THE HUTT VALLEY ANGLER - Christchurch Fishing and Casting Club

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crossing we found another nice piece of river and we split up again. I went further up about 0.5km, crossing the river once more before commencing fishing. I fished a deep run at the head of a pool, half a dozen casts and I was hooked up. Not the best fight but a fish none the less and my first fish on the river and second for the day. Later it turned out that this was the worst conditioned fish of the whole trip and given the fishing improved vastly over the next few days, we had the luxury of being very selective of our fish. Casting back into the same spot I hooked up again. This one had a bit of fight in it launching out of the water twice but keeping him out of the fast water meant he was at the bank in a few minutes and released to live another day. An hour or so later my mate caught up with me, he had his 3 for the day and I had one to go. Heading back down the river I picked up a nice hen and we were done for the day but still had a 30 or so minute walk to the car. That night it rained. Thursday we were at the TT car park at about 6.45a.m. We were second in the car park. Straight back to where we were the previous day, but with the rain the previous night the river was up maybe 100mm. No luck at the long run, across the river at my mate’s spot and he was in, in no time. Another nice hen – he made it look too easy. I moved into his spot and landed an even nicer hen. 2 fish within 20 minutes. A couple more were caught and released. I moved further up the river to where I had been fishing the day before, but had no luck that morning. A couple of elderly gents came by and advised me that some guy caught 12 and lost about as many at the Cliff Pool. After getting directions I was determined to get there later in the day. Continuing fishing slightly further down at the tail of the pool it was all on again. My mate and I caught and released a number of fish and kept one nice jack. By about 10 in the morning I was ready to move onto the Cliff Pool, and off we went. In the absence of a track we needed to make our way in some parts, but it wasn’t pioneering stuff. Arriving at the Cliff Pool we weren’t quite sure where to fish and initially fished the main deep pool. No luck. It all changed when we fished the tail of the pool. We pretty much had a strike every second or third cast as the river level began to noticeably fall. Unfortunately we did not keep track of the numbers released or lost as we were having too much fun. We eventually left around 3p.m. with our limit. It was a solid 1 hour walk back to the car. Friday dawned, second at the car park again - Groundhog day. We fished the same pools and caught and released more fish. We arrived at the Cliff Pool earlier than the prior day, only to find we had been beaten there by the 18 Hutt Valley Angling Club Incorporated - September 2012
anglers that stayed at the lodge about a 10 minute walk away. We were not too concerned and left it to them. We turned back and fished the same places from the morning and previous 2 days. We didn’t quite keep our bag limit on Friday as we were much more selective. Purists and conservationists have probably been counting how many fish we caught and kept. I normally like to release fish, but I also happen to like eating Taupo fish and so does my family. Given I usually come home empty handed, this time I was providing a few meals. My mates place has a smoke house dating back to the 50’s, inside the smoke house its like it has been painted with tar and the smoked trout out of that smoke house are the best I have had anywhere. A memorable trip, hopefully we will get to repeat it. Ian Lawson and Bill Harris spent a few days fishing the Tongariro and you will have read that they were spotted by Phil and Paul at Boulder Reach. They found the fishing pretty hard with long hours put in each day. Bill caught a total of thirteen trout and Ian had six over several days, which is a disappointing result by their standards. Bill had caught ten trout the previous week. You can see by the photos that Ian had more luck with Koura at the river mouth when night fishing. Anyone for Scampi? Hutt Valley Angling Club Incorporated - September 2012 19
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