whiranaki river
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Printed Date: 04 Nov 2026 at 10:22pm
Topic: whiranaki river
Posted By: yellowfin hunter
Subject: whiranaki river
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2008 at 8:36pm
hay dose eneyone no how the river is fishing , havent heard much of late  , im planing a fishn trip below sh 38 , what sort of flys would ya use on a river like this as i dont really no where to start, eney info would be much appreciated
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Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 20 Jan 2008 at 9:14pm
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the comming rain will bugga this water for a week or so. has be fishing ok though.
------------- she was only a fishermans daughter, but she reeled at the sight of my rod!. |
Posted By: Pole Dancer
Date Posted: 21 Jan 2008 at 4:22am
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Rodholder's right. the rain will take it out...
I fish that stream quite a bit and this time of year usually only use dries as they hit well off the top. Fish a dry dropper if you want to cover most options.
#10 Royal Stimulators work a treat! ------------- http://www.clarkreid.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.clarkreid.co.nz FFF Certified Casting Instructor / Umpqua Designer Tier 
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Posted By: Tore
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2008 at 10:59am
I was there last week, in the upper reaches. I had a blast with Clark's Cicada!! 
Biggest was a 6lb Brown. I only fished dry, like Clark says. Cover all the runs in particular, as Whirinaki rainbows love the runs. Some will come up and suck it in gently. Others will come up with a big splash! This is my highlight of the year by far!
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Posted By: Pole Dancer
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2008 at 11:28am
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Good work Tore.... How's the new arrival doing??? For those that don't know, Tore became a proud Dad just before Christmas!!! ------------- http://www.clarkreid.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.clarkreid.co.nz FFF Certified Casting Instructor / Umpqua Designer Tier
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Posted By: Tore
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2008 at 2:01pm
Thanks Clark, she's doing great. Keeping us busy for sure! Very demanding she is. But being a girl that's to be expected
 .I'm working on strengthening her grip, so she'll be able to hold on to a flyrod. I think we'll need a few more months...
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Posted By: Barbary B
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2008 at 4:56pm
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Start em young Tore. She'll be much more discerning if brought up a fly fisher. ------------- "Look ahead, look astern, look to weather, look to lea Look down along the coast of High Barbary..." |
Posted By: Pole Dancer
Date Posted: 22 Jan 2008 at 5:11pm
Like she has a choice ------------- http://www.clarkreid.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.clarkreid.co.nz FFF Certified Casting Instructor / Umpqua Designer Tier
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Posted By: yellowfin hunter
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2008 at 4:59pm
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well the 1st trip in 3 years went rather good guys . day 1 ,, no fish but saw a deer when i was crossing the river , day 2 ,, fishing action looking better , more trout were seen ,only little however . I found a really deep pool at the end of a good run . I thew the line in . eyes on inderercator , and on the first cast ,, blipp, down she went , i then realised my real was buggered , and 10 mins later i had gotten a 2.4 kg rainbow , but im still guna get a new real haha , i kept her for dinner , but continued to fish intull around 10 last nite , i landed and relesed 4 of the 5 fish i caught , 3 nimphn and the outher 2 on a woolly bugger, , not to bad for 5 hrs fishing i dident think . day 3 turned into a goody ,back to the truck early this morning for the ride home. 200m down the road my life flashed before my eyes , pig i grabbed my mates rifle worked the bolt and pulled the trigger ,, click ah **** , wheres the f en bullets bro ,, talk about gut wrenching , by which stage mr pig had worked out he could be in the **** and decided to hi tail it , all in all back country river was awsome i saw a deer caught 5 trout and almose got a pig , ante nz great  |
Posted By: yellowfin hunter
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2008 at 12:08pm
 not a bad feed a |
Posted By: Pole Dancer
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2008 at 3:18pm
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Nice work yellowfin ------------- http://www.clarkreid.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.clarkreid.co.nz FFF Certified Casting Instructor / Umpqua Designer Tier
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Posted By: yellowfin hunter
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2008 at 8:30pm
went back again on waitangi came out monday 3 days solid on the river, lots of gides down there sat and sunday tho ,  saw 11 deer and shot 2 on the second to last day ,,  found a pool with 30-50 trout in it and managed to trick a nice jack of around 3 kg , over the moon ??? took ages to land him , will post photos as soon as i can, but can eney one tell me if theres browns it this river , eney way had a great time , landed 28 fish kept 2 and shot to deer for the bbq
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Posted By: Pole Dancer
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2008 at 11:59pm
Yep, there's some real nice Browns in that river... Look for them along the very edges, not in the main flow. They are often in water just deep enough to cover their backs. Small Lacemoths work well!
 Whirinaki Brown. ------------- http://www.clarkreid.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.clarkreid.co.nz FFF Certified Casting Instructor / Umpqua Designer Tier
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Posted By: yellowfin hunter
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2008 at 3:38pm
| so has eney body been for a look around hear latley |
Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2008 at 4:20pm
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its closed water 30th june- 1st oct i think you will find
------------- she was only a fishermans daughter, but she reeled at the sight of my rod!. |
Posted By: Pole Dancer
Date Posted: 08 Sep 2008 at 4:33pm
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Yep closed! ------------- http://www.clarkreid.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.clarkreid.co.nz FFF Certified Casting Instructor / Umpqua Designer Tier
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Posted By: yellowfin hunter
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2008 at 10:31am
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well i got me new real , shmanno LA56, nice reel , off to get me some new line today, and friday nite i will be hunting browns ,, hang on trying to hunt browns ? wherianaki hear i come
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Posted By: roddholder
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2008 at 5:46pm
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get a new licence as well
------------- she was only a fishermans daughter, but she reeled at the sight of my rod!. |
Posted By: yellowfin hunter
Date Posted: 28 Sep 2008 at 8:42pm
| all ready ahead of ya mate |
Posted By: CBF-Whk
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2008 at 1:35pm
| Was this above the falls we were tramping in there 2 weeks ago saw some nice big trout below the falls but nothing above. Do they hide better further up? |
Posted By: mike555
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2008 at 10:17am
| Great effort, fish, deer, pigs, Must rememeber my rifle when I go down there,, Good work |
Posted By: BRUNTY
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2010 at 10:14pm
| how is the river going ? many changes any reports of late |