MANIC LAUNCHES NEW AIRFLO NYMPH TAPER TO THE MARKET.

After three months of trial by a number of New Zealand's leading fly fishing experts, Manic is releasing a new Ridge Line Nymph Taper to the market.

The new line utilises Airflo's Ridge Line technology which sits alongside the current Ridge whitewater and Ridge Presentation lines at the top of the Airflo range. The new Nymph taper is packed full of features including two welded loops, Ridge technology and a specialist taper designed for handling big indicators and heavy nymphs.

The Nymph taper is available in an Optic Green colour which makes it perfect for big water nymphing on Rivers such as the Tongariro, Tauranga Taupo and Mohaka.

I'm more of a nymph fisherman than a wetliner and although I have a lot of respect for the guys who wetline I always secretly thought I was fishing the most effective way. That was until I fished with Peter McIntosh who showed me what I was missing. The river was a little high and coloured, perfect conditions for fishing for these winter run rainbows. I had planned to have a late season back country fish and so had with me a #6 nymphing set up. Peter who is part local was prepared with an eight weight wetlining outfit.

I managed to hook a couple of fish over the morning but struggled to hold onto them. Pete on the other hand had no problems at all and landed two fish plus touched a number of others.

I was so impressed I even spent the last hour plugging away with a wetline (although without success). What I thought was effective was Pete was able to focus on sweeping his flies through a couple of lies over and over again. The water was coloured enough to mean the fish weren't scared by the constant casting and once again I learnt a valuable lesson, next time I'll be better prepared.