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    Jeezus don't take your dog for a drive in the car after feeding him hare last night...rotten bugger!
    Fished with the savage gear soft bait again,saw this one in a deep pool and she smashed it!
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    Another one had a chase on the same bait and second cast got her,she was weak and this brown trout had a damaged tail.
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
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    First brown on the lumo softbait and Bo wanted to carry it home.
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
    CFD

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    First trip to the Tongariro for the season.
    Mate and I spent a few hours flailing away. Managed 12 between us. Only a couple freshies, rest were spent jacks in poor condition.

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    I got this custom made from A-Lures NZ we called it "DD's White Hare Slow Cruiser"
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    Went down to the Manawatu to give it a swim.And had a good vibe about this,a hare was watching me from across the river.
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    Just on dark "DD's White Hare" was struck!
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dundee View Post
    I got this custom made from A-Lures NZ we called it "DD's White Hare Slow Cruiser"
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    Went down to the Manawatu to give it a swim.And had a good vibe about this,a hare was watching me from across the river.
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    Just on dark "DD's White Hare" was struck!
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    That looks pretty cool @Dundee
    Cockabully imitation?
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    Its a bit of a design from the American Joe Fly that worked well for me.
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    Headed up to Taupo with a mate for a night fish. Was snowing hard out on the desert with traffic crawling along at 60km. At the stream mouth a bitter SW was blowing making for a rather chilly night....tying knots was a challenge and even the mundane task of mending the line was painfull once my hands were wet...ah but it beats sitting at home
    After 3 solid hits but no hook ups I deducted that the tail on my fly was too long so out with the clippers for a quick trim and bingo we were in.
    Picked up 3 nice fatties over the next couple hours and the mate hooked an absolute screamer - into his backing in a matter of seconds as it powered off to the other side of the lake. A few more blistering runs and unfortunately the hook pulled...but man, what an epic battle!
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    Had my first back country fly trip for the season last weekend. Had a week off in between finishing a job & starting my new job so wanted to get at least a few days away with some time to get a few things done around the house. I’m in Porirua & one of my best fly mates is in Tauranga so we decided to meet in the middle & head in somewhere. After driving for about 4.5hrs I pulled up at our designated meet up spot to find he’d arrived only seconds earlier.

    Loaded gear & headed in. A uphill climb to start & then a big ass drop (about 800m elevation) down into the intended river valley. I’d have got to the river in maybe 2hrs from the car but due to my mate awaiting ACL surgery & sporting a knee brace it took us about 4hrs, but we weren’t in a hurry. Get down to be greeted by some lovely clear water. Mate set up his rod & immediately hooks a lovely conditioned 6lb rainbow. Another hour across the river & we got up to the 101 year old hut we were staying in for dinner, a couple beers & a wee whisky. Following morning we walked back down the 45mins to the river. I hooked up second cast, followed quickly by my buddy. End of the day we ended up catching & releasing 7 more rainbows, varying from about 1-1.5lb to 6lb. All in great condition. Monday we had a lazy sleep-in & fried brekky to start the day & then slowly headed back out. A little over 5hrs back to the car. Mate was much better with the big uphill back to the car but still a bit slow going. Bloody good trip though & great to catch up with such a good old mate. I carted the Baikal .270 along too in case we bumped into any animals but we never actually hunted at all. Did a little glassing of some slips while my mate was casting pools but only animal I saw was a single sheep way up high on a slip.
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    Another night mish.
    With a favourable wind forecast we decided to hit the eastern side for the first time this season. Pulling up the lake looked perfect
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    Within an hour a westerly had blown in and with waves crashing into us we decided to bail and shoot round to the western side to get the wind behind us.
    One thing we noticed was the lake is really full at the mo and all the rips are running parrallel with the shore which isnt ideal if theres multiple people fishing. We moved bout 100yds down from the stream mouth to find the slack water and were into fish
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    Another enjoyable night and some fresh protein to boot
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    Hey team i'm back,had too change my internet browser.
    25 trout landed since the beginning of September and I'm up to 93 for the year.Heres a few pics.
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
    CFD

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    Caught this whopper today.
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    Closest lure I have to match the brown beetle.
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    Another nice eater took the same lure as last night.
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    One for the freezer,once filleted.
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    Just picked up this stonker 8lb brown on the Tongariro....
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