Manic Monday - Erasing The Winter Blues

Mike Kirkpatrick of Latitude Guiding has supplied us with more great Monday morning viewing, this time recapping his early season trip with regular client, and Flyfishers Inc Issue #11 coverboy, Kresten Ovesen. So brew another cuppa and put off answering those emails for another half hour or so... "'Erasing the winter blues' It's a few days before opening day in New Zealand's South Island and I'm joined by regular client Kresten Ovesen from Denmark. This is a departure from the norm, as we fish together as mates on this occasion which makes for an interesting and enjoyable change. There is a big storm front predicted to hit sometime around opening day but we chance it and are rewarded with a heap of nice fish on the dry fly and a few on the nymph. Day two sees us fish hard for a short half day before hitting the track with the storm not far behind..."