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    Posted: 25 Oct 2013 at 10:23pm
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Hey there,

I will go for both tracks in early december basically for the tramping experience. But I have seen that there are beautiful rivers on the way, so I am curious if there is good fishing along the way or maybe on side trips. Does anyone know about that?
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I have not done those two tracks myself, but I expect there to be a good number of trout there as several other rivers close by have a good population of fish.
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The Clinton (first part of the Milford track) is supposed to be pretty good. I gave up trying to fish because of the sandflies! I had good insect repellent and they didn't land or bite, but the cloud just in front of my face all the time drove me nuts!
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Ok, cool. Thanks for your advice. So I will certainly take my fishing gear with me.
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Originally posted by Cigar Cigar wrote:

The Clinton (first part of the Milford track) is supposed to be pretty good. I gave up trying to fish because of the sandflies! I had good insect repellent and they didn't land or bite, but the cloud just in front of my face all the time drove me nuts!
 
yep, unbelievably bad sand-flies in Fiordland. leave no part of your skin exposed at any time. Gloves, facemasks and good repellent help a lot. Unbearable without this sort of protection!
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If wanting to fish that area, then do the greenstone/caples track.Awesome fishing and connects onto the end of the Routeburn track from the Te Anau side.  Can link the tracks up to do them both.
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