This River is Incredible, Big Fish Everywhere.

[@andrewgalloway7344]

|I'd like to ask the owner exactly why his 'wild' trout are so big .... is it just the wonder and excitement of NZ ... do they have better food ? .... are they mystic ?.... nope. They are stocked and fed every day .... please please please come up with a natural reason for multiple large fish in a relatively small body of water with a natural food supply... go on ... please provide some explanation for you're blatant lies about your country's small rivers.(they choose small rivers 'cause they're easier to maintain a head of fish ... and it's easier for the idiots that part with 2-3k to travel to catch a big lab pet livestock trout) Someone should investigate NZ's 'wild' claims. I'm pretty sure 'wild' is misleading at best and downright fraudulant otherwise.

[@andrewgalloway7344]

reposted to facebook

[@andrewgalloway7344]

I have seen this drivel on the net for a while now ... last time i did this i got a threatening email offering violence from an ex miltary

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

😂😂😂. Oh where to begin, I suspect You think the earth is flat also? Did we go to the moon? The Great NZ trout conspiracy is that people are sneaking in to the backcountry to feed trout.

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Here is a list, tho just to entertain. 1. Very Healthy river systems that are very rich in aquatic life. 2. a Consistently Low Water Temperature that remains inside a trouts optimal metabolising range for much of the year. 3. Clear water that makes feeding more efficient 4. No natural Predators. 5. Good catch and release practice. 6. We secretly feed them all.

[@mtbphd]

This is awesome

[@Codyd99749]

Couple of highly respectful gents with the kayaks. Thumbs up for taking them around in the least disturbing places. I have people that will knock you down or float straight through your fishing spot without a word out here in Utah. Refreshing to see courteous outdoorsman.

[@troutobsessionnz]

happens here in nz aswell the difference is we have people in jetboats that will roar past and not care

[@giannigunn5247]

I’m a retired professional touring drummer, and I was playing in Australia, grew up in New Jersey love trout fishing never a big fly man, but when I lived in Washington state, I had friends who were a huge fly. Fisherman taught me how to fly fish. When I was in Australian finished touring, I had a week off. I flew to New Zealand for three days for today trout excursion with guides the first day we were in a small river or lake dish got me sharp my fly skills on the second day, we were in a big river, and it was to guides one in the water with me and one out on the trees that climbed out over the River and was site fishing where the trout work for us it was one of the most beautiful experiences I’ve ever had in New Zealand is an extremely beautiful country

[@andrewgalloway7344]

i have no problem that the fish are there ...... they aint wild.

[@AllanBurkinshaw-xo7gm]

All bred for purpose.

[@otpayne]

They aren't native, they were introduced by acclimatization societies in the 19th and early 20th century. However they are now endemic and wild. There are no predators, clean remote rivers and lots of food. They are as wild as you'll find nowadays. And the average Size is bigger than the Europe and the US.

[@giannigunn5247]

@ in the United States it’s almost impossible unless you’re in like Montana or Alaska or Washington state places like that to find any kind of trout that hold over through stock season and acclimate and became native to the territory…..

[@BrydanSmith]

Thanks for the great videos this year, Gareth. All the best for 2024.

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Hey thanks so much Brydan, Really appreciated. Merry Xmas and a happy new year to you. 🙏🤙

[@andrewgalloway7344]

Lies Gareth eh ? ....

[@TacoTruck17]

Beautiful fish! Love trout fishing 🎣

[@njgl2010]

What a day man! Beautiful river, great fish, hell yeah gents! Plus, those yakkers were super cool.

[@jimc4839]

Excellent quick releases. Would like to hear you emphasize how important that is in your wonderful videos. Too many videos out there of fisherman telling a story while the fish is gasping for its life. What an amazing paradise. Beautiful, healthy looking fish.

[@andrewgalloway7344]

no wonder ... these fish belong to the river owner who put them in ... this is ALL stocked rivers that cost a fortune ... i catch wild fish in perth scotland on the Tay ... we don't have 6lb freaks ... a trout is panmorphic yes ... but they never outgrow they're environment ... laws of physics .... a DREAM trout is just that ... selling holidays to tourists. NZ does it in spades. All lies.

[@evanyoungblood1149]

Lifetime day that was epic! Cheers from Montana👍

[@grahamwhittle1971]

Love watching fish go back in this is proper fishing putting big fish back People don't realise how long it takes and what the fish goes through to get to this size well done lads spot on lads

[@socrates1796]

it wont do anything, as long u didnt fishing with net or even worst equipment, it won't hurt environment at all

[@jung_brre]

I enjoyed your video. Could you please tell me what your camera model is?

