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Jack and Dad’s Camping trip to Twizel

Here’s a few sweet photos from our recent trip to the McKenzie Country. We stayed at the Lake Ruitaniwha holiday park for two nights. Absolutely awesome trip with my boy. Lots of fishing, great scenery, good company and late nights with Milo!

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Totally slack basic breakfast!

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This is the Temple Stream feeding the top of Lake Ohau.

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We hiked a wee way up the Temple Stream at the top of Lake Ohau.

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Jack has finally master his casting rhythm! Check out the style! He’s in the groove!

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Check out the brave lad! Taking a dip in a high country lake (Lake Ohau).

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There was a cool pontoon slide at the campground. Me and Jack just had to have a swim. Totally freezing water but really refreshing!

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Pretty basic food but after a long day it did the trick!

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Late night milo’s in the kitchen (Watching a Will Smith movie)  Winking smile 

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Daddy’s awesome reliable donkey! This tub got us around in style!

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Of course we had to get in the obligatory tourist shots in Tekapo!

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That’s a good girl! Clean daddy’s dirty truck!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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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!

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My cool kid…

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Check out this wee baby brown trout that gobbled my nymph! it was tiny! Still Jack was happy to see a fish.

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Even Livvy got into it with her little rod!

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A day on the Opihi Gorge

Just a nice photo of the Opihi Gorge. I went flyfishing with Stu Clark for the day. Saw a few trout, caught none, but had a great day!