Great 👍 Alex. Would love to see more of this random selected flys. Gian just picked a few he knew or maybe tested you on a few he thought were difficult who kmows. Anyway you mastered them all. Bring it on. Maybe a different shop different river different 🤔 fly selector. Lol lol get it lol lol. It amazes me ever time the quality of your wild 🌈 and browns. Stunning. Good bye friends pals buddies.
Always enjoy all your stuff but this was really cool I liked the challenge just seemed like a really fun day on the water lots of good fish!! Thanks for fueling the addiction!👍
Wondered where the tackle shop had gone! That was fun too watch too. Someone once said to me that winter fish will eat nearly anything if presented well. The challenge will be to repeat it in other parts of the season….
Hi Alex. Much enjoyed the video. I also liked the challenge format. Too bad you're not much into fly tying, otherwise I would suggest some patterns to try, which are not likely to be available in NZ.
Epic challenge. Well fished that man! Shrimp pattern definitely looked very good in the water. Tough assignment given the conditions. Great idea. Would love to see more. Keep up the great work.
I always enjoy watching your videos and catch the big ones vicariously through you as the opportunity for me to get to New Zealand for those trophy fish is unattainable. I liked this video today as this is how I fish, I put random flies on my line and give it a go. It's good to see someone who does this for a profession do something like this, it shows you don't need to know everything about the water, the fish patterns to be successful. Other videos like this would be awesome. Thank you for your time
Just enjoyed another New Zealand Adventure with Trippin On Trout!!! Loved this on Alex because you started by showing off the Rod And Tackle shop (what a beauty) and had your mate set up a challenge for you. I hope you do more of this as we all learn from another's experiences. Also, thank you for showing the So Dope product as it's not emphasized enough. I grew up in So Cal and am paying a price for countless years of sun damage. Great camera work and beautiful fish..........Deano
That was good challenge . I wasn't sure if brown shrimp was tasty shot kept in strike zone it worked . Shrimp in fresh water small pink in U.S that'll work like a sub sandwich and a beer 🍺🍺🍺
At last thanks for the heads up on the extra tubeing size for for the indicator awsome And thanks for the shots at new shop cant wait to call in cheers Tim
A Fisherman's Intuition aye bro.. challenging stuff.. where I go do that quite alot..dem taraute seem to 'know' n won't take it .. specially in known 🎣n possies..ha..plan "B" as it may..but yeah.. results are awesome.. thanks for sharing brother..jess ❤️ challenging stuff in the Wild Outback..be it.."A Bushman's Knowledge an Experience"...nice footage of that paihamu in dem trees..but what beautiful taraute footage.. ataahua hoki.. kaapai vid ma bro..ano nga mihi..Kia Ora ✌️🙏🤙💪😜☺️👍
Like these challenge style vids, that little bit of extra context really helps make a story. So how's about this for a challenge, Old School.... no weights/split shot team of wet flies (preferably spider patterns) like they would have done back in the Glen 20 years ago.......would also love to see you do some head waters/tiny stream bashing for small wildies but I'm guessing that would be a back country/summer thing for you guys.
Great job on the challenge, are you allowed to use soft plastics in the Taupo rivers, if so try swinging a soft plastic, could be the bomb. Cheers Mike
I'm planning on opening a shop here in Portglenone, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and seeing that shop layout has given me a few ideas as well as reinforcing a few thoughts I'd already had. Portglenone has the Bann River running straight through the middle of it so the fact there's no fishing gear shop here is, at least in my mind, bananas. Gotta have a couch, coffee available and a large screen tv with fishing vids on nonstop so people can even just come and hang at the shop. Another great vid bro, Keep'em coming!!
Wow rod and tackle are looking great last time I was in their old shop about 3 years ago service was a very low priority However they are looking great now might even try and go there again.
