Fishing The Fly Scotland
Index => Rivers & Lochs => Topic started by: Sandy Nelson on 03/04/2011 at 11:18
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Hi Guys, i thought about crashing Alan's post on proper day out on the river, but then thought Nah! :z4
We got a couple of days out during our fantastic holiday to see the North Island of NZ
Day one was fishing for wild rainbows on a tributary of the Waikato river, we were in the bush about 20 mins down a dirt track in the middle of nowhere, i can tell you there was nowhere else i would rather have been :z16
It looked like this.
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and this
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and occasionally opened out into this
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So Daniel finally find found out why i love river fishing and he had a guide that he actually listened too for a change :z4
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we spent all day wandering over a river bed of volcanic plates, fishing in the cracks and holes.
Very different, but the fish were there and we learned how to fish the nymph New Zealand style.
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We had well over 20 beasties like this one, (between us), averaging about 2 lbs, it was fishing like i've never experienced before :grin plus plenty wee ones but nothing less than about 10" an amazing wee river.
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fabulous conditioned fish and boy did they fight :z18 fantastic way to spend your birthday :z12
Our Second days fishing was offshore in the Bay of Island for Yellow tailed Kingfish, the plan had been for Dan to Live bait, i would flyfish, but conditions dictated that fly fishing was out :z19 So we both learned how to live bait in the sea.
Good fun
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Dan managed to catch more snapper than kingies though
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he did get one eventually, even if it was a wee one of about 7lbs
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I managed 3 :z16 this being the smallest, but the best photo
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they go like a train even on Bait gear, i got broken off on the rocks by a bigger fish and had a lot of fun for 15 mins with a medium size Tope (about 40lb+) until the line catch the rudder and parted :z19 but we still got to hook our shark, even if we didn't get a photo, next time.................. :wink
All in another fantastic day out and one i would definatley repeat, a kingfish on the fly would be something else.
at least this time i didn't have to hang onto his belt :z4
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Back to reality now, although NZ would be a great port for our next adventure :wink
Sandy
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Nice Sandy, nice :cool:
Not at all jealous. Pure dead honest I'm not :z7
But hells bells :! 'Little me' really is your spitting image..... just as well you got rid of the 'mullet' or you could be mistaken for each other :z4 :z4
H :z3
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Cool, so what did you think of the homeland then? ....... There are worse places for a young lad to live and discover the great outdoors! :wink
Are there no hairdressers in Brunei? :shock
Great photos Sandy, thanks for posting them :z16
Cheers
Mike
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No I'm nae jealous either :wink
Looks nice, very nice. Thanks for the report.
cheers
Irvine
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Crackin report Sandy. Loved the look of that wee stream, loads of interesting features there. And monsters in the sea as well. I will get there one day, promise. :wink
Allan
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Great stuff Sandy and I echo what the lads say above. You are living the dream now fair play :z16
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Aye Noel its a hard life :z4 :z4
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Sandy
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Looks great Sandy. Thank you for making me envious! :wink
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Looks like great fun Sandy. Time you told the loon he needs a haircut!