Hey guys,
After a pretty busy week I didn't manage to get out on trout opening itself and had to wait an extra week to hit the rivers again. Lots of people about and clear skies made the trout a little spooky in the goulburn. Things didn't quite fall our way but we made up for it later on in the week with a great session on fly that I'm editing up now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE9XWuDrryU
Cheers Alex
Trout opening 2017
- meppstas
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Re: Trout opening 2017
Certainly a tough start to the season Alex.. few ups and downs there mate.. can only get better...
still a fun day for the pair of you any way and that's what it's all about.. good video clip too.. :thumbsup:
cheers
Adrian
still a fun day for the pair of you any way and that's what it's all about.. good video clip too.. :thumbsup:
cheers
Adrian
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Thanks Adrian, it certainly did get better went back on Tuesday to find the river void of other people and full of hungry rainbows.meppstas wrote:Certainly a tough start to the season Alex.. few ups and downs there mate.. can only get better...
still a fun day for the pair of you any way and that's what it's all about.. good video clip too.. :thumbsup:
cheers
Adrian
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Re: Trout opening 2017
Like you I missed opening day due to prior commitments. But my fishing buddies hit the Goulburn early and slayed them. Caught roughly 20 between the two of them. Nothing big but the last one was decent.
Went last weekend with one of the guys and we caught 8 between us including my first Goulburn trout on fly! Mixed sizes, but mainly small rainbows. Hooked up to monster rainbow that peeled line and had to chase down stream. Mate lost it at the net but reckons it could have gone three kilos at least. He also hooked up briefly to a similar sized brown that also spat the hook.
Good day.
Went last weekend with one of the guys and we caught 8 between us including my first Goulburn trout on fly! Mixed sizes, but mainly small rainbows. Hooked up to monster rainbow that peeled line and had to chase down stream. Mate lost it at the net but reckons it could have gone three kilos at least. He also hooked up briefly to a similar sized brown that also spat the hook.
Good day.
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Good to see tbe goulburn fishing well.brybry wrote:Like you I missed opening day due to prior commitments. But my fishing buddies hit the Goulburn early and slayed them. Caught roughly 20 between the two of them. Nothing big but the last one was decent.
Went last weekend with one of the guys and we caught 8 between us including my first Goulburn trout on fly! Mixed sizes, but mainly small rainbows. Hooked up to monster rainbow that peeled line and had to chase down stream. Mate lost it at the net but reckons it could have gone three kilos at least. He also hooked up briefly to a similar sized brown that also spat the hook.
Good day.
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Yeah the goulburn fished exceptionally over opening from all accounts. we struggled with numbers on the river when we went this trip, every access point we checked had 4 or more cars and gilmores had 10! Our trip back sounds very similar to your trip over the weekend, it's a shame they raised the level it was incredibly pleasant to fish at that level.brybry wrote:Like you I missed opening day due to prior commitments. But my fishing buddies hit the Goulburn early and slayed them. Caught roughly 20 between the two of them. Nothing big but the last one was decent.
Went last weekend with one of the guys and we caught 8 between us including my first Goulburn trout on fly! Mixed sizes, but mainly small rainbows. Hooked up to monster rainbow that peeled line and had to chase down stream. Mate lost it at the net but reckons it could have gone three kilos at least. He also hooked up briefly to a similar sized brown that also spat the hook.
Good day.
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