Tongariro going off
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Tongariro going off
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Took a mate for a day on the Tongariro....caught 15 between us...all round the 5lb mark and fiesty as:cool:
Being a fishing father can be very testing at times, especially if the fish aren't biting. It all came good in the end though. One fish after 7 hours fishing. High fives and memories made.
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worms can be your friend where legal......
Is that Kaiiwi?
Yep.
Cool, might see you there some time.
Good friends from the USA have sent @bomber and I more lures to flick at the Manawatu River trout.
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A few more hours on the Tongariro this morning.
A lot of spent jacks dropping back down...very dark and skinny with hardly any fight in them.
Still managed to pick up a couple of fresh ones moving up
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Chrome trout emblem sent over from Canada.If you see me at the river or at the bush come and say gaday.
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Spotted that on the FB NZ spinning for trout page yday :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
No trout today, but I did get a new weapon...
It's a 7/8 NZ Green reel, which goes for around $120. Let me know if there is interest, and I'll write up a review on the forum. So far, so good...
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A couple of very silvery brown trout.
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Get out of the way Bo!:D
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Fished further south on the Manawatu river near Oringi today.
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Let this one go back much to Bo's disgust.:D
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Spent a few hours on a local stream...managed to pick up a couple of nice Rainbows bout 3.5lbs
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How is the reel working out ? Decent drag? Sharp priceQuote:
Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin
Using savage gear softbaits,landed this one the other day.I rig up a 4gm ball rig for deeper pools and a light 1/4oz tear drop rig for shallow water.
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Nice little brownie
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@Dundee Great looking wee swim tail softbaits. Are you sure the 'tear drop' is 1/4 oz looks like a 1/16th ??
I use some little fine clips made by 'Dragon' instead of swivel clips. They are very good and avoid the clanging that swivel clips can make when the soft is pulsed - sink, lift, sink, lift
I'm glad to see you fishing again, but isn't this the time of year to be stacking Hares in the freezer for Bo ?
1/4oz Moa Hunter,Bo is on day three of hare meals tomorrow, then back to Tux for a bit.Fishing has been tuff lately in the upper section of the mid Manawatu the spawning runs haven't quite got this far up yet.And only a few tribs above where I fish. Might have to try Oringi again next weekend where more tribs flow into the river.
I was wrong @Moa Hunter the tear drop rig is 1/8oz
18/8 Oringi Manawatu river
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Caught on the rooster tail
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24/8 Five minutes from home.
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Rooster tail again.
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Got this the other day....not sure if its a jack or a hen
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A couple from the last two days.
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Soft bait paddle tail,hooked the jack.
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And the hen was caught on a rooster tail.
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Typical hen eh. Chasing rooster tail.
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Northland?Quote:
Originally Posted by trapperjohn
Yes Northland, The region north of Auckland.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pauli
Trout are releasies from the Rotorua hatcheries, released by Fish and Game.
Some years ago, my mother was sequestered in Whangarei Hospital. Not being able to keep a bedside vigil for too long and being a keen fly-fisherman, I ventured out and fished any stream I could find that Mrs Google had identified. I did catch a very small trout in a stream off just north of Kamo on the by-pass.Quote:
Originally Posted by trapperjohn
Kai Iwi Lakes perchance?
Nailed it.
Opening day blank!
First stream up and dirty, second up but clearing.
Caught my first streamside vegetation for the season...a bit rusty.
Couldn't get yesterday off but wangled today
I should have checked it out pre season, a more prudent man would have however old stomping grounds never change eh, could only get the truck this far then it's hoof time.
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Beautiful Morning.
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Nice fat rainbow
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That was the last trout left in the waitaki river, no point any foreigners coming down and looking for more, there are no deer in the South Island either.
Well, actually she is still there as I don't take trout unless they have swallowed the hook or are unreturnable then it's the smoker, other wise released.
One for @Danny.
The wind finally dropped enough to get out for a pleasant fish. Looks like it is picking up again though:oh noes:
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That man deserves a DB [emoji106], and a bloody thumper of a fish.
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Another canal fattie.
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@Shearer do they put up a decent fight? Or are they like Jake the muss says....too much weights n not enough speed work:P
Some do, some don't. Their sheer bulk means they are stubborn to move and the one I got this morning made three or four good runs but they fight clean so you just have to be patient.
What's ur secret @Shearer I never seem to b able to catch anything but a cold at the canals
PersistenceQuote:
Originally Posted by Padox
3 years of percistance and still no luck
Friends are doing ok too.
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