Archive for November, 2007
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Trophy Rainbow Trout Two Days In A Row!
Took my mate Carl Sawyer to a river I havn’t fished so far this season. Carl has been doing the big OE and was hanging out for some good fishing and is a keen trophy hunter with 11 under his belt before today. Left a little late this morning and had a quick feed [...]
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Monday, November 26th, 2007
Trophy Trout In Sacred Water
Fished some sacred water today with Ross Novak and Ross 2 from Alaska. We trekked 4 hours up a river yesterday through deep crossings, around slippery banks and bush-bashed up a ridge and down again which we avoided with a short swim on the way back. Yesterday we camped in a beautiful spot by [...]
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Saturday, November 24th, 2007
Unbeatable Heli-fishing Day For Frank And Natalie
A top performance by Frank and Natalie out heli-fishing today meant 9 landed out of 14 hooked plus another 2 missed on dry fly. The biggest were Franks 6 3/4 rainbow and a brownie of the same size. There were several others not too far behind. There were several fish that we saw considerably [...]
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Day 4 For Frank And Natalie On The Tongariro
A reasonable day on the Tongariro for Frank Oliver and Natlie today though the fishin gwas a little slower than it has been. Natalie hooked and landed her first ever on dry and Frank managed to land 4 out of 5 hooked on dry and missed a further 5 takes while Natlie only missed [...]
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Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
Day 3 Guiding Frank Oliver And Natalie
Guided Frank Oliver and his friend Natalie today for day 3 of their New Zealand fly fishing vacation. Natalie managed a 100% success rate today landing a nice 3 pound rainbow and Frank landed 2 out of 9 hooked in a smaller back country stream which included this nice 4 pound brown trout.
Tongariro Report
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Day 2 For Frank And Natalie
A perfect second day for Frank and Natalie. Frank started with an unlucky streak fishing river 3 beat b2. Frank lost his first 6 while Natalie landed 2 of her first 3 which included this nice 4 - 5 lb brownie. Natalie nearly landed an 8 lb brown which got off at the net and [...]
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
A Perfect Sunny First Day For Frank Oliver And Natalie From USA At Spot X Lodge
A perfectly calm sunny day was the recipe today for a great first days ever fly fishing for Natalie from Warkworth and Frank Oliver from the USA. Natalie hooked a few this morning including this nice 3 pound brown. The more experienced Frank hooked and landed several of which the biggest landed was a rainbow [...]
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Sunday, November 18th, 2007
Fishing Dry Fly On Tongariro With Ross Wilson
Camera was flat so couldn’t take any photos. Had a typical day catching recovery rainbows on the Tongariro with my mate Ross Wilson. Ross started fly fishing this year and is starting to really get to grips with it. Ross landed around 6 or 7 nymphing before getting his first of 2 landed out [...]
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Saturday, November 17th, 2007
Plenty Of Hookups For The Parsons
Back country fishing river 4 beat 7 down with the Parsons from Singapore today. Mark and Ginger had a great day as usual today hooking 13 good trout between them but had an unlucky spell of trout getting off with just the one landed! This landing ratio is not uncommon in this river as [...]
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
Top Dry Fly On Tongariro For Parsons From Singapore
Fishing Diary
Have left my camera to computer connections at Spot X Lodge so no picture from todays spectacular dry fly session on the Tongariro. Both Mark and Ginger Parsons managed a fantastic first day of fly fishing the Taupo area. Mark landed 11 nice rainbows and Giner landed 9. Most of these were on dry [...]