Gone fishing... for some of New Zealand's trickiest trout: A stay at the world-famous 訴える手段／行楽地 where 上陸 a whopper is a daily 事件／事情／状勢

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The rotor blades are deafening as our chopper 急襲するs 負かす／撃墜する の上に a rocky outcrop beside the Mokihinui River.

This remote backwater on New Zealand’s South Island is a difficult two-day trek from civilisation and infested with 血-thirsty sandflies.

削減（する） off from communication with the outside world, even the most 楽観的な travel スパイ／執行官 would call it a 堅い sell.

Yet this beautiful 位置／汚点／見つけ出す strikes a chord with fishermen hoping to catch one of the largest and most difficult 種類 to hook - brown trout. 隠しだてする and 怪しげな, salmo trutta has a 評判 as a crafty and difficult fish.

Brown trout are 普及した around the globe, but thanks to copious 降雨 on this northern area of the island, the 冷静な／正味の, unpolluted waters help make the 地域 supremely special for anglers.

みごたえのある: The 冷静な／正味の, unpolluted waters of New Zealand's South Island make the 地域 a supremely special place for anglers to hook brown trout

上陸 a 10 lb trout is almost an everyday occurrence for guests at Owen River 宿泊する - one of the world’s most famous fishing 訴える手段／行楽地s.

On the 辛勝する／優位 of Kahurangi 国家の Park, the intimate 所有物／資産／財産 is a four-hour 運動 from Christchurch International Airport. Every 塀で囲む is plastered with photos of happy anglers 持つ／拘留するing a prize catch. The 記録，記録的な／記録する is 14.5 lb (a 2 lb tiddler is a good 負わせる in most British rivers).

始める，決める up 20 years ago by 飛行機で行く fishing legend Felix Borenstein, it’s just been taken over by U.S.-based Eleven Experience.

Jeremy checks into Owen River 宿泊する, 'one of the world’s most famous fishing 訴える手段／行楽地s'?

Owen River 宿泊する was 始める，決める up 20 years ago by 飛行機で行く fishing legend Felix Borenstein

My fellow guests are seasoned fishermen and women who have crossed continents in 追跡 of big fish. But can the 宿泊する’s 専門家 guides 確実にする a beginner like me can also land a whopper?

As the chopper disappears 負かす／撃墜する the gorge, the call of 楽園 shelducks and the grey gerygone warbler are all that 乱す the peace. Before we unpack our fishing 道具, health and safety 要求するs guide Chris Williams to show me the workings of a 衛星 phone - a sobering 思い出の品 of our remote 場所.

I don’t know a clinch knot from a ３倍になる 外科医, so while Chris saves time by tying my line and wet 飛行機で行く - designed to 沈む to the 河床 where the trout 料金d - he also explains the intricacies of sight fishing.

Owen River 宿泊する is 位置を示すd on the 辛勝する／優位 of Kahurangi 国家の Park,?a four-hour 運動 from Christchurch International Airport

Rather than casting from the bank, I will wade along the river itself, stalking the fish his trained 注目する，もくろむ 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs upstream.

‘You can 現実に see the fish you want to hook as you creep up behind them,’ says Chris. ‘The 技術 is casting just in 前線, tempting the fish to take your 飛行機で行く. They’re wily - いつかs one chance is all you get.’

Brown trout are prolific in New Zealand, but are not a native 種類. They were introduced 150 years ago from Tasmania, having 起こる／始まるd from 支流s of the River Thames.

Jeremy 明らかにする／漏らすs that brown trout 起こる／始まるd from 支流s of the River Thames

In the days before refrigeration, two boxes of fertilised eggs were sent from London on the 乗客 ship Norfolk, 蓄える／店d in 封鎖するs of ice and covered in damp moss.

The water is 冷淡な as I clamber over an 強襲，強姦 course of slippery 激しく揺するs, 決定するd not to 減少（する） the expensive グラファイト／黒鉛 棒 I’m carrying in to the river. I’m wearing cumbersome waders and special boots, 同様に as copious 量s of insect repellent.

Time and again, a light headwind blows my featherweight fishing line off-的 and the canny fish is gone in a flash.

As the day moves on, we see dozens more and, as my casting 改善するs, I start to feel a few nibbles.

失望させるd I still can’t hook a fish, Chris finally 位置／汚点／見つけ出すs a trout downwind and only a short cast away.

On the third 試みる／企てる, a floating wool 指示する人（物） tied into my line disappears below the surface and I strike.

This is just the beginning of a five-minute duel, as the trout bolts 石油精製 I let line （土地などの）細長い一片 off the reel so the trout can swim itself to exhaustion.

It’s 決定的な to keep a bend in the 棒 and the fishing line taut, but the trout is putting up a 広大な／多数の／重要な fight. 結局, I start to reel in as Chris waits beside me with a 上陸 逮捕する.

It’s a thrilling moment, 特に for a beginner like me.

The 4 lb fish would make a tasty supper, except New Zealand operates a strict ‘catch-and-解放（する）’ 政策. The 支配する 確実にするs brown trout aren’t overfished and continue to 栄える, so this one will live to fight another day.