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
A brown caught on soft baits.133139133140 And rainbow on the Joe Flie 133142133143
Liked On: 22-03-2020, 01:31 PM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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