Jack came to Auckland with me on the latest tri. We stayed with the AK Stones and made sure we got in a good fishing trip. No huge fish but got a keeper. The kids had fun and we made sure we let them get a swim in at Motuhi on the way back.
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Fishing with Chris…
A mate, Chris asked me if I wanted to come fishing with him the next day, so I of course jumped at the chance! We went to a few rivers, but the Opihi Gorge was the star of the day! Check out these awesome photos of the gorge!
Mau Mau for dinner!
Nothing so delicious as a nice bit of Great Barrier fish for tea!
Here’s a photo of the fish (Blue Mau Mau) before I caught him 
. This was from the Bro Trip 2013 with Simon and I. Much fun was had!
Jack’s trip to Auckland…
Jack at Auckland airport…
Jack in a tree at the Vivians. Sorry, just realized I forgot to get some other photos! Bother! Next time…
Still, was awesome to catch up with Rose, Ben and the kids. Got a nice cuddle with baby Charlotte as well 
Always a good time at the Dobbs. Jack below is getting to grips with Timothy’s compound bow. He did pretty good! The boys took him up the tree hut as well for some bug-hunting!
Two cool kids…
A day out fishing with the boys…
Zach into a whopper!
We caught up with Nana and went up the Sky Tower for a bite to eat with a good view. He loved it.
Easter with the family…
We all decided to hang out for the day today and just spend some quality time. I drove the Stone crew up to the Hurunui river for a spot of trout fishing. Jack and Sarah did some excellent casting!
Then it was off to the Waimak by the mouth for a quick spot of Salmon fishing. Heaps of people down there and Jack had a go at a bigger rod. He ended up having fun by throwing himself in the river!
Jack and Dad’s fishing day!
I did a mission with my wee boy Jack today. I took him backcountry to teach him about fly fishing and see if we could get him into his first trout.
We took off about 5:30am, under the cover of darkness after a hearty breakfast. Chilled out at Lake Lyndon to watch the sun come up.
We first went up to Lake Pearson and did some spin fishing and fly fishing practice, before heading to the Porter River.
This is Jack fly fishing in the first pool on the Porter. With a little ‘Dad help’ I got him into about a 3-4lb rainbow using a small Hare & Copper nymph. He fought the fish for a few minutes and then got busted off!
Jack hooked into a big trout.
Further up the Porter (we walked about 3km) I spotted a nice trout behind a rock. I ducked down a cliff, stalked it and got him first cast! It was great for Jack to see a fish, then see me stalk, hook and land the fish .
Proud dad feeling chuffed.
And here’s dinner! Oil, butter, rosemary, garlic, herbs, salt and pepper!
Yum!!
Family Fishing Day at the Rakaia Gorge.
We all went to the Rakaia Gorge today to have a fish. I really wanted to get Jackson started with the spinning rod and also try him on the fly rod.
It turns out he was an excellent caster, and hit the far bank a few times! I also have him a go with the fly rod and he seemed to get the idea.
A few small rises, but they were mostly tiddlers. It was really just a great practice day for Jack to learn his casting.
I think I’ll take him up a real back country river next and see if we can get him into a trout! He’ll love that!
My cool kid…
Check out this wee baby brown trout that gobbled my nymph! it was tiny! Still Jack was happy to see a fish.
Even Livvy got into it with her little rod!
Day off fishing with Dad…
Just had a nice day on the water with Dad. Mostly we caught tiddlers, but was still a great day with heaps of sun! We went around Waiheke and tried everything, but mostly just small fish today. It was such a nice day though that we didn’t mind. I made Dad a cuppa over by the muscle farms.
Skipper J below!
Dad having fun in the sun…
Here’s a tiny fella! Lots of these today!
And nice Kahawhai for dinner!
Fun at the Dobbs!
We drove down to the Dobbs in Hamilton to have a catch up and see the new addition. Pete took the boys to the tramp and gave them some leaf blowers to play with. How cool was that!
Julian’s Fishing Trip
Here’s a pile of pics from the recent fishing trip I did with the boys to Northland and the Bay of Islands. We took a whole week off and spent it with the lads just relaxing and fishing. We have the best wives!
On the trip were Gavin, Wess, Grant and Frank… Caught plenty of fish and heaps of sunshine!
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