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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Back on the River

There was a time when we were the young guys getting it done, truth be told at Manic we are all married now and are starting to get a little crusty. Thank God there are a bunch of cool young guys c...

We're not quite ready to think about winter fishing yet and even though the Taupo region has been getting plenty of precipitation this "summer" it's still a great place to fish outside of the tradi...

Marlin Eaten by Shark

Hooking a 600lb marlin introduces a number of obvious challenges. And some maybe not so obvious. Unless you're in Astralian waters that is...

Here's the final installment of our Pure Fly NZ? Magic Moments, this time featuring Ronan Creane? and Jeff Forsee? missioning around the west coast of the south island in search of a few of our fin...

Tailing snapper on the flats? Did that get your attention? What about catching 5kg models on a Scott Radian #7 and Lamson Speedster loaded with an Airflo Forge fly line ? Not your typical set up fo...

Here's another great clip from Andrew Harding, this time covering off a trip from April this year. "A few clips from a trip in April this year, a fantastic time to tour and fish this magnificent co...

Saturday Share - A cool Tarpon eat

Someone from Manic is off Tarpon fishing in Florida next week, I think we can all guess who that might be. In order to fuel the froth here's a quick clip of a Tarpon eat that might get him a bit mo...

There has been plenty of noise around Origins and rightly so. This trip was one born out of a connection between a handful of guys who share the same passion for flyfishing. We had very little plan...

Friday Fly Day - Manic Fly Collection

Here's a wee Manic Fly ad we put together for the RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival . New flies will be uploaded to the website in the next couple of weeks.