A reasonable fish on a soft hackle...

Post by **Johnno** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:53 pm

A reasonable fish of around 2 3/4 lbs - just over 18 inches that fell to a Spur Winged Plover soft hackle today.

There was a brief hatch of around 15 minutes and she gave a very good account of herself in here:

A little under average for this river.

Post by **skunkaroo** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:30 am

You lucky SOB... We had snow here today.

Beautiful fish.

Aaron

Post by **Pat M** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:23 am

Nice work Johnno! That is a nice 18 inch fish, do you have a picture of the pattern used?

Post by **William Anderson** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:43 am

Good lord, Johnno. I'm about break down in tears sitting at my desk, in this job, and then you post this. Its more than I can take. I'm not really even kidding.

nicely done. you're my hero.

w

Post by **letumgo** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:00 pm

I'm green with envy. You post borders on cruelty (just kidding of course), as I haven't been able to fish for months due to the creeks being frozen. Fortunately the creeks recently let loose all the ice, so it is time to get some stream time.

Congratulations on your wonderful catch and fishing location! That is a beautiful fish.

Post by **Ron Eagle Elk** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:03 pm

And people wonder why New Zealand is on my bucket list. Freezing my....off and Johnno is catching gorgeous fish like that on a beautifiul river.

Well done.

Pattern please. Just in case I should ever happen upon a fish of that quality in my travels.

REE

Post by **VERN-O** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:49 pm

,,,,,couldn't find an emoticon for drooling!!!!!!!! nice fish!!!

Post by **RnF** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:58 pm

Sweet fish Johnno, that looks a lot like my home town area... minus the big fish. Fantastic.

Is that a Brown Trout? The spots seem to be rather blotchy compared to what I am used to seeing.

Post by **Soft-hackle** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:25 pm

More than reasonable! I'd say an excellent fish.

Mark

Post by **Johnno** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:17 am

It's a Brown RnF, all there are in this system, in fact there are only very a few rivers in the top of the South Island with 'bows. (Dare I say it; I sometimes get sick of browns and hanker for a few dumb rainbows now and again...)

REE, The fly was a purple thread, touch dubbed with mole fur and a silver rib with a hackle of the covert of a spur winged plover - a local bird. The hackle is a blue - grey colour and Snipe or even that greyish French Partridge would easily substitute. Size 16 for the local mayfly population. I'll post a pic of one when I next do a macro session...

Here is another view of the river yesterday:

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