachment 99282
Two trout yesterday from Awakino trib stream , and two from the waiongana, stunning fine day, I wished I dragged the boat up to Mokau, and gone chasing snapper when I stopped for a coffee and a pie on the way to Awakino.
two 3 lb brown and a 2lb rainbow, and couple smaller fish, so good day exploring sum new water.
was a bit lucky to land the last 3lb brown as ended up getting wrapped around a piece of wire in the river, luckily he was pretty played out, after ten minutes of bolding hopping up threw the bolder garden in the photo. Attachment 99445Attachment 99446Attachment 99447Attachment 99448
Caught and released another 2 1/2 pounder yesterday at 5:30am and today caught two, one of which was a spawned Rainbow jack in a stream in which I have never caught a rainbow in before in more than thirty years of fishing it. Home by 6:30 am
Bo searching for trout.
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Landed one on the "Tassie Devil"
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Hitting the Canals tomorrow, I will post a report if I do any good.
pics of what you are using will be good too,fly,spinning?:)
Are they sea runners? They look very "fresh". I'd love to see a few more browns in Hawkes Bay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
Report from canal as promised.
3 am start, on the road by 3.30 and a great run through to the canals.
Absolutely no flow at all and I mean none through the entire Hydro system from one end to the other. It was very strange to see the areas in front of the Dams mirror still.
As it turned out I met a worker who informed me they are doing a big maintenance / service on intake grills and other stuff .
No flow in the canals means very slow action and hard work along with changing the technique to more of a lake style .
Water was also a little milky from all the rain.
Landed a small Brown of around 2lb that I released , dropped 2 more and landed this Rainbow of around 5 - 5.5 lb. Great scrap.
Funny how many different colour softbaits I have but it's always one colour I get results on.
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Can't be stuffed typeng a story tonight but yeah I got worms!
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You should learn to fly fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Few phots from the week after the toby shoot, fly fishing around Queenstown with an old mate, nothing real big, but we caught a few,
spent all day fishing round Gore for no luck, stopped at a flooded creek on lake Wakatipo, and couple flicks with the spinner in the lake, too high to get out over the drop off, first flick in the stream and hooked a trout, lost after 5 minutes. got a another couple hits on next two casts and a follow,
back to the ute and got the fly rod, fist cast to a nymphing brown and hooked on the dry,:thumbsup: landed and second cast was at a brownie a few meters further up, and a rainbow flashed in and took nymph, gave rod to mate Ash and his second cast, was a nicer rainbow, lost one more a few casts later, funny the way it works out, Sum days.
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Yes they will be but been in the river a while. I was fishing in a stream at full tide, the water being 60cm higher than low tide. Fish seem to like that inter-tidal zone.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
I like to put a few of these ones in the freezer and then release any caught inland through the rest of the season.
Two more in the creel.
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Whitetail cast?Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
No, roll cast actually ! + Elk Antler - Trout are a 5 1/2 and a 3 1/2 Lb'rsQuote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
At the river at 5:05 am this morning. Good solid 6 pounder netted about 5:30 am. On a dry during the pre-dawn rise. Home by 6:30, and you blokes were all still in bed !!
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Bloody tough fishing at the moment down here- upper waiau.
Weather patterns have been up the f!$k causing the rivers to almost become right after the rain just to then colour up again :-(
More leg work involved and man the fish are just picky as hell.
2.5pound rainbow this evening using a Rapala as usual.
Not just you mate. Our rivers are like brown yo-yos. From nearly clean to dirty again. I’ve just bought two new setups and want to give them both a good thrashing it can’t due to this weather.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock river arms hunter
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Manawatu River might be clean by the weekend to take the twins out:P
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In your dreams.
Bit like going to the Mangatainoka Brewery expecting to see the girls from the Tui ads.
It’s been a sewer for the last 20 years. I’m unsure how a few extra days could make a difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
I’ve a better chance of taking twins fishing too.
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That dream came true @erniec :PQuote:
Originally Posted by erniec
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Touche
Bloody Hell @Dundee, that photo Trumps them all !!
Would no doubt have been an experience they still treasure.
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Caught a wee sea run trout on the Oreti last night, so back to the water it went.
@Dundee, black singlets, Tui caps and Tui bottle hanging out with you........obliviously women of low moral fibre.....bless em:thumbsup:
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This little slab took a size 14 BH PT.
Missed another one and dropped one.
Fishing is still bloody hard yackka due to the weather plus the usual Christmas pressure we've had albeit a whole month early!
Good to get a bend again
Rock river, they might be hard to catch but they are in 'passable' condition judging by the photo. Have you opened one up to see what they are feeding on ?? The fish here are in good order but empty now that the whitebait have stopped and the beetles have finished their annual flights.
It also seems that many sea trout have dropped back to the estuarine waters
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Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
I haven't really fished the lower waters much and I haven't really opened one up to be fair but their starting to look quite slabby like this one here with good condition
Went for a speed fish this arvo. Surprised how good the fishing was only a few minutes from home. Took one for the Mother and Sister in-law. Bit skinny but still an OK fish at about 3½lbs. Caught and released another maiden fish that was in good nick.
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So which is better @kiwijames, the Radian or the One ???
Aargh. Big call that one. They’re both different rods but for now I’m gong to say the One by a gnats cock, but I do think there’s lots of opportunity for the Radian to shine. The One is shorter, a size lighter and has the new MPX line that is crazy good. I’m also getting used to the full wells grips. I’ve always fished a reverse half wells grip and the Sage is more like this than the Radian.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
Given that, I’ve caught 4 fish now with the Radian and have been skunked twice on the One [emoji23] so from a pure fish catching perspective the Radian wins hands down.
What is the MPX line ?? I have used a One and really rate it, so light and crisp it make the Z axis feel like bamboo. Haven't lost any fish with the One myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
Scientific Anglers Amplitude MPX is the line. A variation on the Sharkskin they put out. It’s a textured finish that feels really weird but it just is slicker than anything I’ve ever cast. Plus it floats higher than any line I’ve ever had and they say it will last 5 times longer. At $220 though it’s not a cheap line. I will eventually move all my floating lines over to SA MPX.Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
I was never a Sage man. I thought it was all just hype. So far I’m coming round to the One in a big way.
Managed another flick with the tassy devil.
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More rain overnight,making fishing tuff with high murky water.
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The one I landed for 3 hours fishing.
Dropped another 2 of which one I had to screw with the drag on a good rainbow and pulled the fly out.
Missed another 4 or 5.
Very picky fish still but the old Dry pheasants tail did the damage which is a dry I haven't used much at all to be fair.
Still the novelty of fly fishing at 11am on a Monday morning was up there
