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Title: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: Wildfisher on March 09, 2015, 12:28:46 PM
Unless you are a 6 foot 5  fishing guide who has not eaten for 3 days never order the double lamb shank in The Bistro in Twizel.  :lol:
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: haresear on March 09, 2015, 01:37:13 PM
Quote from: admin on March 09, 2015, 12:28:46 PM
Unless you are a 6 foot 5  fishing guide who has not eaten for 3 days never order the double lamb shank in The Bistro in Twizel.  :lol:

Agreed. I can still feel it coming back on me :lol:

Alex
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: Wildfisher on March 09, 2015, 01:38:02 PM
I'll never look at a sheep the same way again.   :lol:
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: Mark on March 09, 2015, 01:45:24 PM
Quote from: admin on March 09, 2015, 01:38:02 PM
I'll never look at a sheep the same way again.   :lol:

I know yove been away for a while but surely you've not been that lonely  :shock:
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: Wildfisher on March 09, 2015, 04:57:02 PM
I have decided sheep are only good for making indicators and lamb vindaloo
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: Inchlaggan on March 09, 2015, 05:36:59 PM
Quote from: admin on March 09, 2015, 04:57:02 PM
I have decided sheep are only good for making indicators and lamb vindaloo
That represents a significant change in attitude for one who has spent time in sheep shagger country...............
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: Mark on March 09, 2015, 06:16:04 PM
Quote from: admin on March 09, 2015, 04:57:02 PM
I have decided sheep are only good for making indicators and lamb vindaloo

Did you get a chance to use your home made indicators while there?
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: haresear on March 09, 2015, 06:31:41 PM
Quote from: markirv on March 09, 2015, 06:16:04 PM
Did you get a chance to use your home made indicators while there?

I used mine pretty often. They are fine. The only problem was that they didn't sink often enough :)

Alex
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: Mark on March 09, 2015, 06:51:16 PM
Ha, aye thats a problem for me too.

How did you fish....nymphs and dries most of the time?
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: haresear on March 09, 2015, 07:05:46 PM
Quote from: markirv on March 09, 2015, 06:51:16 PM
Ha, aye thats a problem for me too.

How did you fish....nymphs and dries most of the time?

Mainly dries for me - mainly big ugly ones with rubber legs or beetle patterns. An emerger pattern caught me a few fish too, but there was only a smattering of upwinged flies coming off on a couple of rivers and trout were ignoring these, so it wasn't usually worth prospecting with imitations of these.

I had a couple of fish on nymphs too and we resorted to wooly buggers and the like as well. I even stripped a pink booby across the nose of a sockeye salmon and had a take from a cock fish, but it came off :(

Alex
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: Wildfisher on March 09, 2015, 07:14:49 PM
Most of my fish were caught on a black Octa-Naomi. I had two nice fish on The Mataura on nymph
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: superscot on March 09, 2015, 07:16:33 PM
Alex/Fred how would you sum this trip up to previous trips !

Better

Worse

Or as expected ! Good all round
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: Mark on March 09, 2015, 07:29:36 PM
Quote from: admin on March 09, 2015, 07:14:49 PM
Most of my fish were caught on a black Octa-Naomi. I had two nice fish on The Mataura on nymph

Is it a big leggy foam beast...what size?
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: haresear on March 09, 2015, 07:30:25 PM
Quote from: superscot on March 09, 2015, 07:16:33 PM
Alex/Fred how would you sum this trip up to previous trips !

Better

Worse

Or as expected ! Good all round

Definitely fewer fish hooked Colin. The toughest trip i've had

Alex
Title: Re: Key Tip For Fishing Trip To New Zealand
Post by: Wildfisher on March 09, 2015, 08:39:37 PM
Quote from: markirv on March 09, 2015, 07:29:36 PM
Is it a big leggy foam beast...what size?

10 or 8 short shank