This evening effort, Lake Dunstan. First cast. Nice condition Rainbow. Softbait doing the business again. Released. Also got a slabby Brown, again released. 224336
Liked On: 21-05-2023, 11:21 AM
Ran some eggs down to a weighted nymph 6ish feet long off a float/bobber at the Hāwea outlet again before work and got another nice rainbow. Just using a cheap telescopic rod with 8 pound mono (6...
Liked On: 21-05-2023, 11:20 AM
Well, thanks to the great kindness of a fellow forum member who I had not met previously, I now have the loan of a grunty 8kva job that runs the washing machine etc etc without blinking an eye. ...
Liked On: 20-05-2023, 09:43 PM
Hunting to me is about the environment I'm in. I love to roam with only a pack & rifle, in our bushlands and Mountain Ranges, keeping alive the old school "man alone' protocols and etiquettes. The...
Liked On: 19-05-2023, 08:24 PM
I was a Rural fire Officer for some 30 years so can answer this- if you are heading out and intend to light a camp fire first check on DOC website if its allowed i.e what is the current status of...
Liked On: 19-05-2023, 08:24 PM
Not a trout but close. On the way to work today we drove across a small stream and I saw what I thought was a good size trout take off upstream of us. On the way home we stopped for a look and...
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 10:32 PM
Hāwea dam has very low flow at the moment so have been fishing the lake outlet. Just a couple lures to snags so put a nymph on a float and landed a little rainbow hen for breakfast. The Upper...
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 09:52 PM
How a rifle looks at the end of the day won't really matter when you can't hear the next deer snap a twig next to you. End of the day in my opinion rifles are tools and hearing is sense you can't get...
Liked On: 18-05-2023, 08:26 PM
Went for another hike up there the other day.Up the creek to stanfield hut then came back holmes ridge.Bit of deer sign around.Found a steel in the creek.The cyclone has made the creek route way...
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 10:18 PM
I felt lazy so decided to spend the arvo in the kitchen. The leftover roast got turned into Rendang (a dry Indonesian curry) and while that was bubbling away I cut up all the remaining chillis in...
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 07:33 PM
Ive done a bit, got the bug in 1992 when on holiday in Africa and climbed Mt Kilimanjaro, took a mountaineering course and tried to bag as many of the ‘Seven Summits’ as I could climbed, Mt...
Liked On: 17-05-2023, 09:32 AM
Just had one of my daughters climb MT Cook :) Anyone else on here challenged themselves climbing? I'm guessing a season on the Ice is next the worlds her oyster
Liked On: 16-05-2023, 09:46 PM
you should read Davey Huges book...it might give you some idea....
Liked On: 16-05-2023, 09:43 PM
i are a butcher also. . if you can get down mighty temuka ways, il take you out for look have got a few spots .will send you a msg
Liked On: 16-05-2023, 09:17 AM
Hey all I am looking to gain experience hunting deer mostly. I've been cutting them up for 11 years contract boning I've never shot one (with a bolt gun in the yards I have) I'm keen to share my...
Liked On: 15-05-2023, 10:45 AM