bigbowtrout

That K5 footage was from Seattle in 07. If you have ever been to Seattle you will know that it is all freaking hills and if they ever get rain then it freezes look out. Rick I hope all is well and I hope you heal fast

I would like to see the mountian streams open up one or two months earlier for sure.

I think GST is at 15% but its built in but the $2.90 coke I had was WOW and it was only a 500ml bottle. The last fuel I saw was at a $1.34 and the exchange is at $1.40 but the $600.00 walk and wade is still hurting my wallet. The Tongariro river from what I am told fishes better in there fall to winter as a lot of there fish move up from lake Taupo but hey it's +26 and I was catching fish, maybe not monster magazine cover Browns but some good sized Bows.

Here are few more pics This pic I really like and it's not cuz of the nice falls. This was taken after we had fished with our guide for 8 hours and we stoped on or way back. He said we should stop and look at the falls that were above where we were fishing then he told me that above the falls there are only large browns up to 11lbs up there but they only have 3 fish for every Km. I'm like why the :$*%&: did we not start there first??? LOL

I spent my first 3 days in New Zealand fishing for trout. The first two days were unguided on the Tongariro river as we were staying only steps away. All I can say is I will never complain about crowds again and from what I was told this is the slow time of year.It was pool after pool with at least one or two guys in every run. I was skunked my first day but my GF's Dad managed a nice one further up in another pool on a streamer. Day two we headed out at 7am to beat the crowds and ended up being the third group in line to fish upstream :$*%&: after talking to the last guy he was saying it was really slow and the guys before him didn't have any luck eather. I noticed that everyone was sticking to the middle and back end of the pools so I moved up to the faster water at the top and above since the last few days the temps were in the high 20's. I was rewarded with a nice Bow that spit the hook after it's forth jump. So I got right back at it and landed two more within 20min then we moved on to a few other pools where we had luck. So Day three and it was off on a guided trip up to a less travelled trout stream with our guide Marcel. We drove for about a hour until we hit this little river with lots of overgrown tree's and such so Marcel said this was it and lets gear up. The Waipunga River was like nothing I have ever seen before. It was so thick with trees and plants that you could only stay in the river and some spots were really hard to wade in but within our first 100m Curt was into his first Waipunga River Rainbow. Every pool and every run held fish and we caught a few but lost a lot more. This fishing was fairly hard and everytime I hooked into a larger fish they headed straight down stream and into the bolders and trees. I lost a lot of huge fish this way but in the end I did manage a few really nice sized trout. This might be the last ofthe Trout fishing while I am here since I am staying way up North in Russel but from what I here there are a few little trout streams up this way and lots of ocean fishing to be had so stay tuned.

No work for me

I wanna catch a nice New Zealand trout. Opps thats right its 09 already and I caught 2 today LOL

Birchy open up a goofy photo thread. I bet it will be a gooder.

On a personal note this has been a crap year with the loss of my Mom to cancer and then my Gramps passed a few months later. The one thing that helped was knowing I could go to FFC for a few laughs or to set up a few fishing trips with some good guys. I wished I could have headed out on a few more floats with Harry and Dave but the one day we did I had a blast. Going to Jasper with Max was awesome! The fishing was a bit off but just the beauty of the place and the ability to sight fish for monster Bows make it a special spot for sure. Seeing JMasson light up like a kid at Christmas landing a 20” cut was a highlight for sure and when my bud Lookingforwalter hooked and landed his first trout of any size was a thrill. I took a lot of rookies out to some great water and watched them all catch some great fish and that feeling was even better then catching the fish myself. I gave my Daughter her first fly rod this year and she made my proud by casting, hooking and landing her first trout on the fly. I’m lucky and proud. I got to fish for Sturgeon this year but was skunked but my Buds brother in-law landed a 6 footer and WOW that is one cool fish. I also had a great day on the Crow with a good friend and enjoyed some great company after at TerryH's place. Thanks again Terry and next year we need to get out more. Lynn we are going fishing together this year and I'm bringing the babybells and grape juice. A lot of funny stuff happened on this site but a lot of good work happened as well. The clean up and the StreamWatch auction to name a few. Thanks all and let’s hope 2009 kicks ass.

My 8 year old Daughter and her first trout caught on the fly. Plus the hardcore Max pose.

Freaking SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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For what ages? For the old lady you should have chocolate, gift card to the spa, bath *hit, condoms so it wont happen again. earings, necklace.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All the best to everyone (EXCEPT LYNN)

Here comes Johnny with his pecker in his hand, He's a one ball man and he's off to the rodeo.

Just get one of these. http://www.janciurasreels.com/sizes.html

Ok Max lets do it LOL I just got my cam a few months back so my libary is small but when I get back from NZ it should be a lot better.

Birchy Check out Orvis' site on boxing day. Last year I went there and added a reel and line to my basket then when I went to check out the line was FREE!!!!!! so I got the Batt kill III with line and backing for a great price and I love the reel.

Taken with my 1030

Step three, make her open the box