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A work colleague of mine had a ball at the Delta last week Russell, fish up to 7.5lb and in prime condition, fishing globugs on shooting heads.

JW, camera is a Canon G3X, is basically a small point and shoot, but with a bigger 1" sensor and massive 600mm optical zoom, but the real reason I love it is it's weather sealed! I have used it in pouring rain with no issues, probably the most versatile fishing camera out there as a balance between stills and video, but the auto focus can be a bit touch and go in low light. Has a flip up selfie screen as well, so perfect for framing a shot solo.

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Thanks Andrew - just good to have options when busy. This far off weather looks all over the place but that can be good too - must be positive!

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some awesome fish in there at the moment



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Classic steelheads. Nice work.

Do you guys think the main runs are happening now, or will there still be significant runs into the Sept/Oct period as has been the recent trend?
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Nice fish Nick, yes, agree, bit better on last years class, but also got some stonkers last year as well, so who knows, are you swinging - must give it a go some day!

I still think the  best runs are later, around October - November, should be sensational fishing then I'm picking if the last few years are anything to go by. That is certainly the time for "numbers", but you will get a few spawned fish among them as well. My fav time to fish the river along with high summer.
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Some chunky looking fish there.

Coming from someone who fishes there at least once a month all through the year I'd have to agree with Andrew...the big numbers are usually around late September through to November. But who knows...I had big numbers last weekend. A lot more than this time last year. 

I've found the fishing to be pretty good since March this year to be honest. I love fishing it late summer. Using lighter dry fly/nymph combos casting to actively feeding fish. Plus there were some massive browns this year around that time. 
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Some brilliant footage there Andrew, your really taking it to the next level!
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Originally posted by flyfisher flyfisher wrote:


I still think the  best runs are later, around October - November, should be sensational fishing then I'm picking if the last few years are anything to go by.

Good to hear guys. I'm hoping to do a longer trip then. I'm not against egg flies, but I like the fact that caddis grubs are usually successful in the spring runs, as the fish seem to tune into the naturals which start moving around in greater numbers at that time. I've cleaned a few fish with lots of the free living ones in their guts.
As you say, i get a few post-spawners among the fresh fish.
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I made a submission a few years ago to allow that putty indicator to be used as you can make it slim enough to wind through the eyes and so can use a net. They thought I was a nutter...could be right!

I got a Tongariro rainbow with a fist full of olive coloured caddis in it's stomach - some still alive!
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At times even fish at the Delta have been full of caddis - especially after a big fresh.

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Wow, that's amazing Russell. And Fishb8, sounds like the ones I've got. Browns and rainbows. Just shows that they do tune into natural feed at times.

The late fly fishing author John Parsons, who loved the Tongariro, said that free living caddis - which is coloured a grubby light olive with darker head region on the Tongariro - is the dominant larval insect on the river.
He wrote about seeing heaps of them in flood pools as the river receded, and devoted a chapter of his fly tying book to an imitation of it.
Obviously a small Hare & Copper and the like do a good job of that general grubby look, and is probably all you need when not tossing an egg, but I get a kick out of using a specialist caddis grub imitation.
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Dan uses a Green Caddis almost exclusively as a bomb with a nice big black tungsten bead head, the actual fly is quite small, it's a really dull whitish green, almost the colour of a "snifter"! Superb looking fly. I just use a copper wrapped bomb with a black tungsten bead head as I can't be arsed tying anything else these days!

We also got a few on naturals as well as the glo bugs, but this time of year a small #16 Glo bug is a pretty reliable bet, I still think fish take them out of curiosity morseso than a food item, could be wrong, who knows, but they do work. One thing I hate is offset shank hooks up there though, they always seem to promote a twist in your leader.
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Interesting. I've wondered about using two caddis bugs at once - one a little bigger with black tungsten, and one much lighter. I will give it a try.

Years ago I found in Sporting Life - I think - a light tan/olive dubbing which exactly matches the abdomen colour of the natural grubs when the dubbing is wet. Sitting side by side with a natural it's hard to tell them apart. The dubbing was made by a US company called Scintilla, now out of production. When i realised they'd shut down, I bought up as much of the grub colour as I could find online, because I'd had so much success with it.
I'm sure a little Pheasant Tail or H&C would do as much damage. But I've got confidence in the little caddis bug and enjoy having a bit of Parsons inspiration when I hit the water.

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Originally posted by flyfisher flyfisher wrote:

Nice fish Nick, yes, agree, bit better on last years class, but also got some stonkers last year as well, so who knows, are you swinging - must give it a go some day!


To be fair I really didn't know what I was doing last year (started swinging using 2 hander then) so any fish caught was a minor miracle!!! But I didn't catch anything over maybe 3lb so am really pleased at the quality of this year's fish, fat, fit and strong.  
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