Another fantastic video Alex. It’s getting me excited 😂 about my first time trip down to wales on Friday from Scotland to a reservoir called clywedog for the weekend tight lines pal 🐟🎣🏴🇳🇿🏴✌🏼✌🏼
@@TrippinOnTrout will do let you know how we get on we had a good trip up to nearly the top of Scotland about 6 weeks ago there was 4 of us we caught 74 fish between us i had 22 it was a great day considering the sun was splitting the trees 🐟🎣😂
Mega Videos, Alex, all of Thema. And i liked that one cause of the Challenge. Good Idea. 👍thump Up....and ✌️greetings and Always tight lines from Bavaria. Martin
Unless you were fishing in an estuary I think that Rainbow thought it was a baitfish pattern. Do you have freshwater shrimp that size there? I suspect they are taking it as a baitfish after you trimmed it up a bit. Either way it is good!!!
Definitely mate! Let me know if you are keen and I will send some of my Marc's Secret Sauce flies to you to try out. They go good in the canals and up around Taupo for clients. Let me know if you'd like a challenge or easy fish catchers. Articulated eggs, keeled stonefly nymphs, UV sparkle micro eggs. Cheers. Marc.
@@TrippinOnTrout that's what I call them. They are a bit different to the regular flies most people are throwing and have been deadly because they have something different to them. I can send you some if you would like to try out some mate. Or when you are in chch some time, let me know and I'd be keen to show you some spots in my neck of the woods. You can send me a dm on Instagram if you'd like @marcisjensen. Or through this is all good.
Hey,Alex, what colour SA infinity smooth line colour would you recommend, camo, or the SA infinity smooth still water nymph indicator? Or a different colour. Also do have planed a trip to Nelson with Mike. Cheers Mike
I like the Infinity smooth Camo myself as it’s nice and subtle but really just whatever you like and are comfortable with. Nothing planned with Mike for this season at this stage but will probably catch up and spend some time at some point next season🤙
Superb Video Alex. Out of interest which size 'fluffy green thing' did the last fish take? Oh and don't they tie commercially on barbless hooks? You've got to do the 3 fly challenge again!
Stoked you enjoyed it Paul🤙 That fluffy green thing was a size 14/16 (I’m not sure exactly) and as far as I know they don’t come barbless which is a shame
@@paulcarter5731 That’s a good point you raise - most people I talk to about it feel that they need a barb to not lose fish or don’t really care about the consequences of fishing with barbs. At least that how it seems to me🤷♂️
Fun, thanks! We'll take your word that Gian accepted small fish counted (for you; huge for me). One drawback of catch-and-release is not knowing what the fish are actually eating. Are you ever able to sample their gut contents?
I think there is a device you can use to look at stomach contents from a live fish but that’s not something I ever want to do to a fish. Fish rarely key into one specific thing here and tend to be quite opportunistic so it’s more about a good presentation than an exact pattern
@@TrippinOnTrout have you ever tried for sea runs? Around these parts they grow larger than stationary trout generally. Wonder if it's the same in NZ... Could be some real beasts out there.
@@imraduin I haven't fished for them yet no bro but they are on my radar - time of year is key for sure and I believe there are some very big fish at the right time. I really should put some time into them..
Hi, I think you miss the geography of the fisheries. Lake Taupo is a crater lake and in area is the size of Singapore Island, it has a catchment area of 3,500 sq km. the Rainbow trout are the descendent of the Pacific steelheads and have accustomed themselves to treating the lake as their biological sea home. These trout are all wild trout and run up the rivers that feed the lake to spawn. So actually they are very similar in the way the North Pacific trout behave when they run the Asian and North American rivers. We do have sea run trout that we fish for in both islands and we target these when we can, but the spots for these are not that well known, just as well. Look up the comparison of the trout and salmon species available to you in Scandinavia and the species of fish available to us in the Pacific and you will see why a lot of your countrymen journey around to this side of the world to experience some of the best angling experience in the world. Thats what I did 50 years ago, and stayed! Cheers mate. Harera
@@pierevojzola9737 aye bro I've read up on all this stuff and when it comes to trout NZ is world class, I don't think anyone questions it. The difference however is the abundance of food in the ocean compared to a lake regardless of size. We have a very large lake in Sweden aswell (Lake Vänern, 10 times larger than Lake Taupo) that I live right next by that hold both salmon and trout that are purely freshwater like the trout of Lake Taupo, and even if they grow large, the sea run specimen grow even larger. Cheers!