[@mikeeckenrodt4762]

WOW! What a great section of river! Nice size Rainbows 🌈! Thanks for the awesome videos this year! Happy new year! Looking forward to next year’s Vids 🎣🎣🎣

[@TheJaymon1962]

Wow, what a beautiful day and gorgeous fish. Thanks for sharing!

[@andrewgalloway7344]

fake

[@TheJaymon1962]

@@andrewgalloway7344 How so?

[@pierevojzola9737]

Hi Gareth, there were some beautiful fish, well worth the hike. Watching the two blokes floating by, ( very courteous giving you lots of room) made me wonder about a floating, camping and fishing trip next year. Cheers mate. Harera

[@russelrogers2540]

Good looking water and great fish. A great day fishing and catching.

[@dangracia4611]

nice fish caught at about 6:00. For all the world, that looks like a McCloud Rainbow, which is a sub-species of the Shasta Rainbow. both strains are native to the Lower McCloud River. The Shasta Rainbow from the McCloud River hatchery in California was widely planted in New Zealand and also in Australia, but the McCloud subspecies was not. I used to not only fish on the lower McCloud but would also guide on that river. You can tell immediately when you hook a big fish because you won't move him with the hook-set, but you will tilt him. And usually when you tilt him, you'll see his side flash. If the flash is either pink or silver it's a Shasta Rainbow. If it's an orange flash though, that's a McCloud rainbo. That flash will be orange because The McCloud Rainbow has an orange stripe along the side instead of pink, orange cheeks, and some even have orange cuts under the jaw. They really get orange during spawning in the Spring and the orange fades a bit by mid summer to look like that fish he pulls up at 6:02. That's a really nice buck and they are strong fighters.

[@koreanature]

It's always great. Your video is excellent quality. We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks

[@007slyman]

Absolutely luv your videos. Got mates on the North island, the Naki. Been thinking about heading back for a trout fish adventure, now checking flights. Cheers Aussie

[@Dogsrule777]

That’s a magical spot. Those fish are some beautiful HOGS! 😌✊🏽

[@andrewgalloway7344]

magical is correct. Not natural fish ... all stockees fed every day.

[@roy8460]

Enjoyed watching you catch those great big Rainbow Trout.

[@Petrovich_]

Отличная рыбалка! У нас много снега, и очень ждем весну, что-бы тоже половить этих прекрасных рыб! На связи 🤙🏻

[@yesilisev2023]

Thanks ....greetings from Turkey

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Our pleasure!

[@abdulmannanalvi]

Great video. Such a big size rainbow trout seen for the first time.

[@dansullivan2954]

Beautiful spot, beautiful fish. My goodness. Thx for sharing.

[@waitakifly]

I'm sure I'm not the only one that gets excited when the clip starts with the quad bike! DB tells me his big moment in the spotlight was ruined by a "technical fault"!

[@DavidTYork]

Stunning!

[@paulroberts8697]

great video.... again. Thanks for the continuing inspiration

[@andrewgalloway7344]

to travel to NZ after fed stockees .... yeah right.

[@benpearsephotography]

Great river, nicely done

[@alexgiovinazzo6511]

Jeez man those fish were enormous! Looks like an incredible day on the water.

[@andrewgalloway7344]

too big ..... obviously stockees.

[@juelzebub]

Massive rainbow trout there. Looks like the steelhead up here in Washington. Excellent fishing great video!

[@craigharrison5406]

What a beautiful spot. I thought we had great trout fisheries here in Canada but that river is next level.

[@G5Hohn]

Those are freakishly large rainbows. Amazing.

[@andrewgalloway7344]

'freak' is correct ... they're stocked and fed.

[@andrewgalloway7344]

stocked and fed ... NZ has no SPECIAL FEATURES... just stocking feeding and tourism.

[@Bassman5000]

beautiful fish, what a session

[@iamcommonman]

as an angler...we call it paradise fishing spot....congrats bro...u r lucky...

[@akchoirboy678]

Beauty!

[@BowMadOutdoors]

Good fishing, you guys are catching some beautiful fish!

[@madhukarsrivastava3183]

You release the caught fish, that is very nice👍👍

[@sevilla19852007]

Is it a lighting thing or do they look less pink there and more of a salmon color? stunning none the less.

