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Had crossed my mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by MSL
I’m aiming for this coming spring
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Buy two.Quote:
Originally Posted by MSL
Probably just the one
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Can't complain about the condition of them this season, been some beauties.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
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A cracker brown on a softbait.
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@Dundee I've nearly got the gear sorted for the new rod etc. But after looking at the choice of spinning gear etc and umpteen zillion videos; I'm really excited about using soft baits for trout! :)
@Shearer @MSL
Crappy forecast but I went anyway. Spectacular river and very spooky fish. It was a great day even though it was cold and wet.
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My best for the day at 1.7kg. Looks like she had a tussle with an eel at some stage.
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Lots of Sika sign. We got whistled at a couple times
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Awesome looking spot. Jealous.
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
That’s interesting mine seems to load ok, but you’ve got me thinking now - I’ve got some other lines on an older reel I might try them just to see.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
The SA’s were on my older Kilwell Presentation I’ll have to check the older reel to see what line that was running in the end, but I don’t think it was SA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark M
I got to the stage when I was sick of rescuing him. One day he sank his boat in 80 ‘ of the mouth of the Wairua. Silly old prick tried to drive ot whe it was full of water, luckily for him there was another boat handy and just got to him in time. No life jacket, Swan Dri jacket and thigh wdersWe used Resue 1 and I was on the Patrol vessel. I was the Maritime Officer for this Lake And others. We actually used a Maritime Act to make sure he couldn’t buy another boat again. He would leave his car with the keys in it on the boat ramp, piss off to the Wairua for the weekend, He was very mentally not well and had no one looking after him. The rescue on his sunken boat he tried to give the Harbour Master a bottle of whisky to pay for it, my bill alone was $700.00 which I was paid by Regional Council. I believe he never came back out after that incident. Shame really as he did a lot for Rotorua Marine Radio.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwijames
Picked up two tonight, Harling the White Cliffs, One will be cray bait and the other will be breakfast For two tomorrow morning just.
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One yesty and a duck while it was still hooked.Attachment 141348Attachment 141349Attachment 141350
And one this arvo and it was the only one I saw.
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The fishing has been damn good in the Bay from reports so I figured I’d get into some myself. I had planned an early start but I didn’t get into the water before 8am. The thermometer read 0 when I got into the truck so it was easy to see why I choose to stay in bed a little late. An old fav spot was chosen for a late season mission and it was a good choice with no cars in the area and clear water with decent flow. The first hours water does have some good fishing but it’s easy access and often is a little harder with educated fish so the plan was push upstream for a bit to get some clean water and less fussy fish. First choice was a little side run and a couple casts and I was into a solid fish. Amateur mistake number one was fishing with the same gear that I had put the rod away wearing. A bad knot and off that guy came at the net. Bugger. A jack at around 2kg. A good start all the same though. After getting busted trying to get a better angle on a few fishy spots I found a nice run with feeding fish. All went to plan and another 2kg hen made it to the net.
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Her boyfriend followed after and made a healthy 2.2kg
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I tried for the trifecta but hooked another 2 fish with both of them busting me off. Damn.
Pushing up found plenty of good water and it wasn’t too long before a familiar torpedo shape was spotted hugging a nice feed line. The cast was good and a little slide across showed the fish had committed to my offering. The indicator dipped and I was on. One fit jack and some boulder hopping had him into a little back water and into my net.
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This is the second fish this season I have caught with a eel bite on it’s belly around the vent. I’m picking they are trying to suck the roe from pre spawning fish.
The same run showed a dark shadow that had to be a good fish up ahead. I managed a good cast and the indicator again got sucked under. On the strike the water exploded with a metallic flash and we were on. It was a rodeo trout. Jumping. Bucking. Peeling line out to my backing the running full speed back at me. This was a good fish. After a good scrap I finally had it to the bank. I tried to get it in the net but it didn’t fit. Sweet. It’s a good one then.
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After a long fight I was concerned the fish would be hurting so I took a quick couple of snaps and got her into the water. It was about 5 minutes to get her strong again and I pushed her to a nice back water to take it easy for a bit. Stoked. Season PB at 3.4kg or about 7-½ pounds in old money.
I caught a few more and dropped some more too. I conned a fish from a tricky spot only to have it come unstuck (again) at the last minute. Strong fish and light gear. It’s not always in your favour. All in all a nice day to take off from the 9-5 of work.
One tonight on the toby while waiting for the flight of the gamebirds.
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The weather turned bad faster than I had hoped so day two of my end of week fish-up was a bit of a let down. I still went and tried a spot I wanted to check out but in the end I wasn't very motivated in the cold. The cloud cover made fish hard to spot but there was still plenty to be found. I hooked one when I wasn't expecting it which had me on the back foot. Trying to move the fish upstream ended up pulling the hook. The next hookup was more on my terms and I had another typical fish at 2kg to the net after a quick fight trying to muscle the fish out of snags and bust off areas.
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After that I was feeling pretty spent myself so called it quits early.
Up to Taranaki for a weekend, some good fish spooked easy. Water temperature was damn near freezing with snow melt.
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Last night in the rain picked up on a sz1 mepps spinner.Attachment 142397https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...fe39ce2610.jpg
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Pretty fish @bomber. Small and clear is tough enough with fly gear so hats off to you getting fish out of thereQuote:
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Spent 5 hours on the Tongariro. Pretty hard yakka, didnt see too many being caught but did manage to nab a couple. All fish were dark so had been in the river a while....thought there might've been a few freshies after all the snow this week.
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