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Where is that again?  Heaven?

Nah …..Heaven is more like this…..

and has trout like this

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Belly, have you tried a DT Rio Selective trout on it yet ?
I’ve been messing with one on my 3 weights and they’re really nice.

DA,
I am currently running a SA trout taper WF and it woks prety well.

Let me know when you are heading down to Jnr’s and we can goof off for a day or 2.

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Looks like someone superglued its bottom lip to its plate

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Who’s gonna blame you Chris, I’m torn this season , I have had a G88-3 for a while and it has become my fav Aussie rod….until I acqured a F76-4…what a GEM for ou bushy sreams

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I’ve only seen the northern half of the States…..but Bozeman or Livingston Mt would be 2 places that I could easily live…for a whole host of reasons , not least the fishing

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‘Humor ‘ us Aaron………… give me a break…it is more like lavishing your shots on us ..thanks …………. 🙂 🙂
We rarely get Autumn colours like that here..

You make me want to jump on a plane and head back across the Pacific……… not that I could afford to with the exchange rate being as it is just now… >:(
so I will just check out your shots a bit more & dream some more until I can afford another ‘tour’……. I might have to get you to drag me around a bit next time

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Hi Morsie, very nice…….. as usual.
Don’t get too sunburnt up north and watch out for the King Brown snakes  😉

Joel , I can’t tell you how Paranoid about fishing on my own I was over your way in July.Early on in my trip I spent a day right up the top of the St Joe, with forest around my ears and no one in sight all day and I was wishing that snakes were the only ‘critters’ out there Ha Ha. I didn’t have a Bell , or spray , but anyone who has heard me sing would probably say that after a few verses there wouldn’t be any critters sane enough to stay anywhere close  ;D
When I hit the more popular waters of Montana though, the realisation that I was unlikely to get any water completely to myself calmed me somewhat.

These are Red Bellied Black Snakes… When mating , they can be quite aggresive, but most times they are pretty docile. On a few occasions I have had one slide over my boot when stalking a pool… a bit startling but they are usually earger to get away as quickly as possible.

As Morsie said , Tiger Snakes are NOT docile, and most folks who get bitten have usually upset them in some way.

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No Grizz or Mountain Lions here……Phew.. ;D
Nothing will actually eat you in the South East of the Country , although in the Upper Murrumbidgee of the Snowy mountains area Wild dogs are becoming a problem.
These are Dingo /Domestic dog crosses that hunt in packs killing wallabys, sheep and calves and can get as big as a Rotweiler or German shepherd…..Not good !!

When in the Bush here it is important to remember that 9 out of 10 of the worlds most deadly snakes call Australia home……..

The Murrumbidgee River

Snowflake Caddis on the Thredbo River

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Great Mike,
I was on the Firehole on the July 4 weekend…………….the exact opposite to your experience…….. and as an Aussie that was a big shock.

Typically I don’t encounter ANYONE everytime I fish my favourite streams here…………

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Ok, Now you have all made me hungry…………….

Down here in Milton ……away from the bright city lights and all that sophisticated BBQ technique, we like to keep it simple.

As we have quite a tribe and as most of the Girls now arrive home for Sunday lunch chauferred by some young hopeful, we usually have 10+ mouths to cater for and we usually do it like this:

– 1 WHOLE Scoth Fillet, about 2 – 2.5 kg( about 6 lbs)
crush 5-6 cloves aof garlic chop fine and sprinkle in some ground

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Nah , on the Southland Heifers

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You Southlanders are different.

Yep Zach, they’re an odd bunch, but we have to be nice to them so they let us over to fish.. 😉 😀

Do We ???, I thought we just quietly followed them to their best rivers and then jumped in 100m upstream………………  😀

I must qualify Dave’s BBQ description…………thats just for Sydney Softc….c’s

Out here in the real world the Women drink Beer too, the Kids will drive you all home and there’s no such thing as a sausage…………. Its all Rump  😉

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Nice Report Bill

Lee , there is a fair bit of discussion about the fish that inhabit Lake Taupo as to weather they are Rainbows or Steelhead.
I believe that the original fish that were put in Taupo in the late 1800’s were a strain of Steelies, but down here in Oz and in NZ they are reffered to as Rainbows.

Bill is spot on with his references to Zane Grey and the Duchess Pool and the winter spawn run fishery is legendary.

This fresh run silver bullet  hen is a good example of a Tongiraro fish

You guys are far more familiar with Steelies than me but there is a difference between it and  the fish below which is the more normally encountered NZ South Island resident Rainbow hen.

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08 will mean lots of firsts to me .

first chopper ride into a remote New Zealand valley.

First Bonefish.( you’ve all seen the big one so here is another one and I wasn’t letting go fo this one in a hurry either ;))

First Driftboat trip

First Cuttie

First Bison

First Brookie

First Grizzly trap

First US fishin’ buddies

First Moose.

I that enough ?? 😀

and our trout season opens on the First of October

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Seems the Brits have a reputation for nasty dirty dashboards….

Car Dash Can Be Dirty as Toilet Seat
Reuters
posted: 5 DAYS 6 HOURS AGO

LONDON (Sept. 16) – If a man’s home is his castle, then maybe his car is his trash can: A study found the typical car has 283 different types of bacteria present in every square inch.
Microbiologists from Britain’s Aston University found the dirtiest part of the vehicle was the gear stick, home to 356 germs on a square centimeter.
One in four of 1,376 car owners polled said their car is littered with food wrappers and empty drink bottles, while one in six admitted to regularly leaving uneaten food in their vehicle.
Half of the drivers admitted the standard of cleanliness in their car left much to be desired and they would never let their home get into the same condition.
The study also found a strong correlation between the mileage of the car and the bacterial and fungal air quality………………………….

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Not quite on topic but…………

Didnt you know – those Aussies are upside down and ever the water in their toilet spins another direction.

Yeah this is what happens if we try to use US designed Toilet bowls down here…….

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With all of the BBQ, Copenhagen, and fine malted beverages, your opinion of us might change rather quickly.
D.

😮 😀 ;D    Sounds like what goes on here anyway….

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Great reading about you all  

I have a small Architectural business , just myself & 1 employee . We live in Milton on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia, about 3 hrs drive south of Sydney.

I am married to one of the most considerate women on the planet!! and have been for 27 years.
We have 6 kids, aged 12 – 22 , 4 Girls & 2 Boys.

We live on a few acres on the edge of town where we keep a few cows.

We are fortunate enough to have a little house way down the bottom of the South Island of NZ. I can leave here early morning and be

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Tomorrow is another day!!!  ;D

Of course the forecast doesn’t look too bright! :-[

True to form Clark we always play against 16 when you guys are at home ….#16 being the weather 😉

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Cool Aaron …REALLY COOL.
A bit like it is here at home today 40 degrees and Snow in Sydney yesterday for the first time since the late 1800’s. 😮
I had forgotten that being private waters , the creeks are open year round . How do they fish in winter.?

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