We could send you in a fly each that we tie up. Then get your viewers to vote on which ugliest fly you have to take out and catch a fish with. Maybe some rules from you like hook size etc.
Hey dude, i really liked this one, great concept and changing up the vid. Respect on the skin protection reminder and i really hope that the results are good. Shrimp, who doesn’t love a shrimp cocktail indeed, apart from my wife that is….. thanks 🙏 p.s. none of us want to stop swinging aye… 🪬
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So much fun! You’ve gotta make a series out of this 🤙
Gian made the challenge very difficult with that shrimp pattern... Congratulations!
Was a fun day mate. Good times
Like the three fly challenge! Nice change of pace. Among Great Video!👌👍💪🏻🤙✌️🥃
That was great, shows that you never know what might work, thanks Alex :-)
Great 👍 Alex. Would love to see more of this random selected flys. Gian just picked a few he knew or maybe tested you on a few he thought were difficult who kmows. Anyway you mastered them all. Bring it on. Maybe a different shop different river different 🤔 fly selector. Lol lol get it lol lol. It amazes me ever time the quality of your wild 🌈 and browns. Stunning. Good bye friends pals buddies.
That was sick, well done Alex!!
Always enjoy all your stuff but this was really cool I liked the challenge just seemed like a really fun day on the water lots of good fish!! Thanks for fueling the addiction!👍
Nice work Alex, that was cool.
Just goes to show that it's not so much about fly choice but putting it in the right place to increase your chances.
Wondered where the tackle shop had gone! That was fun too watch too. Someone once said to me that winter fish will eat nearly anything if presented well. The challenge will be to repeat it in other parts of the season….
You’re not wrong there mate!! Super fun to mix up the winter time boredom!
Cool challenge Alex, especially that shrimp, not your average Taupo swing fly! 🤙
Yeah was fun mate. Something different for a change!
Hi Alex. Much enjoyed the video. I also liked the challenge format. Too bad you're not much into fly tying, otherwise I would suggest some patterns to try, which are not likely to be available in NZ.
Yes do more challenges like that. That’s cool!
Epic challenge. Well fished that man! Shrimp pattern definitely looked very good in the water. Tough assignment given the conditions. Great idea. Would love to see more. Keep up the great work.
I always enjoy watching your videos and catch the big ones vicariously through you as the opportunity for me to get to New Zealand for those trophy fish is unattainable.
I liked this video today as this is how I fish, I put random flies on my line and give it a go. It's good to see someone who does this for a profession do something like this, it shows you don't need to know everything about the water, the fish patterns to be successful.
Other videos like this would be awesome.
Thank you for your time
I’ll make sure I do some other vids along these lines💪
Just enjoyed another New Zealand Adventure with Trippin On Trout!!! Loved this on Alex because you started by showing off the Rod And Tackle shop (what a beauty) and had your mate set up a challenge for you. I hope you do more of this as we all learn from another's experiences. Also, thank you for showing the So Dope product as it's not emphasized enough. I grew up in So Cal and am paying a price for countless years of sun damage. Great camera work and beautiful fish..........Deano
Stoked you are liking the channel mate. I too have been too neglectful of using sunscreen - time to be much better on that one!!☀️☀️
Really cool! I was diggin' this one from the start.
Run it back! I’d love to see another challenge. And hey, nice Spey, I think your starting to master the swing
Excellent vid and really great to see some variation! More of this :)
Great fun Alex.