[@andrewgalloway7344]

pale stocked fish

[@TradisionalChannel_Indonesia]

wow... a river with lots of fish

[@nevadaboy9769]

Yep those are really nice trout, but its just like fishing in a barrel or hatchery which doesnt require any talent! but hey im not complaining its still better than working lol

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

It’s definitely not like that. Completely wild fish. I don’t guide this river much as it’s tuff

[@dangracia4611]

I have never been to New Zealand although I'm familiar with some of the fishing because the fellow that I taught The Orvis West Coast Schools with from 1987 to 1997 (Dean Schubert) started going down there in about 1990. And unfortunately for me, he would bring pictures back. He would go there in January and come back in April in time for our fist Fly-Fishing School. The first year he went there he fished both the north island and the south island. Every year after that he would fish the South Island. He got introduced around down there because a friend who was a steelhead guide on the North Umpqua River in Oregon, would also guide with some family in new Zealand. I can't tell you how many 8 to 10-lb Brown Trout he caught and brought pictures back to show me and our students. His Girlfriend (now his wife), Debbie, actually catered our 3 and 4-day fly-fishing schools in different locations and she met him there in new Zealand once in a while and would stay for a month. The first year she joined him there, she didn't have the casting skills that she really needed for the big and spooky browns, although she landed plenty of 18" to 20" fish on the Arcularius Ranch (5-miles of private water on the Upper Owens in CA) so she had good fishing skills.. But you didn't need to make 40 to 45-ft. delicate casts on the upper Owens and if you spooked a fish, there were plenty more close by. The places Dean and Debbie fished in New Zealand had big fish but if you spooked them, you'd have to walk at least half a mile to a mile for the next big guy. Like they mention in the video, one person will be fishing while the other person is spotting and coaching both the cast and the drift. It got to be that when it was her turn and she knew she didn't have the casting chops to make a good presentation to the fish, rather than spook the fish with a splashy cast and walk to the next fish, she'd tell Dean to go ahead and cast the fish. And of course he'd usually catch it. The next year, she'd get up around 5AM and started on breakfast which was served at 7:30 if I recall correctly. After breakfast was done, She'd clean up and then head out to the river to practice her casting. Then back around 10 AM to prepare lunch. After lunch, she'd again clean up and then head out to the river to practice her casting once again for 2 or 3 hours. Then she'd come back and cater dinner along with dessert, and after dinner she'd actually go fishing instead of just working on her cast. She knew how far away she needed to be able cast and the type of drifts she needed to make, so she spent a lot of time working on them. We spent 75 to 85 days each year teaching schools on the Arcularius Ranch until it sold and closed down in 1997. Debbie catered every one of those meals. So she got a lot of casting practice in before she headed out to meet Dean in New Zealand. The following year at the first school she catered, she brought out pictures of some of the large fish she caught that year including a wonderful shot of a 10-lb Brown Trout that she took on a dry fly about 45-feet away. New Zealand fishing will inspire that kind of dedication to improving your casting and fishing skills. Oh, and by the way, leave your 6X tippet at home. It got to

[@robertperman8967]

Beautiful river!!

[@noysreyhoung]

Great fishing video! You guys got many pretty trout❤❤❤

[@hillbillyfranks]

They are some beautiful looking fish nice rainbows I enjoyed your video Say my friend

[@GuidanceFS]

Awesome guys!

[@honey-bee2k]

great fishing video! everything in the video is great❤️💐

[@sputnick66]

Great Video Gareth, thanks.

[@BowMadOutdoors]

Those waters over there in NZ are beautiful! Not Much of that here in Pennsylvania unless we travel

[@imraduin]

Dayum that was pretty crazy, tank after tank. Some real quality ones like that last one for Kieran, yewww 🤙

[@conoflynn4883]

Again a wonderful video happy Xmas

[@fishcoutinho]

show é like.....lugar lindo...

[@BudgetTrekKashmir]

wow love these trouts

[@kirkstewart-vf6hg]

Yeah you guys have the best strain from our north coast river the sacremento. I live on the Smith way farther north we have rainbows AKA steelhead to 30lbs. I have landed many 20lbers and one 26lbs

[@thewonderwok]

Great fishing' gentlemen,

[@ЛучшееВремяЖизни]

Замечательная рыбалка! Очень хочется поймать такую же рыбу, как у вас. Но к сожалению у нас такие не водятся!

[@garylee7933]

Nice videos. When nymphing what length/tippet leaders do you use? In your opinion is nymphing overtaking dries in productivity? I normally think dries when fishing in New Zealand. Thanks. Have fun out there!

[@MarcMulholland-v6t]

Nice spot and some great fish after the bouncy hairy ride to get in there

[@davidream5175]

Well done Garath!

