Great episode! Not sure what was best, the story, the jaw dropping underwater scenes, drone landing with eel, or Dustins go pro dry fly eat in the end.. still this shot at 7:40 almost drowning the lens is awesome💥
Beautiful!!!! What kind of Rainbows are those? They have much more pointed fins than our species In Minnesota USA What is the name of the river I won't tell anyone.
A mate of mine and I were in my jetboat and went to flyfish the D'Urville River the South end of Lake Rotoroa here in the South Island. As we were leaving this little sandy beach up there late in the day we looked down into the crystal clear water and saw what we thought was a black log on the bottom - until it started SWIMMING AWAY!! My boat's an old Hamilton 32 - 13'6" and this eel would have been damn near the length of the boat!! When they used to race hydroplanes on Lake Rotoiti, just up the road from Rotoroa, if a boat sunk, no divers would go down to try and retrieve it - they reckoned there were eels down there that were bigger around than they were! God knows how old those eels would be! NOT the sort of thing you want to tangle with!
Nice looking fish if ya'll make it out Washington State lets go fishing I've got a private lake with some monster trout my biggest so far is 39 inch 8 lbs. and we got some big salmon in the rivers.
👍Awesome video guys besides the great fishing the ells were cool that one looked pretty darn big we used to have them and some of the smaller creeks and rivers in my area of Virginia but when they built the dam that separated the river in half from the upper river like then the lower River below the dam the ells slowly disappeared and died out I don't guess they can get to their spawning grounds or reproducing grounds my grandfather told me all the streams had plenty of them in them and they used to catch them and eat them but in my lifetime they had all but disappeared I only seen one that was rather large in my whole lifetime and that was in my childhood again cool video
"The old slap it on his head trick" lol, love it. Another awesome video mate and what a gorgeous day. One point of interest, i was watching a really informative video "Underwater water world of Trout" A very interesting fact: Trout kept out of the water for as little as 15 seconds will develop issues/injury to their Gills! It really pays to keep all Trout which are to be released, in the water as much as possible, which i note you pretty much do anyway.
Thanks mate yep I am very aware of the trout and do my best to keep them in the water, in saying that there was one fish in this video when even I was like “ put it back in the water you idiot” when I was editing it. So that was a good reminder to look after the fish better
Josh James would have just blown up that river in his jet boat ,jumped out snatched a 20 kilo brown out the water with His teeth had a smash on an then cheers drink some bru ,go home josh James the ultimate new zeelander
Not a bad day on the water! The fishing Gods took pity on you for the missing net. Great landings. Just be mindful, your forgotten equipment issue could have been much worse... I went on a surf fishing trip for rainbows and browns and realized I had left my waders behind. Luckily I was only 20 minutes from my destination. I broke a few speed limits making up time... thankfully not much traffic at 5:00am. My buddy left his Spey behind on another surf fishing trip and had to throw large Zonkers w a 3-4 W dry fly rig. Now that is funny😂.
I fkn hate those giant fkn eels in New Zealand. I was fishing the Mataura one time and there was a feckin eel about 20 pounds about a yard from my crotch. Scared the the shit outta me.
@@hamishparker8678 it’s worse if you’re fishing near one of those coal seams that run across the river near Gore. You don’t see them against the blackness and then they appear outta nowhere. Monsters.
Awesome video! They were some really nice fish, especially your big rainbow Gareth. The river looked a bit the like the Hinemaiaia to me, especially towards the end of the vid. Was it? Do you ever guide on this river? Great video, keep up the good work, it is my fix till I can return to NZ again.
14:36 That's the kind of Artist's shots that would make the cover of the old ''Fish & Stream Magazine''. Texas tale about having an 8 lb. blue catfish take up a small perch I was retrieving in on my fly rod. Never set the hook on him, just had that perch wedged in his jaws. Went work the next day & bragged about catching a catfish on my fly rod. Cheers from the State resting place of those two ''Blood Baptized Texan's David Crockett & James Bowie.''
I'm in Washington (state) in the US. Reminds me of summer steelhead fishing. You should try steelhead fishing. Ever wanted to catch a 20 lb wild bow. That's one of your best shots at it.
