Hi Guys, i caught a 4kg 71cm Brown in the Tongariro River last weekend.
The fishery managers are asking that all browns be kept and a sample of the liver and some flesh be donated to them for research. This is a primarily Rainbow fishery and the Department of Conservation think that the browns predation of Rainbow fry is getting to the point where the Rainbow fishery is suffering.
Anyway here are a couple of pics.
Me with the fish
[img:cee0266a81]http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/pp79/mikethomasfly/Mikesbigbrown.jpg…]
A smaller rainbow
[img:cee0266a81]http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/pp79/mikethomasfly/Feb12rainbow.jpg[…]
some scenery for you.
[img:cee0266a81]http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/pp79/mikethomasfly/Tokanausunrise.jp…]
And finaly one in the water, too spooky for me to fool!
[img:cee0266a81]http://i399.photobucket.com/albums/pp79/mikethomasfly/Troutinwaterfeb12…]
All the best.
Mike
Big Brown
The forums are very quiet
The Global FlyFisher forum has existed for almost as long as the site, and the oldest posts are more than 20 years old. Forums aren't what they used to be. Social media has taken over a lot of their roles, and the GFF form is very quiet ... to put it mildly.
We keep everything online for the sake of history, and preserve the posts for as long as possible, but as you will see, quite a few of them aren't in a good shape, but rely on old images hosted elsewhere, which are no longer available, odd codes from old systems and much more, which can't be shown in a decent way.
But the posts are here, and you can - if you insist - start new threads. But don't stay awake waiting for replies, because they are unfortunately few and far apart.
Martin
MIke,
MIke,
Those are some nice fish! Great to see some pictures from that famed river. Thanks for sharing.
Martin
Beauty pics mate! That's a
Beauty pics mate! That's a stellar brown!
Nick