NSW river trout season is closed now since last weekend and this is my recap of the trips I did in the last couple of months. Definitely not the numbers it used to be, but certainly there are still some good specimens to be found if you put the miles in and think outside the box. I focused on those
After the rain stopped and rivers settled down, it didn’t take too long and we were back into Otago back country again. For the last session of the trip, that turned out to be one of the better ones. The usual story – bust offs, refusals, spooked fish but also quite a few to the net as
Another walk along one of the lowland streams this time without too much success. Spooked a few fish, spend an hour casting at one that just kept ignoring flies until we finally gave up and decided to head home with a doughnut.
With conditions still being pretty challenging up in the mountains, it was time to explore some lowland streams. More of a tactical, stealthy kind of fishing which can be pretty spectacular during afternoon hatches. Couple of photos for that arvo.
