This River is Incredible, Big Fish Everywhere.

|I'd like to ask the owner exactly why his 'wild' trout are so big .... is it just the wonder and excitement of NZ ... do they have better food ? .... are they mystic ?.... nope. They are stocked and fed every day .... please please please come up with a natural reason for multiple large fish in a relatively small body of water with a natural food supply... go on ... please provide some explanation for you're blatant lies about your country's small rivers.(they choose small rivers 'cause they're easier to maintain a head of fish ... and it's easier for the idiots that part with 2-3k to travel to catch a big lab pet livestock trout) Someone should investigate NZ's 'wild' claims. I'm pretty sure 'wild' is misleading at best and downright fraudulant otherwise.

Couple of highly respectful gents with the kayaks. Thumbs up for taking them around in the least disturbing places. I have people that will knock you down or float straight through your fishing spot without a word out here in Utah. Refreshing to see courteous outdoorsman.

I’m a retired professional touring drummer, and I was playing in Australia, grew up in New Jersey love trout fishing never a big fly man, but when I lived in Washington state, I had friends who were a huge fly. Fisherman taught me how to fly fish. When I was in Australian finished touring, I had a week off. I flew to New Zealand for three days for today trout excursion with guides the first day we were in a small river or lake dish got me sharp my fly skills on the second day, we were in a big river, and it was to guides one in the water with me and one out on the trees that climbed out over the River and was site fishing where the trout work for us it was one of the most beautiful experiences I’ve ever had in New Zealand is an extremely beautiful country

Hi Gareth, there were some beautiful fish, well worth the hike. Watching the two blokes floating by, ( very courteous giving you lots of room) made me wonder about a floating, camping and fishing trip next year. Cheers mate. Harera

Enjoyed watching you catch those great big Rainbow Trout.

Excellent quick releases. Would like to hear you emphasize how important that is in your wonderful videos. Too many videos out there of fisherman telling a story while the fish is gasping for its life. What an amazing paradise. Beautiful, healthy looking fish.

WOW! What a great section of river! Nice size Rainbows 🌈! Thanks for the awesome videos this year! Happy new year! Looking forward to next year’s Vids 🎣🎣🎣

Love watching fish go back in this is proper fishing putting big fish back People don't realise how long it takes and what the fish goes through to get to this size well done lads spot on lads

Wow, what a beautiful day and gorgeous fish. Thanks for sharing!

Lifetime day that was epic! Cheers from Montana👍

Good looking water and great fish. A great day fishing and catching.

What a day man! Beautiful river, great fish, hell yeah gents! Plus, those yakkers were super cool.

Absolutely luv your videos. Got mates on the North island, the Naki. Been thinking about heading back for a trout fish adventure, now checking flights. Cheers Aussie

nice fish caught at about 6:00. For all the world, that looks like a McCloud Rainbow, which is a sub-species of the Shasta Rainbow. both strains are native to the Lower McCloud River. The Shasta Rainbow from the McCloud River hatchery in California was widely planted in New Zealand and also in Australia, but the McCloud subspecies was not. I used to not only fish on the lower McCloud but would also guide on that river. You can tell immediately when you hook a big fish because you won't move him with the hook-set, but you will tilt him. And usually when you tilt him, you'll see his side flash. If the flash is either pink or silver it's a Shasta Rainbow. If it's an orange flash though, that's a McCloud rainbo. That flash will be orange because The McCloud Rainbow has an orange stripe along the side instead of pink, orange cheeks, and some even have orange cuts under the jaw. They really get orange during spawning in the Spring and the orange fades a bit by mid summer to look like that fish he pulls up at 6:02. That's a really nice buck and they are strong fighters.

That’s a magical spot. Those fish are some beautiful HOGS! 😌✊🏽

Beautiful fish! Love trout fishing 🎣

I'm sure I'm not the only one that gets excited when the clip starts with the quad bike! DB tells me his big moment in the spotlight was ruined by a "technical fault"!

Jeez man those fish were enormous! Looks like an incredible day on the water.

Is it a lighting thing or do they look less pink there and more of a salmon color? stunning none the less.

It's always great. Your video is excellent quality. We liked and enjoyed to the end. Thanks