Had a good session at Westbank but every time I hooked up I was blown 500m downwind with the fish acting like a drogue Then struggled to paddle back over the fish. According to the guru the fish were at the Hole but the wind was too strong for me to even try to fish there.
On my last day I found good fish close in at Hauparu with my best one a 9lbs Koura eater. Only after I killed it I saw it was fully finned and felt quite bad about not releasing it. Back at the hatchery I showed it to Mark who said I was one of their hatchery fish that was not fin clipped because they had operational problems because of Covid. So look for a worn dorsal fin if you catch what you think is a wild fish.
Throughout my fishing life I have always discovered something new (because I look for it!!!) On my last day at Hauparu I watched a couple of guys pulling up fish after fish. They had their eyes constantly on their sounder and their hands on their reel forever winding up or letting line out. Later I found out that they used line counter reels and were accurately targetting fish as soon as they appeared on the screen. Makes more sense than my rainbow braid with 10m colour changes. I only vaguely know where my flies are. Looks like a good Christmas stocking item. Has anybody got good info on what brand or model. I saw some on Ali Expess, which were much cheaper Are they any good????
Merry Christmas to All.
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