Thread: Catch Any Trout Today?

Originally Posted by Dundee

My rod has been broken for a while missing the last two eyelets and Saturday night my reel gave up.Its certainly gets a work out.
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Sunday I borrowed one of my boys rods but the reel was stuffed also but was a nice evening down there with the wife.
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Today I purchased a 4 piece Shimano spinning rod and on my first cast this evening landed this rainbow.
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Were from and how much?

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Were from and how much?

H&F $140 spooled and ready to go also a shimano polaroid sunglasses with it.

Well it's not a trout though I did get a 6lb brown which I released.
Third trip to the Canals and nothing but poxy trout so far, I have never caught a Salmon and it's the wife's favorite eating fish so I had the excuse to keep going back.
Water colour very cloudy and different canals flowing at different rates.
I have ALOT to learn yet and it's not easy going at times when nothing is happening. Anyway I got my first Salmon yesterday, not huge but a good eater.
They fight well for their size, stubborn like a brown but with heaps more go and stamina.
More trip needed.

Been a few days since i landed a trout but haven't stopped eating them,still a few trays of trout fillets in the freezer.
Tonight I fished the same area for an hour 100metres up and down stream and just on dark landed this hen full off eggs.

Got one last weekend, kinda feel like im cheating fishing in the canals but still a trout! off getting cold smoked should almost be ready mmmmmm

Originally Posted by silentscope

Got one last weekend, kinda feel like im cheating fishing in the canals but still a trout! off getting cold smoked should almost be ready mmmmmm
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Yeah I used to think fishing in the canals would be like shooting fish in a barrel ( excuse the pun on a hunting forum ) . However after 3 - 4 trips there I know it's certainly not.
I was there last Friday and it was bloody hard work, I got a fish or two but saw nothing else caught.
Everyone I spoke to was getting no results.
The problem with the canals is they are so featureless being man made. It's not like you can look up the river and see a boulder or log that might hold a fish, the canals just go on forever and look the same.
I have yet to experience it when it's firing.
Nice fish @silentscope

They certaibly have their moments but i usually try something for half an hour and if no luck ill switch methods and keep doing that till something takes. Got that one on a egg glowbug under the tekapo farm nets i was the only one that got something that afternoon of about 20 fishermen i saw.

Caught a good trout tonight left the house at 1910hrs and headed home just after 2000hrs.The eels are hungry after the march floods.

So the fly fisherman use hare and copper flys ..well I'm a spin fisherman...lol

Well the word has got around that me Dundee is a trout fishing junky.Got sent these "Joe Flies" from the USA

Took 7 days to get here almost faster than rural delivery
Gave them a spin tonight and got results!

First brown trout on the "Joe Flies"

These Joe Flies are bloody awesome.Trout spotting after the March floods is epic.

Afternoons results

Did some cliff jumping today to land this one! Still on the Joe Flie.

https://youtu.be/3xHkWftGENg

Tried some new water earlier last week still using the "joe fly" from the states.


Tonight I got a message from an Aussie company to trial their lures

Certainly got this thread covered Dundee. Wondered how you’d being..


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