How to Spot Fish - Dealing With The Dreaded Fly Fishing Glare

It’s never too glary to find a few fish, you just have to adapt your strategy.

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Kiwi Nymphing Clinic äóñ Whanganui River

Saturday 21 st November warmed up with a quick meet and greet near the Turangi Coffee Kart then a fly over the saddle to äóìTäó town for our first Kiwi Nymphing clinic held on the Whanganui river....

We have all fished caddis patterns no doubt at some point in time and I often ask why people donäó»t fish them more? A good caddis dry is one of the most versatile patterns one can have in their fl...

Itäó»s that time of year again when our grassland waters come alive with the first of the terrestrial action. Yes, its Brown Beetle time! While fish will feed opportunistically on beetle through...

Today I guided Blue and Clive onto a headwater stream a million miles back into the hills only to arrive and find it well below normal flows. Gin clear and a still, blue top day. Boy, things were g...

Itäó»s Christmas and summertime temps are starting to ramp up. The fish are looking up but are not quite turned on to those big offerings we love to see them eat. Hold back a few weeks on those ...

Itäó»s that time of the season where most anglers have had their first pop at the river and may have realised that the rust has indeed set in over the winter months. Itäó»s about time for another r...

In New Zealand weäó»re blessed not only with high quality fishing opportunities but also with a variety of types of fishing. Where we often get it wrong is in adapting to this variety through a ran...

Itäó»s in our lowest moments that we truly begin to find ourselves. For me one of these moments was upon me. It was a frosty early morning in mid July and I was standing up to my nipples in the Ton...

Looking at the quality of our New Zealand rivers itäó»s easy to understand at times why our stillwater fisheries get overlooked. This thought rung true a few months back as a friend and I launched ...