Fly Fishing a Small Stream for Big Trout [My biggest brown of the season]

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Watch the day unfold as I catch my biggest brown trout of this fly fishing season along with plenty of rainbow trout while taking Angel's friend Chris on his first New Zealand trout fishing trip
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Soon the winter fly fishing in Taupo will also kick off. If you want to learn how to catch trout consistently in the Taupo Rivers during winter check out my Guide to Fly Fishing Taupo Rivers in Winter: www.crazyaboutflyfishing.com/taupo-winter-fly-fishing and use the code VIDEO15 to get 15% off the course.

[@tristanwood2512]

Brown trout was a beauty, welldone mate

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thanks mate 👍

[@schmoonkie]

Congrats on that awesome brown. Our new 2024 season is coming up in the US. If I catch a fish like that, I'll be a happy camper. Thanks for posting!

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thanks very much and hope you get a big brown like this one. Enjoy the new season. Tight lines

[@tenkarapondfishing4611]

You have the most amazing trout fishing in NZ. Wish it weren't so far away.

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

We do have some incredible trout fishing and we are definitely spoiled, especially with the average size of the trout.

[@flytrout_nz]

I'm happy that you have finished the season with your biggest fish. It's time to look forward to winter one.

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Yes, interesting to see some spawning fish around and it's only mid April. I still want to do a bit more backcountry first but the winter ones are on my mind.

[@TSGOrgan]

Man I’d love to visit and fly fish NZ. Love your videos!

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thank you. I hope you make it over one day. Tight lines

[@gregb8824]

Glad the big brown found his way to the net!

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

There was a fair bit of panic at the time of netting 🤣 very happy it ended up in the net.

[@mikehirst6411]

Awesome coloured brown, thanks for another video

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thanks for watching Mike. Tight lines

[@tenkarapondfishing4611]

Are these wild fish? Or are they stocked?

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

As far as I am aware, the browns are all wild, but I think some of the rainbows may be stocked. I believe the lake that this stream runs into is connected, via a canal, to a lake that does get stocked because it doesn't have enough natural spawning. Some of those stocked fish do end up in this stream. Someone on here might have the full info and will hopefully correct me if I am wrong.

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[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thank you, I hope you have a great season with lots of mayfly and fish. Tight lines from New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@loganbrill6849]

Love the vids and content, man! Usually, I have nothing bad to say ever, but that euro nymphing is worse than spinning. You may as well have a trebble on with a sinker. 🤮🤮

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Glad you enjoy the channel and thanks for watching. Just not sure how you get to that conclusion. Euro is an effective way of nymphing. Fly fishing, maybe not, especially since you don't use a fly line, but certainly nothing like spinning with a trebble 🤣. Trebbles are nasty hooks that damage fish and are not needed. It's easy to spin with a single hook and works just as well. You might as well give give euro it a try cause it is here to stay. Not a method I would choose if I could fish the same water successfully with a dry or dry dropper. But this time of year nothing is going to come up for a dry and they are all down deep and its just a better way to fish for them in this situation. I'm not a fly purist anyway. Only my channel is a fly fishing channel, but personally, I do everything, including even bait with my kids. I don't look down on any method anyone chooses to fish. I'm happy for them to get out and fish and enjoy it. Give it a go, you might be surprised 😉 tight lines. Btw there is an awesome dry fly only backcountry video in the works but I'm working my way through 5 days of footage so just hang in there. Good stuff is coming.