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Hard going on the Tongariro yesterday. Being low and clear there wasnt much action but I was rewarded with a nice 6lb silver bullet.

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Then off for a night fish and I was treated to a...

Spent couple hours wetlining the Tongariro. Had 5 hits, landed 3 including this nice 6.5lb fresh hen.
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Then went for a night fish and got these 3 fat jacks all around 4lbs:cool:
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Another night mission.
Was one of those strange ones....nice and dark, fish jumping everywhere but not many hook ups.
I managed to hook 4 landing 2....a 3.5lb Rainbow jack that was a bit slabby...

Night mish last night, 1st up I got this dirty bugger. Its the third one this year and the biggest at almost 1.5lbs:pissed off:
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Then this nice 4.5lb jack, he was chocker with smelt when I...

OUTSTANDING:cool::thumbsup:

A few hours chilling swinging flies, hooked 6, landed 3....kept a nice 5.5lb jack.
Still not huge numbers but the quality of the ones coming through is pleasing.

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Great afternoon swinging wooly buggers, hooked 9, landed 5....released 2 beauties around the 6lb mark and kept 3 ranging from 3 - 4.5lbs:cool:
Had the pleasure of sharing the pool with an older Ozzy...

viper yeh mate its getting used plenty....another 2 today:thumbsup:

A couple of nice fresh hens, still not heaps of fish in the river but a few freshies starting to move through:cool:

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Swinging wooly buggers in very windy conditions resulted in a nice fresh 3lb silver hen

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Picked up another 4lb jack night fishing:cool:

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Hard few hours on the Tongariro, low and clear with little action but I did manage this nice 4lb jack:cool:

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Couple of primo conditioned bows from last nights mission:cool:

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Got both on small #14 pheasant tails

Had to work hard for a couple more from the Tongariro today. Need some rain to get them running again.

A nice 4lb hen that was kept
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And a 2.5lb silver bullet that was released to grow...

A little 3lb hen from the Tongariro this arvo. Wasnt planning on keeping it but was bleeding from the gills when I got her out of the net - not sure what caused it as she was hooked in the lip:cave:...

Spent a few hours fishing the Tongariro in steady rain this arvo. Was quite relaxing with the area to myself.
The river was murky and had a bit of rubbish coming down but I still managed to hook a...

Putting last weeks drama behind us, mate and I set off on another night mission all kitted out with new wading belts thanks to forum good bugger buzzman:thumbsup:
Was super dark and really mild...

Mate and I headed up for another night fish.
The lake treated us to a stunning sunset

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And equally impressive moonrise

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As expected with the big bright moon the fishing was...

Yeh mate, wouldve been awesome to see it in its prime:thumbsup:

Another night mish in very windy conditions, the lake had quite a bit of chop but the fishing was still good:cool:
Hooked 9, landed 7 and kept these 2 beauties, 5.5lb hen n 6lb jack in great...

Nice silver 4lb hen night fishing
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southernman cool, are they good eating?

With all the local waters dirty I pointed the mitsi's nose north. First stop the Tongariro for a few hours, picked up a nice 4lb jack that was released
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Then a silver 5lb hen that was kept...

Moa Hunter do you attach the braid directly to lure/spinner or do you have a section of mono/fluro from the braid to hook?

Nice chunky 3lb jack from yesterdays night fishing mission:cool:
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