@Dundee have you thought about changing over to a single hook instead of treble for ease of release? I've switched over a few to no detriment as I see my stash of Blue Fox have both hooks in the packet, so I thought I would give it ago.
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@Dundee have you thought about changing over to a single hook instead of treble for ease of release? I've switched over a few to no detriment as I see my stash of Blue Fox have both hooks in the packet, so I thought I would give it ago.
I have snipped the odd treble off with my pliers.
Treble hooks, it `s effective...just it was difficult to unhook without tools
Re: Lake Rotoiti. We got a few more big fish. Quality of fish is amazing. Fat, slow and stuffed to the hilt with smelt. Streaks of fat running through the pink fillets like farmed salmon. I've said before that I'm not a fan of eating trout and neither was anyone in our party. We started off smoking it, then we cooked it as you would salmon and ended up eating it raw! What a top class fishery.
Still got the worst catch and release technique on the internet. You should have kept it as its likely dead anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Caught 2 Browns in the last two days, one spinning, one on the fly. Third and first cast respectfully. Upper Clutha seems quite active at the moment.
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Silver firefox landed this one.
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Usually, Mr. Dundee, how you cook your catch? Smoke, pan fry, wet aged with herbs, eat it raw?
Get the mrs to cook it usually in batter or crumbed,I be on trout duties this week as she still not in the kitchen after knee surgery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Black Rabbit
Fuck Dundee you are letting us fellahs down. Get Mrs D a stool on rollers for the kitchen. You are welcome. Ha ha ha haQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Daniel said to me tonight "Why are womans feet small?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
So they can get closer to the kitchen!:D
why are wedding dresses white????
to match the other household appliences
Trout count for 2023 @45 on the spinner.
No 3 bronze firefox
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That is pretty good considering the floods there have been Dundee
Putting last weeks drama behind us, mate and I set off on another night mission all kitted out with new wading belts thanks to forum good bugger @buzzman:thumbsup:
Was super dark and really mild making for good fishing. We hooked 14 and landed 7 - getting delt to on several occassions with fiesty fish that had no intention of surrendering.
Of the 4 I landed were 2 nice browns
7lbs
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6lbs
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Kept the bigger better conditioned one
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Couple of Brownies from the Whakapapa and upper Whanganui Rivers, great part of the country
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Beautifully coloured fish.
Thanks Shearer,
I must confess to increasing the saturation to pop the colour a tad.. but they were lovely dark coloured browns taken deep in the heads of a pool on the Whakapapa and Whanganui so the main fish in those pools/runs. Both taken on heavy weighted red headed nymphs not on the trailing light weight pheasant tails which is unusual for me anyway.
Cheers
Did a road trip today out to the Makuri Gorge,saw a beaut 12 pointer but wasn't on my hunting permit.
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Gave a flick at the domain and landed one.
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You should have flicked the rod at the stag Dundee. Now that would have been the stuff that legends are made of. Imagine the headlines in the local rag “Dundee plays stag for eight hours” when questioned, Dundee said “ I only cut the line because a man really needed a beer at that point “. Ha ha ha ha
This little Bow came home for lunch,
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Hot smoked over manuka sawdust on a white bread roll.
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Ah.....you were going out again and came back with fish:omg: the day before yesterday, I drove 300km to a nobody around creek, tried nearly 100 casts, no single bites. Good for you to have your private playground that nearby. How long for you to drive your quad to the river, you said....10 minutes? :pacman:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Spent a few hours fishing the Tongariro in steady rain this arvo. Was quite relaxing with the area to myself.
The river was murky and had a bit of rubbish coming down but I still managed to hook a few.
A nice silver 6lb hen that fought like a demon, into my backing several times before she finally conceded
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And then a nice coloured 4lb jack that put on an awesome ariel display in his attempts to rid himself of the hook
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This is really nice fish, the colors, and the taste:P
About 5 minutes on the quad to get to the river,but it has been dirty for so long,that is why I try other rivers.Bloody quad not going to flash so I drive the car to the local now,when its clean.Quote:
Originally Posted by Black Rabbit
That Douglas looks very nice. It's one of the Sky G's?Quote:
Originally Posted by Fat belly Dog
That's one of the newer Hydros LT's also?
@kiwijames
Douglas DFX 6wt
Orivis hydros III
SA amplitude infinity fly line.
New for this trip, really impressed with the DFX, great rod, alot stiffer than my 5wt primal. Have a hydros on my 5wt as well and again impressed with these reels.
I am just a hack fly chucked but can feel difference in this set up over my primal raw 5wt rod and suit me better.
Hāwea dam has very low flow at the moment so have been fishing the lake outlet. Just a couple lures to snags so put a nymph on a float and landed a little rainbow hen for breakfast.
The Upper Clutha and Hāwea trout have lovely orange flesh, there must be plenty of koura about to nibble on.
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All ways good river mouth fishing at this time of the year over yr way.Those rainbows love brown trout eggs drifting out the rivermouths.
Not a trout but close.
On the way to work today we drove across a small stream and I saw what I thought was a good size trout take off upstream of us. On the way home we stopped for a look and spotted two salmon in a slow moving part of the stream. One of them was tucked right up against the bank so I crept over and lay on the bank, slowly reaching over until I could feel the side of the fish. I moved my hand down to the base of its tail and gently lifted it from the water. The fish was pretty spent (probably having just spawned) so a few photos were taken and it was released back to join it's mate.
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Not the way I usually chase salmon but a bit of fun to end the day.
Hoping to give egg rolling a go in the twizel canals over winter. Might try some artificial eggs dangling off a float at either the Wānaka or Hāwea outlets in the meantime.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trout
Saw a number of trout heading up the upper reaches of the Matukituki river on a walk this arvo.
Timaru Creek mouth area good for bows in May -June.
Float fishing is a much neglected technique here in NZ. I want to try it on the canals at some point. I would be interested if you could share your rigs and let us know how you get on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haggie
Ran some eggs down to a weighted nymph 6ish feet long off a float/bobber at the Hāwea outlet again before work and got another nice rainbow.
Just using a cheap telescopic rod with 8 pound mono (6 pound for the leader) but find I’m a bit slow to set the hook and missing quite a few opportunities. Thinking it might be time to upgrade the rod and use some braid to see if I can set the hook more regularly.
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Yrs ago we use to spin fish the Wanaka out let at night till midnight using a black n gold Toby.If you didn't have 8lb line on,youd get taken to the cleaners.Some big fish come out after dark and we fished from the north side.You couldnt walk down far with your fish,just hand on and hope for the best.
Above the Hawea outlet ie lake side of the dam can be very productive for land locked quniet salmon at certain times of the year.
From memory about now when they build up there trying to do their spawning run.
Also excellant fishing in the Makarora during may (when most other rivers have closed for the season) It is full of fish on their spawning run up from lake Wanaka.
@Haggie Nice fish but it looks more like a brown in that photo
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Yea I have heard that they hang out by the intake pipe and have hooked up there. Keen to get into the salmon more but have alot more luck with the trout.Quote:
Originally Posted by kukuwai
Hmmm hard to see because I had cut its head off already in the picture and its on bit of an angle but had a streak of pink on its cheek and along the body and was quite green on the top. Are hybrids are a thing?
Not sure about hybrids ?
Either way it looks tasty [emoji41]
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Long thin light rods are the way to go for serious float fishing. Hard to track down in NZ, but there are a few options.Quote:
Originally Posted by Haggie
This evening effort, Lake Dunstan. First cast. Nice condition Rainbow. Softbait doing the business again.
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