15.4 lb RainbowTrout "Blast from the Past

Blast from the past is right, way back in '94 in fact. Hopefully this clip of Graeme Sinclair battling with a beast of a fish gets you fired up for the seaso...

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Team Tuesday - Karl Sawyer

Born in the heart of Swamp-Fox Country and residing in The Tron, our mate, Karl Sawyer has the best of both worlds. Turangi is his mainstay where he hits the Central North. Karl just canäó»t get en...

Manic's Cam Forsman & Ben Munro spent some time on the water last Sunday chasing a few Tauranga kings. It was Ben's first crack on the salt and after a long day without much action a last ditch...

Salty Saturday - Big Angry Flats Fish

Our goofy Danish friend, Nik Mathieson of Big Angry Fish, has been hosting his good mate Joshua Martz of Pursuit Anglers from Baja Mexico and showing him a new world of flats snapper up north. They...

After many years of talking about it, Mark from the Fishermanäó»s Loft finally revisited his childhood roots on the Southern rivers with our very own Chris Dore. The weather, and river conditions p...

Friday Fly Day - Rene's Killer Klinks

Lacking decorations for your tree this Xmas? Pick up a dozen Reneäó»s Killer Klinks. These damp / dry film flies are very easy to see with their multi coloured posts, hold an essential trigger with...

1_ You will never, never...never never never ever flick a tangle free from the rod tip. 2_ If I say its a fish, its a fish. 3_ If I say rock, its a rock. If you insist on casting to it, I WILL, wal...

Hunting & Fishing Southland fly fishing guru , Brendon Mortimore, and I hit the high country today in search of some buttery browns. The fish were pretty finicky but by plugging away with tried...

Manic Monday - Yoshi goes south

äóìHi team Manic, hereäó»s a few photos for you from my trip to Christchurch. Tough fishing with a lot of water in flood but we got a few in the end. Interestingly most of the browns took the orang...

You've seen Nathan having a ball dealing to some beefy snaps, fiesty kahawai and strong trevs with his fly gear on recent episodes of Big Angry Fish but have you ever wondered what actual gear it i...