@@georgelandrum1257 haven't done much summer run fishing recently. The wild fish morons have completely jacked the whole fishery so badly. Summer runs on the cowlitz is what I did. I remember when I would get 15+ fish days. Now I barely squeak one out in a day. Sad times for fishing here in washington.....
Awesome stuff, I know it requires different filming set up, but it socks the fly takes shots are missing, and the standard camera shots has to be done with the go pro, the potencial is huge by just changing the filming points of view. Overall great clips here. You guys have a new SBS, keep up the good work!👌👌
You should always wet your hands before handling fish if you’re going to release them ! Dry hands remove their protective slime layer leaving them more prone to disease etc
Trout Hunting NZ Yeah, you guys did a good job of taking care of them, they all swam away strong. Just getting it out there . I’ve seen many videos where guys’d have the fish out of the water for 3-5 mins. , holding them this way & that not realizing that gravity greatly stresses all fish when out of the water. Especially trout . And with dry hands ! Hey if we’re gonna let’m go, we might as well give ‘m the best chance we can to survive, right? In my experience (45 yrs.) a trout that has to be held upright at the beginning of a release, swims away very slowly, or both is usually doomed. Just sayin.......
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@@TroutHuntingNZ No offence it destroys the whole viewing pleasure and it makes me stop watching any further on the phone and watch something else . I know it won't be ruined with adverts during the footage ,,,,, .. As they only have adverts at the begining and at the end ...that i can suffer to an extent
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Bro you need a sticker on your dash that says "got net?"
Great episode! Not sure what was best, the story, the jaw dropping underwater scenes, drone landing with eel, or Dustins go pro dry fly eat in the end.. still this shot at 7:40 almost drowning the lens is awesome💥
Those Eels reminded me of the Jeremy Wade River Monsters episode in New Zealand. Eels are some creepy fish!
OMG dreams do not come true for some people :( Every time I blow out candles from a birthday cake, I wish NZ. Today I blew out the candles 39
Beautiful!!!! What kind of Rainbows are those? They have much more pointed fins than our species In Minnesota USA What is the name of the river I won't tell anyone.
A mate of mine and I were in my jetboat and went to flyfish the D'Urville River the South end of Lake Rotoroa here in the South Island. As we were leaving this little sandy beach up there late in the day we looked down into the crystal clear water and saw what we thought was a black log on the bottom - until it started SWIMMING AWAY!! My boat's an old Hamilton 32 - 13'6" and this eel would have been damn near the length of the boat!! When they used to race hydroplanes on Lake Rotoiti, just up the road from Rotoroa, if a boat sunk, no divers would go down to try and retrieve it - they reckoned there were eels down there that were bigger around than they were! God knows how old those eels would be! NOT the sort of thing you want to tangle with!
Super awesome vid brother. Great footage on the eels also. One question for ya......what kind of 4wheeler do u have?
Nice looking fish if ya'll make it out Washington State lets go fishing I've got a private lake with some monster trout my biggest so far is 39 inch 8 lbs. and we got some big salmon in the rivers.
👍Awesome video guys besides the great fishing the ells were cool that one looked pretty darn big we used to have them and some of the smaller creeks and rivers in my area of Virginia but when they built the dam that separated the river in half from the upper river like then the lower River below the dam the ells slowly disappeared and died out I don't guess they can get to their spawning grounds or reproducing grounds my grandfather told me all the streams had plenty of them in them and they used to catch them and eat them but in my lifetime they had all but disappeared I only seen one that was rather large in my whole lifetime and that was in my childhood again cool video
3.43 + 4.14 thought I was having deja vu lol Love the vids man :D
What materials do you recommend to create a replica human finger to catch eels???
Check out a halloween store ahah
Great vid. Would be nice to see habanero fly close up so we can try tie up similar type of pattern for UK rivers
Has he ever put up a tying video of the habañero fly?
Nice video! Had this at the Mohaka River, big eel swimming around my feed and trying to attack trout I'm on, creepy...
A slice of heaven on earth. Glad to see you guy's making the most of it.
