Late Season Fly Fishing for BIG Brown Trout (New Zealand) 

That's excellent. It's an effective way of fishing for sure. I'll try to get a new vid out soon as I can. Tight lines.

Awesome, thanks very much. Hopefully I'll get a new video out soon. Tight lines.

Glad you enjoyed it. I think the main reason for the big fish as the lake. They spend their time there getting big before moving up.

Thanks team, will do!

Thanks, the stream is often very busy but this was a very nice and peacful day. Only saw a couple of young anglers and that was it the entire day. Tight lines.

@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing Yes anytime on a stream my man is a great day. Especially down south, the scenery is breathtaking and the challenge gets me thinking when it comes to landing them I Just cant wait to cross that ditch every 3/4 months...have fun! Keep up the great insights, tips, and beauty on the screen.

Those yarn spools are very handy. It think the come in 3 colours as well. Makes is so much easier to get the right amount into the tube.

Thanks, it's a tad clumsy rig but worked reasonably well. You'll probably see more of it!

Thanks Jake, much appreciated. Hope you enjoyed it.

Awesome thanks. I hope you have a great season down in Taupo. We hopefully we will catch up on one of the club trips

For sure, they are already pencilled in and booked in advance. Best time of the year 😂

Thanks Neil, looking at the water levels there must have been a few places damaged especially wherever that trampoline came from. It must take a lot of water to do that.

Thanks Dave. Glad the tips were useful.

Thanks mate, chop chop those indicators nice and tidy.

Thanks 👍

Thanks heaps!

It's all about sinking faster (in winter) because the fish behave differently. Level thin tippet sinks much faster than a tapered leader. The tapered leader casts much better but with a weighted fly in winter all I care about is getting down to the fish, which mostly hold deep and won't move too much for flies, especially upwards. In this stream a tapered leader would be ok as most of it isn't too deep but on the bigger fast Taupo rivers you really need to get those flies down as much as possible. The other benefit is less drag. Thinner diameter level tippet has much less drag in the water so less affected by swirly currents. But in the end there is a balance. You still need to be able to comfortable cast this heavy rig and if a tapered leader makes life easier than it may be a better choice depending on where you fish. Hope that makes sense.

@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing Great answer. Thanks. Wish NZ weren't so far from the U.S. You have a remarkable trout fishery, especially for big browns.

Haha yeah it was a strange find for sure. Fewer knots are better. If my tippet gets too short I will retie that entire part of the leader with a new section of tippet instead of just adding more.

@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing TIL - Thanks Friend!

@@CrazyAboutFlyFishingHy Johan, good footage and some nice fish. I have found that using tippet to ring to tippet construction I have better presentation and fewer breakages. Agree with you about using just one fly, less bother and more time actually fishing! Cheers mate Harera

@@pierevojzola9737 tippet ring is a great idea. Reminds me I need to buy some.

⁠@@CrazyAboutFlyFishingBe careful about the brand you buy. My son bought the larger size ( fishing set up for two flies) and lost a lot of fish in breakage as the metal had some sharp edges that cut the line! I buy the good ones in larger size and found a good system. I like your idea of a double lubricant system. I have used both, but never together, brilliant! I thought that us blokes with moustache’s always used our whisker combs for more things and never thought that you younger fellows would ever catch on! Cheers mate, Harera