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    Member Dundee's Avatar
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    An hour out tonight before dark landed one and hooked three.
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    The river is cross able now I see Dundee. The block is above the waterline at least as high as your knee.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    The river is cross able now I see Dundee. The block is above the waterline at least as high as your knee.
    Still over his boots and @Dundee doesn't like getting wet feet..

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    Hooked 5 landed one right on dark
    Had a previous injury looked like a line been wrapped around it at somestage foul hooked b4 maybe
    Nice evening dead calm

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    Waders?

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    Yeah I crossed last night but leggings were over my boots.Would of got wet without them they prevented water going in my boots.
    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    @Danny. Are you around this weekend? Was going to fish the Waiteti Saturday (tomorrow) morning if you're about. I'm thinking it should start to fish OK by now at the mouth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kiwijames View Post
    @Danny. Are you around this weekend? Was going to fish the Waiteti Saturday (tomorrow) morning if you're about. I'm thinking it should start to fish OK by now at the mouth.
    Unfortunately I'm out Kaingaroa pig hunting. Rain check. Very keen for a fish and catch up
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danny View Post
    Unfortunately I'm out Kaingaroa pig hunting. Rain check. Very keen for a fish and catch up
    Sweet as. We will cross paths eventually
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    Out this afternoon went well.
    5.4lb
    Meet some strangers on river must be working on a farm landed a 3.5lb in front of them gilled gutted and they took home Landed released a few more another great evening

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    Some good solid fish there bomber. The first pic the trout has the lure the wrong way round.
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    The weather has been good down South over the past week. Fishing on the Waiau River 7pm - 9pm (in the dark).

    Hooked into 7+ fish on Wednesday - landed 4, tossed one brown back to live another day, lost 3+ rainbow after they jumped and spit the fly

    Hooked into 10+ fish on Friday - landed 4, lost 6+, nabbed an eel with knife while cleaning trout

    Major rise going on from 7pm to 9pm - had fish at my feet when I turned on my head lamp !

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    That is a big fly is it an articullated streamer @KiwiinSeattle .I have a mate in Christchurch that ties them.
    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dundee View Post
    That is a big fly is it an articullated streamer @KiwiinSeattle .I have a mate in Christchurch that ties them.
    I am not sure what that big ugly fly is called - it looks like some variant of a "bugger streamer" - maybe an UGLY BUGGER STREAMER

    It is not articulated.

    Here is a photo of 4 different flies that I used over two hours (7pm - 9pm) on the same night - and landed a fish with each.

    The small black dry is a Black Gnat - looks like a Twilight Beauty - but is black - obviously.

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    Nice. Do you leave the fly in there lip while you gut em so they don't get away?
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