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  1. 30-12-2023, 10:48 AM #3766
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    Any tips for fishing karapiro?tried the other evening with my boy off the pontoons at rowing club,lots of fish rising on dark but no takes,was using light spinning gear with small rapalas,maps spinners,black /gold Toby and some small soft baits but no takes..where are we going wrong?any advice appreciated,gonna try at the base of the dam in next couple of days hopefully,never fished there before either.
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  3. 03-01-2024, 06:21 PM #3767
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    Little tackka got a ripper



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  4. 03-01-2024, 06:29 PM #3768
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    Quote Originally Posted by kukuwai View Post
    Little tackka got a ripper



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    Awesome fish. Well done.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kukuwai View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by kukuwai View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by kukuwai View Post
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    What a monster, he looks stoked!
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    We have just got home and given that fish a weigh up. It went 9 & 3/4 pd gutted and gilled. (68cm)

    My mother has a brown trout mounted that was caught by her in the pomahaka river when I was 7 years old. It is one of my great childhood memories that fish. It went 9 & 3/4 pd whole.

    Her fish has held the family trout record for 42 years but it has now been broken by my 7 year old. I can't tell you how special that is for both me and her.

    Amazing !!





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    Took my old man (visiting from Oz) out for a cast up the Wairau on Friday morning. I've caught a few along the river in the past five years but always released them to fight another day, safe to say though my luck on finding spots you can walk to and reliably catch something has been fickle.
    This hen absolutely inhaled the spinner and gill-hooked itself, was bleeding badly turning belly up by the time it was in the net so that's the first trout I've taken home to eat since moving to NZ in 2018. Long time coming and still a good day on the river with the greybeard.

    Few more and I might start recovering the costs of my fishing licenses...
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    mepps thunderbug ,first trout for the year.Name: DSC07696.JPG Views: 162 Size: 162.8 KB
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    Quote Originally Posted by kukuwai View Post
    We have just got home and given that fish a weigh up. It went 9 & 3/4 pd gutted and gilled. (68cm)

    My mother has a brown trout mounted that was caught by her in the pomahaka river when I was 7 years old. It is one of my great childhood memories that fish. It went 9 & 3/4 pd whole.

    Her fish has held the family trout record for 42 years but it has now been broken by my 7 year old. I can't tell you how special that is for both me and her.

    Amazing !!





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    Wonderful!
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    Feel a bit ashamed to put up a Pic after that
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  13. 19-01-2024, 10:34 PM #3777
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    Been a long time since I've been out, took a mate for his first proper river trout, he managed to snag a nice one on a softbait that I designed and made the molds for.Name: 20240119_152438.jpg Views: 123 Size: 2.67 MB
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  14. 20-01-2024, 09:51 AM #3778
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    Here's what they look like, I'm pretty happy with them

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    They look great. How do I get some?
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  16. 20-01-2024, 10:58 AM #3780
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    Quote Originally Posted by Shearer View Post
    They look great. How do I get some?
    Flick me a PM and I'll get some heading your way, I still need to refine them a bit but you can give them a crack as is if you want
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