[@samuelhermansson1792]

Do you guys know any good guides in New Zeeland? Im looking to go on a fishing vacation there 😁

[@MiyaGilgiti]

Come to Pakistan broo especially Gilgit baltistan

[@scot1425]

Hi from far distant Scotland. Superb river and great fishing. Are the hoods, buffs and gloves to protect you from the sun or bugs or both?

[@otpayne]

Both, but the sandflies can be fekkin awful and the uv index is high pretty much all the time.

[@AndreyDro]

So beautiful place

[@victorblack3613]

what size rod/reel what wt are you using for these big fish?

[@parham4664]

perfesstional fisher 👍🏻

[@Ngoc_CountryBoy]

so great

[@grahamrothwell6691]

Great fishing in amazing water. Lucky you guys don't have snakes, makes bush bashing a bit more interesting.

[@TM26Slippy]

one of the coolest parts of fishing is going out into the middle of nowhere and meeting new people, like what? so random! well i guess not as fun if in the amazon 😅

[@hardworkingamerican8847]

Every fish a dream fish .

[@shinkeyboy]

I've been watching your videos for the past year and it always makes me jealous, but I'm finally making my way to New Zealand here in the next few months! I'm starting my journey in Queenstown. I'm hoping to buy some more fly fishing gear/flies when I arrive. Do you happen to know of the best stores in that area I could check out? Thanks, and keep up with the great content!

[@lewispotts7546]

Frankton. remarkables park, hunting and fishing the guys in there are great

[@didi-ne5uf]

Great Video. Big Rainbow trouts. Where is it. New Zealand? A lot of fun for you. God luck

[@jardo55]

Great video. May i ask what fly line are you using?

[@ΒΑΣΊΛΕΙΟΣΚΑΤΣΑΟΥΝΗΣ-υ2τ]

Μπράβο πεδια πιασατε ωραια ψαρια👍👍

[@andrewgalloway7344]

'Incredible' just about nails it.

[@KingKong-t1t]

What wheel is that?

[@mrjuniorw]

😳Wow, shocking big fish

[@MrKveite1]

Fishies where fairly large and some looked like they where old so i assume that's not a high pressure river.

[@GombirChakma-un4uj]

I need this fish😮😮😮

[@MiyaGilgiti]

We also have big lake with loaded of huge big trout fish brooo

[@BowMadOutdoors]

Good lord! Some lunkers over there

[@Fishing-Cam168]

Nice 🎉❤

[@golljhjkahsdah2817]

awesome.

[@fredmerkel1447]

Whats the name of the river? North Island?

[@briljantje9583]

Nice rainbows! I suggest to change color of your indicators 😉It was hardly to see..

[@briljantje9583]

Have a nice Christmas and e prosperous New Year, Gareth.

[@j.michaelperry1656]

Is this river in the North or South Island?

[@Rith-P]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@JulianSudano-m2s]

O is for Awesome!

[@MiyaGilgiti]

Nice broo nice enjoy

[@theogleeson]

we are all lucky that there's no poisonous animals in nz

[@TokyoNightGirlLofi]

💕Wow💛💛💛💛💛💗💗

[@troutobsessionnz]

keep it up

[@MikmakiLithics]

Hey, little bit of a different question for ya. Do you ever run into animals to be careful around or insects that are harmful?

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

Na mate nothing here can get you. Bee sting is about the worst.

[@bobywong1]

Mantulll 👌👍👍

[@big1dog23]

Pack rafts on trout streams, hmmmm. They are everywhere now.

[@blartang5688]

Thanks , U r defferent not like khasi bamduh . ❤

[@christiaanvandeur6169]

Megnufficent!

[@ChupapiSalamander]

Whats the point going on fishing trip just to catch and release. Like Idc if it’s big or 400-600gram i’mma take it home and eat it the small once release the big once keep. Maybe only Americans do this for fun but us in Norway most of us takes it home and eat it

[@TroutHuntingNZ]

This is a New Zealand thing catch and release and that’s why we have lots of big trout

[@hyunhoyoo2568]

All right great fishing^^^😊😊😊😊😊from South Korea I like fishing too sirs 😊😊😊

[@kent-adventure-vn]

I LIKE FISHING

[@kevinmckay4150]

Are those Native or Hatchery guys?

[@smokenjoe4022]

Steelhead!

[@robertomarchi-l5i]

😊

[@ballcardaddicts9452]

Love this stuff, video quality is a bit average though. need a camera upgrade?

[@albe2002]

Please put the net into the water before you bring the fish closer!