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Agreed, that one was just over 8lb and the big mouth shows why they have no hesitation to go after my 8-10cm frog and mouse lures.

Yes, it's a bit damp and cooler here today.

I just took that fish out of the freezer because I was too tired to deal with it when I got home on Friday.

Dinner tonight

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I caught a few more good fish last week using a mouse lure on a spinning rod - around midnight.

8.2lb and 6.8lb browns and a good 5.3lb rainbow - I finally invested in a good digital scale that...

One more photo - same fish taken around 4am

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Caught on a thread line with a Snag Proof Moss Mouse lure.

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Lake Manapouri at 3am today - 15lb 2oz on digital scales with witnesses !!

We landed 6x fish average weight was 9lbs

I went into Hope Arm on Lake Manapouri last week - on Weds in a snow storm - there was snow on the boat ramp when we left Pearl Harbour.

Caught and released some big fish as they were all too...

I did tell Harry that I was headed to Twizel / Tekapo area - two weeks before the trip - and suggested we should meet there for a few days hunting ! He told me about your trip to the West Coast and...

Yes, there was some ice build up on the rod rings - but no wind and it was quite comfortable once the sun come up !

No trout today . . . . but caught a few salmon in the Tekapo Canal last week. We heard rumor of a recent "escape" and fished Thursday AM through Sunday lunch time.

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I am not sure what that big ugly fly is called - it looks like some variant of a "bugger streamer" - maybe an UGLY BUGGER STREAMER

It is not articulated.

Here is a photo of 4 different flies...

Good question - and YES - I was standing in the bush with waders on so there was no way that I was going to remove the fly until I had the fish under control (dead).

The weather has been good down South over the past week. Fishing on the Waiau River 7pm - 9pm (in the dark).

Hooked into 7+ fish on Wednesday - landed 4, tossed one brown back to live another day,...

I am finally on the board for the 2015-2016 season. A good friend took me out to a new found SPOT X on the Oreti River just outside Invercargill.

These weighed in at 3lb 11oz and 3lb 13oz (gutted)...

This trout from the Waikaia River in December 2011 does not really count as "recently" . . . but I am headed home on December 9th and looking to do some more fishing in Southland.

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