Well done bro.
👍👍👍
Pointon's skI Shop!!! Love it it.
That was a AWSOME video! Cool challenge
Ya bro super keen to see a new fly challenge edit chur😀
Fantastic!!!
Great challenge those were some beautiful fish.
Arrgh ... Nerve racking watching that fish swim thru ya tripod legs ... Great video thanks Alex loved the drone shots
Nice one bro….🤙
That was good challenge . I wasn't sure if brown shrimp was tasty shot kept in strike zone it worked . Shrimp in fresh water small pink in U.S that'll work like a sub sandwich and a beer 🍺🍺🍺
Well Done!! Would enjoy seeing more fly challenges!!
I enjoyed the challenge, and another quality edit Alex!
Can't wait for this!
Maybe see you there💪
@@TrippinOnTrout wow such a nice video mate and the jumps just before It goes in the net are cool!
Excellent idea and really enjoyed the video. Got me stoked for a trip next week to Oregon where I will be swinging flies. Thanks!
Great fun challenge, lets do this again , cheers.. Jet Planes FTW
Will do!! ✈️✈️✈️
At last thanks for the heads up on the extra tubeing size for for the indicator awsome
And thanks for the shots at new shop cant wait to call in cheers Tim
All good mate. Make sure the boys make you a coffee when you drop in☕️
I enjoyed it immensely a well. Definitely do this again
Roger that. I’ll make sure I do💪
Nice work! Diggin the challenge concept.
👏 fantastic!
Drone footage ! Primo 👍
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That was cool. Nice work Alex.
Thanks man💪
Never gonna say; "out of your comfort zone" but thoroughly enjoyed you mixing it up, mate.
Nice one buddy. Good to see you back on here 💪
That was awesome, have your viewers pick the fly's. Shrimp on a fly what??? Cool
A Fisherman's Intuition aye bro.. challenging stuff.. where I go do that quite alot..dem taraute seem to 'know' n won't take it .. specially in known 🎣n possies..ha..plan "B" as it may..but yeah.. results are awesome.. thanks for sharing brother..jess ❤️ challenging stuff in the Wild Outback..be it.."A Bushman's Knowledge an Experience"...nice footage of that paihamu in dem trees..but what beautiful taraute footage.. ataahua hoki.. kaapai vid ma bro..ano nga mihi..Kia Ora ✌️🙏🤙💪😜☺️👍
What a great way to challenge yourself!
Like these challenge style vids, that little bit of extra context really helps make a story. So how's about this for a challenge, Old School.... no weights/split shot team of wet flies (preferably spider patterns) like they would have done back in the Glen 20 years ago.......would also love to see you do some head waters/tiny stream bashing for small wildies but I'm guessing that would be a back country/summer thing for you guys.
loved it Alex. please do it again
Excellent vid. The challenge, the drone made for a great video. Thanks. Keep'em coming. Cheers!
Yeah the drone shots were 🔥aye
YES,
Really really great footage from the drone. Awesome, great to see something different
Drone footage looked sick aye
It looked really sick!! Best video I've seen in a long time
Great job on the challenge, are you allowed to use soft plastics in the Taupo rivers, if so try swinging a soft plastic, could be the bomb.
Cheers Mike
I'm planning on opening a shop here in Portglenone, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and seeing that shop layout has given me a few ideas as well as reinforcing a few thoughts I'd already had. Portglenone has the Bann River running straight through the middle of it so the fact there's no fishing gear shop here is, at least in my mind, bananas. Gotta have a couch, coffee available and a large screen tv with fishing vids on nonstop so people can even just come and hang at the shop. Another great vid bro, Keep'em coming!!
Make it a cool space for people to want to come and spend time for sure bro!! That’s real important I think. Good luck with it💪
@@TrippinOnTrout That's the plan exactly brother!! Cheers!!!
