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- 09/12/2013 at 9:35 am #24187
aretheyrunningyet
ParticipantGot this searun a few weeks back. Best of the season for me so far.
09/12/2013 at 10:01 am #24188aretheyrunningyet
ParticipantBeen seeing a few residents as well, this was one of 3 from last night and weighed in at 5.5lb.
10/12/2013 at 7:13 am #24199yellowfin
ParticipantNice fish.
10/12/2013 at 8:08 am #24200aretheyrunningyet
ParticipantCheers Johnny. Thanks for the net job and the camera skills !
17/12/2013 at 10:03 pm #24271Anonymous
Inactive1 of 2 fish from last night quick photo then released.
20/12/2013 at 2:37 am #24292troutfishernz
ParticipantNice fish guys.
had a quick fish in the Opihi at lunch time,second cast and got this fat 3lber on softbait then left.
12/01/2014 at 12:21 am #24452troutfishernz
ParticipantFished Opihi Mouth this morning, Got this Big Mullet and 3lb Searun
12/01/2014 at 7:31 am #24456shark slayer
Participantnice fish troutfisher..that mullet will be beutifull eating..taken on a softy i assume?
12/01/2014 at 7:55 am #24457troutfishernz
ParticipantYeah both fish taken on 3inch gulp minnow. Covered the Mullet in Flour and fried it whole Very nice eating but lots of bones.
16/01/2014 at 12:40 am #24498yellowfin
ParticipantGetting that big mullet on a 3 inch Gulp is pretty cool.
26/01/2014 at 2:56 am #24574yellowfin
ParticipantI’m going up to the rangitata gorge in a couple of weeks. Any one know what lures work best up there and what fly’s 2 use?
26/01/2014 at 8:33 am #24581troutfishernz
Participanthaven’t been up there for a year or so but last time I was there just fished about Halfway between the gorge and mesopotamia at the fish and game access point and got some good rainbow trout in the braids on storm Softplastics
04/02/2014 at 8:49 am #24667Miliwolf
ParticipantThis last weekend I went on my first proper fly fishing trip for trout of the Season. I arrived at my mountain tarns to fairly poor conditions, with large clumps of cloud and gusty swift breeze making spotting difficult. First day, was hard going, and the few takes I managed to get were lost due to my over eager strike. The highlight of the day was sharing the lake with this lovely couple, they spent much of the time diving in search of a feed. Glad to see more of them turning up in Marlborough. So I returned to camp without landing any fish.
Spent the evening taking photos rather then fishing.
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“>The next day, started much better and it was pleasant, wam and calm. I probably should have returned to the tarns because they have proven productive in the past, but instead I decided to hit the river. Spotted a very nice trout (est 7-8lb) at the first place I stopped. So snack down behind it and started casting, was just about to give up when I saw it speeding downstream after my dry… then it saw me and darted away
So I continued fishing pocket water further upstream, and a deep gut looked to tempting not to blind fishing, after a dozen or so casts I glimpsed a trout feeding in there… a dozen more and he was on. So I landed my first fly caught trout of the season. Fishing further upstream proved unproductive so returned to the cat for lunch.
After lunch I drove downstream and hit the pocket water again, lost a trout in the first pocket water.. but a bet further upstream spied a snake resting in front of a large boulder. I normally do not bother them, but was so close decided to flick a nymph right on its mouth which it grabbed. So landed my first fly caught Snake of the season. More trout followed and the day was quite successful by my standards. At one stage I thought I snagged my line behind me, so gave it a powerful forward cast and a fingerling went flying in front of me
Released the poor thing and it seemed fine.
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First fly caught Trout of the season.“>
First fly caught Snake of the season. (Sorry for crappy phone photo, was fishing pocket water and was not brave enough to bring my good camera)04/02/2014 at 6:09 pm #24669elmo22
Participantgreat photos, some nice fish and great scenery well done milwolf love the country side but don’t get out into much now
04/02/2014 at 11:45 pm #24671yellowfin
ParticipantWell done! Awesome pics.
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