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« on: April 16, 2008, 08:24:45 pm » |
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Hey Catch, forgot to mention,When I was down 3 weeks ago , I was test driving a bright orange size 10 floating line(the only colour I could get in a 10)I was sceptical but I can now say I only spooked fish when I landed the line right over top of them in shallow water , but so did my mate with his grey number 8.
There were so many fish you couldn't avoid laying the line over them , but not once did they spook to the line drifting over them.
Just thought you might be interested ,
Any comment?
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« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2008, 08:52:08 pm » |
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Yeah man i was real skeptical of those fluro colours until last yeah when i guided someone who had one. The rivers were all low and clear but with plenty of fish in them. We caught plenty and it didn't seen to spook at all, except as you say, when they are lined!. I still like my camo colours, (piece of mind) but my opinion is it probably doesn't matter as much as we think!
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geoff_fishie
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« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2008, 08:58:41 pm » |
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depends where you are, in taupo dosent generally matter, you could chuck a rock at some of the fish and theyd stay put. but on the other hand there are some bloody spooky big browns that i didnt even get the chance to chuck a fly at today. close into the bank, they saw me and they were off man
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« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2008, 08:52:59 pm » |
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Hi guys
Just wondering if any good runs of fish have come through the waitahanui lately.. any comments would be appreciated
thanks..
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geoff_fishie
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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2008, 08:14:42 pm » |
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on monday there were a few fish in the river, picked a monster up on a small champagne orange dot glo bug with a little something extra, but got smoked, wouldve been the biggest trout ive ever hooked. on thursday i was nailing them on a mozzie pattern on dries but were all small fish. picked up zilch on the nymph that day
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« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2008, 08:07:52 am » |
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If you dont mind me asking, were abouts were you on the river???
And were there many anglers on the water???
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« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2008, 08:41:44 am » |
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i was in the lower reaches. skip bridge, but fish the rest, quickly. sight fish if the rivers clear enough, as if your looking, you can see lots of fish in some shallow stuff. i went up to cliff and picked up 5, landed 3. one of which was a monster that smoked me and busted me off. mind you shane had fished that water like 20 minutes previous and had probably caught every fish from cliff downwards!  |
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« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2008, 08:57:46 pm » |
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Gidday all,last year fished with a orange line and this year with a white line and pulled in lots of fish.Went out this morning to the hine and hooked 7 landed 5 and kept 2 round the 3.5-4 lb mark.The line colour doesn't seem to matter (in the taupo rivers).But in clear small steams round the place it shall does,not to say that l haven't caught fish from them with brighty coloured lines.All in all,if the fish are there and you have the right flies on and weight ,you have a good go at catching them.
Tight Lines.
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geoff_fishie
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« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2008, 08:01:38 am » |
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yeh, still perfer to fish dull, preferably some shade of green lines. works well on all systems
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« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2008, 08:12:21 am » |
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Yeah ive got a bright green rio line and i still seem to catch fish. I mean as long as you have good presentation and you dont line the fish it shouldnt really matter and of course you have the right flies on that are the right size.
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« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2008, 08:15:09 am » |
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Woops, forgot to ask which pools have been holding and producing fish in the waitahanui?  ? |
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« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2008, 08:20:28 pm » |
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lower to middle reaches. there were 5 big trout sitting the the pool in the lower reaches that has a half submerged tree in front and of your drift and the same thing behind it. the fish took royal wolfs and flashbacks in 16. the monster rainbow that smoked me took a small glo bug. if you dont SEE any fish in a pool, put in a couple of drifts and move on, as when i was there it was a bit hit and miss, some pools held all the fish and some had none
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« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2008, 08:58:46 pm » |
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Yeah thanks for that. I am gonna be heading up there tomorrow so i just wanted to know if there were any fish in there and so on.........
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« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2008, 08:20:49 pm » |
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stop in at the lodge man, catch will hook you up with some good flies and expert knowledge on 2 rivers in particular. hine and nui. even his missus is pretty knowledgeable, i bet she'd take me to the cleaners on the nui any day of the week |
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