For 2020 COULD you maybe MAKE a video about CATCHING BIG trout in crystal clear RIVERS? I dont THINK it's someTHING you've done before.
That’s a good idea, yep I will try my best to do it, specially for you
"The old slap it on his head trick" lol, love it. Another awesome video mate and what a gorgeous day. One point of interest, i was watching a really informative video "Underwater water world of Trout" A very interesting fact: Trout kept out of the water for as little as 15 seconds will develop issues/injury to their Gills! It really pays to keep all Trout which are to be released, in the water as much as possible, which i note you pretty much do anyway.
Thanks mate yep I am very aware of the trout and do my best to keep them in the water, in saying that there was one fish in this video when even I was like “ put it back in the water you idiot” when I was editing it. So that was a good reminder to look after the fish better
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@@TroutHuntingNZ Umm not sure what i said about adds? lol. Never the less i will stick with your vids mate, they are the best.
Great scenery, lovely river , obviously good camaraderie, blood , big eels and awesome fish !! Really enjoyed watching this video thanks Gareth!
Got hands bro? 😂 That was awesome lol nice catch 💯
Just Subscribed. 😉 Great upload. 👍 Greetings from Ireland. 🇮🇪🍀..... 😏 Totally jealous looks like the two of yee had a great day 😎 keep it up. 👌
Thanks
Yea "Don't know what to tell you"....my God i dropped my jaw on the first one....beautiful fish, great fishing!
What kind of native fishes are found (or were found) in NZ waters?
Small torrent fish
Josh James would have just blown up that river in his jet boat ,jumped out snatched a 20 kilo brown out the water with His teeth had a smash on an then cheers drink some bru ,go home josh James the ultimate new zeelander
Yeah man he’s a crazy bugger
Last year eel has snatched a trout which I landed a few seconds before. I was shacking another half an hour because I didn't notice it's coming.
Not a bad day on the water! The fishing Gods took pity on you for the missing net. Great landings.
Just be mindful, your forgotten equipment issue could have been much worse... I went on a surf fishing trip for rainbows and browns and realized I had left my waders behind. Luckily I was only 20 minutes from my destination. I broke a few speed limits making up time... thankfully not much traffic at 5:00am. My buddy left his Spey behind on another surf fishing trip and had to throw large Zonkers w a 3-4 W dry fly rig. Now that is funny😂.
6:23 nice one handed catch lol
It would be nice if you would post the recipe for the fly! This way I can tie some and see if they will work here in CT.
George Semel I’m currently playing hockey here In Danbury. Are there any good trout fishing areas near me?
That was fully sick as usual. I love dry flies👍🏻
I fkn hate those giant fkn eels in New Zealand. I was fishing the Mataura one time and there was a feckin eel about 20 pounds about a yard from my crotch. Scared the the shit outta me.
Happened to me on the mataura last week
@@hamishparker8678 it’s worse if you’re fishing near one of those coal seams that run across the river near Gore. You don’t see them against the blackness and then they appear outta nowhere. Monsters.
Nice vidio....great...
Awesome Video
What a beautiful place 😍
Great work Guys!!!!
Haha those eels are crazy. Just chilling around where you guys are fishing. Reckon they would take a fly?
Awesome video! They were some really nice fish, especially your big rainbow Gareth. The river looked a bit the like the Hinemaiaia to me, especially towards the end of the vid. Was it? Do you ever guide on this river? Great video, keep up the good work, it is my fix till I can return to NZ again.
beatyfull vidieo bro
Awesome video my dude. I've been subscribed for about 6 months and I love everything you are doing!!!👍
Really nice vid! What is the make/ model of your friend Backpack please, the dry one ? thank you.
It’s a fish pond something ?
I really like the silly fish LOL hahahaha干什么 干什么
So cool bro, I lake river. What do you from?
Beatiful video by professional fishermans👍
Very nice video! Thanx man!
Never seen that before, awesome with the river eels.
I hate when I forget my net definitely got to finesse them in really beautiful fish 👍👊 crazy that eel wanted him 🤣
Man that one just be for 15min went Arial so awesome 💪✌️
Cheers mate 🤙
Wow!
