Category: New Zealand
The Terrific Tongariro
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Late Autumn, North Island of New Zealand
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South Island rain, Willow Grubs and backcountry
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Dirty Water and Big Snouts
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Ruakituri River – The North Island’s Best Kept Secret?
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Southland NZ – Weathering The Extremes
A balmy evening greeted me as I hopped off the plane in Queenstown. A little later, beetles buzzed the streetlights as I walked down to buy a Furg Burger. A good omen, I thought…but I was in Southland. I was woken in the night to the sound of rain, heavy rain. My worst fears were realised […]
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Fishing with Felix
Around 20 years ago (neither of us can remember the exact date) I taught Felix to flyfish. Or more accurately, I gave him his first flyfishing lesson, since literally teaching someone to flyfish assumes an endpoint which I haven’t arrived at myself, let alone been able to pass on to someone else. Anyway, if you haven’t […]
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North of the South Island – mid october
Warm weather, gentle flows, bright blue days, crystal clear water and trout taking dries? You could easily assume that I am talking about summer fishing in NZ but in fact my recent trip began just 12 days after the season opening. I give up, I can’t pick the best time to fish this amazing region. Conclusion? […]
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According to plan – Turangi, NZ
I’m just back from my annual trip based out of Turangi in NZ’s North Island. About midway through the week we’d had another good day on the famous Tongariro River (FlyStream magazine issue 2) landing 8 wonderful rainbows. So, feeling smug, we – my brother David, nephew Jamie and I – knocked off early and went to the Turangi pub for dinner. Guide […]
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Eucumbene’s Providence Aggro Browns
I was doing my best to maintain a steady drift down the old Eucumbene river bed on Providence Flats, the electric motor was excellent at nudging the boat back into the channel and the action, if not relentless was pretty consistent. The first decent fish I hooked stripped line with classic big brown lunges and […]
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South Island NZ – end of Jan 2015
I follow the weather pretty closely leading up to fishing trips especially when heading to New Zealand. More often than not I nervously watch the progress of cold fronts and rain-laden clouds and pray they miss! On this trip the complete opposite occurred. Little or no rain for the preceding 4-5 weeks saw me resorting to performing […]
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North Island Rivers
After a magic day fishing Auckland harbour for kingfish, it was time to focus on the trout. We had a few ideas and with the help of ex flyfishing guide Lindsay Lyons we were able to finalise our itinerary. Lindsay is our go-to flyfishing resource in the North Island and these days, he and his […]
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Auckland Kingfish
New Zealand’s trout fishing is undoubtedly world class, and for this reason I try to plan a trip there once a year. My latest visit was meant to be only slightly different to the last, joining four good mates to check out a few rivers in the North Island we hadn’t fished before. One of our major suppliers at The […]
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Of rats and trout
Well, if you ever doubted the propensity of big trout to eat rodents, doubt no more. Guest Howell was fishing with Pete on a nearby stream and things were going nicely. Some lovely browns had already been caught when this beauty took a little nymph. Looking at this trout’s size and condition, you can only imagine the fight but at […]
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South Island November 4th-10th
I think that I have come to the realisation that it may be futile trying to plan a trip to NZ based on weather predictions or expectation. Leading up to my early November trip I was little apprehensive that I may be pushing my luck a bit and I would encounter cold, rain and high-fast flowing […]
