Thread: Catch Any Trout Today?

Also note to self when dry fly fishing always keep stripping the line in as it comes down towards you otherwise you'll miss 11 strikes in 2 hours!

Dad's Fav Para size 10.

At one of my local haunts 10 mins in :-) cannot bear dry fly fishing

You don't need fly fishing gear, a light soft bait outfit works for chucking spinners which are legal in Northland. Muddy flavour can be masked to some degree, but it is still going to be there. Smoking is probably the best option.

Haven't been trout fishing for a while so I took dog, gun,and rod for a mission.Results 1 trout and a duck on my F&G licences.

@Dundee. Good little segment about how to release fish too.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

@Dundee. Good little segment about how to release fish too.

I release them onto my plate!

Caught no trout. One touch. But it was a great afternoon wet fly fishing the river Derwent in Cumbria, England.

@Tahr, how much did it cost to fish the river ?
I have an Irish boss who reckons it wouldn't have been cheap.

Originally Posted by viper

@Tahr, how much did it cost to fish the river ?
I have an Irish boss who reckons it wouldn't have been cheap.

I was lucky. It didn't cost me anything but it was a very select piece of the river that the "Lord & Lady" owners keep closed for themselves. It had salmon, trout and sea run trout in it.

My son-in-law lives in the local village and arranged it for me through a generous work mate. Its like that - who knows who and all that stuff.

Not quite a trout.....much better. I avoided the madness of the canals last weekend after the breakout . Thought I would leave it a week for the scene to die down and maybe pickup a fish .
Upon arriving at Ohau C the Circus was still in full swing with maybe 100 + anglers going for it.
I did Ok with a 6 and then 8.5 lb fish. Very scrappy and really pulled some line .
Saw plenty being caught still, awesome day.... very happy wife and cats getting the scraps.

Got this 13lb Brown this morning, spinning off Lake Tekapo. Grin says it all really

Picked up a couple fish this evening in quite different conditions. Nymphing a lake at night. Dropped another 3 as it's bloody hard to keep in touch with with the gear. No photos as it was a challenge juggling a touch and flyrod.

Manawatu River has been high and dirty a fair bit lately,the wind wasn't right for a hunt so I decided to go for a flick.

Not long after landing that brownie I landed a second one.

Both caught on yellow blackfury lure no3.As river is still high and dirty for using no.2 lures or lighter.

Then photobombed by the dog.

Another small brown on the mepps

The weather was too nice today to be stuck behind a desk so I gave myself the afternoon off.

Took me to the backing (nearly). These fish are in great nick. I'm starting to like the Radian.