It was one of those wild Ocean beach, Wairarapa days, where the wind cuts sideways and the surf looks more like a washing machine than a beach.
Sometimes you’ve just got to tough it out. We stood there getting hammered by wind and spray, sand in our teeth, thinking this is madness.
Then out of nowhere bang!
Line loads up, rod bends over, and boom! A beautiful big moki. These fish are hard scrappers!
Moments like that make it all worth it.
The kind of day where the elements test you, and if you stick it out, they reward you.
Rod– 14 foot Finor surfcasting rod
Braid -50lb
Leader – 40lb flurocarbon
Bait– mussels wrapped with @ blackmagictackle bait elastic. (very important)
Tackle – 3/0 pink flasher 2 hook rig.
Tightlines!