Good
Sick ass video bru
That was a great video, really nice looking piece of water and awesome fish! 👍🤙
WHAT beauties! New Zealand's sport fish are MONSTERS!
I wonder if NZ trout have accents as well?
14:36 That's the kind of Artist's shots that would make the cover of the old ''Fish & Stream Magazine''.
Texas tale about having an 8 lb. blue catfish take up a small perch I was retrieving in on my fly rod.
Never set the hook on him, just had that perch wedged in his jaws. Went work the next day & bragged about catching a catfish on my fly rod.
Cheers from the State resting place of those two ''Blood Baptized Texan's David Crockett & James Bowie.''
Cheers bro 🤙
I'm in Washington (state) in the US. Reminds me of summer steelhead fishing. You should try steelhead fishing. Ever wanted to catch a 20 lb wild bow. That's one of your best shots at it.
360 Fish Slayers , right on! I used to fish the summer run on the skykomish and had a blast, but mostly returns.
@@georgelandrum1257 haven't done much summer run fishing recently. The wild fish morons have completely jacked the whole fishery so badly. Summer runs on the cowlitz is what I did. I remember when I would get 15+ fish days. Now I barely squeak one out in a day. Sad times for fishing here in washington.....
Another awesome video bro. Cheers.
Great day of crazy fishing thanks
Nice👍👍💕❤
Those are some very sociable eels :D
Another sick video bro.
another great video
nice...😊👍
What’s the music you use for the intro?
Great video guys
Epic video bruv! Keep it up
Looks like a great spot for some trout
Awesome Looking Fish!!
Here in Canada some people call pike Jack's, never heard someone call a trout a jack
Jack is the name for a male trout, hen for female
Interesting, I've used bull and hen
@@RxBanditvx well being English, I believe the correct call is cock and hen.
Double decker! 👊🏼
First love the content!!!!
Awesome stuff, I know it requires different filming set up, but it socks the fly takes shots are missing, and the standard camera shots has to be done with the go pro, the potencial is huge by just changing the filming points of view.
Overall great clips here. You guys have a new SBS, keep up the good work!👌👌
You should always wet your hands before handling fish if you’re going to release them ! Dry hands remove their protective slime layer leaving them more prone to disease etc
While the video might not specifically show that. I definitely always do
Trout Hunting NZ Yeah, you guys did a good job of taking care of them, they all swam away strong. Just getting it out there . I’ve seen many videos where guys’d have the fish out of the water for 3-5 mins. , holding them this way & that not realizing that gravity greatly stresses all fish when out of the water. Especially trout . And with dry hands ! Hey if we’re gonna let’m go, we might as well give ‘m the best chance we can to survive, right? In my experience (45 yrs.) a trout that has to be held upright at the beginning of a release, swims away very slowly, or both is usually doomed. Just sayin.......
Wow, great under water footage... I hit subscribe when ur mate got bitten by the eel lol
Five pounds? Man, your 🐟 magically turn into 🐳. Hold it close enough to the camera and it'll look even bigger. Lol.
4-5lb is the officially documented average in this river as documented by fish and game.
Sorry you don’t like that
Сплейк супер!!! Super split!!!
What a jump @14:47
You guys are keeping the fish out of the water too long!
One of them yes. Which was a nice reminder for my self which I noticed when editing. The rest no
"Cant recommend it" lmao yall are wild. Didnt even know you had eels out there till this video.
What pound test do you use for these toads? 4x or 3x?
🤣😅 Fkn eel!!
Toooooo many adverts ruins the viewing on the phone ...
Hey mate sorry you dont like the ads, takes me along time to produce these so it’s nice to earn a bit of pocket money from them and it helps me make more and better videos, so if ya like the videos it’s a small price to pay
@@TroutHuntingNZ No offence it destroys the whole viewing pleasure and it makes me stop watching any further on the phone and watch something else . I know it won't be ruined with adverts during the footage ,,,,, .. As they only have adverts at the begining and at the end ...that i can suffer to an extent