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New Zealand & Australia Fly Fishing Blog

Team Tuesday - Join our team!

Manic is hiring! We need someone to look after the big room out the back that has all of the stuff in it. Hit the link for more details. I'M THE LINK, HIT ME

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Salty Saturdays - Ian Smith nails it

Check out our buddy Ian Smith giving his S4s 9wt a work out with guide, Dave Bradley. The big G.T came in around 50lb plus 2 permit to 82cm. Nailing it Ian!

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Team Tuesday - Tim Angeli is a swinger (cue groan)

O.K, I think that's about the end of the "swinger" + "swinging" innuendo we can make when it comes to switch / spey fishing, for the time being at least...let's just call it what it is, fun fun fun...

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Manic Mondays - Rarotonga 'Product Testing'

While everyone else at Manic was hard at work last week, I was busy sunning myself in Rarotonga. It wasnäó»t all fun and games, I also needed to do some äóÖproduct testingäó» while I was over there...

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Techy Thursdays - Andrew Harding reviews the Airflo Bandit fly line

To say Iäó»m pretty hard on fly-lines is a bit of an understatement, standing on äóÖem, shooting äóÖem through the guides with a mandatory coating of abrasive pumice grit, ripping the lines out of ...

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Friday Fly Day - Hot Head Leech

Fish like eggs.... And they LOVE woolly buggers so some smart cookie combined the two and here we have it! Bless him. Heave and leave on a Hi D at the rivermouth, retrieved on a fast intermediat...

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Techy Thursdays - Swingin'

So it's winter time and many of us turn to chasing winter run fish. As we all know, swinging flies is a highly effective way of covering water, and hitting these migrating trout. However some angle...

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Team Tuesday - Adventure Angler is back!

The sixth season of Adventure Angler TV is about to commence on Foxsports in Australia this Wednesday. Each week you can catch the show at 7.30pm on channel 503, plus other repeats. The twelve part...

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Manic Monday - S4S vs Dorado

Check out this Golden Dorado of unspeakable proportions tamed by Fly Fishing Nation crew using the Scott S4S #8. Follow their terrible life here on Instagram.

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