Salty Fly Fun

We have been giving the salt fly thing a bit more of a nudge recently and shot out on Tuesday to Tauranga Harbour. We met our buddy Lucas over there who has the advantage of local knowledge and first cast at first light saw him hook into a solid Kingfish on a popper fly. That one wrapped him around the marker so he proceeded to pull a little one out from the same spot.

Nice fat Kahawai, went a little way into the backing!

That was all we saw of Kingfish for the day but there were more than enough Kahawai to keep us happy, as well as discovering a few new spots for next time. The Scott Tidal and A4 rods performed admirably and the Hatch Finnatic and Lamson Speedster reels provided more than enough stopping power.

Josh with a nice little King Country Brown

The next day we changed pace entirely and returned to one of the spots we grew up fishing. Good to know that some things stay the same!