Posts in December 2011
Merry Christmas from Manic
From all of the team here at Manic we'd like to thank all of our retailers, customers, mates suppliers and general fly fishing bums out there who have helped make this another successful year. We certainly couldn't exist without the support we get from all of you and you can be gauranteed that in 2012 we will be doing our best to add as much value back to our customers and the sport of fly fishing as we possibly can. Merry Christmas and tight lines from Rene, Susan, Steve and Chris..... Read more
A bit more about the Stealth clear tip
As I mentioned before we've had some pretty cool comments from guides and friends who have been using the Ridge Stealth lines, here is a text thread from Chris Dore after his first day out with the line. Sorry I've blanked out the river name or I know there will be issues..... Read more
Catching up on sleep and time on the water
I had a weekend out on one of our lakes a few weeks back. To be honest I caught up on more sleep than fish. I did manage to get a bunch of shots of the guys getting it done..... Read more
Latitude Guiding Films from Nelson
Mike Kirkptrick from latitude guiding in Nelson has been hard at work on creating a bunch of new films, here is one of his latest clips to enjoy..... Read more
Stealth - very easy to miss
Well it took a while to finally get them but we did manage to land our shipment of Ridge Stealth lines a few weeks back and we are nearly out of them already (more on the way don't stress). So keep an eye out for these in your local stores, essentially they are a floating line in the same colour and taper as our popular Explorer taper..... Read more
The boys from Fly & Gun getting it done
Gary Lyttle and Andrew Shuster from Hunting and Fishing in Taupo (Fly & Gun) and Fly Fishing in New Zealand (their guiding business) put this great video together of a day targeting big fish on a North Island back country river..... Read more
Teaching the kid to cast
In preperation for summer holidays, I thought we'd better get our 23 month old Tyler casting while Susan was out Christmas shopping..... Read more
New favourite blog
A few friends have been hassling me for not updating the blog in a few weeks. Well I'm around most of this week, packing boxes, designing product and updating the website so it might just get better for a few days. For those of you that have come to rely on us for your fishing fix, check out this blog, it's my new favourite Gink and Gasoline by Louis Cahill (bearded photographer dude) and Kent Klewein (think he's just a fishing bum, bearded also). Anyway it's a cool blog check it out HERE a great mix of cool photography, a....... Read more
A few new terrestrials for summer
We've just added a few new terrestrials for summer which I thought you all may like the look of..... Read more