New Zealand Trout Fishing- Update Post #26

[hsguy]

Came over to NZ for some trout fishing and have had a bit of luck so far. The fish are superb and remarkably strong, lost more than I have caught but still great fun.

Just returned from another trip to NZ, pictures in post 26.

 

[joe44va]

Spent one weekend fishing in Lake Taupo. WOW! Took a couple back to the hotel and they fixed them up for dinner. Superb.

 

[hsguy]

Spent one weekend fishing in Lake Taupo. WOW! Took a couple back to the hotel and they fixed them up for dinner. Superb.

I am down in Turangi at the south end of Lake Taupo fishing the Tongariro River.

 

[hsguy]

Beautiful scenery also just outside of town.

 

[les.b]

Beautiful !!

You are in New Zealand, and Kiwi Cop is over here driving on Rt 66!!

Sort of like a student exchange program for adults!!

Thanks for those great photos. Beautiful trout!!

Best Regards, Les

 

[Onomea]

Wow! Those look delicious!

 

[hsguy]

It became a little too windy for fly fishing yesterday afternoon so I drove down to the Army museum in Waiouru. The museum was very well done and worth a visit. I brought some photos of a NZ Victory model with the hope they might be able to shed some light on markings that were NZ applied, unfortunately they did not have records on individual guns. They did have a couple of interesting SW's on display though. Seems strange the .38 was blued, couldn't see the serial number.

 

[hsguy]

Beautiful !!

You are in New Zealand, and Kiwi Cop is over here driving on Rt 66!!

Sort of like a student exchange program for adults!!

Thanks for those great photos. Beautiful trout!!

Best Regards, Les

A forum exchange program, brilliant idea!

 

[hsguy]

I was amazed and delighted that the flies I tied are actually working. I was talking with the motel owner Ross, a keen fisherman and he explained why.

He said the trout live in the lake for 3 years before going upriver to spawn. While in the lake they eat smelt and other bait fish. When they arrive in the river that have no idea of what to eat and go after anything that looks food like and the more ugly the fly the better. Mine fit that bill. Ross sure knows who to hurt a man

 

[H Richard]

Your flies look pretty good to me. Are those tied on 12/14/16 hooks? Quite a few of those would work in Colorado also.

 

[hsguy]

Your flies look pretty good to me. Are those tied on 12/14/16 hooks? Quite a few of those would work in Colorado also.

The are primarily 12 and 14 with the odd 16 in there.

 

[Peak53]

What's the barrel length on that SW 38? Looks long in the photo.

Also, great looking rainbows and they gots some pretty large mountains over there!

 

[Kiwi cop]

:I haven't fished for trout since I was about 14. Some relatives had a dairy farm on the Kaituna River which flows out to sea in the Bay of Plenty on the east coast. The Kaituna was full of brown trout (and eels). Another boundary was a stream that had it's headwaters way up the valley and was full of rainbow trout. We used to fish the mouth where the two intersected using small smelt (called locally enunga) as livebait.

I've been thinking about trying my hand with lures about 20 miles up the river we live on sometimes it is supposed to be a good rainbow area.

How are the meat pies in the area?

 

[shouldazagged]

I can't begin to tell you how envious I am. I've long dreamed of fishing in New Zealand, which has to be one of the most beautiful countries on earth.

 

[hsguy]

:I haven't fished for trout since I was about 14. Some relatives had a dairy farm on the Kaituna River which flows out to sea in the Bay of Plenty on the east coast. The Kaituna was full of brown trout (and eels). Another boundary was a stream that had it's headwaters way up the valley and was full of rainbow trout. We used to fish the mouth where the two intersected using small smelt (called locally enunga) as livebait.

I've been thinking about trying my hand with lures about 20 miles up the river we live on sometimes it is supposed to be a good rainbow area.

How are the meat pies in the area?

Give the fishing a go, nothing like being on the river. There is a wonderful bakery/cafe about 3 minutes away, the fish have been safer than the meat pies and sausage rolls so far! Had a steak and kidney pie for lunch, reminded me of my childhood in Canada.

 

[hsguy]

What's the barrel length on that SW 38? Looks long in the photo.

Also, great looking rainbows and they gots some pretty large mountains over there!

Gosh I'm not sure, guessing 5", Allies seemed to like that length.

 

[hsguy]

A few more pictures.

 

[Kiwi cop]

Give the fishing a go, nothing like being on the river. There is a wonderful bakery/cafe about 3 minutes away, the fish have been safer than the meat pies and sausage rolls so far! Had a steak and kidney pie for lunch, reminded me of my childhood in Canada.

Try steak and mushroom

 

[Kiwi cop]

I can't begin to tell you how envious I am. I've long dreamed of fishing in New Zealand, which has to be one of the most beautiful countries on earth.

People have comment on NZ's beauty to us our whole trip. It is a matter of what you are used to.

We see a lot of rain and mud, cold winds and snow. We live for the four months of summer each year, but where we are usually 2 years out of 3 our summers are wet and windy due to El Niño weather patterns (we live on the west coast, the east coast get the droughts).

To us the 90 degree plus temperatures of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona were wonderful, and we saw the beauty in the deserts. Karen was fascinated by the cacti in the Joshua Tree National Park. And the long flat plains are simply stunning when you live in a country of hills and moun5ains.

Even fog shrouded hills here have a beauty we do not appreciate back home wher.

Enjoy your stay and the scenery. We are so used to it to a great extent we are blind to it's beauty.

 

[Onomea]

A few more pictures.

Gosh! Wouldn't blame you if you chucked your return tickets and just stayed...

And, didja ever eat any of those gorgeous trout? (Man, I can see me following you around NZ as you are doing your expert fly fishing thing: "Um. 'Scuse me, but, uh, ya gonna eat that?")

BTW, are the trout indigenous or were they introduced from Europe? (I have a vague memory of reading they were introduced, along with ... red stag... Supposed to be good hunting there, too, right?)