breambusters Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 (edited) Hi Raiders, After being inspired by Swordy's post on Thomos 2 days ago and not able to make the trip, I was eager to have a shot at those great fish that Thomos has to offer. So on Thursday I headed up the mountains with my wife Vicki, son Jason and his girl friend Henni. We knew it was going to be cold so we donned our ski suits and it was just as well as when we arrived at first light every puddle of water was frozen solid. We made a brisk walk from the car park to the dam to get our blood circulating. It was a beautiful day with a clear blue sky and stiff freezing cold SW wind . On The water around 7:15am with the sun now shinning but the wind was constant and seamed even colder now we had stopped walking. With in 10 minutes I had landed 2 small rainbows and dropped another. Jason could not believe Dad had three hook ups to his none, But the day had only just began! Things went a little quiet for a while then Jason calls I'm on By the bend in his rod I could see it was a nice fish. He played it to the letter using light drag on his 4 lb braid. He soon landed the fattest rainbow hen I had ever seen measuring 49cm, Jason's first trout. It was not much longer When Vicki let out one of her frightening screams followed by #$%@#$ which means I'm on. After a great fight with plenty of long runs a very excited Vicki lands a beautiful 52cm buck rainbow. I was starting to feel my first 2 small fish did not even rate in comparison to Jason & Vicki's catch. We were all using pink tassie devils and I was now flicking mine with with great gusto to land a comparable specimen. To my amazment Jason was now into another fine fish, and it was not long before he had another 50cm rainbow on the deck. Now I was under pressure and Jason was offering me tips on how and where to cast as though he was a pro, Mind you, he now has only ever caught 2 trout and they were just now about an hour apart Again things go quiet for a while and we move further along the bank to find the next waiting specimine. My hands and cheeks were numb from the freezing wind but we were having a ball. Henni was not fishing on the day but did perform admirably with handing out hot drinks sandwiches and the best tea cake you could ever ask for. A little more time passes and finally I get the chance to yell I'm on! With a great fight I landed yet another nice rainbow measuring 49cm. Jason was relieved that his fish was still a tad bigger. We made our way out around 2:30 in the afternoon and were amazed to find the small water puddles were still frozen on the surface brrrrr. A total of 7 rainbows were landed all on pink tassie devils. A great day was had by all despite the cold, but hey that's when you catch the best fish. Enjoy the photos. Cheers Brad, Vick Jason & Henni Edited June 13, 2009 by breambusters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breambusters Posted June 13, 2009 Author Share Posted June 13, 2009 This is the fat rainbow Jason caught. And some happy smiles after a great day Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnno Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Looks like a great day Brad well done on getting some good looking fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodgey Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Congrats on a great day out, Brad. Man that fish is fat! Terrific photos mate; still looks bloody cold! Cheers Hodgey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robeebee Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 some great fish mate onya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadamson Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Great report Brad.Man i am kicking myself for not going up their with Stewy. but it was better to keep the peace at home as i have been pushing the fishing trips a bit lately.Nice Trout that hen is so fat!! anyway maybe next time cheers Stephen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Damn that Pink Tassie!! Very well condition Rainbows there with the males all displaying their spawning colours. I noticed you were up the back of Thommos in some of those shots, i normally find that area quite tough. What was the water like up the back? Reason I ask is a lot of the time it's quite ugly looking, a horrid greeny colour and probably why I have found it tough there in the past. Keep up the great reportss Cheers Windy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bream Mad Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 great fishing mate I swear those rainbows begin life at 50cm at TCD all the smaller ones get eaten but the mega browns good work again kael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breambusters Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Damn that Pink Tassie!! Very well condition Rainbows there with the males all displaying their spawning colours. I noticed you were up the back of Thommos in some of those shots, i normally find that area quite tough. What was the water like up the back? Reason I ask is a lot of the time it's quite ugly looking, a horrid greeny colour and probably why I have found it tough there in the past. Keep up the great reportss Cheers Windy Hi Matt, The water up the back is really quite clean at the back of the dam, it was just so cold with the wind howling straight through. Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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