Yeah have been in there it is reel cool
trout will try almost anything at least once
Loved the wrinkle. Do it again. Cheers!!
awesome video dude
Dog Knobbler, Viva and Blue Zulu for the next challenge 🤣
Wow rod and tackle are looking great last time I was in their old shop about 3 years ago service was a very low priority
However they are looking great now might even try and go there again.
Drop in and see them bro
I think you’ll like it🤙
Very nice fish.
Did you get anymore on the shrimp after that?
Well worth doing again
Another fantastic video Alex. It’s getting me excited 😂 about my first time trip down to wales on Friday from Scotland to a reservoir called clywedog for the weekend tight lines pal 🐟🎣🏴🇳🇿🏴✌🏼✌🏼
Have a great trip bro!!!
@@TrippinOnTrout will do let you know how we get on we had a good trip up to nearly the top of Scotland about 6 weeks ago there was 4 of us we caught 74 fish between us i had 22 it was a great day considering the sun was splitting the trees 🐟🎣😂
Great video Alex, drone footage is amazing, really like the inclusion of the birds. Maybe a challenge on old school flies?
Old school yes! I like it…
Mega Videos, Alex, all of Thema. And i liked that one cause of the Challenge. Good Idea. 👍thump Up....and ✌️greetings and Always tight lines from Bavaria. Martin
fishing with flies you salvage from trees on the river would be an interesting challenge…
That’s a good one - on that river there’s heaps!!
Gian is too nice would have given you an 9 inch GT fly 🤣
Regards From Balkan - Macedonia
Unless you were fishing in an estuary I think that Rainbow thought it was a baitfish pattern. Do you have freshwater shrimp that size there? I suspect they are taking it as a baitfish after you trimmed it up a bit. Either way it is good!!!
Great video. I say do the challenge again but next time go to the salt waters.
I like it!!!! Summer is coming….0
Big streamer challenge!
I love your videos, if some how you come to Patagonia Argentina, let me know :)
Would love to!
Definitely mate! Let me know if you are keen and I will send some of my Marc's Secret Sauce flies to you to try out. They go good in the canals and up around Taupo for clients. Let me know if you'd like a challenge or easy fish catchers. Articulated eggs, keeled stonefly nymphs, UV sparkle micro eggs. Cheers. Marc.
Thanks Marc, appreciate it. Secret sauce flies...?!!!
@@TrippinOnTrout that's what I call them. They are a bit different to the regular flies most people are throwing and have been deadly because they have something different to them.
I can send you some if you would like to try out some mate. Or when you are in chch some time, let me know and I'd be keen to show you some spots in my neck of the woods.
You can send me a dm on Instagram if you'd like @marcisjensen. Or through this is all good.
Hey,Alex, what colour SA infinity smooth line colour would you recommend, camo, or the SA infinity smooth still water nymph indicator? Or a different colour. Also do have planed a trip to Nelson with Mike.
Cheers Mike
I like the Infinity smooth Camo myself as it’s nice and subtle but really just whatever you like and are comfortable with.
Nothing planned with Mike for this season at this stage but will probably catch up and spend some time at some point next season🤙
Superb Video Alex. Out of interest which size 'fluffy green thing' did the last fish take? Oh and don't they tie commercially on barbless hooks? You've got to do the 3 fly challenge again!
Stoked you enjoyed it Paul🤙
That fluffy green thing was a size 14/16 (I’m not sure exactly) and as far as I know they don’t come barbless which is a shame
@@TrippinOnTrout Commercial opportunity there for someone surely, or is it a 'mindset' of the market/anglers'?
@@paulcarter5731 That’s a good point you raise - most people I talk to about it feel that they need a barb to not lose fish or don’t really care about the consequences of fishing with barbs. At least that how it seems to me🤷♂️
@@TrippinOnTrout Sad, but true. If you're going to release ithe fish why not go 'true' barbless hook, Easier and more fish friendly?
