夏もそろそろ終わりです。

一番思いで深いのはこのサカナ。

反転流に入って餌を待っていました。




ここタウポのドライの季節もそろそろ終わり。

Mountain View Motelもお陰様で忙しくしておりますが、4月迄に今度は冬用のフライボックス2個を満タンにしておかないと。

またウインターシーズンが始まります。

自然の優しさに感謝

お陰様で連日満員御礼のMountain View Motel。
時間を何とかつくって、イブニング・ライズを探しに行ってきました。
イブニングと言っても8時半でも真昼間ほど明るいNZの夏。
いつもの木の下に車を止め、トントンッと土手を降りると
「どうもどうも、おひさしぶりで。釣りやすいところでライズしてますんで、さぁ釣って下さいませ！」 と言わんばかりのニジマスが1匹。
ニヤニヤしながら少し小さめの茶色いハンピーを結んで1投目…
は、風に流されミスキャスト(涙)
それでも心優しいニジマスは、2メートルもレーンからずれてくださって「パクリ」。
「釣った」では無く、まさに「釣れちゃった」1匹でした(笑)

子供達を学校に送った後は…

昨夜はかなり降ったようで、ほとんど濁ることない湧き水の川まで濁っていました。
バットをグリップの中からひん曲げたのは、こんな魚。
相変わらず川にはほとんど人がいません…というよりも、今日も誰とも出会いませんでした。

Greasing up the arsenal

There is not enough hours in the day to fish:((

...What a life...


flyfishingninja

When I'm not fishing...

This is what I did yesterday. Cleaning the line ........But can you see whats happening on my cleaning cloth?!?!?!?!?! The coating of the line is coming off! Sorry not just the coating, it's actually the line itself!!! I have been using it 4, 5 days a week for 2 months (quite a bit of fishing ah) but this is not good is it????? The ridge construction (or formation) is all gone (YES, IT'S AIRFLO AGAIN!) and it feels like a normal round-shape level line. Disapointing...again :-(((
I have already ordered a couple of new ones from RIO. They never let me down, never...

flyfishingninja

Tongariro update

Short bites, short bites and more short bites!!!!!

Tongariro update

It was freezing cold this morning, standing in the river waist deep for about 2 hours with Gore-Tex waders gave me a hypothermia :-) The fish tend to be moving quickly through the river again.One pool was holding more than 30 fish yesterday afternoon, but nobody home this morning.  Caught many dark fish, they took my flies in the fast current! Striking the fish 60~70 ft away and fighting with them is pretty exciting!!!! Imagine if I was using a 5 weight...!!??


Gosh, I love my life :-)))

flyfishingninja

Tongariro update

My new sword, TFO DC 7110-4 is sooo nice to sweep, easy enough to deliver big flies to the fish in Tongariro. I especially prefer to use this rod rather than the TCX 7119-4 in windy conditions(funny???), the sharp narrow loop will cut through the air and I never have to stop fishing. Believe it or not, Tongariro's famous strong south-westerly blast feels like a breeze with this rod :-))  480 grain head is OK but slightly lighter is better I think (all depends on the tip I use anyway). 
Caught a lot of dark fish again, the river seems to be holding a lot of fish this week.

flyfishingninja

Tongariro update

A lot of fish in Blue and Sand pools.
Heaps of pumice still floating down, a school must have gone up the river in the weekend.
Half the fish I caught today were dark, which I haven`t seen many of in the last week.
Anyway, another nice day down there. Tie some more flies tonight, and get ready for another day:-)

flyfishingninja

Tongariro update

Beautiful sunny day on Tongariro.

My new sword is very nice to cast, and also surprisingly amazingly awesome to control the fish.

Perfect match with new 480 grain tip, capable to cast 70 ft effortlessly.

Caught so many fish again, my fly paterns are definetly spot on for clear-low water days.

However.....

I don't want to say this but.....I lost a big, big fish today.

I have never ever engaged with a fish that big, after she made the 1st big jump, I saw the fish and my hands started shaking. I got very nervous then 2 minutes later....shes gone.

I didn't do anything wrong, she was just about on the beach.

Well, must be one of those days and..... now there is a reason to go back and cast.

As I said, my new fly experiment is completed now and it's time to move on to something new again.

Don't worry, I already have a few ideas.

I'll be back on the river next week, until then I'll keep collecting browny points:-)

flyfishingninja

Tongariro update...Strong southerly wind, 39km/hr!!!

Another nice day on Tongariro.
Fresh fish all the way up the river.
They are moving!!!

flyfishingninja

Tongariro report - respect, learn and get the jackpot!

The river is even lower, fish seem like they are reacting to certain patterns and colours of flies.
Always respect elders, they know where the fish are, just add our 21st century technology to catch them efficiently .... Even catching just a few fish this morning, I learned alot from them, it's like worth a 1000 fish :-)

They have already lived and fished 30 years longer than I have.

Gosh, life is too short...

flyfishingninja

Tongariro update

The river is low, water is still clear.
Another big rain will make life alot easier :)

flyfishingninja

It's going to be great weekend!

Lots of others went back into the river.
Tie heaps of black leeches (with pearl flash) and happy swinging this weekend!

flyfishingninja

A lot of people on the river

flyfishingninja

Another day on the Tongariro...

flyfishingninja

Tongariro is firing!!!!!!!!!! i think...

This morning, landed 7, lost heaps.

Now is the time to come.

Don't miss it!

Getting ready..

This is my 2nd winter since we moved to NZ.
I had great winter fishing last season, hope it gets even better  this year.

I prefer to use mayfly or caddis patterns, however, these eggs are sometimes a dynamite weapon to nail those fresh-run silver bullets.
Colours and it's size are often important, basically I use pink-base eggs, oranges are sometimes good. When the water gets a bit muddier, chartreuse or even light green works well.

According to Jim, the weather gets worse from tomorrow, hopefully a bunch of fresh fish comes up the rivers.

Keep tying everybody!

flyfishingninja