Back to where it all Began…The Day I Fell in Love with Fly Fishing.

[@chrishall2054]

Nice story Gareth, no doubt you're eternally grateful, I think we all have someone like Declan as a mentor who we can thank. In my case it was my Grandfather and Father who helped me from age 7 years, I'm now in my 70's and still getting as much from the sport as when I first started. Great video as always!

[@vindice5849]

I'm just learning to cast, but I met an older couple in my town that is no longer able to fish, and they gave me a ton of flies they'd tied and a bunch of gear and really motivated me to get out there and try harder. Super excited to get on some trout soon!

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Awesome mate have fun

[@rodneyherrick8419]

Nice video, i have been watching your videos for a few years now, and i love your mix of content, it's never boring. I still remember the first time I saw a trout being caught on a fly rod. I went out and bought a cheap fiberglass rod with my paper run money, and I was hooked.I have been fly fishing now for 32 years. And i still have that rod in my garage

[@philliplawson2932]

Unbelievable trout fishery you guys have & what a great video!🎣

[@asanta5390]

That's way cool fushing with the Man who got you started. Kool

[@invictus3598]

Brilliant fishing and beautiful water! Thank you!

[@Helmut1610]

Go fish it some time- its the Ohau river. Stay in Twizel and go for your life as there are big fish close by

[@Ohaumagic]

Hi Gareth, we have a fishing lodge in Kurow the Waitaki Valley, always welcome to stay and explore.

[@waitakifly]

Two legends of KZbin fly fishing, all you needed was the Jensen's to rock up. Nice work as always Gareth.

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Cheers mate

[@lynnjohnston2613]

The most beautiful River this guy is one heck of a good fisherman I would love to be on that trip

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Cheers mate

[@pyrochromatic88]

I still cannot get over how NZ trout look like a Chinook was their great-granddiddy. Giant, beautiful fish

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Yeah funny looking when they get this big

[@daveschmidt1601]

All those trout are beautiful with the colors and are so huge too

[@deanhamilton1908]

Hey Trout Hunter!!! I've watched a ton of your videos and love them all but this one really jumps out at me as it's the first I've seen where you've encountered other people fishing other than you and your companion. I'm not just blown away by the fishing but the fact that these and streams seem almost vacant of fishermen. You Kiwis are too dam lucky. Keep posting.....Deano

[@jeffschwisow]

Another nice vid, Gareth. As someone who has had a mentor that turned their fishing world around by generously sharing their knowledge, support and friendship...I can certainly relate to how it feels when you get to pay a little bit of it back. Oh yeah, the fish are pretty nice as well...🤣

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Hey cheers Jeff I appreciate that

[@peteacevedo3411]

What a great story Gareth and it was so great you got to spend some time fishing with him. Great video as always it a great way to start my Sunday morning.

[@marcmulholland1017]

So nice to get the opportunity to give back to someone that started you off on this journey ...

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Yeah was real nice. thanks heaps

[@wesleysmith6018]

Amazing story, amazing vids, amazing peps keep them coming

[@davidwood6171]

Awesome video. Keep it up. And respect to all the mentors out there!

[@murrayking6756]

Loved that video man ..so cool to meet up and fish with the guy that impsired you ..awesome

[@juanandresbarbarich]

Great fishes but even better story. We never forget the ones who inspire us

[@schmoonkie]

Thanks for posting. I've added Declan to my KZbin subscriptions... in addition to yours, Alex's, and Johan's from NZ.

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Cheers mate

[@manuelsuda]

Right on brother, awesome to see you guys fishing together.

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Cheers

[@petersmith8627]

I think most people remember the first time we caught our first trout on fly.... it's a pivotal moment in our journey. You cast , you strike and finally.... you land..... Lets never forget the people who helped us, and like any guild or movement please help someone experience the same - For me, thanks Buck

[@Skiddlescout]

Your description sounds much more interesting than mine. I was dinking around with a fly in the wrong way and set the hook on accident

[@troutaddictnl7696]

You guys definitely have a world class trout fishery there! Beautiful bows!

