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    bumblefoot liked post by bomber On thread : Trout/perch spin rig advice please.....
    I'll be hopefully up Taranaki next weekend hoping to wet the line,while there if the borders still open[emoji12][emoji106] Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
    Liked On: 22-03-2020, 03:34 PM
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    bumblefoot liked post by Dundee On thread : Catch Any Trout Today?
    A brown caught on soft baits.133139133140 And rainbow on the Joe Flie 133142133143
    Liked On: 22-03-2020, 01:31 PM
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    bumblefoot liked post by bomber On thread : Catch Any Trout Today?
    Cicadas chirping, crickbait working...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200321/e29aec78a62c77007575424a123452ac.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200321/0efdc26f34dcf611877a7e4297ffdd41.jpg ...
    Liked On: 22-03-2020, 01:31 PM
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    bumblefoot liked post by bomber On thread : Catch Any Trout Today?
    Not the best photo but theses upwards of 30 trout running upriver there...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200318/00401147f1dc65fa1e1ea82554456289.jpg Sent from my SM-G975F using Tapatalk
    Liked On: 22-03-2020, 01:31 PM
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    bumblefoot liked post by bomber On thread : Catch Any Trout Today?
    I'm back hope ya missed me..... Here's a little bit of my self isolation. Last week then...
    Liked On: 22-03-2020, 01:31 PM
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    bumblefoot liked post by bomber On thread : Trout/perch spin rig advice please.....
    6"6 rod and a 2500 reel, spool 6lb mono, to start with. Go for a bladed spinner sz 2 , mepps black fury and veltic work well get a few different colors. Use the smallest snap clip swivel (stops line...
    Liked On: 20-03-2020, 11:56 AM
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    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : Getting back to living off the land.....
    Greetings All, Well it has happened. 11:59 PM tonight the drawbridge will be pulled up and the Good Ship New Zealand will bob along by itself in the South Pacific isolated to an extent from the rest...
    Liked On: 20-03-2020, 11:53 AM
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    bumblefoot liked post by Micky Duck On thread : Trout/perch spin rig advice please.....
    yip BUT as in case of fly rod...by the time the bend is taken into accout as well as the 9-14ft leader/trace its a heck of a stretch to get rod back far enough to bring fish into the net. if your...
    Liked On: 18-03-2020, 07:04 AM
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    bumblefoot liked post by Moa Hunter On thread : Trout/perch spin rig advice please.....
    I disagree. It all comes down to technique. If the rod is pointing vertical it doesn't matter how long it is because the rod hand (right) is the same distance from the net hand (left) as it is with a...
    Liked On: 17-03-2020, 12:06 AM
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    bumblefoot liked post by Mr Browning On thread : How did you get interested in hunting?
    Hmmm, genetically inherited. My Dad was a hunter in Fiordland. We were bought up on deer and pig. School holidays meant the family had a week in places like the the Hope Arm Hut, there was always a...
    Liked On: 16-03-2020, 10:41 PM
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    bumblefoot liked post by Happy Jack On thread : How did you get interested in hunting?
    Hunting wasn't in my family in any way though. Dad was a early paramedic and had done National service including being sent to visit the sites of some of the extermination camps used by the Nazis, he...
    Liked On: 16-03-2020, 10:41 PM
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    bumblefoot liked post by Micky Duck On thread : Trout/perch spin rig advice please.....
    BUT a longer rod is a pain in the arse when you solo and trying to get fish into net....flyrods are the pinnicle of this issue.... in fact its an issue in small dingy too....you have to trust person...
    Liked On: 16-03-2020, 09:09 PM
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    bumblefoot liked post by Nugget connaisseur On thread : How did you get interested in hunting?
    Raised by a solo mum, 4 siblings. Still a townie even now. Remember going into Sterling sports as a kid and looking at the guns on the wall. Around intermediate age had a go with an air pistol at...
    Liked On: 16-03-2020, 09:05 PM
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    bumblefoot liked post by Mathias On thread : How did you get interested in hunting?
    Like many rural kids, I grew up on a farm and the Rakaia River was just down the road. Guns, rabbits, hares, quail and my fox terrier every weekend. Great memories....and still making a few now. It...
    Liked On: 16-03-2020, 09:05 PM
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    bumblefoot liked post by grandpamac On thread : How did you get interested in hunting?
    Greetings All, I wrote about my initial exposure to hunting in my intro a while back so won't repeat it but a few years later, 17, working and with my own car a friend and I started to do a few...
    Liked On: 16-03-2020, 09:04 PM

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