Thread: Catch Any Trout Today?

Smoker for sure. Well done, maybe get after em a few months earlier next year eh?

A little one I got in the Clarence in the morning.

Finally compiled a bunch of vid clips.
https://youtu.be/luTGaMuz9A8


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@Ned cool vid....thats some primo looking water and some nice fish....gotta love it when they explode through the surface and start thier aerial acrobats

Nice 5lb hen from the lake


Surprised to find this dirty bugger considering she was in great condition!


All ready to scoff

Honestly I don't wanna think about how many of those things I've eaten in my day...and I ain't talkin about the trout :/

Went down stream about 25km today.Landed two on the #no3 black fury.


This one went back

Went further down a track that was completly under water last month.And landed one on a green lumo soft bait.


On my way back to the vehicle I had a deer cross my path while I was fishing as I never saw these tracks on my way to the river..Sneeky bastard!

Scrappy wee rainbow on the clutha today, been having a bit of fun with the wet flys, hadn't used them much so all pretty new to me. Was released to hopefully grow a bit bigger

across n down can be a very relaxing way to fish your way down a stretch of river,it worked for years before we got all fancy with nymphs....

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

across n down can be a very relaxing way to fish your way down a stretch of river,it worked for years before we got all fancy with nymphs....

Funny thing is I use to mostly fish with nymphs about 15 years ago, and the occasional cicada in season, all north island rivers which seem to hold alot more trout than down south, well the ones I fish anyway. Still a good way to spend the arvo

@erniec was the first fella I ever saw use a nymph...seemed a bit radicle at the time

53rd trout landed on the spinning rod this year,bit small for the plate so it went back.

Lost a beaut right at my feet after a few minutes battle.
Just a few small ones lately.

Well my roar has finished, and because I have nothing better to do, its time for the winter fishing to begin. A great day fishing was had today targeting superb conditioned trout gathering at the river mouths prior to spawning.

Bit of Central NI fun on a back country river, great trip away with an old hunting mate exploring a new river to me.

Stayed in some old shearers quarters on a farm a few kms from the river and had a chat with a few of the locals who live in a great part of the country. Got shown around the 4000 acre farm that was an great few hours with the farmer manager showing us his farm thats now gone back to bees. Big steep country thats best mustered with horse and dogs, the extent of the marginal back country and and the amount of work required was pretty amazing, a lot of blood sweat and tears have been lost in that country for sure.

Few trout caught over the 4 days, not as many as we would have liked but still enough to keep it interesting, all caught on double nymph rig with the unweighted doing the most damage, H&C's and stonefly imitations working for me.

Boulder strewn river made wading hard work, deep pools and new runs around every corner keep us pushing up river, the heads of the pools fished better



feisty rainbows made for some great scraps





That indicator dipping to get the mind racing, whats on the end of the line. jumping fish playing dirty makes for some fun times, I lost a few fish each day.