Thread: Soft baits or lures on trout?

Originally Posted by kiwijames

Barbarians? Hardly.

Closer to Barbers than Barbarians, and when I say barbers, I mean "that organic hand cream would go well with your man-bun" type barber.

Now get back to work or don't apprentices even sweep floors anymore in Auckland.

Hell no! I am a third year. My job is to annoy the service manager to get me interesting jobs. Brooms are for the peasants

Originally Posted by MB

As for lure, if you don't want to get in to fly fishing, it's hard to go past a small Mepps spinner on light gear. I usually change the treble out for a single hook.

I figured fly fishing was a skill that would take more time than I would have to learn.

Originally Posted by Dama dama

I like a selection of both soft baits and hard lures. But if I was forced to choice just one type it would soft baits. Mostly depends on the water you are fishing of course.

Kaimanawa rivers when I either shit a deer or got annoyed and want to pass the time.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Mepps Black Fury or Black and gold Toby, if you cant catch a trout on one of those two then you simply cant catch trout.
Get a fly rod, it's not as difficult as it seems once you got the hang of it, and if you get bored you can catch kahawai at river mouths with nearly any streamer fly, and catching a kahawai on a fly rod is like fighting a marlin on a hand line.. awesome fun!

Sounds like a good time! I will have a look at fly rods.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

As long as you got a licence and played by the rules good on ya. I'm just yanking a chain or two.
Mind you, I think a tin of sardines would be better eating.

Well that throws a spanner in the works. I will have to investigate the license needed to take a kaimanawa trout.