i use a 6 foot, two piece rod on the manawatu,6lb mono and lures no heavier the 7gm. mepps and soft baits are great for the Manawatu. 62 trout for the year.
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i use a 6 foot, two piece rod on the manawatu,6lb mono and lures no heavier the 7gm. mepps and soft baits are great for the Manawatu. 62 trout for the year.
make sure you buy some black furys
Will do, BTW I will be picking your brains when I am there :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Agree with all above. Four through to seven.... Feet long rod,lb of nylon and grams spinner weight lol.
Do you find mono better than braid?I have braid on my spinning rods with fluorocarbon leader but not having a lot of luck fishing lake karapiro??Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
My vote is for the mono, 6pd all day long in the fresh h2o. I'm using braid in the salt tho.Quote:
Originally Posted by The bomb
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If you're fishing small rivers, then mono or fluorocarbon all the way through might be the way to go. I can't see that it would make much difference. If you need to do longer casts on bigger rivers and lakes I'd stick with braid mainline. I only have one trout setup, so braid for me.
Mostly longer casts on the waikato river and lake karapiro .
I prefer 4- 7lb mono
Braid gets wind knots and seems just cause more issues especially walking through thick gorse or thistle
In salt , Braid with a Fluoro leader
Might swap out the braid for some light mono then.