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 - Brett Wilson, THE REASON WHY

You will remember Manic man, Mr Brett Wilson, from his Mexican Grand Slam photo spreads in the latest issue of Flyfishers Inc. Well this is a great short film put together by Benny Godfrey which...

Salty Saturday - Harbour Kings

Ok lets face it some of those kingfish we post about getting caught out of the harbour aint that big, but for us fly guys they are kinda fun. Our buddy Tim McClew taught us what we were missing out...

Team Tuesday - The Other "R Vaz"

Say hi to Rene's stunt double brother Rob, the guy that actually gets to go fishing. In typical competitive brotherly fashion he's sent us a bunch of photos from his opening weekend, rubbing our no...

Team Manic (sans Rene) managed to pop out for our first day of the season yesterday with high hopes of sight fishing to plentiful three pound plus fish in perfect weather. At least the weather was ...

Has Kevin Duncan peaked too soon?

So we have ourselves an early leader for fish of the '13/14 season with this substantial Lake Ellesmere brown caught by Kevin Duncan. Kevin is one of the crew from Kaikoura Hunting & Fishing so...

Muzz Wilson On Breaking Tradition A lot of what we are taught as fly tiers these days is based on what a few tiers were doing 50 or more years ago but times change and now we are blessed with a gre...

Team Tuesday - Our Aussie Specialists

Chris Beech and Dave Bradley fished Hinchinbrook the other day and sent us a few pics of what they were catching on the Scott Radian 8wt and Scott Aussie Special. Here's what Chris had to say: "The...

Salty Saturday - 320 Days

What is it like to guide 320 days a year? Head over to the Simms Wading Room to find out...

One thing Iäó»ve neglected to mention about our trip away fishing last weekend was the small matter getting an impromptu piercing in the face. Thereäó»s no shame in this game, it happens to most pe...