Mudfish marquand wrote: Spent most of the last three days wading for kahawai in Tauranga Harbour near Fergusson Park. First two days using a #3 outfit and today, a #2. There was no shortage of medium size fish, but the bigger 5 pound plus kahawai will arrive when the water cools a little more. The fly of choice is a #8 pink crazy Charlie and the tippet that I use is 3lb. Using this tippet, the best on my #1 is 3.75lb and on my #3 is 5.25lb. For me, ultra light fly has opened up a new dimension in fly fishing. Landing some of these fish is a serious challenge and sometimes all the fly line and 50 metres of backing is out, and when the fish jumps out there, I get the shakes. ULF is hard on the bigger specimens and I usually keep these for eating. If any of you are keen to give ULF a go, I am very happy to put some time in with you. I reckon that if fly fishers experienced this challenge, there would be a lot more of the lighter rod weights in use. Contact me if you are interested. I will also be attending the Bowentown Saltfly Festival, 3 May to 5 May, so hope to see some of you guys there. Cheers |
FishMan wrote: Landbased kahawai options in the BOI'S are not great Charlie. Plenty of fish around the anchovy schools at this time of year, but it's mostly boat fishing. Any landbased location that has got some current should be worth a look. |
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