That's NZ Mckenzie of course
Makes me wonder why we bother. :lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqJ-NTs6RCw
Pulling the fish off the redds!
I am not saying I don't want to catch huge trout but for me much of the pleasure is being out on the hills and watching the wildlife. I enjoy stalking a small rising trout with a dry on a little hill loch perhaps more than I did a guided trip in NZ where the guide was more desperate than me to catch big fish - probably because that is how his performance and skill was judged.
Yeah, a guide that puts you onto half pounders won't get a lot of work outside of Scotland. :lol:
I know that river, The Ohau, but only fished it in summer and didn't get anything over 2lb and they were browns. I think the monster rainbows are only there in winter / early spring. They live in the lakes and canals the rest of the time. The canals are like a soup of protein with vast numbers of bait fish like bullheads.