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Thanks mate

[@GeorginaSwan]

I really enjoyed this one. I haven't been able to get across the ditch since the first lockdown (was in Turangi when the PM announced it and had to high-tail it back to Auckland to get back to Australia). I miss it so much - and your videos are keeping me going.

[@philwe3367]

Great story telling and awesome fish! It's great to see trout like that. Tight lines and all the best from South Germany

[@simonparker7779]

That’s Epic always great to catch up with the Oracles! Tight Lines

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Cheers mate

[@irwscott1819]

The old rod switcheroo on the 14 minute mark eh! Classic. Another great vid G. Keep them coming bro

[@jeffahrens6246]

Another great video, Those fish are so big!! Nice Bows. Pretty cool of you to take Declan out for the day. Can't wait to get out on the water with you next year. As long as your borders open up again. Cheers mate

[@Bgudahl9]

This is awesome! Unreal video and story! Glad you got out with your mentor of sorts

[@mdskater210]

Really cool to see it all come full circle like that. Great video. Good man.

[@kenarmstrong2903]

Great to see you fishing with the man that got you into fly fishing. Awesome Gareth

[@thewonderwok]

Well Done! Glad to see it come around- Very cool, nice fish you both caught. I know Declan got me back into flyfishing Too!. Thanks for the trip G. brother G

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

That's an awesome story and nice to get some insight into behind the curtain so to speak.

[@13jonnyray]

What an awesome story with some MONSTER fish!

[@jamiewaring8296]

Great story anfd nice you and Declan can get together to share an experience 16 years later, and you both make great videos 👌👍

[@waynenaylor5734]

Great story so cool to have a mentor you can still meet up with. Those fish just still amaze me 🤩🤙

[@richardfleming4850]

Great story. Glad you got together. Really enjoyed that!

[@anthonyclark6118]

Just simply legendary!!

[@joshtheplow]

We all have that one person that took a little time to show us the ropes and plant the seed, good on ya to give the shoutout 🤙🏻

[@Cjdklh]

My brother and I had a guy at our local lake. Changed everything when it comes to fishing.

[@mattokeefe691]

Great story. You never know who’s life you’re going to change. Be kind out there

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Thanks mate appreciate that

[@levigilbert5940]

So awesome man !!! Love your videos

[@562562562562562]

Student becomes the master? Only there is no master in fishing haha! Cool vid!

[@pierevojzola9737]

Hi Gareth, beautiful drone shots as usual that show off the water better than hundreds of words. Oh yea, nice bit of guide work by you (you do have a consistency of forgetting your net), must be pay back time for the tuition you got when you first started fishing properly, like! Huge fish, pity the river looks so drab compare to the blue sky. Good days fishing, cheers mate. Harera

[@Exite21]

Forgetting the net/being unprepared is always when you hook monsters🤟

[@Sam.Nelley]

This is great, nice work man

[@luc2o]

Wow. That was awesome!

[@Esoxluciouss11]

absolutely brilliant

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Thanks

[@richhaupt8878]

What a great day!

[@randallbarton7975]

Beautiful fish

[@sputnick66]

That was great, really enjoyed that.

[@armbender777]

rumor has it a brown trout excess of 50 pounds was caught in that canal.. great place and video

[@FishingForeverFilms]

Declan isn’t wrong, the Taieri has some epic fishing for big brown trout. It’s where I film quite a lot of my videos. Next time you’re down South we’ll get out for a couple days, never endless amount of water as well.

[@petersmith8627]

Wow - Tell it like it is, I watch EVERY vid.

[@vreth22]

For some ppl to be rich is cars, money, houses... For me it would be able to flyfish every day...and acces to water like this😃😃😃😃 and mayby some small creek to fish with 2-3 wt....Great vidoes man!!!

[@JameMakesNoise]

Awesome video man, really cool to hear how it all started for you. Your mates got a cool accent hahah

[@BardiAngling]

Thanks for sharing your Story man, very inspiring

[@jeffreywilley4282]

So Declan was your fly fishing Sensi. It must feel good to fish together again.

