It's a wonder all the fish haven't been washed out to sea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
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It's a wonder all the fish haven't been washed out to sea.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Went back down to Mangatainoka got a few more tiddlers.
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Seems to stay clean down there.
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Manawatu River still dirty after the cyclone.
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Gave it a flick anyway.
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Survived the cyclone but not for long....
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Every couple of months I catch up with an old hunting mate and we head somewhere for a trout fish, the weekends are about exploring, cooking and sharing good food and a drink or two and hopefully catching a trout.
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This weekend gone we headed into the King Country to explore a new to me river/creek and one that my mate has fished in the past but not all of it. We headed well upstream the first day and found a great few kms of small creek fishing, presenting flys to spotted fish we caught a couple each on both dry’s and nymphs.
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The highlight of the trip for me was this one taking a well presented terrestrial dry fly, spotted in the pool in front sitting on the sand, he came over 5ft to take the dry, a great fight had him around rocks and under trees. Other highlights were spotting fish ahead and putting my mate onto a couple calling the strikes. Great fun sight fishing has to be for me the best form of flyfishing.
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Cheers FBD
I will learn fly fishing. But, which one is more productive, is the lure fishing (spin or baitcaster) or fly? From my understanding is that fly fishing will need more spaces to cast it out.
Dynamite works the best... followed by bait then spin then fly fishing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Black Rabbit
Fly fishing is a challenge to learn and do well at. I am just a hack at it but enjoy learning to cast better each trip, learning where fish will lie and how to present flys. Sighting a feeding trout and presenting a dry fly to be smashed off the top is good fun.
Caught plenty of trout on a spinning rod and will still use one every now and then, they are better for exploring new waters and tight tricky spots. Paul Stenning (?) has changed to soft plastics from flys and is enjoying the journey of getting the best out of them. A day spent fishing is still better than a day spent working no matter what you use.
Haha:D I like the Dynamite part your said. It `s good one:pacman: So far I am still in developing my baitcaster skill, try to cast light weight lures more accurate and more further out. I like fly fishing but I am going to save it for later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat belly Dog
Another cyclone survivor.
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Manawatu river it didn't survive, its going on my plate.
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Nice silver 4lb hen night fishing
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Trout count 11 for March only 4 from the Manawatu River since the cyclone.
Another Manawatu trout.
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The rest were all down at Mangatainoka.
Another three on the Manawatu,heres two of them.
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All released.
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I am amazed that some of these little ones survived the force of the river when it was in flood.
Cracking panniesQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Another wee salmon today.
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Going off at a small tangent here
I picked up a wee Ryobi Superlight Magnesium 355 MG reel at a market this morning.
Fly fishing is not and will never be a thing for me, so if you know of anyone starting out on such a journey, let me know and I will get it to a worthy owner.
Please note: I think it could do with a little tlc but there really cant be much to go wrong with such a simple mechanism
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Lake Dunstan on softbait this morning, probably around the 4 lb to 4.5 mark.
Nice colours and condition.
First real cracker since the cyclone. Caught on the far right jarvis walker red lure.
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Heaps rising an hour before dark,I reckon the Manawatu fishery has done well.
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This is beautier than my ex ex girl friend. Good catchQuote:
Originally Posted by viper
I got loads of these sort of lures, do `t know what you call it but we call it under water tractor, slow retrieve, noise....Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Another night mish in very windy conditions, the lake had quite a bit of chop but the fishing was still good:cool:
Hooked 9, landed 7 and kept these 2 beauties, 5.5lb hen n 6lb jack in great condition
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Also got a huge brown just over 7lb but in very poor condition
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They are a pair of beaut 'bows. That size they sure can fight too. I wonder what the snake would have weighted fat - would have to go over 10Quote:
Originally Posted by wsm junkie
Yeh mate, wouldve been awesome to see it in its prime:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Moa Hunter
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This morning effort, Lake Dunstan, another solid Rainbow on softbait
Caught a brown on dark.
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It went walkabout.
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accidentally read the first page:) hansom man with fish. Yeah, you are...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Mate and I headed up for another night fish.
The lake treated us to a stunning sunset
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And equally impressive moonrise
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As expected with the big bright moon the fishing was pretty slow but we were getting just enough action to keep us interested.
Between us we hooked 9 and of the 4 landed, 3 were slabby jacks around the 3-4lb mark but I did manage to get 1 nice 3.5lb jack that was kept
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Crazy boys!!! I’m fishin the same full moon as y’all but on the other side of the planet…not trout though :)
Photos please Joe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Schmo
Went out for a fish at a location that has a combination code padlock. I knew the code so got in and padlocked gate behind me.
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Had a few hits but nothing landed,getting a bit dark so headed out and couldn't see the combination on the padlock.
Had my headlamp but the numbers were just a blur with the reflection from my light. Took me 30 minutes to suss it.Best I chuck reading glasses in the glove box.:oh noes:
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Originally Posted by Dundee
Cut the blue wire to defuse, not the black...:) Movie the abyss Haha
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Originally Posted by Dundee
Cut the blue wire to defuse, not the black...:) Movie the abyss Haha
@Dundee dont feel too bad mate...I even put eye crutches on now to thread worm onto hook,and tie nylon...its just getting too hard otherwise
Feel ya pair @Dundee I cant tie a fly on or do much else now without needing glasses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
My local river, the Tutaikuri has not been clear since around October 2022. That's over 6 months looking like chocolate milk so I tried some new water today in CHB.
After the floods and summer of non-stop rain the rivers and trout have not had a good time.
This stream was nice as one thing a flood will do is clean the place up if there's not too much.
The fish were in poor condition as is to be expected. Most look like they are freshly spawned when at this time of year they should be getting fat. I saw one old jack that was missing nearly most of his tail. I'm surprised the guy could still swim. He was tucked into the side of the river as I think the main flow would be too much for him. I was going to fish for him but it didn't look right. On closer inspection, there was just a white nub where his tail once was. Hope he makes it through winter.
Of the 3 fish I did catch one came out looking pretty good with the phone camera.
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Nice photo and steady hands
Catch Any Trout Today?
Yes, I did, thanks for asking. A monster from Lake Rotoiti. 10 hours fishing for one bite, but it was worth it!
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Nice trout.
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Another one out of Lake Dunstan this morning. Rainbow in awesome condition, very solid.
Released.
Very nice fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by viper
Caught this fat little bow and released it...red veltic had a few hits today..
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Should of kept the bugger cause got none after work...
But found a no 1 mepps on the bank.
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