@@paulcarter5731 Agree a hundred percent
Fun, thanks! We'll take your word that Gian accepted small fish counted (for you; huge for me). One drawback of catch-and-release is not knowing what the fish are actually eating. Are you ever able to sample their gut contents?
I think there is a device you can use to look at stomach contents from a live fish but that’s not something I ever want to do to a fish.
Fish rarely key into one specific thing here and tend to be quite opportunistic so it’s more about a good presentation than an exact pattern
Do you just put your indicator directly on the 3x and not worry about losing it?
Yep. No reason why you would lose it 🤙
Logically next challenge must be bonefish on a PT sz 16. BTW is that Annette's younger sister Jeanette ?
🤣 I like that name!!!
I would love to go to the islands and try out your challenge mate….just need to get someone to pay!!
The fly challenge was fun! Did you get a new net?
Actually an old one while I sort the blue one out 🤣
@@TrippinOnTrout The blue net has been looking pretty rough! Is that just wear and tear from fishing hard?
@@Toddcm Yeah, that and lots of bush bashing etc. Def time for a new net bag
I'm struggling to use shrimp fly from my Shenzhen locked-down apartment on 7th floor ! any suggestions ?
A VERY long leader and line Ged🤣🤣
Shrimp are one of the best patterns for searun brown here in Sweden! Are there not sea-to-river migrating trout in NZ?
There are yes bro but not around here.
These guys are out the lake🤙
@@TrippinOnTrout have you ever tried for sea runs? Around these parts they grow larger than stationary trout generally. Wonder if it's the same in NZ... Could be some real beasts out there.
@@imraduin I haven't fished for them yet no bro but they are on my radar - time of year is key for sure and I believe there are some very big fish at the right time. I really should put some time into them..
Hi, I think you miss the geography of the fisheries. Lake Taupo is a crater lake and in area is the size of Singapore Island, it has a catchment area of 3,500 sq km. the Rainbow trout are the descendent of the Pacific steelheads and have accustomed themselves to treating the lake as their biological sea home. These trout are all wild trout and run up the rivers that feed the lake to spawn. So actually they are very similar in the way the North Pacific trout behave when they run the Asian and North American rivers. We do have sea run trout that we fish for in both islands and we target these when we can, but the spots for these are not that well known, just as well. Look up the comparison of the trout and salmon species available to you in Scandinavia and the species of fish available to us in the Pacific and you will see why a lot of your countrymen journey around to this side of the world to experience some of the best angling experience in the world. Thats what I did 50 years ago, and stayed! Cheers mate. Harera
@@pierevojzola9737 aye bro I've read up on all this stuff and when it comes to trout NZ is world class, I don't think anyone questions it. The difference however is the abundance of food in the ocean compared to a lake regardless of size. We have a very large lake in Sweden aswell (Lake Vänern, 10 times larger than Lake Taupo) that I live right next by that hold both salmon and trout that are purely freshwater like the trout of Lake Taupo, and even if they grow large, the sea run specimen grow even larger. Cheers!
Did you try euro nymphing?
I have in the past but don’t like it.
What fly boxes do you use?
C and F and Fishpond Tacky boxes
YES!!! MORE OF THE SAME!
We could send you in a fly each that we tie up. Then get your viewers to vote on which ugliest fly you have to take out and catch a fish with. Maybe some rules from you like hook size etc.
Try just picking out 3 flies at random.
talk about un pressured waters
That river gets absolutely hammered in winter but there are a LOT of fish that move through so that’s it’s saving grace
Not realy anything the trout isen't used to seeing being you have fresh water shrimps and mini crayz etc
I came to this video to see a shrimp eat a trout.
Whoops, sorry to disappoint!!
Hey dude, i really liked this one, great concept and changing up the vid. Respect on the skin protection reminder and i really hope that the results are good. Shrimp, who doesn’t love a shrimp cocktail indeed, apart from my wife that is….. thanks 🙏 p.s. none of us want to stop swinging aye… 🪬