Originally Posted by
pittendrigh
Have you fished the Kauai trout streams? We hiked up there to look for native honey creepers with Jim Denny (a birding guide from Kekaha). Had a blast. Saw some native birds. There aren't many left up there and you do have to work for them. At a top-of-volcano state park bookstore I was surprised to find out there are spawning rainbows in a few of the highest streams. The mountain top vegetation is nearly impenetrable. And you never know when one more step will take you off a 1500 vertical cliff. All of which makes it even more interesting. In a way. Like New Zealand, those fish might not have a great deal to eat, but they do have a 365 days a year growing season.
There are lots of good trails up there on top, gouged out by and for grouse and hog hunters. Of which there are a bunch it seems (hunters hogs and grouse). We saw lots of those grouse. And lots of hog sign too.
Anyway. It wood be totally cool if you could catch a rainbow trout in Kauai, on one of those hotrod little duns you tie.