I am sure i will find the mollies . On my last vist the swamp was quite low but i did a bit of investigating and found areas of good water depth . I believe that the mollies will be in these areas and with the amount of rain we have had laterly i am sure i will find them . Yes i have seen the devolpment sign but can't imagine them building in this particular area for obvarious reasons .

Very final expreesions of intrest need to be to me by 10/10/03 sorry can't do any better than that . Mainly with booking accomodation etc .

Fellow molly hunters you won't belive our luck . I was on the phone to the owners of the Oasis motel yesterday and they mention these greenish fish with a tonch of orange that like hanging arond there thermal water supply to the hot pools at the motel . He said there are hundreds of them so we mighten even need to get in the swamp .

The water levels are also up so it is fairly safe to asume the the molly population will also be thriving .Can't want for the molly hunt it is going to be awsome !!!!!

Anyone one else coming just for one of the days ???

Hi Dave

I know this is late notice but ...

Could hubby and I come along? Is there any accommodation left and if so what is the cost? Would rather stay overnight than travel up and back on the one day.

Looking forward to your reply.

Cat It would be great to catch up with you . I think i can still manage accomodation just read the intineary and send me your prefer option plus a second choice and i see what i can do . Prices etc are on the intineary which can be found in an earlier post .

Hi Dave

Ok ... if we can get either a Motel or Studio unit would be great. We dont mind sharing if need be but as we have only been married for 6 months and this is our first trip away not sure anyone would want to share with us. :lol: :lol: :lol:

seriously though ... anything that has a double would be great.

Look forward to catching up with you guys too. Who else from Hamilton is coming?

I will be bringing along a couple of flyfishing club memebers for some fishing as well, we can easily stay at club habitat, if you need accommodation freed up.

Also if anyone else is staying there I can leave instructions with the front desk to say where we are.

Its all on here

Joze i will book try and book another cabin for your flyfishing club members tommorrow.

Cat - i will get back to you on which option i can get also within the next couple of days.

Thank you very much Dave. Sorry to be such a pain with the late request! :oops: Much appreciated.

no worries dave, its not an isssue if you cant...usual fishing thing though, all of us mles and me (female) are happy bunking down. One is a real novice as in I taught him so real basics yesterday, and one knows what he is doing.

You could probably teach me a bit about flyfishing aswell . I have not done it before but willing to give it a go .

wow I was tired last night, I also talked to a friend last night who is going to talk to another friend of his who has just bought a fully furnished house in Turangi. Will see what comes of that, but I am all on for this trip. WOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

only 5 more sleeps

now only three .

Looking forward to finally meeting everyone

The weather doesnt look like it is going to be the best, according to teletext this morning.

Hopefully they are wrong! Has been known to happen. :lol:

You will have a great time no matter what the weather! Enjoy yourselves. Sorry I couldn't be with you

must pack truck tonight. whats the story for friday?

There will be Carla , and the Rowe family also checking into the oasis motel on friday night . Joze i have sorted out the unit for the friday night for you . Just check yourself in when you get there .

The weather could be worst i could snow like a previous molly hunt that i did a few years ago . Don't forget your togs as there is nothing more relaxing than a soak in the hot pools which there are at the motel .

Everyone have a safe trip and i will see you alll at the Prawn park in Taupo at 10am on Saturday ,

See you there !!!!!

Dave

We will see you all at the Trout Centre as we have been to the Prawn Farm on numerous occasions and my husband eats too many. Costs a fortune! :lol:

Safe travelling all.

EXCELLENT THANK YOU. Will see you guys sometime Saturday afternnon, maybe we will get cheecky and fish on the centre sanctuary limits.

Dave said...

> ... see you alll at the Prawn park in Taupo at 10am on Saturday...

Peter Sebborn and I will wave as plan on passing through Taupo

about then. Got to be in Auckland by early afternoon...

Have fun, I know I will (Indian Restuarant, Irish Bar and

what logically follows... ).

Andrew.

how was it did u get lots of mollys

give us a report?

thanks

dennis

Yes we did get mollies. Ours travelled for 10 hours and almost all arrived in excellent condition. Some of the small fry didn't make it, but they are all settling in nicely and eating already!!! Also stopped at Fees on the way home - caught some more fishies there, then onto hollywoods in Auckland to land the catch we made on Friday on the way down... and now for bed! Where were you Dennis?

hmmmm somethings wrong with my date. its now sunday nite 11.40 pm. Must check where to set it proper again - tomorrow!

What a fun weekend! You must all try it some time. Not that I actually went in after them as that it what husbands are for :lol: :lol:

Lots of mud and thousands of fish!!! Now that we are no longer molly hunting newbies we will know what to bring next time. Will help to have a slightly larger net as these fish are little V8 powered machines. Very quick.

Lots of laughs as Dave literally threw himself into the hunt. The only one that was filthy up to his neck. When you consider the water is only a few inches deep that is quite an achievement. :lol: :lol: :lol: (The mud is about two feet thick under the water though).

The catfish in the lake are huge so we had no intention of getting one as we would never have anywhere to put it! Not sure if anyone got one as we had to make tracks for home.

The weather was glorious for us and I even managed to get sunburnt in Turangi. 8)

We really enjoyed it and will look forward to the next time. We, I mean hubby, managed to catch about 30 little V8's which are settling in at home.

Thanks Dave for an interesting event, as with Cat, next time we will be better prepared, including the whitebait net. Gumboots were great if you didn't mind disappearing in about 2 feet of mud!!!

As for the fish, they were pretty quick, V8 is a good description, but V12 on drugs would be better suited.

We somehow managed to catch four of them which all survived the trip home. :-?

As for the Catfish, the three-way fight between myself, Dave and Kevin to catch one fish end up in a mass of tangled fishing line and no fish.

Look forward to the next event.