[@donc5220]

Sick bro i was thinking of making a trip up inlet to the place where i fell inlove with fishing, wicked man!!

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Thanks mate have a good one

[@GaryP747]

I hesitate to call you a lucky bastard as I've not yet met you! But you are a luck bastard! Well done, thanks for sharing; keep up the great work and I hope I get to fish with you before the end of time! 👌✌😎 Peace! 👍

[@pauljabs2376]

Quality fishing lads !!

[@timkeir6467]

Great vid

[@lornehenkel5036]

Awesome video again man! Those Jacks aren't too pretty, but man those Hen's are absolutely stunning!!

[@sydneyhaydock7805]

Why do you wind the reel for right hand retrieve, and have to keep changing hands?

[@deanransom2350]

Nice Video. Thanks for sharing. Beautiful fish. I won't ask the name of the river, but is this on the north or south Island? What are you calling the 'ditch'? I'm in the US, and really want to come sample the fishing.

[@larrygarrison6515]

Hey Garth, Great video and huge fish. Why do the jacks have open mouths..

[@Chapmanchannel101]

Not sure if it’s already been asked but how do those fish get so big? Are they naturally like that or are they fed fish food by local fishery or something ?

[@corpeedo]

Why is there such a high number of old Jacks with the lock-jaw?

[@conorlinehan4434]

How old are these bigger rainbows? Do they get their size because of the shrimp you mentioned? Crazy

[@robertmathews3570]

What size leader/tippet you catching those monsters with? Beautiful fish! Bucket list type of fishing there.

[@leonardvirtue5753]

Nice.😆 😆.💪

[@declanmorton3155]

That's me

[@imraduin]

Was curious obout why way more of these really big trout, especially males, seem to have a dislocated jaw? Do you know how or why this happens? Do they recover?

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Because of there overly large mass and there normally spawning fighting behaviour they often end up with dislocation of the jaw. Theory

[@chrisoher]

@@TroutHuntingNZ interesting. Would love researchers to figure this one out!

[@kennytowns3309]

Wow

[@alanreid2648]

Magnificient

[@melvinrowe9012]

Fished the Mataura river

[@chrisoher]

Anyone know what kind of trout this is??? It's not rainbow, is it?

[@hunterstark359]

Yoo wassup how y’all been big ass fish dude I wanna catch one😂

[@mancingmaccail251]

Mantap,,

[@Babarali-eb8dz]

why you release them after catching

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

If I didn’t they would die!

[@waitakifly]

Oh... and Alex

[@ronaldpurvis4293]

Wonderful footage. What large trout with hook jaw and all. What country were you fishing in?

[@ワールドオートバイサーカス]

🐟👍👍💯👍✌😄

[@donlofting4268]

No trees

[@fredlgbrown]

great video! please don't use tailing gloves/nets. wet hands are way better.

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Yeah cheers.

[@AmazingEventsTv]

yeah ok..i bet you did start there

[@craigbigbee6395]

Declan sounds like a Yank?

[@prestonjones5977]

Algorithm comment!

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

I appreciate that 🤙

[@jimflynn466]

These fish are mutant freaks, who is responsible for stocking them? Definitely not suitable for the table, yuck!!!

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

There wild

[@russelrogers2540]

@@TroutHuntingNZ There must be one heck of a food base for them to get SO big. Great time with a friend on the water and some great fish caught.

[@jprizzle2604]

@@russelrogers2540 one place is a salmon farm and trout sit underneath a grate and eat the protein food, but the main reason they are so big is perfect temps and food. Too cold they digest too slowly, too hot they don’t get to use the nutrients. It’s a perfect balance

[@bobvisser8689]

first, fly I tied grhair'sear i was hooked but when I see people like the chick in this video i have to laugh! I don't ever dress up for the crowd 1 or 2 boxes and not much more I like to fish comfortably.............................................................my first lessons fly in the water and if you aren't losing flys you are not catching fish...............................

[@wesleysmith6018]

Amazing story, amazing vids, amazing peps keep them coming