Fantastic, so much mayhem when you get a tangle, be a major if you were on your own. So much fly fishing to be explored in the harbour. Great filming and enjoying content.
Thanks Neil, so good to hear you enjoyed the video. A tangle on a big king cost Simon a fly line and a rod tip...it can be disastrous. Glad he was there to help
That's awesome Dave, there is at least one more before xmas from my recent trip to Tauranga to go and find a flats king. It should make a good video. If all goes well it should be out in time. I'll try to keep ticking over a few salt fly videos over the summer.
enjoyed the video very much eagle ray was way cool! pro-tip - put a wet towel over your electric motor when not in use (less snags) when fly fishing on the bow.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Kahawai love small clousers. Just match the size and colour of what they are feeding on. If it's whitebait or other small baitfish go with a small white size 10 clouser. I like to tie them with SF blend, white, blue over white or yellow over white but bucktail works just as well. For kingfish bigger piper or baitfish immitations work well as does crease flies and poppers if they are near the surface. Tight lines, hope you get some.
@nicoprasetio3953 for kahawai I often use a 6 weight but you can go even lighter if you want, but generally for saltwater I use a 8 or 9wt in case something bigger shows up. Ideally, you want at least 150 yards backing on saltwater gear, but honestly, in NZ you don't need that much. If a kingfish gets you deep into your backing you are going to be reefed or wrapped around structure and kahawai should not get out more than 20 yards into your backing. It's tropical stuff like bonefish and tuna that require lots of backing.
@nicoprasetio3953 kahawai yes, especially in surf and around estuaries where river/streams flow into the sea. Especially in spring when the whitbait are runnijg. Off the rocks is probably easier especially if you use a bit of berley like when snapper fishing. It's a good way to have success early on. Kingfish are harder from the shore, but you will probably eventually see some in the same places you would see kahawai, especially if you berley off the rocks. Wharves and jetties are good spots too if they have room to cast. In Russell up North the kahawai chase baitfish under the wharf lights at night. That's good fun. Tuna from the shore, probably not in New Zealand but they do it in Australia. Joing the Tauranga and Auckland Saltwater Fly Fishing Groups on Facebook. Lots of good info there and people who are happy to take you out and show you. Tight lines. Feel free to email me on my website if you have more questions.
They are awesome species indeed. It's a Smartwave 3500 center console with a 30hp Tohatsu and a Watersnake Hauwser foot pedal electric motor. Although I won't recommend a foot pedal electric motor. Takes too much coordination and creates tangles.
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing I use the Haswing cayman gps front troller on a 16ft boat/40 Yamaha 4 stoke. I use it on the other side of the globe (NL) for freshwater but it would be great for inshore waters in NZ. Unfortunately it won’t fit my suitcase on next February’s NZ trip
Have thought about it and I have one I can wear but it would make moving around on the boat very hard and yeah not much space to put one down. I might take some time to make a mat I can lay down on the casting deck but not sure where I will stand. When I'm fishing alone I move around a lot as well. Need a bigger boat 😂
Teamwork makes the dream work! 😂 Love it, epic session
Need to get you onto some of these soon
Well done guys what an awesome day, welcome to the handline club, next Bonefish 😁
Thanks mate, need to get out with you some time
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing cool m8 this weekends a pearler for the Auckland flats scene
Fantastic, so much mayhem when you get a tangle, be a major if you were on your own. So much fly fishing to be explored in the harbour. Great filming and enjoying content.
Thanks Neil, so good to hear you enjoyed the video. A tangle on a big king cost Simon a fly line and a rod tip...it can be disastrous. Glad he was there to help
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing wow, poor Simon,
Great video. Kahawai and kingies are great on fly gear. What boat are you guys fishing from?
Epic - really enjoyed this one Johan. Hope there's more salt fly content to come.
That's awesome Dave, there is at least one more before xmas from my recent trip to Tauranga to go and find a flats king. It should make a good video. If all goes well it should be out in time. I'll try to keep ticking over a few salt fly videos over the summer.
Hi Johan, now that is a good days fishing right on your door step! Good team work and good technique. Cheers mate. Harera
We are lucky to have such good fishing right here. Hopefully more poeple will give it a go. Tight lines
Fantastic fishing guys. Excellent team work. Well done 👏
We need to get you out on the boat for a few kings this summer.
enjoyed the video very much eagle ray was way cool! pro-tip - put a wet towel over your electric motor when not in use (less snags) when fly fishing on the bow.
Awesome, thanks for that tip, I'll definitely give that a try this summer
very nice !
Many thanks, glad you enjoyed it
Epic! What patterns were they biting?? Trying to catch some Kahawai on the fly in Northlands NZ.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. Kahawai love small clousers. Just match the size and colour of what they are feeding on. If it's whitebait or other small baitfish go with a small white size 10 clouser. I like to tie them with SF blend, white, blue over white or yellow over white but bucktail works just as well. For kingfish bigger piper or baitfish immitations work well as does crease flies and poppers if they are near the surface. Tight lines, hope you get some.
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing what weight of flyrod did you use, and how long was your backing line?
@nicoprasetio3953 for kahawai I often use a 6 weight but you can go even lighter if you want, but generally for saltwater I use a 8 or 9wt in case something bigger shows up. Ideally, you want at least 150 yards backing on saltwater gear, but honestly, in NZ you don't need that much. If a kingfish gets you deep into your backing you are going to be reefed or wrapped around structure and kahawai should not get out more than 20 yards into your backing. It's tropical stuff like bonefish and tuna that require lots of backing.
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing is it possible to cast from beaches using flyrod to get kingfishes/tunas/kahawai?
@nicoprasetio3953 kahawai yes, especially in surf and around estuaries where river/streams flow into the sea. Especially in spring when the whitbait are runnijg. Off the rocks is probably easier especially if you use a bit of berley like when snapper fishing. It's a good way to have success early on.
Kingfish are harder from the shore, but you will probably eventually see some in the same places you would see kahawai, especially if you berley off the rocks. Wharves and jetties are good spots too if they have room to cast. In Russell up North the kahawai chase baitfish under the wharf lights at night. That's good fun.
Tuna from the shore, probably not in New Zealand but they do it in Australia. Joing the Tauranga and Auckland Saltwater Fly Fishing Groups on Facebook. Lots of good info there and people who are happy to take you out and show you. Tight lines. Feel free to email me on my website if you have more questions.
Great video. Kingies and kahawai are such great species to catch on fly gear! What sort of boat /motor are you guys using?
They are awesome species indeed. It's a Smartwave 3500 center console with a 30hp Tohatsu and a Watersnake Hauwser foot pedal electric motor. Although I won't recommend a foot pedal electric motor. Takes too much coordination and creates tangles.
@@CrazyAboutFlyFishing I use the Haswing cayman gps front troller on a 16ft boat/40 Yamaha 4 stoke. I use it on the other side of the globe (NL) for freshwater but it would be great for inshore waters in NZ. Unfortunately it won’t fit my suitcase on next February’s NZ trip
Although there’s not much deck space on your boat, a stripping basket or stripping bucket can reduce tangles.
Have thought about it and I have one I can wear but it would make moving around on the boat very hard and yeah not much space to put one down. I might take some time to make a mat I can lay down on the casting deck but not sure where I will stand. When I'm fishing alone I move around a lot as well. Need a bigger boat 😂