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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We headed to Ohakune for a weekend escape with the kids. Took them for Trout Fishing Lessons at the Tongariro National Trout Centre then did a few tramps etc... was a good weekend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like fun! What do trout fishing lessons look like?

When I was younger we would go trout fishing on a charter boat, the captain would put lures on downriggers, we'd chill out until there was one on the line, then pull it in. In hindsight this feel a bit like the UK's pheasant shooting where you stand with a gun and wait for people to bring the birds to you 😆

I'm guessing the trout fishing lessons are more along the lines of fishing in a river?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

More like young kids standing with a adult around a man made pool haha getting taught how to swing the rod back and forth and basically waiting for a bite from one of the 4000 adolescent fish in the pool. Then slowly reeling them in and netting them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, I seem to remember doing that 30 years ago at a prawn farm in Taupo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

haha awesome!!